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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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08NDJAMENA55CHAD GOVERNMENT NOT ORDERING SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: ICRC Chief told Ambassador January 23 that rumors of summary executions of rebels taken prisoner in recent fighting in Eastern Chad by government forces were exaggerated. ICRC Chief said that there was some evidence of abuse of POWs, including executions on the battlefield "in [...]
2008-01-25 13:15:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
08NDJAMENA582JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...]
2008-12-16 12:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU
08NEWDELHI1013GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]
2008-04-08 07:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI103DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...]
2008-01-11 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI
08NEWDELHI126LET'S FIX IRRITANTS THAT PLAGUE THIS PARTNERSHIP,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that a range of bilateral problems has started to make people question the strategic partnership that both sides seek, and wonder why the USG has encountered such difficulty when it has done so much to try to bring India into the g [...]
2008-01-14 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL AMGT KREC OFDP ODIP IN
08NEWDELHI1336SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...]
2008-05-14 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08NEWDELHI1364TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...]
2008-05-19 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI1372AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...]
2008-05-20 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1410NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT PAKISTAN AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador May 23 that the May 13 Jaipur blasts had HUJI "fingerprints," but he expressed greater concern about increased infiltration from Pakistan, which he believed could lead to greater tragedy. He related that Pakistan had not [...]
2008-05-23 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1433NARAYANAN DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described for CODEL Nelson and the Ambassador on May 26 his views on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Naxalites, counter-terrorism cooperation, and the state of the relationship in light of the nuclear deal and Enhanced End Use Monitoring (EEUM). Narayanan de [...]
2008-05-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP PARM PK PREL PTER TSPL
08NEWDELHI144VHP DEMANDS EXPULSION OF "FOREIGN" CHRISTIAN
[...] (U) Vote bank politics, along with opposition to Christian missionary activity in the name of national security continue to percolate in the Indian media as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders met Indian President Pratibha Patil on January 8. The VHP accused the Christian community of startin [...]
2008-01-15 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL PTER SNAR SOCI PINS IN
08NEWDELHI1489NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1514DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Minister of Defense A.K. Antony discussed with Senator Feingold on May 30 regional issues including Pakistan, Burma, and Afghanistan, nuclear issues in the context of the U.S. presidential election and Iranian proliferation, and the U.S.-India defense relationship. Antony said that India [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI156UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB
[...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...]
2008-01-16 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI1644JAMMU AND KASHMIR: HIGH TURNOUT EXPECTED IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a May visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Poloff learned that state assembly elections will be held in October, although the precise dates have not yet been announced. There was agreement among Poloff's interlocutors that the elections would see a record turnout barring a sustain [...]
2008-06-16 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1674JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF
[...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...]
2008-06-18 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1783NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 23 to June 27, 2008, including the following: -- RBI USING RESERVES TO STEM RUPEE DEPRECIATION -- ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MANDATE FOR REGIONAL RURAL BANKS AND COOPERATIVE BANKS -- INDIA SIGNS FOUR E [...]
2008-06-27 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1934KABUL EMBASSY BLAST UNLIKELY TO SPARK HARSH INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian reaction thus far has been muted to the July 7 attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which killed four Indian personnel and at least 37 others, and the implication by President Karzai and others that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was behind the blast [...]
2008-07-11 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER PGOV PN ID
08NEWDELHI1957INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES TALKS
[...] (SBU) The Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director for Pakistan Affairs and the Political Counselor at the Pakistani High Commission told us in separate conversations on the afternoon of July 14 that the July 18 Confidence Building Measures (CBM) talks in Islamabad are still on, and that th [...]
2008-07-15 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI2011FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...]
2008-07-22 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2109OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT
[...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...]
2008-08-01 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2110RAJASTHAN BELLWETHER: RAJE REMAINS A STRONG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the western state of Rajasthan facing elections in November 2008, Poloffs held meetings July 7-11 with high-level state officials, journalists, industrialists and state assembly members. Despite the May 13 Jaipur terrorist incident (Ref B) and the violent Gujjar-led agit [...]
2008-08-01 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2111KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...]
2008-08-01 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2163COUNTER-TERROR, NEW AID MONEY, REAFFIRMATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, President Karzai's August 3-5 visit to New Delhi focused on discussing counter-terrorism with Indian officials. Karzai and his Indian interlocutors emphasized the sh [...]
2008-08-07 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL EAID AF IN
08NEWDELHI2170NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...]
2008-08-08 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL
08NEWDELHI2173DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 4-8
[...] Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi from August 4-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- All-Party Meeting on Jammu and Kashmir Launches a Process -- Supreme Court Extends Ban on Islamic Student Group -- Election Dates Discus [...]
2008-08-08 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI22SCENESETTER PART III: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on government authorities that exist and are being created for regulation of drugs, food, medical devices, and biotechnology. This is a long cable and our intent is to provide "complete picture" for yo [...]
2008-01-03 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI2234DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 11-14
[...] (U) Below is a complilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 11-14, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- September 6 Deadline for Poll Schedules -- Congress Dilemma in Jharkhand -- No Change in Uttarakhand Leadership -- Women Turn C [...]
2008-08-14 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2246MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY
[...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...]
2008-08-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2264PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...]
2008-08-21 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2265JAMMU AND KASHMIR: TENSION EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY
[...] (C) Summary: After a relatively calm week so far, August 22 is expected to be tense in the Kashmir valley because separatist leaders have called for a march in memory of those who died in police firings in recent weeks. Any clash between security forces and the protesters will further infla [...]
2008-08-21 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2401GOI OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR PATTERSON POLITICAL PROGRESS CONTINGENT ON CT PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-06 05:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PINR PK PREL
08NEWDELHI2498ORISSA VIOLENCE: CALM RESTORED BUT TENSION REMAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government, aided by the central government which provided additional security forces, has stopped the unrest in riot torn areas following the violence that shook the state when a prominent Hindu leader was assassinated on August 23. The peak of the violence w [...]
2008-09-17 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2556UPA STEPS UP ANTI-TERROR REGULATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of India faced yet another political storm after a series of bombs ripped through New Delhi on September 13, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100. The Indian Mujahideen -- a new, homegrown Islamic extremist group -- claimed responsibility for the attacks. [...]
2008-09-22 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2606INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]
2008-09-30 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2629MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, IRAN:
[...] "NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO GAIN?" editorial in the September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "As desired by Manmohan Singh, the final seal on the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement is just a matter of formality now. Very soon, the agreement would see the light of day [...]
2008-10-01 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SIPDIS
08NEWDELHI2671U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...]
2008-10-07 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN
08NEWDELHI2722MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...]
2008-10-16 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2739INDIAN, PAKISTANI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS
[...] (C) Summary. In their first meeting together as counQrparts, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Pakistani National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani: -- explored ways to revive the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism; -- discussed allegations of continuing ceasefire viol [...]
2008-10-17 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2824MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...]
2008-10-31 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2830REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...]
2008-10-31 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2831INDIA-PAKISTAN JOINT ANTI-TERROR MECHANISM: SLOW
[...] (C) Indian External Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Vivek Katju and his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Choudry, held a Special Session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) on October 24 in New Delhi. This meeting, which was scheduled when Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakista [...]
2008-10-31 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2835MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...]
2008-11-03 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2838AMBASSADOR URGES NSA NARAYANAN TO CONSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought to bolster U.S.-Indian counter-terrorism cooperation in a November 3 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan. Pointing to the string of terrorist attacks in India this past year, the Ambassador said that they were intensifying and increasingl [...]
2008-11-04 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PINR PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI2849MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "U.S. PREDICTION," editorial in the November 4 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Western countries, which dominate the world, have started showing signs of collapsing. According to the U.S. intelligence report if the current trend continues, China will emerge as the world's largest economy and to [...]
2008-11-05 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2918MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-
[...] "OBAMA AND INDIA: OBAMA'S NAIVE VIEW ON KASHMIR" op-ed article by guest columnist and retired air vice marshall P.L. Purohit in the November 13, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Unfortunately, Barack Obama's understanding of the Kashmir issue is based on some half-truths [...]
2008-11-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2946JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...]
2008-11-18 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2993MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA RELATIONS, WORLD
[...] "HURDLES OF EMERGING NATION," editorial in the November 24 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence assessment is in line with the expectations of many Indians that India will emerge as a major world power by 2025. Hopefully, this U.S. assessment will inspire t [...]
2008-11-25 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3009MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...]
2008-11-28 00:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC IN PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3013SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...]
2008-11-28 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3018MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...]
2008-11-28 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3020INDIA & PAKISTAN TALK AS TERROR CRISIS UNFOLDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PRER
08NEWDELHI3023MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3024MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3025MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: GOI HEADS BEGIN TO ROLL
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister began to take some initial steps to respond to the anger and fury of the Indian public at GOI failures that made the Mumbai attacks possible. Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on November 30. Finance Minister P.C. Chidambaram takes over from him while the Prime M [...]
2008-11-30 16:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3031MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3035SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "GO TO THE SOURCE," editorial in the December 1 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "It's also time for New Delhi to work together with the US, the UK and other concerned governments to evolve a common approach towards Pakistan, which is the world's central t [...]
2008-12-02 01:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3041SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "DEALING WITH THE NEIGHBOR," editorial in the December 2 nationalist English Daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "There is little doubt that the origins of the Mumbai terror attack lie within the borders of Pakistan. India could consider severing the peace process and rolling [...]
2008-12-02 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3044MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER
[...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...]
2008-12-02 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3052MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: CODEL MCCAIN TOLD THAT
[...] (C) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham that India expected Pakistan to respond directly and promptly to New Delhi's demands for the return of accused terrorists provided refuge in Pakistan. In a December 2 meeting, Mukherjee said [...]
2008-12-03 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
08NEWDELHI3054PM SINGH URGES MCCAIN CODEL TO DELIVER TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham, and the Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai were of an unprecedented level of sophistication, clearly launched by LeT from Pakistani soil, with at least the knowle [...]
2008-12-03 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3059MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "LET PAKISTAN BE DECLARED A TERRORIST STATE," editorial in the November 29 Leftist Agartala (Tripura) Bengali daily, TRIPURA DARPAN. "Pakistan should immediately be declared a terrorist state. All sorts of relations should be snapped with this country. Merely pointing fingers toward Pakistan [...]
2008-12-04 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3064SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: The highly positive media coverage of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Delhi on December 3 has left behind the lasting image of America being India's First Friend in the time of need. In creating that image, the Secretary's visit was supplemented by other significant American [...]
2008-12-04 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3065SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIA'S MUSLIMS STAND UP AGAINST
[...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented show of solidarity against terrorism, Muslims from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and several other leading cities across India, have condemned the Mumbai terror attack and are gearing up to oppose all those who spread terror in the name of Islam. Unequivocally condemning t [...]
2008-12-04 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3067MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIA REELS UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) Summary: A week after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Indian security bureaucracy and the Indian public continued to struggle to make sense of how the attacks occurred and what form a proper response should take, both internally a [...]
2008-12-04 15:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3068SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY
[...] SUMMARY: For the second day today, the focus of the Indian media stayed on Secretary RiceQs South Asia visit. Her visit to Islamabad and her meetings with the Pakistani leadership received extensive play in the print and electronic media. The mediaQs interpretation of the outcome of her India- [...]
2008-12-05 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3071MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3084MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in the December 7 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's asking for concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is nothing but a ploy to distract India. Pakistan always declares the eviden [...]
2008-12-08 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3088SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIAN MUSLIMS CONDEMN
[...] SUMMARY: Prior to the Eid-ul-Zuha holiday (December 9),Muslims across the country demonstrated or spoke out in condemnation of terrorism, asserting that it has no place in Islam. Thousands demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai. Celebrities joined other Muslim community members in denouncing [...]
2008-12-08 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3113MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "THE ACTION AGAINST LASHKAR-E-TOIBA," editorial in the December 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who until recently maintained that Pakistan had no connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, has suddenly woken up t [...]
2008-12-10 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3116MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: INDIA DISMISSES PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran T.C.A. Raghavan met with PolCouns to discuss the current status of Indo-Pak cooperation two weeks after the Mumbai attacks. Criticizing Pakistan's decision not to send to India the Ch [...]
2008-12-10 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3123MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HELPLESSNESS," editorial in the December 10 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan, for the first time, has really acted against terrorists, but under pressure. If the Pakistani rulers really want to eradicate terrorism their actions should match their words. They should stop the diploma [...]
2008-12-11 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3136DRDO CONVENES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sponsored their first ever international conference on managing defense research and development December 3-5, in honor of their 50th anniversary. The conference was organized jointly by DRDO and the Federation of Indian Ch [...]
2008-12-12 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBEXP MCAP MASS TSPL PTER TPHY TNGD IN
08NEWDELHI3144MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE," editorial in December 11 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The Pakistan government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. If it defends Jamaat-ud-Dawa it will have to face an even stronger global opposition. At the same time, it is incapable of acting tough against [...]
2008-12-12 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3157NARAYANAN AND MENON TO DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 12 that Pakistan's actions so far in response to the Mumbai terrorist attacks have been inadequate and were reminiscent of the insufficient efforts Pakistan [...]
2008-12-15 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3164PAKISTAN MUST ACT: SENATOR KERRY HEARS FROM HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Kerry and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram discussed the state of Indo-Pak relations at a 30 minute December 15 meeting. The Home Minister stated that recent GOP actions against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terrorist groups in Pakistan were not sufficient in the GOI' [...]
2008-12-16 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI3165PM SINGH TELLS CODEL KERRY RE PAKISTAN: ENOUGH IS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senator Kerry in a December 15 meeting that India had exercised tremendous restraint in responding to the Mumbai terror attacks but that India had reached its limit. He called on the U.S. to make clear to Pakistan that it must take ser [...]
2008-12-16 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER SENV AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI3166INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS SENATOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, Senator John Kerry: -- urged Narayanan to consider which Pakistani actions could be considered as sincere confidence building measures in responding to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, cautioning agains [...]
2008-12-16 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3197GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT
[...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...]
2008-12-19 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3217INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...]
2008-12-22 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IN
08NEWDELHI3234MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...]
2008-12-24 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3268INDIAN HOME MINISTER CHIDABARAM ON INVESTIGATION OF MUMBAI ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 15:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETCJAN IN PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI467ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...]
2008-02-13 09:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN
08NEWDELHI478TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...]
2008-02-13 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI483SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...]
2008-02-14 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI560CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]
2008-02-22 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI641THINK-TANKERS MULL WAYS TO CURB NAXALITE INSURGENCY
[...] (U) The challenges for India in confronting the Naxalite/Maoist threat were highlighted in a seminar at the Indian think-tank Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS),an independent well-respected Delhi-based institution. The discusants agreed: the primary driver of the Naxalite/Maois [...]
2008-02-29 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI7CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]
2008-01-02 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI724DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...]
2008-03-07 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN
08NEWDELHI790DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...]
2008-03-14 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS
08NEWDELHI888INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]
2008-03-27 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NIAMEY113NIGER: AMBASSADOR JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH GON
[...] (U) Summary. On January 24, I met with Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Seini Oumarou to discuss the status of Niger,s MCA Threshold Program, human rights issues (including reports of military/police abuse of civilians and whether the GON or independent organizations were invest [...]
2008-01-25 11:30:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL EAID NG
08NIAMEY1133NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...]
2008-12-03 11:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY
08NIAMEY1183(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL
[...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...]
2008-12-30 13:58:00Embassy NiameySECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY
08NIAMEY198NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) A U.N. Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) team led by Mike Smith on February 13 briefed diplomats on their visit to Niger. The meeting was under the auspices of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) and was hosted by the French Embassy on behalf of G-8 president [...]
2008-02-15 07:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL NG
08NICOSIA153NEW CYPRIOT CABINET NAMED; FEW SURPRISES
[...] Summary: After four days of difficult deliberations with the parties that supported his candidacy, RoC President-elect Demetris Christofias on February 28 announced the members of his cabinet. Filling the 11-member body are four ministers from Christofias's AKEL party, three from DIKO, two fr [...]
2008-02-29 15:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA181REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...]
2008-03-14 11:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY
08NICOSIA77"TRNC" ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORTS SLOWLY ADVANCE
[...] (SBU) On January 23-24, another in a series of EU-sponsored seminars on anti-money laundering and financial sector reform was held in the "TRNC." Unlike the previous meeting held in September (reftel,) only one expert came from abroad to provide comments on the recently-passed "TRNC" anti-mone [...]
2008-01-31 10:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETER CY
08NICOSIA940CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]
2008-12-02 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
08NOUAKCHOTT256MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...]
2008-05-29 13:01:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT365EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...]
2008-07-13 14:42:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT408EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP
[...] (SBU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs today, the President and Prime Minister were removed from their physical offices at the direction of General Mohamed Abdel Aziz. General Aziz has been Persona [...]
2008-08-06 13:21:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT439SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...]
2008-08-17 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT616REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]
2008-10-22 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT620REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]
2008-10-22 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT629THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA
[...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...]
2008-10-27 17:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT666THE POST-COUP AL QAEDA THREAT IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The military regime has highlighted an increased terrorist threat as one argument the international community should accept their coup -- raising some questions whether the terrorist threat has substantially changed or whether it is being played up by the regime for political pu [...]
2008-11-13 14:47:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT717MEETING WITH COL. VALL - "BETTER OFF WITH
[...] (C) Summary -- While still looking for a quick transition to new elections, Vall is taking a tougher line on Aziz seeing the current efforts to attack political enemies leading inevitably to a counter-coup with all its inherent risks for civil war. Vall believes serious targeted sanctions mi [...]
2008-12-04 13:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT718MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]
2008-12-04 14:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT759SPIES LIKE US: THE MEDIA'S TENDENCY TO SEE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A December 14th allegation of spying on the part of the US Embassy brought to light an increasing tendency in the local media towards personal attacks, sensationalism and an erosian in journalistic integrity. Since the August 6th coup it has become commonplace to use bold titles [...]
2008-12-21 16:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT762UPDATE FROM LEMDEN -- PRESIDENT'S PASSPORT TO BE
[...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi called Charge December 22 to advise that a delegation from the Mauritanian passport office and internal intelligence service has arrived in Lemden yesterday afternoon demanding the diplomatic passports of the President and [...]
2008-12-22 18:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08OSLO154NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...]
2008-03-14 14:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO
08OSLO460NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...]
2008-08-15 13:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO
08OSLO488NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A
[...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...]
2008-09-02 13:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO
08OSLO513NORWAY, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA; OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Summary. The GON is coming to terms with the changing nature of the West's relations with Russia after Georgia. Publicly, the GON has been critical of Russia's (and Georgia's) actions while stressing the need to continue close and productive bilateral relations with Russia. Privately, of [...]
2008-09-16 09:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MARR PREL RS NO
08OSLO57NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR NO
08OTTAWA1122CANADA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (C//Rel Can) Summary: Canada has shared with Embassy a draft of the Dubai Process's yet-to-be approved Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Action Plan (PACAP) to improve security and efficiency along the two countries' shared borders and legal crossing points. After the final Dubai Process meet [...]
2008-08-21 15:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA1234U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...]
2008-09-17 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA136PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]
2008-01-25 23:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO CA
08OTTAWA1394NEW CANADIAN CABINET: "CERTAINTY, STABILITY, AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Cabinet of the second government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office on October 29. Its expanded size includes more women and rewarded some new MPs from key geographic areas. As expected, former Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon succeeded David Emerson as Mini [...]
2008-10-30 19:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA1508US-CANADA PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE (PJBD)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted the 222nd bi-national Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) meeting in Quebec City, November 12-14, 2008, with U.S. Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Chairman Rick Casson leading the discussions. The PJBD's Record of Decision (ROD) recognized the merit of [...]
2008-12-02 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA1560CANADA STRIVING TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has an active inter-agency working group to combat trafficking in persons, as well as a variety of NGO efforts. More comprehensive research and statistics, a national action plan, greater co-ordination among national and provincial government agencies and NGOs, and great [...]
2008-12-16 22:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
08OTTAWA1569CANADA SEEKS INFORMATION ON INDIAN SEA SPARROW SALE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Canada requests releasable intelligence assessments and policy analysis by U.S. agencies on the proposed sale of Sea Sparrow missiles by the U.S. to India. Canadian naval forces rely exclusively on this missile, and are seeking [...]
2008-12-18 19:39:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MASS MOPS ETTC MCAP IN CA
08OTTAWA1578CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...]
2008-12-22 21:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC CA
08OTTAWA175BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE PRAISES CANADIAN ROLE IN
[...] (C) According to British High Commission Head of Political Section Colin Smith, Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Dr. Kim Howells used his February 2 visit to Ottawa to reinforce the multi-national nature of NATO's involvement in Afghanistan -- already including in Kandahar [...]
2008-02-04 22:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF UK CA
08OTTAWA346CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]
2008-03-07 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA360 CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM
[...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...]
2008-03-11 21:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA
08OTTAWA436SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE
[...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...]
2008-03-31 13:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA
08OTTAWA491CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]
2008-04-10 14:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA545SUPPORT FOR LONGER AFGHAN MANDATE IN CANADIAN
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on April 18, Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence Chairman Colin Kenny described a strong bipartisan consensus within his committee for a much longer-term commitment to Afghanistan than authorized by the March 13 Commons motion extendin [...]
2008-04-18 20:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA595EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]
2008-04-28 14:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA635THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]
2008-05-08 11:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA653CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...]
2008-05-13 18:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA
08OTTAWA683ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 21:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA684PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...]
2008-05-20 21:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA685ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials welcomed PM DAS Frank Ruggiero to Ottawa on May 9 to discuss Canada's export control systems. The visit was meant to build U.S. confidence in Canada's will and ability to execute the May and June 2007 U.S.-Canada Exchange of Letters (EOLs) that guide the imple [...]
2008-05-21 12:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA850CANADA: KHAWAJA TERROR TRIAL OPENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's ability to win its first major anti-terrorism case will soon be tested in Ontario Superior Court in the landmark trial of Momin Khawaja, which began on June 23 in Ottawa. Khawaja is the first Canadian citizen to be charged under the 2001 Anti-terrorism [...]
2008-06-24 11:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV CA
08OTTAWA878FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KHADR INTERROGATION
[...] (U) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has ordered the government to release sensitive information, including U.S. documents previously shared with Canadian authorities, to lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. The order derives from a recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC [...]
2008-06-27 13:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL KJUS CA
08OTTAWA918COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...]
2008-07-09 18:49:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA951COUNSELOR, CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PAKISTAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials discussed challenges confronting Canada and the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Counselor of the State Department Eliot Cohen in Ottawa July 2 and 3. The Canadians shared Dr. Cohen's bleak assessment of developments in Pakistan and raised [...]
2008-07-14 22:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF IR CA
08OTTAWA960OMAR KHADR INTERROGATION DVD RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers on July 15 released DVDs containing the 2003 interrogation of their client by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) agents at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr's lawyers and friendly media characterized the content as "disturbing" and hoped the mater [...]
2008-07-15 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC AF
08OTTAWA990PUBLIC OPINION STABLE IN WAKE OF OMAR KHADR DVD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 21:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL KPAO AF CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1065BURKINA FASO: FY09 1206 PROPOSAL FOR BASIC MILITARY
[...] (U) Embassy Ouagadougou concurs with U.S. Africa Command's (USAFRICOM) proposal to use FY 09 1206 funds to conduct a Military Intelligence Basic Officer Course (MIBOC) in Burkina for selected Burkinabe. Post understands that this training will be offered to Burkina Faso as part of the larger U [...]
2008-12-04 07:36:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PTER UV
08OUAGADOUGOU817 CABINET RESHUFFLE IN BURKINA FASO: SIX MINISTERS MOVED;
[...] (U) On September 3, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo announced a new cabinet. The shake-up follows the recent appointment of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Djibrill Bassole, as AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur. Bassole's departure led to the repositioning of six ministers and the addit [...]
2008-09-12 07:46:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UV
08PANAMA220PANAMA: IN WAKE OF PRD CONVENTION, PRIMARIES BEGIN
[...] (C) In the wake of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) March 9 convention, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro acted quickly to launch his campaign to win the PRD's presidential nomination on March 12. The convention left Torrijos in control of the party, though leftist or "t [...]
2008-03-13 22:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
08PANAMA336PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) President Martin Torrijos will meet with you on May 6 at the White House in the hopes of revitalizing his administration's initiatives in which our bilateral relationship plays a significant role. Panama's primary season is now in full swing, Torrijos cannot run for re-election, and Panam [...]
2008-04-28 20:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD ECON KCRM MASS MARR
08PANAMA34PANAMA POST: 2ND EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this addition of the Panama Post, our headlines are: -- Alberto Vallarino, declaring "Enough already!" launches campaign for Panamenista Party nomination; -- Cambio Democratic presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany with four rallies; -- Panam [...]
2008-01-11 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA446PANAMA: "MILITARIZATION" DEBATE RE-SURFACES
[...] (C) Panama's ever-smoldering "militarization" debate reignited over the past couple of weeks as Panamanian opinion shapers and leaders -- largely associated with the opposition, at least in opinion -- voiced their concerns that the GOP might be undertaking what they perceived as an ill-advised [...]
2008-05-30 18:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MASS MOPS PM
08PANAMA460PANAMA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST REPORT CARD
[...] (SBU) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation, and one area of concern. 2. (SBU) In our FY 2007 Letter of Agr [...]
2008-06-03 20:59:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PM
08PANAMA469PANAMA POST: EDITION 10, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this edition of the Panama Post, our top stories include: -- Former President Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares announces that he will endorse Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro in the race to secure the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential nomination; -- P [...]
2008-06-06 17:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA661PANAMA: TORRIJOS URGES TAKING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos urged Ambassador to work with Panama to strive to take the U.S.-bilateral relationship to the next level by undertaking to address shared security concerns, during the Ambassador's presentation of credentials to Torrijos on August 6. After noting Panam [...]
2008-08-08 12:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EWWT MASS SNAR PTER MARR
08PANAMA669PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS
[...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...]
2008-08-12 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR
08PANAMA682PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL, AUG. 27-28
[...] (SBU) You will be arriving in Panama in the middle of a long election campaign, due to take place amidst record economic growth, but growing economic uncertainty. Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America for the last few years (11.2% growth in 2007),and there are [...]
2008-08-15 19:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA704PANAMANIAN SECURITY COOPERATION: IRREPLACEABLE?
[...] (S/NF) Panama is one of the USG's most important law enforcement and security partners in the Western Hemisphere. Its importance is based on a combination of its strategic location astride one of the world's most important lines of communication, an enormous Panamanian flagged shipping fleet, [...]
2008-08-26 17:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA714CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA
[...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]
2008-08-29 20:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PANAMA725PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]
2008-09-05 12:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA789PANAMA: SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTENSE
[...] (C) Over a month after President Martin Torrijos issued five decrees that reformed the Panamanian security services (see reftel),the security sector reform debate continues to occupy newspaper headlines and op-eds. The stage is now set for the laws, and the U.S.-Panamanian security relations [...]
2008-10-06 13:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA872PANAMA: DEALING WITH THE DARIEN
[...] (S//NF) The Darien, Panama's forgotten frontier, is under pressure from drug traffickers and remnants of the FARC. The FARC do not present a serious military threat to Panama or Colombia, but they do threaten to degenerate into banditry, as the organization implodes. While the U.S. is helpin [...]
2008-11-17 22:59:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA881DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...]
2008-11-21 21:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PM
08PANAMA930PANAMA: ASVAT LAYS OUT SECURITY PLAN; MARTINELLI TOUTS HIM AS FUTURE MINISTER
[...] (C) Ebrahim Asvat, President of La Estrella newspaper, former director of the Panamanian National Police, and possible candidate for Minister of Government and Justice told PolOff that Panama needed to reorient its security resources away from trying to interdict drugs on the seas and border [...]
2008-12-19 20:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PM SNAR
08PARAMARIBO178FRAUD SUMMARY - SURINAME, 2ND QUARTER FY 2008
[...] Per the instructions in RefTel, Paramaribo submits the following post fraud summary for the second quarter of FY 2008. Answers are keyed to the letters found in RefTel. A. Country Conditions The economy, while stable, is still developing, and more than half the population lives below the p [...]
2008-05-02 19:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NS
08PARAMARIBO249SURINAME: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Post is pleased to respond to Reftel request for information. Answers are keyed to Reftel. A. REFTEL QUERY: How could the United States help enhance Caribbean regional cooperation in addressing transnational crime and terrorism, including by providing additional resources? ----------- [...]
2008-06-06 20:13:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MASS MOPS SNAR XL NS
08PARAMARIBO259PARAMARIBO SECURITY PLANNING FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
[...] (S) Paramaribo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened June 11, 2008, to review Post's security plans for its Independence Day celebrations on July 4 and July 5. 2. (S) EAC discussed current threat environment and has detected no current intelligence to indicate a heightened threat level. [...]
2008-06-17 20:03:00Embassy ParamariboSECRETASEC NS PTER CASC
08PARAMARIBO62INL 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2007 End Use Monitoring Report 2. (U) Procedures: Receiving law enforcement agencies sign documentation confirming receipt of all materials and committing to use the resources for their stated purpose. Receipt includes serial numbers, quantities, and ex [...]
2008-02-15 18:00:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
08PARAMARIBO99FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN SURINAME
[...] (U) The following response is keyed to reftel; government fiscal matters are largely transparent in Suriname. Q: Does Suriname receive foreign assistance from the United States? A: Yes. Q: Are there relevant laws and regulations in Suriname governing the public disclosure of revenues [...]
2008-03-10 20:23:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL NS
08PARIS1086USDP DISCUSSES LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary. On May 29, Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, met with French interlocutors including Gerard Araud, Political Director at the MFA, Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD and Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor at the Elysee, to discus [...]
2008-06-09 07:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MOPS MCAP AF LE PK IR SY FR
08PARIS114SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...]
2008-01-23 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG
08PARIS1169NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...]
2008-06-20 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ
08PARIS1188FRENCH REQUEST FOR U.S. DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Toward the end of a June 23 meeting DCM had with French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud (P-equivalent) focused on Iran and Zimbabwe (septels),Araud brought up the prospect of the EU rescinding its designation of the MEK as a terrorist group. Ar [...]
2008-06-24 11:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR IR
08PARIS123S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY:On January 7, Ambassador Williamson met with acting A/S-equivalent for international organizations Marc Giacomini and Christian Bernier, Special Assistant for international tribunals, to discuss various war crimes issues, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC) and res [...]
2008-01-24 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1305STRONG FRENCH SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) is pressing EU counterparts to adopt a "Common Position" that transposes UNSCR 1803 in a forward-leaning way, including tougher measures on export credits, dual use exports, financial due diligence, and cargo inspections. The French hope this poli [...]
2008-07-10 12:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP IR FR
08PARIS1333COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETMCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR
08PARIS139A/S SILVERBERG REVIEWS UN ISSUES WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Kristen Silverberg reviewed international organization issues with French counterpart Sylvie Bermann on January 22 in Paris. Bermann signaled doubt that France would host an International Compact on Iraq, described the aftermath of the NIE on Iran as "disastrous," reiterate [...]
2008-01-25 15:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNGA PHUM KPKO AF ET ER CD
08PARIS1647FRENCH ON SERBIA: QUIET OPPOSITION TO ICJ, AND
[...] (C) On August 28, MFA desk officer for Serbia Felix Buttin, along with Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume, provided updates in French thinking on the Serbian proposal for an ICJ resolution, progress in the EU's interim trade agreement with Serbia, and the lifting of the Karadzic family's [...]
2008-08-29 15:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UN KV FR
08PARIS1671SUDAN: FRENCH OFFER NO "DEAL" BUT BELIEVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidency official Romain Serman on September 4 said that Sudanese officials seemed to be acknowledging reality and the need for them to change their behavior following consultations in Khartoum that Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Joubert and Serman held on September 2 with [...]
2008-09-04 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU FR
08PARIS1672FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH
[...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...]
2008-09-05 11:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR
08PARIS1697U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. On September 5-6, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met with Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy and Michel Miraillet, the Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to di [...]
2008-09-09 08:58:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO FR AF PK SO
08PARIS1698FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...]
2008-09-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1717FRENCH BELIEVE THAT ASSASSINATION OF SYRIAN
[...] (S/NF) As Washington readers and others ponder French policy toward Syria, and as an expansion of para 3 in reftel, we pass along the previously unreported views of two of our GOF interlocutors from meetings in late August on the mysterious assassination earlier in the month of Syrian brigad [...]
2008-09-12 17:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS PINR FR SY LE
08PARIS1751USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1805FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situation in Mauritania in the aftermath of the August 6 coup to Ambassador Mark Boulware, stating that the French are prepared for a "divorce" with Mauritania if P [...]
2008-09-26 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR
08PARIS1853GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 25-26 visit to Paris to receive military honors, General David Petraeus met with French interlocutors including DefMin Herve Morin, PM Franois Fillon, Secretary-General of the MFA Gerard Errera (D-equivalent) and President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor Jean-Dav [...]
2008-10-07 17:31:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS FR AF PA SY LE IR
08PARIS1872 PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA),which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...]
2008-10-10 14:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
08PARIS1942USDP EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS, OCTOBER 16
[...] (C) Summary. On October 16, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman met with GOF officials Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Defense Ministry, and Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to Foreign Minister Kouchner. They agreed on the importance of [...]
2008-10-22 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF PA IS IZ LE SY IR TU FR
08PARIS1948FRENCH MFA "PRUDENT" ON MOSKALENKO CASE, CITES
[...] (C) MFA desk officer for Russian internal issues Arnaud Migoux told us October 23 that the French are paying close attention to the alleged poisoning of Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko in the eastern French city of Strasbourg where she lives. However, French investigators are [...]
2008-10-23 17:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV PINS PINR FR RS
08PARIS1975BOUCHER AND FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHAN
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 21-22 visit to Paris, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher discussed with numerous French officials the next steps of the UN "Friends of Pakistan" group and U.S. efforts to tighten security by supporting police and trainers i [...]
2008-10-28 15:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR UZ TZ CH TA
08PARIS202FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient with UN-led talks on Western Sahara and believes the process may even be moving backward. She blamed part of French frustration on UN Personal Envoy Peter van [...]
2008-02-04 16:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS
08PARIS2122INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France,s shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy, and Belgium, France is a natural distribution point for drugs moving toward North America from Europe and the Middle Ea [...]
2008-11-19 09:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL FR
08PARIS2134P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]
2008-11-21 08:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS2195FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...]
2008-12-04 10:10:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR
08PARIS2251SUDAN/DARFUR: DECEMBER 5 P-3 CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Richard Williamson, met with P-3 counterparts in Paris on December 5 and, separately, with AU-UN Mediator Djibril Bassole to discuss Sudan, Darfur, and the Qatar process. In the P-3 meeting, the UK and France agreed with Willi [...]
2008-12-11 15:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS PINR SU FR
08PARIS2252SUDAN/FRANCE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR NOTES EROSION
[...] (C) Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, on December 10 reviewed Sudan-related issues (discussions of Mauritania and Zimbabwe reported septels). Serman said that ICC prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had consulted with the GOF earlier the same day. Moreno-Ocampo predicted that the ICC [...]
2008-12-11 16:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS SU FR
08PARIS2253MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was blocked, with neither Aziz, President Abdallahi, nor opposition leader Amed Ould Daddah willing to compromise to reach a solution. Serman said that internal GOF [...]
2008-12-11 16:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR
08PARIS2256P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...]
2008-12-12 10:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA
08PARIS360RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...]
2008-02-29 18:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR
08PARIS572FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...]
2008-03-27 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS741SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Kouchner and other GOF officials during April 14 consultations in Paris, Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson stressed the need to accelerate deployment of UNAMID and to exploit the possibility that the Khartoum regime might be willing to seek [...]
2008-04-18 11:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MOPS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PARIS811FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 21, MFA Political Director Gerard Araud presented French views on the top-priority concerns of Iran and the Balkans, while on April 25, MFA Office Director for CFSP Patrick Maisonnave provided the general French reaction to the April GAERC demarche. Araud said that [...]
2008-04-25 17:06:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EUN PGOV ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS CH BM GG
08PARIS824FRANCE ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points April 24 per an exchange of cables reported separately. 2. (U) The French MFA reported the following exchange at its April 25 press briefing between reporters and its spokesperson, Pascale Andreani (the English translation comes from the French MFA's w [...]
2008-04-28 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IAEA DPRK FR SY
08PARIS858USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]
2008-05-02 08:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS91CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE
[...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attach, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Algiers, Algeria in obtaining information on Mohamed Farid SI LARBI. SI LARBI is a citizen and national of Algeria who was granted Refugee status and allowed to en [...]
2008-01-17 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM FR AG
08PARIS957YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...]
2008-05-19 14:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV
08PARIS969NO CHANGE IN FRENCH POLICY TOWARD HAMAS, DESPITE
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille denied on 20 May any change in French policy toward Hamas following erroneous reports that the GOF had resumed contacts with Hamas. No dialogue or official contacts, beyond "technical" ones related to security carried ou [...]
2008-05-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL FR IS
08PARIS978FRANCE: ICAO AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Alexandre Crozat, Head of the Office for Civil Aviation Security Measures at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Crozat stressed that France would wish to hear the ICAO discussions before coming to final decisions on these issues. Non [...]
2008-05-22 14:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ICAO PTER FR
08PARTO100602(U) SECRETARY RICE'S OCTOBER 4, 2008 CONVERSATION
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) October 4, 2008: 3:30 p.m.; New Delhi, India. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador David Mulford SCA Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher PA Assi [...]
2008-10-06 03:31:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER MASS IN
08PARTO7(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser D [...]
2008-02-28 19:12:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08PESHAWAR372FATA SECRETARIAT ON BEATING AN INSURGENCY
[...] (C) National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for South Asia, Peter Lavoy, his team, and Peshawar PO met with senior personnel from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Secretariat on June 17. The officials believe that security forces in the FATA are unable to confront an "insurgency," a [...]
2008-06-25 14:02:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PESHAWAR390NWFP GOVERNOR ON KHYBER OPERATION, FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND
[...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on the status of current operations in Khyber Agency during a July 3 meeting. While the Governor would like to expand operations to other parts of Khyber agency, he is [...]
2008-07-08 10:36:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PESHAWAR425FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JULY
[...] (C) As Prime Minister Gilani traveled to the United States in late July, many locals perceived that the military strikes and operations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were tactically designed to appease the United States, but not [...]
2008-08-06 09:59:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR449FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Aggressive military operations in Bajaur and Swat continued into the start of Ramadan. Pakistani military sources estimate that 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters were killed in the Bajaur operation, which started on August 7. Local taliban denied that the Bajaur-based Tehrik-i Taliban d [...]
2008-09-16 07:37:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR474SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...]
2008-09-29 05:20:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR476AFGHAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO PAKISTAN KIDNAPPED OUTSIDE
[...] (C) On September 22, the Afghan Ambassador-designate to Pakistan was abducted and his driver killed in a Peshawar suburb. Three vehicles and at least six kidnappers were involved in the attack. Police have set up barriers around the suburb of Hayatabad but are only stopping inbound vehicles. [...]
2008-09-29 07:38:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PK AF
08PESHAWAR477SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...]
2008-09-29 09:24:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR496BOUCHER MEETS NORTHWEST FRONTIER GOVERNOR GHANI IN PESHAWAR
[...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province Governor Owais Ghani told Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher during an October 20 visit to his office in Peshawar that the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Area had "turned around" largely due to activation of public opinion. The public sees th [...]
2008-10-29 11:06:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK
08PHNOMPENH1006HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS COURSE" COURSE IN BANGKOK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KJUS PHUM PREL CB
08PODGORICA262ROLE OF PROPOSED NATO OFFICE IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Establishment of a NATO office in Podgorica will facilitate intensified, practical cooperation between Montenegro and the Alliance. NATO can reap tangible benefits quickly, for example, expediting the deployment of Montenegrin military units to ISAF and sharing information on r [...]
2008-10-15 19:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
08PODGORICA299MONTENEGRO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] As requested in reftel, Post submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows. POC for the terrorism report for Montenegro is Alexandra Bonura. Tel number is (382) 20 410 - 500 ext. 528 and e-mail is BonuraAD@state.gov 2. There were no terrorist attacks or terrorist-relate [...]
2008-12-22 10:39:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MW
08PODGORICA75MONTENEGRO-EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Post's submission of the draft Anti-trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for Montenegro follows. Beginning with Section I - Overview of Country Activities, responses are keyed to reftel. EMBASSY PODGORICA CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy Podgorica POC for anti-trafficking is Human Rights Offi [...]
2008-03-04 16:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
08PORTAUPRINCE1024SENATOR YOURI LATORTUE ON HAITI'S POLITICAL IMPASSE
[...] (C) Senator Youri Latortue supports the current Prime Minister-designate but anticipates a tough fight over the confirmation of her cabinet and government program, which he believes should focus on bolstering internal security, domestic production, and local government. He puts the blame for [...]
2008-07-17 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1245BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As previously reported (ref A),the cabinet of new Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis was announced on August 26. Eight Ministers from former Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Alexis' government (including one Acting Minister) will continue in office. President Rene Preva [...]
2008-09-05 18:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1458NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]
2008-10-15 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1522ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS PICK UP STEAM
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassifed -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After doing virtually nothing over the past year to prosecute corruption cases, law enforcement authorities in October moved against a handful of corruption suspects. The most significant [...]
2008-10-30 19:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1597U.S. AMBASSADOR FIRST MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On November 14, the U.S. Ambassador met for the first time with the new Minister of Justice and Public Security, Jean Joseph Exume. They discussed continuing USG support for police and judicial r [...]
2008-11-19 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1600HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-19 19:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1601HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1602HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1677LAVALAS: ARISTIDE "READY TO RETURN," BUT WANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 20:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA SF
08PORTAUPRINCE1710SENIOR POLICE OFFICER JAILED IN DRUG-RELATED
[...] (C) Summary: A 35 year old Haitian woman with suspected connections to drug-trafficking networks was kidnapped from her home in Port-au-Prince and murdered on November 30 just outside of the capital. A regional Haitian National Police (HNP) Commissioner and several lower-ranking HNP officers [...]
2008-12-12 19:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1750HAITI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) There is no evidence that Haiti is a target for Islamic extremist activity or acts of international terrorism. There are no existing terror cells, such as al-Qaida or any other terrorist organizations in Haiti. No acts of international terrorism occurred in Haiti in 2008. The Government o [...]
2008-12-22 18:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PTER HA
08PORTAUPRINCE37HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN HA PGOV PHUM PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE374HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) LAVALAS PARTISANS MARCH ON 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE DEPARTURE A crowd of seve [...]
2008-03-07 13:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDHA PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN
08PORTAUPRINCE762CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT -- HAITI
[...] (C) This message is a response to reftel request for information concerning Haiti in the framework of exploring options among CARICOM countries for expanded U.S. support for Caribbean regional security capacities. USG Assistance to the Haitian National Police ------------------------------- [...]
2008-05-27 17:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER XL MASS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE828NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST REPORT CARD - HAITI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: To date the Government of Haiti continues to cooperate regularly with the U.S. Government on drug trafficking and money laundering issues. Recent civil disturbances, and the forced resignation of the Prime Minister and his cabinet, have hampered progress to some extent as the c [...]
2008-06-06 19:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE91PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...]
2008-01-17 17:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA
08PORTLOUIS205NOT SO SUBTLE CORRUPTION IN MAURITIUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent allegations and press reports on corruption scandals in Mauritius highlight an often overlooked issue by those new to or unfamiliar with the island. Upon first impression, Mauritius may look relatively clean, but with some digging - one may find questionable dealings und [...]
2008-06-12 12:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC ECON EFIN PBTS PGOV MP
08PORTLOUIS448SEYCHELLES: 2008 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:05:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER SE
08PORTOFSPAIN117TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER PAULA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: New Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has made a positive impression on the diplomatic community. Given her lack of international experience, though, she is still learning her position and the extent of her influence inside the government is unclear. The FM is friendly to the [...]
2008-03-07 17:27:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL TD
08PORTOFSPAIN170CARICOM'S CRIME MEETING LEADS TO DEPORTEE AND REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning hosted an April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government meeting on crime and security in Port of Spain. Among agreed initiatives were to increase maritime and airspace security cooperation, explore the creation of a regional rapid deployment force, develop a Caribb [...]
2008-04-10 15:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PREF PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN23CRIME PROBLEM ROILS NEW YEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: With a record number of 388 homicides in 2007 and 14 new homicides by January 8, 2008, crime remains a front burner issue. The media misquoted National Security Minister Martin Joseph in early January as stating the GOTT had failed in all its efforts to combat crime, setting off [...]
2008-01-11 15:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN232GOTT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL CRIMES BEST PRACTICES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain hosted a successful financial crime workshop, led by the Department of Justice with support from Treasury and the UK Serious Organized Crime Office, to facilitate the drafting of a handbook of best practices by Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) offic [...]
2008-05-21 17:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN PREL PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN249CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOTT is heavily focused on security concerns, both for domestic and regional reasons. It sees itself as under attack by criminal elements running guns and drugs from South America and is dealing with an explosion of murders -- many gang related. From its perspective, the G [...]
2008-06-09 12:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MASS PREL PTER TD XL
08PORTOFSPAIN269SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND PM MANNING DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Manning welcomed Energy Secretary Bodman's visit and delivery of a USG report on protecting T&T's LNG export infrastructure. Manning said he is anxious to do whatever is necessary to protect LNG infrastructure and willing to include that in the mission for T&T's new offshore [...]
2008-06-18 20:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALKCIP EPET ENRG PTER ASEC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN276CARICOM HOLDS MILITARY COMMANDERS MULTINATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following up the April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government security meeting, the GOTT hosted in Port of Spain a June 13-14 "Caribbean Community Inaugural Technical Meeting of Military Commanders." A working-level USG interagency team from State, DoD, DHS and SouthCom participated. [...]
2008-06-24 17:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS KCRM PREF PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN440NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE'S FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although 2008 murders in Trinidad & Tobago will easily surpass last year's record of almost 400, newly appointed Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert has brought some cautious optimism to the struggle to instill a sense of societal security. Early in his tenure, this c [...]
2008-09-29 12:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC TD
08PRAGUE17CZECHS ON TRACK FOR MARCH PRT DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government is moving forward with sustained enthusiasm and great attention to detail in advance of the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team's (PRT's) March deployment to Logar, Afghanistan. This January and February the Czechs have several training programs planned for [...]
2008-01-11 15:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO AF MARR MASS EZ EUN
08PRAGUE234CZECH INTEL COMMITTEE APPROVES NEGOTIATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 15:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS PREL PTER EZ
08PRAGUE401DASD GETZ VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9 2008, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Colleen Getz visited Prague for meetings with Czech MoD and MFA officials to discuss ongoing and future Czech contributions to coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The meeting provided a good opportunity to review the [...]
2008-06-26 06:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO AF EZ EUN
08PRAGUE623THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND A RESURGENT RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 15:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RU EZ
08PRAGUE681CZECH PM TOPOLANEK SUFFERS ANOTHER DEFEAT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the October 24-25 second round of Senate elections, Czech voters dealt another blow to PM Topolanek's Civic Democratic Party (ODS),which was still reeling from the defeat it suffered in the October 17-18 regional elections. In the 27 Senate races, ODS managed to hold onto o [...]
2008-10-27 16:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE72REFORMS AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE PUT PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States has enjoyed excellent cooperation with Czech legal authorities, as demonstrated, for example, by last year's extradition of terror suspect Oussama Kassir to stand trial in the United States. However, mass resignations of experienced police officers in response [...]
2008-02-05 13:06:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE ASEC EZ
08PRAGUE77STATUS OF CZECH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Although Czech efforts to upgrade their diplomatic relations with Iran (in advance of the Czech 2009 EU Presidency and on a similar footing with other EU members) met with setbacks last year (ref A and B),the Czech MFA continues to pursue the effort. The GOCR cannot anticipate T [...]
2008-02-06 17:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KTFN IZ EZ
08PRAGUE773CODEL MURTHA VISIT TO CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: Representative John Murtha's November 25 trip to the Czech Republic focused on missile defense (MD). DFM Tomas Pojar outlined the reasons the Czech government favors MD and prospects for ratification in the Czech parliament. Murtha discussed alternatives to interceptors in Pola [...]
2008-12-15 16:37:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
08PRAGUE787CZECH REPUBLIC - 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Czech authorities continue to cooperate with the USG across a wide spectrum of security, law enforcement and military matters as part of the global war on terrorism. Whether protecting the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other U.S. facilities, providing critical mil [...]
2008-12-18 16:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN PTER KCRM EZ
08PRAIA188CAPE VERDE SEEKS HELP AS IT STANDS UP ITS INTELLIGENCE
[...] (C) On June 30, Charge met with Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Antonio Nascimento, to discuss his recent participation in the International Visitor Leadership Program on transnational crime. Nascimento has also been quietly tasked with assuming the lead on standing up Cape Verde's ne [...]
2008-07-09 16:47:00Embassy PraiaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SNAR OEXC CV
08PRAIA189CAPE VERDE SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS
[...] On June 16, Charge delivered reftel points to an enthusiastic audience of senior GOCV civilian and military officials. Those present who endorsed the concept included Director General (effectively Vice Minister) of Defense Pedro dos Reis Brito, Commandant of the Cape Verde Coast Guard Colonel [...]
2008-07-11 12:48:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08PRETORIA1061POLICE UNABLE TO CONTROL XENOPHOBIC AND ETHNIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Though South Africans have perpetrated sporadic, but infrequent xenophobic attacks throughout the country in recent years, the frequency and intensity of the attacks in the past several weeks against not only foreigners, but also those of different South African ethnicities, ha [...]
2008-05-19 18:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ASEC PREF PHUM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1074MDC BENNETT CATALOGUES PARTY CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett (strictly protect) on 19 May shared his frustrations about MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision not to return to Harare, saying he does not believe the threats are credible. He also said the political violence in Zimbabwe is escalating and that the c [...]
2008-05-21 12:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1088XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SPREAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deadly xenophobic and inter-ethnic violence continued in Gauteng province on the night of 20 May and into the early morning hours, with more people seeking shelter at police stations, churches, and community shelters. Violence also has spread to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, though [...]
2008-05-22 09:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CACS SF
08PRETORIA1146SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...]
2008-05-30 08:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1204MDC LOSING HOPE IN SADC
[...] (C) On 04 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's foreign policy and security advisor Stuart Doran told PolOff that the MDC is losing hope that SADC as a collective, or even a majority of SADC countries, will take any public stance against the current regime in Zimbabwe, the ongoing violence, or [...]
2008-06-05 13:35:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA139EXILED ZIMBABWEANS NCUBE AND MASIYIWA INTRIGUED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The emergence of a "united front" or "third way" opposition force led by former ZANU-PF minister Simba Makoni, if it became reality, would be a positive development for Zimbabwean politics, according to exiled businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa. Publisher Ncube enthusi [...]
2008-01-22 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1459ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL LOBBYING AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court and Cape Judge President John Hlope swapped allegations of breaching judicial protocol and attempts to suborn high court judges in a high-level corruption case. Hlope is alleged to have tried to influence two judges who will preside over aspects of the r [...]
2008-07-07 12:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1619UNHCR MOVES SAG FORWARD ON ASSISTING ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Press statements by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) called attention to Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa in growing numbers, some in whole family units and some with injuries from violence. UNHCR renewed appeals to the SAG to suspend deportations, give access [...]
2008-07-24 15:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1632MASIYIWA FLOATS MDC-ZANU-PF POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South African businessman and unofficial MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told Harare PolEconChief and Pretoria PolOffs July 24 that he believed a power sharing agreement would be signed between ZANU-PF and the MDC within two weeks. Masiyiwa has drafted a proposed agreement under wh [...]
2008-07-25 12:40:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA169TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MO SHAIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met Mo Shaik, advisor to ANC President Jacob Zuma, on 24 January to discuss Zuma's win last month and where the Zuma camp is headed over the next year. Not surprisingly, Shaik viewed Zuma's victory as a "triumph for democracy," but complained that President Mbeki was a so [...]
2008-01-25 15:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1810CODEL BERMAN CALLS ON OFFICIALS AND VISITS PEPFAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Berman completed an extensive visit to South Africa, July 1-6, 2008. In Cape Town, the delegation visited the Port of Cape Town to learn about trade and port security issues and met with a major supermarket chain CEO to hear about his pioneering efforts to promote black [...]
2008-08-15 07:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA2024ZUMA'S REHABILITATED IMAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past several months, ANC President Jacob Zuma's public image has softened, with former foes, international leaders, and big businesses changing their tune with regards to Zuma from one of gloom and doom to one of acceptance, and in some cases, even adoration. Since being [...]
2008-09-11 16:11:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
08PRETORIA2102SAG DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ONE THIRD OF CABINET
[...] Summary: The resignation of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka came as no surprise, due to her loyalty towards President Thabo Mbeki, and her controversial standing with the new African National Congress (ANC) senior leadership. Although the ANC said her resignation was regrettable, and w [...]
2008-09-23 17:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2462SOUTH AFRICAN RESPONSE TO FATF GUIDELINES ON IRAN
[...] (C) Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Financial Intelligence Centre Senior Manager (Legal and Policy) Pieter Smit on November 6. Smit said that the FATF guidance of October 17, 2008, dealing with UNSCR 1803, would be circulated to South African financial regulators (incl [...]
2008-11-07 07:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA2477A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS
[...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...]
2008-11-07 15:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2478FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE'S CABINET
[...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe completed his Cabinet appointments November 5. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. Agricultural and Land Affairs Minister - Lulama Xingwana Agricultural and Land Affairs Deputy Minister - Dirk du Toit Arts an [...]
2008-11-07 15:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2541"SEEING YOU IN THE WORLDWIND": PALLO JORDAN ON
[...] (C) Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan, one of the African National Congress' (ANC) sharpest minds, opened up to a small group of students and professors at a University of Johannesburg lecture on November 13. Jordan began his address by steeping his remarks in a theoretical, Marxist fra [...]
2008-11-19 08:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2623ANIMOSITY BETWEEN ZUMA, LEKOTA MAKE RETURN OR
[...] (C) Personal animosity between African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma and Congress of the People (COPE) leader and former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is emblematic of the divisiveness that has created the split of the ruling party and could inhibit cooperation down the road. [...]
2008-12-02 14:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2624COPE LEADER MOSIUOA LEKOTA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota discussed his party's campaign platform, the broader politics surrounding the election next year, and his party's prospects for success at a lunch with Ambassador Bost, the DCM, Polcouns, and Poloff on December 2. Lekota said his party i [...]
2008-12-02 15:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA468PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FURTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In yet another blow to the embattled Directorate of Special Operations, also known as the Scorpions, the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) has released a report that criticizes the Scorpions for intelligence gathering, among other things, and for puttin [...]
2008-03-07 08:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM SF
08PRETORIA527ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]
2008-03-13 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA604(S/NF) MASIYIWA PREDICTS MDC VICTORY IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will win the March 29 election, predicted respected Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa (strictly protect). The only question is the extent of ZANU-PF rigging and whether this might force a second round presidential poll. Masiyiwa downplayed th [...]
2008-03-20 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA640IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR
[...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Deputy Economic Counselor to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director (UNSC) Simon Cardy on March 28. 2. (C) Cardy said that the content of UNSCR 1803 would be notified to concerned South African government departments (including the Natio [...]
2008-03-28 11:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV SF
08PRETORIA677SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS AND THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: South African banks have implemented extensive money-laundering controls since the Financial Intelligence Centre Act was passed in 2001. The major banks now employ large anti-money-laundering staffs and use sophisticated software to identify suspicious transactions. They also f [...]
2008-04-02 06:35:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PTER SF
08PRETORIA966MDC LEADER ALLEGEDLY RETURNING TO HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After traveling for most of the past month, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai will finally return to Harare on 10 May to address the nation, lay out signposts, and start a "victory/campaign" tour, according to Institute for Democracy in South Africa analyst Sydney Masamvu and a British [...]
2008-05-07 14:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM KHUM ZI
08PRISTINA13KOSOVO BIO: PRIME MINISTER HASHIM THACI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) chairman Hashim Thaci is Kosovo's new prime minister after his party's victory in the November 17 elections and Assembly approval on January 9. PDK's electoral success crowned a long and sustained campaign by Thaci to become prime minister, [...]
2008-01-10 17:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA216KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness Workshop in Pristina on June 3 and 4, 2008. 2. (SBU) The se [...]
2008-05-06 14:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA328KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]
2008-06-26 12:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA343KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting Embassy Pristina candidates selected for an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) training on Targeting Risk Management from September 15 to 19, 2008. The training will be held in Pristin [...]
2008-07-03 08:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA360SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT AND
[...] (C) Mr. President, Madame Secretary: It has been a difficult but in many ways successful five months since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest [...]
2008-07-09 11:36:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA58KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]
2008-02-05 17:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA633(KOSOVO): 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy in Pristina for Kosovo's 2008 Counterterrorism Report. 2. (U) The UN Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) administered Kosovo under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244 of 1999 until June 15, when Kosovo's [...]
2008-12-22 16:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV KJUS KCRM KV
08PRISTINA71KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...]
2008-02-15 15:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08QUITO1067GOE INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT ON
[...] (C) Summary: A GOE commission to review the Ecuadorian intelligence services, the March 1 attack by Colombian forces in Ecuador, and foreign influences in Ecuador released its findings on October 30. The commission recommended that an Intelligence Secretariat be established under the Preside [...]
2008-11-18 12:37:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS EC CO
08QUITO1091CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN VISITS ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman James McGovern traveled in Ecuador from November 13 to 18, to visit sites at issue in the Chevron-Texaco oil pollution case, and Ecuadorian border communities affected by refugees and other aspects of the violence in Colombia. Congressman McGovern met with Government [...]
2008-11-25 21:42:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP PHUM SNAR PTER MOPS MCAP ENRG EPET EC CO
08QUITO1128LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]
2008-12-08 16:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO1161EMBASSY QUITO'S MANTA FOL RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: To coordinate the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) effectively, Embassy Quito proposes a timeline for specific withdrawal milestones and a detailed list of the Embassy's recommendations on the disposition of FOL assets. The manner in which the USG [...]
2008-12-19 21:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO1179ECUADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-7 for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics and insurgent/terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...]
2008-12-22 21:24:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL EC CO
08QUITO138GOE RESPONSE TO DNI MCCONNELL'S TESTIMONY
[...] (C) The GOE took issue with Director of National Intelligence McConnell's testimony of February 7 in a diplomatic note dated February 8. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that President Correa was personally upset when he read press accounts citing the testimony and report, and had i [...]
2008-02-13 21:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EC
08QUITO215ECUADOR REACTION TO COLOMBIAN OPERATION AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. Although the Correa administration's reaction to the news of the Colombian military's operation against the FARC in Ecuadorian territory was initially cautious, the GOE's position increasingly hardened after learning that the operation was not a "hot pursuit" scenario but planne [...]
2008-03-03 23:14:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO216AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA ON
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 3, President Correa expressed outrage at President Uribe for bombing his country, saying he expected the international community to condemn unprovoked aggression. He said the GOE had no relationship with the FARC, and accepted the Ambassador [...]
2008-03-03 23:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EC CO PE BR VE NU
08QUITO219ECUADORIANS SUPPORT CORREA BUT WANT FARC OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. A day after President Correa announced that Ecuador cut diplomatic relations with Colombia, the Constituent Assembly suspended its normal business to discuss the Colombian incursion. The Assembly is expected to adopt a resolution condemning the Colombian incursion. The text i [...]
2008-03-04 21:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO223ECUADOR: THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S THREE MONTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Half way into the Constituent Assembly's six month tenure, the Ecuadorian people have finally obtained a glimpse of what their new constitution might look like. President CorreaQs Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) political movement prepared a proposal for the structure of [...]
2008-03-06 17:30:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR SNAR EC
08QUITO267 Natural Disasters Increase Short-Term Inflation
[...] Summary. Ecuador's inflation rose in the first two months of 2008 due in large part natural disasters, namely severe flooding and a volcanic eruption. Additionally, rising global inflationary pressure, particularly for food, contributed to Ecuador's inflationary up-tick. However, Ecuador's [...]
2008-03-18 13:21:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EC
08QUITO307CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S BUSY, SEMI-PRODUCTIVE 4TH
[...] (C) Summary: During its fourth month of work, the Constituent Assembly actively engaged in drafting constitutional articles on the judiciary, the electoral function, and fundamental rights, among other topics, but failed to approve a single article. Assembly members spent much of their time d [...]
2008-04-01 19:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PTER ECON EC CO
08QUITO327AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO CORREA'S HARSH CRITICISM OF
[...] (SBU) President Rafael Correa, in an April 4 television interview in Loja and again in his April 5 weekly radio address, stated that the GOE would take severe measures to address what he termed Ecuador's intelligence services' failure to provide him complete, timely and accurate information. [...]
2008-04-08 19:23:00Embassy QuitoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO330ECUADOR MILITARY MOBILIZES TO NORTHERN BORDER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite the break in diplomatic relations with Colombia which has suspended bilateral cooperation with the GOC, the Ecuadorian military has not reduced the intensity of its operations against the FARC near the northern border, which it began in November 2007. To the contrary [...]
2008-04-09 18:11:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MCAP MASS PTER PREL EC CO
08QUITO331CORREA REPLACES DEFENSE MINISTER WITH CLOSE AIDE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOE announced Minister of Defense (MOD) Wellington Sandoval's resignation April 9, after accusations by President Correa of U.S. infiltration of Ecuador's intelligence agencies. Javier Ponce Cevallos, the Personal Secretary to the President, was sworn in as MOD in the same [...]
2008-04-09 19:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
08QUITO358GOE REVIEWS MILITARY COOPERATION WITH USG
[...] (C) Summary: New Minister of Defense Javier Ponce declared on April 12 that the Defense Ministry will review cooperation with the USG to avoid adverse influence, while Ecuadorian military officials continued to privately communicate the need for continued cooperation. Recent changes in lead [...]
2008-04-22 16:56:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR MASS SNAR EC
08QUITO402ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PICKS UP THE PACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the last month, the Constituent Assembly managed to approve its first 17 constitutional articles, as well as a committee report on Colombia-Ecuador tensions and the alleged U.S. role in the March 1 attack. While President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland movement [...]
2008-05-06 16:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB MARR PTER ECON EC
08QUITO553ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS' FIRST VISIT TO QUITO AS
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Stavridis made his first visit as SouthCom Commander to Quito June 9-12. Along with the Ambassador, Military Group Commander and Acting DATT, he met with the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce, the Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Fabian Varela and then joi [...]
2008-06-20 17:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MASS MARR EC
08QUITO696MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...]
2008-07-30 22:22:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL EC
08QUITO834AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In her first official meeting with Minister of Government and Police Fernando Bustamante on September 2, the Ambassador stressed the concerns and risks posed by Ecuador's visa free policy, and asked the Minister's assistance in ensuring that the counternarcotics letter of agreem [...]
2008-09-08 13:33:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR EC
08QUITO851SENATOR BOND AND ACTING FM VALENCIA ON COLOMBIA,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ecuador,s acting Foreign Minister, Senator Bond (R-MO) urged that a mechanism be found to continue counternarcotics flights by USG civilian agencies after the U.S. Forward Operating Location in Manta closes in 2009. He stressed the USG interest in military, [...]
2008-09-10 15:15:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR PTER MARR PINR ETRD ECON ENRG EC
08QUITO906AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on September 17. The discussion was cordial and frank, and Ponce seemed interested in maintaining a positive working relationship. However, Minister Ponce expressed a desire to ensure that bilateral [...]
2008-09-23 12:25:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS EC
08QUITO99ECUADOR: 2007 TRENDS IN COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Under the Correa administration, the GOE has taken a tougher stance on combating narcotrafficking by implementing new policies and programs and by increasing its police and military operations. Ecuador's border regions, especially in the North, remain vulnerable to the transit [...]
2008-01-31 21:42:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER PREL MOPS EC
08RABAT1049MOROCCO: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco,s counternarcotics efforts appear to be a function of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which places emphasis on co [...]
2008-11-04 16:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MO
08RABAT1084EXPLAINING MOROCCO'S "LIMITED IMMUNITY"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders in Morocco's financial sector remain confident that it is sheltered from any direct problems as a result of ongoing turmoil in world financial markets. The "immunity" stems less from the sector's inherent virtue, bankers tell us, than from the still limited nature of Mo [...]
2008-11-20 12:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1086MOROCCO: NO OBJECTION TO BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP,
[...] (C) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane was briefed on reftel October 29, concerning Burkino Faso and the TSCTP. Bendahane had no objections to the inclusion of Burkino Faso into the TSCTP, and was encouraging on that score. He has since und [...]
2008-11-20 15:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MARR ECOWAS MO UV
08RABAT1101MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...]
2008-11-25 18:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG AL MO
08RABAT112WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]
2008-02-06 11:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT116SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND
[...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...]
2008-02-07 12:45:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT1161Special Media Reaction: Election of Barack Obama
[...] Summary: Reflecting broad Moroccan interest in the U.S. presidential elections, the Moroccan press has been filled with reporting and commentary on the election of Barack Obama as America's 44th president. Commentators variously aver that Obama's leadership will be to Morocco's benefit, detr [...]
2008-12-17 09:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT1180MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...]
2008-12-22 16:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO
08RABAT1194MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...]
2008-12-24 12:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO
08RABAT150EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...]
2008-02-19 09:58:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT170SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...]
2008-02-22 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
08RABAT179EU LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS AML/CTF PROJECT WITH MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: We met this week with Fernando Rosado, the resident advisor who is overseeing the newly launched EU twinning project in support of development of both Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and its overall integrated anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance regime. T [...]
2008-02-27 10:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT185NEA A/S WELCH,S MEETINGS WITH KING MOHAMMED VI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI received NEA A/S Welch for an hour on February 25. The wide-ranging exchange of views focused on bilateral cooperation, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Algeria and Western Sahara. In most respects, the audience mirro [...]
2008-02-28 16:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MO
08RABAT194NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]
2008-03-03 11:32:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit, the third by a congressional delegation in the New Year, following visits by delegations headed by Senators Martinez and Harkin, will help to underscore the importance the United States accords to our r [...]
2008-01-03 16:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON EAID PGOV PREL SENV MO
08RABAT422EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM
[...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...]
2008-05-12 10:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL MO XF XA
08RABAT473SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL ON AQIM
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official noted May 13 that the Government of Moroccan perceived the regional terrorist threat as serious but manageable. He described the nature of terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Maghreb, estimating that the [...]
2008-05-21 14:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL XA MO
08RABAT489SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO
[...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...]
2008-05-23 18:31:00Embassy RabatSECRETOVIP MARR PREL PTER MO
08RABAT495MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...]
2008-05-30 13:21:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER EAIR PREL MO
08RABAT651MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA
[...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...]
2008-07-14 17:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO
08RABAT736MOROCCO CONCERNED BUT CAUTIOUS IN RESPONSE TO COUP
[...] (C) On August 7, A/PolCouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Nassar Bourita to express the United States' strong condemnation of the August 6 coup in Mauritania and to request that the Government of Morocco (GOM) issue a statement condemning it. Bourita replied tha [...]
2008-08-07 14:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MO MR
08RABAT753MOROCCO: FLOATING NEW PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is exploring the possibility of increasing its peacekeeping profile by creating a UN-sponsored regional training center and/or augmenting its own ability to carry out peacekeeping operations. It is soliciting preliminary international reaction to [...]
2008-08-12 15:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MCAP KPKO KUNR MO
08RABAT850LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...]
2008-09-10 12:19:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO
08RABAT887MOROCCO'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION STARTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's long-promised Central Commission to Combat Corruption is finally starting to take shape following King Mohammed VI's August 21st appointment of local Transparency International co-founder Abdesselam Aboudrar to head the entity. Aboudrar told us in a September 10 meeting [...]
2008-09-18 15:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCOR MO
08RANGOON18WARPED THINKING IN BURMA: INSIGHTS FROM AN INSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: Yin Yin Oo, a Foreign Ministry official close to Number Three General Thura Shwe Mann and the sister of Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu, has been authorized to engage in general discussions with the US and British Embassies. She contacted Charge just before Christmas to sugges [...]
2008-01-11 10:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON234BURMA: DRAFT CONSTITUTION REVEALED AMIDST ABUSES
[...] (C) We have obtained what appears to be Burmese-language version of the regime's draft constitution. The draft essentially restated the National Convention's 104 basic principles but also granted immunity to the SPDC and ensured the status quo until the new parliament is convened. On March [...]
2008-03-28 10:46:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON305BURMA: FEAR AND CYNICISM IN KACHIN STATE
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Kachin peace negotiator told us the KIO remained officially neutral on the referendum, but recommended its members boycott. Officials from the regime and KIO met in late March to discuss logistics for the vote and to address specific KIO concerns. Younger KIO and KIA [...]
2008-05-02 09:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON714POSSIBLE INCREASED SCRUTINY OF EMBASSY RANGOON
[...] (C) The GOB publicly accused detained human rights activist U Myint Aye September 7 of accepting money from our former assistant public affairs officer (APAO),among others, for the purposes of committing "subversive acts." One accusation was a bombing against a government-affiliated group. [...]
2008-09-09 09:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BM
08RANGOON734ON ANNIVERSARY OF MONK-LED PROTESTS, RUMORS ABOUND
[...] (C) GOB authorities visibly increased security in Rangoon in the lead-up to the September 18 anniversary of the start of last year's monk-led protests in Rangoon. Rumors of impending protests continue, and one Buddhist monk unsuccessfully attempted suicide at the Shwedagon Pagoda, perhaps in [...]
2008-09-18 10:26:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON814BURMA: SLOW EXPANSION OF THE INTERNET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the GOB's continued efforts to limit access to the outside world via the internet, Burmese continue to find creative ways to circumvent regime bans. Users employ proxy servers or web tunnel programs to access blocked programs, such as free email providers, chat rooms, [...]
2008-10-20 07:54:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS PGOV BM
08RANGOON861BURMA - INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 09:14:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
08RANGOON890BURMA: 2008-2009 INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL
[...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2008. The country's economy remains dominated by state-owned en [...]
2008-11-17 08:43:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
08REYKJAVIK291 ICELAND: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Post provides the following submission for Part 2 of the INCSR report. Part 1 (Narcotics) was transmitted Ref B. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Money laundering is not considered a major problem in Iceland, though international observers have questioned the effectiveness of th [...]
2008-12-10 16:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN KCRM IC
08REYKJAVIK36 EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...]
2008-03-07 12:22:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
08REYKJAVIK52Scenesetter for the Secretary's meeting with Icelandic
[...] (C/NF) Icelandic Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir's visit to Washington April 10-12 will be her first visit with a bilateral agenda. Since her Social Democratic Alliance party came into government last June, she has quickly forged a solid relationship with her center-right coalit [...]
2008-04-03 16:47:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PINR NATO KWMN IC
08RIGA138LATVIA,S DYSPEPTIC DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Since the relatively dramatic events of last fall that brought down the Kalvitis government, the Latvian domestic political scene has been full of sound and fury but signifying little in terms of action. There is a lot happening and much noise, but it is hard to see that any of [...]
2008-03-17 15:13:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV LG
08RIGA149LATVIA CONCERNED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN BELARUS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are concerned by developments in the U.S. - Belarus bilateral relationship, believing that this represents a hardening of positions by Lukashenka. They are offering support for the U.S., including within the EU, although they did not succeed in getting a pres [...]
2008-03-20 10:07:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR EUN BO LG
08RIGA199PRESIDENT ZATLERS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C/NF) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers makes his first visit to Washington April 23 - 25 significantly stronger in his job than when he started, but still not the dominant figure in Latvian politics that his predecessor was. Given the strong constitutional limitations on his role, this is on [...]
2008-04-17 09:58:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS CVIS ENRG MARR NATO RS LG
08RIGA22(S/NF) LATVIA/RUSSIA - INTEL ISSUES TO COMPLICATE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A Russian diplomat in Latvia, who is a declared SVR officer, will leave his post by the time his visa expires in June because his previous expulsion from France has him on a Schengen blacklist. The GOL has decided not to expel the individual because they do not have informatio [...]
2008-01-11 14:58:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL RS LG
08RIGA23LATVIAN PASSPORT SCANDAL CAUSE FOR SERIOUS CONCERN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A scandal involving the issuance of at least 100 passports to individuals not eligible for Latvian passports has dominated the news in Latvia in recent days. The scheme, which allegedly involved passports issued in 2004-05, appears to have involved multiple individuals in the [...]
2008-01-11 15:43:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KFRD KCRM PGOV PREL LG
08RIGA324SAEIMA PASSES NEW MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, WITH A CATCH
[...] (C) Summary. On Thursday, June 5 the Saeima (parliament) voted to approve the long-awaited, new Anti Money Laundering (AML) laws to bring Latvia in compliance with EU norms. During the final vote, however, six new amendments, which greatly reduce the effectiveness and usefulness of the law, we [...]
2008-06-06 14:49:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KCOR LG
08RIGA348Peoples Party's Junkyard Dog: Gundars Berzins
[...] Summary. For almost a year, one of the leading members of the People's Party (TP) Gundars Berzins has regularly given interviews to daily paper Neatkariga Rita Avize (NRA) where he harshly and offensively criticizes developments, institutions, persons that according to his views hamper the impl [...]
2008-06-16 11:51:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR LG
08RIGA507ALLEGED CORRUPTION COSTS CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CHIEF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Valdimirs Vaskevics, head of the law enforcement arm of Latvian customs, has been stripped of his security clearance pursuant to an extensive investigation into corruption allegations. Technically, he can remain in his position, but he can't have access to classified informatio [...]
2008-08-21 10:42:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG
08RIGA55LATVIA/RUSSIA SPY INCIDENT: FALLOUT MORE DOMESTIC
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are very pleased with the reaction to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Riga for espionage. The reaction from Moscow has been limited to a pro-forma expulsion of a Latvian diplomat, but there has been none of the heated rhetoric that many expected. Rus [...]
2008-01-30 16:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR ODIP RS LG
08RIGA560OUTCOMES - U.S.-BALTIC CFE CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three Baltic states used annual CFE and conventional arms control consultations with the U.S. HLTF delegation on September 8-9 to underscore the need for increased cooperation on NATO defense planning in light of Russia's actions in Georgia. Far from fixated on notions of de [...]
2008-09-16 10:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE LG EN LH
08RIGA574LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE POSITION ON KINGPIN DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 14:42:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE SNAR KCRM LG
08RIGA678IRANIAN ENTITY DESIGNATION INFORMATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 12:44:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN LG
08RIGA742LATVIA-IRAN BANKING - VERY LITTLE CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 14:29:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP LG
08RIGA801LATVIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit continued to maintain a terrorist financing database that it shared with local banks. Since the May 2005 U.S. Treasury designation of two Latvian banks as institutions of "primary money laundering concern" under Section 311 of the Patriot Act, Latvian go [...]
2008-12-15 15:44:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC LG
08RIGA88AMBASSADOR LARSON'S COURTESY CALL WITH LATVIAN
[...] (C) Summary. On February 14, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for introductory discussions on a range of issues. They discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Visa Waiver, and the Latvian economy. End Summary 2. (C) Ambassador Larson paid his courtesy call on Prime Minis [...]
2008-02-15 15:35:00Embassy RigaSECRETPREL PGOV CVIS ECON NATO RS LG
08RIGA92AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF
[...] (S/NF) In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Larson, anti-corruption chief Loskutovs reviewed the status of many of the significant anti-corruption cases in Latvia at the moment. Loskutovs was optimistic that charges would be filed against Andris Skele in the digital TV cases and that th [...]
2008-02-19 16:01:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KCOR LG
08RIODEJANEIRO165 AMBASSADOR SOBEL MEETS WITH KEY ENERGY ENTITIES IN RIO
[...] (SBU) On June 6 Ambassador Sobel met with the two top executives of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP),an association representing the 71 energy companies operating in Brazil, and with Petrobras' new International Director, Jorge Luiz Zelada. In both meetings, discussions centered on the [...]
2008-06-30 16:19:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG PGOV PBTS MARR BR
08RIYADH1034SEN. KERRY IN SAUDI - IRAN, IRAQ AND OIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) traveled to the Kingdom on June 28-30 where he met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Asaf, and Assistant Interior Minister for Security Aff [...]
2008-07-06 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALCIA ECON IR IS IZ MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR
08RIYADH1078THE VISIT OF THE MNF-I COMMANDER TO THE KINGDOM OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Commander David Petraeus met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the primary cabinet officials responsible for the national security of Saudi Arabia. The meetings were frank yet quite cordial and appeared to establish Petraeus as an off [...]
2008-07-13 08:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MASS MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH111MOI FEEDBACK ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
[...] (S) The Saudi Government has made a decision to expand the relationship between the USG and and Ministry of Interior (MOI) with regards to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),building on the existing Joint Working Group relationship. This will involve the USG working with many, probab [...]
2008-01-27 15:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
08RIYADH1114CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PROGRESSES IN RIYADH
[...] (U) This cable has been cleared by DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar. 2. (S) During a July 8 visit to Riyadh, DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar met with Ministry of Interior representatives Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Co-Chair Dr. Saud A-Semari and Dr. Khalid Al-Ageel [...]
2008-07-19 09:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
08RIYADH1150SAUDI POLICY ON PREVENTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The SAG has long been active in stemming the flow of Saudis attempting to enter Iraq as foreign fighters, and has been highly cooperative in broadly addressing this issue with the USG. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) The SAG shares the overall USG policy objective of establishing a s [...]
2008-07-26 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAG EG IZ JO LY MCAP MO MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
08RIYADH1170KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...]
2008-07-30 05:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1205SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudis support USG policy and strategy in establishing a stable Iraq. However, the Saudis remain extremely distrustful of PM Maliki and highly concerned over Iranian influence there. Therefore, they are still hesitant, at least for the interim, to commit any political capi [...]
2008-08-06 10:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH121ASHURA IN THE EP: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Falling on January 19, 2008, this year's Ashura commemorations in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia continued the trend of the recent past; Qatif-area Shi'a enjoyed increased freedom of expression while the Al-Ahsa community was strictly forbidden from any public commemoration [...]
2008-01-30 09:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SA
08RIYADH1245TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]
2008-08-14 10:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1283MEETING WITH CONTROVERSIAL SHI'A SHEIKH NIMR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with PolOff, controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr sought to distance himself from previously reported pro-Iranian and anti-American statements, instead adopting a less radical tone on topics such as the relationship between Iran and the Saudi Sh [...]
2008-08-23 05:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1321SHI'A POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Shi'a of the Eastern Province (EP) - located primarily in the oases of Qatif and al-Ahsa - comprise the vast majority of the Saudi Shi'a, the largest minority in the Kingdom. With strong socio-religious ties to Iran, and residing on lands holding one quarter of the world's [...]
2008-08-27 23:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER PGOV PINS SA
08RIYADH1381RIYADH VIPER SUBMISSIONS AUGUST 2008
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh submits the following name as a Visas Viper submission for entry into the Department's CLASS lookout system: Muhamed Seyfudin Ciftci, DOB 27 August 1973. Aliases: Muhamad Ciftci Abu Anas (or Ebu Eness) Seifudin Abu Anas Al-Turki. 2. (S/NF) Background: According t [...]
2008-09-10 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT SA
08RIYADH141KING ABDULLAH TO LEBANESE FM: SAG MIGHT BOYCOTT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: According to the Lebanese DCM Ziad Itani, King Abdullah supports the current Lebanese government and its push for immediate presidential elections. The King reportedly told PM Siniora during his January 25 visit that if the Syrian government prevents Lebanese elections, neither [...]
2008-02-02 12:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR LE SA
08RIYADH1436RIYADH EAC - 20 SEPTEMBER 2008
[...] (S/NF) On September 20, the DCM convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture in response to additional threat information received describing further attacks planned against U.S. interests in the region following the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in S [...]
2008-09-22 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1504KING ABDULLAH APPOINTS WORLD CLASS BOARD OF TRUSTESS FOR
[...] Summary. On October 3 King Abdullah decreed the appointment of the first Board of Trustees of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The King intends that KAUST be a world-class, co-educational research institute at the graduate level, with English as the language of inst [...]
2008-10-08 08:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV ENRG PINR OEXC SCUL SA
08RIYADH1543SAUDIS CONFIRM AFGHAN MEDIATION EFFORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 11:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPINS PREL PTER
08RIYADH1579UPDATED SAUDI VIEWS ON JCCIP IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed bin Nayif bin 'abd al-'Aziz (MBN) to discuss the next steps in implementation of the Joint Commission for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Border Security (JCCIP). MBN reiterated the urgency posed by the [...]
2008-10-22 08:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1616U/S EDELMAN,S OCTOBER 17-18, 2008 DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (S) Summary. During October 18 meetings in Riyadh at the General Intelligence Presidency and the Ministry of the Interior, U/S Edelman appealed for Saudi assistance for Lebanon and Yemen, encouraged Saudi Arabia to support a regional Gulf missile defense architecture, and discussed Saudi media [...]
2008-10-28 12:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPARM PREL SA LE YM
08RIYADH1659SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]
2008-11-04 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL SA
08RIYADH1688MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF ON SAUDI CT EFFORTS
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. ON 25 OCTOBER 2008, TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY ROBERT KIMMITT AND AMBASSADOR FRAKER MET WITH ASSISTANT MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF. THEY DISCUSSED SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS, THE PROPOSED CHARITY COMMISSION, IRAN, U.S.-SAUDI SECURITY COOPERATION AND THE NEED [...]
2008-11-12 04:30:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN KISL SA IR
08RIYADH1699GEN PETRAEUS IN SAUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. CENTCOM CG GEN Petraeus met with Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense and Aviation Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Interior Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Asst. Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al Abdulaziz (KBS) to discuss regional [...]
2008-11-15 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAG ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP
08RIYADH1716PIRATES DIVERT SAUDI OIL SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR US
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Saudi Aramco officials confirmed with Consulate General Dhahran that one of their ultra-large crude carriers destined for the U.S., carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was captured by Somali pirates approximately 450 kilometers off the Kenyan coast. The crew of [...]
2008-11-18 11:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER
08RIYADH1757SAUDI SUCCESSION: WHAT HAPPENS IF CROWN PRINCE
[...] (C) CROWN PRINCE ILL?: In an unusually candid notice, the Saudi Government announced November 23 that Crown Prince Sultan flew to the U.S. for medical tests. He was accompanied by his son, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, and his full brother, Riyadh Governor Prince Salman and a large retinue of pri [...]
2008-11-25 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1838DHAHRAN EAC FOR HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING 2008
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 21, 2008, Consul General (CG) convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review post security posture in response to the dissemination of REFTEL A. The EAC was comprised of CG, DHS, MSG, CONS, PAO, RAO and A/RSO. 2. (S/NF) The EAC discussed the i [...]
2008-12-23 06:13:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC CASC PTER SA AMGT
08RIYADH191CONSULATE DHAHRAN HOLDS FIRST EVER MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Consulate Dhahran officers held our first ever meeting with Shaykh Hasan al-Saffar, the paramount religious figure in the Saudi Arabian "Shirazi" movement. For more than a decade, al-Saffar has consistently rebuffed Consulate requests to meet stating that "the time [...]
2008-02-11 05:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH286RIYADH EAC - 17 FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, February 17, the Ambassador convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture and to review existing reverse tripwires for the return of adult family members. BPM and RSO reported no new specific an [...]
2008-02-20 08:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH365SAUDI LEADERSHIP KEENLY INTERESTED IN PEACEFUL
[...] (S) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney led an 8-person delegation to Riyadh, February 26-27, to consult with senior Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) officials about possible U.S. engagement with the Kingdom on civilian nuclear [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP KGIC KNNP SA PREL IR PINR PGOV
08RIYADH371EP CLERIC,S CALLS FOR OPPOSITION GO UNHEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, 2008, in conjunction with local Ashura commemorations, Qatif-based Shi'a cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr called for the formation of a "Righteous Opposition Front" to combat social corruption, the "religious clergy," and political injustice against Shi'a citizens in Saud [...]
2008-03-05 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH592HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (U) This message is cleared by DOE/OE Assistant Secretary Kolevar. SIPDIS 2. (U) Per reftel B request, the State Department expended $275,269 on personnel costs to cover energy-related issues at Mission Saudi Arabia during the last year, and an additional $27,538 in program funds for [...]
2008-04-08 13:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALAPER EPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH649SAUDI KING ABDULLAH AND SENIOR PRINCES ON SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, General Presidency of Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz, and Interior Minister Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz during their Apri [...]
2008-04-20 08:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL MOPS SA IR
08RIYADH704CHEVRON LIKELY TO WIN RENEWAL OF PNZ CONCESSION
[...] (C) After almost two years of protracted negotiations, offers, and counteroffers, Chevron finally sees light at the end of the tunnel in its quest to renew its joint venture Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) concession. Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz has confirmed to the Embassy [...]
2008-04-30 12:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH708SAUDIS ON ASSISTING IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq and Economic Minister-Counselor Ambassador Charles Ries and a delegation from Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I, and NEA-I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 28-30 to discuss channeling $500 million of SAG funding for humanitarian assistan [...]
2008-05-01 11:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA ECON EFIN IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR
08RIYADH767S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO SAUDIS ON IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, along with MNF-I and Embassy Baghdad representatives, and Washington analysts, briefed three senior Saudi Arabian Governemnet (SAG) officials on May 6 and 10: Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Chief [...]
2008-05-14 09:19:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIR IZ LE MASS MCAP OVP PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08RIYADH853STATE OF THE SAUDI SHI,A 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing dialogue between Saudi Shi'a leadership and the SAG, and slightly greater autonomy of religious and political action in the sub-governate of Qatif, the Shi'a community of Saudi Arabia continues to feel itself a second-class citizenry, facing both formal and inf [...]
2008-06-01 15:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH858MISSION REQUEST TO REVIEW JAFAR AL-SHAYEB,S VISA INELIGIBILITY
[...] (U) This is an action message. It has been cleared by State, GRPO, and DHS. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On April 24, 2007, CA/VO determined that Jafar Mohammed al-Shayeb (DOB: 10 Jan 1959, Saudi Arabia) was inadmissible under INA Section 212(a)(3)(B) based on information contained in TD 314/29893- [...]
2008-06-02 11:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNCVIS PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH867CONCERNS MOUNT REGARDING THE SAUDI GAS INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early 2008 pullout of French energy giant Total from its Empty Quarter joint venture with Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell and the continued lack of success by Chinese, Russian, and Italian-Spanish JVs in efforts to discover commercially viable quantities of gas in the Em [...]
2008-06-03 14:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
08ROME1226SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 13 TRIP TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. President, Silvio Berlusconi's October 13 visit to Washington provides an opportunity to strengthen our close ties with a valuable ally in Europe. Since your June 11-13 visit, Berlusconi has consolidated the standing of his government in Italian public opinion through a ser [...]
2008-10-02 15:08:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IT
08ROME1567HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 11:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
08ROME1569ITALIAN MIN FIN CALLS REPORTS OF BANK SEPAH RESUMING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Italian Finance Ministry officials told Post that Iranian press accounts of Italy rescinding its restrictions on the Rome branch of Bank Sepah are "propaganda" and "totally inaccurate." Instead, Italian officials say the existing controls on Bank Sepah will be maintained. Moreov [...]
2008-12-23 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1590HOA PIRACY: ITALY PLEDGES FRIGATE FOR ESDP
[...] C) The Italian MOD confirmed to Pol-Mil Off on December 24 that Italy plans to contribute a Maestrale-class Frigate or Soldati-class fleet patrol boat to the ESDP ATALANTA counter-piracy mission. The mission was approved by the Concil of Ministers in the year-end GOI overseas missions decree w [...]
2008-12-30 16:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT PBTS
08ROME456AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOI EXPECTS TO SUPPORT USG
[...] (U) On April 10, Econoff met with Carlo Tripepi, one of the Italian MFA officials responsible for Australia Group (AG) matters, to discuss the USG proposals to revise AG controls for cross (tangential) flow filtration (CFF) equipment (Ref A) and to revise the AG's definition for highly pathog [...]
2008-04-11 11:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC CBW IT
08ROME54ITALY: POL DIRECTOR TELLS U/S ROOD ITALY SUPPORTS
[...] (C) Italian MFA Political Director Terzi told U/S Rood that Italy supported additional measures to encourage Iran to suspend uranium enrichment (with a strong preference for a UNSCR, but also expressing openness to EU action). Terzi said the GOI believed in continuing the two-tracked approach [...]
2008-01-15 09:15:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP XF IT
08ROME683(S) GOI TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT OF MACHINE TOOL TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On May 29, Econoff delivered to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Ref A non-paper on the export of an Italian compu [...]
2008-05-30 12:25:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IT IR
08ROME744ITALY ALERT TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A points on critical equipment needs for Iran's IR-2 centrifuge design to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for export controls and Italian participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on May 22. Liotto said he would pass the nonpaper to the [...]
2008-06-12 07:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR IT
08ROME900FM FRATTINI TO COORDINATE WITH U.S. ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Franco Frattini told the Ambassador on July 21 that Italy is prepared to do more to make EU measures against Iran more effective but opposition from Spain and Austria make it unlikely that it will happen during the July GAERC. In a recent phone conversation, Syrian FM [...]
2008-07-22 16:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO ECON IT
08ROME998TREASURY U/S LEVEY NOTES ITALIAN COOPERATION ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Italy on July 14/15 to discuss efforts to increase financial pressure on Iran and prevent Iran from misusing the international financial system to support its proliferation activities. U/S Le [...]
2008-08-06 14:30:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PREL IT
08RPODUBAI41SECOND AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 09:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON IR
08RPODUBAI49[SOURCE REMOVED] OUTLINES IRC’S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (S) Summary and Background: IRPO officer met with [SOURCE REMOVED] on October 15 and 20, 2008 to discuss [DETAILS REMOVED] his knowledge [DETAILS REMOVED] Iran's Ministy of Information and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Gua [...]
2008-10-23 09:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP
08RPODUBAI51IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN
[...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...]
2008-10-28 08:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PROP PREL ECPS IR
08SANAA15509/17 SANAA EAC REQUESTS AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the terrorist attack that took place on the American Embassy at 0915 on 09/17/08. The EAC agreed to request authorized departure. See specific requests in paragraph 8. 2. (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss t [...]
2008-09-17 17:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA15589/19 SANAA EAC DISCUSSES NEW THREAT
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Sanaa EAC met for the second time since the 09/17/08 terrorist attack on the Embassy. The EAC discussed how best to respond to a new non-specific threat from Islamic Jihad in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss [...]
2008-09-19 14:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA196012/07 SANAA EAC REVIEWS RECENT THREAT INFORMATION
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss new threat information received by the Embassy. The EAC reviewed current security policies in place and discussed additional security measures needed. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss new [...]
2008-12-07 12:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA197612/12 SANAA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY POSTURE
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/12/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the Embassy's security posture in light of continued threat reporting against embassies, hotels, and other Western interests in Yemen. The EAC determined that the Sheraton Hotel should be put off-limits for the time being and the TDYers [...]
2008-12-12 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1991IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO
[...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...]
2008-12-15 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM
08SANAA366WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 3:
[...] (C) President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within Yemen. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors who have obtained his trust and respect. This is the third in a series of cables that intends to develop a fuller understanding of who influences Sa [...]
2008-03-03 09:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINR YM
08SANAA91THREE BELGIANS KILLED IN ATTACK IN HADRAMOUT
[...] (C) At approximately 2:30 PM local time, January 18 in Wadi Dowan in the governorate of Hadramout a four-car convoy carrying Belgian tourists was attacked by armed men. PSO in Makulla reported that two or three of the Belgian tourists were killed, as was one Yemeni driver. One tourist and one [...]
2008-01-18 16:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA979YEMEN PIPELINE ATTACK
[...] (C) On June 1 the Yemeni Soldiers' Brigade (a group associated with Al-Qaida which claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy in March) claimed responsibility for what it called a "mortar attack" on the oil pipeline near a state-run refinery in Aden on May 30. Media reporting varies [...]
2008-06-02 13:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEIND ENRG EPET PINS PTER YM
08SANJOSE1005SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S RETURN VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his delegation. Since the Secretary's March 2007 visit, the Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably completing requirements to join the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repu [...]
2008-12-31 18:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
08SANJOSE263BERROCAL STEPS DOWN AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal stepped down on March 30 after asserting that the FARC was connected to elements of the "political sector" in Costa Rica. Berrocal's comments came in the aftermath of a March 14 raid on a suspected FARC safe house. His departure came [...]
2008-04-07 20:16:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PINR
08SANJOSE399DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (C) On May 12, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime. Cordero informed us that Costa Rica had no formal mechanisms to freeze assets for 1267 listings. He added that the MFA's procedure for 1267 notifications was to [...]
2008-05-15 21:56:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR EFIN PREL KTFN BA QA CS
08SANJOSE580DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED
[...] (C) On July 2, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime. Cordero seemed very interested that one of the designees was a Venezuelan diplomat. Because Costa Rica had no formal mechanisms to freeze assets for listed ent [...]
2008-07-07 21:31:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE
08SANJOSE674TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Econoff and Poloff met with Carlos Cordero, Department of Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Costa Rica on August 7. Econoff demarched the MFA on several terrorism designations, consisting of both Executive Orders and UN designation [...]
2008-08-19 22:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC PINR KU IZ SY
08SANJOSE685DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIANS UNDER
[...] (SBU) On August 19, we delivered Ref A demarche to Carlos Cordero at the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime. Cordero promised to follow the usual Costa Rican procedures of alerting Costa Rican intelligence and financial oversight agencies; however, since this is a [...]
2008-08-21 19:25:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CS
08SANJOSE774SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ,S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Gutierrez, the first USG cabinet-level official to visit Costa Rica since HHS Secretary Leavitt in March 2007. Secretary Gutierrez,s visit comes as the Arias administration is into its third year, feeling embattled by challenges on CAF [...]
2008-09-25 23:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL
08SANJOSE868COSTA RICA APPRECIATIVE OF MERIDA PLAN, DESPITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In our detailed briefings since October 1, senior members of the GOCR in all three branches of government, plus some opposition legislators, have reacted positively and appreciatively to the Merida Initiative. This positive private reaction has contrasted sharply to President A [...]
2008-11-03 23:02:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE881COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2008-2009 PART I, DRUGS AND
[...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2008-2009 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica continues to be an increasingly important transit point for narcotics destined for the United States and Europe. Drug seizures for 2008, though not as high as 2007, remain high during the third ye [...]
2008-11-12 22:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CS
08SANJOSE930COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2008-2009 PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2008-2009 INCSR Part II is below. POC at Post is Robert Andrew. Costa Rica Although Costa Rica is not a major regional financial center, it remains vulnerable to money laundering and other financial crimes. Narcotics trafficking (mainly cocaine) continues to [...]
2008-11-26 23:19:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KTFN CS
08SANSALVADOR1029EL SALVADOR: PRISON REFORM AND GANG INTELLIGENCE
[...] (U) Summary: El Salvador hosted the first Regional "Gangs in Prison" Conference in San Salvador, August 18-20. The conference, which drew attendees from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, established a dialogue on management of prison gangs in Central America. Following the conference, Ne [...]
2008-08-28 21:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1167DAS MADISON'S VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 28-October 1 visit to San Salvador, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Madison engaged key politicos from the left-leaning FMLN and the conservative, pro-U.S. ARENA parties on the upcoming elections, and discussed with GOES officials the prospects for extending t [...]
2008-10-08 19:07:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1195DAS MADISON'S VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 28-October 1 visit to San Salvador, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Madison engaged key politicos from the FMLN and the ARENA parties on the upcoming elections, and discussed with GOES officials the prospects for extending the Comalapa Cooperative Security L [...]
2008-10-16 22:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1331YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will reinforce the importance the U.S. places on maintaining a close, cooperative bilateral relationship with El Salvador. Your visit will also offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing proble [...]
2008-12-03 14:45:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS ES
08SANSALVADOR1372EL SALVADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2008 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...]
2008-12-16 23:03:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ES PTER
08SANSALVADOR153EL SALVADOR: PRISON GANG INITIATIVE GAINS MOMENTUM
[...] (U) Summary: INL/CIVPOL assistance has notably improved security at the prison where El Salvador's most dangerous transnational street gang members are incarcerated, and fomented a renewed emphasis on professionalism within the leadership of the Salvadoran prison system. Given the successes a [...]
2008-02-05 22:37:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KCRM PREL
08SANSALVADOR28YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your visit comes in a string of recent high-level visits, and your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq. Also, it will offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation [...]
2008-01-09 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
08SANSALVADOR29CORRECTED COPY: YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (U) The following is a corrected copy of SAN SALVADOR 00028 2. (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your visit comes in a string of recent high-level visits, and your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq. [...]
2008-01-10 15:37:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
08SANSALVADOR42DEPARTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON SACA AND THE ELECTION
[...] (C) On January 14, outgoing Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco "Pancho" Lainez told the Ambassador that he planned to leave his post, as required by the Salvadoran Constitution, in order to seek the ARENA party's nomination for President. He said he planned to officially announce his resig [...]
2008-01-15 21:49:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR618YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) I am delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador, one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere, and a bastion of economic and political stability in the region. Your visit will highlight the strategic importance of the U.S.-El Salvador relationship and bring attention to a number [...]
2008-05-23 23:27:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR639REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran law enforcement and corrections officials slated to participate in INL-funded prison gang intelligence training in Santa Fe, NM, from [...]
2008-06-03 16:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR767REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Combat Strategic Intelligence course at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington DC [...]
2008-06-26 21:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANTIAGO1021 CHILE MEDIA REPORT ? NOVEMBER 20
[...] 30,000 workers march in Valparaiso for the third day of the Association of Public Employees (Anef) strike. There were no incidents; Chile will face its first fiscal deficit in six years due to the drop in copper revenues. U.S. Related --------------- 2. Editorial ?U.S. Economic Measur [...]
2008-11-20 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1041 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 28
[...] At ENADE, Chile's most important annual and national business gathering, speakers concurred that one way to reactive the economy is by lowering taxes and making labor laws more flexible. Bachelet announced a bailout program for the salmon industry. Ricardo Lagos scheduled meetings with the P [...]
2008-11-28 19:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1048 CHILE MEDIA REPORT: NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1
[...] Chile's front pages focused on the tense relations between Chile and Peru over the inflammatory remarks of Peru's Army Commander-in-Chief, which appeared on YouTube, and how the financial crisis is hurting growth in an array of sectors nationwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. I [...]
2008-12-01 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1049TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION: 3 MEMBERS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 21:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1063CHILE: DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 13:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1065 CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF DECEMBER 1
[...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, December 5, copper prices hit a four-year low, the peso fell against the dollar, and the stock market was down. The indicator of mon [...]
2008-12-09 10:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1075 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 7-10
[...] Chilean newspapers highlighted likely cabinet changes that will take place today. Dailies also highlighted the victory of the U.S. team in the Under 20 Women's Soccer World Cup. Headlines continue to give coverage to the impasse between Chile and Peru and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's [...]
2008-12-10 15:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1111CHILE: DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1112CHILE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 11:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1142CHILE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1149EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, PINOCHET-ERA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although General Augusto Pinochet stepped down as President in 1990 and died two years ago, Chile continues to struggle with his legacy. Successive Concertacion governments were cautious about launching investigations into abuses committed under Pinochet's rule, and Chile's j [...]
2008-12-24 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV XR
08SANTIAGO118NEW INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS HELP ON INDIGENOUS
[...] (S) Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador February 6 that he is concerned about the potential radicalization of Chile's indigenous population, including funding from foreign terrorist groups and/or Venezuela. The GOC would like to draw on U.S. experience in addressing indigenous issues. [...]
2008-02-07 11:07:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO221CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]
2008-03-07 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO290CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANAGING
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]
2008-04-01 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO314CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]
2008-04-09 11:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO340CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL ARMS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]
2008-04-15 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO354CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTELLIGENCE
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]
2008-04-18 19:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO453SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO
[...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]
2008-05-16 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO455CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]
2008-05-16 19:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO577CHILE AND BOLIVIA SIGN DEFENSE AGREEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The governments of Chile and Bolivia signed a historic defense agreement on June 16th designed to strengthen cooperation and trust between the two militaries. The agreement calls for greater transparency, mutual collaboration, and cooperation between police and military forces. E [...]
2008-06-19 19:05:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO592CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]
2008-06-20 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO603CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]
2008-06-24 20:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO678ISRAELI AND IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH CHILE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel and Chile have enjoyed amicable relations since the mid 20th century. Chile and Israel's economic ties are healthy and growing, albeit still a tiny percentage on both countries ledgers. Israel is monitoring Iranian influence in the region, which includes enhanced Iranian dip [...]
2008-07-21 13:00:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PINR PREL CI IR IS
08SANTIAGO739CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police and Investigative Police officers who have been nom [...]
2008-08-13 15:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO740CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]
2008-08-13 15:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO781DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) POL officer delivered on August 21 reftel demarche regarding the five Iranian entities and individuals involved in facilitating and controlling the flow of support to Iran's nuclear weapons programs to: Christian Caamano, Chilean Investigative Police; Cristina Farah of the Bank Associati [...]
2008-08-28 16:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM CI
08SANTIAGO803CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 03, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]
2008-09-04 18:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO838 CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...]
2008-09-15 20:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI
08SANTIAGO839 CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...]
2008-09-15 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI
08SANTIAGO856 CONTROVERSY OVER FARC CONNECTIONS IN CHILE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has come under fire from the opposition for not taking action on information provided by the Colombian government in May that identified contacts between Chilean sympathizers and Colombia FARC rebels. The evidence surfaced from emails found on the co [...]
2008-09-22 18:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM CO CI
08SANTIAGO873DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 20:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR KTFN VE LE CI
08SANTIAGO874TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 20:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ IR SY CI
08SANTIAGO893CHILE: OPPOSITION LEADER LOOKS FOR INCREMENTAL
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Andres Allamand, a founding member of the National Renewal (RN) center-right political party, told Ambassador the opposition hopes to improve its performance in municipal elections on October 29, but an outright victory is out of reach. Instead, the opposition Alianza c [...]
2008-10-06 14:15:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI CO XM
08SANTIAGO95CHILE: VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] E/POLoff delivered reftel demarche to Jorge Chocair, Director of International Relations and Extraditions, at the Ministerio Publico (MP - Chile's Public Prosecutors Office) and Gloria Sepulveda, Director of International Relations at SENAME (Chile's national agency for minors). Chocair said [...]
2008-01-31 16:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG CI
08SANTIAGO955AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]
2008-10-24 17:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO956AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]
2008-10-24 17:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO963TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 17:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BA QT CI
08SANTIAGO974CHILE: 2008-2009 INCSR 1 SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 20:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ECON KCRM CI
08SANTIAGO98INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SOCIAL ISSUES, ENERGY SHORTAGES
[...] (C) Secretariat General of the Presidency Minister Viera Gallo told the Ambassador January 30 that the GOC - and Chilean society - are only belatedly taking seriously a growing problem with Chile's indigenous (largely Mapuche) population, which has never been fully integrated and is becoming increa [...]
2008-01-31 20:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO980DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 15:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC PARM EFIN KNNP IR GM CI
08SANTODOMINGO1265COLOMBIAN AMB DISCUSSES MASSACRE, CONCERNS ON DOM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin received Colombia's new Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Juan Jose Chaux on August 6 for a courtesy call that quickly turned substantive. Ambassador Chaux's message was that the Dominican Republic must address three key challenges to preserve its democracy: [...]
2008-08-08 11:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM ENRG PGOV PTER KJUS EAID
08SANTODOMINGO1353FERNANDEZ PLAYS MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH CABINET
[...] (C) In a series of decrees issued following his August 16 inauguration, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet; however, many of the officials simply moved from one ministry to another. There was no clear public policy message sent by the personnel moves. Rather, by keeping most of the cabinet [...]
2008-08-27 17:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR SENV MARR ETRD ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1509URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AIR INTEL (2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 12:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1959RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008
[...] (U) This constitutes the first in a planned series of cables collecting and summarizing developments in the rule of law field, writ large: notable cases and controversies related to corruption, narco-trafficking, money-laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, as well as the functioning of [...]
2008-12-23 17:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO250LEAHY REQUEST - INTELLIGENCE BASIC COURSE, FT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects and requests notification of clearance NLT February 27, 2008, as notification on or before this date i [...]
2008-02-20 19:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO350DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] Please find the following information keyed to reftel questions. -------------------------------- Overview of Dominican Activities -------------------------------- PARAGRAPH A ----------- -- Summary: The Dominican Republic is a country of origin for women trafficked internationally to [...]
2008-03-10 18:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR
08SANTODOMINGO387ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...]
2008-03-17 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO491LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE, APR. 30
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for ECOPOL and NAS. 3. Name and identi [...]
2008-04-08 19:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO503LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE, APR. 30
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. These 5 subjects are in addition to the 1 sent prior, reftel. Post has no disqualifying information. [...]
2008-04-09 17:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM DR
08SAOPAULO170HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO
[...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]
2008-04-02 12:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO177INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ABUSES INCREASE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL
[...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's indigenous population faces some of the harshest conditions among the native populations of Brazil. Government officials and landowners deny the extent of human rights abuses occurring in the state, but activists and the indigenous themselves recount stories of land [...]
2008-04-04 10:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO22MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 18:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO242DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...]
2008-05-13 12:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR
08SAOPAULO288MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 12:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO461ELO TEAM DVC "BROWN BAG" - BEST PRACTICE?
[...] (U) Summary. Consulate General Sao Paulo's Entry-level Committee (ELC) held a series of digital video conferences with bureaus in Washington, D.C. on mid-level job opportunities. Participants described mid-level positions, key functions of each bureau, skills of successful candidates, and the [...]
2008-08-29 12:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AMGT APER BR
08SAOPAULO49BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES:
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]
2008-02-01 13:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO66POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...]
2008-02-15 08:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAPPORO32NOTES ON CURRENT JAPANESE POLITICS: LUNCH WITH LOWER HOUSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 11:39:00Consulate SapporoCONFIDENTIALJA
08SARAJEVO1227BOSNIA - A VISIBLY UPSET DODIK DIMISSES USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik responded angrily to a letter from Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, which outlined USG concerns about statements and actions by Dodik that created the impression that Dodik believed the RS can take a path separate form Bosnia as a [...]
2008-07-30 15:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK KDEM PHUM
08SARAJEVO1238BOSNIA -- PRESIDENTS' ADVISORS PLAY SIGINIFICANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past year and a half, we have worked closely with the cabinets and advisors to the three members of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency: Bosniak Haris Silajdzic, Serb Nebojsa Radmanovic, and Croat Zeljko Komsic. As we reported previously, (reftel),the advisors play a significant role [...]
2008-08-01 08:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
08SARAJEVO1265NEW DEATH THREAT TO RS HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFF,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republika Srpska Helsinki Citizens' Committee (HCC) received a death threat against its president, Branko Todorovic, and members of his family on July 31. Todorovic speculated that the threat is possibly linked to rogue elements (or former members) of RS intelligence and p [...]
2008-08-05 14:51:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BO
08SARAJEVO1459BOSNIA - DODIK CHALLENGES PIC BY SEEKING TO
[...] (C) Summary: On September 11, the RS Government began the process of withdrawing from the state-managed electricity transmission company, Electroprenos BiH (TRANSCO) and establishing a RS transmission company. In February of this year, Dodik proposed several reforms to TRANSCO that would esse [...]
2008-09-15 06:17:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG PREL BK
08SARAJEVO1572BOSNIA: FOREIGNERS AFFAIRS SERVICE DETAINS IMAD
[...] (S) On October 6 the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) and Federation police arrested Syrian born foreign fighter Imad Al-Hussein (better known as Abu Hamza al-Suri) and brought him to the FAS immigration center near Sarajevo. Initial reports indicate that Al-Hussein's detention occurred withou [...]
2008-10-06 14:12:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER KJUS KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO16742008-2009 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) Below follows the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...]
2008-10-29 09:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1705BOSNIA - S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S OCTOBER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Sarajevo October 27-29 to discuss the possible transfer to Bosnia of some of the "Algerian 6" (A-6) group of Guantanamo detainees. Williamson met with Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic, Foreign Minister S [...]
2008-11-05 12:01:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AG
08SARAJEVO1735BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN 6 WITH PM
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met separately on November 12 with Prime Minister Spiric and on November 10 with Security Minister Sadovic and Justice Minister Colak to convey points about the possible return to Bosnia of some of the "Algerian 6" Guantanamo detainees (Ref A). The Ambassador stressed t [...]
2008-11-13 09:04:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AG
08SARAJEVO1767BOSNIA - BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO FURTHER
[...] (S/NF) On November 17 the Bosnian Foreign Ministry delivered its official response to our reftel demarche regarding the return of some Guantanamo detainees to Bosnia. An informal translation follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Hercegovina presents its compliments to the E [...]
2008-11-19 13:12:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AGAO
08SARAJEVO1796BOSNIA - SECURITY MINISTER SADOVIC'S RESPONSE TO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Charge and Acting Political Counselor met with Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic on November 24 to discuss the request in reftel A regarding the possible return to Bosnia of some members of the "Algerian Six" group of Guantanamo detainees. The Charge noted that we are now [...]
2008-11-26 17:32:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BK AGAO
08SARAJEVO1807BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS
[...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...]
2008-12-02 18:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1867BOSNIA - OHR URGES ACTION ON POST-OHR IMMUNITY
[...] (C) On December 11 the HighRep and Deputy HighRep provided Quint Ambassadors with a non-paper outlining the need for OHR immunity following OHR's closure. The paper, which is contained in paragraph two below, describes the urgency of the problem and proposes several ways of addressing it; tho [...]
2008-12-15 14:17:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN BK
08SARAJEVO1868BOSNIA - MESIC AND DODIK GO AT IT AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic's strong criticisms of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dodik in a December 8 speech in New York provoked a sharp reaction from Dodik and an even fiercer counterattack from Dodik's political allies and the RS media. Mesic referred to Dodik as [...]
2008-12-15 14:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR BK
08SARAJEVO1894BOSNIA - RETURN OF ALGERIANS SPARKS BOSNIAK MEDIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The return of the first three members of the "Algerian Six" from Guantanamo has been the top news item for much of the Bosnian media since their arrival on December 16. The detainees' return has sparked a media battle between the two Bosniak-led dailies, one portraying the detaine [...]
2008-12-22 16:30:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER BK
08SARAJEVO204BOSNIA - TIHIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM; DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Talks between the six major coalition parties took place in Siroki Brijeg on February 2. High Representative Lajcak also took part in the meetings. The talks were intended to consolidate political support for the work of the police reform working group currently drafting legisla [...]
2008-02-04 19:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
08SARAJEVO414BOSNIA - SENIOR MILITARY COMMANDERS CONCERNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate discussions, Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) Generals Mirsad Gutic and Dragan Vukovic, a Bosniak and Bosnian Serb respectively, expressed concern about the impact the long-running series of political crises were having on the armed forces. They warned t [...]
2008-03-04 14:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
08SARAJEVO494BOSNIA - BRAMMERTZ VISITS BOSNIA; RADMANOVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief International Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),visited Bosnia March 5-8. He met with key government leaders; representatives from the judicial and law enforcement services; representatives from internat [...]
2008-03-14 17:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO596BOSNIA - MANPADS OUTREACH
[...] (S) Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Sarajevo from March 19-21 to discuss with Bosnian and international law enforcement and security officials the possibility of remaining unsecured MANPADS in Bosnia. Ambassador Bloomfield stressed that if a blac [...]
2008-04-01 16:00:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PARM EAIR MCAP MARR BK
08SARAJEVO93BOSNIA - ABU HAMZA, THE CRC, AND EXTREMISTS: A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Citizenship Review Commission (CRC) has completed its review of the decisions on naturalization made by Bosnian government officials on behalf of former mujahedeen who came to fight for the Republic of Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war. Elements of the Bosnian government, notab [...]
2008-01-16 09:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER BK
08SARAJEVO953BOSNIA - HIGHREP LAJCAK USES BONN POWERS AGAINST
[...] (U) See action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. In coordination with the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes (ICTY),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak announced two seperate Bonn Powers decisions on May 30 targeting ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanin. He ordered RS poli [...]
2008-06-04 10:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM CVIS BK
08SEOUL1107THE 2009 ROK DEFENSE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Won 621 trillion (about USD 620 billion) plan to transform the South Korean defense establishment inked in 2005 is under intense pressure from President Lee Myung-bak,s austerity measures. Just as President Lee is trimming all spending, the economic forecasts completed in 200 [...]
2008-05-30 06:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL111WHAT TO EXPECT: HOW WILL PRESIDENT LEE CHANGE
[...] (C) Summary: The Korean people have sky-high expectations for President-elect Lee Myung-bak. He will take office as the seventeenth president of Korea on February 25 and carries with him a long to-do list for his government and for the country. For insight on what Lee's administration will l [...]
2008-01-18 07:58:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL1172AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KIM SOOK: A NUMBER OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting, Kim Sook, the newly appointed ROK representative to the Six-party Talks, told the Ambassador that he had been treated with respect during his first meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Deputy FM Kim Kye-gwan (KKG),and that KKG had listened intently when [...]
2008-06-11 07:06:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL162LIKELY MINISTERIAL APPOINTEES
[...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Transition Committee is expected to announce the ministerial nominations as early as January 26 for discussion in the National Assembly session that starts January 28. Though speculation is rife, a few names have started to rise to the top. Han Seung-soo, Speci [...]
2008-01-25 06:49:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL1676KEY NA COMMITTEES LIKELY COOPERATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Grand National Party (GNP) now controls both the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee and the National Defense Committee -- good news for U.S.-relevant legislation. In addition to the chairs, the committees are stacked with other pro-U.S. lawmakers, though the pro [...]
2008-08-22 06:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL1808PRESS BULLETIN - September 11, 2008
[...] Preparing for a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 27) 2. A Sick State (JoongAng Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 30) 3. Talk of Kim Jong-il Being Ill Tests Our Crisis Management (Hankook Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 39) 4. Act, Don't Overreact, To Rumors a [...]
2008-09-11 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL1841DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...]
2008-09-17 07:09:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1946US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON INTER-KOREAN POLICY AND DPRK CONDITIONS: NO DIALOGUE; KJI STILL IN CHARGE
[...] (C) At the first of three scheduled consultation sessions between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh noted that the ROKG policy goal toward North Korea remained essentially the same as th [...]
2008-10-06 03:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2000US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON DPRK HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: At the second of three meetings between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh said the ROK would consider additional contributions of food aid or fertilizer to the DPRK only a [...]
2008-10-10 07:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2278FOLLOW UP WITH ROKG ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On November 18 econoff called on Lee Sang Soo, First Secretary in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Lee pledged to deliver the demarche to KoFIU and was pleased to hear tha ec [...]
2008-11-26 07:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP PREL PARM KS IR
08SEOUL2285ANTI-DPRK LEAFLET DROPPING WILL CONTINUE, VOWS NGO
[...] (C) Summary: On November 26, POL M/C met with Fighters For Free North Korea Chair Park Hak-Sang, responsible for sending anti-DPRK leaflets, triggering mounting tensions in South-North relations. Park said he was facing increasing pressure to stop, including the Ministry of Unification and f [...]
2008-11-28 06:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPROP PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2382NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR INTELLECTUAL SAYS ELITE KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kim Heung-kwang of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, a group of predominantly elite North Korean defectors formed in June, and North Korea Reform Radio Representative Kim Seung-chul met with poloff on December 3 to describe plans to target elite North Koreans with messages an [...]
2008-12-12 06:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN
08SEOUL2401PRESS BULLETIN - December 15, 2008
[...] "Six-Party Process Reveals Its Fundamental Limitations" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 13, 2008, Page 26) 2. What the "Controversy over North Korea's Nuclear Status" Means (Chosun Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 35) 3. Obama's Way of Dealing with North Korea (Hankook Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 39 [...]
2008-12-15 08:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2409ROKG TO MAINTAIN FIRM STANCE TOWARDS DPRK
[...] (C) Summary. During a December 15 luncheon meeting with the DCM, Dr. Kim Tae-hyo, a principal advisor to ROK President Lee Myung-bak, indicated that President Lee would maintain his firm policy stance toward the DPRK despite internal politics. The DPRK is finding fewer friendly media outle [...]
2008-12-16 06:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KN KS
08SEOUL2453PRESS BULLETIN - December 22, 2008
[...] Wrong Troop Dispatch Should Never Be Repeated (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 20, Page 27) Features 2. Former U.S. Ambassador Vershbow: "In Case of Kim Jong-il's Death, Reform and Opening-up Will Be Accelerated... The ROK Should Prepare for North Korea Contingency" (Dong-a Ilbo, December 22 [...]
2008-12-22 06:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2487PRESS BULLETIN - December 30, 2008
[...] "Breaking the Cycle" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 30) 2. "Massive Israeli Assault on Palestinians" (Hankook Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 39) 3. "Israel Is Launching Indiscriminate Attacks for What?" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 30, 2008, Page 27) Features 4. Kim Jong-il' [...]
2008-12-30 07:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL327REPATRIATED NORTH KOREANS' FATE HIGHLIGHTS ROKG'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, the Grand National Party (GNP) called for an inquiry into whether 22 North Korean's were sent home against their will following unconfirmed reports that they were executed upon repatriation. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said publicly that the No [...]
2008-02-19 08:26:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL365ROH MOO-HYUN'S TURBULENT TERM: HISTORIANS MAY BE
[...] (C) Roh Moo-hyun ends his presidency a deeply disappointed man. According to Blue House contacts, Roh has been moody and morose since the presidential election in December which resulted in a lopsided victory for the conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak. Not helping Roh's mood is the piling [...]
2008-02-25 08:24:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL37PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MEETS FORMER USG OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 meeting with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and other former senior SIPDIS USG officials, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said that: -- The DPRK government was feeling "tremendous uncertainty" after Lee's election and consequently had a wait-and-s [...]
2008-01-07 08:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL453ELECTION RUNUP: GNP GOING STRONG; LIBERAL LOSS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite recent stumbles by the Grand National Party (GNP) and President Lee Myung-bak, continued attacks on Lee's appointees, and record low support for a president days after inauguration (49 percent in a March 1 Hankyoreh poll),the GNP still holds the pole position heading int [...]
2008-03-07 08:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL459UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES SOUTH-NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Unification's (MOU) Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination Park Chang-bong, a veteran MOU official who criticized the Sunshine Policy, expects President Lee Myung-bak's government to make clear to the DPRK that most economic assistance, including fertili [...]
2008-03-10 08:05:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL MNUC
08SEOUL573ROKG RESPONSE TO TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON
[...] (S/NF) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Director Lee Jang-keun on March 21. Director Lee said he would urge the relevant ROK authorities and business interests to cooperate with this request and [...]
2008-03-21 07:33:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SEOUL576KOREAN AIR AGREES TO COMPLY WITH TDO ON 747
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Lee Jang-kuen called in Emboffs March 22 to discuss the results of the ROKG's interagency meeting held yesterday on Ref (E) demarche [...]
2008-03-22 05:32:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR
08SEOUL616KIC EXPULSION SIGNALS DPRK DISCONTENT
[...] (C) On March 27 at 1 a.m. Seoul time, 11 South Korean officials stationed at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) were expelled by the DPRK. According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU),the DPRK cited Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong's comments linking denuclearization with e [...]
2008-03-27 09:00:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL623ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST
[...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...]
2008-03-28 07:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA
08SEOUL856SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] (S) The 17th Security Policy Initiative (SPI) talks were held in Seoul on April 8, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney, with Ministry of National Defense (MND) Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy Jeon Jei-guk leadin [...]
2008-04-28 07:57:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL857SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 07:58:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SHANGHAI375SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON GEORGIA: IMPLICATIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Leading Shanghai academics on Russia and international security fault both Russia and Georgia for escalating the conflict, and state that China will not support independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia because of concerns over setting a precedent for Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang [...]
2008-09-08 05:51:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH ENRG MCAP PARM PREL RS TW
08SHANGHAI422SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...]
2008-09-26 06:40:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRET//NOFORNCH KN PGOV PHUM PREL
08SHANGHAI443EAST CHINA ACADEMICS ON CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: ASO WILL BE
[...] (C) Summary: Japan experts in Shanghai and Nanjing believe new Japanese Prime Minister Aso, consumed by domestic political and economic challenges, will adopt a pragmatic approach to China regardless of his past anti-China rhetoric. Aso will attend the ASEM meeting in China in late October, b [...]
2008-10-17 06:42:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH JA PREL SOCI
08SHANGHAI476(C) YIWU'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: POSSIBLE TRANSIT POINT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Muslim community in Yiwu, a key trading center in East China's Zhejiang Province, is thriving on the back of China's growing trade with South Asia and the Middle East. In an effort to attract Muslim businesspeople to the city, local government officials have set up Muslim sch [...]
2008-11-04 02:01:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER XF PK CH
08SHANGHAI493U.S.-CHINA INTERNET INDUSTRY FORUM EMPHASIZES COOPERATION;
[...] (SBU) The Internet Society of China (ISC) and Microsoft co-hosted the 2nd U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum November 7-8 in Shanghai, encouraging more bilateral cooperation on Internet issues. Chinese participants highlighted technological advances and the patriotic virtues of the Internet, w [...]
2008-11-14 04:28:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM TINT KIPR ETTC KPAO OIIP SOCI CH
08SHANGHAI501EAST CHINA AUDIENCES FASCINATED AND SURPRISED BY THE U.S.
[...] Summary: U.S. election programming over the last 14 months in the Shanghai district proved, in the words of one Chinese student, "a great showcase for democracy." However, media coverage, while extensive, was sometimes limited by Chinese Government restrictions. End Summary. 2. While [...]
2008-11-17 06:53:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP PREL CH
08SHENYANG103PRC-DPRK BORDER TIGHTENS PRE-OLYMPICS: DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local officials confirm they have taken measures to "strengthen control" of the PRC-DPRK border region during the Olympics. New checkpoints have been established outside some sensitive border cities. The PRC "through diplomatic channels" requested that the DPRK stem border-cross [...]
2008-07-29 05:40:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KN CH
08SHENYANG116PRC-DPRK BORDER DEFENSE, BORDER-CROSSERS, NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC has made some progress in PRC-DPRK border security in recent years, but advances ought not be overestimated, say northeast China experts. Although new investment, infrastructural improvements and modern technologies have enhanced defense capacity, the border remains porou [...]
2008-08-20 05:20:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KTIP SNAR KN CH
08SHENYANG38NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: PRC OLYMPICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Chinese provincial governments hosting Olympics events this summer have enlisted Korea specialists to investigate potential contingencies involving North Korean border-crossers or activists that support them. Scholars in Liaoning and Shandong have told us they are keeping a cl [...]
2008-03-21 08:04:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH
08SINGAPORE1137(S) GOS AWARE OF DESIGNATION OF LOCAL FIRMS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Econoff delivered to MFA counterproliferation officials October 16 demarches regarding: the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Singapore firm Asia Marine Network PTE Ltd. (Ref A); and changes to the Department of Commerce Entity List, includ [...]
2008-10-23 07:39:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KNNP PREL SN
08SINGAPORE11602008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict laws -- i [...]
2008-11-03 01:37:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
08SINGAPORE1172(S) SINGAPORE INFORMED OF EFFORTS BY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 07:09:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC ECON SN
08SINGAPORE662DEPUTY COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR FEIERSTEIN
[...] (C) Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Gerald Feierstein thanked the Government of Singapore (GOS) for its cooperation on the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and encouraged improved information sharing in meetings with the Internal Security Department and the Security and Intelligence Division on [...]
2008-06-10 05:11:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SN
08SINGAPORE834(S) COUNTRY TEAM SUPPORTS SALE OF GLOBAL HAWK TO
[...] (S) Summary: The Embassy Singapore Country Team supports USPACOM's position endorsing the proposed sale of the Global Hawk (GH) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to Singapore and the renegotiation of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) restrictions for that [...]
2008-08-01 10:04:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPREL PARM MASS SN
08SKOPJE146MACEDONIA'S LUSTRATION LAW: OPENING PANDORA'S BOX?
[...] (SBU) Parliament unanimously adopted on January 22 a Lustration Law that is likely to make it difficult for those accused of having once served as informers to clear their name, or to fully exercise their constitutional right to employment in the public sector. International observers are con [...]
2008-02-22 15:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MK
08SKOPJE346MACEDONIA: PRESSING FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) In a May 26 meeting with PM Gruevski and eAlbanian DPA President Thaci, the Ambassador urged an immediate halt to recent intra-Albanian campaign violence and intimidation that could lead to a failing grade for Macedonia's June 1 snap elections. She warned that the USG would find it difficul [...]
2008-05-28 10:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MK
08SOFIA122BULGARIA, FEELING THE HEAT, WILL CLOSE DUTY-FREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a pressure campaign organized by the Embassy (abetted by the EU and Bulgarian NGOs) the government announced on February 10 that it will close duty-free shops and gas stations on external borders, long acknowledged as a notorious source of "protected smuggling" h [...]
2008-02-28 13:36:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BU
08SOFIA18BULGARIA'S RULING SOCIALISTS SURVIVE FIRST POST-EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Socialist-led coalition government successfully bucked the trend of new EU members changing governments during the first post-accession year. Although shaken by a high-profile corruption scandal and social protests, PM Sergei Stanishev's government is intact, with a [...]
2008-01-10 12:50:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BU
08SOFIA192BULGARIA ROCKED BY INTERIOR MINISTRY SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has been shaken by a snowballing Interior Ministry scandal that involves top Ministry officials and threatens to destabilize the Socialist-led government of PM Stanishev. The high-profile controversy has already led to the arrest of two top MOI officials and triggered [...]
2008-04-01 15:42:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR BU
08SOFIA229INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev forced Interior Minister Petkov,s hand into a resignation after two weeks of a deepening scandal that had trashed Bulgaria,s international image and fed domestic cynicism over government collusion with criminals. Intense international pressure made the difference i [...]
2008-04-15 14:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR BU
08SOFIA301NEW INTERIOR MINISTER MIKOV REQUESTS U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: New Interior Minister Mihail Mikov discussed his plans for reform and made specific requests for assistance to Ambassador Beyrle on May 12, their first meeting since Mikov took office. The Ambassador noted one or two U.S. experts would arrive in Sofia before [...]
2008-05-13 15:31:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU
08SOFIA345MOI REFORM UPDATE: INITIAL CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR GOB
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Prime Minister Stanishev's request for expert advice to reform the Ministry of Interior, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Senior Law Enforcement Advisor in Belgrade Gary Bennett consulted with lead Bulgarian officials May [...]
2008-05-30 12:30:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
08SOFIA365BULGARIA: EU MONITORING MISSION: LOW MARKS BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission Monitoring Team sent to Sofia to prepare a comprehensive report on Bulgarian reform efforts told us June 3 Brussels is growing more and more frustrated with Bulgaria's lackluster efforts on judicial reform, organized crime and corruption. In a private m [...]
2008-06-04 14:47:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV BU
08SOFIA502JUMP-STARTING MOI REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a contentious debate, the Parliament passed new MOI legislation July 22, with major emphasis on increasing the investigative capacity of the ministry and improving accountability in the use of specialized investigative techniques (SIT). The following day, July 23, the [...]
2008-07-25 11:21:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU
08SOFIA620BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR DETERMINED TO SHOW
[...] (C) Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev told the Ambassador on September 12 that the EU report's criticism of Bulgaria's rule of law efforts was helpful and that the Prime Minister was determined to show progress in fighting organized crime and corruption before the next EU report is released in Fe [...]
2008-09-18 13:17:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM
08SOFIA633BULGARIA: POLITICAL MANEUVERING INTENSIFIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's three party ruling coalition is limping through its last year, gasping to complete its five year mandate. Smelling blood, the opposition is hounding the government through joint protests and calls for early elections. Suffering from low ratings and growing domestic [...]
2008-09-26 12:38:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA637SETTING UP A BULGARIAN COUNTER-OC TASK FORCE:
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interior Minister Mikov and Deputy Minister Yankulova welcomed the results of the U.S. assessment of the Interior Ministry (MOI) and agreed to implement our recommendation to create a centralized pilot counter-OC task force. Mikov requested U.S. practical assistance. Post s [...]
2008-09-30 07:50:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM BU
08SOFIA683BULGARIA TO CLOSE MONEY-LAUNDERING LOOP-HOLE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In response to intense lobbying by the Embassy (and later joined by the European Commission and several Bulgarian NGOs) the Bulgarians will close a long-standing loop-hole in financial reporting that was exploited to great effect by money launderers. The loop-hole allowed lar [...]
2008-10-28 14:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PTER BU
08SOFIA738BULGARIA AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE: SHIFTING
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian public opinion is consistently positive toward Russia for several reasons: shared culture, language and religion; a popular mythology about Russia "liberating" Bulgaria from Ottoman Turkey; and shady business connections. Russia also wields influence with a generation [...]
2008-11-21 13:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG BU
08SOFIA759BULGARIA: COALITION PARTIES TREAD WATER, BARELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's three party coalition is gasping forward to 2009 parliamentary elections. In its November party congress, the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) papered over deepening cracks between President Parvanov and PM Stanishev. Facing a restive, old-think party base, S [...]
2008-12-01 14:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
08STATE102240MISSILE DEFENSE:PATRIOT/PAC III STILL AT CENTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After agreeing to submit the PAC-III (Patriots) issue to a subgroup for further study, A/S Mull's delegation and their Polish counterparts agreed July 23 to begin looking at the transition of some work on Poland's military modernization from the bilateral Security Cooperation Cons [...]
2008-09-24 19:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PL PREL MASS
08STATE105067IRAN/SWEDEN/NUCLEAR: COLENCO POWER ENGINEERING LIMITED'S ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON DESIGN OF NEW LIGHT WATER REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 20:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR MNUC PARM
08STATE105096FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN MEETING AT THE UN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. A/S Richard Boucher, SCA AFGHANISTAN Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta AUSTRALIA Foreign Minister Stephen Smith CANADA Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative to the UN [...]
2008-10-01 21:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNAMA UNGA KDEM EAID MARR MASS MOPS UN
08STATE105409LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of date, it possesses no credible information of gross violationsof human rights by the security officers below: a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Date of birth: 17 April, 1968 Passport no.: SA 000205 Date of issue: 01 [...]
2008-10-02 15:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08STATE105491DEMARCHE: LAX HONDURAN CONTROLS ON U.S.-SUPPLIED
[...] (U) Action request contained in paras 2 and 3. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The USG has become aware that light anti- tank weapons (LAWs) and grenades supplied to Honduras under the Foreign Military Sales program were recovered in Mexico and Colombia. The Department's Bureau of Political Militar [...]
2008-10-02 17:57:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNMASS MCAP PARM HO
08STATE106079TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...]
2008-10-03 17:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS JA PREL
08STATE108136(S) POSSIBLE NEW RUSSIAN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. BACKGROUND 2. (S/NF) RECENT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE COME TO AN INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO IRAN. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE PROVIDE [...]
2008-10-08 23:55:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL MASS RS IR
08STATE108377PAKISTANI NON-PAPERS ON ENHANCING PAKISTAN-U.S.
[...] (U) During the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue on September 29, Foreign Secretary Bashir shared with the U.S. side two non-papers; on the Pakistan-U.S. Partnership and on the Strategic Dialogue process (text below). Bashir said the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue is critical but needs more [...]
2008-10-09 15:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PK EFIN ENRG EAID ECON EINV
08STATE108452U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted the third U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue on September 29 in Washington, D.C. Reftels describe sessions and economic and agriculture issues. On security cooperation, the delegations discussed in detail the Coaliti [...]
2008-10-09 17:21:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL EFIN ENRG EAID ECON EINV
08STATE109383GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER WASSENAAR GENERAL WORKING
[...] (SBU) Following is guidance for the October 14-17 meetings of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) General Working Group (GWG). The Security and Intelligence Experts Sub-Group will meet on October 14; the GWG will meet October 15-16. In addition, there will be an Outreach meeting with Belarus on [...]
2008-10-13 13:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL MASS
08STATE109845MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "BROKERING CONTROLS IN THE UNITED STATES ON DUAL-USE ITEMS" Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 20:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS NL
08STATE10999HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...]
2008-02-04 12:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE110079PSI: WELCOMING BRUNEI,S COMMITMENT TO THE
[...] (C) BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: On September 10, 2008, the Embassy of Brunei provided a diplomatic note to the Department conveying the official decision of its government to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles. Brunei had waffled on its co [...]
2008-10-15 14:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL BX
08STATE112700REQUEST FOR MEETING TO REVIEW THE GAMEPLAN (S)
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: In August 2005, Taiwan agreed to a Gameplan on near- and long-term steps to improve its export controls and to address the most pressing aspects of the proliferation problem -- exports to the most threatenin [...]
2008-10-22 21:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW
08STATE113844Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Meeting with
[...] (C) October 22, 2008; 11:30 am; Washington, DC. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte Ambassador David Pearce NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Jessica Patterson (NEA Notetaker) Algeria Major General Ahmed Senhadji, Secretary General of the Minist [...]
2008-10-24 20:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MASS MOPS
08STATE114917"THE WAR OF IDEAS" BRIEFING TO THE PRESIDENT
[...] (C ) I want to share with you my recent presentation to the President and Vice President on the War of Ideas given at the State Department, October 16, 2008. This is a somewhat expanded version that takes into account questions posed during the briefing. I hope you will find it useful as you [...]
2008-10-28 20:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC OIIP
08STATE115935PSI: SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS OPERATIONAL
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. The twenty PSI countries participating in the OEG work on behalf of all PSI participants (i.e., the more than 90 countries that have endorsed th [...]
2008-10-30 19:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE115948PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE115964PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE116392(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...]
2008-10-31 15:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF
08STATE116467DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, October 31, 2008 2. (U) Iraq ) Paragraphs 7-15 3. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 16-24 4. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 25-39 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 40-47 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 48-68 7. (U) Iraq 8 [...]
2008-10-31 16:58:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE116615UN FOCAL POINT DELISTING REQUEST FOR KHALAF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In June 2008, lawyers for Khalaf Al-Dulimi petitioned on behalf of Al-Dulimi (an Iraqi citizen resident in Jordan) and his company Montana Management Inc. [...]
2008-10-31 20:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE116842EUR/SE DIRECTOR FITZPATRICK DISCUSSES TURKEY WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 15:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV HR
08STATE116943DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 1-3, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-13 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 14-18 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 19-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 32-45 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 46-49 7. (U) Signif [...]
2008-11-03 18:12:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE117478DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 4, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-22 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 23-36 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 37-50 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 51-58 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 59-68 7. [...]
2008-11-04 20:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE117570CHINA-PAKISTAN CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 12-13. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Following the return of Pakistani President Zardari from China, FM Sheh Mahmood Quereshi was quoted in the media announcing new civil nuclear cooperation with China to build two additional nuclea [...]
2008-11-04 22:39:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL PGOV PTER PK EAID ECON EFIN CH ETTC AORC
08STATE117684DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING - JUSMAG TITLE X
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Comprehensive Crisis Management course under JUSMAG' [...]
2008-11-05 13:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117686DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING - JUSMAG TITLE X
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism course [...]
2008-11-05 13:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117691DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUSMAG IMET
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the International Officer Intelligence/Military [...]
2008-11-05 13:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE118079US POLICY ON RECONCILIATION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Department is releasing this message to reiterate interagency agreed guidance on reconciliation with the Taliban and insurgent leaders (reftel A) in light of recent press reporting. Posts are requested to draw upon background paragraphs with host government in [...]
2008-11-05 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AF
08STATE120185DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG THAI International Officer Intelligence, Captains [...]
2008-11-12 19:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE123272FORMER IRAQI NUCLEAR SCIENTIST AL-KHAFAJI BEGINS
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Iraqi former WMD scientist Salih Majid Hamid al-Khafaji, a U.S.-educated nuclear engineer, arrived in Jordan on October 8, 2008 for a one-year fellowship sponsored by the Department of State's Iraq Scientist Engagement Program (ISEP). In April 2008, al-Khafaji stated his desi [...]
2008-11-20 17:56:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM IZ PREL
08STATE125123NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...]
2008-11-25 22:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI
08STATE126158MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The team arrived November 30 and established a command post at the Mumbai American Center. It will meet with local intelligence personnel December 1. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon, MG/FBI e-mail) PRIME MINISTER BEGINS RESHUFFLING GOVERNMENT -------------------------------------------- [...]
2008-11-30 22:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR
08STATE1265REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA REGARDING CHINA'S JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 19:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08STATE126744DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in Session Two of the Basic Crime Investigation and [...]
2008-12-02 16:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE126861DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course from Dece [...]
2008-12-02 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
08STATE127045ENCOURAGING CREDIBLE VOICES TO COUNTER VIOLENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: I request Public Affairs Sections at designated posts to report on how posts work with influential host country figures - "credible voices" -- to disseminate and support key U.S. messages on countering violent extremism and other issues of crucial import to our st [...]
2008-12-02 22:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC OIIP
08STATE127294DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the DAO Advanced Security Cooperation/Executive Course a [...]
2008-12-03 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE127955HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]
2008-12-04 19:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE128957NEA MSP GUIDANCE 2011
[...] The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Performance Pla [...]
2008-12-08 20:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KICA KSEP KSPR OTRA PREL XF
08STATE129873APPROACHES TO EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: To thank Israel for its interest in coordinated demarches to East Asian countries on increasing financial pressures on Iran, to provide an update on our current coordinated demarches with the UK, France, Germany a [...]
2008-12-10 20:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR IS KNNP PREL XE
08STATE129941HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial at the UN Security Council on December 16 that we expect will adopt a resolution calling for intensified and coordinated international efforts against piracy off the Horn of Africa. We plan to build on this resolution to seek establishment of [...]
2008-12-10 22:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE130301CORRECTED COPY: CONSOLIDATED FY 2011 MISSION
[...] Summary: The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Perform [...]
2008-12-11 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT EAID KICA KSEP KSPR PREL EAP
08STATE130315DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Combined Strategic Intelligence Training Program course schedul [...]
2008-12-11 19:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE130457BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050092123 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...]
2008-12-11 22:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC GT
08STATE130489SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY
[...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]
2008-12-12 03:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130491SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY
[...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]
2008-12-12 03:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130492SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY
[...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]
2008-12-12 03:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130496SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY
[...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]
2008-12-12 03:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE131919DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at an Intelligence in Combating Terrorism training course from Janua [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE132159DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...]
2008-12-17 19:01:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE132722MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE
[...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pr [...]
2008-12-18 22:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE132842MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND
[...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pri [...]
2008-12-19 13:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL XL XM
08STATE133199INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]
2008-12-20 01:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133426BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050137870
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050137870 for the export of firearms to Nicaragua. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...]
2008-12-22 15:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC NU
08STATE134950DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course: Se [...]
2008-12-29 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE135270PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - YEMEN
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government (USG) is concerned that the current level of port security in Yemen does not adequately reflect the current threat situation given recent terrorist events in country. The USG seek [...]
2008-12-30 21:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
08STATE135302DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Roswell - Advanced Management Course, January 12, 200 [...]
2008-12-30 23:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
08STATE135481DEMARCHE: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACK SUSPECT IN
[...] Summary: Department appreciates Embassy's efforts to obtain Bangladeshi concurrence to share with the Government of Pakistan information obtained from the FBI debriefing of the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) member who is suspected of involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks. While we do not leg [...]
2008-12-31 19:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER BG
08STATE135508DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course sche [...]
2008-12-31 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE135509DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigations course scheduled from J [...]
2008-12-31 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE1514U.S.-JAPAN-KOREA POLICY PLANNING TALKS - WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning Director David Gordon opened United States-Japan-Korea Policy Planning Talks by hosting Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai, and Korean Deputy Foreign Minister In-kook Park for a working dinner December 16, during which they exchanged [...]
2008-01-07 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL JA KS
08STATE18213DISCUSSING FOREIGN FIGHTERS WITH THE SYRIANS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Department requests Embassy Damascus provide the Syrian government information on foreign terrorist flows through Syria into Iraq derived from Objective Massey documents and detailed in an Intell [...]
2008-02-22 22:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY IZ
08STATE18318TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
[...] (SBU) A convoy of 66 Embassy Belgrade staff and family members reached Zagreb, according to Embassy Zagreb. Embassy Belgrade reports six private American citizens left with the group. A smaller convoy of 21 USAID personnel has arrived in Budapest, according to Embassy Budapest. (Kosovo TF/Emb [...]
2008-02-24 07:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE2004U.S.-QATAR GULF SECURITY DIALOGE (GSD) DECEMBER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The third round of the U.S.-Qatar Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) took place in Washington on December 18, with Qatari officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Interior representing the Government of Qatar. The meeting reinforced our mutual commitment to the [...]
2008-01-08 20:03:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR IR MASS PREL QA IZ LE
08STATE20227BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050085764, 050041335, 050024484, 050074594, 050064829, 050040825, and 050057178 for t [...]
2008-02-28 15:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ETTC KOMC
08STATE20685READOUT FROM DECEMBER 4 IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS RSI IN
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and embassy representatives from Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, joined by S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey and other U.S. interagency representatives, met December 4 in Amman to discuss regional counterterrorism strategies at [...]
2008-02-29 04:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ADCO KISL ASEC KU
08STATE21163LEBANON: SINIORA MAKES STATEMENT ON USN SHIP
[...] (S) Summary: PM Fouad Siniora asked to meet with Charge Sison at the Grand Serail at 1330 on February 29 to discuss media reports concerning the presence of the USS Cole in international waters off Lebanon. Siniora neither criticized nor blessed the presence of the Cole. His focus was what [...]
2008-02-29 21:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL IS SY LE
08STATE23568PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL INVITATION FROM
[...] As promised in reftel, below is the official U.S. invitation to the events we are hosting in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). We would like all PSI endorsing states to be represented at these events. In parti [...]
2008-03-06 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC PARM PREL XX
08STATE23570SUBJECT: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL
[...] As promised in reftel, below is the official U.S. invitation to the events we are hosting in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). We would like all PSI endorsing states to be represented at these events. In parti [...]
2008-03-06 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC PARM PREL XX
08STATE27996(S) INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION
[...] (S/NF) Washington has information to share with Chinese authorities regarding a shipment of proliferation concern that originated in China and was seized in Dubai while en route to Iran. The cargo was seizes in November 2007 and was being transported on the &M/V Seventh Ocean8. Additionally, [...]
2008-03-18 12:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM AE CH IR
08STATE28385SCENESETTER: 2008 TSCTP CONFERENCE
[...] (U) The 2008 Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) is scheduled for 24-27 March in Garmisch Germany. TSCTP was formed by an interagency Deputies Committee (DC) in SIPDIS 2005 to facilitate a more effective regional response to terrorism and extremism in West and North Africa. TS [...]
2008-03-18 21:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER XA XI
08STATE29344REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) As part of our effort to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 Chapter VII obligations, Washington is in the process of considering the designation pursuant to Executive [...]
2008-03-20 19:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR
08STATE29525HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible i [...]
2008-03-21 11:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE29766URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE
[...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...]
2008-03-21 17:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE30340(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY
[...] (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paragua [...]
2008-03-24 18:30:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KPRP ECON PREL PGOV ETRD PA
08STATE31896PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31939PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31944PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31946PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31953PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31961PSI: SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008 UK-HOSTED PSI
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Following the OEG meeting, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outr [...]
2008-03-27 22:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE32719(S) RESPONSE TO GERMAN INQUIRY ON U.S. LICENSING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Per Reftel, German authorities are considering the export to China of technology used to produce carbon fiber and have requested information on USG licensing practices for such a transfer. In particular, the FRG ask [...]
2008-03-31 13:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETCH ETTC GM KNNP KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE33109RESPONSE TO UAE MFA ON STATUS OF INTERDICTIONS
[...] (S) Embassy Abu Dhabi is requested to approach appropriate United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials regarding the four outstanding interdiction cases: YM Energy, M/V Sinotrans Qingdao, M/V Seventh Ocean and M/V Anna E and discuss the options for resolving them. Post should draw from objectives b [...]
2008-03-31 21:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETMNUC PARM PREL XB ZO ZP AE
08STATE34305SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]
2008-04-03 01:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08STATE35781TERRORISM FINANCE: UN 1267 COMMITTEE AND E.O.
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph three. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) The USG intends to designate the Kuwait-headquartered international NGO Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) in the near future, including its overseas branch offices, as a Specially Designa [...]
2008-04-07 15:55:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN PREL PGOV KU
08STATE36471LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS,
[...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...]
2008-04-08 18:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08STATE39672(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On March 10, we provided Turkey information indicating that the Turkish company Tet Makina Metal Sanayi Ve Ticaret was working to supply four- and six- axis filament winding machines to Pakistan. We expressed [...]
2008-04-15 21:25:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA TU PK
08STATE40362HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...]
2008-04-17 14:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE41023THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP
[...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]
2008-04-18 15:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETIS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE4237DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO YEREVAN 1421: REQUEST FOR
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following member of the Government of Armenia, nominated for training by the Ministry of Defense. The start date of training is January 18 [...]
2008-01-14 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS PGOV PHUM AM
08STATE42905US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the April 10 U.S.-EU-Canada trilateral meetings on Iran for the Slovenian EU Presidency, all three delegations agreed that Iran sought to undermine everything that the international community sought to achieve in the Middle East, and that its nuclear program and state spo [...]
2008-04-23 16:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
08STATE43817SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On September 6, 2007, Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor Syria was clandestinely constructing, we judge with North Korean assistance. The reactor site was in Syria's eastern desert region in a location [...]
2008-04-25 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL
08STATE45358ENGAGING GCC+2 ON IRAN/IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) This demarche comes in the context of our strong push to get greater regional engagement with Iraq. This effort is not just for the sake of that country but to advance strategic regional security goals in the face of common regional challenges from Iran, Al-Qaeda, and other sources of [...]
2008-04-29 20:10:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL BA EG IZ JO KU QA SA GCC AE UM
08STATE48120RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: As a result of several different Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) as well as 9/11 Commission Act requirements designed to enhance U.S. security, Washington agencies have concluded a number of biographic [...]
2008-05-06 22:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08STATE51536FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] (U) This is an action message; see paras 3-9. 2. (SBU) Per reftels, Embassies have been asked to undertake activities and encourage host governments and NGOs to undertake activities for a day of solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. For post information only, President Bush is expec [...]
2008-05-15 00:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU
08STATE5157RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. LAST NAME: Elgad FIRST NAME: Rotem Rafael GENDER: Male DOB: 30 October 1975 RANK/SERVICE: Major [...]
2008-01-16 21:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR
08STATE52863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment inquiry on license numbers 05-050016544, 05-988470, and 05-990843 for the export of defense hardware to Indon [...]
2008-05-19 12:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC ID SN
08STATE53224PSI: PRESS GUIDANCE AND SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS
[...] This is an action request. Press guidance and action requested is in paragraph 2. Text of a &media announcement8 is in paragraph 3. Talking points are in paragraph 5 below. As described in reftel, the United States is hosting a series of events in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the [...]
2008-05-19 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL XX
08STATE55234(S) POTENTIAL SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO
[...] (S) Summary: Russia is planning to ship SA-24 (Igla-S) air defense equipment to Syria in late May. Despite repeated assurances to the U.S. beginning in 2005 that Russia would only provide Syria with vehicle-mounted systems, we have reason to be concerned that Russia may provide man-portable [...]
2008-05-22 22:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY
08STATE57532SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]
2008-05-29 18:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE5863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050077526 and 05-050079235 for the export of automatic rifles to Jordan. Post is requested t [...]
2008-01-18 16:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JO KOMC
08STATE59463READOUT FROM APRIL 29 -IRAQ AND NEIGHBOR RSI SVTC
[...] (S) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey hosted an Iraq and Neighbors Regional Strategic Initiative Secure Video Teleconference (SVTC) with U.S. Chiefs of Mission (COMs) from Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, as well as Embassy Baghdad's Political Military Minister-C [...]
2008-06-03 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC IZ XF
08STATE59707SEEKING GERMAN SUPPORT ON ENDING RUSSIAN ARMS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. SUMMARY 2. (C) U.S. officials have provided briefings to countries on Russian arms sales of concern and asked appropriate officials to raise these sales with Russian officials. German Chancellor Merkel is meeting with Russian Preside [...]
2008-06-03 22:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08STATE61194Walk-in Guidance for 2008: Administrative
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The information in this telegram must be handled with utmost discretion and due diligence. This telegram contains updated guidance and procedures for handling foreign national walk-ins, defectors and asylum seekers at overseas posts. It describes procedures to be followed in re [...]
2008-06-06 16:22:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS PINR PREF
08STATE61842SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATING 4
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) At the highest level appropriate, USUN and Embassy Paris are requested to urge the French to support the addition of the four names in para 3, including Daoussa DEBY ITNO, to the consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the [...]
2008-06-09 17:34:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU
08STATE62585DJIBOUTI: SEEKING UNSC BRIEFING ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Over the last several weeks tensions between Eritrea and Djibouti have risen due to an initial Eritrean military build-up along their shared border and Eritrean military incursions into Djiboutian territory. Djibouti responded with its own military build-up [...]
2008-06-10 21:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETUNSC PREL DJ XA XW
08STATE62588REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN TERRORIST
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4, 9, and 10. SUMMARY 2. (S/NF) The Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is subject to a five-year review this year. The Department is collecting and reviewing information about the activi [...]
2008-06-10 22:03:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS IZ SY IS LY
08STATE63412VETTING RESPONSES FOR IMET TRAINING FOR SERBIA
[...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftels for various IMET courses. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory information as of June 9, 2008: NAME: Vladan Milinkovic (Ref A) DOB: 18/01/19 [...]
2008-06-12 15:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MAR MASS PREL PHUM SR MW
08STATE63413VETTING RESPONSE FOR IMET TRAINING FOR SERBIA
[...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for a CTFP IMET course beginning July 1, 2008. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individual listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory information as of June 10, 2008: NAME: Goran Radosavljevic D [...]
2008-06-12 15:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MAR MASS PHUM PREL SR
08STATE65834DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. (C) Per Ref A, on May 15, Embassy Baghdad shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution (Ref B),which imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that thr [...]
2008-06-18 23:12:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK
08STATE66897SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 6, Security Council action addressees are requested to seek host government support at the highest appropriate level for the draft resolution in paragraph 7 below. USUN distributed the text to Security Council delegations on June [...]
2008-06-22 15:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE68633CORRECTED COPY: REQUEST TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Government of Japan (GOJ) is actively considering possible contributions to support NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) security operations in Afghanistan (REFS A [...]
2008-06-26 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR JA
08STATE69050OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69051OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69056OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69090Deputy Secretary Negroponte's June 23, 2008
[...] Classified by EAP Assistant Secretary Glyn T. Davies, Acting. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (SBU) June 23, 3008; 10:00 a.m.; Washington, D.C.. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney Deputy Assistant Secretary of State S [...]
2008-06-26 23:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL RP
08STATE69301STATE LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING IN IRAQ
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. The Leahy Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) prohibits units of security forces from receiving assistance if the Department has credible evidence of gross human rights violations by such units. This cable [...]
2008-06-27 15:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
08STATE69343PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH
[...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]
2008-06-27 15:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE69357PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH
[...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]
2008-06-27 16:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE69956AUTHORIZATION TO VOTE FOR RESOLUTION TO EXTEND
[...] Action request: USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft resolution in paragraph 2. 2. Begin draft resolution text. The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999),1333 (2000),1363 (2001),1373 (2001),1390 (2002),1452 (2002),1455 (2003),1526 (2004),1566 (200 [...]
2008-06-30 15:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE70837AGENCIES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL'S SHOOTDOWN PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (S) In response to reftels, State reiterates the critical importance of reviewing U.S. assistance to Brazil's Aerial Bridge Denial (Shootdown) program. This information is necessary to satisfy a specific request from POTUS prior to making [...]
2008-07-02 03:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL SNAR BS
08STATE73794DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...]
2008-07-09 22:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ
08STATE74921(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser DCO [...]
2008-07-12 14:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08STATE75341PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 29, 2008 PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonpr [...]
2008-07-14 19:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE75367PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 29, 2008 PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonpr [...]
2008-07-14 19:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE75378PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH
[...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]
2008-07-14 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE7679APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28-
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...]
2008-01-24 23:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STATE80510T LETTER OF THANKS TO FCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL LESLIE
[...] SUMMARY: FCO Director General for Defence and Intelligence Mariot Leslie led a panel on ways to continue strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) at the Senior-Level Meeting for all PSI endorsing states held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth [...]
2008-07-25 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UK
08STATE82699FOLLOWING UP WITH MEXICO ON PSI
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: In advance of the May 29 U.S.-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, the U.S. extended invitations to a number of key countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI and also urged their endorsement. Washington appreciates Embassy [...]
2008-07-31 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL MX
08STATE83178SECRETARY RICE'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Secretary Rice met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani on June 28 during the Prime Minister's first official visit to the United States. They had a frank and positive discussion; both leaders committed to a broad, long-term relationship. Secretary Rice urged immediate act [...]
2008-08-01 20:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV PTER
08STATE83662REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...]
2008-08-04 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08STATE84006GUIDANCE: UNAMI BRIEFING - 6 AUG 2008
[...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) scheduled for August 6. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I am pleased to report to the Security Council on behalf of the Multinational Force [...]
2008-08-05 19:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ
08STATE84562(SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's July 23,
[...] Classified by NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) July 23; 4:30pm; Washington, DC, USA. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost (D Staff) Jonathan Peccia (NEA Notetaker) Israel LTG Gabi Ashkenazi Defense [...]
2008-08-06 19:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER OVIP IR IS
08STATE86006FDLR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 - 4. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kigali is requested to thank the Government of Rwanda (GOR) again for their extraordinary effort to produce a comprehensive submission of FDLR targets for inclusion on the conso [...]
2008-08-11 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE88303TGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 19
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi could not confirm any Russian troop withdrawals. EU parliamentarians entered Gori after being stopped at the outskirts. They saw no troops in the city, but the Russian military has established checkpoints at major junctions along the road from Gori to Khashuri, giv [...]
2008-08-17 21:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE89776TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.
[...] (SBU) Russian forces built a sentry post 30 miles from Tbilisi, according to media. Embassy Tbilisi is concerned Russia could block not only international relief but also economic reconstruction. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi email, AP) RAILWAY BRIDGE REPAIRS EXPECTED TO TAKE 30 DAYS ------------ [...]
2008-08-21 03:15:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE90378TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) Defense Minister Serdyukov said Russian troops would begin to withdraw into South Ossetia at 0600 local time, and be completed by the end of the day. 500 "peacekeepers" would remain in the "security zone." The withdrawing forces would depart South Ossetia for Russia over the next ten d [...]
2008-08-22 11:10:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
08STATE90905INFORMATION SHARING FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN please see paras 2 and 3. Embassies Brussels, London, and Paris please see para 4. Embassy Paris please also see para 5. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) USUN is requested to share the information in paragraph 6 with the Belgian, F [...]
2008-08-23 00:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
08STATE91177BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of spacecraft-related equipment to India. Post is requested to c [...]
2008-08-25 15:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC IN KOMC
08STATE94825USUN INSTRUCTION: CALL P-3 MEETING REGARDING
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. USUN is to request a P-3 meeting be held before COB Friday, 5 September. The U.S. intends to propose the four names in para 2 be added to the consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council [...]
2008-09-04 17:41:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN SU UNSC
08STATE96741SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO EXPAND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR),U.S. General Craddock, proposed to NATO Defense Ministers an amendment to the Counternarcotics Annex of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Opera [...]
2008-09-10 14:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
08STATE97027BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050121644 for the export of electronic detonators to Korea. Post is requested to complete [...]
2008-09-10 19:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC KS
08STATE97316DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]
2008-09-11 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STATE97377CORRECTED TEXT - COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LICENSE
[...] (U) This is an action message. The Department requests that the Embassy approach appropriate Government of Japan officials at the earliest opportunity to seek certain written assurances, as per paragraphs 4 - 7 below. This cable contains proprietary information; please protect accordingly. [...]
2008-09-11 16:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC JA KSCA KSTC PINR PREL TSPA
08STATE97379UN 1267: REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) In August 2004, the Libyan government nominated 74 names for addition to the UN 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, al-Qaida or th [...]
2008-09-11 16:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE97395CORRECTED COPY: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF
[...] (U) This is a CORRECTED action request. Please see paragraph 4. CORRECTIONS: demarche shuold be delivered only to NATO Allies and points in paragraph 4 are classified as Confidential/Releasable to NATO. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR),U.S. Genera [...]
2008-09-11 17:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
08STATE98278GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 15 - 26 WASSENAAR
[...] (U) This cable provides guidance for the U.S. Delegation to the September 15 -26, 2008 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) meeting in Vienna. 2. (U) USDEL should seek EG consensus on US objectives as articulated in this and previous EG guidance, the December 2007 plenary and inter [...]
2008-09-15 00:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER
08STATE98975URGING COALITION ALLIES TO APPROACH BEIJING ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 16:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK
08STATE99002SOLICITING UAEG SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Getting China to aggressively implement United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as more effectively enforce its own export controls regarding transfers of d [...]
2008-09-16 17:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PINR
08STATE99667M/V ANTARES I: RESULTS OF COMPLIANT BOARDING
[...] (S//REL Germany) On 13 June 2008, a boarding team from the USS Bulkeley boarded and searched the M/V ANTARES I, a Liberian-flagged, German-owned cargo vessel, on 13 June in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The boarding was conducted in accordance with our bilateral Proliferation Security Initi [...]
2008-09-17 21:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL GM LI KN SY
08STATE99685EGYPT: POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF RETRANSFER, END-USE
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Cairo. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVE ---------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Post engage appropriate host country officials to determine the status of the Chinese proposal, discussed below, and confirm whether any subsequent [...]
2008-09-17 22:15:00Secretary of StateSECRETEG MAS PARM PREL
08STATE99701DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]
2008-09-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08STOCKHOLM369USAID REPRESENTATIVE IN MAZAR-I-SHARIF URGES
[...] (SBU) On May 15-16, Deputy Economic Counselor accompanied USAID Field Program Officer (FPO) from Mazar-i-Sharif to meetings at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Directorate, and the Swedish International Development Cooper [...]
2008-05-20 05:57:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF SW
08STOCKHOLM506IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN SWEDEN
[...] (C) Summary: Post has reached out to members of the Iranian community in Sweden over the past year. Post has not yet identified recipients for the Iran Small Grants Program, however, we continue to vet different groups and intend to nominate several candidates in the Fall. Iranian Swedes are [...]
2008-07-15 14:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALIR KDEM KPAO PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM599ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON INFORMATION SHARING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On August 14, CDA and Poloff met with the director general of the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP),Andreas Ekman, to discuss the ongoing proliferation activities of Mahaco, a Swedish-registered company owned by a Swedish citize [...]
2008-08-29 14:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL SW SP IR
08STOCKHOLM610SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
[...] (C) Summary: Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told us the Sweden is committed to Afghanistan "for the long haul" and that political parties across the spectrum remain supportive of the government's Afghanistan policy. He expects no problems with respect to Afghanistan when Parliamen [...]
2008-09-08 15:16:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALSW AF PREL
08STOCKHOLM748HSPD-6 TEAM VISITS TO DISCUSS TERRORIST SCREENING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Meetings between the HSPD-6 terrorist screening information negotiation team and the Swedish MOJ and MFA reveal that the current Swedish political climate makes any formal terrorist screening information agreement highly difficult. Existing informal arrangements are working well, [...]
2008-11-07 16:32:00Embassy StockholmSECRETASEC CVIS PGOV PREL CMGT PTER SW
08STOCKHOLM751SWEDEN LIKELY TO UP ISAF TROOPS BUT BILL DELAYED
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden has once again delayed the submission of its ISAF authorization bill to Parliament to November 17-19, citing "differences in interpretation of the wording" as the main problem. Sweden is discussing raising the number of troops in Afghanistan from 375 to around 500, by sendi [...]
2008-11-07 18:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL AF SW
08STOCKHOLM752SWEDEN LIKELY TO UP ISAF TROOPS BY 100; BILL
[...] (C) Summary: Sweden has once again delayed the submission of its ISAF authorization bill to Parliament to November 17-19, citing "differences in interpretation of the wording" as the main problem. Sweden is discussing raising the number of troops in Afghanistan from 375 to around 500, by sendi [...]
2008-11-10 07:49:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL AF SW
08SUVA89FIJI - BAINIMARAMA "NO" ON REEVES' DIALOGUE;
[...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama has declined a proposal to meet with deposed PM Qarase and others, under the auspices of Commonwealth Secretariat envoy Sir Paul Reeves. Bainimarama said the Military Council objected, but Reeves reportedly puts the blame on interim Finance Minister [...]
2008-03-06 14:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CJAN PHUM PINR MARR FJ
08TAIPEI129DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER LEE
[...] (S) American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Stephen Young met with Minister of Defense Lee Tien-yu January 25 to brief on the USPACOM Commander's recent visit to the PRC and other defense issues. Present at the meeting were Colonel Tony Chow (LAS) and Tony Hu (TECH). Taiwan attendees inc [...]
2008-01-28 06:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW MASS
08TAIPEI1470Director's 10/6 Meeting with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen
[...] (SBU) Summary: In her October 6 meeting with Director Young, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu briefed on the city's 2009 World Games preparations and sought U.S. help on counterterrorism information exchange and screening incoming foreign athletes. Chen positively assessed DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen's p [...]
2008-10-15 07:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON TW
08TAIPEI1748MA TO CODEL ISSA: CROSS-STRAIT TIES ON RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. As the new U.S. administration reviews its approach on trade issues, Taiwan hopes to work with the U.S. to put in place the building blocks for an eventual bilateral FTA, Taiwan President Ma told Congressman Darrell Issa during a December 17 meeting. Taiwan appreciates U.S. securi [...]
2008-12-18 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD INT PGOV PINR PREL TW
08TAIPEI247TAIWAN ELECTION COUNTDOWN: FOUR WEEKS TO GO
[...] (C) Summary: With four weeks to go before the March 22 presidential election, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou continues to lead the DPP's Frank Hsieh, though internal polling by the DPP and KMT indicates a significantly narrower gap than some media polls would suggest. While the latter show Ma [...]
2008-02-22 11:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TAIPEI281DPP CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on February 28 that the presidential race is much closer than polls suggest and he predicted the margin of victory will be within two percentage points. Hsieh plans to begin promoting the DPP's UN referendum to boost his campaign, but s [...]
2008-02-29 10:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TAIPEI411NOTES ON TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: MA
[...] (C) Summary: This cable provides biographical information on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) and KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou, including personality, leadership styles and views on dealing with the United States. Widely known as a cosmopolitan thinker with a sharp wit, Hsi [...]
2008-03-21 12:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR TW
08TAIPEI508TAIWAN'S NEXT PREMIER LIU CHAO-HSUAN: A PROFILE
[...] (SBU) Soochow University President Liu Chao-hsuan appears slated to head the new cabinet after president-elect Ma Ying-jeou is inaugurated on May 20. Over the past week local newspapers have run front-page stories saying Liu was offered and accepted the premiership, edging out other contend [...]
2008-04-11 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TW
08TAIPEI60SENATOR COBURN MEETS WITH TAIWAN VP AND DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK),accompanied by the Deputy Director, met with Taiwan VP Annette Lu on January 11. Accompanied by Technical Section Chief Tony Hu, Senator Coburn separately met with Taiwan Defense Minister Lee Tien-yu the same morning. Both the Vice President and Def [...]
2008-01-14 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS TW
08TALLINN326ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]
2008-09-22 14:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TALLINN359INNOVATION: THE SEARCH FOR ESTONIA'S NOKIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonia's government, science parks and private firms are searching for a global brand for Estonia to rival Finland's Nokia. For years a booming economy allowed Estonian companies to coast along, with little incentive to innovate. The recent economic downturn, however, may jolt [...]
2008-10-21 13:09:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EINV EN
08TASHKENT105CDR USCENTCOM: LOOKING FOR MIL-MIL REENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon met January 24 jointly with the National Security Advisor, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Border Guards of the National Security Service. The meeting, which immediately preceded one with Uzbek Preside [...]
2008-01-28 13:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS UZ
08TASHKENT1089SCENE SETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24 ARCENT COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan and thanks you and your command for the quick response to the consequences of the Kagan Ammunition Depot explosions of 10 July 2008. The delivery of equipment and the subsequent training were very timely for relations between the [...]
2008-09-22 11:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1123UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT
[...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]
2008-09-30 09:46:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT1124UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT
[...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]
2008-09-30 09:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT115SCENE SETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTCOM,S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND. Embassy Tashkent welcomes the 24-25 January 2008 visit by the Commander of U.S. CENTCOM. This will be the first visit by a CENTCOM Commander to Uzbekistan in nearly three years since relations dissolved in the wake of the May 2005 Andijon events and the U.S. depa [...]
2008-01-29 08:37:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
08TASHKENT1154UZBEK FM URGES STEP BY STEP APPROACH ON
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek FM Norov called in Ambassador on October 8 to discuss the way forward on Afghanistan transit. Norov said that the upcoming fact-finding visit led by RADM Harnitchek should focus strictly on commercial and technical issues, leaving political discussions and ministerial-level [...]
2008-10-08 13:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1192UNODC REPORTS GREATER COOPERATION FROM CENTRAL
[...] (U) Summary: On September 19 poloff attended a donor coordination roundtable hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia. UNODC Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, Mark Colhoun, reported increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the f [...]
2008-10-17 05:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM TX IR TI UZ ASEC
08TASHKENT1288"WHIRLPOOL OF DEATH:" UZBEK TV REPORTS ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Uzbek state-controlled television broadcasted a 20-minute program claiming that members of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization had recruited Uzbeks in the town of Khonobod in Andijon province and facilitated their travel to Pakistan to train in militant camps. [...]
2008-11-07 10:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KIRF KISL PINR PGOV PREL SOCI PK UZ
08TASHKENT1306UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE
[...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...]
2008-11-13 11:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ
08TASHKENT13152008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]
2008-11-17 10:55:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT13162008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]
2008-11-17 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1325UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...]
2008-11-18 10:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ
08TASHKENT1471UZBEKISTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Several U.S. programs--including the Export Control and Related Border Security program, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement program, and others sponsored by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy--have contributed to enhancing the security of Uzbekistan's b [...]
2008-12-17 08:29:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPBTS ASEC ECON MASS PGOV PINS KNNP PREL UZ
08TASHKENT174SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...]
2008-02-08 07:51:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT493CENTRAL BANK ON MONEY LAUNDERING ISSUES
[...] (C) On April 23 emboffs met with Alisher Akmalov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, to discuss the anti-money laundering regime in Uzbekistan. Akmalov initially presented the typical explanation of Uzbekistan's anti-money laundering regime. Clearly aware of the international perceptions, h [...]
2008-04-25 14:37:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC PREL ECON KCOR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT496(S) UZBEKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the updated information concerning the North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on April 25. Fayzullaev said that the information would be relayed to other GOU agencies, and asked whether the Government of [...]
2008-04-28 07:31:00Embassy TashkentSECRETKNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR UZ
08TASHKENT546UZBEKISTAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security, particularly the situation in Afghanistan, on April 29-30. The event illustrates Uzbekistan's continuing concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan as well as growing regional interes [...]
2008-05-13 11:52:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PGOV
08TASHKENT610AMBASSADOR'S MAY 28 MEETING WITH UZBEK
[...] (C) Summary: Inoyatov told the Ambassador on May 28 that Mutabar Tojiboyeva might be released on medical grounds, that Sanjar Umarov would not be released anytime soon, that Human Rights Watch's office in Uzbekistan would remain open but its current representative would not receive accredit [...]
2008-05-30 13:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR CASC UZ
08TASHKENT661UZBEKISTAN: EQUIPMENT DELIVERY WILL ASSIST BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Emboffs provided Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee with radioisotope identification devices worth approximately 90,000 USD during a June 6 ceremony at the Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent. Deputy Customs Chairman Rustam Mansurov exp [...]
2008-06-12 11:46:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPBTS ASEC PREL PGOV PTER KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT891DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...]
2008-08-01 05:53:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT937UZBEKISTAN: KEY OFFICIALS CONFIDENT THAT
[...] (C) Summary: On August 7 Charge Butcher and emboffs met with Ravshan Gulyamov, Executive Director of the Uzbekistan Fund for Reconstruction and Development, and Alisher Akmalov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, to discuss Uzbekistan's preparations for a September assessment of its anti-mon [...]
2008-08-13 05:27:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINR UZ
08TASHKENT965UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]
2008-08-20 12:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TBILISI1265LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...]
2008-07-23 12:21:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM
08TBILISI1268SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended a July 22 meeting at the MFA for NATO Ambassadors. A paper prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was distributed, summarizing Russian military activities in Abkhazia this spring. The paper is not classified, but the MFA asked that it be treated [...]
2008-07-25 04:36:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1327GEORGIANS SEEK CALM IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ARE
[...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: On the evening of 1 August sniper activity erupted around South Ossetian villages and soon expanded into mortar fire which continued until the morning of 2 August when events calmed. OSCE military monitors said that the use of mortars by both sides and the ran [...]
2008-08-04 14:17:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI141IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS?
[...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]
2008-01-30 13:56:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1437GEORGIA: SITREP 18: ALL EYES ON AKHALGORI
[...] (C) Summary. The situation remains tense in Akhalgori, with South Ossetian militia in an apparent standoff with Georgian police and interior forces; the Georgian government considers the location a potential flashpoint. The Russian presence in the west continues, maintaining a level of ten [...]
2008-08-25 12:56:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI2016GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]
2008-10-30 13:21:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2053GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES, TROOPS DIG
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Two disturbing trends have emerged in Abkhazia in recent weeks. Abkhaz and Russian forces have taken steps to establish firmer control over the administrative boundary, such as reducing crossing points, extending trenches and limiting cooperation with UNOMIG. De fac [...]
2008-11-04 14:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2173GEORGIA: TV NEWS MARKET LACKING BUT IMPROVEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Access to television airtime has long been a source of opposition dissatisfaction with President Saakashvili and the GOG. While there is substantial evidence that the playing field is not level between the government and the opposition on the televised airwaves, the [...]
2008-11-21 14:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI227GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]
2008-02-08 14:14:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI425GEORGIA'S REACTION TO ANTI ISLAM VIDEO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 13:57:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETPINR XX GG
08TBILISI483SOUTH OSSETIANS AGAIN BLOCK WORK OF OSCE
[...] (SBU) OSCE officials have described to us how representatives of the South Ossetian de facto army and de facto intelligence service stopped an OSCE/UN team March 19 and confiscated cameras and video equipment. OSCE intends to send a letter to de facto officials to protest this interference, w [...]
2008-03-20 13:17:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OSCE GG
08TBILISI64POST SUPPORTS EUCOM FY08 PROPOSAL FOR TACTICAL
[...] Chief of Mission fully supports EUCOM J2/USAREUR G2 FY08 proposal to train tactical military human intelligence (HUMINT) operators. This training program will provide the Georgian military a better understanding of the commander's intelligence needs, how to gather, report, analyze, and dissem [...]
2008-01-16 13:13:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP PINR GG
08TBILISI658GEORGIANS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER EXPULSION OF PRIEST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador received the following letter, dated April 11, from Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, drawing attention to the apprehension of an ethnic Georgian priest by "Abkhazian military intelligence" and his expulsion from Abkhazia. Vashadze describes this case as a violation [...]
2008-04-17 14:14:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF GG
08TBILISI906UNOMIG REPORT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN JET SHOT DOWN
[...] Summary: On May 26, the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) released the results of its international fact finding team investigation into the April 20 downing of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Abkhazia (ref A). The report concluded that a Russian military jet, [...]
2008-05-30 13:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI920400 RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE RAILWAY ENGINEERS
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, May 31, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze informed the Ambassador that ten trainloads of Russian construction troops had entered Abkhazia to begin reconstruction of the railroad at Dranda, north of Sukhumi. Russia did not notify the Georgian governme [...]
2008-06-02 12:48:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1135AMBASSADOR LLORENS' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens met with Victor Meza, the Honduran Minister of the Interior, on November 17, discussing delivery of humanitarian assistance following recent country-wide floods, the Minister's de-centralization efforts, migration issues, and a recent alien smuggling scandal un [...]
2008-12-17 16:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV SMIG HO
08TEGUCIGALPA304NEW HONDURAN MINISTER OF GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ford paid a courtesy call on the new head of the Ministry of Governance and Justice (MGJ),Victor Meza, on March 14. Meza indicated that his appointment as the only "independent" minister was a signal of the Zelaya administration's intention to depart radically from [...]
2008-04-01 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA338HONDURAS MAKES IMPORTANT GAINS AGAINST ILLICIT
[...] Summary. The Honduran Congress passed long-pending changes to the criminal code on March 27, making terrorist financing a distinct crime. The new legislation imposes strict mandatory sentences and brings Honduras into full compliance with several international conventions and recommendation [...]
2008-04-11 20:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER HO
08TEGUCIGALPA615MERIDA IS APPROVED: NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) Summary: Now that the Merida Initiative has been signed by the President, the embassy team has put together an update to the critical security sector needs in Honduras, the current political situation that may affect our efforts, and our recommendations for areas of focus within the Merida [...]
2008-07-01 11:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER SNAR KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA795HONDURAS THE MORNING AFTER ALBA: THE POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hondurans were largely offended by the tone and language of the ALBA signing ceremony, especially in Hugo Chavez' speech. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has reacted to the public, media and private sector response with his own angry comments, while attempting to mend fences wit [...]
2008-08-28 18:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD HO KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA809TOP HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER PEPE LOBO ON
[...] (C) Summary: The former and presumptive 2009 Nationalist Party candidate for President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo made an introductory call on Charge August 27, accompanied by Fred Breve, former Defense Minister in the Maduro administration. Lobo and Breve expressed concerns about both the upcoming [...]
2008-09-03 14:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD HO PGOV PREL VE EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA997AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory meeting with Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge RODAS Gamero (ret.),the Ambassador laid out his vision for a coordinated, bilateral effort to make the most of the Merida Initiative and tackle Honduras' growing crime and security challenges. For his part, [...]
2008-11-05 21:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KJUS EAID HO
08TELAVIV1025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 05:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1036SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1038SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1040SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1051ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1053ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...]
2008-05-20 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1080AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIN BET CHIEF FOCUSES
[...] (S) In a May 13 meeting covering a range of subjects, Israeli Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones the following: -- Israel's Arabs are materially better off than many Arabs in neighboring countries, but increasingly feel disconnected from the State, an [...]
2008-05-22 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS
08TELAVIV1092ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1105ISRAELI COMMENTS ON SYRIAN PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, PM Olmert's office announced that Israel is holding serious indirect talks with Syria over a comprehensive peace agreement. Embassy Tel Aviv has reported the existence of this channel since the summer of 2007, but PM Olmert first announced indirect contacts with Syria [...]
2008-05-23 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL TU SY IS
08TELAVIV1123ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1161ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Israel has denied that Hizbullah's handover of the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War was part of a prisoner exchange deal. The Prime Mini [...]
2008-06-02 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1192MOD DG BUCHRIS ON WEST BANK AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MOD Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris to reaffirm MOD support for ongoing efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the northern West Bank. The Ambassador offered to assist the MOD should they require U.S. forensic expertise to i [...]
2008-06-04 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL
08TELAVIV1199BARAK REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DEFENSE SUPPORT FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER OVIP IS
08TELAVIV1203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media led with Sen. Barak Obama's address to AIPAC yesterday. The media characterized it as powerfully "Zionist" and highlighted his assurances that he would not allow Iran to acquire [...]
2008-06-05 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1214ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...]
2008-06-10 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1226ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Egypt and Hamas announced on Tuesday that a cease-fire (tahdiya) between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will go into eff [...]
2008-06-18 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1314ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 09:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1326ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 10:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1346ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (lead stories in the three main Hebrew-language stories) that the chief military rabbi, Brig. Gen. Avihai Ronsky, began deliberations yesterday on whether the soldiers ki [...]
2008-06-24 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1383ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1390ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Israeli reservists held by Hizbullah, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, are set to be released after the cabinet approved an exchange deal yesterday. After fiv [...]
2008-06-30 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1411MFA REPORTS REVISED TERROR FINANCE LAW SOON TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the MFA,s Deputy Director for Counterterrorism on June 23, econoff was reassured that the new amendment to Israel,s dated Prohibition on Terrorist Financing law would come into effect within a few weeks. Previously, the GOI has only had the authority to design [...]
2008-07-02 08:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KTFN IS
08TELAVIV1413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that at noon today, a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in Jerusalem traffic and plowed his vehicle into cars and a crowded public bus near the old Central Bu [...]
2008-07-02 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1456ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media reported that Israel has signed a prisoner exchange agreement with Hizbullah, according to a statement released yesterday by the Prime Minster's Bureau. The media [...]
2008-07-08 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language dailies and Israel Hayom led with the Morris Talansky affair and PM Ehud Olmert's political future. Maariv quoted an Israeli law-enforcement official as sayi [...]
2008-07-10 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1523ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...]
2008-07-15 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1543ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1560ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]
2008-07-18 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today most media focused on the third day of Morris Talansky's cross-examination by PM Ehud Olmert's lawyers. Leading media reported that Talansky could not remember details of cash transf [...]
2008-07-21 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1585ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that a Palestinian terrorist from East Jerusalem, Ghassan Abu-Tir, went on a rampage with a bulldozer in central Jerusalem. One of his relatives is senior Hamas member M [...]
2008-07-23 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1591ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1607ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1617ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1657ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1693U/S ROOD DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL: NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) On July 16, Acting Under Secretary John Rood held a Strategic Affairs Dialogue with members of the GOI, including MFA, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI),and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). This is the last of three cables covering the dialogue, focusing on non-proliferation and ar [...]
2008-08-04 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER KNNP MNUC MCAP KN
08TELAVIV1700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted senior PA officials as saying that a victory by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz in next month's Kadima Party leadership race would be a disaster for the peace process. [...]
2008-08-06 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1706ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1742TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 09:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON EFIN IR IS KTFN KWBG
08TELAVIV1755ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Fighting in Georgia 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend almost all media led with the fighting in Georgia. Today Yediot bannered: "Russia's Iron Fist." Ha'aretz quoted Foreign Ministry officials as saying that Is [...]
2008-08-11 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1761EXPERTS CONSIDER AL-QAIDA IN ISRAEL ASPIRATIONAL,
[...] (U) Summary: In July, the Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced the arrest of two separate groups with links to Al-Qaida, marking the first time any citizen of Israel has been accused of affiliation with the terrorist organization. On 23 July, members of the security cabinet met in closed [...]
2008-08-12 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALASEC KWBG PREL PTER IS
08TELAVIV1783ISRAELI-UNIFIL RELATIONS IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DAO Chere and A/POLC met with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command's Liaison Officer (LNO),LTC Sorrel Hershkovitz, on July 31 to discuss the IDF's relations with UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The LNO, who has served at Northern Command for nearly three y [...]
2008-08-13 14:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS
08TELAVIV1792ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media repotted that yesterday Defense Minister Ehud Barak unleashed a fierce attacks against FM Tzipi Livni. He was quoted as saying: "The Foreign Minister, with her background as it i [...]
2008-08-14 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1806ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Georgia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano as saying that Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in at least three areas: overflights of Lebanon; [...]
2008-08-15 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1814ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...]
2008-08-18 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1837ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Governance 2. Pakistan: Musharraf Resignation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Olmert sent a stern warning to Beirut yesterday, pledging that Israel would not restrain itself if Lebanon sanctioned a ne [...]
2008-08-20 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called PM Ehud Olmert yesterday to affirm the ties between the two c [...]
2008-08-21 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV186ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. World Financial Crunch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that according to defense sources, Israel intends to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip permanently closed and will only allow emergency humanitaria [...]
2008-01-23 13:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1869ISRAELI VIEWS ON JORDANIAN DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Israel has not reacted publicly to Jordan's decision to resume its official dialogue with Hamas. MFA DDG for the Middle East Hadas played down the significance of the Jordanian move in an August 20 conversation with Pol Couns. Hadas said the GOI was much more upset by Jordan's d [...]
2008-08-22 08:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IS JO KPAL
08TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1878ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1933ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 05:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited a Reuters report of a Russian diplomat as saying that the Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of an increased military presence in the Mediterranean. The [...]
2008-08-28 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1984DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK'S DISCUSSIONS IN EGYPT
[...] (S) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak's August 23 visit to Egypt was a success, according to MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham. Barak's meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Minister Soliman, and Defense Minister Tantawi focused on reviving negotiations for the release of Corporal [...]
2008-08-29 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EG KPAL IR IS
08TELAVIV2020ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV203 Codel Voinovich Meeting with Prime Minister Olmert
[...] Summary: On January 2, Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Prime MinisterQs Office in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner (R, Ohio) as w [...]
2008-01-24 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR OREP IS
08TELAVIV2040ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the popular, pluralist Maariv: "[The Americans] want to promote [some kind of agreement with the Palestinians] with the Israeli government, but where is the Israeli government? There is no I [...]
2008-09-08 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 09:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2084ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the killing of two IAF airmen yesterday evening when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Galilee, apparently due to a technical failure. Ha'aretz [...]
2008-09-11 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV211ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2132ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...]
2008-09-18 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2153ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM Ehud Olmert tendered his resignation to President Shimon Peres. Ha'aretz reported that in private conversations yesterday, FM Tzipi Livni said that if [...]
2008-09-22 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2162ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Jerusalem's Vehicle Terror Incident 2. Tzipi Livni's efforts to Form a Government PLEASE NOTE: Block Quotes only, Tuesday, September 23, 2008. -------------------------------------- Â [...]
2008-09-23 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2175ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying yesterday that the Labor Party will make every effort to form a national unity government with Kadima leader Tzipi Livn. Ha'aretz quo [...]
2008-09-24 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV219MOD COMMENTS ON RAFAH SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns January 24 on the Israeli reaction to the January 23 breaching of the border fence between Egypt and Gaza. Hacham, who is a regular MOD interlocutor with the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),said he had deliver [...]
2008-01-25 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM EG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2236THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS:
[...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that Israel wi [...]
2008-09-26 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2238THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS:
[...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that I [...]
2008-09-29 05:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The most important interview that PM Ehud Olmert granted the pre- Jewish New Year Holiday media is the one with Yediot, in which he declared that Israel must withdraw from [...]
2008-09-29 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2247U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...]
2008-09-29 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN
08TELAVIV2250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2268IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI
[...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...]
2008-10-03 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS
08TELAVIV2271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since September 2006. The blue-chip TA-25 index lost 6.3 percent to fall below 800 for the first time [...]
2008-10-06 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2282ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2311ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2326ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and The Jerusalem Post quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying yesterday that she would leave "no stone unturned" in order to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal b [...]
2008-10-15 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2329IDF REGIONAL COMMANDERS SPEAK OUT IN PRESS
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: Within the span of several days, the Israeli Defense Force Regional Commanders made direct and frank comments in separate interviews to the press regarding the state-of-play in Israel's northern, central, and southern regions. On the northern border, Maj. Gen. Gadi [...]
2008-10-15 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETMARR PGOV MOPS MCAP IS
08TELAVIV2337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni was supposed to meet with Shas Chairman Eli Yishai last night, but the meeting was canceled. A statement released jointly by their bureaus s [...]
2008-10-16 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London that senior Tehran officials are recommending a pr [...]
2008-10-22 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2374ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- While Yediot reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni has offered Shas 1 billion shekels (around $ 260 million),Maariv reported that Livni signaled to Shas that she can no lo [...]
2008-10-23 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV238RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]
2008-01-30 05:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV239RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]
2008-01-30 05:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV2400ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Politics 2. U.S. Operation against Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM-designate Tzipi Livni told President Shimon Peres that she has exhausted all options of forming a government. Peres is [...]
2008-10-27 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying that he would remain caretaker until the formation of a new government early next year. HaQaretz quoted police sources as saying on Monday that e [...]
2008-10-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the final Winograd report, which will be made public this afternoon after 17 months of work. Banners: in Yediot: "The Mome [...]
2008-01-30 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2427ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...]
2008-10-31 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2432THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter October 30. They discussed the GOI's plans for dealing with extremist settler violence, Israeli security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas' ongoing efforts to develop its military capabilities in [...]
2008-10-31 16:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2434THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]
2008-11-03 05:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2436THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]
2008-11-03 07:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...]
2008-11-03 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2447CASHLESS IN GAZA?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KPAL KTFN EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2469ISRAEL: IDF OPERATION IN GAZA SPURS ROCKET ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: IDF forces entered into the Gaza Strip during the evening of November 4 to collapse a tunnel purportedly to be used to kidnap IDF soldiers near the Gaza security fence. Several Hamas militants were killed and IDF soldiers wounded in the ensuing firefight. Hamas responded Novemb [...]
2008-11-05 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2479SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 06:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2500ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2544ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel's commitments under t [...]
2008-11-14 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2547TENSION ESCALATES ALONG GAZA BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: Hostilities continue to escalate along the Gaza border despite the current ceasefire -- "tahdiyeh" -- not scheduled to expire until December 19. Following a November 4 IDF raid into the Gaza Strip to destroy a tunnel (reftel),Palestinian terror organizations have steadily barra [...]
2008-11-14 14:15:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2568ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that senior American officials fear that opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran could strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and help him win the pr [...]
2008-11-18 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2569A/S DESUTTER'S COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter held consultations with GOI officials and Israeli think tanks October 30 as a part of her Compliance Diplomacy visit to the Middle East. The purpose of these consultations was to discuss t [...]
2008-11-18 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM KNNP KTIA IS
08TELAVIV2571ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted President Shimon Peres as saying in London yesterday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed himself Qvery impressed with the Arab Le [...]
2008-11-19 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2591US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...]
2008-11-21 16:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS
08TELAVIV2619USSC GEN. DAYTON'S NOVEMBER 18 MEETING WITH IDF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith W. Dayton and members of his staff met with IDF OC Central Command MG Gadi Shamni and members of his Command at Shamni's Neve Yaakov Headquarters on November 18. The USSC discussed the establishment of a base for the Pales [...]
2008-11-24 17:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2623ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that yesterday in Washington PM Ehud Olmert asked the U.S. administration to speed up the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. He was quoted as saying that President-e [...]
2008-11-25 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Mumbai Terror Attacks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the past two days all media highlighted the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai, in particular on the cityQs Chabad Hasidic headquarters, where up to 20 Israelis are bei [...]
2008-11-28 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2663ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Mumbai Terror Attacks 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that an IDF soldier lost a leg on Friday in a mortar attack from Gaza on his base. The Jerusalem Post reported that he is no longer at risk [...]
2008-12-01 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2677ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the return of the remains of the Israeli victims of MumbaiQs terror attacks. The Jerusalem Post reported that yesterday senior Foreign Ministry offici [...]
2008-12-03 05:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2694ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...]
2008-12-03 10:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG
08TELAVIV2713GOI CALLS GAZA CASH CRISIS A HAMAS PLOY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 13:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2742NETANYAHU TELLS REP. WEXLER IRAN TOP PROBLEM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu discussed the new Administration in Washington and its significance for Israel and the region. Netanyahu stressed that he was optimistic about working with President Elect Obama if he becom [...]
2008-12-08 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2745CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S) Summary. In his December 3 meeting with Israel Defense Intelligence Director Yadlin, Representative Robert Wexler (D-Florida) referred to his previous meeting with Likud Party leader Netanyahu (reftel) and asked for Yadlin's assessment of the possibility of Israel and the Palestinian movin [...]
2008-12-08 15:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the Likud primaries. According to the electronic media MK Gideon Saar came in first, followed by Gilad Erdan, Reuven Rivlin, Benny Begin, Mo [...]
2008-12-09 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2760U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 08:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2786PRESIDENT PERES TALKS POLITICS, REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary and the Ambassador met with Israeli President Shimon Peres on December 9 to discuss upcoming Israeli elections, the peace process with the Palestinians, and other regional developments. Peres predicted that there would not be dramatic policy shifts followin [...]
2008-12-12 13:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL TU IS
08TELAVIV279ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered Monday's suicide bombing in Dimona, in which a woman was killed and 48 others wounded. The media reported that the IDF fears that the terrorists may hav [...]
2008-02-06 05:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2797ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Khaled Mashal, the head of HamasQs political bureau, as saying that Hamas does not plan to extend its truce with Israel beyond this Friday, Dec [...]
2008-12-15 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Olmert as saying yesterday in London that he hopes for peace with Syria. Media reported that on Monday he will travel to Ankara for a meeting with Turkish PM Recep [...]
2008-12-19 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2858ISRAEL'S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 16:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
08TELAVIV2859ISRAEL'S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 16:54:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
08TELAVIV2865ISRAEL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Twenty-four Israeli civilians [...]
2008-12-22 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IS
08TELAVIV2882ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. FAA Downgrading of Israeli Aviation Status ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying yesterday, following PM Ehud OlmertQs talks in Ankara, that he believes direct peace talks wit [...]
2008-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2887ISRAEL: DAS HALE'S DECEMBER 17 DISCUSSION WITH BG
[...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Hale met with IDF Strategic Division Head Brigadier General Yossi Heimann on December 17. DAS Hale gave a brief update of USG discussions regarding a Third Party Mechanism (TPM) in the Palestinian territories within the context of a two-state solution, noting the USG has [...]
2008-12-24 05:20:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2893ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a possible resumption of the cease-fire with Hamas. HaQaretz quoted a senior Hamas official as saying in a published interview that his organization would be willing t [...]
2008-12-24 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV290ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Chad ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in response to the Hamas suicide bombing in Dimona, Israel killed nine Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in turn fired heavy barrages of rockets at so [...]
2008-02-06 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2906GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 29, 18:00
[...] (C) Summary: The IDF continued its deployment of ground forces around the Gaza periphery on December 29, with elements of at least three armored and two infatry brigades taking up positions opposite Gaza City and Beit Hanoun. Air strikes against strategic and tactical targets continued throug [...]
2008-12-29 16:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNKWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2922GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 30, 18:00
[...] (S) Summary: The IDF continued to reinforce and increase ground forces around the Gaza periphery, including robust logistical support and elements from brigades not typically deployed in the Gaza sector. No ground operations have been initiated; the senior GOI leadership is discussing a range [...]
2008-12-30 17:26:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNKWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2928ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior Middle East affairs analyst Zvi Bar'el wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: QHamas can rack up its first victory, as several European countries are already talking about a QhumanitarianQ cease-fire, and Egypt has been fixed in t [...]
2008-12-31 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV316ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night Israel cut power supply to Gaza by less than 1%. The media reported that Israel will eventually lower the amount of electricity it s [...]
2008-02-08 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islam and Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that one of Israel's goals in the Gaza Strip is to [...]
2008-02-12 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV39ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV394ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Kosovo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the issue of negotiations with the PA over Jerusalem. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed to defer talks on Jerusa [...]
2008-02-19 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV412ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV447ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR BG NITZAN ALON
[...] (SBU) The Israeli MOD has selected the individual named in para 2 to participate in the Near East South Asia Center (NESA)Executive Seminar scheduled for March 4-14. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post requests that Department vet this individual per Leahy Amendment r [...]
2008-02-25 14:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PHUM IS
08TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz's web site quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying today before a business conference in Tokyo that he is not certain that Israel and the PA will be able to reach a peace agreeme [...]
2008-02-26 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV453ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...]
2008-02-27 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV475ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Vice President Dick Cheney will arrive in Israel in late March for a farewell visit and to pay tribute to Israel's 60th anniversary. A few media (ba [...]
2008-02-29 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV500ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran-Iraq Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the prevalent feeling in Jerusalem is that despite the recent flare-up in Gaza, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's discussions in Cairo wi [...]
2008-03-04 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV518ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV524ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV548EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV592PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA),a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...]
2008-03-13 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS
08TELAVIV61ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 12:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV629ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global Stock Market 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the financial crisis on Wall Street and all capital markets, including Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, whic [...]
2008-03-18 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]
2008-03-19 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV653ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Stock Market --------- Â [...]
2008-03-20 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV671ISRAEL BRACING FOR HIZBALLAH "RETALIATION" FOR
[...] (S) Israel's security services are on high alert this weekend as March 22 will mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for Hizballah's operations chief Imad Mughniya. Israeli military and security officials are taking Hizballah leader Nasrallah's threat of an "open war" seriously, and have [...]
2008-03-21 15:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV716CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...]
2008-03-27 06:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS
08TELAVIV724ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV738CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...]
2008-03-28 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS
08TELAVIV762CORRECTED COPY: PERES MEETS MCCAIN, WARNS OF
[...] (U) This cable replaces Tel Aviv 731. Please see correction in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On 18 March, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham met with Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss security concerns in the region. Their discussion centered on the grow [...]
2008-04-01 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IS OVIP IR
08TELAVIV776ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV785ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV790ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on Syrian military movements, which intelligence officials attributed "more to nervousness than a likelihood of conflict" (The Jerusalem Post) [...]
2008-04-04 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted U.S. sources as saying yesterday that President George Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month. The newspaper reported that PM [...]
2008-04-10 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV835ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be taken into [...]
2008-04-11 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV84SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...]
2008-04-15 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV924ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media cited a report published today by the Syrian news agency Sham-Press that PM Ehud Olmert has relayed messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad affir [...]
2008-04-23 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV935ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. Ben-Ami Kadish Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited The Los Angeles Times as saying yesterday that Congress will hear from the CIA that the facility destroyed in the IAF attack on Syria was a nu [...]
2008-04-24 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV941U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG)
[...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...]
2008-04-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ
08TELAVIV944ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]
2008-04-25 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV95SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV967ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV973ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV978SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 05:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1011NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: REVOCATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 12:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PREL NL
08THEHAGUE173NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFO EXCHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 12:58:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW
08THEHAGUE174NETHERLANDS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS BY DUTCH FIRM INCO
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on February 25. Noland appreciated the points, and claimed to be aware of Inter Connection Technologies (InCo Tech). She needed to confirm, but thought the GONL might have already issu [...]
2008-02-25 12:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE175WILDERS KORAN FILM: DUTCH GOVERNMENT STILL
[...] (C) MFA Terrorism and New Threats Department Deputy Director Andre van Wiggen told GlobalOffs during a February 21 meeting that the Dutch government still anticipates that parliamentarian Geert Wilders will release his film on the Koran in March; he said they have no information about the spe [...]
2008-02-25 13:52:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER KISL KIRF PREL ASEC PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE241NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On March 10, Econoff shared reftel points concerning the U.S. designation of four Syria-based members of Abu Ghadiyah Network with Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial In [...]
2008-03-11 13:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN UNSC IZ SY NL
08THEHAGUE285WALKING THE BEAT IN THE HAGUE'S RED LIGHT DISTRICT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a March 5 briefing and tour of the red light district in The Hague, Henry Koper, the coordinator of The Hague regional police prostitution and child pornography unit, provided an overview of Dutch police efforts to combat TIP in the regulated prostitution sector. Koper s [...]
2008-03-26 12:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
08THEHAGUE317NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DUTCH FIRM'S
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel O with MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on April 2, stressing the past involvement of Aviation Services International (ASI) with the Ghoods Aviation Center (reftels A-K),and ASI's referral to Inter Connection Technologies (InCo [...]
2008-04-03 15:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE355NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IMPLEMENTING IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge D'Affaires discussed Iran sanctions with MFA Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, who confirmed continuing Dutch support for robust implementation of UNSC resolution 1803. At the same time, the Netherlands wants to keep t [...]
2008-04-23 12:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP IR UNSC NL
08THEHAGUE412NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION
[...] (S) On May 9, Econoff shared reftel points concerning the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Integrity Division, Ministry of Finance. Econoff shared same points May 13 with Kim de Jong, P [...]
2008-05-15 15:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL NL KU
08THEHAGUE413NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) On May 13, Econoff shared reftel points concerning the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali, Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al-Khalique, and Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy with Kim de Jong, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Ministry of Foreign [...]
2008-05-15 15:50:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL NL BA QA
08THEHAGUE419CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): PARIS SEMINAR
[...] (U) The French Ministry of Defense through its Delegation for Strategic Affairs and its Foundation for Strategic Research sponsored a seminar limited to Australia Group members plus China and Russia March 25 and 26 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. The seminar was held to provide background in [...]
2008-05-16 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC FR
08THEHAGUE495NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: AL RASHID TRUST AND
[...] (S) On June 9, Econoff shared reftel points concerning the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of alternative names being used by Al Rashid Trust and Al-Akhtbar Trust International with Eric Ligthart, Deputy Director, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Integrity Division, [...]
2008-06-09 12:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK NL
08THEHAGUE57NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES
[...] (S) Econoff shared on January 16 reftel points prenotifying the Dutch of the USG intention to seek UN 1267 Sanctions Committee designation of four LeT operatives to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance. Econoff delivered the points separately to W [...]
2008-01-17 13:35:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN NL
08THEHAGUE608NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs shared reftel points concerning the U.S. domestic designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Iran desk and Terrorism/New Threats Unit as well as with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor at the Finance Ministry's Financial [...]
2008-07-18 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE609CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING JULY 11, 2008
[...] (U) This report covers the two weeks following Executive Council 53 (EC-53),from June 30 through July 11. Consideration of the draft 2009 budget began with preliminary consultations held on July 7 by the new budget facilitator. The facilitator for the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) held [...]
2008-07-18 15:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE61DUTCH PREPARED TO BE PROACTIVE ON RELEASE OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Dutch government and major municipalities are preparing contingency plans to respond to the anticipated release in early February of a short film expected to be critical of the Koran and of Islam made by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders. Extensive Dutch and international press r [...]
2008-01-17 17:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KINF KISL PINR NL
08THEHAGUE623NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...]
2008-07-23 10:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE687NETHERLANDS: EU'S MEK DECISION (C-RE8-01539)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 08:46:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR NL
08THEHAGUE715NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 11:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN NL IR
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