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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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05MUSCAT684UNPRECEDENTED TRANSPARENCY IN NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Recent arrests of 30-40 Omanis charged with seeking to overthrow the Sultan and impose Ibadhi religious rule under an Imam have been the focus of public and press attention in Oman since January. But the trial itself, underway since April 18, has surprised the public by its unprecedented [...]
2005-04-26 02:45:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINS KJUS PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT687PSI: GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT - NO ACTION EXPECTED IN
[...] (S) Begin Summary: The German Ambassador as of COB April 26 has received no instruction from Berlin to take any action with the Omani government to halt a questionable crane shipment to Iran, necessitating the postponing of our scheduled meeting with the Foreign Minister. He indicated that Berlin m [...]
2005-04-26 11:57:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR GM MU NO
05MUSCAT690MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI DUPLICITY AND AMERICAN DEMAND
[...] On April 21, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "A Strange Position": "The duplicity of the American position toward Israel hurts the prospects of peace in the region. While it is true that America has called for Israel to stop building new settlements, i [...]
2005-04-27 04:41:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT696UPDATE: PSI - GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT
[...] (S) As forecast in ref A, the German Ambassador in Muscat received no instructions from Berlin overnight nor any during the working day on April 27 regarding the German crane shipment bound for Iran (ref C). The German Embassy duty officer informed Pol Chief that they will monitor communicati [...]
2005-04-27 13:16:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR MU
05MUSCAT698OMAN ONLINE: DEBATING THE TRIAL
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-04-27 13:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT715OMANI IPR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS: LURCHING FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary: The Omani government stepped up its IPR enforcement efforts in April with the confiscation of tens of thousands of pirated DVDs and CDs in one of Muscat's commercial districts. This crackdown comes as part of an ongoing effort to curb piracy in the Sultanate, according to Ministr [...]
2005-05-02 10:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR PGOV MU
05MUSCAT743OMAN ONLINE: VERDICTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-05-04 15:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI PGOV MU
05MUSCAT761OMAN RATIFIES WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) A royal decree May 7 ratified Oman's joining the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, although reportedly with some reservations. The step came on the eve of Oman's participation in the May 7-10 NAM Ministerial on the Advancement of Women taking place in Mal [...]
2005-05-11 11:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN MU
05MUSCAT765ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ TRANSITIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request for IIP, NEA/PPD - see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Omani Foreign Minister Bin Alawi offered in a May 11 meeting with the Ambassador to give an interview in Muscat to the Al Hurra channel to voice public support for the new Iraqi Transitional Government. He expr [...]
2005-05-11 13:36:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL OIIP IZ MU
05MUSCAT766OMAN APPOINTS -- NOT ELECTS -- ILO DELEGATION
[...] In an unexpected turn of events on May 4, the Minister of Manpower retreated from promised committee-wide elections and instead personally appointed a National Committee to represent Omani labor interests at the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference in June. Disappointed, workers [...]
2005-05-11 13:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD KMPI PREL ECON PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT792COUNTRY DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN
[...] (C) Oman stands ahead of many Arab states on broad issues of democratic reform. Its constitution was promulgated in 1996 and enshrines human rights protections and judicial independence. The lower house of its bicameral parliament (the Majlis al-Shura, or Shura Council) has been an elective [...]
2005-05-16 13:27:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO KMPI AMGT ECON PREL PGOV MU
05MUSCAT795MEDIA REACTION: DESECRATIONS, OPERATIONS, MACHINATIONS
[...] Two pieces on the alleged Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay appeared on the editorial page of the privately-owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" on May 15. The first, entitled "Quran Desecration and al-Aqsa," was written by Lebanese columnist Zuhair Majid: "It is a season of desecration for all [...]
2005-05-17 05:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT815SOHAR: BOOMTOWN OMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The city of Sohar on Oman's Batinah Coast near the UAE border is poised for dramatic growth as billions of investment dollars pour into a massive industrial port project. Representing Oman's most visible diversification effort, Sohar will be transformed over the next five years as [...]
2005-05-18 10:50:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEINV EWWT EIND ETRD EMIN MU
05MUSCAT842MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY, MEDIA MISTAKES, AND IRAQ
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial on May 17 entitled "The Limits of Democracy": "The trend among most societies nowadays is to concentrate on the large-scale spread of democracy. Public participation, freedom of thought and expression, and the preservation of indi [...]
2005-05-24 04:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT900SOHAR FIRE: BURNING INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTIONS
[...] (SBU) A major fire destroyed roughly half of a polypropylene factory in the rapidly industrializing port city of Sohar on May 29. Authorities needed more than eight hours to contain the blaze, drawing on fire-fighting resources from over 240 km away. The incident has raised a crescendo of cr [...]
2005-06-05 03:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV EWWT MU
05MUSCAT98MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: POST ELECTION PALESTINE, IRAQI
[...] Government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 15 under the title, "After the Palestinian Election": "Now that the Palestinians have democratically elected Mr. Abbas as their leader, the hard part will begin. Mr. Abbas in his new role as President must now carry the w [...]
2005-01-17 12:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT988MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S VISIT, DOHA SUMMIT
[...] "Oman," the government-owned Arabic-language daily, published an editorial on June 20 under the headline "Rice's Visit And The Importance Of The Peace Process": "Secretary Rice's visit to the region is important not only for moving the peace process forward, but also for further developing U [...]
2005-06-21 02:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05NAIROBI1488 Kenya Telecom Reform: A Good Story Gone Bad?
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of stagnation under a government-mandated monopoly, Kenya's telecom and ICT sectors looked set to grow rapidly in 2005 following the adoption late in 2004 of bold reforms aimed at opening the market to all comers. These prospects are now in doubt, however, followi [...]
2005-04-10 21:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON KCOR KE
05NAIROBI1517KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...]
2005-04-13 04:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE
05NAIROBI1591 CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...]
2005-04-14 13:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE
05NAIROBI1668 THE PORT OF MOMBASA: DETERIORATION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in the Horn of Africa, and is the economic lifeblood for the entire East Africa region. It is managed by a wholly- owned government parastatal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Port is currently overwhelmed by a growing trade volume, [...]
2005-04-20 10:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ETTC EINV ELTN EWWT AMGT ABLD ASUP ATRN PREL PTER SNAR KSTC KE
05NAIROBI1756 BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA
[...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...]
2005-04-26 13:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2409TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...]
2005-06-09 15:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS
05NAIROBI2515CHARGE MEETS WITH INTERNAL SECURITY PS GITUAI ON
[...] (C) Summary. National Security Permanent Secretary (PS) Gituai and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Gichangi confirmed in a June 16 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, a.i. (CDA) that a working committee in the Office of the President has been constituted to review the Joint T [...]
2005-06-17 13:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KE SO
05NAIROBI2571KENYA ARTICLE 98: ANTI-U.S. CENSURE MOTION MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kenyan newspapers reported during the week of June 13 that MP Paul Muite had filed a motion in Parliament to censure the U.S. for attempting to arm-twist Kenya into signing an Article 98 agreement. A reliable source in Parliament reported, however, that, as of June 21, no such m [...]
2005-06-22 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR PINS MASS KE
05NAIROBI2617LAMU: BUDDING NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD THE U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled with the CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs (CA) team to Lamu to gauge local sentiments toward the U.S. and to visit Siyu, the village from which three of the recently-released Kikambala terror suspects hail. Frustrations with the U.S. are mounting in Lamu due to several re [...]
2005-06-24 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI2618SOMALIA -- CENTER OF GRAVITY NOW IN SOMALIA FOR
[...] (C) Despite Yemeni efforts to mediate between the Transitional Federal President and the Speaker of the Assembly, talks in Sanaa on key issues separating two main camps in the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) appear to have ended in acrimony. Prime Minister Ghedi has declared his gov [...]
2005-06-24 12:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO KE
05NAIROBI2619MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...]
2005-06-24 13:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI2651KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON
[...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...]
2005-06-28 15:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2738SOMALIA -- NEED TO RALLY BEHIND THE SRSG
[...] This is an action request -- see para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Divisions among members of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions are now being mirrored by schisms in the international community. Moves to finance projects in district-level reconciliation, pushed by specific EU member sta [...]
2005-07-06 04:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO KE
05NAIROBI3052KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...]
2005-08-01 03:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM
05NAIROBI3188 Kenya's Energy Future
[...] Summary: Kenya is facing a significant power shortage and is being forced to turn to more expensive sources of energy. Future production will come from increased electricity generation from geothermal sources and likely new coal-fired plants. A World Bank-promoted East African regional ele [...]
2005-08-05 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV BTIO SENV KE ENGR
05NAIROBI3300REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...]
2005-08-15 03:03:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE
05NAIROBI3593KENYA CONSTITUTION: BATTLE LINES DRAWN ON THE
[...] (SBU) Battle lines are being drawn on the upcoming referendum on the proposed new constitution. Former President Moi has announced his opposition to the new draft. Two Cabinet members, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, have formally joined forces with the leader of the Official Opposition Uh [...]
2005-09-02 12:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3600KENYA'S PRESIDENT GOES TO CHINA - AND WHAT IT MEANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's August state visit to China was clearly aimed at further developing a bilateral economic relationship which, while small, is growing rapidly. Trade and tourism are especially robust. Investment by Chinese firms in Kenya has yielded less-spectacu [...]
2005-09-05 05:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL CH KE
05NAIROBI3657SOMALIA -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC),its political elite, civil society organizations, and public at large are finalizing preparations to elect an 82-member Parliament on September 29. Despite extraordinary organizational and logistical challenges, chances are very [...]
2005-09-07 08:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3658SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO
[...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...]
2005-09-07 09:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3847CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a day of disrupted civic education events on September 14, Samuel Kivuitu, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, called for a moratorium on constitutional referendum campaigning until October 21, the beginning of the designated campaign period. Kivuitu argue [...]
2005-09-16 08:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3927CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...]
2005-09-22 06:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3944SUDANESE REFUGEES IN KAKUMA: MORE ARRIVING, FEW
[...] SUMMARY. Sudanese refugees are not excited by the prospect of returning to Sudan; in fact, as many as 6,000 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp since January. Theft of roofing material on vacant former Somali Bantu dwellings led to their destruction by the weather. END SU [...]
2005-09-22 10:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF SU KE
05NAIROBI4002UK FRUSTRATIONS WITH CT COOPERATION IN KENYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: British counterparts told Poloffs September 19 they are focusing their counter-terrorism (CT) efforts in Kenya on border and aviation security and have money to spend in both arenas. They are, however, frustrated with the Kenyan government,s lackluster CT performance and also c [...]
2005-09-26 13:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER MARR MOPS PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4003SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS
[...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...]
2005-09-26 14:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI4023East African Community Customs Union: Just Teething
[...] (SBU) Summary: The East African Community Customs Union, established at the start of 2005, is experiencing teething problems - and in the minority view, may be unraveling. A slew of problems, ranging from tariff rates for pharmaceuticals to rules of origin for vehicles assembled locally by G [...]
2005-09-27 06:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON KE TZ
05NAIROBI4143KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS CARROTS FOR BANANAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Kenya's November 21 constitutional referendum, the Government has begun offering various constituency groups a variety of enticements, implicitly to win their "Yes" or banana, vote. The offers so far include a number of controversial land ownership concessions, pay incr [...]
2005-10-04 11:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4165 DROUGHT PERSISTS IN KENYA'S MAKUENI
[...] Rainfall amounts below historical averages continue to negatively affect residents in several Divisions of the Makueni District, Kenya. The lack of rain and ground water has impacted local livelihoods, public health and been responsible for a significant out migration. Poor management and [...]
2005-10-05 12:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
05NAIROBI4328 Nairobi Embassy Bombing Victims Maintain Protest
[...] (U) On July 12, 14 victims of the August 7, 1998 Embassy bombing began a live-in protest at the "August 7 Memorial Park," located at the site of the former US Embassy in downtown Nairobi. Though the protestors are basically peaceful, their presence inhibits the park from being used for its or [...]
2005-10-18 13:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE PHUM PGOV PINS KPAO PREL
05NAIROBI4331AMBASSADOR PRESSES KENYAN MFA ON SECURITY AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador stressed continuing U.S. security concerns and urged the Kenyan government to focus on combating terrorism during his October 7 meeting with Foreign Ministry's Permanent Secretary. PS Mbaya emphasized Kenya's concerns re Somalia as a source of threats and pledged the K [...]
2005-10-18 13:54:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL ASEC PTER KE SO
05NAIROBI4409MOMBASA MUSLIMS SEE ORANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The vast majority of Muslims in Mombasa actively support the &Orange8 campaign for a "no" (or, "Orange") vote in November's referendum on the proposed new Kenyan constitution. While most Muslim leaders rally around contentious issues such as devolution of power and Khadis cour [...]
2005-10-25 02:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KE
05NAIROBI4421Export Processing Zone Faces Competitive Pressures
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Export Processing Zones (EPZ) face rising wage and energy costs, poor transportation infrastructure, and constraining government regulations that make it difficult to attract investors and compete with Asian exporters. Nevertheless, the EPZ Authority (EPZA) believes it [...]
2005-10-25 11:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD EFIN KE
05NAIROBI4436"OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN PERIOD KICKS OFF AS PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The "official" period for campaigning for or against the proposed draft constitution kicked off on October 21, with the banana "Yes" team on the defensive following the publication of unfavorable opinion poll results and President Kibaki attracting criticism for allegedly defying [...]
2005-10-26 13:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SENV KDEM KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4462ARTICLE 98 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite intensive Embassy lobbying over the past year (reftel A-E),and the cutoff of FMF, IMET and some ESF funding pursuant to the ASPA and the Nethercutt Amendment, the Kenyan government still resists signature of an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. Academics, journalists, [...]
2005-10-27 10:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4470REACTION TO TRAVEL BAN ON DR. CHRIS MURUNGARU
[...] (U) Summary. Following an apparent leak from within the Kenyan government, news of the U.S. travel ban on Kenyan Transport Minister Dr. Chris Murungaru (reftel) spread quickly late on Tuesday October 25, becoming the top news item on all of the major television news reports that evening. The [...]
2005-10-28 02:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL CVIS KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4506 GIFTING AMBOSELI FOR VOTES - A BAD ENVIRONMENTAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to create support among the Maasai community for Kenya's draft constitution, on September 28, Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife degazetted (declassified) Kenya's renowned Amboseli National Park and handed over administrative control to the local county council. [...]
2005-10-31 07:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV PREL EAID ECON KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4507 KENYA/NEPAD: KENYA COMPLETES APRM SELF-ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 07:37:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD APRM
05NAIROBI4551FIRST DEATHS MAR RUN-UP TO KENYA'S REFERENDUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted October 29 during a pro-new constitution rally in Kisumu. Hundreds of angry youth opposed to the proposed new constitution clashed with thousands of security personal, culminating in 40 serious injuries and four reported deaths. The violence was the most dead [...]
2005-11-01 14:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM PINS KE
05NAIROBI4559KENYA PURSUING PURCHASE OF F5'S FROM SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has received Kenyan End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Assurances for a pending purchase of 14 used F-5 aircraft from Saudi Arabia. In separate meetings with the Permanent Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Ambassador and DCM addressed concerns surrounding the impending purc [...]
2005-11-03 01:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR PTER MASS PREL KE
05NAIROBI4683KENYA'S GAMBLE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's November 21 referendum on a proposed new constitution risks further polarizing the nation along tribal lines, regardless of the outcome. With the "Orange" opposition increasingly confident of victory, the stage is being set for continued political standoff if they win - [...]
2005-11-10 08:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM ECON KE
05NAIROBI4758SUDAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY CONFERS WITH INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 8 meeting with international partners in Nairobi, Deputy Secretary Zoellick emphasized the urgency of conveying to the various parties in Sudan the need to regain momentum in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Speaking with representatives from Eur [...]
2005-11-16 07:18:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SU KE SLM CPA
05NAIROBI4762DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S NAIROBI MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with AU Special Envoy Salim Salim at the start of a day of meetings intended to address the rift within the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). The Deputy Secretary and Mediator agreed that the international community should act together to encourage the [...]
2005-11-16 08:55:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR KPKO SU SLM
05NAIROBI4781 WFP: POLITICS, ECONOMICS HINDER KENYA'S FIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Food Program (WFP) officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs on the November 2nd appeal for donor support for Kenya's continuing food emergency, which will likely keep more than 1.2 million people at risk until at least February. WFP Country Director Tesema Negash expres [...]
2005-11-17 12:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TBIO KCOR
05NAIROBI4829 KENYA INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC
[...] (U) Mission Nairobi responses to reftel follow: A) Preparedness/Communication ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Kenyan government has established an inter- ministerial taskforce to create an action plan to address the threat of avian flu. The taskforce is nominally headed by Mr [...]
2005-11-18 07:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4835 KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM LARGELY
[...] SUMMARY: In Kenya's first constitutional referendum the polls will close soon, after a mostly peaceful exercise. There have been a number of minor irregularities credibly reported or seen by international observers, as well as allegations not yet proved or disproved. There have been other p [...]
2005-11-22 04:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4838 KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ORANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki acknowledged the defeat of the proposed new constitution at mid- afternoon November 22, with the "no" vote decisively ahead in Kenya's constitutional referendum. "No" supporters had already been celebrating their not-yet- official victory. The Electoral Commis [...]
2005-11-22 11:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4866SOMALI PIRACY -- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (S) Country Team elements directly engaged in the issue of piracy off the Somali coast met to discuss the impact of possible interdiction operations in the Somali political, clan, and CT context. We recommend options that mitigate any impact on the current Somali political process or on- goin [...]
2005-11-25 05:47:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4878PRESIDENT KIBAKI SACKS CABINET, KEEPS PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After conceding November 22 the defeat of his proposed new constitution in the previous day's national referendum, President Kibaki moved swiftly to assert his leadership. He dismissed his entire (and entirely disfunctional) cabinet November 23; seeking to ward off preparations [...]
2005-11-28 01:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4901PRESIDENT KIBAKI BANS ORANGE RALLIES AND MULLS
[...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's government banned November 27 planned nationwide rallies organized by the Orange Democratic Movement on the grounds the opposition gatherings pose "a threat to national security." The rallies had been called to build support for the Orange Democratic Movement and b [...]
2005-11-28 14:25:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4902A DEFINING MOMENT FOR KIBAKI,S PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handling of the Constitutional Referendum and Kibaki,s stoic leadership following the massive &no8 vote. We urged that Kibaki seize this chance to remove corrupt and [...]
2005-11-29 01:29:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNKE KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR
05NAIROBI4928FOLLOW UP TO ETHIOPIANS ARRESTED AT JOMO KENYATTA
[...] (S/NF) Explosive residue examination conducted by SIMO (using post's itemisers) on the left insole of the pair of shoes discussed in reftels, detected traces of the highly explosive substance, Pentaerythrol Trinitrate (PETN). On 11/28, Embassy Legal Attach and SIMO expert were given access to [...]
2005-11-29 12:14:00Embassy NairobiSECRETASEC PTER KE
05NAIROBI4984KENYA ON HOLD: NO NEW CABINET AND NO DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Kibaki dismissed his cabinet and suspended Parliament indefinitely, no clear picture has emerged of the post-referendum Kenyan political landscape. The Ambassador's conversation with Orange Democratic Movement leaders revealed a group still groping its way [...]
2005-12-01 12:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5019SOMALIA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
[...] (C) As the Department develops new approaches to Somalia, Post recommends the USG seek a role in bringing into being -- and sustaining -- a coalition of Somalis that can rule Somalia and combat the violent Islamists. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the opportunity to forward [...]
2005-12-05 13:44:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5070KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]
2005-12-08 10:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5072KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...]
2005-12-08 11:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE
05NAIROBI5073KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]
2005-12-08 11:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5075GOVERNMENT WANTS U.S. TO RECOGNIZE KENYA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's lead official for Internal Security beseeched visiting AF/E Deputy Director for the United States to recognize the totality of security measures the government had implemented, and not focus too sharply on reviving the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a marker of Kenyan commi [...]
2005-12-08 12:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV KE SO
05NAIROBI5094KENYA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 08:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PTER KTFN EFIN KE
05NAIROBI5103 CORRUPTION IN KENYA - JOHN GITHONGO PREPARES TO TELL
[...] (C) Summary: Former Kenyan "anti-corruption czar" John Githongo has organized all of the evidence of wrongdoing in his possession and put it into a single seamless narrative detailing the grand scale corruption committed by several of the highest-ranking and most influential ministers and ad [...]
2005-12-13 09:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR KPAO PINR KE
05NAIROBI5105KIBAKI CALLS FOR UNITY, CONTINUES PARTISAN GAMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Kibaki appears to be in denial that a serious political crisis is staring him in the face, Orange Democratic Movement leaders intensify their criticism and call for fresh elections. Dissatisfied FORD-K and National Party of Kenya leaders are taking advantage of Ki [...]
2005-12-13 11:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5126 KENYA EMOP RESOURCES. WHEAT SWAP WITH
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. To address the immediate food needs of drought victims in the southeastern and coastal lowlands, as well as among pastoralists in Northeast Kenya, while also supporting Kenya's oversupplied maize market, post recommends USAID/FFP/DCHA appro [...]
2005-12-14 08:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE EAGR
05NAIROBI5132 KENYA: FY 2005 AMBASSADOR'S SELF-HELP FUND
[...] Summary: The 16 FY-05 projects (with a total budget of $92,000) supported most recently through Kenya's Ambassador's Self-Help Fund have begun their funded activities. A summary of Kenya's Self-Help program and progress to date are contained herein. End summary. OVERVIEW -------- 2. [...]
2005-12-14 11:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KE
05NAIROBI5156SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY
[...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...]
2005-12-16 06:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE
05NAIROBI5171Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...]
2005-12-19 09:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE
05NAIROBI5184GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...]
2005-12-20 03:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
05NAIROBI5238KENYAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW: WAITING FOR A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the proposed document in the November 21 referendum, it is unclear if and how the government plans to proceed with the process of delivering to Kenyans a new constitution. What is abundantly apparent is that the country expects the review to continue, with [...]
2005-12-22 13:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5240AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...]
2005-12-23 03:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC
05NAIROBI5276 CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITION IN KENYA MAKE
[...] In recent days, the Kenyan press has been dominated by alarmist stories of the country?s worsening famine situation in certain regions. Photographs of starving children and adults, as well as dead and dying livestock, along with headlines such as, ?Starvation at Christmas,? have raised the c [...]
2005-12-29 01:25:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE
05NASSAU1088PROFILE OF HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN ABACO
[...] An estimated 40-60,000 legal and illegal Haitians live in The Bahamas among a total population of roughly 305,000. Most Bahamians view cheap Haitian labor as a necessary evil but balk at what they see as the erosion of Bahamian culture as well as the health care and education costs associated [...]
2005-06-08 19:12:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL PGOV HA BF
05NASSAU1225PETROCARIBE: "A DREAM COME TRUE" FOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Trade and Industry Minister Leslie Miller returned from Venezuela on June 30 waving the PetroCaribe agreement and declaring cheap gas prices in our time. Minister Miller stated that, "What we got from the Venezuelans is a dream come true. This is an extraordinary agreement, one that I h [...]
2005-07-01 17:26:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL BF
05NASSAU158BAHAMAS: MIGRANT INTERDICTION STATISTICS FOR 2004
[...] The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force cooperatively worked to interdict over 5,000 illegal migrants in the waters in and around The Bahamas in 2004. The two largest nationality groups interdicted were Haitians (the overwhelming majority with just under 4800) and Cubans (les [...]
2005-01-24 20:47:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM HA CU BF
05NASSAU1834LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS DECISION PROVIDES REMEDY FOR
[...] Summary. American Citizen Tamara Merson sued the Bahamian Government in 1987 for civil rights abuses arising from wrongful imprisonment. In an October 13, 2005 decision, the Privy Council, The Bahamas' highest court, held that a person may seek damages for breach of constitutional rights. P [...]
2005-10-25 11:22:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CASC KJUS BF
05NASSAU393FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM
[...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]
2005-02-25 16:57:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05NASSAU659EARLY REACTION TO NEW U.S. PASSPORT REQUIREMENT --
[...] (SBU) The announcement of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on April 5 elicited a mixed response from Bahamians. The Minister of Immigration is hopeful that the new requirement will aid his efforts to gain adoption of a new, more secure document/passport for Bahamians. The Mini [...]
2005-04-07 20:52:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALCPAS CASC PREL ECON KPAO BF
05NASSAU851DECISION ON LNG PROJECT STILL PENDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from the U.S.-based AES Corporation visited the Ambassador on April 27 to discuss the status of their proposed $650 million Liquefied Natural Gas project. AES expressed its frustration at the inability to get a final decision from Prime Minster Perry G. Christie, [...]
2005-05-03 22:11:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV BF
05NDJAMENA1015CHAD INQUIRES ABOUT G8 DEBT RELIEF
[...] (U) The following message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance is very concerned that, despite oil revenues, Chad is facing intense financial pressures and needs to be considered for G8 debt relief proposals. In a recent mee [...]
2005-06-27 06:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1020CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS
[...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...]
2005-06-27 12:05:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1077ERODING PRESS FREEDOMS IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Press freedoms continue to erode in Chad. Of particular concern is the recent arrest of three journalists from the independent press. Two are now free, but remain under threat of further prosecution, while a third is still in custody. Independent media, including newspapers [...]
2005-07-09 09:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1134SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...]
2005-07-15 09:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA1165PRESS FREEDOM AND THE BATTLE OF THE SPEECHES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Chad has continued to harrass and imprison journalists, despite pressure from the United States, and outcry from the local and international press and groups like Reporters Without Borders. Two journalists have been sentenced to three months and three years [...]
2005-07-22 12:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1209DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...]
2005-08-02 12:03:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1214OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...]
2005-08-04 06:24:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1237CHAD: LONG AWAIT CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his i [...]
2005-08-10 16:24:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1260CHAD: LONG AWAITED CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his [...]
2005-08-16 08:03:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1356CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: With oil flowing, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and the conventions that govern it are now being tested. Human rights groups in Chad and their international partners continue to monitor and raise compensation, environmental, social, and security issues. While recognizin [...]
2005-09-03 07:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1357CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROCESS: SHOWING
[...] (C) Summary: The recently released report of Chad's Oil Revenue Management College's verification of projects highlights some of the issues now arising over the use of petroleum funds. The College found numerous deficiencies such as non-delivery or significant delays in delivery of items, p [...]
2005-09-03 07:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1378EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]
2005-09-10 17:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1412WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...]
2005-09-16 08:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1487CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...]
2005-10-04 07:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1560CHAD: GOVERNMENT LOBBYING FOR CHANGES TO OIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a chilly reception in Washington by the Bretton Woods Institutions, the Government of Chad (GOC) is reaching out to development partners and civil society in Chad on the need to modify the law governing management of petroleum revenues, with the hope of persuading the [...]
2005-10-21 09:13:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1592CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]
2005-10-27 14:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1593CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]
2005-10-27 14:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1615CHAD: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: The United States has important interests at stake and a potentially decisive role to play in promoting democracy in Chad. Earlier this year, President Deby succeeded in removing presidential term limits in a constitutional (but questionable) process, and is now on the path to [...]
2005-11-01 12:27:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1616REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...]
2005-11-01 12:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1624 CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES: PRM VISITS CAMPS IN
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange (Deputy Director of the Africa Office) and Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) traveled to southern Chad from October 10-15 to visit the refugee camps in Amboko and Yaroungou. The visit was prompted by the arrival of an estimated 10,700 new refugees from th [...]
2005-11-02 16:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV CD SU CZ
05NDJAMENA164PRIME MINISTE MOUSSA FAKI REPLACE BY A SOUTHERNER
[...] (C) Summary. The replacemet of Prime Minister Moussa Faki was announced on February 3. Faki's departure had been in the making for months. His replacement is southerner Pascal Yoadimnadji, previously Minister of Agriculture, and a long-time embassy contact. The Ministers of Finance, Educat [...]
2005-02-04 19:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1649CHAD: REQUEST FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final version of a UN report on Chad's electoral needs released to donors November 4 concluded that the national institutions responsible for managing elections lacked independence, that the most recent electoral census was not credible and that the recent amendments to t [...]
2005-11-08 16:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1672CHAD: DEBY SHAKES UP MILITARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. President Idriss Deby carried out a military shake-up on November 15. The changes include the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Nomadic Guard, and National Police. The most surprising change was the removal of Deby relative, General Mahamat Saleh Ibrahim, who had serve [...]
2005-11-16 16:03:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1684CHADIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Chadian Prime Minister Pascal Yoadminadji outlined plans for the 2006 elections in a meeting originally billed as the installation of the national independent electoral commission. Yoadminadji may have scuttled the installation after political opposition parti [...]
2005-11-23 15:58:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1690CHAD: UPDATE ON OIL REVENUE LAW REVISIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law are moving through the legislative process. The National Assembly originally planned to debate them on December 14, but a dispute within the majority group in the legislature may slow down the process. In [...]
2005-11-28 10:27:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1741USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 16:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID
05NDJAMENA1748CHAD: AU TO ESTABLISH OFFICE
[...] Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, the new head of the AU Liaison Office in N'djamena, paid a call on the Ambassador December 7, 2005 to introduce himself and explain his mission in Chad. His mandate will be to coordinate between the AU and the Government of Chad (GOC) and with "all partners." He was [...]
2005-12-09 10:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CD
05NDJAMENA1757USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] Approximately 200,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in reasonable but delicate harmony with their Chadian hosts in an arid and undeveloped environment. Potential problems revolve around use of natural resources, jealousy and political developments in Sudan and Chad. UNHCR and its partners [...]
2005-12-12 10:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID
05NDJAMENA1758 USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN
[...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...]
2005-12-12 10:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1761THE MANY FACES (AND LIVES) OF PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Idriss Deby at year's end is perhaps more besieged than he has ever been in his fifteen years in power. He is confronting a rash of desertions, raids on military targets, and violent student demonstrations. Even his most respected family members are joining the oppo [...]
2005-12-13 11:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1875CHAD ASSEMBLY AMENDS OIL LAW;BILL AWAITS
[...] SUMMARY: Following a four-hour delay, the Government of Chad-proposed legislation to amend the existing Revenue Management Law passed resoundingly in the National Assembly on December 29. The legislation now goes to the desk of the Head of State for promulgation (ratification). The rapid de [...]
2005-12-29 18:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDCD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA22SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...]
2005-01-07 10:05:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA262SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]
2005-02-20 12:00:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA277CHAD SEEKS RAPID ACTION ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL,
[...] (C) Upon receiving ref B (notal),the Ambassador followed up to clarify Chad's views on a Sudan tribunal based on prior statements of support for our position in Libreville on February 11 (ref C). The Ambassador contacted President Deby's Special Advisor Alam-mi Ahmad by telephone February 1 [...]
2005-02-22 14:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA281ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD
[...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination),ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...]
2005-02-23 10:05:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA282REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE,
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...]
2005-02-23 10:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA283REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...]
2005-02-23 10:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA3062005 AGOA REPORT FOR CHAD
[...] Summary: Post submits the following for the 2005 AGOA Report to the President. End Summary. 2. Status: AGOA Eligible. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: In 2004, Chad,s GDP was $4.6 billion and per capita income was $536. Petroleum now dominates Chadian exports to the United States. The [...]
2005-02-28 22:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA308CATTLE, CAMELS, ELEPHANTS, AND REFUGEES: SKETCHES
[...] (U) Pressures on the land are multiplying in southern Chad. Cattle and camel herds are expanding as nomads migrate further south and stay longer. Clashes with local farmers are breaking out as livestock trample crops and drain water reserves. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR [...]
2005-03-01 14:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD SU
05NDJAMENA326FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 11:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA329FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 14:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA330FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 14:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA370CHAD SEEKS HELP TO PAY FOR DARFUR MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary. Chad needs help to defray the expenses of its mediation effort on Darfur and is asking for U.S. assistance, according to President Deby's top foreign affairs and military advisors. In the meeting they requested with the Ambassador March 7, the two leaders of Chad's mediation t [...]
2005-03-08 17:42:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA384LIFTING TERM LIMITS: PUBLIC REFERENDUM SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Chad's public referendum on constitutional amendments to remove presidential term limits is scheduled for June 6. Voter registration for the referendum has been completed, but was plagued by numerous technical and logistics problems. The call by some opposition groups for a boy [...]
2005-03-14 06:37:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA402WAR OF WORDS OVER OIL REVENUE COLLEGE MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadjimnadji's rebuke of comments by the representative of human rights groups on the Oil Revenue Management College has touched off controversy in N'Djamena. The Government objected to College member Dobian Assingar's statement that new petroleum discoveri [...]
2005-03-17 06:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA405CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...]
2005-03-17 13:57:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA44POSTCARD FROM MOUNDOU: RULING PARTY INSIDER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to Moundou on December 13, a ruling party member treated Ambassador Wall to a tour d,horizon of key issues facing Chad. Masagar Mbairidoum Lucas, the Secretary General of Moundou, described growing security problems, societal violence, and the culture of impunity [...]
2005-01-11 16:35:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA441CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION
[...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...]
2005-03-22 13:48:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA542SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...]
2005-04-05 10:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA543RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...]
2005-04-05 10:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA555DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...]
2005-04-06 15:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA559EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE AND REPRISALS UNDERMINE
[...] (U) Summary: In an apparent act of reprisal for their refusal to hand down the ruling favored by the Executive branch in a long-disputed property sale case, the Minister of Justice has demoted and reassigned the three Appeals Court justices involved in the case. The Union of Magistrates, the [...]
2005-04-08 07:29:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM EAID CD LY PJUS
05NDJAMENA58CHAD'S PRESIDENT'S SON COMES CALLING
[...] (C) Summary. Chad's President Deby will accept the will of the people expressed in upcoming elections whatever the outcome, according to his son and personal secretary. The Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting with Brahim Deby to probe into his father's views on staying in power for [...]
2005-01-17 19:49:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALBEXP KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA589GENERAL WALD COMES TO CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: General Wald, Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, visited the U.S.-trained Pan Sahel Unit and held meetings with President Idriss Deby, Minister of Defense Emmanuel Nadingar, and Chief of Defense Mahamat Saleh Kaya during his trip to Chad from April 10 to 11. President Deby [...]
2005-04-13 06:41:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PGOV CD VIP
05NDJAMENA73SENATOR FEINGOLD TALKS ABOUT ANTI-CORRUPTION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with Mariam Ali, the newly-appointed Minister of Public Control and Ethics who also serves as an inspector general for government operations, and members of the Oil Revenue Management College to discuss transparency measures and mechanisms to contro [...]
2005-01-20 13:03:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM EPET ECON CD VIP
05NDJAMENA814REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND
[...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...]
2005-05-20 10:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA834REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I)
[...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...]
2005-05-23 14:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA835REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II)
[...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...]
2005-05-24 06:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA866CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT: DEALING WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting Treasury advisors May 23, Chad's Minister of Finance explained his commitment to implementing Chad's oil revenue management system, but expressed concerns over the need to designate new priority sectors eligible for oil revenue financing. He welcom [...]
2005-05-31 06:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA867CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT COLLEGE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Based on the assessment of visiting Treasury advisors, Chad's Oil Revenue Management College (the College) is working as intended and even in some cases has succeeded in exercising a stronger role than mandated. During their visit to N'Djamena May 15-26, Ken Torp and Eileen B [...]
2005-05-31 06:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA884SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...]
2005-06-02 16:02:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA932LIFTING TERM LIMITS: WHAT IF YOU HELD A REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: The low voter turn-out for the public referendum on June 6 is still reverberating throughout Chad's political arena. For now, Chad's political players are preoccupied with digesting and explaining what happened and determining which way forward. President Deby, the ruling part [...]
2005-06-14 16:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA933CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...]
2005-06-14 16:39:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NEWDELHI1073""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...]
2005-02-10 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1076GOI SAYS RECOVERED URANIUM IS DEPLETED, NOT HIGHLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 5, the "Times of India" ran a hysterical story that metal plates recovered from two "small-time drug peddlers" on December 8, 2004 were analyzed and found to be weapons-grade highly enriched uranium. Subsequent reporting, including a press release from India's Atomi [...]
2005-02-10 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PGOV PREL TRGY IN
05NEWDELHI1113NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]
2005-02-11 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1114SARAN URGES CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NEPAL, WILL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: As instructed reftels, the Ambassador advised Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on February 11 of the USG position on assistance to Nepal and our intention to withdraw our Ambassador as early as February 14. Arguing that the RNA had [...]
2005-02-11 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI1175AIYAR DEFENDS IRAN-INDIA OIL AND GAS RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said that India's national security compelled it to look towards Iran for natural gas. He pointed out that India is competing in Iran with many others, including some of th [...]
2005-02-15 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC IR IN
05NEWDELHI1189RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST IN STATE 26019
[...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed reftel reassurance regarding the US intention not to fill the India military supply gap ("under current circumstances") to Foreign Secretary Saran. The Foreign Secretary was grateful for this clarification, and shared that India would withdraw its Ambassador from K [...]
2005-02-15 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS NP IN
05NEWDELHI1190NEPALESE POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN DELHI
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Sharing perspectives on Nepal developments with Polcouns and Poloffs on February 15, International Crisis Group (ICG) analyst Suman Pradhan (protect) reported on the growing number of Nepalese politicians who have converged in New Delhi i [...]
2005-02-15 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI1224INDIA RIDING HIGH ON POST-TSUNAMI WAVE OF GOOD
[...] (C) Summary: As a concrete demonstration of India's magnanimity and competence, New Delhi's recent large-scale assistance to its tsunami-stricken neighbors had illustrated the country's standing as a regional and emerging world power, according to observers here. India is particularly proud [...]
2005-02-16 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CE IN
05NEWDELHI1261NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS INDIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran discussed India's energy future at a meeting in the Secretary's office in New Delhi on February 11, 2005. Saran told Merrifield that energy is a key strategic interest of India and nuclear power woul [...]
2005-02-17 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1264NRC COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD MEETS MEA ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 NRC Commissioner Merrifield met MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar who has the non-proliferation portfolio within her purview. Commissioner Merrifield expressed satisfaction with his visit to Indian facilities and suggested that further cooperation could bring [...]
2005-02-17 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS ENRG ETTC IN KNNP KSCA PREL TRGY TSPL NSSP
05NEWDELHI1274NAXALITES AND SYMPATHIZERS ENCOURAGED BY NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a reflection of India's mounting concern about internal disorder, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently described India's Naxalite insurgency as "the gravest threat to our internal security." This worry is also reflected in the stern GOI reaction to the coup in Nepal, wi [...]
2005-02-18 05:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR IN NP
05NEWDELHI1282CROSS-LOC BUS DEAL HAILED AS ""MOTHER OF ALL CBMS""
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks in which the process of Indo-Pak normalization appeared to be grinding to a halt (Ref B),this week's Islamabad deal has shifted the dynamic, at least temporarily, in a much more constructive direction. PM Manmohan Singh's fingerprints were clearly in evidence [...]
2005-02-18 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1298INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...]
2005-02-18 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI1304BIHAR ELECTIONS COULD WEAKEN UPA GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The elections for the Bihar State Assembly are being watched more closely than usual this year, because the outcome could possibly weaken the UPA coalition in Delhi. A resurgent Congress is losing patience with Bihar satrap Lalu Prasad Yadav, and would like to reduce his influenc [...]
2005-02-18 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL IN
05NEWDELHI140REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON
[...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]
2005-01-06 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05NEWDELHI1424THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...]
2005-02-24 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI1481INDO-US SECURITY COOPERATION: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting on 23 February, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar and DSCA Director for Middle East, Asia and North Africa Ed Ross agreed that a large cooperative defense program, such as a P-3 or C-130 sale, would build trust and demonstrate US reliability as a defense suppli [...]
2005-02-25 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI1482FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL'S KING
[...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's actions are "exactly opposite of what is required," Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told visiting Ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty on February 25. Ambassador Moriarty and Saran agreed on the need for concerted pressure on the King from India, the US, and [...]
2005-02-26 05:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PREF IN NP BT UK
05NEWDELHI1519NO CONGRESS KNOCKOUT - BJP BACK IN THE RUNNING
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a decisive victory in Haryana, Congress and its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies have emerged chastened by the elections in Jharkhand, and Bihar. Although the Jharkhand/Bihar outcome has given the BJP and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners a new leas [...]
2005-02-28 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI1520GOI UPBEAT ON CYBER-COOPERATION, SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief February 22 meeting, National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and Deputy Director (Information Security) Commander Mukesh Saini were upbeat on US-India cybersecurity cooperation, clarified the objective of the upcoming April 18-19 Cybersecuri [...]
2005-02-28 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCIP TINT KCRM PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI1521KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]
2005-02-28 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI1546MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1551TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS
[...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...]
2005-03-01 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK
05NEWDELHI1554US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]
2005-03-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1615GOI OPPOSES NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID AND MEDICAL
[...] (C) The GOI feels strongly that the USG should delay the first phase of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) for the Royal Nepalese Army, because this is not the time to send mixed messages to the King. In a March 2 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff scheduled to discuss Bhutan, MEA Join [...]
2005-03-02 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI1661RAHUL GANDHI: LACKLUSTER LEADER
[...] (S) In a March 1 conversation with Poloff, influential columnist and political insider Saeed Naqvi commented on Rahul Gandhi at some length. Naqvi prefaced his remarks by noting that he was a personal friend of Rahul's father, Rajiv Gandhi, and a well-wisher of the Gandhi family. Naqvi was initi [...]
2005-03-03 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI1710STATE ELECTIONS SET OFF POLITICAL TURMOIL IN INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Attempts by Congress to grab power in Goa and Jharkhand has thrown the Indian domestic political scene into turmoil. Observers in Delhi see these moves as part of a larger strategy by Congress operatives to gain control over a majority of Indian states. Should Congress succeed i [...]
2005-03-04 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1764SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]
2005-03-08 05:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1773CONGRESS BEGINS PARTY CLEANUP IN HARYANA
[...] (C) Summary: Following a week of political turmoil in which Congress has taken a beating for playing fast and rough with the democratic process in several states, the party leadership moved to install a cleaner politician as Chief Minister of Haryana. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a longtime Congre [...]
2005-03-08 08:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1783INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]
2005-03-08 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1824REVITALIZING THE US-INDIA ENERGY RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Secretary Bodman, now that you have had a few weeks to settle into your new role, I want to share with you some thoughts and ideas on our relationship with India. You already know from our meeting last November my views on the emerging India, a vibrant, multi-faceted democracy that is a [...]
2005-03-09 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC PREL KNNP TRGY IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI1854INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE
[...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]
2005-03-10 10:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1872HOME MINISTER UPBEAT ON KASHMIR, WORRIES OF POTENTIAL MAOIST SPILLOVER FROM NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Shivraj Patil credited Pakistan with reducing infiltration, called the law and order situation in the state ""more comfortable,"" and expressed confidence that the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus would roll on schedule on Apr [...]
2005-03-10 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI1921US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...]
2005-03-11 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN
05NEWDELHI2047BHUTANESE CENSUS UNLIKELY TO FACILITATE FURTHER
[...] (C) In response to Reftel and following our contacts with travelers to Thimphu, the Mission assesses little likelihood that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) will use the upcoming census to justify further expulsions of ethnic Nepali citizens from Bhutan. United Nations Development Progr [...]
2005-03-17 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI2048SARAN LAUDS SECRETARY'S "LANDMARK" VISIT
[...] (U) In the GOI's first public comments on Secretary Rice's just-concluded visit to New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called it "landmark" and evidence of the US-India strategic partnership. Speaking at a small CSIS-sponsored gathering of senior foreign policy experts on March 17, Saran [...]
2005-03-17 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG MASS KNNP KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI2050INDIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Secretary Rice's first visit to India, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar described the action agenda that the Secretary left behind as "the most significant road map we've had in the last 47 years." Areas for immediate progress include expa [...]
2005-03-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MASS TSPA ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2086A CHASTENED CONGRESS FACES HARSH REALITIES
[...] (C) Summary: As India's leading newsmagazine splashed across the cover of its March 21 issue, "the halo has slipped," from Sonia Gandhi after Congress' electoral setbacks and questionable decisions in Bihar, Goa, and Jharkhand. The long term impact for Congress and the BJP is unlikely to be [...]
2005-03-18 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2095ANGRY BJP REACTION TO MODI VISA DENIAL; OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: The March 18 USG revocation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visa has set off strong criticism in the BJP, and prompted the Foreign Secretary to call in the DCM to lodge a protest (Ref A),followed by an MEA statement expressing its "deep concern and regret." The BJP rea [...]
2005-03-18 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI2140MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...]
2005-03-21 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2220PM SINGH ALIGNS INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Signalling a break from India's traditional view of the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared in a February 25 speech that democracy and open economies are now the core of India's foreign policy values, replacing non-alignment, solidarity with developing countries, and [...]
2005-03-23 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI2266GOI DEMARCHE: INDIA SEEKS MORE ON IC-814
[...] (C) During a March 23 meeting with DCM and PolCouns and pursuant to discussions at the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar delivered the following SIPDIS non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investi [...]
2005-03-24 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI2270A SMALL STEP, A GIANT LEAP: FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR KASHMIR BUS
[...] (C) Summary: Preparations for what J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called the ""mother of all CBMs,"" the first bus to cross the LOC in 58 years on April 7, are on track, with the J&K government and GOI moving purposefully to ensure a successful launch. Initial passengers will be [...]
2005-03-24 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2299DEFENSE SALES TO INDIA: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
[...] (C) Secretary Rice's visit to India, the announcement that U.S. companies will enter the competition to supply multi-role combat aircraft to India, and India's already articulated interest in P-3C aircraft, have raised the economic dimension of our defense relationship with India to a new level. ( [...]
2005-03-28 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM ECON EFIN AA NSSP
05NEWDELHI2380MAKING OUR SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE A REALITY
[...] (S) Summary: We recommend capitalizing on Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's April 13-14 meetings with the Secretary and the President to make significant progress on SIPDIS strategic, energy and economic tracks the Secretary highlighted in her March 15-16 visit to India. Specifically, we su [...]
2005-03-30 16:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ENRG MASS KNNP ETRD IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2416DEFENSE MINISTER UPBEAT ON INDO-US RELATIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a 30 March meeting with Indian Defense Minister Mukherjee, Ambassador Mulford reviewed the scope and results of SECSTATE's visit, NSSP, the desire for greater defense cooperation, rationale of F-16s to Pakistan, and next steps in the MRCA competition process. Mukherjee was ver [...]
2005-03-31 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2470"WE ARE COMMUNISTS, BUT WE ARE NOT FOOLS:" CPI(M)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of India-Marxist, the CPI(M) or CPM, the most organized and important member of India's Left Front (LF),will debate whether to change its leadership at its April 6-12 Party Congress. The CPI (M) patriarch, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who steered the party to [...]
2005-04-01 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2511 Scenesetter for Transportation Secretary Mineta's
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, I want to welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multiethnic, multifaceted democracy that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit comes close on the heels of an extraordinarily successful visit of Secretary Rice, who unveiled [...]
2005-04-04 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI2550SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]
2005-04-05 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2586MORE THAN CRICKET: MUSHARRAF TO HAVE FULL BILATERAL VISIT
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloff on April 5 that the GOI is hoping for ""something more concrete than an exchange of views"" when President Musharraf meets Prime Minister Singh and other leaders during his April 16-18 visit to New Delhi [...]
2005-04-06 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2606ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...]
2005-04-06 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPHUM PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2631HISTORIC SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD ""PEACE CARAVAN"" ROLLS!
[...] (C) Summary: In an act of personal and political courage, the Prime Minister, joined by key cabinet and Congress Party colleagues, traveled to Srinagar on April 7 to inaugurate the bus service that has captured the imaginations of Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC. Emphasizing that ""nothing [...]
2005-04-07 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI2635MEA ON NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTANT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: India's highest priority with respect to Nepal remains the full restoration of democracy, not one or two human rights improvements, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal, Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 7. Although "very uncomfortable" with a UNCHR Item Nine resolution, [...]
2005-04-07 14:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM NP IN
05NEWDELHI2682NATWAR LOOKS AHEAD TO UN AND NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh offered an upbeat preview of his April 13-14 meetings in Washington, placing particular importance on the issues of India's role in the UN and India's quest for access to US origin nuclear power [...]
2005-04-08 15:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC IN PK UNSC NSSP
05NEWDELHI2717RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...]
2005-04-11 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR
05NEWDELHI2758WEN VISIT: UNSC, SIKKIM, ECONOMY STEAL THE SHOW
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 9-12 visit to India produced a dozen documents, and plenty of positive commentary, but the highlights were confusion over China's position on India in the UNSC and agreement on a roadmap to resolution of the border dispute. New Delhi-based Chin [...]
2005-04-12 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD CN IN
05NEWDELHI276TSUNAMI ENCOURAGES A PERIOD OF POLITICAL AMITY
[...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented scale of the Tsunami disaster has compelled India's usually contentious political coalitions to bury their differences and cooperate to relieve the suffering. Likewise, elements of the Left which strongly oppose the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's [...]
2005-01-12 05:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2788INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...]
2005-04-13 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI282PM UPBEAT ON US-INDIA RELATIONS REAFFIRMS EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENT WITH CODEL FRIST
[...] (C) Summary: Senators Frist, McConnell, DeWine and Coleman discussed a broad range of issues with PM Manmohan Singh during their January 10 meeting, including US-India ties, Tsunami disaster relief, democratization in Burma, HIV/AIDS, trade and the WTO, Iraq, NSSP, Indo-Pak relations, and UNS [...]
2005-01-12 08:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM IN PK IZ BM CE US
05NEWDELHI2884INDO-PAK MINI-SUMMIT BURIES ""GHOST OF AGRA""
[...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan exorcised the ghost of the (failed) 2001 Agra Summit during President Musharraf's April 16-18 visit to New Delhi, with a solid list of CBMs, muted discussion on Kashmir, and very positive personal interactions (with more high-level visits possible this year). [...]
2005-04-18 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2932A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]
2005-04-19 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2933INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...]
2005-04-19 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2949JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 25 SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with A/S Rocca and the Charge in New Delhi on April 18, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the Secretary's May 25 South Asia Initiative, especially its SIPDIS military aspects such as co-production. Singh implied tha [...]
2005-04-20 09:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2951REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: During their April 18 Regional Dialogue discussion, A/S Rocca and MEA officials reviewed recent developments in Nepal, with the GOI offering a pessimistic assessment of the King's intentions. (See septel for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka portions). Following the Indian Ambassador's [...]
2005-04-20 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER NP IN
05NEWDELHI2964REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI
[...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...]
2005-04-20 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BG CE AF IN
05NEWDELHI2994MEA SAYS ""CRICKET SUMMIT"" RE-FRAMED INDO-PAK AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha dismissed the suggestion that India had obtained more than Pakistan from the ""Cricket Summit,"" highlighting Manmohan Singh's vision of a new agenda for Indo-Pak relatio [...]
2005-04-21 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI300INDIA STRENGTHENS OIL AND GAS TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7, India and Iran strengthened significantly their oil and gas relationship when they reached an agreement in which India will purchase a total of 7.5 million tons per year (MMTA) of LNG for 25 years beginning in 2009. Iran will reportedly allow Indian state-controll [...]
2005-01-12 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ECON PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI301AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO
[...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...]
2005-01-12 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI3017COMMANDER USPACOM MEETS DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) On 13 April 2005, Commander USPACOM met with Deputy National Security Advisor Ambassador Vijay Nambiar at the NSA's conferencing facility at the Cabinet Secretariat Building. Nambiar was joined by 10 members of the National Security Counsel. Also attending the meeting were PACOM staff, U [...]
2005-04-22 07:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI303INDIA VERY CONFIDENT IT IS RIGHT ON BAGLIHAR DAM
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was brimming with confidence that India was in the right on the Baglihar Dam issue. If Pakistan went forward with arbitration, as it has suggested, India is ready, and will be v [...]
2005-01-12 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ECON PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3087WEN VISIT WRAP-UP: "SIGNIFICANT BOOST," NO
[...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's "historic" April 9-12 visit to New Delhi (ref A),the initial breathless commentary has given way to a more sober and realistic assessment that no paradigm shift occurred, that Beijing did not exactly endorse India's UNSC bid, and that [...]
2005-04-25 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR CN IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI3147BOEING WINS $8.5 BILLION AIR INDIA ORDER, LARGEST
[...] Summary: (C) On April 26, Boeing won a $8.5 billion order from Air India to supply 50 wide body B777-B787 class aircraft powered by GE engines. Embassy believes it is unlikely that the PIB or the cabinet would reverse the selection, but advises we use high level visits to urge the GOI to qui [...]
2005-04-27 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAIR BEXP IN
05NEWDELHI3164INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING
[...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...]
2005-04-27 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF
05NEWDELHI3218PARADIGM SHIFT ON KASHMIR UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's landmark visit to Delhi has strengthened the paradigm shift underway in India about the prospects for progress on Kashmir. Under the leadership of PM Manmohan Singh and the Pakistani President, the two countries have broken their impasse over Kashmir as the [...]
2005-04-28 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI3252KOFI ANNAN BURSTS INDIA'S UNSC VETO BUBBLE
[...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's April 26-28 visit to New Delhi began on a positive note as Annan and the GOI made amends for the GOI's refusal to allow the Secretary General to tour tsunami affected areas in southern SIPDIS India in January, but it ended with a bubble-burstin [...]
2005-04-29 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IN IZ UNSC
05NEWDELHI3270NEW INDIAN EXPORT CONTROL LAW IN THE MAKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A front page article in the April 26 "Indian Express" reported details of an ambitious draft export control bill giving the GOI far-reaching authority to investigate and enforce stricter controls on WMD-related items and technologies. Entitled "The Weapons of Mass Destruction [...]
2005-04-29 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI33SARAN EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR TSUNAMI
[...] (C) In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed satisfaction at the US-India SIPDIS partnership in responding to the December 26 Bay of Bengal tsunami, and offered his understanding that the core group -- SIPDIS having effectively triggered a robust respo [...]
2005-01-03 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI3367KOIZUMI VISIT: LOW-KEY CAP ON A MAJOR MONTH
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi's low-key April 28-30 visit to India contrasted sharply with the breathlessness that followed Chinese Premier Wen's visit two weeks earlier. Koizumi and PM Manmohan Singh signed an eight-point program for boosting bilateral relations, particularly i [...]
2005-05-04 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI3401UK NEPAL ENVOYS: MEA HARD LINE ON THE KING
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 discussion with PolCouns and Emboffs, visiting UK Special Representative for Nepal Sir Jeffrey James, UK Ambassador to Nepal Keith Bloomfield, and UK Emboffs reported from their meeting with Foreign Secretary Saran that MEA Nepal policy vis-a-vis the King is hardening [...]
2005-05-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI3402GOI READY TO ASSIST IRAQ, BUT QUIETLY
[...] (C) Summary: Charge conveyed Ref A demarche encouraging a GOI statement on new Iraqi government on April 30. In a follow-up May 5 meeting, Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff that while the MEA was unlikely to issue a formal statement congratulating the new Iraqi Tra [...]
2005-05-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI3430GOI "STEAMROLLERED" INTO VOTING FOR UNCHR WORKING
[...] (C) Responding to Reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri told PolCouns on May 5 that India was "steamrollered" into voting for the resolution to create a UNCHR Working Group to consider reform proposals. The resolution sponsors forced a vote on the last day [...]
2005-05-06 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM IN
05NEWDELHI3494MEA HOPEFUL NEPAL'S KING MAY ENGAGE PARTIES ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for South Asia Christina Rocca, MEA Joint Secretary SIPDIS (North) Ranjit Rae welcomed the May 8 publication of a common platform by the Nepalese political parties as a potential "basis for talks" with King Gyanendra. The GO [...]
2005-05-10 06:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS PTER IN NP
05NEWDELHI35INDIA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Indian readouts track closely with Islamabad's detailed and generally positive assessment of the December 27-28 meeting of Foreign Secretaries that concluded the second round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (reftel). In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran r [...]
2005-01-03 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3505BJP LEADER REAFFIRMS US-INDIA COMMITMENT
[...] (C) Summary: BJP spokesman and former Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley warned us recently that the Modi controversy continues to fester among the party rank and file, who see the Chief Minister's visa revocation as a personal attack on a leader of the party that began the transformation of US-India r [...]
2005-05-10 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI355MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...]
2005-01-13 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI36GOI DISCOURAGES CODEL TRAVEL TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to requests for US Congressional travel to tsunami-devastated areas of South India, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed gratitude on January 3 for the many expressions of condolence and support, but asked that US Codels not/not travel to South India. Saran, who is Ind [...]
2005-01-03 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH CE IN
05NEWDELHI364INDIAN LEGISLATORS TELL CODEL LEACH THEY ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Sam Brownback and John Corzine, and Representatives James Leach, Earl Blumenaur, Scott Garrett, Wayne Gilchrest, Frank Pallone, and Diane Watson discussed a broad range of issues with an Indian parliamentary delegation led by MP Murli Deora, the President of the India [...]
2005-01-13 15:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM PINR IN PK US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3645INDIAN PRIORITIES FOR MAY ARF SOM
[...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava told us on May 13 that Additional Secretary Meera Shankar (International Security) will lead SIPDIS the Indian delegation to the May 19-10 ARF Senior Official's Meeting in Vientiane. He noted that India i [...]
2005-05-13 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR IN ARF
05NEWDELHI3646INDIA SEEKS DIALOGUE ON NEPAL END-GAME
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff met with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae on May 13 to review A/S Rocca's SIPDIS and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee's recent audiences with Nepal's King Gyanendra. Rae emphasized that the King had not relented on his opposition to a dialogue with th [...]
2005-05-13 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI3647GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...]
2005-05-13 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF GOI
05NEWDELHI3652INDIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES LANDMARK WMD/EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Parliament passed the landmark "WMD and their Delivery Systems Bill" (Ref A) in record time, with only a few hours to spare before the session adjourned on May 13. FM Natwar Singh framed the bill as "overarching and integrated legislation" for India's existing non-pr [...]
2005-05-13 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC KNNP IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3653FS SARAN PREPARES FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran gave an optimistic overview of the SIPDIS issues for his upcoming trip to Washington, emphasizing the GOI's intention to develop a rich menu of deliverables to make the Prime Minister's July White House visit "a [...]
2005-05-14 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KDEM ETTC MASS NP CH IZ IN US
05NEWDELHI3745MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...]
2005-05-18 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3746AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...]
2005-05-18 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF
05NEWDELHI3769MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...]
2005-05-19 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI38INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP JANUARY 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: India-wide, consular officers have amassed a database of 500 missing persons inquiries to which they are responding, but still have no reported Amcit casualties in India. Mission engagement with the GOI on tsunami relief for India and the region continued with the Ambassador's [...]
2005-01-03 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI3846SUSPECTS ABOUND IN TWIN DELHI CINEMA BOMB BLASTS
[...] (C) Summary: No person or group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions in two New Delhi movie theaters on May 22 that killed one person and injured at least 50. Both cinemas, located in neighborhoods with large Sikh populations, were screening the controversial detective film "Jo [...]
2005-05-24 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER ASEC OVIP PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI395INDIA COMMITTED TO PUL-I-KHUMRI, INTERESTED IN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Arun K Singh and newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan Rakesh Sood provided an update on Indian projects in Afghanistan, noting proudly that with the exception of the Parliament building and the Pul-i-Khumri [...]
2005-01-14 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI3969INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...]
2005-05-27 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3973AMB TAHIR-KHELI HEARS INDIAN UNSC PITCH
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with senior MEA officials on May 26, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, the Secretary's UN Reform Adviser, heard a strong Indian claim for a permanent UNSC seat, and identified peacekeeping, management and accountability reform, counterterrorism, nonproliferation and demo [...]
2005-05-27 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI4131INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...]
2005-06-02 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI4232ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES
[...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...]
2005-06-06 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4299BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 2
[...] (C) This is the second of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy [...]
2005-06-08 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4312INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]
2005-06-08 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4315ADVANI'S RESIGNATION - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding Advani's dramatic June 7 resignation as BJP President continues. The BJP leadership meeting June 8 voted unanimously for him to remain, while the Sangh Parivar (family of Hindu nationalist groups) spent the day celebrating his resignation and anticipating [...]
2005-06-08 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4330INDO-BANGLADESHI RELATIONS SOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Relations between India and Bangladesh have soured since the April 16 killing of a BSF guard along the India-Bangladesh border, with increased concerns about illegal migration and terrorist groups along the border and calls for a more aggressive Indian policy towards the GOB. At [...]
2005-06-09 05:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI4434INDIA SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM AND AIR
[...] (C) Summary: During Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's visit to New Delhi on June 2-3, PM Singh gave GOI conditional support for the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),discussed concerns about the LTTE's air capability, and offered to upgrade Sri Lankan Air Forc [...]
2005-06-13 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON CE IN
05NEWDELHI4447ADVANI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AND RETURNS TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 10, LK Advani withdrew his resignation as BJP party President in response to unrelenting pressure from the party leadership. He accepted a compromise formula which credits him for a successful trip to Pakistan, while criticizing Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Advani's [...]
2005-06-13 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4449SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI
[...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...]
2005-06-13 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC
05NEWDELHI4531GOI SATISFIED WITH KOIRALA VISIT, BUT NOT HOPEFUL
[...] (C) Summary: As former Nepalese PM GP Koirala prepared to depart New Delhi after his meetings with GOI officials and politicians, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manu Mahawar told Poloff on June 14 that the visit was a success for the GOI, allowing frank exchange of views on the political impasse [...]
2005-06-15 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI4619AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the GOI, strategic analysts, and journalists in New Delhi on June 10, Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones encouraged high-level GOI participation at the upcoming US-EU conference on Iraq and suggested several priority areas in which the GOI may support pol [...]
2005-06-17 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID IZ IN
05NEWDELHI4632GOI ON NSSP REMAINING STEPS: U.S. MOVING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche on June 17, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed concern that the USG was "moving the goalposts" on non-proliferation negotiations and that it would be difficult to achieve harmonization beyond [...]
2005-06-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PGOV IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4634GOI HOPING FOR MORE ON UN REFORMS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL IN UNSC
05NEWDELHI4679AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PETROLEUM AND NATURAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador told Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on June 17 that there appears to be an unprecedented level of optimism about the US-India relationship in the USG leadership. In this context, the Ambassador said, we have revitalized the Economic D [...]
2005-06-20 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON ETTC IN US
05NEWDELHI4690FOREIGN SECRETARY: GET NSSP OUT OF THE WAY, THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting with A/S Rademaker and the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said he wanted to "get NSSP out of the way" before PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit in order "to move on to the bigger things we can do together," but stressed that "our way of doing things [...]
2005-06-21 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP KSTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4721SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...]
2005-06-21 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR
05NEWDELHI4761SOCIOECONOMIC FUTURE OF INDIAN DALITS REMAINS BLEAK
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy interlocutors report that after one year of UPA rule, limited government efforts to improve dalit (formerly called ""untouchables"") socioeconomic status have shown little success, ensuring that they continue to face severe economic and social discrimination. Government reser [...]
2005-06-22 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ECON ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI4861LEFT FRONT SUSPENDS COORDINATION WITH UPA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, the four parties of the Left Front (LF) suspended regularly scheduled coordination meetings with the UPA government, which were meant to implement the Common Minimum Program (CMP),but said they would continue to support the government from the outside. The Communists [...]
2005-06-27 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON IN
05NEWDELHI496BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR: SECURITY SITUATION IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: The poor security situation in Nepal, instability of the government in Kathmandu, and uncertainty over future GON willingness to deliver on any inherited agreements will hinder the refugee repatriation process, Bhutanese Ambassador Lyonpo Dago Tshering told the Ambassador on Jan [...]
2005-01-19 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PTER IN NP BT UNHCR
05NEWDELHI4996INDIA TESTS TRILATERAL TALKS WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's June 2 meeting with the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia in Vladivostok reflects India's desire for greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest such as energy, terrorism, and business, but Delhi-based analysts contend that any results for [...]
2005-06-30 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI5049MISHRA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TO U/S BURNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Charge on June 25, former NSA Brajesh Mishra was cautiously optimistic on the US-India relationship. One of the architects of India's greatly expanded ties with Washington, Mishra stressed that progress would be incremental and evolutionary, that b [...]
2005-07-01 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN CH US
05NEWDELHI5108SEEKING ELECTORAL GAINS LEFT PARTIES COME DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have severely criticized the "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship" signed by SecDef Rumsfeld and DefMin Mukherjee on June 28, despite initial positive reviews from most Indian media and strategic commentators, and will hold street demonstrations [...]
2005-07-05 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI5165LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...]
2005-07-06 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI5216BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON
[...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...]
2005-07-07 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5319INDIA HOPING TO LURE NEPAL MAOISTS INTO POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae, PolCouns emphasized the need to SIPDIS coordinate USG and GOI policy to prevent sending mixed messages to the Nepalese political parties, Maoists, and King, and expressed concern about the risks inherent in New [...]
2005-07-11 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM PTER IN NP AF CE
05NEWDELHI5354PM AND DEFMIN SCOFF AT LEFTIST CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: To place Left Parties' continuing attacks on the New Framework for US-India Defense in context, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have reassured critics that the agreement is in India's national interest, does not compromise Indian security or soverei [...]
2005-07-12 14:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR KSTC IN
05NEWDELHI5382DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]
2005-07-13 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5402FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 06:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5444INDIA COMPLETES THE NSSP, STILL PONDERING PSI
[...] (S) Summary: Paving the way for completion of the NSSP, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar delivered two non-papers to the Charge and PolCouns on July 14, one responding to USG questions about implementation of the WMD Bill (see text in para 5 and initial analysi [...]
2005-07-14 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5445GOI WORKING TO MANAGE DISAPPOINTMENT AT US G-4
[...] (C) Summary: US opposition to the G-4 UN Security Council expansion proposal was badly received in India, but the GOI is doing damage control to preserve the positive atmospherics of the PM's July 18-20 Washington visit, including working to ensure the resolution will not come up for a vote while t [...]
2005-07-14 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN CH UNSC
05NEWDELHI5446GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...]
2005-07-14 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR
05NEWDELHI549INDIA ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT: NOT WITHOUT ME
[...] (C) Summary: Following the November 2004 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Vientiane, the MEA scoffed at the idea of an East Asia Summit, but a recent conversation with MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia Two) Biren Nanda indicates India SIPDIS has shifted from that position. It now appears that In [...]
2005-01-20 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI551MEA WARNS OF NUCLEAR IMPASSE IN NSSP
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a January 20 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to press for a timely reply to the US requests conveyed via ref A and to underline the importance of India coming to us with draft export control legislation and other outstanding items related to P [...]
2005-01-20 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP TRGY TPHY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5521INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS
[...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...]
2005-07-18 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK
05NEWDELHI5522INDIAN POLICE DETAIL L-E-T ROLE IN AYODHYA ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian police and press sources have broadly outlined the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (L-e-T) in the July 5 attack on the disputed Ayodhya temple site in Uttar Pradesh. Several suspected accomplices have been detained, the alleged "mastermind" is reported to have returned to Pakistan, [...]
2005-07-18 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5592SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...]
2005-07-20 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI5593UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT SHAKY - COULD FALL SHORTLY
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 13-15 visit to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Poloff met with a wide variety of interlocutors who speculated that the two year rule of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav would soon come to an end. Pervasive mis-governance and corruption, and a fast-deteriorating law and order sit [...]
2005-07-20 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI5685MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT LIKELY TO BE LESS
[...] (C) Summary: Although it leads the opposition, the BJP is in disarray and largely incapable of playing a strong role in the upcoming Parliamentary session scheduled for July 25-August 26. The Left Front (LF) is determined to fill the vacuum and will act more like an opposition party than an [...]
2005-07-22 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KNNP IN
05NEWDELHI5755JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS
[...] (C) Summary: A deeply embittered Jaswant Singh shared with us a scathing assessment of the Congress government, calling Manmohan Singh unfit to govern India and warning that the contradictions inherent in the UPA coalition made meaningful reform impossible. Jaswant disassociated himself from t [...]
2005-07-26 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP EINV PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5814INDIA AND NEPAL TO TEST BORDER CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: India and Nepal have agreed to a pilot program to check documents at only one border crossing as an experiment in increasing security along the 1,750 km open border. MEA officials downplayed the significance of the decision with us, pointing out that any substantial control ov [...]
2005-07-27 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI5815INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL
[...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...]
2005-07-27 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR
05NEWDELHI5845TEA WITH AN INDIAN MARXIST: ARTICULATE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge and D/Polcouns met July 26 with Sitaram Yechury, a senior and more moderate member of the CPI/M, to understand better the Left's political calculus at the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, and also to make the pitch for better ties with the U.S. Yechury is the [...]
2005-07-28 07:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI5865LABOR PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT OUTSIDE DELHI
[...] (C) Summary: A July 25 protest rally in support of workers of a Honda subsidiary turned into an all-out riot in Gurgaon, following apparent provocations by unions linked to India's Communist parties. Located 25 kilometers southwest of Delhi, Gurgaon is a major hub of multinational corporations [...]
2005-07-28 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON EINV ASEC PHUM IN JA
05NEWDELHI5868INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS: SUDAN READY TO GO, MAYBE MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Indian media reported on July 27 that a second Indian infantry brigade had been told to prepare to deploy to the UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) K Nandini told us that the MEA was SIPDIS unawa [...]
2005-07-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IN CG SU UNSC
05NEWDELHI5879INDIAN PM BRIEFS PARLIAMENT ON US TIES: IT'S ALL
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heralded his first state visit to the US as an unqualified success for India's foreign and economic policy in a speech to Parliament on July 29, and emphasized that India's relationship with the US was based on equality and reciprocity, sentim [...]
2005-07-29 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5912BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...]
2005-07-29 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI5925KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]
2005-08-01 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI5960MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...]
2005-08-02 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI6011PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON US-INDO NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Summary: The much-anticipated Lok Sabha debate on PM Singh's visit to Washington and his July 28 statement in Parliament (Ref A) contained few surprises: the BJP called for a national debate and nit-picked over technicalities of the agreement while the Communist parties decried the Congre [...]
2005-08-03 15:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM NSSP
05NEWDELHI6079PM REAFFIRMS VALUE OF STRATEGIC TIES WITH U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compared to the staid August 3 Lok Sabha debate about Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit (Reftel),the statements in the Rajya Sabha on August 4 were much livelier, with the depth of feeling reflected in repeated personal insults and yelling matches. Throughout the debate [...]
2005-08-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM IN
05NEWDELHI6149MEA GRASPING FOR A PLAN B IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on August 8 that the "window of opportunity" for reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties in Nepal is closing, and MEA is looking for new ways to increase pressure on the King. India was annoyed b [...]
2005-08-08 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS KDEM MOPS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6150DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]
2005-08-08 15:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6181MUKHERJEE AGAIN UNDERLINES VALUE OF US-INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an otherwise uneventful August 8 Parliamentary debate on the US-India Defense Framework, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee signaled strong support for burgeoning Indo-American military ties. Mukherjee responded to politically motivated BJP complaints and the usual litany o [...]
2005-08-09 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI6218INDIAN MID-EAST ENVOY PITCHES FOR GAZA ROLE,
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Charge, GOI "West Asia" Special Envoy Chinmaya Gharekhan underlined New Delhi's strong interest in contributing to the task of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and noted that India was discussing with the Palestinians how best to channel its $50 million ass [...]
2005-08-10 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI6294THE US-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL: SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh,s appearances before Parliament (Ref. A, B and C) and our contacts in the Indian scientific community allow an early assessment of how the GOI interprets the July 18 Joint Statement (JS) on civil nuclear cooperation and where challenges are likely to arise in [...]
2005-08-12 11:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD IN KNNP PREL IAEA US
05NEWDELHI6295POST FLOOD DISEASE WAVE IN MUMBAI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mumbai is facing a wave of post flood infectious diseases. Newspaper reports have put the death toll at 66 for Mumbai and suburbs. Most of the deaths have been attributed to leptospirosis and dengue. Maharashtra health authorities believe that while the incidence is high, the dise [...]
2005-08-12 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA IN
05NEWDELHI6310MANMOHAN SINGH A TRUE STATESMAN IN REACTING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doing what no Indian leader in 20 years has been willing to do, Manmohan Singh apologized to the nation for government inaction during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apology preempted BJP efforts to capitalize on the report, which named two high-profile Congress leaders as cons [...]
2005-08-12 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI6311PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...]
2005-08-12 13:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6545GOI MOBILIZES TO SELL US-INDIA FRAMEWORK AND SHAPE
[...] (C) In an informal conversation on August 24, Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru told A/DCM that the PMO would shortly unveil an advisory task force whose job would be to help sell the new US-India bilateral framework and to develop recommendations for action between now and the expec [...]
2005-08-25 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP MNUC IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI6594MEA STICKS WITH TWIN PILLARS, SKEPTICAL ON UN
[...] (C) A skeptical MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told A/DCM on August 26 that the GOI will receive UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in New Delhi on August 30, but was puzzled by what the UN might expect to accomplish in Nepal. In contrast to reports in Kathmandu and among non-governmental India [...]
2005-08-26 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IN NP CH KS
05NEWDELHI6595NEW DELHI NEPAL EXPERTS CALL FOR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Delhi-based Nepal experts representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints agreed that the international community must take a longer-term view of the crisis in Nepal, and argued the US must lead in any recasting of strategy, as New Delhi is handcuffed by conflicting domestic int [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PGOV MOPS PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6596TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK
05NEWDELHI6598PM SINGH TO SEEK FRENCH SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, French Second Counselor Gilles Bourbao previewed PM Singh's September 11-12 trip to Paris. The primary motivation for the Singh visit is to obtain French support for modifying the international nuclear framework in light of the US-Indian civil nuclear ag [...]
2005-08-26 14:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN EU
05NEWDELHI6635LEFT SHAKES DOWN CONGRESS USING ITS COALITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Left, led by the CPI(M),has been on a political roll. It has pressured the UPA government to forestall disinvestiture plans, to sack a Cabinet minister and to support economically-unsound programs such as the "National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill" (septel). Pun [...]
2005-08-29 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB IN KDEM MNUC
05NEWDELHI6637THE SORDID PATRONAGE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On August 24, both Houses of Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill with little opposition by any political party. The Bill, which could theoretically cost the treasury as much as USD 70 billion over 5 years, will now go to President [...]
2005-08-29 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV ENRG PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6655AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MOD HIERARCHY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Mukherjee expressed great satisfaction with his visit to the US. Opposition to the New Framework for Defense Relations mainly comes from those mired in "Old Think Syndrome." Mukherjee interested in visiting upcoming Indo-US military exercises, and visiting USS [...]
2005-08-30 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN IZ MARR MOPS PREL
05NEWDELHI6691PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...]
2005-08-31 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6694MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]
2005-08-31 14:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6737INDIAN MUSLIMS REJECT EXTREMISM VIA FATWAS
[...] (U) Summary: The recent controversy surrounding a fatwa from the Darul-Uloom Deoband seminary demonstrates the unique ability of India's Muslim community to reign in signs of extremism to maintain a moderate Islam identity. During Panchayat (local) elections in Uttar Pradesh, three muftis f [...]
2005-09-01 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KIRF PINR PHUM PTER IN IR
05NEWDELHI680MEA HOPEFUL LOC FIRING ""A ONE-TIME PROBLEM""
[...] (C) On the margins of a January 27 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, DCM expressed our hope that the SIPDIS January 18 and 20 cross-LOC shelling incidents (reftel) would not impede the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue. Saran responded that he understood the USG concern and was [...]
2005-01-27 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6804INDIA WALKING IRAN TIGHTROPE
[...] (C) Summary: As Natwar Singh travels to Tehran September 2 to meet the new regime, India's overriding goal is securing energy, followed by preserving access to Afghanistan, maintaining influence in what India perceives as a swing state in the debate over Islam, and advancing other business relati [...]
2005-09-02 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PBTS IR IN
05NEWDELHI6806YASIN MALIK VISA
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department either authorize Post to issue a visa or that Washington issue a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to at [...]
2005-09-02 16:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6837CRICKET CONCERNS: GOI'S PROPOSED SATELLITE TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that US broadcasters' concern on proposed new GOI restrictions on satellite uplink policies (reftel) was misplaced, as New Delhi's only interest was in ensuring that India's rural poor would have acc [...]
2005-09-06 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI6840A NUCLEAR IRAN STILL UNACCEPTABLE TO INDIA, BUT DELHI QUESTIONS EVENTUAL ARMED CONFRONTATION
[...] (S) Summary: Indian FS Saran listened attentively to Ambassador's views on Iran, including our disappointment with FM Natwar Singh's public statements on his September 3-4 visit to Tehran; and reaffirmed India's long-standing policy on Iran, ie, that Iran must comply with its international commitm [...]
2005-09-06 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETMNUC PREL KNNP PINS MOPS IN IR
05NEWDELHI6841INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868)
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's influence on the Israel-Palestine conflict and Iraq, and the GOI's desire to burnish relations with the Muslim world. End Summary. Gharekhan's Visi [...]
2005-09-06 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IN SY
05NEWDELHI6846GOI MINISTER: NO THIRD FRONT, UPA TO PUSH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: GOI Minister and Congress leader Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that the US-India relationship was welcomed "across the political spectrum" in India, despite some insincere sniping from the opposition. While the Left Front has staked out opposition to some UPA efforts, it [...]
2005-09-06 14:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EFIN ECON PREL ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI6915INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...]
2005-09-08 08:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI708INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PAC-2 BRIEFING
[...] (C) The classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile defense (MD) system, currently scheduled for February 22 or 23, has generated a great deal of interest within the Indian government, with senior GOI officials hopeful that this will be the beginning of a broader MD relationship with the U [...]
2005-01-28 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI709INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...]
2005-01-28 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI7092GOI MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN EVER ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae was less optimistic than ever that King Gyanendra would take steps to resolve the deteriorating political stalemate in Nepal. He told A/DCM and Poloff on September 12 that all Indian observers believe the King is in "self-destruct mode," an [...]
2005-09-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS MOPS MASS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI7159 ECONOMIC INTERVIEWS IN BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econoff traveled to Bhutan in late August to interview several Ministry officials at the working level and to establish additional contacts with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The three day visit, which included over 15 meetings around Thimphu, resulted in a number o [...]
2005-09-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD IN BT
05NEWDELHI72INDIAN INITIATIVES TO FURTHER HIGH TECH, BIOTECH,
[...] (C) Summary: Despite changes in key USG interlocutors, the GOI hopes to preserve momentum on high-tech trade and other cooperation under the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) umbrella and is looking to Washington for similar signals. In a December 29 meeting with PolCouns and Pol-M [...]
2005-01-04 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP TRGY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7230WHITHER THE BJP?
[...] (C) Summary: Well-documented divisions (reftels) have recently prevented the BJP from fulfilling its role as India's leading opposition party and led to a string of electoral defeats. The latest "crisis" was the expulsion and reinstatement of BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. The core issue is [...]
2005-09-15 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI7241EDUCATION IN A HIMALAYAN KINGDOM: ANOTHER FACET OF
[...] (U) Summary: During Poloff's August 22-25 visit to Bhutan, our interlocutors insisted that Bhutan is committed to educating its children by providing free schooling for all. Primary school enrollment stands at 87.8 percent. The government's decision in the 1950s to use English as the medium [...]
2005-09-16 09:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SCUL PHUM IN BT
05NEWDELHI7259INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS
[...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]
2005-09-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI7261NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...]
2005-09-16 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM
05NEWDELHI7345ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...]
2005-09-20 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG
05NEWDELHI74INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 4
[...] (SBU) Summary: India Consular officers have been focusing on unaccounted for American citizens through an ongoing effort to respond to inquiries, and have been successful in resolving about 170 cases. In a January 4 session with members of the local media, the Ambassador highlighted the US r [...]
2005-01-04 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI7400RISING BANGLADESHI MIGRATION IN INDIA AND THE
[...] (C) As India grows increasingly concerned about Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, there is a rising paranoia about the number of Bangladeshi migrants, the nature of a more radicalized Islam that they bring to border areas, and changes in political demographics in the Northeast. This problem i [...]
2005-09-22 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS SMIG PTER BG IN
05NEWDELHI7436 RE-TOOLING THE HTCG: EMBASSY'S THOUGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As we plan for the December 1-2 meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi, the Embassy HTCG working group -- Econ, Pol, Sci, FAS, ODC, FCS - met on September 20. The consensus of our group is that the focus of the HTCG in the post-NSSP era should u [...]
2005-09-23 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC EINT EINV ETRD PREL EAGR IN HTCG
05NEWDELHI749HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...]
2005-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI7493INDIAN GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY DEFENDING ITS VOTE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: India's decision to support the US/EU resolution on Iran at the IAEA was the most important signal so far of the UPA's commitment to building a transformed US-India relationship. To counter the domestic backlash, the GOI launched an aggressive campaign to explain to its domestic con [...]
2005-09-26 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR IN
05NEWDELHI7494GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]
2005-09-26 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI756INDIA ON IRAQI ELECTIONS: CONGRATULATE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the GOI's deliberately low-profile public and material support in the run-up to the Iraqi elections, Indian government, media, and commentators welcomed the completion of Iraq's first election. In a January 31 statement, the Indian MEA called the elections a "noteworthy [...]
2005-01-31 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI757STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING,
[...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...]
2005-01-31 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
05NEWDELHI759RESTORING MOMENTUM TO OUR NSSP RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary Americas Jaishankar called in DCM and PolCouns on January 31 to reiterate his earlier message (reftel) regarding the likely impasse in our Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) relationship if we are not able to achieve buy-in from key GOI scientific agencies that f [...]
2005-01-31 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7725COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]
2005-10-05 05:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7752GOI ON ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, ITALIAN COESPU
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on ICJ elections, discussed Ref B plans for funding travel of Indian students to Italy's Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, and reviewed the way forward for cooperation on UN reform in an October 5 conversation with MEA [...]
2005-10-05 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KUNR IN IT UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI7759CONGRESS MOVES TO CALM COALITION JITTERS
[...] (C) Summary: The virulent criticism by the Left Front (LF) and the opposition BJP of India's anti-Iran vote in the IAEA and their efforts to politicize the debate on economic reform has caught many Congress leaders by surprise, and fed rumors that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governm [...]
2005-10-05 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ELAB KISL PREL PINR EINV IR IN
05NEWDELHI7767SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING
[...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...]
2005-10-05 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI7795DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF
[...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]
2005-10-06 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7909CONGRESS ON DEFENSIVE OVER SUPREME COURT DECISION
[...] (C) Summary. On October 7, the Indian Supreme Courts ruled that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) May 22 dissolution of the Bihar State Assembly and its declaration of President's rule was unconstitutional. However, the Court refused to cancel the October 18-November 19 state elections, [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI7910TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]
2005-10-11 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI792INDIA RESPONDS QUICKLY TO NEPAL KING'S ACTIONS;
[...] (S) Summary: Expressing "grave concern" over the King's decision to dissolve the multiparty government in Nepal, and calling the action "a serious setback to the cause of democracy," New Delhi responded swiftly and with unusual firmness to the February 1 developments in Kathmandu. In a statem [...]
2005-02-01 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI7990TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]
2005-10-14 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8006THE LEFT GROOMS A NEW GENERATION OF REFUSENIKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the growing strength of Congress and BJP student unions suggests that the student body has become more tolerant of centrist and right wing views, the left continues to dominate student politics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),one of the country's pre- [...]
2005-10-14 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8010MEA FORMULATING "MORE ACTIVE ROLE" IN SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA's Deputy Secretary for Sri Lanka Anupam Ray told us that New Delhi is concerned about the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, and has decided the ""time has come"" for India to start ""taking a higher profile in Sri Lanka."" The GOI does not, however, wish for a facilitatio [...]
2005-10-14 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8012MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]
2005-10-14 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8034INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...]
2005-10-17 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8035AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH DELHI DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's October 4 meeting with strategists focused largely on Indian concerns that Musharraf is continuing Pakistani polices that foster intolerance, a hawkish stance on India, and cross-border terrorism. With business leaders, the emphasis was on recent increment [...]
2005-10-17 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8053GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-17 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8054RAJASTHAN PROVIDES NO LET-UP IN UNRELENTING BAD
[...] (C) Summary: Rajasthan has joined a long list of places where BJP fortunes are on the wane. Vasundhara Raje pulled off a stunning upset victory to become Chief Minister in 2003 and many thought her administration would be one of the rare "success stories" for the embattled BJP. However, her [...]
2005-10-17 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SCUL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8061GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-18 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8120INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...]
2005-10-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8140JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AND NEEDS
[...] Following a 7.4 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region on October 8, a Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and a Disaster Management Specialist from USAID/Delhi deployed to the affected region in northern India October 12-16 to conduct a rapid needs assessmen [...]
2005-10-20 08:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDNONE
05NEWDELHI8162INDIA'S STANCE ON IRAN AND THE IAEA CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The spate of media and political criticism touched off by the GOI's decision to vote with the US and the EU3 (UK, France, and Germany) at the September 24 IAEA meeting on Iran is increasing rather than dying down. Foreign Secretary Saran recently summoned Ambassadors from the EU3 to [...]
2005-10-20 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IR IN
05NEWDELHI8231JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]
2005-10-24 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8245BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...]
2005-10-24 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8247NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN
[...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]
2005-10-24 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI825NEPAL SITUATION "WORST CASE SCENARIO" FOR INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's decision to dissolve the government is a "worst case scenario," driving the Maoists and the political parties together, undermining the monarchy, and muzzling politicians rather than the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal and Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and [...]
2005-02-02 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI826REACTING TO NEPAL, INDIA WILL NOT ATTEND THE SAARC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA announced on February 2 that India will not attend the SAARC Summit scheduled for February 6-7 in Dhaka. Both publicly and privately, GOI officials cited both King Gyanendra's actions in Nepal on February 1, and the security situation in Dhaka following the violence of J [...]
2005-02-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN BG PK NP SAARC
05NEWDELHI8266INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200
[...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]
2005-10-25 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8394LEFT RAISES THE STAKES IN CONFRONTATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 27, after a four month hiatus, the Left Front (LF) deigned to meet their Congress coalition partners again in their formal Coordination Committee, but instead of being cowed by their recent pummelling in the press, the Communists were even more combative and rigid, an [...]
2005-10-28 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL SCUL PINR EINV ELAB SOCI IN
05NEWDELHI8397SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, I want to warmly welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multi-ethnic, multifaceted democracy -- much like our own in important respects -- that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit will help set the stage for President Bush's [...]
2005-10-28 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI8510DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...]
2005-11-04 09:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8535THE UPA DESCENDS DEEPER INTO THE VOLCKER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to descend into the quagmire created by the release of the Volcker Report (reftels),while its embattled Foreign Minister has veered to the left in a desperate attempt to win support from the Left Front (LF). The UPA has [...]
2005-11-07 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETTC EPET KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8715INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]
2005-11-16 17:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8741CONGRESS PUSHES THE LEFT TO MOVE TOWARD COMPROMISE
[...] (U) On November 15, Communist leaders from the CPI(M) and CPI demanded that the GOI reverse its position and vote with Iran at the November 24 IAEA meeting or "face the consequences," but left the door open for face-saving "consultations," (ref A). On November 16, the GOI took advantage of t [...]
2005-11-17 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KNNP MNUC IN IR
05NEWDELHI8746FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN URGES USG TO CORRECT
[...] (C) Summary: In his November 15 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed general GOI support for most SIPDIS of the USG's UN reform agenda, with some minor disagreement on the oversight mechanisms. He reinforced the GO [...]
2005-11-17 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8748DUE TO INTERNAL POLITICS, INDIA RELUCTANT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during a November 15 meeting with Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli. Saran promised to examine the issues raised, but pointed out that India is already in a difficult position with Iran (as a result [...]
2005-11-17 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM MNUC KNNP IN IR
05NEWDELHI8749OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC
[...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...]
2005-11-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI8751KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]
2005-11-17 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8782MEA: LACK OF REPSONSE IN IC-814 CASE COULD HAMPER US-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, CIA, DNI, and SECDEF. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar used a November 18 meeting with Charge and PolCouns to warn that a USG failure to respond to earlier information requests (Reftel) regarding the hijacking of IC-814 [...]
2005-11-18 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KCRM EAIR IN US
05NEWDELHI8791INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]
2005-11-18 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8809PM SINGH SHUFFLES PORTFOLIOS SLIGHTLY
[...] (SBU) In an anti-climax, the GOI announced November 18 that it had reallocated Cabinet portfolios between the sitting Cabinet Ministers rather than expanding the Cabinet as expected. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained the External Affairs Ministry. Jaipal Reddy moved from Information an [...]
2005-11-21 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8810JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE MONITORING VISIT
[...] A Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and a representative from USAID/Delhi conducted a post-earthquake visit to Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir from 15-16 November in order to monitor program progress of USAID/OFDA-funded partners. Due to security concerns [...]
2005-11-21 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIN NOTAG
05NEWDELHI8844CONGRESS FACING A DOMESTIC "PERFECT STORM"
[...] (C) Summary: With Parliament set to convene on November 23, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is reeling from assaults from its left and right and faces a series of political events that could undermine its stability, including the UPA defeat in the important Biha [...]
2005-11-22 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EPET ETTC KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8891IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED, EU-3 ALSO PUSHING
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao on November 23, emphasizing the importance of India conveying through a strong national statement that the international community remains seriously concerned about Iran's nuclear [...]
2005-11-23 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP AORC IN IR
05NEWDELHI8892INDIA CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES NEW SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI called Mahinda Rajapakse's victory in the November 17 Sri Lankan Elections a ""wake-up call for India"" and plans to use the new President's upcoming visit to New Delhi to stress the importance of maintaining the Cease-Fire Agreement while continuing India's already close rela [...]
2005-11-23 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8933INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...]
2005-11-25 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK
05NEWDELHI9031KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL
[...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...]
2005-11-30 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK
05NEWDELHI9080GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON
[...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]
2005-12-01 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05NEWDELHI9088TIP TIDBITS - CHILD LABOR, FEMALE FETICIDE, CHILD
[...] (U) The following describes a variety of news reports and GOI actions on child labor, female feticide and child marriage that we have been following over the past few weeks. LARGEST RAID IN DELHI HISTORY ---------------------------- 2. (U) On November 21, "The Hindu" reported in their mo [...]
2005-12-02 05:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SOCI OTRA PREL SMIG BG
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9127INDIA’S DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY MINIMIZE EXTREMIST
[...] (C) India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. India's growing economy, vibrant democracy, and inclusive culture, encourage Muslims to seek success and social mobility in the mainstream and reduces alienation. With Indian Muslim youth increasingly comfortable in [...]
2005-12-02 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV KDEM PINR PTER SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI9128NEW ALLEGATIONS BREATHE LIFE INTO NATWAR OIL
[...] (C) Summary: The NDA's anti-UPA, anti-Natwar Singh campaign got a new lease on life December 2 when longtime Natwar Singh confidant (and serving Indian Ambassador to Croatia) Aneil Mathrani claimed in a television interview that the former Foreign Minister was deeply and personally involved [...]
2005-12-02 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER EPET ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI9133INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]
2005-12-03 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9139INDIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO URGE
[...] (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran contacted DCM on December 3 to request the USG's help with the mission of Indian Special Envoy Virendra Dayal to Iraq in connection with the GOI's ongoing investigation into the naming of Former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Pa [...]
2005-12-05 06:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEPET IN IZ PREL
05NEWDELHI9164FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES
[...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...]
2005-12-05 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9223INDIA WILL TAKE STOCK OF IRAQ OPTIONS AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns shared Ref A points with MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh on December 7, continuing a SIPDIS December 6 discussion on India's objectives and perspectives in the Middle East (septel). New Delhi is waiting to see the outcome of the December polls in Iraq before d [...]
2005-12-07 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PINR IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9249GOI DESIRE TO EXPAND CYBER RELATIONSHIP
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOI would like to see measurable progress on the creation of a joint Indo-US Cybersecurity fund and joint training opportunities, and welcomes Washington comments on how to proceed on these issues. Of particu [...]
2005-12-08 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN IN
05NEWDELHI9260GOI UPDATES ON EXPORT CONTROLS DURING HTCG
[...] (SBU) Summary: MEA officials used the Strategic Trade session of the High Technology Cooperation Group meetings held in New Delhi December 1 to respond to USG questions about India's export controls, stating that the Indian regime "completely covers" MTCR and NSG requirements. The GOI presen [...]
2005-12-08 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9296INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism -- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the [...]
2005-12-09 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI9319INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945)
[...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...]
2005-12-12 01:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF
05NEWDELHI9376IS THE BJP READY FOR A REVIVAL? PERHAPS
[...] (C) Summary: The BJP is undergoing churnings that suggest that it could regain its political legs. Supporters of this position point to the recent NDA electoral victory in Bihar, and the decision to expel perennial troublemaker Uma Bharati as signs that the party is putting its internal pro [...]
2005-12-13 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM EPET ETTC ECON IN
05NEWDELHI940INDIAN REACTIONS TO THE IRAQ ELECTION REFLECT
[...] (C) Summary: The reaction of India's political parties and major newspapers to the January 30 election in Iraq predictably reflected their political orientations. The UPA government saw the election as a step forward, but unveiled no new initiatives or specific plans for greater engagement. [...]
2005-02-07 09:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9400"GOOD ENGAGEMENT" IS COMMON REFRAIN AT U.S.-INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce David McCormick and GOI Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran led U.S. and Indian delegations in the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi on November 30 - December 1. The HTCG was formed in November 2002 to provide [...]
2005-12-14 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC KSTC OTRA PREL KNNP PARM TSPA IN
05NEWDELHI9421AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]
2005-12-15 09:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05NEWDELHI9484SARAN: NEPAL'S KING PROMISES OUTREACH TO PARTIES
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the Ambassador on December 15 that Nepal's King Gyanendra committed to "some initiative with the political parties" during his December 13 audience in Kathmandu. The monarch accepted Saran's argument that he was isolating himself and contributing to the [...]
2005-12-16 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI9487INPA SANCTIONS ON INDIA ARE A "LAND MINE"
[...] (S) Briefing Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on December 16 about the Ambassador's preview to Foreign Secretary Saran of the imminent announcement of sanctions on SIPDIS Indian entities (Ref A),PolCouns reviewed the Congressional notification timeline and Ref B talking points, emph [...]
2005-12-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM MNUC ETTC MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9513EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST
[...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]
2005-12-19 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI9514GOI SIFTING POTUS DELIVERABLE IDEAS, FINALIZING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Saran's priority for his Washington visit, aside from presenting India's proposals for separation of its nuclear program, is to begin detailed consultations on deliverables for the upcoming POTUS visit, MEA official Jaishankar told the Charge on December 19. Jai [...]
2005-12-19 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KNNP TRGY TNGD EAGR ENRG MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9516NSA NARAYANAN FOCUSED ON POTUS VISIT, NSG, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ahead of FS Saran's meeting with Burns on December 21, NSA Narayanan shared his priorities for the POTUS visit to India and his take on progress at the East Asia Summit and GOI policy on Burma in a December 16 meeting. He listed progress on the civil nuclear agreement and initi [...]
2005-12-19 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ENRG PHUM PTER BM IN
05NEWDELHI9527THE TRIBAL BILL - A UPA ATTEMPT AT SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: India's forest dwelling tribals (aboriginals largely residing in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra) are caught in a vise between greedy forest mafias and the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist),which hopes to enlist them into its vio [...]
2005-12-20 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KCRM ASEC SCUL SENV KSCA TSPL
05NEWDELHI9592GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]
2005-12-20 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05NEWDELHI961LOOKING TO REASSERT A MID-EAST ROLE, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the MEA announced the appointment of retired career diplomat Chinmaya Gharekhan as Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process. In creating this position, the GOI signaled its hope to raise New Delhi's profile in the Gulf, where India has an unde [...]
2005-02-07 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PINR IS IZ IN
05NEWDELHI9750GOI TURNING PESSIMISTS ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary. GOI officials told us on December 27 that developments in Kathmandu since Foreign Secretary Saran's early December visit have made them less hopeful of a resolution any time soon to the continued political stalemate in Nepal. Hardening of the positions of both the Palace and th [...]
2005-12-27 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MASS IN NP CH
05NEWDELHI9758MTAG: GOI WILL FOLLOW UP ON IRAN BROKERING, PUSHES
[...] (S) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA officials, who promised to provide the additional information to concerned GOI agencies and report the status to us at an early date. New Delhi remains concerned by Ref C decision to sanction Indian entities for INPA violations, p [...]
2005-12-28 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
05NEWDELHI9771MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...]
2005-12-28 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI9820BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS
[...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]
2005-12-30 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05NEWDELHI997NEW NSA SIGNALS COMMITMENT TO US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador since his elevation as National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan identified progress in US-India relations as one of the three or four top priorities that the PM has tasked him to focus upon. Although Narayanan was uninformed about Phase 2 o [...]
2005-02-08 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER BG NP IN PK US
05NICOSIA1566EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS: (MOSTLY) "NO PROBLEM"
[...] (S) This message is in reply to ref a tasking. The 31-year division of Cyprus has produced two separate, and quite distinct, populations and governing systems on the island. While the USG and the international community recognize the Republic of Cyprus as the sole sovereign government on the [...]
2005-09-28 04:10:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI TU CY
05NICOSIA1617"AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK...": REVISITING THE CYPRUS
[...] (C) Summary: Although the end result of the EU's October 3 decision on Turkey was positive, the tortuous negotiations on the framework and the "counter declaration" highlight the implications that the unresolved Cyprus dispute has for U.S. interests across a wide range of issues. While the p [...]
2005-10-04 13:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
05NICOSIA1886TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNVEIL NEW SCHEME FOR GREEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot administration has drafted a new law that would significantly alter the way in which the "TRNC" handles claims for restitution or compensation for Greek Cypriot property, which makes up between 80 and 90 percent of the land in the north. In response to an Apr [...]
2005-11-30 09:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL CY TU PHUM PREF COE ECON
05NICOSIA1955 SUBJECT: "SETTLERS" AND CITIZENSHIP: THE
[...] (C) Summary: Questions of "settler status" and ROC citizenship have become increasingly entwined, further complicating an already contentious issue that lies close to the core of the Cyprus dispute. Issues of citizenship, status, and the definition of a "settler" are of more than academic [...]
2005-12-14 11:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV UNSC CY
05NICOSIA291CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NORTH CYPRUS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With roughly 25,000 troops in Cyprus and a history of interference in Turkish Cypriot politics, the Turkish military exercised considerable sway in many spheres of civilian life in the north. The army has kept a low profile, however, since the 2003 elections that brought the pro [...]
2005-02-18 15:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU PHUM PINR ECON
05OTTAWA1021Canada reacts to invasion of (not on) bicycles
[...] In January, CITT informed the Embassy that it had received a complaint from the Canadian Bicycle Manufacturers Association (CBMA) requesting that CITT "initiate a global safeguard inquiry into the importation of bicycles, assembled and unassembled, with a wheel diameter greater than 15 inches. [...]
2005-04-06 21:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD CA CITT NAFTA
05OTTAWA1029 MAKING THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR CANADA:
[...] (SBU) Having invested a decade of their top talent in an effort to win Quebecers to the federalist cause, the GOC's national-unity strategists now find themselves in a changed landscape. Provincial governments have grown bolder and more effective in asserting themselves on fiscal issues (re [...]
2005-04-07 15:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1105 CANADIAN OFFICIALS SUGGEST THAT MINISTER LAPIERRE'S
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met on April 6 with Chief of Staff to Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre, Leslie Swartman, and Lapierre's Senior Policy Advisor, Paul Stothart, to discuss the Government of Canada's (GOC) slow steps toward air liberalization discussions. When Lapierre and Secretary of Transport [...]
2005-04-13 13:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN EINV CA
05OTTAWA1134HAS THE CAMPAIGN STARTED?
[...] (C) Summary: The phony war between the Conservatives and Liberals broke out into open trench warfare April 13 as the PM turned a direct question on his relationship with a key figure in the sponsorship scandal into an attempted grilling of Conservative leader Harper on the Conservative health [...]
2005-04-15 12:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA1190INTERNATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT CALLS FOR ENHANCED
[...] (C) Summary: Ottawa unveiled its long-awaited International Policy Statement today, which the government pledged would give Canada a more prominent place on the world stage and provide needed focus to its first-ever effort to integrate defense, diplomacy, development aid, and trade. The docum [...]
2005-04-19 21:21:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA MARR PGOV PREL AID KCRS
05OTTAWA1197 Canada and China conclude expanded air transport
[...] On April 19 Canada's Transport Minister Jean Lapierre and International Trade Minister Jim Peterson announced the conclusion of a new and expanded bilateral air transport agreement with the People's Republic of China. The new entitlements include possibilities for all-cargo and code- sharing [...]
2005-04-20 13:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECIN EINV CA CH
05OTTAWA1201SPP: Can-Am Business Council shares views on next
[...] Summary: Members of the Canadian-American Business Council (CABC),a Washington DC based industry advocacy group, outlined for the Charg their principal concerns that they think need to be addressed by the SPP. The CABC underscored the pressing need to quickly build appropriate infrastructur [...]
2005-04-20 17:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN CA
05OTTAWA1203DETAILS EMERGE ON CANADA'S CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 12. 3. (SBU) Summary: According to a senior official at Environment Canada, the GOC's recently unveiled climate change strategy (reftel) reflects an attempt to meet Canada's Kyoto targets while [...]
2005-04-20 19:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
05OTTAWA1258CANADA: FOREIGN MINISTER TO TRAVEL TO SANTIAGO TO
[...] (SBU) Further to reftel, contacts at Foreign Affairs Canada have just advised us that Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew is now scheduled to attend the CD Ministerial in Santiago, April 28-30. 2. (SBU) Canada's Chief Elections Officer, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, remains undecided because of the [...]
2005-04-26 17:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL CA
05OTTAWA1364Security and Prosperity Partnership in Canada - A
[...] (SBU) Summary - From a distance Mission Canada is heartened by the effect and attention given to the SPP in Washington, throughout our government. We are hearing from Canadians most affected that this is precisely what is needed. Because of the political situation now in Canada, we can affor [...]
2005-05-05 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EIND ELTN ECON PGOV PREL CA MX
05OTTAWA1384CANADA: MISSION PERSPECTIVE ON SPP SECURITY GOALS
[...] SUMMARY: Mission Canada appreciates the opportunity to comment on the interagency effort under way to identify a coherent and forward looking security road map for North America. We must continue to search for security weaknesses and identify areas where our three countries can strengthen ou [...]
2005-05-06 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA1385SPP IN CANADA: THE PROSPERITY AGENDA
[...] Summary: Following are Mission's general comments on the areas covered in the SPP declaration. Mission Canada recommends that Washington agencies focus on the following overarching elements for progress in SPP: -- a permanent dialogue between the two executive bodies charged with regulato [...]
2005-05-09 11:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN EFIN CA
05OTTAWA1403Canada announces airport rent reductions with 5-year
[...] On May 9 Canada's Minister of Transport, Jean Lapierre, announced a new rent policy for federally owned airports. The new policy is expected to result in close to C$8 billion in rent relief for Canada's airport authorities over the life of the airport leases, which are typically for 60 years. [...]
2005-05-10 18:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV CA
05OTTAWA1411DEVIL'S LAKE: CONTAINING THE DAMAGE
[...] (C) Summary - The U.S. and Canada are clearly on a collision course over Devils Lake, one that could have been avoided in a number of ways over the past two years. We continue to believe that a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) would have been the most constructive approa [...]
2005-05-10 20:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSENV CA
05OTTAWA1412CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OAS WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pamela Moore, Senior Policy Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on May 5. Moore thanked us for the points, and advised that she would review the demarche with her colleagues at FAC, including Marie Gervais-Vidricaire, Director General of the Glob [...]
2005-05-10 20:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC CA USOAS
05OTTAWA1413SCENE-SETTER FOR CANUS ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
[...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]
2005-05-11 11:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV
05OTTAWA1459CANADA: ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' MAY 18 VISIT
[...] (SBU) As you prepare for your first meeting with Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler, I want to extend my welcome and offer the Embassy's continuing support for the range of issues, initiatives, and processes that form the core of the Department o [...]
2005-05-13 18:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM CA
05OTTAWA1461CANADA: PARALYSIS IN PARLIAMENT -- WHO'S RUNNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's House of Commons came to a grinding standstill on May 12, when the opposition Conservative Party and Bloc Quebecois flexed their muscle by adjourning the daily session of Parliament, to the surprise of the ruling Liberal Party. In the wake of a controversial "confiden [...]
2005-05-13 18:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA NDP
05OTTAWA1475THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...]
2005-05-16 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU
05OTTAWA1491CONSERVATIVE DEFECTION DEALS HEAVY BLOW TO HARPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Before an audience of stunned journalists, PM Martin announced May 17 that Conservative MP Belinda Stronach has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Caucus and Cabinet as the Minister for Human Resources and Skills Development. She will also hold special responsibility for Demo [...]
2005-05-17 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV
05OTTAWA1516NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ALASKA GAS PRODUCERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Alaska North Slope natural gas producers now hope that the GOC may be reconsidering its options regarding a permitting authority for the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline. A GOC decision that the 1,300 mile Canadian portion of the proposed pipeline could be pe [...]
2005-05-19 19:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD EPET CA
05OTTAWA1522NEW FOCUS FOR CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Canada is focusing its official development assistance (ODA) dollara and will be weaning 130 countries from its bilateral aid programs. The April 19 International Policy Statement (IPS) confirms that Canada, will concentrate its development assistance dollars on countries that can u [...]
2005-05-20 15:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV SENV CA
05OTTAWA1528MARTIN SURVIVES BUDGET VOTE, WILL THE TORIES STAND
[...] (C) Summary: The Liberal government survived a budget vote May 19 by a one vote margin, the first time in Canadian history that the Speaker had to vote to break a tie. The impending cliffhanger kept Ottawa buzzing for a week and now leaves MPs to return to their ridings for the long weekend a [...]
2005-05-24 11:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV PREL NDP
05OTTAWA1664FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Allan Scholz
[...] Post nominates Allan Scholz, President, A.N. Scholz and Associates, Calgary as an alternate candidate for a 21-day individual or ITT project on U.S. water policy and management. Mr. Scholz has full country team approval. EVDB nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NO [...]
2005-06-03 12:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA1672FY 2006 IVLP MRP on Substance Abuse, Education,
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Robert Daniel Small (he goes by Dan Small),Non-profit Manager and Program Developer, Portland Hotel Society Community Services Society, Vancouver for subject project or for an individual program on Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention. EVDB-fo [...]
2005-06-03 16:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA1676CANADA: REVIEW FOR TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Poloff met with Louise Branch, Deputy Director of the Caribbean and Central America Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),and Ghislain Chaput, FAC Desk Officer for Cuba, on May 25, to discuss recent Government of Canada policies and actions to advance democracy, human rights, and fund [...]
2005-06-03 17:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETTC PREL CU CA
05OTTAWA1681LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES REGROUP, WAIT FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: It appears that the most likely scenario now is an early spring election following the end of year release of the Gomery report. Both sides have settled in for what amounts to a 10-month campaign, with the Liberals appearing much better organized and focused. The Conservatives c [...]
2005-06-03 20:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA PREL
05OTTAWA1708CANADIAN BALLAST WATER REGULATION
[...] ESTH Counselor conveyed demarche contained in reftel to Foreign Affairs Canada on May 31, with follow-up copies to Environment Canada and Transport Canada. Counselor and ESTH Specialist met on June 6 with Transport Canada (TC) officials responsible for Ballast Water regulations: Director Gener [...]
2005-06-06 20:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO CA
05OTTAWA1801CANADA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHALLENGING OTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 18:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CA
05OTTAWA1802GOC LIKELY TO SURVIVE VOTE ON BUDGET BILLS
[...] (U) Summary: Barring a voting glitch that could bring down the government, Canada's basic budget measures are expected to receive final approval by the House of Commons tonight. Members will vote late tonight on Bill C-43, the legislation implementing proposals in the February 23 budget (ref [...]
2005-06-14 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1829CANADA ON UN REFORM: REQUEST TO CONVEY USG
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 22:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL PGOV AORC CA UNSC
05OTTAWA1832Canadian company predicts damage to U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, Charge, and U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, POL and ECON staff met with executives of a Canadian commercial communications satellite operations and consulting company, Telesat, for a presentation on the impact of U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR [...]
2005-06-17 15:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC BEXP TSPA CA
05OTTAWA1847TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC DOMESTIC LISTING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-20 13:51:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR KTFN CA
05OTTAWA1860 SCENESETTER: Your Visit to Alberta, Canada
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and House Agriculture Committee members and staff to Canada. I am sure that your visit will be productive and will help us advance the agenda on two of our biggest bilateral bilateral economic issues. The Canadian Political Scene 2. [...]
2005-06-21 12:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN EAGR PREL CA
05OTTAWA1902SCENE-SETTER FOR AIRMEN TALKS NORTH, OTTAWA,
[...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]
2005-06-23 15:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM
05OTTAWA1960CANADA'S BUDGET BILLS PASS THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN
[...] (SBU) In an unexpected parliamentary maneuver, the Liberal Party, with strong support from the New Democrats and acquiesence by the Bloc Quebecois, passed bill C-48, the C$4.6 billion in supplemental spending that will provide additional funding for post-secondary education, low-income housin [...]
2005-06-28 14:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CA
05OTTAWA1972INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...]
2005-06-29 14:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA
05OTTAWA1990CANADIAN COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT LEGISLATION: NOT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As predicted (ref Ottawa 1725),the GOC has now tabled draft legislation amending the Copyright Act. The amendments are intended to implement the provisions of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; however, industry commen [...]
2005-06-30 14:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR CA WIPO
05OTTAWA2047U.S./CANADA ENVIRONMENTAL DISCUSSIONS AND CEC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the 12th annual meeting of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in Quebec City June 21-22, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson reviewed a wide rang [...]
2005-07-07 19:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA MX
05OTTAWA2057AMBASSADOR MEETS MANITOBA PREMIER GARY DOER TO TALK
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Wilkins took advantage of a transit stop in Winnipeg to meet with Manitoba Premier Gary Doer in the airport transit lounge. Other than a brief discussion of the BSE crisis (where the Ambassador reminded the Premier of t [...]
2005-07-08 11:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV CA
05OTTAWA2078 U.S.-CANADA ENERGY CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM:
[...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) Canada is the United States' largest foreign supplier of energy, and (when its oil sands are considered) the world's second largest holder of petroleum reserves. While high energy prices are boosting Canad [...]
2005-07-08 18:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2081FOREIGN MINISTRY BRIEFING ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) FAC briefed members of the Haitian election observer's steering committee July 8 to help shore up their commitment to supporting the observation mission. Participants were told that the process is largely on track but requires continued coordination and close cooperation if it is to be s [...]
2005-07-08 20:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA HA PGOV PREL KPKO
05OTTAWA2097DEMARCHE REQUEST: G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC supports us in opposing the G-4 proposal. Canada instead supports a model of Security Council reform which would provide for no new permanent seats but instead create a new category of eight four-year renewable seats and one new two-year non-permanent (and non-renewable [...]
2005-07-12 12:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CA UNSC
05OTTAWA2106FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: LUCI GRECHEN; FEBRUARY 7-25,
[...] Summary: Program evaluation for International Visitor Leadership Program grantee Luci Grechen. End summary. 2. MPP Theme Addressed: Open Markets, Mutual Understanding. Strategic Goal: Economic Prosperity. 3. Post Objectives: -- Learning about the U.S. federal system of government - [...]
2005-07-12 19:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC PREL CA IV
05OTTAWA2113CANADA: PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON TERRORIST THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan gave a speech that the Ottawa Citizen described as one of the most forceful ever by a Canadian minister on terrorism. She stated "we have perhaps for too long thought that these were things that happened somewhere else. But Canad [...]
2005-07-12 20:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV PREL PTER
05OTTAWA2128CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...]
2005-07-14 13:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA2320ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S DISMAY OVER ONTARIO'S
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: ESTOFFs met July 27 with officials from Environment Canada regarding Ontario's Transboundary Air Pollution Report (refs B and C),which attempted to estimate costs to the province of air pollu [...]
2005-08-02 18:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2331CANADA: MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL LOSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The marijuana decriminalization bill (C-17),which began the Parliamentary term as the potential next big issue on the Liberal agenda, appears to have lost steam. Opinion on C-17 is split between activists who suggest it does not go far enough, and prohibitionists who say it go [...]
2005-08-02 21:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA2361HAITIAN-CANADIAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Martin today announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Michaelle Jean, a prominent Quebec journalist and media personality, to a five-year term as Governor General when Adrienne Clarkson's term ends September 27. Jean covers all the right bases, indeed it wo [...]
2005-08-04 20:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV CA PINR
05OTTAWA2363UK'S IMMUNIZATION FINANCE PROJECT: VIEW FROM THE
[...] (C/noforn) An official at Finance Canada who works closely on international finance and development said he finds the UK's IFFm proposal "personally offensive" and the EuroStat finding does not change that view. While admitting that there are niches within the GOC with different views, those [...]
2005-08-04 20:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID CA UK
05OTTAWA237POSSIBLE POISON PEN, ANOTHER ONE?
[...] (sbu) ON JANUARY 21, 2005, US CONSULATE MONTREAL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS OSMAN TATLICILAR, KIMYA YUK.MUH, KISLA CAD. 2 GENC HAN, SIT. NO:115/40, RAMI-ISTANBUL, TURKEY. THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS FULL TEXT OF THE TYPE WRITTEN, ONE PAGE LETTER DATED 22 DECEMBER [...]
2005-01-25 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
05OTTAWA2380CANADIAN FORUM OF FEDERATIONS IRAQ TEAM ON THE NEW
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Canadian Deputy Minister for Natural Resources George Anderson recently returned from Iraq where he was an advisor to the constitutional committee as part of a Forum of Federations team under contract with NDI. He said that the Canadian International Development Agency [...]
2005-08-08 14:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAID IZ PREL CA
05OTTAWA2413ENRON HITS CANADA: CIBC PAYS RECORD $2.4 BILLION
[...] (U) For official use only. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) announced August 2 that it is paying US$2.4 billion to settle the class action suit brough on behalf of purchasers of Enron securities. The settlement, the largest ever paid b [...]
2005-08-10 15:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN CA
05OTTAWA2430NAFTA CHAPTER 11: METHANEX -- THE IMPORTANCE IS
[...] (U) A NAFTA Chapter 11 tribunal on June 10 dismissed Methanex Corporation's claim against the U.S. on both jurisdictional grounds and on the merits, ordering Methanex to pay the State Department $3 million in legal fees and to pay the tribunal $1 million in costs. (Note: this is more than h [...]
2005-08-11 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV CA NAFTA
05OTTAWA2442DOES CANADA'S MULTICULTURAL FRAMEWORK MAKE IT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a briefing during the Cross Border Crime Forum's Counterterrorism Working Group, and discussions with Britain's Political Counselor, Poloff was given two views of the internal terrorist threat in Canada. Canadian officials have, since long before the London bombings, been c [...]
2005-08-12 19:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KCRM PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2446U.S.-CANADIAN COOPERATION IN STOPPING GUN
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: A spate of gang-related killings in Toronto has left Ontario Premier McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller under pressure to act. McGuinty shifted the focus from the internal problems with gangs in Toronto to the notion that many of the guns used in the killings originated [...]
2005-08-12 22:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR CA
05OTTAWA2617DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sarah Fountain-Smith, Director of the Brazil, Southern Cone, and Summit Coordination Office at Foreign Affairs Canada. Fountain-Smith said that Canada takes the summit process very seriously and Peter Boehm, Assistant Deputy Minister for Latin America [...]
2005-09-01 19:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2618IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF A DRAFT CONSTITUTION
[...] (C/NF) FAC Middle East Division Deputy Director told Poloff August 30 that the GOC prepared a statement on the Iraqi constitution last week but pulled it back when it became clear that the document was not a finished product and could still change. He said Canada would wait until there was a [...]
2005-09-01 19:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIZ PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA2638TFUS01 - CANADA: SURGE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERS IN
[...] (SBU) Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath have captured Canadian headlines and triggered heart-felt offers of assistance (list from paragraph 5). The Mission has received an outpouring of sympathy and offers of assistance from governments at all levels as well as from individual officials and [...]
2005-09-02 17:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US CA
05OTTAWA2658DEMARCHE RESPONSE, OTTAWA: STRATEGIC APPROACH TO
[...] Summary: Econ officers met with officials from Environment Canada, International Trade Canada (ITCan),and Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC); at the meeting, all officials made it clear that Canada will be guided in the SAICM process by Environment Canada. The Canadians suggested that a voluntar [...]
2005-09-06 18:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD ECON
05OTTAWA2672 FY 2006 DVC REQUEST on U.S. Intelligence Reform,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 15:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP CA
05OTTAWA2688 CANADIAN VIEWS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION -------------------- 2. (SBU) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Government of Canada (GOC) has pledged its support through the International Energy Agency to increase o [...]
2005-09-07 20:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET CA
05OTTAWA2702CANADIAN VIEWS ON CONTINUING MOMENTUM FOR HAITIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 8 to DG for the Caribbean, Central American and the Andes Christian LaPointe, who also introduced members of a newly created office on Haiti. He explained that Foreign Affairs Canada finally accepted that Haiti was going to be a significant issue [...]
2005-09-08 21:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALHA CA PGOV PREL KCRS
05OTTAWA2745 SUBSCRIPTION RADIO:
[...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: On September 9, after furious lobbying from both sides, the GOC decided not to remand a regulatory licensing decision for subscription radio (ref B outlines the June decision by th [...]
2005-09-13 14:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD CA
05OTTAWA2785CLOUDSAT CANADA, AUTHORIZATION FOR SIGNING THE
[...] Summary: Charge John Dickson signed the CloudSat Agreement with Dr. Marc Garneau, President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA),in Montreal on September 14, 2005. The U.S. original of the agreement is being sent to L/T by pouch. During the luncheon following the signing ceremony, Garneau rais [...]
2005-09-15 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA KTIA PREL TSPA ETTC
05OTTAWA286S/CRS AMBASSADOR PASCUAL,S OTTAWA CONSULTATIONS:
[...] (C) Summary: In consultations January 20 with colleagues from Foreign Affairs Canada, Defense, and the Prime Minister,s Office, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Ambassador Carlos Pascual broke new ground in sharing ideas and seeking synergy for shared efforts to impr [...]
2005-01-28 20:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL PGOV CA KCRS START FAC
05OTTAWA2881CANADA UNTIES HALF ITS FOOD AID
[...] (U) Up to 50% of Canada's food aid may now be purchased in developing countries. Until September 22, 90% of Canada's food aid contributions had to be Canadian-sourced. The ministers of International Cooperation, of International Trade and of Agriculture and Agri-food made their announcement [...]
2005-09-26 18:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PREL CA
05OTTAWA2951 CHANGES AT CANADA'S NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTRY:
[...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) Pending a cabinet shuffle or an election, GOC Revenue Minister John McCallum now simultaneously carries the GOC's Natural Resources portfolio, as John Efford has left Cabinet due to ill health. Meanwhile, [...]
2005-09-30 20:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV CA
05OTTAWA304A/S RADEMAKER,S MEETINGS WITH CANADIANS ON ARMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a day of consultations in Ottawa on January 11, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC/PDAS Frank Record exchanged views with Canadian Foreign Affairs (FAC) and National Defense officials on U.S. and Canadian arms control and disarmament policy. [...]
2005-02-01 18:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM CD CA NPT FAC
05OTTAWA3069 Hurricane Katrina and Canadian Response; Lessons
[...] Summary: Operational linkages between DHS and Canada's Public Safety Ministry (PSEPC) worked reasonably well as Canada responded to provide relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But, to make those connections even more effective, Canada would like to have a DHS Liaison Officer stationed at [...]
2005-10-13 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PREL PINS CA
05OTTAWA3090A PARTNER IN TRANSFORMATION - YOUR VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) As you prepare to visit Ottawa, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your trip a success. I have been on the ground in Canada for just under four months and have traveled to all but one of the country,s ten provinces and three territori [...]
2005-10-14 20:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SCRS
05OTTAWA3092Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-17 11:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3102ISLAMIC SCHOLAR EXHORTS CANADIAN MUSLIMS TO FIGHT
[...] (U) On September 28, 2005, poloff attended a conference entitled "Building the Dialogue Gaps Towards a Culture of Peace" hosted by WEBB Canada (Women Engaging in Bridge Building) at which keynote speaker Dr. Mohamed Fathi Osman challenged the Muslim community to embrace a faith that is forward [...]
2005-10-17 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF CA
05OTTAWA3106Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-18 11:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3121MISSION CANADA 1ST QUARTER 2006 90-DAY GOALS
[...] (SBU) Summary - Two issues will dominate our relationship with Canada over the next 90 days -- softwood lumber and climate change. The frustration and anger over softwood, whipped up in the current political climate, is palpable and continues to push out all else on our agenda. Our contribut [...]
2005-10-19 14:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSPR KPAO AMGT PREL PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3127AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PREMIER CHAREST: QUEBEC
[...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Charest has told us that Quebec, Ontario and BC are trying to develop a common negotiating position and, if the U.S. makes the "right decision" on October 28, will push PM Martin to go back to the table. The provinces are looking at a combination domestic tax/tar [...]
2005-10-19 19:00:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD CA
05OTTAWA3169CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN TELECOMS
[...] (U) This message summarizes key views of Canadian players on the challenges of critical infrastructure protection in North America's telecom sector. It is based on a series of interviews held by Mission staff in September-October 2005 in Ottawa and Toronto with government and industry repres [...]
2005-10-21 19:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEIND PTER ECON CA SPP
05OTTAWA3179CANADA: NORAD AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND I
[...] (U) On September 21, 2005 in Ottawa, a U.S. negotiating team led jointly by the Departments of State and Defense met with Canadian counterparts in the first round of discussions to renew the Agreement for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD),due to expire on May 12, 2006. U. [...]
2005-10-24 18:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL CA NORAD
05OTTAWA3283US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...]
2005-11-03 20:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR CA
05OTTAWA3285Airlines confident of seeing complete Open Skies in
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified - For Internal USG use only 2. (SBU) Summary: Conversations with the President of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC),and separately with Air Canada officials reveal that the Canadian civair industry is confident that Canada and the United States will [...]
2005-11-04 12:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV CA
05OTTAWA3309FY 2006 VOLUNTARY VISITOR: LILLIAN THOMSON
[...] SUMMARY. Post proposes a six-day funded Voluntary Visitor program for Lillian Thomson, Winnipeg City Councillor and Secretary of Urban Aboriginal Opportunities, focused on U.S. approaches to Native American Affairs and urban indigenous populations at the federal, state and local levels. Pr [...]
2005-11-07 17:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3317CANADA: LAYTON PULLS THE PLUG -- THE GOMERY EFFECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: NDP Leader Jack Layton announced today that the NDP cannot express confidence in the Martin government, and "the life of this Parliament is limited," after receiving what he considered an inadequate Liberal response to NDP concerns over creeping privatization in health care. Lay [...]
2005-11-07 21:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3349 ARCTIC GAS PIPELINES REACH KEY DECISION POINTS
[...] (U) SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. (U) Summary/Introduction: Both of North America's proposed major Arctic natural gas pipeline projects - Alaska and Mackenzie - are approaching key milestones: - On the Mackenzie project, Canada's National Ener [...]
2005-11-09 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV CA
05OTTAWA3399 GOC PAVES ROAD TO WINTER ELECTION BY PROMISING
[...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: On November 14 the GOC's annual Economic Update to Parliament took on new life as the Liberal Party's campaign platform. In an hour-long presentation to the House Finance Committee, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale recapped Canada's strong fiscal condition and promised [...]
2005-11-15 19:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3400 US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26 in Ottawa, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation exchanged views with EU Troika officials on developments in Iran and countries in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Tri-lateral consultations with the EU and Canada on Iran are reported reftel. END SUMMARY. [...]
2005-11-15 20:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IZ
05OTTAWA3404NOVEMBER 8 MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico attended the ninth meeting of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG-9) on November 8 in Montreal, reviewing a broad range of commo [...]
2005-11-16 17:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND CA MX KTRD
05OTTAWA3448Avian Influenza Report 1: Low Pathogenic Virus
[...] Summary: Avian influenza virus detected on November 18 in a domesticated duck from a farm in British Columbia has been confirmed as a low pathogenic H5 North American strain. An estimated 67,000 ducks and other fowl from the farm and surrounding area will be euthanized. A national wild bird [...]
2005-11-21 20:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA SOCI PREL CA WHO KSTH
05OTTAWA3511WTO DOHA ROUND - CANADA: LOOKING TOWARD HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite differences on the details, notably over the future of Canada,s single desk Canadian Wheat Board, Canadian WTO negotiators see themselves as working in close cooperation with the U.S. on the elements of a package for Hong Kong. They stress that they have not given up o [...]
2005-11-28 17:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKIRC KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD OIIP WTRO
05OTTAWA3519CANADIAN FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL TRADE MINISTERS
[...] Canadian International Trade Minister Jim Peterson and several provincial counterparts (including those representing Canada's four most populous provinces) met in Ottawa on November 22 and spoke to reporters afterward. Peterson stressed the GOC's continued hope for an "ambitious outcome" fro [...]
2005-11-29 14:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR CA WTRO
05OTTAWA3523CANADA'S MINORITY GOVERNMENT FALLS -- HOW THINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After losing a straight up confidence vote the evening of November 28 Prime Minister Martin went to the Governor General the morning of November 29 and asked her to dissolve Parliament. He then announced that the election would be January 23, and by the afternoon all party leade [...]
2005-11-29 18:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3572CANADA'S FOREST INITIATIVE: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While it does raise subsidy concerns, there appears to be much less than meets the eye in the GOC,s November 24 announcement of a new CAD 1.5 billion (USD 1.27 billion) forestry package. In particular, the CAD 800 million figure for loan insurance appears to be a political mi [...]
2005-12-02 17:09:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA ETRD
05OTTAWA3577 CANADA'S ECONOMY STRONG AS ELECTION CAMPAIGN
[...] Canada's economy continued to accelerate in the third quarter of 2005, rising 3.6% on a real annualized basis (versus 3.4% in the second quarter and 2.0% in the first). While Canada's currency and stock markets have recently appreciated in line with energy prices, media reports tended to overs [...]
2005-12-02 21:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3579DEMARCHE REQUEST: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 21:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDBO PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3602 SUBSCRIPTION RADIO NOW (LEGALLY) AVAILABLE IN CANADA
[...] SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. (U) Reftels reported the GOC regulatory decision in mid- 2005 to allow the launch of three subscription radio services in Canada. Two of the licensees are extensions of U.S.-based "XM" and "Sirius" satellite radio [...]
2005-12-07 12:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD CA
05OTTAWA3629ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC IN THE CANADIAN ELECTION:
[...] (C/NF) Summary: As the themes in the ongoing campaign take shape it appears that the United States will be in the second tier, although this could change as this hotly contested race takes off and the parties scramble to gain traction. At present the primary themes are health and child care, t [...]
2005-12-09 15:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3636INCSR PART I - CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CA
05OTTAWA3638FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...]
2005-12-09 22:08:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3670WHAT MIGHT THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE?
[...] (C/NF) Summary: With the parties polling eerily similar to where they were at this point in the 2004 election, one might assume that the next government will look much like the last one. However, even if the gross percentages are the same, the next government will be very different, and poss [...]
2005-12-14 22:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3671CANADA: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Canada is strengthening measures to reduce its vulnerability to money laundering and terrorist financing. Financial institutions remain susceptible to transactions involving international narcotics proceeds, including significant amounts of funds in U.S. currency derived from illegal drug sal [...]
2005-12-15 13:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CA
05OTTAWA3696DEMOCRACY IN ACTION -- PURPLE FINGERS ACROSS CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. In contrast to sealed borders and security curfews in Iraq to protect Iraqi voters, Iraqis resident in Canada overcame only bitter temperatures in their efforts to make their political will known on December 13, 14 and 15. Approximately 8,700 of the 15,000 to 20,000 eligible vote [...]
2005-12-16 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PREL KPAO CA IZ JO
05OTTAWA3732PRECLEARANCE CONSULTATIVE GROUP REVIEWS POLICIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the Preclearance Consultative Group (PCG) took place in Ottawa on December 13. The U.S. side was represented by the State Department, Customs and Border Protection (CBP),and the Transportation Security Administration. Canadian officials were from Fo [...]
2005-12-22 15:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN ASEC CA
05OTTAWA3747 WTO HONG KONG MINISTERIAL: CANADIAN REACTIONS
[...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Canadian players' reactions to the outcome of this month's WTO Hong Kong ministerial were generally positive, as the declaration keeps alive the promise of greater market access for Canada's competitive sectors such as livestock and grain, while not appearing to threaten [...]
2005-12-23 17:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR CA WTRO
05OTTAWA375CANADA'S BUDGET: MINORITY STATUS NOT EXPECTED TO
[...] (SBU/noforn) Summary: This year's budget could be a brawl. The budget vote is the only absolute confidence vote that Paul Martin's government will face in the short term and debate is expected to be vigorous. Finance Minister Goodale plans to present the budget to Parliament on February 23. [...]
2005-02-07 22:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA382 CANADIAN TRADE MISSION TO CHINA HIGHLIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Economic relations with China were a key focus of Prime Minister Paul Martin's January tour of South and East Asia (which also touched on tsunami relief and a range of political issues - see ref A). China displaced Japan in the past decade as Canada's largest trading p [...]
2005-02-08 17:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL CVIS KFRD CH CA
05OTTAWA394DEMARCHE REQUEST ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP
[...] ESTH Counselor made the demarche requested in reftel to Environment Canada (EC) and Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). Nancy Hamzawi, Director, International Affairs, EC, told us that Canada looks at the US proposal for partnerships on mercury very favorably, but is unable at this time to give any [...]
2005-02-08 21:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AORC ETRD PREL CA
05OTTAWA395CANADIAN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A tan, rested, and combative Parliament returned this week ready to get down to business. The buzz on Parliament Hill was higher than normal as the MPs -- energized by their enhanced role in the minority government -- begin to tackle a host of divisive issues. While most agree [...]
2005-02-09 14:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN CA KCRS
05OTTAWA418SMART REGULATION IN CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (U) Following the September 2004 report on Smart Regulation (www.smartregulation.gc.ca),the Privy Council Office's group for Implementation Strategy for Smart Regulation is gearing up to put principle into practice. PCO plans to propose a number of new initiatives to improve the quality and [...]
2005-02-10 14:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN ETRD
05OTTAWA428A KINDER, GENTLER BLOC QUEBECOIS TAKES TO THE ROAD
[...] (C) Summary: Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe has taken his message of the advantages of separation on a quiet, but successful tour of Canada, and now plans to take the message abroad. While gaining little direct support for separatism, he has improved the Bloc,s public image and his nati [...]
2005-02-11 12:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA437CANADA,S DIMINISHING PRESENCE ON WORLD STAGE --
[...] (C) Summary: A recent report reflecting the views of world leaders and policymakers on Canada's slippage in global clout has caused a small stir here. The paper by the former President of Bombardier International posits that Canada should put muscle behind its human security agenda by creat [...]
2005-02-11 17:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA CA UNGA MEPP
05OTTAWA523CANADA: LABOR MINISTERS MEETING - LONDON, MARCH
[...] Canada intends for Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, Lucienne Robillard, to lead the GoC delegation to the March 10-11 G-8 Labor Ministers' Meeting in London. Robillard was assigned this Ministerial role in mid-January. In addition she is also President of the Queen's Privy [...]
2005-02-18 16:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB CA
05OTTAWA525CANADA SEEKS REGULATORY PRESCRIPTION FOR INTERNET
[...] (U) Summary: Health Canada Minister Ujjal Dosanjh's response to reimportation of drugs from Canada to the United States has been increasingly negative in the past months. In the wake of the U.S. task force report, Health Canada seems poised to act in order to limit or prohibit drug sales fr [...]
2005-02-18 17:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SOCI CA
05OTTAWA530HYDRO-QUEBEC MOVES TO ENHANCE SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the intrusion into two Hydro-Quebec generating facilities by television journalists, Thierry Vandal, Hydro-Quebec President for Production, called DCM February 18 to provide an update on steps which the company is taking to improve security. Vandal also expressed [...]
2005-02-18 19:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV TRGY CA
05OTTAWA5902005 SPECIAL 301 REPORT FROM OTTAWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The regulatory picture on IPR has not changed much from earlier years, however Canada is moving to address many of the issues raised in the Special 301 submissions, even though results are unlikely to be visible before the end of April. On the headline issues of enforcement an [...]
2005-02-25 15:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA CBSA RCMP
05OTTAWA594THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S BUDGET: THE RATTLING OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 23, the Martin Government tabled its long-awaited 2005-2006 Budget. The first "minority government" budget in more than twenty years provides for billions in spending across a broad spectrum of policy interests. In addressing some of the oft-professed key interests [...]
2005-02-25 18:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA637GOC AT PAINS TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) Privy Council Clerk Alex Himelfarb contacted me on February 28 to stress yet again his concern that the government,s good-faith effort to beef up its defense capabilities will get lost in the reporting on the poorly managed missile defense decision. First Himelfarb, then the PM,s Chie [...]
2005-03-01 18:27:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP PARM PREL CA LTG
05OTTAWA640CANADA'S 2005 BUDGET: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet or distribution outside the USG. 2. (U) Introduction and Summary: Canada's Opposition parties were hard-pressed to complain about the minority Liberal Party's February 23 budget. Prime Minister Paul Martin and Finance Minister Ralph Goodale [...]
2005-03-01 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA663CANADA: MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION CLEARS THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s Liberal Party will hold its biennial convention in Ottawa from March 3 to 7. It will be both a policy convention and a review of PM Martin,s leadership. Martin is expected to handily survive the review, and with missile defense now out of the way, only the Same-Sex Ma [...]
2005-03-02 17:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA SNAR MCAP
05OTTAWA695EXXONMOBIL ENTERS THE ALASKA PIPELINE DEBATE;
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: After many months of staying on the sidelines while others argued about Canada's regulatory regime for the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline, executives from ExxonMobil visited Ottawa March 3 to discuss [...]
2005-03-04 18:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD EPET CA NPA
05OTTAWA696MICHAEL IGNATIEFF OFFERS VISION FOR LIBERAL PARTY,
[...] Summary: Harvard-based Canadian Michael Ignatieff offered a compelling case as the Liberal Party,s keynote speaker for why the Liberals are the most successful party in Canada and can be expected to remain so well into the new century. He attributes the Party,s success to a national (as oppose [...]
2005-03-04 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PGOV PREL PINR CA
05OTTAWA706CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER HEARS DISAPPOINTMENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Cellucci met March 4 with Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, at the latter's request. Although the original reason for the meeting was to explain and gain understanding for the Opposition Party's position on Missile Defense, the Senate vote to keep the border close [...]
2005-03-04 21:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV CA
05OTTAWA713CANADA'S LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION: NO TO MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both PM Martin and Defense Minister Graham used early speaking opportunities at the Liberal Party Convention to remind delegates that non-participation in the ballistic missile defense program does not preclude Canada,s participation in global security matters. Both leaders sou [...]
2005-03-07 20:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PGOV MARR PREL CA
05OTTAWA714ALASKA GOVERNOR MURKOWSKI AND YUKON PREMIER FENTIE
[...] (SBU) Alaska State Governor Frank Murkowski and Yukon Territory Premier Dennis Fentie held two days of meetings in Ottawa in late February to promote a proposed rail line to link Alaska and Canada. Murkowski and Fentie jointly tried to sell the project to Government of Canada (GOC) officials, [...]
2005-03-07 21:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECIN CA
05OTTAWA741LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Party Convention finished on an upbeat note March 6, trumpeting the theme of "Promises Made - Promises Delivered" for three days. The Liberals followed the model of successful American convention organizers by scripting an overwhelming endorsement of PM Martin,s lea [...]
2005-03-09 21:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV PINR PREL
05OTTAWA800 TAKING STOCK OF U.S.-CANADIAN RELATIONS -- AN END
[...] My core message as I depart Ottawa is that our relationship with Canada has changed fundamentally in the last four years, and we as a government need to catch up with this new reality. Canada is the front line of our efforts to protect the U.S. homeland. There is no priority in the hemisphe [...]
2005-03-17 15:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON OPRC PREL CA
05OTTAWA822 AUTO AND AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT:
[...] The GOC and the provincial government of Ontario will contribute hundreds of millions of dollars toward investments announced recently in central Canada's auto plants. The federal, Quebec and Ontario governments are also offering large new incentives to the aerospace industry. This marks a s [...]
2005-03-18 18:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND EINV CA
05OTTAWA824 CANADA'S AUTO SECTOR -
[...] WHILE THE GOC WORKS TO ENGAGE THE U.S. TOWARD FORMING A POST-KYOTO STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IT HAS YET TO IMPLEMENT A CREDIBLE PROGRAM FOR MEETING ITS KYOTO TARGETS BY 2012. MEASURES AFFECTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM NEW MOTOR VEHICLES ARE MEANT TO BE A KEY FEATURE OF THIS PROGRAM, [...]
2005-03-18 19:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG CA
05OTTAWA860 CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES HIT A DOUBLE AT CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party of Canada held its biennial convention in Montreal March 17 to 19. It was the party's first policy and leadership review convention since the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in December 2003. On issues such as aborti [...]
2005-03-22 21:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI CA
05OTTAWA999CANADA: COULD GOMERY REVELATIONS TRIGGER AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The possibility of early elections has always been in the background for this minority government, but the revelations coming out of the Gomery inquiry over the past several days have moved that possibility to the foreground. Testimony by ad executive Jean Brault, which remain [...]
2005-04-05 19:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PREL PGOV
05PANAMA1023SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV MAY 12-13 VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to meet with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...]
2005-05-06 21:14:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1117SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JUNE 4-6 VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic environment. You [...]
2005-05-19 22:31:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1183PANAMA'S SOLIDARIDAD-LIBERAL NACIONAL MERGER WILL
[...] (SBU) Two of Panama's small opposition parties, the National Liberal Party (PLN) and the Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad),are reportedly close to agreement on merging into a single political party. A merger between the two would lend Solidaridad, the larger of the two parties, a wider [...]
2005-06-01 20:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1415PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S POPULARITY NOSE-DIVES
[...] (C) Panama President Martin Torrijos's popularity plummeted in the wake of the June 1 passage of the Social Security (CSS) reform package pushed through the National Assembly by his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). Less than one in four Panamanians now believe that Torrijos is doing an a [...]
2005-07-01 21:24:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1431PANAMA STRIKE LEADERS EXPLAIN OPPOSITION TO CSS
[...] (SBU) Members of the anti-CSS-reform FRENADESSO coalition -- a mixed bag of ideological leftists and bread-and-butter trade unionists -- want the GOP to pay more and the people to pay less to reform Panama's CSS than the June 1 Law 17 stipulates. During recent meetings with PolOffs, leaders o [...]
2005-07-06 19:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PREL EINV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA144PANAMA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS NOW A FACT
[...] (SBU) Panama's revised constitution, now in effect for one month, fulfills a key goal of President Torrijos's domestic political agenda. The entire constitutional revision process -- from its post-May 2004 national election start to its November 15 appearance in the national register -- took o [...]
2005-01-19 16:55:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1496PANAMA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS STUCK ON INTERNAL
[...] (C) Panamanian concerns about suspected Venezuelan meddling in Panama's internal politics and domestic headaches due to high oil prices prompted Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and two GOP cabinet officials to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez in Caracas on Jul [...]
2005-07-14 16:46:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EAIR EPET PM VE OAS IDB POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1553(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA
[...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...]
2005-07-22 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1589PANAMA'S CSS NATIONAL DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD,
[...] (SBU) Four weeks into the 90-day National Dialogue on Social Security (CSS) Reform (reftels A and B),negotiations have produced few results other than threats of more strikes and demonstrations. The National Front for the Defense of CSS (FRENADESO) is promising to demonstrate on July 28, in [...]
2005-07-28 17:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1591PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN
[...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...]
2005-07-28 20:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1613PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER GENERAL DANI KUZNIECKY
[...] (C) Disturbed by an administration he sees as rudderless and by President Torrijos's lack of attention to his reform agenda, especially anti-corruption, Comptroller Dani Kuzniecky is considering throwing in the towel. Kuzniecky's defection would deprive Torrijos of one of his most able refor [...]
2005-08-02 15:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1688PANAMA USAID BOOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] (U) Now in its second year, the USAID-funded Darien Development program can boast significant achievements. The local community sees the USAID programs as the most successful aid effort in the area. It has boosted micro enterprises, improved market access, and advanced sustainable forestry in [...]
2005-08-12 20:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PREL PGOV PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1711UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY
[...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...]
2005-08-17 19:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM
05PANAMA1729PANAMANIAN INSIDERS ACCUSE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (SBU) This message is the first in a three"part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it approaches its September 1 first anniversary. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION """""""""""""""""""""""" 2. (C) Martin Torrijos's reform"m [...]
2005-08-19 22:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1779TORRIJOS CONFIDANT: JUDICIAL REFORM "NOT A PRIORITY," CSS TALKS "GOING NOWHERE"
[...] (SBU) In an August 3 meeting with PolOffs, Institutional Protection Service (SPI, the Presidential body guard) Chief Leonel Solis, and close confidant of President Martin Torrijos, described the current national dialogue on social security as "going nowhere" and reform of Panama's judicial s [...]
2005-08-29 19:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1930PANAMA'S "COSMETIC" CABINET RESHUFFLE.
[...] (SBU) The long-awaited GOP "re-organization," rumored since last April, was finally announced by President Torrijos on Saturday, September 3. Despite high expectations for in-depth Cabinet changes, in the end, just as GOP Embassy contacts predicted, changes were minimal, leading many in the [...]
2005-09-22 14:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA1947PANAMA EVANGELICALS SEEKING POLITICAL POWER
[...] (SBU) Two Panamanian Evangelical ministers plan to form a political party (Partido Teologia) in 2007 with the goal of electing a president and legislators in 2009. If nerve and energy were the only prerequisites for political success, these admitted political novices would surely win some e [...]
2005-09-23 22:55:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1948PANAMA TURNING TOWARD TAIWAN
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos's last-minute September 22 announcement that he would attend a September 26 Taiwan-Central America Summit in Managua comes on the heels of First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis's September 19 remarks to Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxi [...]
2005-09-23 23:06:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM CM TW POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1976PANAMA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON NICARAGUA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 29, Panamanian President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador Eaton that he shares our concerns about developments in Nicaragua and urged the U.S. to maintain a broad range of contacts and channels with the entire spectrum of Nicaraguan political parties and pl [...]
2005-09-29 23:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2020PANAMA,S ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Panama,s Attorney General pledged to cooperate fully with the USG as the case against former Nicaraguan President Aleman goes before a judge on November 23. There are opportunities for the USG to assist Panamanian prosecutors as they prepare for the November hearing. An arres [...]
2005-10-06 20:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2038PANAMA: UNHCR - AID EFFORTS UPSTAGING GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) UNHCR's unwavering support of refugee rights and its aid to Colombian civil-war refugees has given it great status and respect in Puerto Obaldia, a Caribbean town 200 miles from Panama's capital on the coastal border of Colombia. However, the distance from Panama City seems much great [...]
2005-10-11 20:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PM
05PANAMA2152POTUS VISIT PANAMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 21:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2162PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL
[...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP),citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...]
2005-10-27 14:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2190SCENE SETTER: POTUS NOVEMBER 6-7 VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome to President Bush for his upcoming visit to Panama. Canal expansion, bilateral security cooperation, and good governance initiatives currently top the bilateral [...]
2005-11-02 16:55:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2309PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS 2. (C) On August 20, 2005, the GOP and Cuba reestablished full diplomatic ties with the signing of diplomatic notes in Havana, Cuba (Reftel C). Prior to the re [...]
2005-11-25 21:06:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PM CU POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA234PANAMANIANS PONDER BOLIVARIAN CIRCLES AND
[...] (C) Despite recent press reports and speculation about Venezuelan-inspired Bolivarian Circles in Panama, threatening language from Venezuelan president Chavez that Venezuelan "terrorists" are using Panama as a base, and Panama-Venezuela discussions about oil and other commercial links (to be [...]
2005-02-01 22:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS ENRG EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2463PANAMA MOVES CLOSER TO NAMING NEW SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) As a civil society evaluative commission released its December 19 report on 72 self"nominated candidates for two high"court vacancies, Supreme Court Magistrate Adan Arjona predicted that President Torrijos probably would choose "serious" people for the job. (See para 4.) Torrijos is expecte [...]
2005-12-21 20:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PM
05PANAMA2470 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-23 16:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN KCRM PTER PM
05PANAMA331SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22 visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues in [...]
2005-02-14 23:14:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA350PANAMA: SHOWDOWN AT THE ARNULFISTA CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Defying expectations, former president Mireya Moscoso retained her position as Arnulfista Party (PA) president at a January 16 closed-door convention, co-opting one of her main antagonists, Marco Ameglio, while defeating the other key challenger, liquor magnate Juan Carlos Varela. Now re [...]
2005-02-16 21:31:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA555PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...]
2005-03-14 14:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA608PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...]
2005-03-16 22:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA695SCENESETTER: CODEL RENZI APRIL 1-3 VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilate [...]
2005-03-29 17:14:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA701SCENESETTER: GEN CRADDOCK APRIL 4-5 VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and [...]
2005-03-29 22:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC MOPS OREP PGOV PM PREL
05PANAMA778PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTS TORRIJOS
[...] (C) Panama's independent Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez may have put the government of Martin Torrijos in an uncomfortable position in March when she asked the Supreme Court to reopen two three-year-old bribery investigations into a government contract for Centro Multimodal, Industrial y d [...]
2005-04-07 18:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA780PANAMA: U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND GENERAL CRADDOCK
[...] (SBU) In cordial, back-to-back April 4 meetings, U.S. Southern Command General Bantz Craddock met President Martin Torrijos and Canal Administrator (ACP) Alberto Aleman Zubieta to underline close U.S. Panama cooperation on security matters and to discuss the growing bilateral security agenda. [...]
2005-04-07 19:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA837PANAMA RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fire Arms International Inc. is a legimate business. While the present government would not have approved the import request, it has no plans to revoke it. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, PolOff visited Fire Arms International Inc.'s President Vicente Banon R [...]
2005-04-14 16:05:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA909PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS
[...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...]
2005-04-22 20:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF
05PANAMA914PANAMA'S IMPENDING SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS: A DEFINING MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment. Actuarially bankrupt, Panama's Social Security System (CSS),which provides pensions and medical benefits to the majority of Panamanians, continues to operate through the use of its re [...]
2005-04-25 15:15:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PARAMARIBO647PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S STATE OF THE REPUBLIC SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan marked the start of the new parliamentary year with his constitutionally required "State of the Republic" speech on October 3, which includes a presentation of the country's budget for the coming year. Successfully past the election period, the ne [...]
2005-10-05 19:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL NS
05PARAMARIBO687 TOWARD A MORE OBJECTIVE VIEW OF THE CHAVEZ
[...] On the same day that the leading paper carried a front page story praising a Cuban-Venezuelan program providing eye treatment to impoverished Surinamers, another paper carried an article noting that Chavez' traditional supporters are beginning to turn against him. The opinion piece written by [...]
2005-10-21 16:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NS PKAO
05PARAMARIBO713REPORTED DECISION TO CLOSE USDAO PARAMARIBO
[...] Although this Embassy has received no official indication of the Defense Department's intent to close the DAO, personnel of DAO have been advised informally of changes in TODs designed to effect the closure of the office NLT the end of June, 2006. It is alleged that a decision to close was ta [...]
2005-11-04 11:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL MARR
05PARAMARIBO721SOFA WITH SURINAME IN FORCE
[...] On November 1, the Embassy received a diplomatic note dated October 20 from Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming acceptance of the text of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) proposed in the Embassy's note of April 11, 2005. The SOFA was approved by Suriname's Parliament on June 2 [...]
2005-11-04 18:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PGOV NS
05PARAMARIBO723CUBA AND VENEZUELA GARNER HEADLINES FOR PROVIDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governments of Cuba (GOS) and Venezuela (GOV) are jointly funding a new medical assistance program to Suriname that provides eye treatment and surgery to impoverished Surinamers. The new Minister of Health Celsius Waterberg publicly praised the project, which has provided C [...]
2005-11-04 18:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TBIO SOCI NS
05PARAMARIBO748SURINAME FACES POSSIBLE GAS STATION STRIKE IN
[...] (U) Summary: On Monday November 14 gas station operators throughout Suriname shut down all pumps in order to focus public attention on their demands for an increased share of the profit margin on the fixed price of gasoline. This strike comes at an inopportune time for the government as it fa [...]
2005-11-18 17:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ETRD ENRG PREL NS PROG
05PARAMARIBO766RESOLVING SURINAME'S DEBTS
[...] (C) The Governor of the Central bank is embarrassed by the debt owed to the USG and would like to find a way to clear the books. See action request at para 6. End Summary. 2. (C) The widely respected Governor of Suriname's Central Bank, Andre Telting, sought the Ambassador out at a dinner h [...]
2005-11-28 17:44:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS
05PARAMARIBO768THE BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF SURINAME'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Suriname's "Maroon" population came to political prominence in the 2005 elections, with their five seats in parliament the key to the governing coalition's thin margin (29 of 51 National Assembly seats). The Maroons are descendants of escaped African slaves living primarily in t [...]
2005-11-29 09:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
05PARAMARIBO788PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S OUTLOOK SPEECH ECHOES
[...] Summary: President Ronald Venetiaan's annual "government outlook" speech before Suriname's National Assembly articulated his administration's plans and policies for the next five years. The President projected that his government's economic policies will bring about significant growth over th [...]
2005-12-06 16:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL NS
05PARAMARIBO790 SURINAME TO SIGN ARTICLE 98?
[...] (C) Summary: Surinamese President Venetiaan announced in an appearance before the National Assembly on December 6 that Suriname intends both to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to sign an Article 98 agreement with the United States. A subsequent conversation with the Presiden [...]
2005-12-07 17:50:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
05PARAMARIBO811EARLY OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT'S STATED INTENTION
[...] (U) Summary. In an appearance before the National Assembly on December 6, Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan announced that Suriname intends both to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and sign an Article 98 agreement with the United States. (See reftel). Since then a spattering of [...]
2005-12-13 18:17:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
05PARIS1004 KYOTO: FRENCH MEDIA REACT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] Summary. The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, which takes effect today, dominates headlines in the French print press, and is the focus of a number of special reports, supplements and editorials. Embassy Paris offers this analysis of the principal themes in the coverage over the last t [...]
2005-02-16 18:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR
05PARIS1011MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA U.S.
[...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. DIPLOMACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO THE LEBANESE PEOPLE'S ANGER TOWARD SYRIA AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI: "ANTI-SYRIAN ANGER" (LE FIGARO); "ANTI-SYRIAN REVOLT" (LIBERATION); "ANGER RISING IN BEIRUT AGAINST SYRIA" [...]
2005-02-17 12:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1032UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]
2005-02-17 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS1039DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY: AMB. PROSPER'S DISCUSSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains committed to referring those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USG proposal for a hybrid UN/AU tribunal raises French concerns over universal standards of justice, [...]
2005-02-17 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS104GTMO AND DJAMEL BEGHAL TRIAL UPDATES
[...] (C) Summary: The investigation against four former GTMO detainees (reftels A and B) appears to be proceeding well; all appeals for pre-trial release have been denied and the investigating judges feel confident that the trial, likely to begin this summer, will result in conviction. However, in a [...]
2005-01-06 17:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PGOV PINR PREL KISL
05PARIS1041STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...]
2005-02-17 18:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR SY IR LE NATO
05PARIS1052PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-02-18 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1055FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON
[...] (C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Rice on her recent visit to Paris. He thought that following the Iraqi elections and the constitution of an Iraqi government, France would be more open to assi [...]
2005-02-18 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT
05PARIS107SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT
[...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...]
2005-01-06 18:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS1085ADDITIONAL FRENCH THOUGHTS FOR NATO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and Presidency advisors preparing for next week's February 22 NATO summit told us that the EU -- not NATO - is best placed to handle police and gendarme training for the Iraqis. In line with the comments made by French Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne [...]
2005-02-18 19:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1086 OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT
[...] A meeting of the Contributing Parties was held at OECD Headquarters prior to the full Committee meeting chaired by Patrick Reyners, Head of Legal Affairs, NEA. Swedish Committee representative Nystrom, was re- elected as the Committee co-chairperson representing the donor Parties. All Parties [...]
2005-02-22 08:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY FR TECH RU
05PARIS1139CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EU´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...]
2005-02-23 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
[...] JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF SUMMIT 2. MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE CARRIES AN OP-ED BY SECRETARY POWELL TITLED "DEVELOPMENT AID TO POOR COUNTRIES: A MORAL OBLIGATION." THE ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE, THE J [...]
2005-01-07 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1229TOGO/FRANCE: UPDATE ON CHARLES DEBBASCH AND MFA
[...] (U) This message reports (para 2) developments in the case of Charles Debbasch (reftel) and (para 3) MFA statements on Togo since the February 14 statement reported reftel. 2. (SBU) DEBBASCH CASE: According to a February 24 AFP report, the criminal case against Debbasch (a longtime adv [...]
2005-02-25 16:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR TO FR
05PARIS1231FINANCE MINISTER VISION FOR GOF MACRO-ECONOMIC
[...] SUMMARY. Just before turning in his resignation (septel),Finance Minister Herve Gaymard announced the details of GOF macro-economic policy in the run-up to presidential elections in 2007. He planned a series of fiscal incentives and reforms aimed at restoring confidence, boosting economic g [...]
2005-02-25 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1244MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S
[...] EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES. INSIDE, SEVERAL ARTICLES ARE DEVOTED TO [...]
2005-02-28 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1264FRANCE'S FOURTH FINANCE MINISTER IN A YEAR:
[...] (C) France Telecom CEO, Thiery Breton, has been named as new Minister of Finance, Economy and Industry, replacing Herve Gaymard. Breton, an admired and politically astute technocrat and business executive, had been approached to replace Nicolas Sarkozy as Finance Minister in November 2004 bu [...]
2005-02-28 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS1268ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...]
2005-02-28 17:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
05PARIS1283MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1300VERSAILLES CONGRESS APPROVES AMENDMENTS, EU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Chirac is expected to set a date for the referendum on the EU Constitution before the end of this week, following approval of EU-related amendments to the French Constitution at a specially convened Congress in Versailles yesterday, February 28. Chirac's next -- and p [...]
2005-03-01 15:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PREL FR
05PARIS1310Haiti Reconstruction: Paris Preparatory Meeting for
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 24, representatives of State, Treasury and USAID attended a French-hosted preparatory meeting in Paris in preparation for the ministerial conference on Haiti reconstruction to be held on March 18, 2005, in Cayenne, French Guiana. The French presented the Cayenne Co [...]
2005-03-01 18:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HA FR
05PARIS1356FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATING HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] (S) Summary: On March 1, poloffs delivered reftel demarche on designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe and Yves Trotignon from the MFA's office of counter-terrorism and Remy Bouallegue, Lebanon/Syria desk officer. Poloff also informed Dominique Boche, President Chir [...]
2005-03-02 14:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN
05PARIS1432FRANCE: ANNUAL SECTION 1377 REVIEW OF TELECOM TRADE
[...] On January 26, EconOff and visiting USTR telecom trade specialist Ken Schagrin met with GOF Industry Ministry (DIGITIP) officials as well as Telecom Regulatory Authority (ART) officials to discuss concerns raised in response to the reftel Federal Register Notice published on November 24, 2004. [...]
2005-03-04 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR WTO
05PARIS1466MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS152MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE
[...] ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE 2. IRAQ - VIOLENCE BEFORE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE PROJECTED VICTORY BY MAHMOUD ABBAS IN PALESTINE AND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, WEE [...]
2005-01-10 11:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1520France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: New CEO named for France Telecom (para 2) France Telecom Announces 2004 Results (para 3) A Victory for ART ... (para 4) ... And [...]
2005-03-08 15:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS1569TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON CORSICAN
[...] (C) Summary: The French government has the upper hand in its decades-long battle against Corsican separatists, said terrorism investigating judge Gilbert Thiel, but it is still too early to speak of an end to separatist-linked violence. Regarding the other facets of his portfolio, Breton separ [...]
2005-03-09 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS1588JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...]
2005-03-10 11:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN
05PARIS1589MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ LEBANON-SYRIA
[...] IRAQ 2. LEBANON-SYRIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS, DEVOTED TO TODAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST, SINGLE OUT SALARIES AND A DETERIORATING BUYING POWER AS THE MAJOR REASON FOR THE PROTEST, AHEAD OF CONCERNS FOR CHANGES TO THE 35-HOUR WORKWEEK. LEBANON, SYRIA'S PULLOUT [...]
2005-03-10 11:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1630MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON
[...] BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM WORLD COURT JURISDICTION OVER CAPITAL CASES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE CONSEQUENCES OF YESTERDAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST AND TODAY'S COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST A [...]
2005-03-11 13:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1667FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR"
[...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...]
2005-03-14 11:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS167PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...]
2005-01-10 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1680SARKOWATCH: NICOLAS SARKOZY REGAINS SEAT IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a special by-election on March 13, Nicolas Sarkozy regained his old seat in the National Assembly representing the affluent town of Neuilly in the suburbs west of Paris. Sarkozy won handily in the first round garnering 71 percent of the vote. It was the most comfortable ma [...]
2005-03-14 14:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
05PARIS1698CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH POSITIONS UNCHANGED
[...] (C) As per reftel instructions, we raised with MFA DAS-level Director for East Asia Marc Abensour the upcoming visit to Europe of the Chinese Foreign Minister Li and reiterated the U.S. position against the lifting of the EU arms embargo, as well as our concerns on human rights, and the need f [...]
2005-03-14 17:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CM FR EUN
05PARIS1727FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN
05PARIS1762PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S)
[...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...]
2005-03-16 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1765FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT
[...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...]
2005-03-16 18:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS1780MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1800EUROPEAN CFO VIEWS ON SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 404
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a discussion on March 15 at the Embassy, led by the SEC's Chief Accountant, Donald Nicolaisen, with Chief Financial Officers of SEC-listed companies operating in France. The CFOs expressed particular concerns about the high costs of complying with Section 404 of th [...]
2005-03-17 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON FR
05PARIS1802DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]
2005-03-17 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS1807VILLEPIN'S POLICE ADVISOR DISCUSSES FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin's cabinet advisor on the police said March 15 that the French security establishment is going through a period of "synthesis," in which reforms proposed over the past decades are gradually finding their place within standard operating proced [...]
2005-03-17 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR PGOV KJUS
05PARIS1822EURONEXT PARIS REFORMS ITS OFFERINGS, GOING FOR
[...] SUMMARY. Euronext, the stock market operator based in Paris, has initiated major changes in its offerings, to stimulate small and mid capitalizations. It now has a single well-organized list ("Eurolist"),and has created new indices along with a new small and mid cap expert status for analy [...]
2005-03-18 09:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1823MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...]
2005-03-18 10:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1856FRENCH OUTCRY AGAINST THE SERVICES DIRECTIVE FUELS
[...] SUMMARY. (U) Recent polls showing the anti-European Constitution vote taking the lead in France are forcing the Chirac government to take an even harder line against the European Commission's proposed Services Directive. French President Jacques Chirac strongly restated France's position on t [...]
2005-03-21 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL FR EUN
05PARIS1857EC MAKES NEW PITCH ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] SUMMARY: DCM Koss and I attended a lunch March 19 hosted by Luxembourg ambassador to UNESCO Hubert Wurth. Wurth, who was acting for the EU presidency, also included his deputy and Xavier Troussard of the Culture and Education Division of the European Commission. Lunch discussion focused on t [...]
2005-03-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS1882VISIT TO FRANCE'S FIRST (AND ONLY) MUSLIM HIGH
[...] (SBU) In an effort to widen Embassy outreach to Muslim communities throughout France, Poloff and Consul Lille recently visited the "Lycee Averroes," the first and only Muslim high school in France, co-located in the grounds of the Grand Mosque of Lille. We had a friendly, hour-long meeting wi [...]
2005-03-21 17:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KISL PHUM FR
05PARIS1883GOF SAYS RUSSIA-FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN MARCH 18
[...] (C) Summary: Laurent Bili, President Chirac's technical advisor on pol/mil and Russia issues, told POL M/C March 21 that the meeting between the Russian, French, German and Spanish leaders on March 18 focused primarily on EU-Russia relations, with the goal of concluding negotiations on the "Fo [...]
2005-03-21 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS FR EUN
05PARIS1925MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM
[...] EU SUMMIT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 2. VALUE OF THE DOLLAR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE FRENCH VOTE TO REJECT THE EU CONSTITUTION, THE DEBATE OVER THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE TO LIBERALIZE SERVICES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE REST OF EUROPE IN LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN EC [...]
2005-03-23 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1935PREVIEW OF CHIRAC'S MARCH 25-28 JAPAN TRIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac leaves March 25 for a three-day visit to Japan, at which the main topics of bilateral discussion will be ITER and the EU's China arms embargo, according to French officials. Also to be discussed are North Korea, Iraq, the EU-3's negotiations with Iran, Japan's [...]
2005-03-23 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TRGY FR JA IZ
05PARIS1936CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISOR RELAXED ON TOGO, WORRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to President Chirac's Africa advisor, the situation in Togo is not worrisome. He believes that the elections will produce a winner, probably Faure Gnassingbe, who will be accepted by the population. In the case of an opposition win, ECOWAS will ensure that the milita [...]
2005-03-23 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL TO IV CG FR
05PARIS2006CHIRAC WINS EU COUNCIL'S BACKING ON HOT-BUTTON
[...] (C) Summary: Playing on collective nervousness over polls suggesting that French voters could reject the draft EU constitution in the May 29 referendum, President Jacques Chirac persuaded fellow EU heads of state and government March 22 to send back to the drawing board the Commission's "serv [...]
2005-03-24 18:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB FR EUN
05PARIS2016MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION
[...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION 2. WOLFOWITZ TO WORLD BANK 3. THE UN - DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REVOLUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN IS TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO IT IS "THE NEW QUIET REVOLUTION;" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION "PUTIN IS LOSING HIS PALS" AND FOR C [...]
2005-03-25 11:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS203GOF OFFICIALS UPBEAT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: GoF officials are stressing to us privately their high degree of satisfaction with Palestinian elections, but express concern that the post-elections follow-up will focus too much on what is demanded of the Palestinian side without pressing Israel to make gestures to the new Pale [...]
2005-01-11 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS2051MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S.
[...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. - RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 2. AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN REGIME B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADING WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST IPSOS-EUROPE ONE POLL ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTI [...]
2005-03-29 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS206 UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS:
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. UNESCO Senior Legal Officer John Donaldson called into question the October 2005 goal for adoption of a Cultural Diversity Convention, noting that UNESCO rules and past practice are consistent with a four-year timetable, not the current two-year schedule. He [...]
2005-01-11 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL UNESCO EUN UN
05PARIS2062GOV OF FRANCE QUESTIONS STATUS OF CSI PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of France is considering asking the U.S. to change the current status of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Container Security Initiative personnel working at the port of Le Havre. CSI Le Havre personnel currently hold "administrative and technical" status. The [...]
2005-03-29 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS2085EU REFERENDUM: FRENCH POLLSTERS ASSESS TREND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After two recent polls showed that a majority of those who had decided would reject the EU Constitution in a May 29 referendum, we met with pollsters to get their assessment of this trend. We wanted to determine if the change was just a passing phase related to rece [...]
2005-03-29 17:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU PGOV FR ELAB SOCI
05PARIS209CHIRAC LOOKS FORWARD TO 2005: THE TONE CHANGES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During his traditional New Year's address to the diplomatic corps in Paris January 6, President Chirac stated his desire for good relations with the U.S. and extended "friendly wishes" to President Bush in advance of his inauguration (President Bush and UN Secretary General Kofi A [...]
2005-01-12 08:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER EAIR SENV FR
05PARIS2098MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2136MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-31 06:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2162(C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel),DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...]
2005-03-31 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2173MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 09:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2175MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ
[...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]
2005-04-01 10:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2210MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ
[...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]
2005-04-04 05:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2211MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ
[...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]
2005-04-04 05:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2220READOUT OF CHIRAC'S MARCH 26-28 OFFICIAL TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA, the Japanese Embassy here, and the French High Commissioner for Science all provided readouts to Embassy on President Chirac's March 26-28 trip to Japan. According to our interlocutors and the press, Chirac and PM Koizumi continued to express opposing views on both the EU' [...]
2005-04-04 11:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TRGY FR JA CH TW
05PARIS2231UNESCO - EC PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL
[...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. As I reported Reftel, the European Union members of UNESCO continue their push to have the European Commission sit at the table during the next round of cultural diversity (CD) negotiations at UNESCO in June alongside other member states. Just th [...]
2005-04-04 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS2262 FRANCE STRENGTHENS PUSH FOR "CULTURAL EXCEPTION"
[...] (SBU) France has ramped up its efforts to influence UNESCO-sponsored discussions on a Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions ("Cultural Diversity Convention"),which it apparently sees as a vehicle to strengthen the "cultural exception" to [...]
2005-04-05 13:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KIPR ETRD FR EUN
05PARIS2263AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) In a thirty-minute farewell call April 5 with Foreign Minister Barnier, Ambassador Leach reviewed improvements in the U.S.-French relationship, noting that Barnier had played an important role in improving communications with Washington. He regretted that the Pope's death prevented Barnie [...]
2005-04-05 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
05PARIS2269MARINE SCIENCE RESEARCH: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) On March 18, EST Science Counselor and the NSF regional representative for Europe met with officials of the French Institute for Research into Sea Resources (IFREMER - www.ifremer.fr) to review IFREMER's priorities and discuss means to promote bilateral cooperation (NOAA/IFREMER),notably [...]
2005-04-05 15:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY SENV KSCA FR
05PARIS2287MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - DEPUTY
[...] CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK TO BRUSSELS 2. IRAQ - ELECTION OF PRESIDENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE POPE'S DEATH BEGINS TO WANE, FRONT- PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE TODAY DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF STORIES, RANGING FROM LIBERATION'S STORY ON THE LOUVRE'S [...]
2005-04-06 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2305SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...]
2005-04-06 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2316MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 10:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2333GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY PARIS FEEDBACK
[...] (S) Summary: U.S.-French cooperation on terrorism is mature and broad-based. For a number of reasons, including the memory of terrorist attacks in Paris during the 1980s, the French bring significant expertise, focus and determination to their C/T activities, and are valued partners for a wide [...]
2005-04-07 13:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL FR
05PARIS234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE
[...] U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE 2. IRAQ 3. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS ELECTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT BUSH'S OP-ED, WHICH APPEARED YESTERDAY IN LE PARISIEN, BUT ALSO IN OTHER EUROPEAN PUBLICATIONS, IS THE LEAD STORY IN TODAY'S RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO, WHICH HEADLINES "BUSH'S SEDUCTION C [...]
2005-01-13 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2402UNESCO: EU Seems to be Gaining Ground in its Push for EC Representation at Cultural Diversity Convention
[...] Summary. The Luxembourg Ambassador, representing the European Union Presidency, and European Commission (EC) officials held an April 7 briefing to support the request that the April 2005 UNESCO Executive Board issue a decision that EC may participate, but not vote, in UNESCO-based negotiati [...]
2005-04-08 16:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2448IMPROVING CONSULAR NOTIFICATION FOR DRUG
[...] Summary. Drug trafficking violations continue to account for more than 75 percent of AmCit arrests in France despite a general decline in detentions of our citizens. While undertaking to improve our understanding of arrest, sentencing and detention procedures in France, post's consular secti [...]
2005-04-12 09:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN SNAR FR
05PARIS2489MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO
[...] IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD 2. LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR LEACH'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS IS ANNOUNCED IN LE FIGARO AND POPULAR LE PARISIEN. PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF CRAIG ROBERT STAPLETON TO REPLACE AMBASSADOR LEACH IS ALSO NOTED. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND SOC [...]
2005-04-13 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2512FRANCE: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DECISION CLEARING
[...] Summary: In the most recent development in the on-going legal dispute between Yahoo Inc. and French anti-racism groups, a French court exonerated former Yahoo CEO Timothy Koogle of responsibility for providing links to now-defunct internet auctions of Nazi paraphernalia. End summary. 2. A [...]
2005-04-13 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS KJUS FR
05PARIS2516KEY ISSUES IN FRANCE'S EU CONSTITUTION DEBATE
[...] (SBU) The direction taken by France's debate on the proposed EU Constitution has left many observers perplexed: what, if anything, do unemployment and loss of purchasing power, Turkey's possible accession to the EU, public service unions unhappy with proposed reforms to 35 hour work week, and [...]
2005-04-13 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR ECON SOCI PINR
05PARIS2517PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]
2005-04-13 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2535MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES EUROPE AND
[...] MIDDLE EAST ISSUES 2. EUROPE AND THE CHINESE ARMS EMBARGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE BATTLE FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFERENDUM ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD STORY AS PRESIDENT CHIRAC BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' WITH A TELEVISED DEBATE THIS EVENING ON TF ONE. THE FOR [...]
2005-04-14 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2555FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO SUPPORT GAZA
[...] (C) We discussed reftel talking points on President Bush's April 11 meeting with Israeli PM Sharon and the need for the U.S. and EU to send similar messages supporting Gaza disengagement with FM Barnier's Middle East Advisor Christophe Guilhou and MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jo [...]
2005-04-14 17:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB
05PARIS2619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND
[...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND ARAB SPRING 2. G7 MEETING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE PAPAL CONCLAVE AND THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S COVERAGE. FRONT PAGES AND MOST EDITORIALS CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH OF PRESIDEN [...]
2005-04-18 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2635MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 10:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2660SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]
2005-04-19 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS2677MEDIA REACTION REPORT - POPE BENEDICT XVI CHINA
[...] POPE BENEDICT XVI 2. CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: NOT SURPRISINGLY ALL FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CHOICE OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER, WHO BECOMES POPE BENEDICT XVI. THE VARIETY COMES IN THE NATURE OF THE COMMENTARY. FOR LE FIGARO THE CHOICE MA [...]
2005-04-20 11:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2680BILATERAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN FRENCH UNIVERSITY
[...] SUMMARY: PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES WITHIN FRANCE'S YOUNGER GENERATION IS OFTEN NEGATIVE AND TENDS TO BE MORE PRONOUNCED IN THE IMMIGRANT OR SECOND-GENERATION COMMUNITY. THE FRENCH PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS THE COMMON MEETING GROUND FOR THIS YOUNGER GENERATION. UNFORTUNATELY, [...]
2005-04-20 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS2725COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS ON PRETORIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Foucher on April 20 reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire. South African President Mbeki's mediation efforts were a positive development but it remained to be seen how and whether Ivoirians would follow up to their advantage. Foucher said t [...]
2005-04-21 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO IV FR
05PARIS2746FRANCE MOLLIFYING PROTESTORS TO LIMIT UNREST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Strikes and social unrest, while common in France, have increased in recent months and could well intensify as the May 29 referendum on the EU Constitution approaches (reftel A). In order to deflect unpopularity while still pursuing necessary changes, politicians have long bla [...]
2005-04-22 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI
05PARIS2774MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2800MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT EU
[...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. EU ISSUES: CHINESE TEXTILES 3. WAR AGAINST TERROR - MOUSSAOUI TRIAL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE EUROPEAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PLIGHT IN THE FACE OF CHINESE EXPORTS ARE TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT- PAGE STORIES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION HE [...]
2005-04-26 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2825THE FRENCH REFERENDUM ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION:
[...] (SBU) The current debate over French referendum on the EU Constitution has highlighted France's deep-rooted economic and social malaise. With unemployment at a five-year high of just over 10 percent, labor groups and public sector unions have linked outsourcing to this general malaise to just [...]
2005-04-26 15:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS2844MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT
[...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. RUSSIA - YUKOS TRIAL - PUTIN TO ISRAEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SYRIAN PULLOUT FROM LEBANON ELICITS WIDE COVERAGE, PARTICULARLY IN LE FIGARO, WHICH LENDS ITS PAGES TO SEVERAL COMMENTARIES AND INTERVIEWS. ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, NISSIM ZVILI PENS AN O [...]
2005-04-27 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2861 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] As requested reftel, Post reached out to the French entities listed as end-users in reftel para 4: Onera, MBDA, and ETBS to confirm that they had indeed ordered the accelerometers requeted and also to EADS Astrium to confirm its order for an airborne amplifier. We transmit their response bel [...]
2005-04-27 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS2863EU CONSTITUTION DOMINATES AGENDA OF FRANCO-GERMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder used the fifth meeting of the Council of Franco-German ministers to support Chirac's efforts to highlight the benefits of the EU to a skeptical French public in the run-up to the French May 29 referendum on the draft EU constitutional tr [...]
2005-04-27 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS2864EU GOVTS STILL DISCUSSING CSI STATUS ISSUE, SAYS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The French Foreign Ministry said April 21 that it had not made a decision on the question of status for U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI) personnel at French ports, and that it continued to consult with its EU par [...]
2005-04-27 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS2873MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU - U.S. TRADE RELATIONS -
[...] EU - U.S. TRADE RELATIONS - AIRBUS A380 - BOEING 2. AFRICA - TOGO ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE A380 IS TODAY'S MOST PROMINENT FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN IT IS SIMPLY "SUPERB." IN ONE OF THEIR ARTICLES TITLED "A TECHN [...]
2005-04-28 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2904NEW AIRBUS A380 TAKES FLIGHT, AMID MUCH CROWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid much media hoopla and self- congratulation from politicians and commentators, Airbus launched its double-decker A380 on its maiden flight April 27. The four-hour flight from Toulouse of the world's largest passenger jet was witnessed by close to 50,000 visitors on the sa [...]
2005-04-28 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PREL FR
05PARIS2942FRANCE'S MAY 29 REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: THE
[...] (SBU) Despite urgings from Jacques Chirac and most of France's mainstream political leaders to cast ballots on the EU Constitution's merits in the May 29 referendum, many French voters remain focused on unemployment and other pressing economic and social issues (reftel B). Diminished purchas [...]
2005-04-29 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS2945FRENCH CONFIRM BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior French MFA and Presidency officials confirmed broad support for U.S. goals for the planned U.S.-EU conference on Iraq, during April 25 discussions with Senior Coordinator on Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones. French officials echoed U.S. views on the need for incl [...]
2005-04-29 19:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS2989MEDIA REACTION REPORT - FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: FM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3024USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD:
[...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]
2005-05-04 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3053CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...]
2005-05-04 18:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR
05PARIS3115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATIONS -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3118FRENCH JUDGE SAYS C/T FOCUS IS ON "JIHADISTS TO
[...] (S) Summary: Islamic/international terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) told Poloffs May 6 that his section's open-ended investigation into potential "jihadists to Iraq" has become their current priority. With two networks already discovered, French authorities [...]
2005-05-09 13:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
05PARIS3156USUNESCO: FRANCE PULLS OUT THE STOPS ON
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, REASON-1.4D. 2. (C) Summary: France has made it clear that passage of a cultural diversity convention at this fall's UNESCO General Conference is a top foreign policy priority. The push for incre [...]
2005-05-10 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3183FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3187FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3188FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3190FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3191FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3192FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3193FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3194FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3196FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3200FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3234IRAN: EU-3 LETTER WARNS TEHRAN AGAINST CHANGES TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Laboulaye discussed with Charge May 11 the EU-3 letter to Rohani warning against resumption of uranium conversion. Laboulaye said that it may be necessary to convene an extraordinary meeting of the IAEA board and stressed the need to build international cons [...]
2005-05-12 11:03:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PARM IR FR
05PARIS3235LEBANON: FRENCH VIEWS ON POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye provided Charge with French views on the situation in Lebanon during a May 11 meeting on NATO's role in Darfur (septel). Laboulaye reaffirmed that the GoF would have preferred that General Aoun had stayed in Paris, and that FM Barnier had urged [...]
2005-05-12 11:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE FR
05PARIS327VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...]
2005-01-18 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV XY FR
05PARIS328FRANCE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH TOTAL CEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over lunch with the Ambassador January 13, Total CEO Thierry Desmarest provided a wide-ranging overview of developments in the world oil and gas sectors. Among the highlights were his description of Total's activities in Iran and Libya, and his view of China's aggressiveness in [...]
2005-01-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETTC ENRG EINV PINR FR
05PARIS329 UNESCO "CULTURAL DIVERSITY" CONVENTION
[...] Summary. Adopting a Convention on Cultural Diversity at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference remains the apparent goal for some key UNESCO members, despite the sharp differences on fundamentals shown during 14-17 December Meetings of Working Group ("Drafting Commission") charged with s [...]
2005-01-18 18:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV PREL EU ETRD UN
05PARIS3305PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...]
2005-05-16 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3342FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION: VOTERS
[...] (SBU) Arguments aiming to tap into anti-Americanism among the French to win support either for or against the proposed constitution have by and large met with indifference from ordinary voters. This has not prevented the TV debates featuring major politicians, the print editorials and the no [...]
2005-05-16 17:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3354MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS338MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND
[...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...]
2005-01-19 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS339MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND
[...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...]
2005-01-19 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3441(C) OECD: CHINA CONTINUES PRESSURE AGAINST
[...] (C) Chinese Embassy officials have continued to press the OECD Secretariat to oppose Taiwan's applications to join committees as observers. In conversations on May 11 and May 18, the officials, including the Embassy's Commercial Counselor, requested that the OECD notify member country delegat [...]
2005-05-19 14:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CH TW
05PARIS3492FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION: NOTHING
[...] (SBU) With a week to go before France's May 29 referendum on the proposed constitution for the EU, the outcome remains highly uncertain. Latest polls, taken in mid-May, show 'no' with a slight lead over 'yes' among decided voters. Pollsters, however, are careful to point out that the number [...]
2005-05-20 17:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS350 PARIS - GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[...] Paris greatly appreciates efforts that GITM-U, MSO and ENM network engineers have put into designing the upgrade to OpenNet Plus in Paris and Marseille. 2. However, while there may not be indications of excessive or frequent circuit outages between Marseille and Paris (per ref A),the fa [...]
2005-01-19 15:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA CMGT ANET KRIM AGIT
05PARIS3521POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Deputy Barry Lowenkron met in Paris April 19 with French MFA Center for Analysis and Prediction (CAP) Director Pierre Levy and his deputy, Philippe Errera for discussions of Russia's drift towards authoritarian rule; democ [...]
2005-05-23 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL RS XF XI FR
05PARIS3546USUNESCO: TAIWAN SEEKS PARTICIPATION IN
[...] Summary and action request: the Taiwan representative's office in France has requested U.S. support for its efforts to participate in planning for a tsunami early warning system under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Taiwan has written to IOC officials e [...]
2005-05-24 13:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EWWT PBTS EAID SENV TW KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3591UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...]
2005-05-24 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO FR UNSC
05PARIS3625FRANCE'S EU REFERENDUM: "NO" HAS THE MOMENTUM AS
[...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac addresses a national audience May 26 to urge a vote in favor of the EU constitution three days later, he may be talking to an electorate that has largely made up its mind -- to vote no. Opinion polls and many of the country's sharpest political commentators [...]
2005-05-25 17:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR EUN
05PARIS3634MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL
[...] AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS TO WASHINGTON 3. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: D-3: FRONT PAGES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE EU CONSTITUTION WHILE PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION THIS EVENING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION A [...]
2005-05-26 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS364EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LATEST FRENCH THINKING
[...] (C) Following recent EU discussions on lifting the EU arms embargo on China (ref C),we spoke with Jacques Maillard, MFA DAS-equivalent for export controls, with respect to French thinking on this issue. Maillard said that the EU had already decided in December to lift the arms embargo by the [...]
2005-01-20 11:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR ETTC PREL FR EUN
05PARIS365FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR
05PARIS3654FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our Washington inter-agency audience. Contents: -- EDF brokers deal to control Italian power company (para 2) -- Industry Ministe [...]
2005-05-26 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS3668FRANCE IN EUROPE: WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 29
[...] (C) Summary: Whether they accept or reject the draft EU constitution three days from now, French voters May 29 will have a major effect on their country's ability to influence the course of EU policy, and the future of the European Union. Win or lose, Jacques Chirac is unlikely to give up hi [...]
2005-05-26 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON FR EUN
05PARIS3682MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN
[...] MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN WASHINGTON 2. CENTRAL ASIA: UZBEKISTAN 3. DARFUR AND NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE WANING DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE ON MAY 29 TO RATIFY THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT CHIRAC GAVE HIS ALL IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS LAST EVENING WARNING THE FRENCH AGAINST "MISTA [...]
2005-05-27 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3722FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: 'NO' WINS
[...] (SBU) In a stinging defeat for President Chirac and the entire French establishment -- its political class and business, media and cultural elites -- French voters massively voted 'no' in the May 29 referendum on the proposed constitution for the EU. President Chirac, in a terse statement on [...]
2005-05-31 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3809MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS'
[...] EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS' VOTE - FRENCH CABINET RESHUFFLE 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AFTER THE FRENCH "NON," THE DUTCH "NEE" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, (SEE PART C) WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S S [...]
2005-06-02 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3857MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3878FRANCE: NEW GOVERNMENT LINE UP
[...] (SBU) The new French government led by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, with Nicolas Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior (reftel) was formally announced by the Elysee palace the evening of Thursday, June 2. The new government, significantly smaller than the one it replaces (31 versus 43 [...]
2005-06-03 16:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB FR
05PARIS3895MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: AFTERMATH OF THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3924FRENCH REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD
[...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher discussed developments in Ethiopia with MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Christophe Belliard June 6. Belliard recounted that he had recently discussed Ethiopia with NSC Africa Advisor Courville and UK FCO AF A/S-equivalent in London. During that meeting, he said, there w [...]
2005-06-06 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET FR
05PARIS3937MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: REFERENDA FALLOUT,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4019MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON -RUN-UP
[...] ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON 2. RUN-UP TO THE G8 3. A/S FRIED IN PARIS 4. NATO AND DARFUR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH YESTERDAY ON STRATEGIES TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE DOMINATE HEADLINES. RIGHT-WING ORIENTED DAILIES LABEL DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH AS "NOT BAD" [...]
2005-06-09 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4067SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S JUNE 15
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit and look forward to your assistance in moving forward the deep and complex relationship we enjoy with France. As a member of the G8 and the UN Security Council with extensive ties to former colonies around the world, France plays a prominent role in the intern [...]
2005-06-10 13:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EIND ETRD EFIN FR
05PARIS407FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING
[...] SUMMARY. On January 20, poloff met with Jean-Francois Guillaume, the MFA Action Officer responsible for small arms and light weapons nonproliferation, who explained that the French will support European initiatives at the second negotiation session of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms an [...]
2005-01-21 19:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM FR UN
05PARIS409CHIRAC WINS ONE IN HIS BATTLE WITH SARKOZY FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac has won a significant skirmish in his on-going battle with arch-rival Nicolas Sarkozy, currently president of the governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. At a "surprise appearance" at a caucus of UMP National Assembly deputies, Chirac demanded [...]
2005-01-21 19:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEU FR PGOV
05PARIS4106STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, IRAN/EU-3, AND IRAQ WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...]
2005-06-10 17:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ IR LE FR
05PARIS4111OECD REPORTING: WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] OECD's Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of the U.S., the first such assessment in nearly a decade, was the centerpiece of May 17-19 meetings convened by OECD's Working Party on Environmental Performance (WPEP). The U.S. EPR peer review session, involving OECD staff and delegates from 24 [...]
2005-06-13 07:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD CZ
05PARIS4115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE
[...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...]
2005-06-13 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4119A/S FRIED MEETING WITH FRENCH OPINION LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried met a small group of French opinion leaders June 7 to discuss next steps following France's rejection of the European constitution. A/S Fried emphasized that, although the U.S. did not have a position on the Constitut [...]
2005-06-13 12:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS4141POLICY PLANNING CHIEF LEVY ON WHY AND WHAT NEXT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 10 discussion with visiting acting NIC Chairman David Gordon and NIO for Europe Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich, Pierre Levy, the head of the MFA's policy planning staff, offered his assessment of the reasons for and implications of France's "no" vote on the EU constitution [...]
2005-06-13 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN
05PARIS4145UNESCO: UNESCO Draft Cultural Diversity Convention:
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The draft convention adopted (over U.S. objections) at the conclusion of the May 25-June 3 UNESCO cultural diversity negotiations, turned out to be about anything but culture. In proceedings marred by unveiled, anti-US hostility, France and the European Commission (EC),[...]
2005-06-13 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4153ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: A Europe turned inward in the wake of the rejection of the EU constitution by voters in France and the Netherlands would set back U.S.- EU cooperation in meeting global challenges, and would be unwelcome, visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried told President Chirac's Diplomatic [...]
2005-06-14 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4154ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...]
2005-06-14 09:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS
[...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...]
2005-06-14 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4192FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4193FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4197FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4201FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4203FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4206FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4208FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4210FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4211FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4213FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4217FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4218FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4235CHIRAC TO PRESS HIS ATTACK ON THE BRITISH REBATE
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac, licking his wounds in the wake of French voters' rejection of the EU constitution May 29, will attempt to negotiate results at the June 16-17 European Council that bolster his sagging popularity at home and demonstrate that he "heard the message" of the [...]
2005-06-15 17:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS427MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION
[...] PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION 2. MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY HOSTED BY PRESIDENT CHIRAC AT UNESCO AND A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE UP TODAY'S FRONT- PAGE STORIES. RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE [...]
2005-01-25 05:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4311UN REFORM: AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S FRANCE CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 15 consultations in Paris with senior GoF officials, the Secretary's Senior Advisor on UN Reform, Amb. Tahir-Kheli, reviewed U.S. and GoF positions on the UN reform process. French priorities for reform include development, environmental governance, peace and security inc [...]
2005-06-17 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR AORC PGOV PHUM SENV FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE RISING PRICE OF OIL AND THE FAILED EUROPEAN SUMMIT ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE "THE EU-25 `FREEZE' THE EU CONSTITUTION;" LIBERATION HEADLINE [...]
2005-06-20 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4354MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL
[...] MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL TOUR - SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT 2. U.S. - EU SUMMIT / EU ISSUES: TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT-PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LA CROIX WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA. A NUMBER OF REPO [...]
2005-06-21 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS439FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...]
2005-01-25 13:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR
05PARIS4397MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-22 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS444MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE
[...] IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE 2. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES LEAD ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EMBARKS ON THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS TO REVISE FRANCE'S CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS AIMS TO MAKE THE CONSTITUTION MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EUROPEAN C [...]
2005-01-25 14:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4444France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- New Industry Minister Francois Loos (para 2) -- New Agency for Industrial Innovation partially financed by FT stock sale (para [...]
2005-06-24 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS4518MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] IRAN 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF MOSTLY DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO AND MARSEILLES- BASED REGIONAL LA PROVENCE DEVOTED TO ITER, THE EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. LA PROVENCE HEADLINES: "ITER'S SUNRAYS SHINING ON CAD [...]
2005-06-28 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4557MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH ON IRAQ
[...] PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH ON IRAQ 2. IRAN 3. ITER - A EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S ALMOST UNANIMOUS LEAD STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE SELECTION OF CADARACH, (FRANCE) AS THE VENUE FOR THE ITER THERMO-NUCLEAR REACTOR. POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN GIVES THE TONE [...]
2005-06-29 13:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4565 BRETON PROPOSES MEASURES TO BOOST GROWTH AND
[...] SUMMARY. GOF Finance Minister Thierry Breton finally has broken out of his shell and announced measures to boost economic growth and reduce unemployment, admitting that GDP growth will be lower than 2% in 2005. These measures may help in the long term, but they are more likely to increase bu [...]
2005-06-29 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB FR
05PARIS4621 USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in
[...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...]
2005-07-01 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN
05PARIS4655PSI: FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH ON STATUS
[...] (C) We delivered on June 24 the reftel letter from Undersecretary Joseph informing MFA Political Director Laboulaye of the U.S. wish to dissolve the PSI Core Group by June 30 through silence procedure. On June 30, Laboulaye's office conveyed to us his response for U/S Joseph, in which Laboula [...]
2005-07-01 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS4659FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S JULY 5 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Upon his appointment as foreign minister June 2, much of the French press and many political pundits (fed by, among others, disdainful career diplomats at the MFA) wrote off Philippe Douste-Blazy as a dilettante. His lack of foreign policy experience, it was said, and penchant for currying [...]
2005-07-01 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FR
05PARIS4705COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...]
2005-07-06 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER
05PARIS472EU3-IRAN - FRENCH READOUT OF PARIS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) We met January 24 with MFA A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Philippe Carre, who travels to Washington January 26-28 for consultations in the Department, the NSC, and DOD/OSD. In response to our questions on the EU3-Iran January 17-18 talks, Carre gave us a rea [...]
2005-01-26 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR FR
05PARIS4749FRENCH JUDGE SAYS C/T FOCUS IS ON "JIHADISTS TO
[...] (S) Summary: Islamic/international terrorism investigating judge XXXXXXXXXXXX told Poloffs May 6 that his section's open-ended investigation into potential "jihadists to Iraq" has become their current priority. With two networks already discovered, French authorities fear that "jihadists to Ira [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS4750COUNTER-TERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH,
[...] (S) Summary: A USG delegation led by Counselor Philip Zelikow met with senior French officials June 27 to inaugurate strategic counter-terrorism consultations. This cable reports on discussions addressing the radicalization and recruitment of extremists, and geographic areas of concern, which [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS4756FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN
[...] (SBU) Shared outrage and shock, and a renewed awareness of their own vulnerability, characterized French reaction to the terrorist bombings in the London transport system. Prime Minister Villepin wrote to Prime Minister Blair within an hour of the attacks to express France's solidarity with [...]
2005-07-07 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4805EX-GTMO DETAINEE RELEASED FROM PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-08 16:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
05PARIS4869CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-12 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS4871"FAIR TRADE" EXPERIENCES RAPID GROWTH IN FRANCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a slow start, the idea of "fair trade" and "fair trade" products is rapidly growing in popularity and sales in France. Although not as advanced as in the rest of Europe, awareness has increased greatly due to efforts by NGOs, the private sector, and not least, the Fren [...]
2005-07-12 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS488THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]
2005-01-27 10:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS490IMMUNITY FOR CHIRAC:TRIAL BALLOON OR OVER-ZEALOUS
[...] (C) A coterie of Chirac supporters wasted no time last week in shooting down a proposal to accord former presidents senator-for-life status. The initiative was widely seen as an effort to protect Chirac from party funding charges once he leaves office by extending him the immunity from prose [...]
2005-01-27 10:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI FR
05PARIS4900CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-13 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS4901PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...]
2005-07-13 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4906MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4920FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN
05PARIS4921MISUSE OF THE "NO-FLY" SYSTEM RISKS UNDERCUTTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2005, shortly after my arrival as Ambassador, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration directed the return of Air France flight 50 (AF50) because of the erroneous conclusion that a specific U.S. citizen manifested on the flight constituted an active terrorist thr [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS4936MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB -
[...] IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB 2. LONDON BOMBINGS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATES HEADLINES AFTER A WEEKEND OF ATTACKS THAT KILLED HUNDREDS. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION FOCUSES ON THE "EXASPERATION' OF THE IRAQI POPULATION AGAINST THE INSURGENTS WHO ARE NOW SEEN BY THE CIVI [...]
2005-07-18 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4947U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...]
2005-07-18 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS4954CHIRAC'S BASTILLE DAY INTERVIEW: A WEAKENED
[...] (SBU) Fighting to re-establish his relevance, President Chirac began the now traditional Bastille Day interview of France's President by casting himself as the leader of France's anti-terrorism effort. Thereafter, in the hour-long exchange with two leading TV anchorpersons, Chirac focused on [...]
2005-07-18 15:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4971MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ISSUES DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF HEADLINES TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER FIGARO THAT WARNS OF "AL QAEDA'S ULTIMATUM TO EUROPE." THE REPORT MENTIONS AN INTERNET MESSAGE SENT BY A BRANCH OF AL QAEDA WHICH THREATENS EUROPE WIT [...]
2005-07-19 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4977MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 06 JULY
[...] (C) Summary: On 6 July 2005, Embassy EST officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) held at the Korean Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on preparations for the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid. 2. (C) Summary, Continued: [...]
2005-07-19 12:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS5003U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...]
2005-07-19 14:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5025ELECTION OF NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER HINTS AT
[...] (SBU) France's leading business association, MEDEF, on July 5 elected Laurence Parisot, head of major French pollster, IFOP, as its new president. Parisot is a first for MEDEF, both in that she is the CEO of a cutting-edge services sector business and a woman. MEDEF has long been considered [...]
2005-07-20 09:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5073UN REFORM: CSD NOW FOCUSED ON ACCESS TO ENERGY -
[...] In June, Embassy provided sustainable development points contained para 10 reftel to Marc Trouyet, an officer in the United Nations and International Organization Division of the French Foreign Ministry, for information or comment. He recently provided an informal, interim note to the Embass [...]
2005-07-21 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON EAID AORC FR UN
05PARIS5106FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche July 20 to MFA Venezuela desk officer Hedi Picquart. Picquart said that the GOF shared many of our concerns about the Chavez government, particularly in light of recent GOV activities regarding the French oil company Total. At least for the time [...]
2005-07-22 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE
05PARIS5122MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ATTACKS IN EGYPT DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF ALL THE DAILIES IN FRANCE, WITH VARIOUS HEADLINES SUCH AS: "ENDLESS TERROR" FOR CONSERVATIVE FRANCE-SOIR, "AL-QAEDA'S OFFENSIVE" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIB ATION, "AL-QAEDA'S DEADLY SUMMER" FOR RIGHT [...]
2005-07-25 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5142MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR CRAIG STAPLETON'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS REPORTED IN REGIONAL DAILY OUEST-FRANCE AND IN DAILY LE PARISIEN AS WELL AS IN AFP AND AP WIRES. TODAY'S NEWS STILL FOCUSES ON TERRORISM FROM VARI [...]
2005-07-26 09:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5143NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...]
2005-07-26 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI
05PARIS5145U.S.-FRENCH INFORMAL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE TALKS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and French officials held another round of Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks on July 12, 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe (DOC) Eric Stewart met with a French SIPDIS delegation headed by DGTPE Director-General Pierre Moraillo [...]
2005-07-26 10:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL FR DOC
05PARIS5176 OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON
[...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB),the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...]
2005-07-27 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD
05PARIS5178MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM 2. IRAQI'S CONSTITUTION 3. DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM 4. FAMINE IN THE SAHEL: NIGER B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISRAELI PM AREIL SHARON'S VISIT TO FRANCE, FAMINE IN NIGER, FRENCH AUTHORITIES' DECISION TO EXPAND USE OF PUBLIC VIDEO- SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, AND NASA'S SUCCE [...]
2005-07-27 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5195 USUNESCO: NEGOTIATIONS ON BIOETHICS DECLARATION
[...] SUMMARY. The second and final session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts met June 20-24 at UNESCO and reached consensus on a draft "Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights." The US was successful in adding to the draft Declaration a statement that one of the aims of the [...]
2005-07-27 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UNESCO KSCI HHS
05PARIS521PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S PROSPECTS FOR 2005 AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Although, President Chirac lost some ground with France's electorate on domestic policy issues during 2004, he more than made up for it -- finishing the year with a strong public image -- by his performance on foreign policy issues. His projection of himself as a proud President, standing [...]
2005-01-28 11:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ECON FR
05PARIS5220UPDATE ON FRENCH TRAINING OFFERS FOR IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French have begun contributing to the EU "JUSTLEX" program, with 40 Iraqi police officers now in France for a one-month rule of law training program, the first tranche of a group of 175 slated to receive such training. MFA contacts report less progress, however, [...]
2005-07-28 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS IZ FR
05PARIS5232AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, including tax reform, as a way to stimulate economic growth in France. He emphasized his "great love" for the United States and called himself a great friend of the United S [...]
2005-07-29 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-28 13:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5263PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]
2005-08-01 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5273MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KING FAHD'S DEATH
[...] KING FAHD'S DEATH B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IS DOMINATED BY THE DEATHS OF KING FAHD AND OF SUDAN'S VICE PRESIDENT, IN ADDITION TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. JOHN BOLTON'S RECESS APPOINTMENT TO THE UN TOPS US- RELATED NEWS, FOLLOWED BY NASA'S PLANS TO REPAIR THE DISCOVERY S [...]
2005-08-02 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5297FRENCH GOVERNMENT QUIETLY PREPARES FOR 2006 NUCLEAR WASTE
[...] With little fanfare, French authorities are advancing France's waste management strategy on the political agenda. On schedule, on June 30 the National Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) submitted to the GOF a progress report on R&D in their respective field [...]
2005-08-02 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5298FRENCH REACTIONS TO ITER SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: French officials are almost uniformly positive about succeeding in the negotiations to secure the south of France as the home for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Despite claims - many by French science bloggers -- that French disproportionate, fi [...]
2005-08-02 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG ECON PGOV FR KNUC
05PARIS5300FRANCE'S YUCCA MOUNTAIN
[...] (U) On July 26, 2005, in the context of the upcoming national debate and the 2006 law on nuclear waste of high-level, long- lived radioactive waste (HLLLW) (see reftels),EST Counselor, Science Affairs Specialist, and EST Intern, met officials of the French National Radioactive Waste Manag [...]
2005-08-02 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5301ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard and Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, in large part by "educating" the French public. Breton believes that France should enjoy growth of 3.0% per year and that [...]
2005-08-03 08:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS5307VILLEPIN STIRS THE POT ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 radio interview, PM Villepin appeared to raise the bar for French support for the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey scheduled to begin October 3, saying that, "It doesn't appear to me conceivable that such a negotiation process can be opened with a count [...]
2005-08-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5335ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stapleton and National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard met with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on August 1. Sarkozy expressed his admiration for President Bush and said he looked forward to the opportunity to tackle France's economic and social problems with th [...]
2005-08-04 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV FR
05PARIS5350FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF VILLEPIN'S STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Challenged to explain Prime Minister de Villepin's August 2 remarks on Turkish accession to the EU (reftel),MFA Acting European Director and Assistant to the PM's EU Advisor defended them as a justified response to the Turkish statement on its non-recognition of Cyprus. Both o [...]
2005-08-04 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS5376MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ARABIA-IRAQ, HIROSHIMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5383FRANCE TAKES NOTE OF ASIA-PACIFIC CLEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Zoellick's announcement of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development caught France's attention, and helped sustain a slight but perceptible moderation in French criticism of the U.S. climate change position. Some of the economic press has reported on t [...]
2005-08-05 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KPAO TRGY FR
05PARIS5399MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION IRAN
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MANY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES DEVOTE THEIR LEAD STORIES TO SUMMER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE RISING COST OF VACATIONING IN FRANCE. ACCORDING TO LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION, ONE PERSON OUT OF THREE IN FRANCE NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY. FO [...]
2005-08-08 12:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5422MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5458MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5459THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]
2005-08-11 12:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS547FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...]
2005-01-28 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN
05PARIS5471FRENCH DENY CHIRAC MESSAGE TO PAPADOPOLOUS; REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Both Presidency and MFA contacts have denied Cypriot press reports that President Chirac last week passed a message to Cypriot President Papadopoulos in which he argued that EU accession talks with Turkey should not begin until Ankara recognized the Government of Cyprus, and asked [...]
2005-08-11 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS549FRENCH RESPONSE TO GROSSMAN LETTER ON CARTAGENA
[...] DCM delivered reftel letter to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on January 26. Below is an informal translation of his response, received January 28. (Original French being faxed to EUR/WE) 2. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF LETTER: Dear Marc, As you underline in your letter, Pre [...]
2005-01-28 19:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL SNAR ECON FR CO
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5573 USUNESCO: CROSS-WISE ON BORDER? NEW PUSH
[...] SUMMARY: After a year of discussion and drafting meetings, the UNESCO/OECD non-binding guidelines for cross border quality provision in higher education went before the 171st UNESCO Executive Board for its blessing and instead got sidelined for further discussion at the upcoming General Confe [...]
2005-08-18 15:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS5575 USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS
[...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...]
2005-08-18 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW
05PARIS5592MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS565MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-31 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5661MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DEVOTED TO A NUMBER OF VERY DIVERSE STORIES RANGING FROM THE U.S. TOUR OF THE ROLLING STONES (LIBERATION) TO THE AVIAN FLU THREAT (LE FIGARO) AND THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION. CATHOLIC LA CROIX LEADS WITH: "IRAQ: T [...]
2005-08-23 11:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5818CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]
2005-08-29 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5922REPORT FROM THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY'S "SUMMER
[...] (C) France's Socialist Party (PS) held the thirteenth edition of its annual "Summer University" on August 26 - 28 (ref D). This year, party leaders used the event to start drawing up the battle lines (ref C) between the rival populist and progressive factions -- the 'no' and the 'yes' camps [...]
2005-08-31 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5926GOF CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE IN PUBLIC, PRIVATELY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The initial GoF public reaction to presentation of the Iraqi constitution has been low-key and stressed GoF support for the Iraqi political process (vice the constitution itself),and the need for Iraqi authorities to build support for the document from all of Iraq's p [...]
2005-08-31 17:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS5931MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] HURRICANE KATRINA 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO HUMAN TRAGEDIES, CAUSED BY TWO DEVASTATING FORCES, NATURE AND RUMOR, SHARE TOP BILLING IN TODAY'S HEADLINES: HURRICANE KATRINA AND YESTERDAY'S DEADLY STAMPEDE DURING A PILGRIMAGE IN BAGHDAD. CATHOLIC LA CROIX CARRIES A DOUBLE FRONT-PA [...]
2005-09-01 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5934CHIRAC LAUNCHES INNOVATION AGENCY TO CREATE
[...] Summary. President Jacques Chirac outlined on August 30 a new industrial innovation agency and research drive to encourage employment and prevent outsourcing. Spearheading his policy drive in favor of industrial innovation in the heart of the Champagne region, President Jacques Chirac inaug [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS5935NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER WARNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Laurence Parisot, the new head of France's leading business association, MEDEF, recently warned the French Government against any resurgence of protectionism. In a newspaper interview on Aug. 30, she reiterated her intention to reconcile the French with the market economy, business cult [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5942FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...]
2005-09-01 13:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS598MFA ROUND-UP ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior economic policy officials at the MFA have noted their relief at the three-month "cease fire" over the Airbus/Boeing case but explain that contrary to the U.S. views, they believe the soon to be developed A350 would be covered by the 1992 aircraft agreement. They explained [...]
2005-01-31 17:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR EAID EFIN TRGY PREL FR
05PARIS5990 USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY JUGGERNAUT
[...] (C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). Is UNESCO in the throes of mass hysteria --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Summary: A picture is beginning to emerge of French and EU pressure on other UNESCO members to get the draft [...]
2005-09-02 14:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS5995TFUS01: FRENCH OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: Following specific French offers of disaster assistance, repeated below, we relayed acceptance per ref D. The GOF still awaits notification of where and when to send the material accepted. END SUMMARY. ----------------- GOF OFFERS of AID ----------------- 2. France announced [...]
2005-09-05 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL FR
05PARIS6021 USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The draft cultural diversity convention was a primary topic of discussion during Ambassador Oliver's meetings with UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura and several ambassadors, including the outgoing chairman of the general conference. All agreed that the convention must be adopte [...]
2005-09-06 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6031PRESIDENT CHIRAC HOSPITALIZED WITH "LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac was admitted to a military hospital in Paris on the evening on Friday, September 2 for what doctors are calling a "minor vascular accident" that slightly impaired vision in one of his eyes. According to media reports, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin [...]
2005-09-06 18:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS6033A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...]
2005-09-07 07:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU EUN NATO
05PARIS6046MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6076EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]
2005-09-08 08:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6090P-3 COMPROMISE ON DEVELOPMENT CAN RESCUE OUTCOME
[...] (C) Salvaging the Outcome Document (OD) for the High Level Summit hinges on P-3 compromise, in the view of Quai d'Orsay action officer Nicolas Kassianides. At a September 7 meeting with poloff to discuss reftel demarche, Kassianides emphasized that finding mutually acceptable language on dev [...]
2005-09-08 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAIR EAID EFIN FR UNGA
05PARIS6109AIR FRANCE ADDRESSES LETTER TO AMBASSADOR ON JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 29 letter to Ambassador, Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta raised a number of concerns about the July 8 diversion of AF flight 50 to Chicago due to the presence of a passenger on the "no-fly" list (reftel). He argues that Air France followed TSA procedures in this [...]
2005-09-09 08:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6113EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...]
2005-09-09 09:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS6116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6125EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS613MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6149MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina - Political Fallout
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS619AVIATION SECURITY: DOES NO-FLY MEAN "NO FLY?"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris applauds Washington agencies' development of joint criteria for the inclusion of names on the Transportation Security Administration-managed No-Fly list (REF EMAIL). Rigorously applied criteria should greatly enhance the credibility of the list while ensuring it is [...]
2005-02-01 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6191AVIAN FLU: INVITING FRANCE TO AN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Ambassador met with Health Minister to press the French to pursue, together with the United States, a leadership role in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. While the Minister agreed that avian flu preparedness required concerted inte [...]
2005-09-13 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TBIO FR
05PARIS6230MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6277MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Iraq Afghanistan
[...] UN Summit 2. Iraq 3. Afghanistan B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of domestic stories dominate today's front pages, but the UN Summit is prominently covered, with a majority of reports emphasizing that the "reform plan remains limited" (Le Monde) that "the Summit was saved at the [...]
2005-09-15 10:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6297FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...]
2005-09-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6373PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]
2005-09-19 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] Nuclear Issues - North Korea 2. European Issues - German Elections - European Defense B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Many front pages continue to focus on Germany's elections and the lack of political consensus they reveal. Several commentators make analogies with the political situation in Fra [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues: Iran - North
[...] Nuclear Issues: Iran - North Korea 2. Iraq - British Operation in Basra 3. NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Le Monde prominently features an interview with A/S Dan Fried about the German elections, Europe and France's role in the negotiations with Iran. The interview is announced on the fr [...]
2005-09-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6434FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...]
2005-09-21 14:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC
05PARIS6439FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY
[...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...]
2005-09-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS6478SURPRISE! FRENCH FARMERS ARE GROWING BIOTECH CORN
[...] (U) Summary. This month, the French press revealed - to the surprise of many - that 500 to 1,000 hectares (approximately 1,000 to 2,200 acres) of genetically modified corn was being grown in Southwestern France. The GOF confirmed that French farmers had voluntarily declared 500 hectares of G [...]
2005-09-22 13:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS6482 USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO
[...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS651GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]
2005-02-02 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6514MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hurricanes Katrina and
[...] Iran 2. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: U.S. Policies - Kyoto B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "America in the Eye of the Cyclones" headlines left-of-center Liberation while right-of-center Le Figaro headlines "Threats to U.S. Oil." Catholic La Croix summarizes today's reporting with the headline: " [...]
2005-09-23 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6576AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...]
2005-09-26 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON
05PARIS6579"FRANCE HASN'T KNOWN A DECADE WITHOUT TERRORISM"
[...] (C) Summary: Although he acknowledged the danger of being "pessimistic by profession," Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's new counter-terrorism head, told POL M/C and Poloff September 23 that he believed terrorism was a serious and evolving long-term threat. France had been a victi [...]
2005-09-26 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV FR
05PARIS6580MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...]
2005-09-26 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS6633FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...]
2005-09-27 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINR EUN
05PARIS665FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...]
2005-02-02 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6687 GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]
2005-09-29 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS670U.S.-FRANCE DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on high-level discussions held in July 2004 (see ref B),U.S. and French delegations held three days of meetings in Paris on physical security measures for nuclear facilities and materials, agreeing on a path forward to coordinate and accelerate future bilateral coop [...]
2005-02-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG FR KNNP MNUC PREL
05PARIS6709 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]
2005-09-29 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6744ALAIN MADELIN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY
[...] (C) At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on September 6, former French Finance Minister Alain Madelin solicited U.S. support for his candidacy to head the OECD. Madelin stressed his commitment to reform of the OECD along the lines of the U.S. proposal to that end. Madelin also made the case [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU FR IO PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS6747NEW FRENCH G-8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOUS-SHERPA AND
[...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see para. 5. 2. (S) Summary. The French MFA's new Director for Economic Affairs (Undersecretary equivalent),Jacques Lapouge, will, like his predecessor, serve as G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa. Lapouge is a self-described EU and East Asia expe [...]
2005-09-30 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS6756MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Terrorism -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS676UMP LEADERS BRICE HORTEFEUX AND BERNARD ACCOYER --
[...] (C) The views of two leading members of the ruling, center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party highlight how the unresolved rivalry between Nicolas Sarkozy and President Chirac for leadership of the center-right is dividing the UMP's elite of elected officials. Brice Hortefeux is a [...]
2005-02-03 05:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI FR
05PARIS68MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING
[...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]
2005-01-05 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF
[...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...]
2005-02-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6841MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush Press
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6887FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE
[...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]
2005-10-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS6890DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]
2005-10-06 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS6903U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]
2005-10-06 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6938PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]
2005-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS6961MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - Nobel Prize
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7037USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO
[...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]
2005-10-13 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7057MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7082Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]
2005-10-17 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR
05PARIS7102 FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH 1.5% IN 2005
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast 1.5% GDP growth in 2005, the bottom end of the government's official 1.5-2.0% prediction. The forecast takes into account oil price increases and government programs for job creation. Corporate growth is weak, but could edge up in the second [...]
2005-10-17 15:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7128 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]
2005-10-18 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7146MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7182 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]
2005-10-20 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7188MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7195GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE,
[...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...]
2005-10-20 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL EUN POLINT
05PARIS7198DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD
[...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...]
2005-10-20 14:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU CD FR
05PARIS7213MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7216 AIR FRANCE CEO ON AVIATION SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador over breakfast October 20, Air France CEO Jean- Claude Spinetta called for enhanced cooperation and greater efficiency in the operation of international aviation security programs, and highlighted Air France's strong interest in succes [...]
2005-10-21 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ASEC CVIS FR EU
05PARIS7223French press minimizes US offer
[...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...]
2005-10-21 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7226Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the
[...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...]
2005-10-21 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234 USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET
[...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]
2005-10-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7249MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural
[...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]
2005-10-24 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7284MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7301France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- GOF hopes for "dialogue" on internet governance (para 2) -- France holds its own on broadband growth, but not in Europe's top [...]
2005-10-25 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS7317MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7328LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS
[...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...]
2005-10-26 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
05PARIS7330 FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...]
2005-10-26 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]
2005-10-27 11:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7360AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...]
2005-10-27 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7398GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]
2005-10-28 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7401 USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION
[...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]
2005-10-31 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7407MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7446 UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE
[...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]
2005-10-31 18:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS7472 UNESCO and WSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]
2005-11-02 16:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7525PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]
2005-11-03 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7532MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7561SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...]
2005-11-04 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR
05PARIS7574 USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS
[...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...]
2005-11-07 09:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7577MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7595PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING
[...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...]
2005-11-07 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC FR
05PARIS7630NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON
[...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...]
2005-11-08 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB FR KBIO
05PARIS7682THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...]
2005-11-09 18:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR
05PARIS7688MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 12:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7704FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...]
2005-11-10 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7716MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7733 UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND
[...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...]
2005-11-14 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO
05PARIS7769 UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]
2005-11-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7787MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...]
2005-11-16 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN
05PARIS7812MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7835ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...]
2005-11-17 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7885FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...]
2005-11-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS7920FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]
2005-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PARIS794MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO
[...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...]
2005-02-08 11:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7953FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7954FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL,
[...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]
2005-11-22 14:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS7980PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]
2005-11-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS8016CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...]
2005-11-23 18:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
05PARIS8049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 12:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8069SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS
[...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...]
2005-11-28 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8123USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]
2005-11-30 13:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8149 WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO
[...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...]
2005-11-30 17:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PREL FR
05PARIS8153France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...]
2005-12-01 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS8162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8248 USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH
[...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8280 USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]
2005-12-06 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXA UNESCO
05PARIS831MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]
2005-02-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8318USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1
[...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...]
2005-12-08 10:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR
05PARIS8353UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]
2005-12-08 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8373A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER
[...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]
2005-12-09 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8390FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...]
2005-12-12 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FR PTER
05PARIS8416 UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]
2005-12-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8441FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...]
2005-12-14 11:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8445MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8454FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC
05PARIS8483GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S
[...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...]
2005-12-16 07:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG FR
05PARIS8499MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8502 UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY
[...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]
2005-12-16 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR UNESCO
05PARIS8503 USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS
[...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]
2005-12-16 14:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO
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