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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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09VATICAN86VATICAN ON CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN, RECONCILIATION IN SRI
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican expressed solidarity with the Christian community in Pakistan following recent attacks, and pointed to education, jobs and changes in blasphemy laws as the way forward. In Sri Lanka, the message of the newly-installed Catholic Archbishop of Colombo to the Government [...]
2009-08-07 15:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM PK CE VT
09VATICAN95INTERFAITH DIATRIBES TURN TO DIALOGUE IN KRAKOW AT ANNUAL
[...] (U) Summary: At the 22nd edition of an annual interfaith dialogue to promote peace, held this year in Krakow with thousands of observers, hundreds of senior religious and political leaders expressed great agreement on themes like food security. They also engaged in some interfaith sniping, un [...]
2009-09-14 14:10:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL
09VIENNA1089GOA BELIEVES FERRERO-WALDNER COULD WIN UNESCO RACE
[...] (SBU) MFA SecGen Kyrle told the Ambassador August 27 that he does not believe Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will draw enough votes to win the race for the UNESCO Director General position on the first ballot. Kyrle said he expects Austria's Benita Ferrero-Waldner to finish second to [...]
2009-08-28 14:30:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO EG AU
09VIENNA1115AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE POLICY EXPRESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Josef Mayer, Austrian Ministry of Economics Director of Foreign Trade and EU Integration, said he would like to revive informal commercial talks with the U.S. and hopes to pursue the subject in Washington in October. He also cited the Ukraine as the next market with great poten [...]
2009-09-02 15:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU
09VIENNA1271AUSTRIA ON PARTICIPATION IN KOSOVO ICJ ORAL
[...] (C) Per Ref A, Amb. Eacho pursued Austrian participation in the Kosovo ICJ oral hearing in an Oct. 2 conversation with Austrian PolDir Stefan Lehne. Lehne reported that, though Austria had signed up to participate, divisions remained within the Ministry and that a final decision had not yet b [...]
2009-10-02 14:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINT KV AU
09VIENNA1511AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS IN AFGHANISTAN, STILL
[...] (C) In place of the Ambassador, who was traveling in country, the DCM met November 24 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, to discuss reftel points. The DCM emphasized that the U.S. is looking for allies and partners to make strong public statements of support following the announcemen [...]
2009-11-25 11:32:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA1533GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE MAIDEN VISIT
[...] (C) The German Embassy describes FonMin Westerwelle's Nov. 25 maiden visit to Austria as partly designed to strengthen the new Minster's standing and image vis-a-vis Chancellor Merkel and as part of a larger Westerwelle effort to improve Germany's standing with smaller EU member states. His d [...]
2009-12-02 14:22:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ENRG IR GM AU
09VIENNA1552BRIMMER IN VIENNA: AUSTRIANS CLAIM TO BE WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: Austrian MFA Political Director Lehne maintained Austria's position on sanctions against Iran was "well in the mainstream of Europe." We have since gone back to Lehne and others to review reports that indicate Austria is among the EU's Iran sanctions skeptics, and to urge prepara [...]
2009-12-07 15:17:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO IR AF AU
09VIENNA75AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) In separate farewell calls on January 16 with both new Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and long-standing MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, Ambassador Girard-diCarlo reviewed the top items on the US agenda with Austria: cooperation in the UN Security Council, Iran, energy securi [...]
2009-01-21 14:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALAU ENRG ETTC PREF PREL UNSC AF
09VIENTIANE12OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: LAO RESPONSE
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director General Saleumxay Kommasith (protect),who was very familiar with the issue. DG Saleumxai advised that Laos supported the South Korean candidacy throughout the Asia Group deliberations. When a consensus choice could n [...]
2009-01-08 09:05:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID IR LA PREF UN
09VIENTIANE120LAOS AND U.S. DISCUSS BASIC PROCEDDURES FOR LAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 07:36:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KCRM LA PREL
09VIENTIANE227DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S
[...] (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth May 14 to deliver subject demarche. Neither DDG Kham-Inh nor his Director General had been available earlier in the week. By the time the meeting took place, media reports had begun to circulate that Aung [...]
2009-05-13 09:47:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALBM LA PGOV PHUM PREL
09VIENTIANE295LAOS: FOOD SECURITY TIED TO IMPROVING NUTRITION
[...] Summary: Per reftel, DCM discussed U.S. food security goals with acting Director General Tieng Boupha of the MFA. Mr. Boupha noted that achieving food security is critical for Laos to achieve its own development goals and anticipates the Government will support the new U.S. initiative. A Sen [...]
2009-06-22 02:35:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL LA
09VIENTIANE495POSSIBLE URANIUM SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN NORTHERN
[...] (C) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear materials. This report came to post's attention via a conversation with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) represent [...]
2009-10-19 10:28:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC BM KCRM KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL PTER
09VIENTIANE632009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 00:44:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB LA OPIC USTR
09VILNIUS112LITHUANIA SAYS EU WILL STAND WITH U.S. ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) After receiving reftel information, Robertas Rosinas, the head of the Lithuanian MFA's Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division told us that early drafts of EU statements to be presented at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 2-6 "speak very strongly on" Iran and Syria and gene [...]
2009-02-25 14:42:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IAIE MNUC TRGY LH
09VILNIUS120UN JUDICIAL POSITIONS: LITHUANIAN, U.S. CANDIDATES
[...] (C) We delivered Reftel B information to Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's United Nations and Global Policy Division on February 23. She told us February 25 that the GOL would support the U.S. candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) if the USG would commit to supporting Lithuania's candi [...]
2009-02-27 14:02:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KUNR UNGA PREL LH
09VILNIUS121LITHUANIA APPLAUDS U.S. DECISION ON UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 14:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LH
09VILNIUS139GAERC: SPOTLIGHT ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on the Eastern Partnership (EaP),Belarus and European Council Conclusions at the upcoming GAERC meetings. The GOL continues to support Belarus' participation in the Eastern Partnership. The GOL supports extending sanctions against Belarus fo [...]
2009-03-16 09:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS152LITHUANIA'S PRIORITIES FOR NATO SUMMIT
[...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius invited DCM in on March 20 to discuss the April 3-4 NATO Summit and the GOL's desire to avoid the sort of differences that emerged at the recent NATO Ministerial. Leskevicius said the GOL is now "pretty happ [...]
2009-03-20 14:43:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NATO RU LH
09VILNIUS172LITHUANIA STILL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, DESPITE
[...] (C) We briefed Vytas Leskevicius, director of the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, on the conclusion of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review March 26, and shared ref B White Paper March 27. He thanked us for the information, and confirmed that Lithuania stil [...]
2009-03-31 13:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL NATO AF PK LH
09VILNIUS194LITHUANIA STRAINING TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Lithuania is committed to Afghanistan, but its difficult financial situation will make additional contributions challenging. DCM met April 6 with MFA Under Secretary Asta Skaisgiryte-Liauskiene to present ref A requests for specific contributions to Afghanistan. She promised t [...]
2009-04-10 11:46:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LH
09VILNIUS22MEETING BETWEEN EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and FM Usackas discussed the continuing negotiations to resolve the gas cut-off to Ukraine. They agreed that Russia had shown itself to be an unreliable supplier, and the current crisis may build support for greater diversification of supplies. A/S Fried stressed to [...]
2009-01-13 10:31:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL MOPS
09VILNIUS26LITHUANIA DOES NOT YET HAVE A POSITION ON
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points January 13 to MFA Counselor of the Middle East and Africa Division Rosita Soryte. She said the potential EU-Syria agreement is being driven by the European Commission but she has not seen any information about how and when the Commission plans to raise it with [...]
2009-01-14 14:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN SY LH
09VILNIUS269LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA IN GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on Georgia and Moldova at the upcoming GAERC meetings. The GOL is in favor of visa liberalization discussions with both countries. We encouraged the GOL to rethink a possible EUFOR drawdown in Bosnia. We also discussed GOL priorities for the [...]
2009-05-14 13:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN
09VILNIUS305LITHUANIA ASKS FOR HELP WITH AFGHAN PRT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Lithuanian MFA Secretary Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene called in DCM and DAO on 27 May to outline Lithuania's unsuccessful efforts to find donors for development projects at its Ghor Province PRT, especially the paving of the airport runway to allow military [...]
2009-06-04 13:52:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR AF LH
09VILNIUS34LITHUANIA APPRECIATES ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 07:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL EUN IS LH
09VILNIUS343LITHUANIA OFFERS TO HOST CONSULTATIONS ON PRTS IN
[...] Lithuanian MFA Senior Counselor for Afghanistan Valdemaras Sarapinas presented DCM June 22 with a proposal for Lithuania to host consultations for countries with PRTs in RC(W) as a follow-up to the Rome meeting March 2008. Serapinas said Lithuania found the Rome meetings very useful and are i [...]
2009-06-23 14:26:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR AF LH
09VILNIUS45GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS A COMMON EU ENERGY POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on energy security and the importance of the Eastern Partnership at the upcoming GAERC (ref A). The GOL is open to the idea of inviting President Lukashenka to the Czech-hosted EU Summit in May, though they agree on the need for demonstrable r [...]
2009-01-22 14:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN XG SY LH
09VILNIUS521LITHUANIA OFFERS CONTINUED SUPPORT OF USG POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 06:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM LH
09VILNIUS53LITHUANIA WANTS MTCR MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 12:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC PREL ETTC LH
09VILNIUS549LITHUANIA'S PRESIDENT REIGNITES ALLEGED CIA PRISON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period in which the story had largely disappeared, Lithuanian media again began writing articles and editorials about the alleged existence of a CIA prison in Lithuania after President Grybauskaite addressed the issue in a press conference October 20 and said she suspec [...]
2009-10-22 12:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
09VILNIUS552GAERC: LITHUANIA'S PRIORITIES ARE AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas said that Foreign Ministers plan to adopt an EU strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the next GAERC meeting. He shared a draft working paper on Strengthening EU Action in Afghanistan and Pakista [...]
2009-10-23 12:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS571AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON JUSTICE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her introductory call on Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius, Ambassador Derse heard that the GOL remains committed to passage of legislation providing compensation for expropriated Jewish communal property and to removing references to homosexuality from a controversial la [...]
2009-10-30 14:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CJAN EINV LH
09VILNIUS581LITHUANIA SEEKS INCREASED OUTSIDE FINANCING FOR A
[...] (C) On 29 October the General Director of Visagino Atomine Elektrine (VAE),Sarunas Vasiliauskas, told us that the GOL is proceeding with plans for the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VNPP) but needs 95 percent of the financing to come from outside sources. VAE is likely to build a one reacto [...]
2009-11-03 15:08:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON LH
09VILNIUS605LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON BELARUS, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas said Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on Belarus, Russia and Ukraine at the next GAERC meeting. Usackas will stress that the EU should monitor and assign target dates for Belarus to implement ben [...]
2009-11-13 13:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS656LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON WESTERN BALKANS, EAP PLANNING
[...] (C) We spoke with head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas on December 4. He said that Lithuania will be focused on the Western Balkans during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting. Navikas expects that Ministers will reach an agreement on tran [...]
2009-12-07 11:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS698AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN, ITALY BILATERAL MEETINGS AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8-9, Director of Office of Afghanistan Affairs Henry Ensher led a U.S. delegation comprised of U.S. officers posted to Herat and Ghor provinces, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, USAID, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD),the Joint Staff, CENTCOM [...]
2009-12-21 14:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF LH
09VLADIVOSTOK12DCM DONS A YARMULKE IN BIROBIDJAN
[...] A highlight of DCM Eric Rubin's trip to the Russian Far East was a February 5 visit to the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO),Birobidjan. The Jewish Autonomous Region was established in May 1934 as a homeland for Soviet Jews. It was a social experiment that some historians contend [...]
2009-02-11 05:00:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RS
09VLADIVOSTOK21DCM FAR EAST VISIT COMES AMIDST TURMOIL AND PROMISE
[...] (U) DCM Eric Rubin's February 2-6 visit to the Russian Far East came at a time of economic turbulence and discontent, but also high hopes that the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will lift the region's fortunes when it is held in Vladivostok in 2012. The DCM visit was a chan [...]
2009-02-13 07:18:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV RS
09WARSAW113POLAND - PRIME MINISTER TO FUND TIP VICTIMS SHELTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following front-page media coverage about the potential closure of Poland's only shelter providing specialized assistance for victims of trafficking in Poland (reftel),Prime Minister Tusk offered public assurances January 13 that the GoP would provide the funds necessary to kee [...]
2009-02-02 15:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
09WARSAW122UKRAINE, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC SUMMIT ON GAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lech Kaczynski's January 28 meeting in Wroclaw with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, representing the EU presidency, produced only an inconclusive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia gas agreement. Officials from President Lech Kaczynski' [...]
2009-02-04 06:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL
09WARSAW1220U.S.-POLISH COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Polish Counterterrorism Working Group met December 11 to review ongoing bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, primarily between U.S. and Polish law enforcement, homeland security, and crisis management agencies. Visiting S/CT officials provided a briefing on the Obama [...]
2009-12-16 16:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KCRM PL
09WARSAW1228POLAND COULD ACCEPT "COMPLEMENTARY" CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR POLAND AND BALTIC STATES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 14:36:00Embassy WarsawSECRETNATO MCAP MARR PREL PL
09WARSAW125POLAND'S SZCZYGLO: TROOP INCREASES FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, newly-appointed Chief of Poland's National Security Bureau, Aleksander Szczyglo said that in light of the military's increasingly dire funding picture, he no longer knew if it would be possible to add to Poland's 1,600 troops in Afgh [...]
2009-02-04 14:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF IS LE PL
09WARSAW14STATUTORY AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON POLISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Statutory limitations and a general political culture that straightjackets large-scale military acquisition projects are impeding the GoP,s ability to advance its defense modernization program. The Polish Ministry of Defense (MoD) was obligated to return approximately USD 350 m [...]
2009-01-07 12:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PMAT PL
09WARSAW146POLAND/RUSSIA: MOVING FORWARD IN CHOPPY WATERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Vladimir Putin's proposed spring visit to Warsaw has not yet been scheduled, but Polish officials tell us that energy security will likely top the agenda. Prime Minister Tusk's staff said the media accurately described Tusk's January 29 meeting with Putin in Davos as a discussion [...]
2009-02-10 14:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PL RS
09WARSAW16POLISH VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON SEPARATIST REGIONS
[...] (C) Polish Deputy FM Andrzej Kremer told DCM that the GoP fully agrees with U.S. strategic objectives, but is concerned about the tactics outlined in reftel. For instance, the EU could find itself in a legal bind (and it's legal commitment to defend Georgian territorial integrity called into [...]
2009-01-08 08:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALGG PL PREL RS
09WARSAW166MINISTER HAILS POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRAGMATISM,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sikorski's annual report to parliament highlighted improved relations with Germany, a pragmatic conversation with Russia, new influence within the EU, and expectations of strategic cooperation with the U.S. Poland's EU initiatives over the last year produced [...]
2009-02-13 14:15:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR RS PL
09WARSAW183POLISH ENERGY PRIORITIES: GAS SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (C) Poland's new energy security strategy has still not been released from the Prime Minister's Office, but after over a year in power, PM Tusk has announced most of his key priorities. In an important policy change, the government is embracing gas interconnections -- including to the German [...]
2009-02-18 16:50:00Embassy WarsawSECRETKGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN PL
09WARSAW192ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: AN UP-CLOSE LOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of Poland's Jewish community, as well as Jewish and Catholic religious leaders and community activists, question the utility of two recent attitude surveys suggesting a rise in anti-Semitism in Poland. More accurate indicators are the low incidence of anti-Semitic violen [...]
2009-02-19 16:25:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW2POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO
[...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...]
2009-01-01 13:44:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL RU PL
09WARSAW22CODEL TAUSCHER VISIT TO POLAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Tauscher emphasized to Polish interlocutors December 17 that the U.S. remained committed to missile defense (MD),but insisted that the long-range component must be realistically tested and certified effective before deployment. In the meantime, Tauscher said Congress woul [...]
2009-01-08 15:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL MARR MCAP NATO PL CZ RS
09WARSAW23CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH POLISH FM SIKORSKI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 16 conversation visiting CODEL Tauscher and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski discussed Missile Defense, including Russian views of MD in Europe, Georgia and Afghanistan. On Missile Defense, Congresswoman Tauscher described Congressional plans to seek a strategic pa [...]
2009-01-08 15:36:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALOVIP PL PREL
09WARSAW24POLAND/TIP - LACK OF FUNDS IMPERILS POLAND'S ONLY
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP AND DRL. PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Although Poland continues to make strides in combating trafficking in persons (reftel),a funding shortage could prompt the NGO LaStrada to close Poland's only shelter providing specialized assistance to T [...]
2009-01-08 15:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL
09WARSAW26POLAND AND RUSSIA TO HOLD REGULAR SECURITY MEETINGS
[...] (C) Poland and Russia have agreed to a regular dialogue to discuss a wide range of security issues, including the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, NATO-Russia relations, non-proliferation, and missile defense (MD). The decision occurred in the context of a December 19 meeting between Po [...]
2009-01-08 16:33:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL MARR RS PL
09WARSAW279POLES INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 07:41:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK IR UN PL
09WARSAW298POLAND: ARE WE SINCERE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish political leaders have largely recovered from initial misgivings about recent U.S. overtures to Russia. The President's public clarification of his letter to President Medvedev, as well as the meeting between FM Sikorski and Secretary Clinton, have set aside for now Poli [...]
2009-03-20 14:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PM PL
09WARSAW3POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO
[...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...]
2009-01-01 13:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL RU PL
09WARSAW309POLAND LIKELY TO INCREASE ISAF DEPLOYMENT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 08:36:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF PK PL
09WARSAW328POLAND: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador David Peleg lamented Polish disengagement from Mideast peacekeeping missions due to the focus on Afghanistan and suggested that the Poles should keep a more open mind about the incoming Israeli government. In his view, Prime Minister Tusk may have l [...]
2009-03-27 15:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS XF PL
09WARSAW351SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROGERS VISIT TO WARSAW,
[...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Warsaw. Your meetings will occur one day after President Obama meets with the Polish leadership on the margins of the U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, which will likely be with both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski. [...]
2009-04-01 14:46:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR OREP ENRG MARR RS PL
09WARSAW418POLAND: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP BID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 12:54:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV PL
09WARSAW428BELARUSIAN VISA APPLICANTS SPEAK OUT ON
[...] (C) As the post responsible for processing IVs for Belarusians, and one of the posts designated for Belarusian NIV interviews, Embassy Warsaw regularly interacts with Belarusians of all walks of life. We took the opportunity to ask several Belarusian IV and NIV applicants about their views on [...]
2009-04-23 13:34:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALBY CVIS ECON PHUM PL PREL SOCI
09WARSAW477RUSSIAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS KEEP FOCUS NARROW
[...] (C) Despite the tense regional dynamics surrounding the visit (NATO explusions, Georgian coups and the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership) the May 6 meeting in Moscow between Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski focused mainly on bilateral issues, according to the MFA's [...]
2009-05-11 05:35:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PL RS GG MD
09WARSAW54KACZYNSKI AND YUSHCHENKO DISCUSS UKRAINE-RUSSIA
[...] (C) During his January 14 meeting with President Kaczynski in Wisla, Poland, Ukrainian President Yushchenko was reportedly agitated and adamant about the need for EU support. According to advisors in the Presidential Chancellery, the most important outcome was Czech FM Topolanek and European [...]
2009-01-16 08:57:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET UP PL
09WARSAW564POLISH EXPECTATIONS: FROM PATRIOT TO SOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 2 meeting with DCM, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski reiterated his government's belief (articulated in writing for the first time in reftel A) that it had been promised an operational U.S. Patriot battery. Referring to the public back and forth on the Pat [...]
2009-06-04 06:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
09WARSAW684LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON ON PATRIOTS
[...] DCM Pam Quanrud delivered reftel letter to Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jacek Najder. Najder promised to deliver the Secretary's letter to Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, whom he was to see immediately after. Najder declined comment on the letter. ASHE [...]
2009-07-01 15:10:00Embassy WarsawSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW73POLAND/GAERC: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR JAN 26-27 EU FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A points, MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow told the DCM January 22 that the GAERC would focus heavily on the EU role in resolving the Gaza conflict and on energy security issues. Sobkow accused Germany of undermining efforts to develop a common EU energy [...]
2009-01-23 08:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAF BO GG IS PL PREL SY UP
09WARSAW854POLISH PROPERTY COMPENSATION LEGISLATION STALLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is unlikely to introduce promised private property compensation -- including to Holocaust survivors -- any time soon. Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski, the MFA's liaison to the Jewish community, continues to repeat the surprising argument that Polish compensation legislation [...]
2009-08-20 14:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PL
09WARSAW97BEEF HORMONES: POLES LOOKING FOR A DEAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) Summary: On instructions from the government of Prime Minister Tusk, officials from the Polish Agriculture Ministry asked EMBOFFS January 29 what concrete steps Poland could take to have its products removed from the retaliation list in [...]
2009-01-29 16:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EUN EAGR PL EU
09WELLINGTON104LABOUR DOOMED TO WANDER NEW ZEALAND'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Since the November 2008 election that ousted the Labour-led government of former PM Helen Clark, the Labour Party has struggled to define itself in opposition to attract positive media attention as well as the public's interest. So far the Labour Party has failed on both counts [...]
2009-04-23 19:49:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON107NEW ZEALAND: PIF TO SUSPEND FIJI ON MAY 2
[...] (U) On May 1, Australian media reported that Fijian military leader Bainimarama offered to hold a summit with Australia and New Zealand to persuade both countries that Bainimarama's proposed timetable for a return to democracy in Fiji is necessary. Bainimarama further predicted that other P [...]
2009-05-01 04:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV NZ
09WELLINGTON113NEW ZEALAND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AMANO FOR
[...] (C) On May 8, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster said that New Zealand will support Japanese candidate Ambassador Yukiya Aman [...]
2009-05-11 02:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON60GNZ AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA; WILL
[...] (S) On March 2, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster agreed with the USG views, noting that MFAT had forwarded draft statements on both Iran and S [...]
2009-03-02 02:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SYR NZ
09WELLINGTON94NEW ZEALAND WEIGHS AFGHANISTAN ASKS REQUEST
[...] (C) On April 8, Acting DCM and DATT met with Ministry of Defense and Ministry (MOD) of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials to present the overview of requested needs and specific asks for New Zealand. (Note: The Charge d'Affaires had earlier presented the list to MFAT Deputy Secreta [...]
2009-04-14 05:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NZ
09WINDHOEK118UPDATE ON CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN NAMIBIA
[...] (C) China provided significant financial support to the ruling SWAPO party during the liberation struggle, and today it continues to maintain close political, financial, and commercial ties to SWAPO. The Chinese government has given the GRN over 1 billion Namibian dollars since independence ( [...]
2009-04-09 12:15:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR WA CH
09WINDHOEK176 DEMARCHE ON BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPON CONVENTION
[...] On May 14, Ambassador Mathieu joined her counterparts from Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as the DCM from France, to deliver a demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete regarding the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC). Deputy Permanent Secretary Asheeke and Mul [...]
2009-05-19 17:35:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL WA
09WINDHOEK354Work Permits and AMCIT travel in Namibia: Continuing
[...] Action Requests - see paras 15 and 16. 2. (U) Post has experienced extensive delays in the initial issuance and renewal of work permits for some USG employees and contractors. Also, as reported reftel, Americans traveling for tourism and business have experienced difficulties at ports of ent [...]
2009-09-29 13:08:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL WA
09WINDHOEK461Namibian Opposition Parties Plan Court Appeal of Election
[...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: On December 11, opposition party youth leagues marched and submitted a petition demanding nullification of the election results to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). Opposition parties also announced their intenti [...]
2009-12-14 16:20:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL WA
09WINDHOEK522009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON
[...] (U) Response to 23 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) does not gather statistics on trafficking in persons (TIP). The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MEGCW) keeps statistics on the number of women who are victims of domestic violence. The Women and Child Protection Unit of the p [...]
2009-02-12 16:49:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF WA
09WINDHOEK82NAMIBIA ON KIMBERLEY PROCESS CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Namibia's newly appointed chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) -- Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Bernhardt Esau -- told DCM on February 24 that Zimbabwe would be his primary challenge. He plans a site visit there shortly and has invited South Africa and Angola to join the delegation, [...]
2009-03-05 16:04:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC EMIN ETRD WA
09WINDHOEK85NAMIBIA: KP CHAIR ON ZIMBABWE'S ILLICIT DIAMONDS
[...] (C) On March 6, econoff delivered reftel A demarche to Vicky Dan, assistant to the Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Bernhardt Esau. The KP Chair's visit to Zimbabwe from March 14-18 will go forward with a mainly Namibian contingent, without members from civil society, but perhaps representatives [...]
2009-03-06 12:53:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALASEC EMIN ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL ECON WA
09YAOUNDE453CAMEROON: KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] In a May 13 meeting with Director of Americas at the Ministry of External Affairs Joe Nzume, Pol/Econ Chief and DCM delivered reftel demarche seeking Cameroon's support for Kosovo's World Bank application, thanking him for Cameroon's support on Kosovo's IMF application. Nzume was noncommittal [...]
2009-05-22 10:57:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM ECON EFIN PREL KV
09YAOUNDE486CAMEROONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, Ambassador met with Cameroonian Minister of External Affairs Henri Eyebe Ayissi, who praised bilateral relations and cited regional and maritime security as his top foreign policy priority. He claimed to know little about an ongoing case of piracy involving an Ame [...]
2009-06-01 16:08:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALAMGT CM ECON MAS PGOV PREL
09YAOUNDE518CAMEROON SEEKS EMERGENCY IMF SUPPORT; DONORS
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting of donors hosted by Ambassador, IMF Res Rep detailed Cameroon's request for about $140 million in Exogenous Shock Facility (ESF) funds to compensate for budget shortfalls due to low oil prices and the global economic crisis. While IMF Res Rep was confident [...]
2009-06-12 13:57:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON EFIN
09YEREVAN107PROPOSED LAW THREATENS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ARMENIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF AM
09YEREVAN135ARMENIA'S 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 12:59:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
09YEREVAN148CALM EXPECTED, BUT CLASHES POSSIBLE, ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An opposition-organized rally and march planned for Sunday, March 1, to commemorate the violent political clashes one year ago, is expected to proceed calmly. Although the demonstration is proceeding without municipal approval, we do not perceive that either side has motives to [...]
2009-02-27 14:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AM
09YEREVAN149BANNED OPPOSITION RALLY PROCEEDS WITHOUT INCIDENT
[...] (C) The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and Heritage Party attracted an estimated 10-15,000 people to a rally on the grounds of the Matenaderan manuscript museum March 1 to commemorate the anniversary of last year's political violence. ANC organizers then led the demonstrators in [...]
2009-03-02 12:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC KDEM AM
09YEREVAN151DRAM FALLS 25 PERCENT AFTER CENTRAL BANK ENDS
[...] (U) The board of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) announced today that it would end its aggressive intervention in support of the Armenian Dram (AMD). Almost immediately, the AMD fell nearly 25 percent. GOAM officials are hopeful that the currency has reached a new equilibrium price, but it [...]
2009-03-03 15:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KTDB AM
09YEREVAN156PRICES INCREASE FOLLOWING SUDDEN DRAM DEVALUATION
[...] (U) In response to the 25 percent drop in the Armenian Dram (AMD) on March 3, following the end of Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) intervention, prices for many essential products increased immediately while shoppers quickly emptied stores of many imported items before the prices increased. Some [...]
2009-03-04 14:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KTDB AM
09YEREVAN161PRESIDENT APPOINTS MAYORAL CANDIDATE TO BE YEREVAN
[...] (U) The government publicized on March 4 that President Sargsian had appointed Gagik Beglarian, the announced Republican Party mayoral candidate, to be Yerevan mayor effective immediately. Beglarian replaces longtime Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian. The municipal election will be held May 31 [...]
2009-03-05 16:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
09YEREVAN178CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN BEHIND THE SCENES ON
[...] (C) Central Bank Chairman Arthur Javadian told Ambassador the CBA's decision to sustain the Armenian Dram (AMD) since last fall had been the correct one, despite the significant depletion of Armenia's foreign reserves. Notwithstanding official independence, Javadian made clear that the Preside [...]
2009-03-13 13:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ASEC RU AM
09YEREVAN189GOAM DELAYS SPENDING IN WAKE OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
[...] (C) In response to a shortfall in tax collections brought on by the global economic crisis, the GOAM has instructed ministries to defer nearly 10 percent of projected 2009 spending until the fourth quarter of the year. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian advised ministers that for the time being, [...]
2009-03-18 14:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV AM
09YEREVAN2CARC DIRECTOR HEARS PESSIMISM ON DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) During his December 7-10 visit to Yerevan, EUR-CARC Director Baxter Hunt met with civil society leaders, members of parliament, heads of various think tanks, business leaders, senior officials, and representatives of the political opposition to discuss a wide range of domestic and foreign [...]
2009-01-05 10:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN218ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 12:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS RU GG AM
09YEREVAN241LUNCH WITH AN OLIGARCH: SARGSIAN ALLY CRITICIZES
[...] (C) In an extended discussion with DCM on March 20, Armenian oligarch Mikhail Bagdasarov -- a close ally and personal friend of President Sargsian -- strongly criticized the GOAM for its handling of the economic crisis, questioned the Prime Minister's competence, and expressed enthusiastic sup [...]
2009-04-03 13:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN256ARMENIAN OPPOSITION TO BRAND PRESIDENT SARGSIAN A
[...] (C) A close advisor to former President and current opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) told DCM April 14 that LTP would brand President Sargsian as a "traitor to the Armenian nation" in a May 1 rally for Sargsian's alleged willingness to agree to Turkey's proposal to etablish a joint [...]
2009-04-14 13:27:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN26PACE RAPPORTEURS FORESHADOW COMPROMISE TO POSTPONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PACE rapporteurs John Prescott and Georges Colombier debriefed the CoE member state ambassadors (and a few other invited diplomatic representatives) January 15 on the results of their meetings in Yerevan. They revealed that they had reached agreement with the GOAM on a proposal t [...]
2009-01-16 15:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE AM
09YEREVAN261PRESIDENT SARGSIAN ON DEMOCRATIZATION, MILLENNIUM
[...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with the Ambassador, President Sargsian said he would not take action to free March 1 detainees before the trials of the final (and most prominent) seven defendants are concluded. Once the judicial process is over -- Sargsian left no doubt that all would be convicted [...]
2009-04-16 14:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AM
09YEREVAN269EUR DAS BRYZA DRUMS UP POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matt Bryza held discussions with two opposition parties and the semi-governmental/nationalistic Dashnaks April 17, in a bid to build support -- or defuse possible opposition -- for possible negotiated settlements with Turkey or Azerbaijan. All three parties voiced strong [...]
2009-04-22 13:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN27ARMENIAN JUDGE SEEKS LEGAL PRECEDENT TO REMOVE
[...] (C) The judge who heads the criminal division of Armenia's Cassation Court sought the Embassy Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) office's help January 15 in obtaining Armenian translations of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) case law pertaining to cases in which defendants have waived or forf [...]
2009-01-16 15:28:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS COE AM
09YEREVAN270DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Armenia's IMF governor, Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsian on April 16. Ambassador then had a series of subsequent conversations in recent days with Yeritsian and Foreign Minister Nalbandian--while EconOff worked the issue at lower levels--to pers [...]
2009-04-22 13:40:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV
09YEREVAN325VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke on May 11 with Armenia's World Bank Governor, Vahram Nercissiantz, who said that the GOAM will vote "abstain" on Ref A question. 2. (C) Ambassador had previously received assurances from Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian that Armenia's IMF Governor, Minister of Economy [...]
2009-05-15 09:46:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV AM
09YEREVAN328EXBS: ARMENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] ITEMS OF BROAD INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS NONE 2. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD April 1 - 10 - EXBS Advisor on leave. April 27 - EXBS Advisor and program assistant attended the "Day of the Border Guard" ceremony. During his address to the troops, [...]
2009-05-15 13:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEXBS INL ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP
09YEREVAN345STAFFERS SAY PRESIDENT SARGSIAN TO OUTLINE PROCESS
[...] (C) During a May 20 lunch with DCM, Presidential Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsian and presidential advisor (and son-in-law) Misha Minasian promised that President Sargsian would make a "major announcement" on May 28 that will outline a way forward toward the release of all March 1 detainees. The [...]
2009-05-20 13:21:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
09YEREVAN346LTP ASSAILS SARGSIAN ON RECENT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) In his first major campaign rally for the Yerevan mayoral election, ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) sidestepped discussion of local issues and instead assailed President Sargsian on recent foreign policy developments. LTP called President Sargsian's rapprochement initiative with [...]
2009-05-20 15:40:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN347ARMENIAN REACTION TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON MCC
[...] (C) Following receipt of the Secretary's May 12 letter to President Sargsian concerning Armenia's MCC program, Ambassador requested an appointment with Sargsian to discuss the letter and gauge reaction. Although scheduling issues prevented that meeting from taking place before the Ambassador' [...]
2009-05-21 15:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AM
09YEREVAN372WIDESPREAD FRAUD OBSERVED/REPORTED IN YEREVAN
[...] (C) Systematic fraud, both confirmed and reported, marred the first election of Yerevan's mayor and its new city council on May 31. Ballot-stuffing, bussed-in voters, intimidation and violence against precinct members, political party proxies, media, and observers figured prominently. With 52 [...]
2009-06-01 16:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN403OPPOSITION OLIGARCH'S ATTORNEYS FACE INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Three Armenian defense attorneys are under criminal investigation for their conduct while representing two defendants in a tax evasion prosecution involving a business owned by a leading opposition figure. The attorneys refused to participate in the trial after they discovered that the tri [...]
2009-06-12 12:48:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL AM
09YEREVAN505NATIONALISTS UP THE STAKES AHEAD OF PRESIDENTS'
[...] (C) By calling for Foreign Minister Nalbandian's resignation, Armenia's nationalist Dashnak party has increased the stakes for Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict set for July 17 in Moscow. The hard-line party held a widely-publicized conference in Stepanakert, [...]
2009-07-16 15:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN534STATUS REPORT ON ARMENIA'S FULFILLMENT OF JOINT
[...] (S/NF) Four months have elapsed since the Armenian Government signed the U.S.-Armenia Joint Action Plan (hereinafter the Plan) committing itself to strengthen Armenia's export control regime. With two months remaining for Armenia to fulfill its commitments under the Plan, Post has compiled a [...]
2009-08-03 13:28:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNAM ETTC PARM PINR
09YEREVAN649ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES FOUR LAWS RELATED TO
[...] (S/NF) As promised by GOAM interlocutors, Armenia's parliament on September 16 passed the four draft laws related to munitions export controls that they undertook to pass in September as part of their commitments in the Joint Action Plan. The four draft laws that were passed included amendmen [...]
2009-09-17 12:48:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PINR AM
09YEREVAN653ARMENIAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAMPERED BY STRUCTURAL
[...] (C) Recent meetings with an IMF economist and an opposition Armenian businessman about Armenia's macroeconomic situation indicate that while there are hints of an eventual recovery from the economic crisis, structural problems remain that undermine Armenia's economic growth prospects. The Cen [...]
2009-09-18 12:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD AM
09YEREVAN667ARMENIA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] (C) On September 24, DCM delivered reftel demarche seeking to expand the number of countries encouraging Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 proposal to Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian. The DCM stressed the United States' and international community's continuing concerns with Iran's [...]
2009-09-25 07:01:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC IR AM
09YEREVAN68DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF SHOT TO DEATH
[...] (U) Colonel Gevorg Mherian, a deputy chief of the national police (often still called a deputy minister of internal affairs, though Armenia officially no longer uses that terminology),was shot to death at the entrance of his apartment building on the evening of February 3. Local news reports [...]
2009-02-04 13:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KCRM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN680ARMENIA: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 12:48:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EZ AM
09YEREVAN687ARMENIA'S OPPONENTS TO PROTOCOLS RATCHET UP THEIR
[...] (C) Less than two weeks before Armenia's and Turkey's foreign ministers are to sign their agreed protocols to establish bilateral relations, domestic and Diaspora opponents of President Sargsian's rapprochement policy are ratcheting up their rhetoric against the protocols and the President. A [...]
2009-09-30 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN700ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES RESTRICTIVE
[...] (SBU) On September 23 the GOAM approved proposed changes to the Law on Public Organizations (NGO law) which, if adopted by the Parliament, threaten to restrict significantly the rights of NGOs and increase government control of their finances. There were no public discussions held with the NGO [...]
2009-10-02 13:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AM
09YEREVAN742"JUDO DIPLOMACY" BRINGS AZERBAIJANI ATHLETES TO YEREVAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 29, DCM met with the Armenian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Armen Grigorian, to discuss the successful "judo diplomacy" involving Azerbaijani athletes participating in a September competition in Yerevan. DCM also informed the Minister about the DOS Sports Envo [...]
2009-10-19 13:29:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AJ AM
09YEREVAN78LATEST PACE RESOLUTION SPURS LIMITED REFORM
[...] (C) With its January 27 passage of Resolution 1643, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected to give Armenia more time to complete reforms highlighted in previous PACE resolutions 1609 and 1620, focusing on the way forward negotiated by rapporteurs John Prescott and [...]
2009-02-10 16:05:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM COE AM
09YEREVAN803TURKEY-ARMENIA END GAME: GETTING TO 'YES'
[...] (C) After the signing of the protocols, the Turkey-Armenia normalization process seems to be at an impasse, with both countries trapped by their own narrow conception of the issues: Turkey,s demand for "progress" on NK that Armenia is unable to deliver, and Armenia,s insistence that there is [...]
2009-11-18 17:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU RU AJ AM
09YEREVAN83ARMENIAN CHURCH COMPLAINS OF NO MOVEMENT ON ITS
[...] (C) Poloff met with Armenian Apostolic Bishop Arshak Khachatrian, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Ejmiatsin, on February 3, to follow up on the Armenian view of the conflict over the Norashen Church in Tbilisi and to find out if the Armenian Church had received any notification from its G [...]
2009-02-12 11:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL KIRF GG AM
09YEREVAN851ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD NUCLEAR
[...] (C) The GOAM has announced plans for construction of a new nuclear power plant with Russian involvement at every phase: an Armenian-Russian joint venture will partially finance construction; Russian state-owned Atomstroyexport will serve as general contractor; and Atomstroyexport will hire itse [...]
2009-12-11 08:36:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG RU AM
09YEREVAN86NO CHANGE TO ARMENIAN POLICY ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) DCM raised the Kosovo recognition issue (reftel) with Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian on Februay 10. Kirakossian said that Armenia's policy on the issue remains unchanged -- the GOAM does not rule out recognizing Kosovo at some point, but has no plans to do so in the [...]
2009-02-13 12:47:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KV AM
09ZAGREB109ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2009
[...] AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON NEW ADMINISTRATION DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCE AT AMCHAM: Ambassador Bradtke delivered a speech entitled "New Directions in the Obama Administration" at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb. Speaking to over 150 members of the business co [...]
2009-02-27 14:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR ECON
09ZAGREB168CROATIAN TOURIST SEASON WILL BE KEY FACTOR IN
[...] Summary. The Croatian National Bank (HNB) over the past several years has very successfully maintained the exchange rate due to strong foreign currency inflows from the tourism sector, foreign direct investment, and a significant foreign reserve position. All these sources of kuna stability [...]
2009-03-26 13:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HR
09ZAGREB180SANADER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE OPENS POSITIVE CHAPTER
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Zagreb and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (C) Summary: Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Belgrade on March 20 to meet with senior Serbian political figures, including Serbian President Boris Tadic. Both the GoC and the GoS viewe [...]
2009-04-02 06:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPRGOV PREL HR SR
09ZAGREB182ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009
[...] CROATIAN LEADERS HAIL HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT OF BECOMING A MEMBER OF NATO: Prime Minster Sanader told the press on April 1 that by becoming a member of NATO, Croatia achieved a goal that it had been trying to achieve for nearly two decades. Sanader stated that a special debt of gratitude fo [...]
2009-04-03 09:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB226SANADER POSITIVE ABOUT REHN PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Summary: Building on previous meetings with Foreign Minister Jandrokovic and President Mesic (see reftels),Ambassador met today (April 28) with Prime Minister Sanader to urge a "positive and rapid" response to the latest version of the Rehn proposal. Sanader agreed, saying that he is "ve [...]
2009-04-28 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SI EUC HR
09ZAGREB268ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 14, 2009
[...] (U) GOVERNMENT HOLDS SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND PRESENTS NEW NATIONAL PLAN: The head of the Government's Office for Human Rights and National Coordinator for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons, Luka Maderic, held a two-day seminar this week in coordination with the Ministry [...]
2009-05-14 13:42:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM HR
09ZAGREB295ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 26, 2009
[...] (U) ALBANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ZAGREB: Albanian President Bamir Topi met with President Mesic on May 20 and discussed the widening cooperation between the two countries. Mesic stated that Albania and Croatia joining NATO this year introduced "a new element" in bilateral relations, and that it [...]
2009-05-26 11:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG HR PGOV PREL
09ZAGREB350CROATIA WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 13:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC KN HR
09ZAGREB354CROATIAN VIEWS ON THE WAY AHEAD WITH SERBIA
[...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOffs, Ambassador Davor Vidis, MFA Director General for the Southeastern European Region, said that the GoC still hopes to build on the momentum from PM Sanader,s March visit to Belgrade (ref A) to deepen Croatia's bilateral relationship with Serbia. It see [...]
2009-06-12 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF HR SR
09ZAGREB407PM RESIGNATION SPURS CABINET SHAKEUP; COALITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day after Ivo Sanader announced his resignation as Prime Minister, the reasons for his abrupt departure are no clearer. While Sanader is still acting Prime Minister, current Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has the support of all of Sanader,s coalition partners and shoul [...]
2009-07-02 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV HR SI EUC
09ZAGREB612ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT-OCTOBER 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:42:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS PREF HR
09ZAGREB670RUSSIAN ENGAGEMENT IN CROATIAN ENERGY SECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a public address on Russian energy policy in the Balkans, the Russian DCM in Croatia openly laid out Russia's desire for increased Croatian participation in the South Stream gas pipeline, completing a deal on the Druzba Adria oil pipeline, and possible Russian takeover of the [...]
2009-11-16 07:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB70ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 6, 2009
[...] (U) VAGRANT ARRESTED FOR HIGH-PROFILE "MAFIA-STYLE" MURDER: Police announced on February 6 that they arrested a 60-year old vagrant for the October murder of Ivana Hodak, the daughter of a prominent defense attorney. The murder last October led to a massive shake-up in the police, the replac [...]
2009-02-06 14:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
10ABIDJAN160Chinese Engagement in Cote d'Ivoire; Few Potential Areas for
[...] (SBU) On February 4, Pol/Econ Chief met with Lu Pang, Economic Commercial Counselor at the Chinese Embassy, along with first secretary Luo-Fa Yang to discuss reftel issues. Both men said that China has very few commercial activities or assistance programs in Cote d'Ivoire, citing difficulti [...]
2010-02-12 09:33:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CH IV
10ABIDJAN172ABIDJAN: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETS TO REVIEW
[...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, to review security issues at post following the surprise dismissal of the cabinet and the Independent Election Commission by President Laurent Gbagbo on the evening of Friday, February 12. Situatio [...]
2010-02-17 16:10:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PINR CASC PREL IV
10ABIDJAN182Cote d'Ivoire: S/GWI Project Proposals
[...] (U) Embassy Abidjan is pleased to submit two funding requests for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. Post's first choice is a project submitted by an Ivoirian NGO, the Feminine Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEFCI). CEFCI plans [...]
2010-02-22 15:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM AID IV
10ABIDJAN41SORO: UN AND OTHERS MUST HELP PUSH ELECTORAL PROCESS FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Soro acknowledged in a January 26 meeting that the electoral process is at a standstill pending resolution of fraud allegations against CEI President Mambe. Soro agreed that the electoral process has progressed too far to be permitted to unravel and said he would look to th [...]
2010-01-28 18:48:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL IV
10ABIDJAN63FPI Insistent on Mambe's Resignation, CEI Reconfiguration
[...] (C) Summary: The FPI remains adamant that the current impasse over the electoral list cannot be resolved unless Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Robert Mambe resigns. The FPI also wants a reconfiguration of the CEI. In a February 9 meeting, Ambassador told FPI representative [...]
2010-02-11 12:26:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IV
10ABUDHABI103UAE REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATION OF KILLING
[...] (C/NF) On the margins of a meeting with visiting Secretary Chu, on Feb 24 MFA Minister of State Gargash made a formal request to the Ambassador for assistance in providing cardholder details and related information for credit cards reportedly issued by a U.S. bank to several suspects in last month' [...]
2010-02-24 10:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS CJAN AE
10ABUDHABI27(S) US-UAE Cooperation Against Taliban Finance Continues
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for Treasury, DoJ and FBI. See para 19. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On 11 January 2010 SRAP Ambassador Holbrooke and Treasury Assistant Secretary David Cohen met with UAE State Security (SSD) head Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al Nahyan. On 12 January, Cohen m [...]
2010-01-24 15:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF IR AE
10ABUDHABI29UAE Central Bank on Afghanistan, Iran
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On 12 January 2010, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary David Cohen met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser al Suweidi. Governor Suweidi and Cohen discussed options for additional cash movement controls with respect to Afghanistan and Pakistan and the status of [...]
2010-01-24 15:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF AE IR YM
10ABUDHABI97CODEL LOWEY WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In a February 17 meeting, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) discussed Iran with a four-member Congressional delegation led by Chairwoman Nita Lowey of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. AbZ told the Codel the nuclear issue [...]
2010-02-22 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETTC UNSC IR AE
10ABUJA161ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON UWAIS HOPEFUL ON
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met with Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) Chairperson and retired Chief Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais February 10 to discuss electoral reform, prospects for return to military rule, need for expanded corruption investigations and prosec [...]
2010-02-11 18:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR OVIP PTER SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA177ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH FORMER HEAD OF
[...] (C) Summary. Former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida assured Ambassador Carson of his support for constitutionalism, and affirmed the right of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the next election provided he prevailed in a (newly) democratic nomination process within the PDP. [...]
2010-02-17 15:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV NI
10ABUJA183ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION,
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue February 10 on Nigeria's leadership crisis, elections, and electoral reform with Kwara Governor and Governors' Forum Chairperson Bukola Saraki, former Senate President Ken Nnamani (now Chairperson o [...]
2010-02-18 12:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA199MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE
[...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...]
2010-02-23 20:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ACCRA121DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED
[...] (C) On February 1, 2010, Poloff delivered the demarche on mobilizing pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program to Mrs. Gloria Poku, Deputy Director of the Americas Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff emphasized the need to increase pressure on Iran and t [...]
2010-02-08 10:48:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC GH
10ACCRA164ACCRA CORE EAC MEETING TO DISCUSS REGIONAL THREATS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Accra convened Post's core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 2/25/2010 to discuss security matters in the West Africa Region and to assess if any violent and or terrorist activity in the Region could have a spill over affect into Ghana. Of specific concern is the upco [...]
2010-02-26 11:00:00Embassy AccraSECRET//NOFORNASEC GH PTER
10ACCRA29SITE VISIT TO LEGAL RESOURCES CENTER, GHANA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) conducted a site visit December 17 at the Legal Resources Center (LRC) to assess the Center's progress in implementing its $400,000 two year G/TIP funded project. Six months after signing its grant agree [...]
2010-01-12 16:31:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN GH
10ADDISABABA166ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S JANUARY 30, 2010,
[...] (C) Summary: A high-level Kenyan delegation headed by Foreign Minister Wetangula used a long January 30 meeting on the margins of the AU Summit to lobby Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson's support for the GOK's long-incubating Lower Juba initiative. Wetangula, the Minist [...]
2010-02-02 11:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SOCI KE SO
10ADDISABABA192AU SUMMIT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) February 1, 2010; 11:45 a.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook PolOff Brian Bauman PolOff [...]
2010-02-04 05:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON GV GB AU
10ADDISABABA236AU SUMMIT: SOMALILAND FORMIN REASSURES A/S CARSON
[...] (U) February 1, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ambassador Michael Battle USAU DCM Joel Maybury Special Assistant Akunna Cook IO Michael Gonzales (Notetaker) SOMALILAND Foreign Minister Abdullahi Duale Notetaker [...]
2010-02-04 13:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL PTER SO
10ADDISABABA267USAU: DJIBOUTIAN LEADER DISCUSSES TROOP COMMITMENT
[...] (C) On the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on February 1, Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf reviewed with USAU A/DCM the Government of Djibouti's plan for deploying troops to Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Som [...]
2010-02-09 09:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO DJ SO AU
10ADDISABABA278AU SUMMIT: NEW AU CHAIR MALAWI PLANS FOOD SECURITY PUSH
[...] (U) February 1, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Assistant Akunna Cook USAU Acting DCM Joel Maybury AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetaker) Malawi President Bingu wa [...]
2010-02-11 04:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM XA
10ADDISABABA287AU SUMMIT -- U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH AU
[...] (U) January 31, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration Special Advisor on the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe [...]
2010-02-11 11:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU
10ADDISABABA288AU SUMMIT - A/S FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS CARSON MEETS
[...] (U) January 30, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury USAU Political Officer L [...]
2010-02-11 12:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV AU
10ADDISABABA328ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Leaders of the opposition Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (Forum) coalition told Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero they had little confidence that Ethiopia's May election will be free or fair, and complained that their party activists are being [...]
2010-02-18 05:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ET
10ADDISABABA371FORUM PR CHAIR ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND TIGRAY
[...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Tigrayan and opposition coalition "Forum" leader Gebru Asrat told Poloffs the Forum is taking its campaign message directly to the people to obviate distortion of that message through state run media. Gebru described the Forum's political platform as advancing freedom, promoting [...]
2010-02-22 13:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET
10ADDISABABA50ETHIOPIA DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN SKIRMISH ON ERITREA
[...] (C) Responding to recent Eritrean claims of border attacks initiated by the Ethiopian military, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) initially publicly denied the attacks had occurred and later acknowledged to us the attacks had probably occurred while strongly denying GOE involvement. GoE officia [...]
2010-01-12 15:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PREL ER ET
10ADDISABABA59USAU: CONGOLESE SENATE LEADER PREVIEWS VISIT TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a confidential visit to Addis Ababa en route back to Kinshasa after personal leave in Europe, President of the Congolese Senate Kengo wa Dondo (strictly protect) reached out to the US Mission to the African Union (USAU) and gave a preview of what he hopes to discuss with Af [...]
2010-01-15 07:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KCOR PGOV CG AU
10ADDISABABA82PM WELCOMES NEW CHARGE WITH SUBSTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a productive courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles on January 18, Charge raised USG concerns about the impact of Ethiopia's new civil society law on USG programs and U.S.-based organization as the February final implementation approaches. USAID Addis Director explained to the [...]
2010-01-21 03:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CVIS ET
10ALGIERS153ORASCOM TELECOM ALGERIE DISPUTE CAUSES WIDESPREAD
[...] (C) Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA),Algeria's largest wireless phone company -- one of the largest and most economically productive foreign investments this decade -- has been assessed USD 650 million in back taxes via a series of assessments dating back to late 2008. On the face of it, many o [...]
2010-02-21 16:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV AG EG
10ALGIERS161Same-Sex Domestic Partner Accreditation - Algeria
[...] Post notes that Algerian law prohibits homosexual relations and that the issue is a public taboo, in large part because of the strong Muslim prohibition against homosexuality as well as strongly conservative social mores. Discussions with other western embassies in Algiers, some of which have [...]
2010-02-21 17:28:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT PHUM AG
10ALGIERS62ALGERIA AND COPENHAGEN FOLLOW-UP
[...] DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Director for North American Affairs Ambassador Ahriz January 20. The DCM noted that Algeria carried great weight in African discussions leading up to and during Copenhagen, had had some difficulty with the emerging consensus, had then joined the large majori [...]
2010-01-20 16:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG PREL AG
10ALGIERS63TFHA01 - ALGERIAN AID FOR HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 17:22:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AG
10AMMAN192JORDAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 12:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG JO
10AMMAN202JORDAN BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF
[...] (SBU) Economic Section and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) LESs conducted initial/preliminary database searches on the Dehab firm, as provided ref B, through Government of Jordan (Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)) on-line records and found no pertinent information. However when the alte [...]
2010-01-20 08:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC JO
10AMMAN203JORDAN BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF
[...] (SBU) Economic Section and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) LESs conducted initial/preliminary database searches on this firm through Government of Jordan (Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)) on-line records and indentified no pertinent information. 2. (SBU) Blue Lantern Officer, accompa [...]
2010-01-20 08:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC JO
10AMMAN239JORDAN WILL OFFER SUPPORT TO SALEH AT YEMEN
[...] (SBU) PolChief shared reftel points with Samer Naber, Director of the MFA's North America Unit, and Bisher al-Khasawneh, Personal Advisor to the Foreign Minister and Director of Policy Planning at the MFA. Khasawneh will travel to London with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh to attend the Januar [...]
2010-01-25 13:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM JO
10AMMAN270DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 13:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL JO
10AMMAN272PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV AORC NPT JO
10AMMAN456JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO
10AMSTERDAM1DECEMBER VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The December Visas Viper meeting took place on January 07, 2010. Acting DCM Andrew Mann chaired the meeting. Consular Section Chief Stuart Wilson coordinated th [...]
2010-01-11 12:28:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
10ANKARA110BARAK AND DAVUTOGLU ON GAZA, SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Embassy's readout on the January 17 Davutolgu-Barak meeting was markedly more downbeat than that offered us by the Turkish MFA. Barak was cautiously receptive to a GoT proposal that it be permitted to deliver pre-fabricated housing units to Gaza. He discouraged Turk [...]
2010-01-22 20:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
10ANKARA127NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ON SOUTH PARS DEAL OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a brief "Oil and Gas Journal" news report from Paris January 8th of a recent Turkey-Iran gas agreement, GOT and Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) officials tell us there have been no significant developments or changes regarding their dealings on either South Pars gas field [...]
2010-01-26 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA133TURKISH AUTHORITIES: DETAINED ISLAMISTS NOT A
[...] (S) Refuting Turkish press reports to the contrary, Turkish National Police (TNP) contacts tell us their investigations into recently detained groups of alleged domestic Islamic extremists reveal no plans or intentions to attack American interests in Turkey. The TNP detained or arrested up to [...]
2010-01-27 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA196TURKISH MFA'S CONCERNS OVER ARMENIAN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 3 MFA DG for Research and Intelligence Aydin Sezgin spoke with the DCM about Turkish concerns over the Armenian Constitutional Court decision. Sezgin focused on two main points. First, he argued that the court decision requires the GOAM to engage only in a sterile p [...]
2010-02-05 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AM TU
10ANKARA252GREECE-TURKEY: A SLOW START, BUT FORWARD MOVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite the eleven-week delay in Greek PM Papandreou's reply to PM Erdogan's October 30 overture, the Turkish MFA indicates that it views the response as positive and as a sincere attempt "to address our issues." The MFA envisions a foreign minister-level bilateral meeting, poss [...]
2010-02-16 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY GR PREL TU
10ANKARA269SCENESETTER FOR UNVIE AMB. DAVIES' FEB 22 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Thank you for taking the time to come to Turkey. You will arrive very shortly after U/S Bill Burns will have left. Iran will be at the top of his agenda, but your visit will help us advance our efforts to press Turkey to support UNSC sanctions against Iran and drop its opposition to the N [...]
2010-02-18 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNUC ETTC ENRG IR TU
10ANKARA296MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT IRF REPORT'S REFERENCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 we were summoned to the MFA where Department Head for Human Rights Yonca Ozceri conveyed MFA concerns and objections to language in the State Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report regarding "security training" offered to "minority religious commun [...]
2010-02-24 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TU
10ANKARA315TURKEY: AFTER A BRIEF LULL, NEW ARRESTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: An Istanbul court on February 26 charged and jailed eleven of the officers detained in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plot against the government (bringing the total to 31). In addition, a new round of detentions in thirteen cities the same day brought another eighteen service [...]
2010-02-26 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
10ANKARA316SCENESETTER FOR 5TH US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) In preparation for the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group meeting to be held in Washington on March 1, we would like to update you on where our relationship with Turkey stands, where Turkey's relationships with other key countries stand, and how these relationships are affecting energy issue [...]
2010-02-26 17:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA40TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 05:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA80LEAHY VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR KURDISTAN REGIONA [[NETHERLANDS ANTILLES]]L GOVERNMENT IRBIL ASAYISH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDNA
10ANKARA89TURKEY UNSURE IF WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN
[...] (C) DCM and Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 15 to Mithat Rende, MFA Acting Director General for Economic Affairs. Rende said Turkey has not yet decided whether it will associate with the Copenhagen Accord nor whether it would inscribe any targets or actions. Rende explained [...]
2010-01-20 07:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKGHG SENV ENRG TU
10ANTANANARIVO111LOCAL FRENCH VIEWS ON MALAGASY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the French government may be outwardly in synch with the rest of the international community, discussions with local French representatives indicate that do not plan to "lay down the law," in a clear, non-ambiguous way, to Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and the HAT. They contin [...]
2010-02-25 14:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FR MA
10ASHGABAT217TURKMENISTAN: UN REGIONAL CENTER SEES WATER AS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finding a way to get Central Asian countries to come to agreement on water sharing is one of the top priorities of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia. The Center is organizing workshops and conferences that focus on improving negotiating [...]
2010-02-16 12:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV SENV PREL EAID UN ZK TX
10ASHGABAT7TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN BOYCOTT OF AHMADINEJAD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) French Embassy Charge Henri Leval contacted us January 5 to inform that the EU had decided not to participate in events associated with the official visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Head of Mission level [...]
2010-01-05 10:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EPET EU IR TX
10ASHGABAT94TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent quarterly meeting, members of Embassy Ashgabat's Law Enforcement Working Group reported progress in their activities with the Turkmen government, as well as a few frustrations. All agencies reported that bilateral exchanges and training activities are continuing [...]
2010-01-20 14:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR MASS TX
10ASMARA39THE ISAIAS REGIME'S SECURITY POSTURE
[...] (C) 7,000 PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS -------------------------------- Eritrea boasts one of the largest standing armies in Africa and is among the most militarized societies in the world. To protect himself and his regime from assassination, coup d'etat, army mutiny, or a foreign commando strike, [...]
2010-02-18 11:17:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ER
10ASTANA179 KAZAKHSTAN URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) invited the Russian DCM and Political Officer to a meeting on February 9 to urge U.S. and Russia's support for K [...]
2010-02-11 08:28:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MNUC KNNP RS KZ
10ASTANA56 KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...]
2010-01-21 04:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ
10ASUNCION39RELEASE OF KIDNAP VICTIM BOOSTS LUGO ADMINISTRATION
[...] (U) The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) released wealthy cattle rancher Fidel Zavala Serrati January 18 after 94 days in captivity. EPP members seized Zavala at gunpoint from his rural ranch October 15 (reftel C). To comply with the EPP's three pre-release demands, the Zavala family paid [...]
2010-01-19 18:51:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR PA CO BR
10ATHENS113Papandreou Cabinet Insider Pamboukis on Managing the
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Minister of State Haris Pamboukis February 1 to gain a better understanding of the GoG's internal deliberations on reforms, the economic crisis and domestic stability, and on regional foreign policy priorities. Pamboukis, a constitutional lawyer who esc [...]
2010-02-18 08:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PTER GR PINR
10ATHENS23GREECE -- CLARIFYING THE TRANSITION TO AFGHAN LEAD
[...] (C) Political Counselor presented demarche points to Ambassador Charalampos Dafaranos, Director of the Asian Directorate at the Foreign Ministry, on January 15. Dafaranos welcomed the points and agreed that the London Conference needs to make sure that the message that gets out is one of cont [...]
2010-01-15 15:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL AF GR
10ATHENS43HAITI: GREECE SEEKING TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND
[...] Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis convoked Ambassador Speckhard January 25 to explain Greece's increasing frustration with not getting a Greek humanitarian flight expeditiously into Haiti, and the political fallout this was having for the new government in the Greek media and among [...]
2010-01-28 09:51:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF EAID ECON HA GR
10ATHENS45GREECE: Ambassador Speckhard's Meeting with Hellenic Coast
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a 50-minute meeting on 20 January Vice Admiral Bousios spoke to Ambassador Speckhard about the ongoing reformation of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG),which he has headed since late November 2009. Bousios said that the HCG was being reorganized to resemble the U.S. Coast [...]
2010-01-28 10:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GR PGOV SMIG PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA PTER SNAR
10ATHENS51Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS57CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR
10ATHENS59Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS75(C) GREECE/IRAN: CHINA KEY TO EFFECTIVE PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Alternate FM Dimitri Droutsas January 30, stressing the U.S. commitment to diplomacy, outlining the need to begin ramping up pressure on Iran given its failure to engage constructively, and urging Greece to consider what it could do bilat [...]
2010-02-03 16:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR
10BAGHDAD101CODEL MCCAIN MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 12:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD104ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past six months, the Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR),the MOD's Human Rights Directorate, and Parliament have conducted inspections, revealing serious allegations of human rights violations at a military facility (Camp Honor in the International Zone) closely linked to the [...]
2010-01-14 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD110MP MUTLAQ TO APPEAL ELECTION BAR; SEEKS USG,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni MP Saleh al-Mutlaq appealed to the A/DCM for USG and international community intervention to prevent him and other candidates from being barred from running in the parliamentary elections. He asked that pressure be brought on senior GOI officials to halt what he termed "an [...]
2010-01-16 08:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD112SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MOTTAKI VISIT AND IRAQ-IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Taha Shukr Abbassi, the head of the Iraqi MFA's Neighboring Countries' division (A/S equivalent),made the following comments regarding Iranian FM Mottaki's visit and the recent oil field dispute between Iraq and Iran: (1) Mottaki promised to fully withdraw Iranian sold [...]
2010-01-17 09:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR TU IZ
10BAGHDAD113PLANS FOR ADDRESSING THE DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy, in close coordination with UNAMI, is pressing PM Maliki, President Talabani, Speaker Samarrai'e, former PM Allawi, and other key leaders to secure political agreement to defer vetting of candidates until after the March 7 election, with the time between now and then [...]
2010-01-17 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD118MFA ACCEPTS TO SEEK UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud told DCM January 13 that the GOI would accept the USG-suggested option of seeking a UNSC Presidential Statement as the best way to have WMD-related Chapter VII resolutions eventually lifted. Haj Hamoud agreed that the GOI would send a l [...]
2010-01-18 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU
10BAGHDAD119SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS IRAQ'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DCM January 12, senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud asked for USG help in improving Iraq's relations with its neighbors and in defending its interests. Regarding Iran, he noted a host of contentious issues that went beyond the current disputed border are [...]
2010-01-18 08:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY IZ IR JO
10BAGHDAD121DE-ESCALATING THE DE-BAATHIFICATION DEBATE: POST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi political leaders appear to be looking for a face-saving way to step back from the furor created by the purported Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) efforts to exclude electoral candidates under the provisions of the de-Ba'athification law. The ISCI-led Iraqi Nat [...]
2010-01-18 18:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD122IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL ISSUES VERDICT IN HALABJA
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, 2010, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) announced its verdict in the trial of Ali Hassan Al Majid (a.k.a. &Chemical Ali8),and Iraqi army officers Sultan Hashim, Sabir Al Douri, and Farhan Mutlak Saleh for the March 16, 1988 chemical attack on the Northeastern Iraqi ci [...]
2010-01-19 10:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC IZ
10BAGHDAD136IHEC NOTIFIES CANDIDATES OF DISQUALIFICATION AS
[...] (C) At a meeting with the Ambassador January 19, PM Maiki said that he was upset by the entire de-Ba'athification crisis. He expressed support for the plan proposed by ISCI/Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Ameri, which he said would lead to the establishment January 20 of a new de-Ba'athification c [...]
2010-01-19 18:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD147DE-BA'ATHIFICATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals -- one political, the other constitutional/legal -- are moving forward in parallel as political leaders work to resolve the current controversy over the possible disqualification of more than 500 candidates from the March 7 election. President Talabani told the Am [...]
2010-01-20 18:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD149FM ZEBARI PREVIEWS JCC, REVIEWS CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari told A/DCM January 18 that he welcomed arrival of NEA A/S Feltman for the holding of the first Diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee, set for January 24. Zebari also informed A/DCM that he had written to the President of the Security Council and the DG [...]
2010-01-21 13:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU IR
10BAGHDAD172TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said senior KRG officials recently signaled for the first time an understanding that Kirkuk would not ultimately be annexed to the Iraqi Kurdistan [...]
2010-01-24 07:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU
10BAGHDAD173TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...]
2010-01-24 08:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD191IRAQ VISA AND REFUGEE VETTING: INTERAGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Using Embassy Baghdad's VISAS VIPER Committee as a focal point, the Consular Section (CONS) and the Office of Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Affairs (REF) have coordinated efforts to significantly increase the sources and flow of derogatory information on persons that [...]
2010-01-25 15:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ
10BAGHDAD192SHIFT IN DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY TO APPEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attention on the de-Ba'athification controversy shifted January 26 to the official appeals process for the 512 candidates disqualified by the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC). It is unclear to what extent the proposal by Badr Bloc leader Hadi al-Amiri, based more on [...]
2010-01-25 16:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD200DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY SHIFTS TO APPEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments January 26 confirm that the political parties have backed away from a political fix to the de-Ba,athification controversy, out of fear that the Iraqi public will not tolerate a solution that creates the perception of being soft on Ba'athists. Speaker Samarrai,e told [...]
2010-01-26 16:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD206AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOQTADA AL-SADR'S KINDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr (strictly protect),cousin of Moqtada al-Sadr, made the following points: (1) Iraq owes a debt of gratitude to the U.S. for toppling Saddam and will require a lasting partnership [...]
2010-01-27 12:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR EG IZ
10BAGHDAD212DE'BAATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY MOVES TO COURTS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political currents on January 27 continue to move toward a judicial resolution as the only remaining option in the de-Ba'athification controversy. According to Da'wa spokesman Haider al-Abadi, members of Parliament had lost interest in pursuing a political solution when they real [...]
2010-01-27 17:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD22IRAQI VIEWS ON EVENTS IN IRAN AND IMPACT ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 12:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD233A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI LAUNCH DIPLOMATIC JCC-
[...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]
2010-01-30 09:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM
10BAGHDAD234A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI CO-CHAIR DIPLOMATIC JCC-
[...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]
2010-01-30 09:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KU PGOV PREL SY
10BAGHDAD236A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQI REGIONAL INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Feltman met with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on January 23 to discuss Iraq's role in the region and Hakim's recent regional engagement efforts. Hakim stressed the importance of Iraq's regional integration and the need for Arab states to [...]
2010-01-30 10:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD238DPM AL-ISSAWI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, THE IRAQIYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM Rafi al-Issawi said the growing realization among some Shi'a politicians of the Iraqiya Coalition's appeal and the threat it posed to sectarian-based politics spurred the de-Ba'athification effort, which was intended to divide Sunni voters and perhaps prompt them to boycott. [...]
2010-01-30 11:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD242CHIEF JUDGE EXPECTS DE-BA'ATH RULINGS IN 7 TO 10
[...] (C) On January 30, Federal Supreme Court Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud told A/DCM that he expected the special seven-judge Cassation Chamber to finish its review of candidate appeals of disqualification from the official candidates list for the parliamentary elections in the next seven to ten days ( [...]
2010-01-30 15:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD243VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...]
2010-01-31 07:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ SA
10BAGHDAD253MELKERT WARNS MALIKI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION; IHEC
[...] (C) UNAMI has stepped in to add urgency and reinforcement to the Embassy's message to Iraqi political leaders that the Accountability and Justice Commission must be compelled to stop its activities, that the appeals process must be legally sound to ensure due process for candidates, and that t [...]
2010-01-31 16:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD263SUNNIS DIVIDED IN REACTION TO CANDIDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The reaction among Iraq's Sunni community to the electoral disqualification of hardliner MP Saleh al-Mutlaq and other Sunni politicians has been varied, ranging from condemnation to acquiescence to silent approval. Mutlaq's partners in the Iraqiyya coalition have made a show of [...]
2010-02-01 16:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD265TRACKING DE-BA'ATHIFICATION NUMBERS GETS TRICKY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to short-circuit the AJC process by questioning its legitimacy seem to have ground completely to a halt, as political parties have replaced some 180-200 candidates who were disqualified by the AJC and are seeking decisions on appeals. Embassy and UNAMI are pressing for a [...]
2010-02-01 16:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD267FM ZEBARI ANNOUNCES GOI'S WMD ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a brief meeting with A/DCM and COMs from the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The FM briefed the group on recent developments on the Oil for Food (OFF) and follow-on arrangements for the D [...]
2010-02-02 06:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD271IMPLEMENTING THE COMBINED SECURITY MECHANISMS IN
[...] (SBU) This is a joint Embassy Baghdad/USF-I message. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Combined Security Mechanisms (CSMs) consist of temporary, non-political measures across the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas of northern Iraq, and are designed to ensure the security of the Iraqi pop [...]
2010-02-02 12:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD277SPEAKER SAMARRAI'E HOPES FOR QUICK RESOLUTION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Samarrai'e noted his concern about the delay in resolving the current de-Ba,athification dispute, stressing that current public passions made a political settlement very difficult. On the future of the Presidency Council, Samarra,ie conce [...]
2010-02-02 16:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD278DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: NUMBER OF APPEALS DROPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post received clarification as well as additional confusion February 2 on the ongoing de-Ba,athication controversy. -- The Cassation Chamber judicial panel continues its review of outstanding cases in the de-Ba'athification controversy but now faces a dramatically reduced nu [...]
2010-02-02 17:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV KDEM
10BAGHDAD282NINEWA GOVERNOR TESTS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: As the first test of the newly operational tripartite Combined Security Mechanisms (CSM) in northern Iraq, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi - whose freedom of movement in Kurdish-controlled areas of Ninewa has been circumscribed since he took office in 2009 - visited [...]
2010-02-03 13:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD285DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: JUDICIAL PANEL OPTS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The seven-judge Cassation Chamber issued a conclusive legal opinion February 3 that orders IHEC to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athification disqualifications to run in the upcoming elections. Supreme Court Judge Chief Medhat, who supervises the special pa [...]
2010-02-03 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD290ALLAWI CRITICIZES PM MALIKI'S AUTHORITARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqiyya coalition leader Ayad Allawi told A/DCM on February 2 that the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) effort to eliminate candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds was symptomatic of a broader problem of intimidation in the Iraqi political system. He att [...]
2010-02-04 13:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM LE IR IZ
10BAGHDAD294PM MALIKI SALTING INTEL AGENCIES WITH DAWA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In recent weeks, the Prime Minister's office has directed the removal of Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Interior (MOI) intelligence officers due to alleged links to the Ba'ath party or the former regime. In at least one case, these PM lists have coincid [...]
2010-02-04 16:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD296POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO JUDICIAL DECISION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Cassation Chamber's February 3 decision ordering the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athfication disqualifications to remain on the ballot was widely denounced by the major Shi'a-led parties as "un [...]
2010-02-04 17:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD305THE VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PRE- AND
[...] (U) January 23, 2010; 9:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (C) Participants: United States: Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeff Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Ne [...]
2010-02-06 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD347FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 03:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD373IRAQI ARMY CORDONS OFF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 9, the Iraqi Army (IA) formed a cordon around the Salah ad-Din (SAD) Provincial Council (PC) building, with orders reportedly from PM Maliki to prevent access by the PC Chair. The PC Chair warned that protests could escalate unless the IA was removed. He also reported [...]
2010-02-11 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD376CASSATION CHAMBER AFFIRMS DISQUALIFICATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The official start of the Iraqi electoral campaign kicked off February 12 amid reports that the Cassation Chamber has issued decisions affirming the disqualifications of prominent Sunni politicians Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani. No official notification has been received by [...]
2010-02-12 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD378POLITICAL MANEUVERING AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army (IA) continued to complicate the political situation in Salah Ad-Din (SAD) by forming a cordon around the SAD Provincial Council building, with orders from the Prime Minister to prevent access by the Provincial Council Chairman. Additionally, the PM attempted t [...]
2010-02-13 09:33:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD3852010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INFORMATION FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period of mid- February 2009 to mid-February 2010. Despite numerous issues facing the Government of Iraq (GOI) during this reporting period, it has taken decisive steps towards addressing the issue of human t [...]
2010-02-15 05:02:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTIP LAURA PENA INL DRL PRM NEA RA KTIP
10BAGHDAD400VISAS VIPER: FEBRUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 07 Feb 2010 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: DCM, FBI, POL-MIL, ECON, CONS, USF-I (CJ9),DHS, USF-I (C2X),RSO, REF, PAS 3. Baghdad has no submissions for the mont [...]
2010-02-15 14:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
10BAGHDAD415DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: VIEW FROM THE SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's southern, Shi'a-dominated provinces have reverberated with public support in favor of the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) exclusion of national election candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds. There were widespread demonstrations against the Cassation Chamb [...]
2010-02-16 15:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD439BANK MELLI BRANCH LICENSES EXTENDED
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Despite assurances from the Prime Minister's office that it would not renew licenses for new Bank Melli branches in Basra, Karbala and Erbil, the Central Bank of Iraq instead extended the licenses. The Embassy will continue to engage with the Prime Minister's office to ensure th [...]
2010-02-18 15:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD470GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VISIT OF UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel demarche to DFM Labeed Abbawi February 17, regarding the visit to Syria of Under Secretary Burns and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Benjamin. Abbawi said the GOI would not have problems with the visit. Reports in the Arab press that Washington had decide [...]
2010-02-22 12:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IZ
10BAGHDAD500DETAINEE RELEASES AND TARGETING APPROVAL CHANGES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. forces transferred thirteen detainees captured in Maysan in a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation in accordance with demands by the PM and terms of the Security Agreement. After an initial transfer of nine of the detainees, the Prime Minister ordered high value target [...]
2010-02-24 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD537COALITION PROFILE: THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi National Alliance (INA) was officially formed on August 24, 2009 and is often seen as the successor of the pan-Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),which captured a plurality of votes in the 2005 national elections. Comprised of 32 entities, including a small number of tok [...]
2010-02-28 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD64KRG OFFICIALS ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with senior leaders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraqi (SANI) emphasized U.S. support for a negotiated, consensus-based solution to Kirkuk. SANI stressed to Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Kamal Kirkuki an [...]
2010-01-11 14:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM USNC IZ
10BAGHDAD70IRAQI PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R/AZ),Joseph Lieberman (I/CT),John Barrasso (R/WY),and John Thune (R/SD) on January 5, 2009 held meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi to discuss the recent Blackwater ruling, upcoming Iraqi national election, an [...]
2010-01-11 15:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD73VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 03 Jan 2010 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: DCM, FBI, POL-MIL, ECON, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9),DHS, MNF-I (C2X) 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE F [...]
2010-01-12 05:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
10BAKU117KREMLIN FREQUENT FLYER NARYSHKIN BRINGS SOFT POWER
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, completed another high-profile visit to Baku - his fifth since President Aliyev's second presidential term began in October 2008 - from January 22-24. Naryshkin's visits combine close-hold diplomacy with Pres [...]
2010-02-18 13:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ
10BAKU123KAZAKH CIO TRIP TO BAKU AND YEREVAN "ONLY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan's Embassy eagerly denied to Poloff that FM Kanat Saudabayev, visiting Baku February 14-15 as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),brought any new proposals with him relating to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),contrary to local media reporting. The Embassy emphasized that the Minister [...]
2010-02-23 12:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
10BAKU138HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NOW FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22 poloff met with three of Azerbaijan's leading human rights defenders for an update on their major concerns. Topping their list were increasing Iranian-inspired religiosity and property rights, as well as political prisoners and NGO registration problems. The righ [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ
10BAKU27AZERBAIJAN: POLOFF AND LES FACE HARASSMENT IN
[...] (SBU) At 1100 local January 13, a group composed of Poloff, a political LES and the DCM of the Norwegian Embassy in Baku were harassed by an angry crowd while visiting the village of Bananiyar in the autonomous exclave of Nakhchivan to investigate the events reported in Reftel. On approaching [...]
2010-01-13 13:42:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AJ
10BAKU39AZERBAIJAN: DIPLOMATS HARASSED IN NAKHCHIVAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As detailed in reftel A, on December 28 and January 5, police mistreated hundreds and arrested dozens of residents of Bananyar, a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. Poloff and a political LES joined the Norwegian DCM on a fact-finding trip to Nakhchivan on Ja [...]
2010-01-19 13:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
10BAKU49AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES THE U.S. FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Morningstar's January 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, Charge took the opportunity to draw the Minister's attention to the recent incident in Nakhchivan (ref A) and the Charge's earlier discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Sadiqov. The exchang [...]
2010-01-25 12:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ
10BAKU77AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR
[...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...]
2010-02-03 14:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ
10BAKU83AZERBAIJAN: NAKHCHIVAN AUTHORITIES REPORT RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Cankorel told Charge that during his January 28-29 visit to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Bananyar village, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Vasib Talibov, told him that the criminal case was closed on the Bananyar village incident (reftels B-D). More [...]
2010-02-08 14:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR PGOV PHUM
10BAMAKO102MALIAN PRESS REPORTS THAT GOM RELEASED AQIM
[...] (SBU) On February 19, the Malian newspaper l'Independant carried a front page news story stating that in an extraordinary session beginning at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of February 18, the judge presiding over the court of first instance of Bamako's Commune III released four Al Qaeda in the L [...]
2010-02-19 13:36:00Embassy BamakoSECRETML PREL PTER
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN38BRUNEI CIRCLING WITH INTEREST USG SHARK PROPOSAL FOR CITES
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel, DCM delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ms. Florence Chong. Ms. Chong indicated that the Government of Brunei is interested in attending COP 15 but has not yet determined which GoB officials will attend. Ms. Chong stated [...]
2010-02-25 00:02:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP BX
10BANGKOK114THAILAND: MFA REACTS STRONGLY TO AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's opinion piece on the repatriation of the Lao Hmong in the Bangkok Post on January 13 triggered an immediate reaction from the RTG (full op-ed text included at para 7). The PM's office and MFA called first thing in the morning. PermSec Theerakul tasked the MFA Americas [...]
2010-01-14 10:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK147SOUTHERN THAILAND: JUNE 2009 MOSQUE SHOOTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sutthirak Kongsuwan, the prime suspect in the June 8, 2009 shooting at the Al Furqon mosque in Narathiwat, turned himself into Thai police on January 14 after months of pressure from Democrat Party politicians on security forces for progress in the case. Authorities announced t [...]
2010-01-19 10:05:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK184THAILAND: AUTHORITIES SEARCH RED SHIRT AGITATOR,S
[...] (U) Summary: Police raided the home of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol (aka "Seh Daeng") on January 21 in connection with his possible involvement in an apparent grenade attack targeting Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief Anupong Paojinda. Authorities also raided Seh Daeng's former drive [...]
2010-01-22 11:09:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK185A/S SHAPIRO AND THE AMBASSADOR PRESS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and the Ambassador repeatedly raised a USG request for the Thai government's list of screened-in Hmong during meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban, Minister of Defense [...]
2010-01-23 10:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK207THAILAND: NO STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO "OWNING"
[...] (U) Summary: In recent weeks, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") has targeted Privy Councilors Surayud Chulanon and Prem Tinsulanonda and their alleged encroachment on protected national parks to highlight the issue of illegal land holdings in Thailand, [...]
2010-01-26 02:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK227THAILAND: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGES
[...] (U) Summary: The Democrat Party MP caucus voted on January 26 to oppose the proposal by the five junior members of the governing coalition to amend the constitution. The coalition partners had proposed altering the articles dealing with the parliamentary electoral system (Article 94) and parli [...]
2010-01-27 11:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK269CHINA,S SUSTAINED, SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO COURT
[...] (C) Summary: Thai contacts from government to academia see a decade-long Chinese romance of Southeast Asia, both through ASEAN and bilaterally, to have been successful in increasing Chinese influence during a period in which many believe that U.S. influence and prestige in the region has waned [...]
2010-02-02 04:24:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK276EMBASSY ENGAGES THAI OFFICIALS ON SECOND BOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we briefed officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 27 and Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on February 1 about the existence of a second, sealed indictment and USG plans to submit an additional extradition request for Viktor Bout. The [...]
2010-02-02 09:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALCJAN PGOV PREL TH
10BANGKOK278THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]
2010-02-02 10:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BANGKOK287THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL RESUMES A MORE VISIBLE
[...] (C) King Bhumibol Adulyadej has actively presided over three separate swearing-in ceremonies at Siriraj Hospital since mid-January, dispensing philosophic advice to ministers and judges in public and the Prime Minister in private. In addition to swearing-in the five new cabinet members on Jan [...]
2010-02-03 10:47:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH
10BANGKOK340THAILAND: GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR THE LATEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Posturing and positioning ahead of the latest "final battle" promised by anti-government red-shirt activists at the end of the month picked up pace the first week of February, as larger cracks emerged within the pro-Thaksin camp. Finance Minister Korn told Ambassador February 4 [...]
2010-02-09 08:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK362THAILAND: EAP DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES RED-SHIRT
[...] (U) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel met separately with the top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") and a group which included PM deputy SecGen and Acting Government Spokesman Panitan on February 10 to discuss the state [...]
2010-02-11 07:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK366SOUTHERN THAILAND UPDATE: ROLE OF PARAMILITARY AND
[...] (C) Summary: A variety of government, academic, and civil society contacts we engaged in Thailand's violence-affected southern provinces in late December presented consistent perceptions about the various paramilitary groups affiliated with military or interior/police structures and operating i [...]
2010-02-11 08:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK380THAILAND: VIEWS FROM THE RED HEARTLAND - STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent swing through central Isaan, the northeast heartland of pro-Thaksin and red-shirt sentiment, revealed an interesting set of views on the key political, economic, and social issues facing Thailand, both in the short-term, with large-scale red-shirt protests expected in B [...]
2010-02-12 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TH
10BANGKOK381DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES THAI LEADERS ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. EAP DAS and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged the Thai MFA PermSec and PM deputy SecGen, as well as several prominent Thai thinkers, on key regional and bilateral issues during his February 10 visit to Bangkok. Issues included regional architecture, U.S.-Thai rel [...]
2010-02-12 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK384THAILAND: BANGKOK ON EDGE FOLLOWING BOMB SCARE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: With Bangkok already tense following weeks of small-scale anti-government protests, two bombing incidents over the weekend served to further heighten anxieties in Thailand's capital. Late in the evening on February 13, a grenade exploded at a college near Government House with [...]
2010-02-16 09:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK468THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BANGKOK478THAILAND: GT200 BOMB DETECTOR FAILURE IGNITES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered a halt to RTG procurement of the GT200 explosive detection device on February 16, after tests conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology determined the device was ineffective. The GT200 is used throughout Thailand by many agenci [...]
2010-02-26 08:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK481THAILAND: MFA ANTICIPATING OCTOBER ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Burma Unit Chief Arunrung Phothong Humphreys told us February 24 that the RTG still believed that Burma would hold elections in October of this year, despite some rumors that they would be held in May (reftel). The RTG intends to increase assistance to Burma for development a [...]
2010-02-26 09:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU
10BANGUI11CAR: MINISTER REQUESTS MORE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, RETURN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Economy, Planning, and International Cooperation Sylvain Maliko and his deputy on January 22 to discuss U.S. development assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR). The meeting was at Maliko's request. Maliko praised the high level [...]
2010-01-25 08:43:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON PREL CT
10BANGUI7CAR: IMPROVEMENTS IN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY EVIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to Ref A. The Central African Republic (CAR) made commendable strides to address budget transparency in 2009. Though there is still much ground to cover, the government, with the help of the international community, is making concerted efforts to increase its [...]
2010-01-14 16:49:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL CT
10BEIJING168PRC: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech in Honolulu on Asia-Pacific multilateralism, claiming that the PRC and the U.S. shared nearly identical principles for the development of regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific. MFA officials welcomed fur [...]
2010-01-22 11:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF IN XC XE XU
10BEIJING183SECRETARY'S INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH: CHINA REACTION
[...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 21 speech on Internet Freedom touched a nerve in China. Official reaction was negative, with harsh criticism coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an official statement and from other parts of the Chinese system through critical articles and editorials [...]
2010-01-25 07:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH
10BEIJING19BEIJING VIEWS ON FOURTH ROUND OF CROSS-STRAIT TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice Secretary General Ma Xiaoguang said that of the three agreements signed in the December 21-23 Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)-ARATS talks in Taichung, the one on agriculture was most likely to benefit Taiwan as it op [...]
2010-01-06 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN CH TW
10BEIJING207GOOGLE UPDATE: PRC ROLE IN ATTACKS AND RESPONSE
[...] (S) Summary: A well-placed contact claims that the Chinese government coordinated the recent intrusions of Google systems. According to our contact, the closely held operations were directed at the Politburo Standing Committee level. -- Another contact claimed a top PRC leader was actively worki [...]
2010-01-26 10:55:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PGOV PHUM PREL EINV CH
10BEIJING295TAIWAN ARMS: CHINESE CALL IN U.S. FIRM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) summoned General Electric (GE) China President Mark Norbom to the MFA on February 4 to warn GE on its participation in Taiwan arms sales, referring specifically to the sale of Sikorsky helicopters "built by UTC and GE." The MFA official, [...]
2010-02-04 12:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING382CHINA-ROK RELATIONS: MINOR TENSIONS, POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary: In a round of recent meetings on the state of Sino-ROK relations, Chinese and ROK officials agree that the overall trend of the bilateral relationship is positive. Chinese leaders are quite pleased at the appointment of Yu Woo-ik, the former Chief of Staff to ROK President Lee My [...]
2010-02-12 09:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH
10BEIRUT113PM COMMITS TO UNSCR 1701/BORDER CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hariri met with UNSCOL Michael Williams and ambassadors from key donor nations on February 2 to assure them that border control remains a high priority for his government. In order to address donor concerns, Hariri, who as chair of the Ministerial Border Committee [...]
2010-02-04 15:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER PGOV SY LE
10BEIRUT99PM HARIRI SETS SIGHTS ON TURKEY AS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his aides explained that Lebanon was seeking "strategic cooperation" with Turkey following the PM's January 10-12 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish diplomats in Beirut confirmed that the Lebanon and Turkey signed six agreements, includi [...]
2010-02-01 09:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE
10BELGRADE162SERBIA TO CONTINUE TESTING KOSOVO VISITS POLICY
[...] (SBU) Following the recent expulsions from Kosovo of Serbian officials, the Government of Serbia will likely continue to test the Kosovo visits policy and the resolve of the international community to enforce it. The EU Personal Representative Office in Belgrade, which receives all Serbian vi [...]
2010-02-02 11:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV SR
10BELGRADE178SUBJECT: BALKANS REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR REPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 17:19:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV SR
10BELGRADE23SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) In a February 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Sutanovac welcomed the opportunity for increased bilateral engagement and identified his top goals for 2010 as professionalization of the military, sending troops to peacekeeping operations in Lebanon and Cyprus, and increa [...]
2010-02-05 14:07:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SR KV
10BELGRADE266Serbia: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister Dulic
[...] (SBU) In her February 9 introductory call on Minister of Environment and Zoning Dulic, the Ambassador thanked him for his assistance leading to the NEC groundbreaking. Dulic pledged his ongoing support as construction proceeds and requested technical assistance on a variety of environmental [...]
2010-02-18 11:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KIDE SENV PGOV SR
10BERLIN128ACTION REQUEST: OVERCOMING GERMAN DOUBTS ON U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Embassy Berlin strongly recommends that the Washington Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and data privacy experts currently scheduled to visit Brussels next week also visit Berlin to discuss TFTP and U.S. data privacy policy with German officials. Ge [...]
2010-01-29 06:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10BERLIN176INTERIOR MINISTER VIEWS ON TFTP, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Interior Minister de Maiziere told the Ambassador that the Chancellor and he were personally contacting German European Parliamentarians to obtain their support for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement in the run up to the February 11 EP vote. T [...]
2010-02-11 15:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MARR AFDB AFIN GM
10BERLIN61GERMANY SKEPTICAL ON COORDINATION OF PRT CIVILIAN
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA AF/PAK Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on January 15, strongly encouraging Germany to send a senior official to participate in a January 25 meeting with D/SRAP Jones and other Deputy SRAPs before the start of Prague PRT Conference. Koenig noted t [...]
2010-01-15 17:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO GM AF
10BERLIN94GERMAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER REVIEWS TOP
[...] (C) In a January 20 introductory call with the Ambassador, MFA Political Director Emily Haber (see REFTEL) discussed Iran sanctions strategy, FM Westerwelle's tough message in Yemen, the politics of Afghanistan, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. She praised U/S/ Burns' leadership in the E3 3 meeting in N [...]
2010-01-25 13:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF GM IR PGOV PREL YM
10BERN40BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH IRAN REGARDING HIKERS?
[...] (S) On January 2, 29 and 30, DCM Carter met with Swiss State Secretary Ambuehl and Swiss AMB to Iran Leu, who passed information detailing Swiss conversations with Iranian FM Mottaki on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF),in Davos, Switzerland, during which Swiss FM Calmy-Rey and Mo [...]
2010-02-01 07:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL CASC MNUC SZ IR
10BISHKEK86MAXIM BAKIYEV'S DEBUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Maxim Bakiyev made his international debut leading an official delegation to China. He returned home triumphant, at least at first glance, with several signed agreements, including one on Chinese financing for the construction of a trans-Kyrgyzstan power transmission line. Howev [...]
2010-02-03 02:31:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
10BOGOTA201DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JANUARY 12, 2010 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) January 12, 2010; 10:00 AM; Monteria, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador William Brownfield DAS Christopher McMullen, WHA DCM Brian Nichols USAID Mission Director Ken Yamashita Political Counselor Mark Wells (notetaker) NAS Director Dan Foote [...]
2010-02-09 19:10:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE
10BOGOTA245Santos Eager to Assume Uribe's Mantle, but Uribe Still
[...] (C) The reelection referendum rollercoaster rolls on. Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra's draft decision declaring the referendum unconstitutional initially led many observes to predict the referendum would not be held. This perception was fueled by President Uribe's meetings with pot [...]
2010-02-12 21:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO
10BOGOTA258Haiti Reporting from Colombia (January 22-25, 2010)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post continues to closely follow the Colombian media coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assistance. Though Colombian coverage of the earthquake aftermath is beginning to diminish, reporting on the U.S. role in providing sweeping disaster and humanitarian assistance continu [...]
2010-01-26 13:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA349VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS SHOWS UPDWARD TREND
[...] (SBU) Violence against indigenous people trended upward in 2009 largely based on several massacres of Awa tribe members in the Department of Narino in southwest Colombia. The Government of Colombia (GOC) maintains indigenous groups are not being intentionally targeted based on their ethnicity, [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
10BOGOTA361COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...]
2010-02-26 23:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
10BRASILIA53BRAZIL: UPDATE ON EFFORTS AND FUTURE PLANS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials coordinating Brazil's post-earthquake assistance to Haiti listed for PolOffs Brazil's humanitarian donations, gave an update on February 8 on the deployment of Brazilian troops to Haiti, and laid out Brazil's plan for transitioning [...]
2010-02-18 17:56:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRATISLAVA20SLOVAKIA SEES EYE-TO-EYE ON ISAF TRANSITION MESSAGING
[...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA official Radovan Javorcik, whose newly-expanded directorate includes the U.S. and several countries of the Middle East, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Javorcik agreed on the importance of a unified message underscoring international su [...]
2010-01-19 15:47:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO AF LO
10BRIDGETOWN84OIG REVIEW OF IMPACT OF REQUIRED REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bridgetown appreciates the OIG's interest in the impact of mandated reporting on Post resources and welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback. The 65 annual reports cited reftel tracks closely with our February, 2009 OIG inspection report, but in fact under-reports the number [...]
2010-02-04 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASIG PHUM
10BRUSSELS215BELGIUM:ENCOURAGING ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANF
[...] (C) On February 19, Acting PolEconCouns delivered reftel talking points, requesting more trainers for the Afghan security forces from Belgium and other ISAF countries, to Gilles De Kerchove at the MFA. De Kerchove confirmed that NATO's request for 22 trainers from Belgium and more general ass [...]
2010-02-24 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID AF BE
10BRUSSELS226EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND ASHTON CABINET OFFICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 20:21:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN IR
10BRUSSELS232GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE
10BRUSSELS70BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...]
2010-01-21 15:17:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS73DEPUTY GREAT LAKES ENVOY JIM YELLIN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) James Yellin, Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for Africa,s Great Lakes region, met with Belgian MFA Africa Division officials on December 18 after returning from his travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Burundi, and Rwanda with Roeland van de Geer, the EU Special Repr [...]
2010-01-21 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BU RW BE
10BRUSSELS85BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...]
2010-01-26 09:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR
10BRUSSELS96EULEX MAKING PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 18, the EU convened the EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors, which comprises EU and non-EU contributing countries for a political and operational discussion. The Committee heard an operational briefing from the EU and conveyed U.S. policy points to all contribut [...]
2010-01-27 09:02:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV KV XG EUN
10BUCHAREST101ROMANIA: PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS (FINALLY) IN CHARGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a series of politically-motivated delays, the Government of Romania (GOR) signed a contract with U.S.-based Franklin Templeton Investments to manage the Property Fund ("the Fund") on February 25th. Despite early hopeful signs (reftel) that this management contract would b [...]
2010-02-25 13:44:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO
10BUCHAREST104ROMANIA'S FAR RIGHT: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD
[...] (C) In separate interviews, Romanian political analysts, government officials and former supporters of the far right largely dismissed Romania's ultra-nationalist movement as politically irrelevant. The far right is divided between the Greater Romanian Party (PRM) and New Generation Party (PN [...]
2010-02-26 08:43:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RO
10BUCHAREST105ROMANIA: LNG NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD
[...] (C) Summary. Excited about the possibility of developing a shortcut to new gas supplies, Minister of Economy and Trade Adriean Videanu relayed his hope to the Ambassador that the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) proposal, which would twin liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals i [...]
2010-02-26 09:54:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV RO
10BUCHAREST40NEW DEFENSE MINISTER - OLD SOLDIERS DON'T DIE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Retired four-star General Gabriel Oprea brings both military and political know-how to the Ministry of National Defense (MoND). After serving for over a decade as a logistics and legal officer in the Army, Oprea continued to serve as a military academic at the National Defense [...]
2010-01-22 10:05:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST91ROMANIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE EU ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 10:03:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH RO
10BUDAPEST23HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON AFGHAN TRANSITION PLANNING
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B points to the MOD Policy State Secretary Jozsef Bali and MFA's Security Policy and Non-proliferation Deputy Department Head, Gabor Horvath, January 15. Both expressed appreciation for the ref A's clarifying points and acknowledged the importance of continued [...]
2010-01-15 16:05:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF HU
10BUDAPEST30GOH SOON TO ENTER SOUTH STREAM JOINT VENTURE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Hungarian officials will soon sign a set of agreements to establish a Russian-Hungarian joint venture to commence work on the feasibility study for the Hungarian segment of the South Stream pipeline project. This will set the project in motion after nearly a year of apparent sta [...]
2010-01-21 11:36:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU
10BUDAPEST98HUNGARY: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] We believe the Government of Hungary (GOH) fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The GOH has improved its efforts to combat trafficking and followed through on its proposals to address the problem. Notably, the government improved its support for victims [...]
2010-02-18 17:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV MCA PHUM PREF
10BUENOSAIRES107Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...]
2010-02-24 19:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR
10BUENOSAIRES11(C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS,
[...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...]
2010-01-08 21:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES111Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead
[...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...]
2010-02-25 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES118Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Full Speed Ahead on
[...] (SBU) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino stressed in a February 1 meeting that the debt exchange is moving ahead at full speed. He repeatedly emphasized that there are no political obstacles to moving it forward and that the Central Bank and Redrado affair is not affecting the trans [...]
2010-02-02 22:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES154ARGENTINA: Firm Offer of 200 Additional Peacekeepers for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met February 5 and February 8 with Defense Minister Nilda Garre and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, respectively, to confirm Argentina's offer of additional peacekeepers to Haiti. Both confirmed that the formal offer to the UN had been made. Garre said the offer was f [...]
2010-02-10 13:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PREL EAID HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES182Argentina: Government Interested in Partnering for
[...] (U) Action request for Department in para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Argentine MFA North American Affairs and International Cooperation Directorates asked DCM on February 11 to explore the possibility of establishing a mechanism for coordination of U.S. and Argentine development assist [...]
2010-02-17 18:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR AR
10BUENOSAIRES196ARGENTINA: MISSION CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ENERGY USE
[...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...]
2010-02-18 20:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR
10BUENOSAIRES198Argentina: Mission Campaign to Reduce Energy Use
[...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...]
2010-02-19 00:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR
10BUENOSAIRES51Argentina Telecom Monopoly Dispute Leads to Threats of
[...] (SBU) Following a purchase in Europe that gave the owner of one of Argentina's two fixed-line telephone providers a small interest in the other, refusal by the company to divest has led to overt GoA threats of nationalization. Whether this is a real threat or simply a distraction from other pol [...]
2010-01-28 15:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EINV AR ETTC
10BUENOSAIRES55Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]
2010-01-28 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES61Argentina: First Husband's Dollar Purchases Revealed,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a late January press reports that presidential spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) had purchased just under US$ 2 million in US currency in October 2008 -- confirmed by GOA sources February 1 -- opposition politicians and political commentators have raised a new alarm about al [...]
2010-02-02 21:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN AR
10BUENOSAIRES71Argentina: Saber Rattling over Oil Exploration in the
[...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables which will address the Argentine reaction to hydrocarbons-related activities in the Falklands/Malvinas islands. 2. (C) The GoA is reportedly hardening its policy on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in response to accelerating oil exploration efforts unde [...]
2010-02-04 16:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV ENRG AR
10BUENOSAIRES75Argentina: Surprise Appointment to Head Central Bank
[...] (C) In a surprise move, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appointed Mercedes Marco del Pont to the post of President of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Marco del Pont, 50, and the first woman ever to hold the job, is now serving as Interim President until she is confirmed b [...]
2010-02-04 23:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES81Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...]
2010-02-05 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR
10BUENOSAIRES95Falklands/Malvinas: GoA Requires Permission for Ships to
[...] (C) The GoA issued a decree on February 16 requiring ships to obtain GoA permission before sailing from Argentina or through Argentine waters to reach the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner sought to justify the decree based on UN resolutions. The decree is intende [...]
2010-02-17 22:40:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR
10CAIRO139DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 15:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG
10CAIRO66FOREIGN MINISTER, CODEL WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 12:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER KPAL IS IR EG
10CAIRO99ACTIVISTS, BLOGGERS DETAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO
[...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) The GOE arrested and detained a group of about 30 activists and bloggers the morning of January 15 as they arrived in Naga Hamadi to visit the families of those killed in the January 6 sectarian shootings (ref A). -- (SBU) The group of detainees included activists from secular [...]
2010-01-19 14:52:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
10CANBERRA118RUDD SAYS ZERO "COMMERCIAL" WHALING IN SOUTHERN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will initiate legal action if Japan does not agree by November to end whaling in the Southern Ocean. PM Rudd announced February 19 that if negotiations do not result in a commitment by Japan to reduce the number of whales killed in the Southern Ocean by "commercial w [...]
2010-02-19 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EFIS PREL AS
10CANBERRA32ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 07:22:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECIN AS
10CANBERRA41AUSTRALIA FOCUS ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, CHINA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is prepared to notify the UNFCC Secretariat that it associates itself with the Copenhagen Accord and to submit its targets or actions by January 31. China and the U.S. should be the first countries to take such action, in the Australian view, in order to shore up suppo [...]
2010-01-15 06:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PREL KGHG AS
10CANBERRA51VISAS VIPER: POST RECOMMENDS 23 NAMES FOR NO FLY
[...] (S) Embassy Canberra recommends 11 individuals be placed on the NO FLY list and 12 individuals be placed on the SELECTEE list. The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Ye [...]
2010-01-21 04:05:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC
10CARACAS107January 2010 Caracas CIWG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 18:32:00Embassy CaracasSECRET//NOFORNASEC
10CARACAS15Chavez Seeks to Institutionalize His Regional Vision and
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to try to institutionalize his revolutionary vision for Latin America and his regional leadership by formalizing his socialist ideology; creating and financing new regional political, economic, social and media structures; and trying to [...]
2010-01-07 19:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS173VENEZUELA: Chavez Declares Electricity State of Emergency
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on national cadena (mandatory television and radio coverage of a presidential speech) around 5 p.m. on February 8, President Chavez emitted decree Number 7,228 declaring an electricity state of emergency and naming an "electricity general staff." Returning to national cad [...]
2010-02-11 22:13:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON AMGT EINV ABLD AEMR VE
10CARACAS179Venevision Seeks "Balance" in News Coverage
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Duddy met with representatives of Venezuela's largest non-subscription media group, the Cisneros Group (Venevision),on February 10 to discuss the current status of freedom of expression in the country. The media conglomerate, owned by Gustavo Cisneros, claims its [...]
2010-02-12 16:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
10CARACAS181Rumored Sale of Globovision
[...] Summary. On February 10, opposition-oriented cable television station Globovision issued a press release denying rumors that it had been sold or had changed management. However, Director Ravell confirmed that he had been asked to resign. End Summary. Rumors of Government Pressur [...]
2010-02-12 16:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE KDEM
10CARACAS21Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" Bilateral Contacts
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy as well as ope [...]
2010-01-08 22:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG VE
10CARACAS229TRIPWIRES FOR AUTHORIZED AND ORDERED DEPARTURE IN THE EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 17:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS AMGT AEMR
10CARACAS23Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing"
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy a [...]
2010-01-08 22:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG VE
10CASABLANCA15 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2010 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 1, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and PD in attendance. Discussion centered on implementation of new requirements in the Visas Vip [...]
2010-02-03 17:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
10CASABLANCA2 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 4, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with Ambassador, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, USAID and PD in attendance. Discussion centered around new requirements in the Visas [...]
2010-01-05 15:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
10COLOMBO115PRESS REPORTS LINK CYBER CENSORSHIP TO WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) The lead news story in the February 14 Sunday Times newspaper claimed that information technology experts from China's Military Intelligence Division were coming to Sri Lanka to help the Government of Sri Lanka block websites critical of the government. The article indirectly cited [...]
2010-02-16 12:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON ECPS KPAO PGOV SOCI TINT
10COLOMBO122SRI LANKA BADLY MISSES IMF DEFICIT TARGET; LIKELY
[...] (C) Summary. An IMF staff mission currently in Sri Lanka is finding that the country has badly missed its 2009 government deficit target, with the budget deficit reaching 9.5% of GDP, well over the 7% IMF target. The IMF staff team plans to recommend no further disbursements until Sri La [...]
2010-02-18 12:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON ETRD PGOV
10COLOMBO2OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition presidential candidate General Fonseka is a military man who has publicly admitted that he has little knowledge of economic issues, and other than clamping down on corruption, he has no apparent economic program. General Fonseka has announced some populist me [...]
2010-01-04 11:39:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON PGOV
10COLOMBO44GDP GROWTH IS NOT ENOUGH AS POPULAR ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. Sri Lanka has enjoyed strong economic growth in the last four years, with rising per capita income, falling poverty rates, and a booming stock market in 2009. Despite glowing macro-economic statistics, opposition candidate General Fonseka appears to be gaining traction with [...]
2010-01-21 11:51:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON PGOV SOCI
10COPENHAGEN102(C) MIDEAST PEACE: DANISH MFA FLOATS A LOW-KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA briefed the Embassy on an initiative it is exploring - pending approval from FM Moeller - to promote low-key cooperation among Israel and its neighbors. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar responded favorably during an exploratory visit in January. Palestinian interest [...]
2010-02-22 11:06:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL XF
10COPENHAGEN107GOLDSTONE REPORT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Allan Jacobsen, Head of MFA's Human Rights Department, told A/DCM February 22 that Denmark agrees the UN Human Rights Council is the first place that should deal with any follow-up to the Goldstone Report, as it is the body that commissioned the Report. He added that there might in futur [...]
2010-02-25 16:54:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPHUM IO UNGA PREL KPAL IS DA
10COPENHAGEN23PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE: SPECIAL ENVOY DAMSGAARD
[...] ACTION REQUEST - please see paragraph 3. 2. Ambassador Carsten Damsgaard, Denmark's Special Afghanistan-Pakistan Representative, will attend the January 25-27 PRT conference in Prague, MFA Afghanistan Unit Head Stephan Schoenemann told Pol-EconCouns January 14. Damsgaard will be accompan [...]
2010-01-14 15:53:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO AF DA
10COPENHAGEN31CLIMATE CHANGE: DENMARK TO ENDORSE COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) Denmark's chosen means for associating itself with the Copenhagen Accord, which it "strongly supports," is to work within the EU for a common position, in order to preclude backsliding by certain EU members. Denmark is confident an EU common position will be reached before end January [...]
2010-01-15 13:18:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN34AFGHANISTAN: DENMARK FULLY AGREES ON TRANSITION
[...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Afghanistan Unit Head (and acting Stabilization Department Head) Stephan Schoenemann told A/DCM January 15 that Denmark fully agrees with the USG perspective and approach. He added that Denmark is currently working on its annual plan for engagement (both milit [...]
2010-01-15 16:23:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS NATO PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN41IRAQ: ATTEMPTS TO BAR CANDIDATES FROM
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Denmark shares USG concern about attempts to bar candidates from upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, according to MFA Mideast Department Section Heads Stig Paolo Piras and Kristian Rasmussen. In response to reftel demarche, they t [...]
2010-01-25 15:02:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ DA
10COPENHAGEN53AFGHANISTAN LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark intends to speak constructively at the London conference on Afghanistan, is supportive of the Afghan reintegration program and will consider seeking funding to support the new Trust Fund, and is preparing an analytical paper on how to proceed in a regional context to pr [...]
2010-01-29 08:41:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF DA
10COPENHAGEN64(C) IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DENMARK "FULLY
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Mideast Department Head Michael Lund Jeppesen told Acting DCM February 2 that Denmark "fully supports" sanctions against Iran, and they should be UNSC sanctions. He recalled that Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller has been clear for a long time that th [...]
2010-02-04 11:05:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR DA
10COPENHAGEN77IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 09:40:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IR DA
10COPENHAGEN79IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 10:01:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IR DA
10COPENHAGEN93(C) TFHA01: DENMARK CONSIDERING FURTHER AID
[...] (C) Denmark intends to support debt-relief for Haiti and is in a "very preliminary" stage of considering donating another USD six to ten million specifically to help children and women, pending the needs assessment that is due to begin February 22, according to Kit Clausen, MFA Section Head f [...]
2010-02-17 13:14:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR HA DA
10COPENHAGEN95(C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 11:18:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA
10COPENHAGEN99AFGHANISTAN: ISAF TRAINERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 14:31:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO DA AF
10DAKAR127Ambassador Discusses Corruption with Senegalese President
[...] (U) Summary: After nearly two hours of a mostly one-on-one discussion that included lighter and more tense exchanges, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade took the suggestion to demonstrate tangible steps of fighting corruption. Wade relied on his standard defense of the fact there have been no [...]
2010-02-18 17:31:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KMCA ECON SG
10DAMASCUS100WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...]
2010-02-03 09:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY IR
10DAMASCUS18SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...]
2010-01-07 11:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS41IRANIAN FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT MEANT TO SERVE AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus on January 11, the latest in a string of visitors from Tehran during the last six weeks. Arab diplomats told us the Iranian visits reflected growing insecurity in Tehran over (1) whether Syria's warmer relations with Tu [...]
2010-01-13 13:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DARESSALAAM114THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...]
2010-02-04 11:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ
10DILI26TIMOR-LESTE: SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador Amorim Dias, National Director for Protocol, Consular, and Legal Affairs at the MFA told the DCM in a February 1 meeting that he did not anticipate any problem with the GOTL accrediting same-sex partners of U.S. diplomats assigned to Timor-Leste. [...]
2010-02-03 01:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT TT
10DILI38TIMOR-LESTE PLANNING TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) National Director for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Isilio Coelho responded favorably to the reftel demarche points conveyed by the DCM on February 9. According to Coelho, the GOTL is inclined towards associating with the Copenhagen Accord. A fin [...]
2010-02-18 05:53:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KINR TT
10DILI44TIMOR-LESTE: PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS IRANIAN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) On February 8, DCM met with Jose Turquel, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Ramos-Horta, and, per ref instructions, urged the GOTL to issue a public statement condemning the ongoing human rights violations in Iran. On February 9, DCM conveyed the same message to Isilio Coelho, Nationa [...]
2010-02-22 07:00:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM TT
10DJIBOUTI133DJIBOUTI: VISAS VIPERS STATUS REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010
[...] (U) VISA VIPERS 2. (U) The VISA VIPERS Committee chaired by DCM Wong convened February 1, 2010. Representatives from POL, RSO, ORA, PD, CONS, DAO, NCIS, and MGT were in attendance. 3. (S/NF) All reported no submissions for VISA VIPERS, with the exception of GRPO. 4. (S/NF [...]
2010-02-04 10:32:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNCVIS PTER ASEC PINR DJ KVPR
10DJIBOUTI199DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...]
2010-02-22 05:34:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM
10DJIBOUTI35EMBASSY DJIBOUTI HOLDS EAC TO DISCUSS TERRORISM AND VISAS
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 13 to review VISAS VIPERS procedures. Attendees included: DCM (chair),CONS/PD, ORA, MGT, NCIS, OBO, acting RSO, DATT, and USAID. 2. (U) EAC members reviewed the purpose and procedures for "VISAS [...]
2010-01-19 06:25:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PTER PINR DJ
10DJIBOUTI37DJIBOUTI: SCENESETTER ON SECURITY ISSUES FOR ASD VERSHBOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense Vershbow and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonnier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language R [...]
2010-01-19 12:00:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR
10DOHA39EGYPTIAN DCM: CAIRO TO THWART ANY QATARI
[...] (C/NF) Adham Naguib, Egypt's DCM at its Embassy in Qatar (strictly protect),told P/E Chief Rice January 26 that the Egyptian Government is determined to thwart any initiative that Qatar proposes during its current term as president of the Arab League, just for the sake of thwarting it. Nagui [...]
2010-01-28 11:47:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA
10DOHA60QATAR JANUARY 2010 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: DOHA MEETING DATE: 08-FEB-2010 CHAIR: DCM NANTONGO COORIDINATOR: GRANT GUTHRIE ATTENDEES: DCM, CONOFF, POL/ECON, RAO, DAO, LEGATT, OSC, RSO MEETING NOTES: DCM CHAIRED AND OPENDED THE MEETING. 3. (SBU) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR WATCHLISTING PURPOSES A [...]
2010-02-11 05:03:00Embassy DohaSECRETPINR ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PTER QA SIPRS
10DUBAI11UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...]
2010-02-04 13:24:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK
10DUSHANBE55TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]
2010-01-13 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10FREETOWN36SIERRA LEONE GIVES 100,000 DOLLARS FOR HAITI
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura discussed President Koroma's offer of 100,000 dollars in cash for Haitian earthquake relief during a courtesy call with CDA January 21, saying the money was to "pay back" the international community for all it had done for Sierra Leone. She added that Sie [...]
2010-01-25 17:11:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SL
10FREETOWN56SIERRA LEONE: "BIGGEST IRON MINE IN AFRICA"
[...] (U) Summary: President Koroma formally commissioned what he called "the biggest iron ore mine in Africa" January 22 in the hills east of the newly-finished Bumbuna dam. African Minerals Ltd. claims it will be able to rebuild the iron-ore port at Pepel and the railway from Lunsar, build a new [...]
2010-02-08 15:45:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN PREL SL
10FREETOWN61UPDATE ON NARCOTICS MATTERS IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:07:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDLI SL SNAR
10GABORONE110BOTS-ZIM TENSIONS RISE OVER ARRESTED GOB OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Botswana said it would recall its Defense and Intelligence Attaches from Harare by the end of February and expects that Zimbabwe will similarly recall its Attaches from Gaborone to protest the GOZ's January 19 arrest and continued detention of three GOB wildlife [...]
2010-02-05 14:24:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ZI BC
10GUATEMALA132Ambassador Hosts Second Round of GOG-Private Sector Dialogue
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 15, the Ambassador hosted the second round of GOG-private sector dialogue. President Colom said that, with CICIG's findings in the Rosenberg murder case exonerating him, new political space had been opened. He was prepared to work with the private sector to addre [...]
2010-01-15 22:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI GT
10GUATEMALA15DCM RAISES MISSING USDA PROGRAM FUNDS WITH AG MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture Minister Mario Aldana admitted to DCM January 12 that his ministry had mistakenly overlooked deadlines in the execution of USDA's Food for Progress program funds approximating $4.1 million. He committed to providing Ambassador McFarland a letter and plan of action [...]
2010-01-15 20:48:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PREL GT
10GUATEMALA212VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 3 February 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, NGA PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...]
2010-02-03 15:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
10GUATEMALA214EAC GUATEMALA REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING VISAS VIPER
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post's EAC (AMB, DCM, CONS, RSO, AID, NAS, DEA, DHS/ICE, MILGP, DAO, PAS, ADMIN, CLO, ORA, CDC, POL/ECON, DHS/ICE, and Peace Corps) convened January 13. The DCM (EAC chairperson) and Consul General (CG) emphasized the importance of the Visas Viper process, and stressed the r [...]
2010-02-03 17:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT
10GUATEMALA27Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition
[...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...]
2010-01-27 00:12:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT
10GUATEMALA38VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 6 January 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...]
2010-01-06 23:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT
10GUATEMALA82Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...]
2010-01-13 23:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PGOV GT
10HANOI23EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 06:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM
10HANOI31Tour D' Horizon with Vice Minister of Public Security
[...] (C) Summary: Over dinner with the Ambassador February 8, powerful vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong expressed serious concern about the success of China's "soft power" campaign to increase its influence in the region and challenged the U.S. commitment to Asia, saying ASEAN nati [...]
2010-02-12 12:13:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN
10HANOI5Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai
[...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...]
2010-01-15 10:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TH VM
10HANOI64Mission Urges Vietnam to Contribute to Haiti
[...] (SBU) A/DCM telephoned MFA/Americas Deputy Director Le Huy Hoang January 22 to urge Vietnam again to contribute assistance to Haiti, and to convey ref A points on developments in Haiti. A/DCM noted that many other nations in Southeast Asia already had contributed assistance and encouraged Viet [...]
2010-01-22 09:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM EAID ECON PREF OIIP KPAO HA VM
10HARARE102HARARE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] Per reftel, post completed its review of consular operations on February 9, 2010, which was certified by Deputy Chief of Mission Kathy Dhanani, FE-OC. Post is in full compliance with consular management control requirements. 2. (a) Inventory and Reconciliation of Accountable Items. Th [...]
2010-02-08 14:28:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ZI
10HELSINKI36FINLAND TO ANNOUNCE INCREASED AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the London Conference Finland will announce its plans to increase its contributions to Afghanistan. On January 22 President Halonen and the Government decided to increase its military and civilian presence and to direct additional development assistance to the northern provi [...]
2010-01-25 16:11:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL
10HELSINKI51FINLAND AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra responded that "we agree with your views," and that Finland believed both talk and pressure would be necessary to convince Iran to comply with international norms in its nucle [...]
2010-02-04 15:57:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALFI IR PARM PREL
10HELSINKI71AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...]
2010-02-22 15:38:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL
10ISLAMABAD191PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 14:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
10ISLAMABAD301CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch met with Imran Khan, a former professional cricket player who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Law and Justice") party, at Khan's residence in the hills overlooking Rawal Lake on the outskirts of Isl [...]
2010-02-06 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK AF
10ISLAMABAD345WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S
[...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...]
2010-02-12 13:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD416SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S FEBRUARY 24
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your February 24 visit to Pakistan. You will participate in a trilateral cooperation meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, followed by bilateral meetings with senior Pakistani officials, includi [...]
2010-02-22 14:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
10ISLAMABAD459PML-N WINS IN HOTLY CONTESTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the February 24 by-election for the National Assembly seat in Rawalpindi (NA-55) vacated by Haji Pervez Khan. The PML-N soundly defeated long-time politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed who was elected from that constituency six times before a [...]
2010-02-26 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
10JAKARTA121PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...]
2010-01-27 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT EAID CACS ID
10JAKARTA126ACTION REQUEST: A MULTILATERAL CLIMATE CENTER IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Action Request: Post requests Washington concurrence to discuss with foreign missions resident in Jakarta and the GOI the possibility of multilateral participation in the proposed Jakarta component of the Asian Regional Center for Climate Change initiative. The scheduled February 20-23 a [...]
2010-01-29 00:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
10JAKARTA129SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...]
2010-01-29 06:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ID
10JAKARTA140INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF
[...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...]
2010-02-02 05:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM
10JAKARTA207PARLIAMENT LEADER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FIRST MAJOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ID
10JAKARTA221IRAN -- INDONESIA TO URGE FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 10:05:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM ID IR
10JAKARTA239S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN ROUNDTABLE WITH REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Deputy Chiefs of Mission from the Southeast Asia Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Embassies on December 17, 2009 in Jakarta. The day was split between an internal discussion of regional counterterrorism issue [...]
2010-02-23 06:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA256INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE SLOWS PROGRESS ON REFORM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's reform efforts are slowing as he grapples with elements of his own government who seek to preserve Suharto-era patronage norms. Golkar and a cluster of other parties seek to undermine Yudhoyono's reforms by pinning responsibility for a controversial 2008 b [...]
2010-02-25 10:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
10JAKARTA56DCM TACKLES TOUGH PARTNERSHIP ISSUES WITH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new parliamentary commission leaders expressed concerns about our bilateral health cooperation and asked for more U.S. investment in a January 13 meeting with the DCM. The DCM a [...]
2010-01-15 07:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ECON KDEM KMCA
10JAKARTA97Indonesian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Advocates
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 10:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD ID
10KABUL130INDIAN, PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS FORECAST LIMITED ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan reportedly intend to play a limited role in Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections, both in advising Afghanistan on a preferred election date and in providing support for the elections themselves, according to Kabul-based diplomats of those nations. Acco [...]
2010-01-16 14:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL211JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK
10KABUL656SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPRE EAI TU AF
10KAMPALA47UGANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador Lanier discussed the congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's presidential elections, the draft anti-homosexuality bill, and allegations of corruption in Uganda's nascent oil sector with Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa. Kutesa inquired about Congressio [...]
2010-01-28 11:00:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR EPET UG
10KAMPALA55UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero raised U.S. concerns over Uganda's preparations for the 2011 elections and the draft anti-homosexuality bill with the State Minister for International Affairs Henry Okello Oryem on January 29. Oryem rebuffed perceptions [...]
2010-02-04 14:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG SENV ENRG UG
10KATHMANDU13NEPAL: OHCHR HEAD BENNETT TRANSFERRED TO GENEVA
[...] (C) Richard Bennett, the high-profile, outspoken head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, is being transfered to Geneva in February. In a lateral career move, Bennett will become the Director of OHCHR's Field Operations Division, responsible for the Midd [...]
2010-01-06 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KHARTOUM133KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TELEPHONE THREAT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 28 to review a telephone threat received by the Embassy on Saturday, February 27. The caller warned of an attack against the Embassy and urged personnel to evacuate. RSO and GRPO updated EAC members on t [...]
2010-02-28 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AEMR SU
10KHARTOUM314Sudan: Solar Energy in Use in Sudan
[...] (U) Summary: During his February 14-17 visit to Sudan, Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) met with Dr. Migdam Elsheikh Abdelgani, Director of the National Centre for Research (NCR) in Khartoum to talk about the work of its 13 research institutes and its premier Renewable Energy Institute (RE [...]
2010-02-24 07:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV ECON EAGR ENRG SU
10KHARTOUM316Donors Press NEC on Outstanding Issues Threatening to Delay
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the February 18 National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting, donors pressed the for answers on a host of issues threatening to delay the April elections, including planning and funding for the transportation of elections materials, clarification on the number [...]
2010-02-24 09:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM71KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TERRORISM ISSUES AND VISAS VIPER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 11:21:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER SU
10KHARTOUM98SLM/MINNAWI LEADERSHIP EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 13 meeting with DCM, Sudan Liberation Movement/Minnawi (SLM/Minnawi) faction Head of Foreign Relations, Ali Traio, and Head of Policy, Hussein Arko Minnawi, asserted that Sudan would be better off without elections because they are "rigged" in favor of the National C [...]
2010-01-18 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SU CD
10KIGALI22DEMOBILIZATION OFFICIAL EXPLORES NTAGANDA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean Sayinzoga, Chairman of Rwanda's Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) told visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes (and former Ambassador to Burundi) James Yellin on December 14 that if [...]
2010-01-11 16:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO
10KIGALI24NSS OFFICIAL WARNS AGAINST NTAGANDA ARREST, CALLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Joseph Nzabamwita, head of the National Security Service (NSS)'s Department of External Intelligence and Security, on December 14, pressed visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes James Yellin for Western [...]
2010-01-11 16:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO
10KIGALI51AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - RWANDAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) President Kagame has accepted A/S Carson's invitation to meet at the AU summit (reftel). Government of Rwanda is still working out details on the trip but has provided post the following information: Composition of delegation - President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwab [...]
2010-01-22 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA RW
10KIGALI54RWANDA "FRAGILE" BUT POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parti Democrate Centriste (PDC) leaders told Emboffs January 6 that while the political situation in Rwanda fifteen years after the genocide remains "fragile," political parties can operate more easily and freely today, and the PDC is considering running as an independent party [...]
2010-01-27 17:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
10KINSHASA11In first meeting with dips since MONUC's new mandate
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 meeting with senior diplomats to the DRC, SRSG Alan Doss confirmed that President Kabila was "anxious to see a drawdown plan" for MONUC. Doss said he did not support the creation of a GDRC SSR Coordinator, which, in Doss' view, was impractical and also risked [...]
2010-01-20 17:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM AORC PREL MOPS MCAP CG
10KINSHASA178CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: DRC
[...] (U) Summary: As mentioned ref A, DCM met January 19 with Louise Mayuma Kasende, President Kabila's deputy chief of staff, who promised to convey our request to appropriate GDRC authorities (ref B). On January 31, the DRC formally adhered to the Copenhagen Accord (CA). This action was taken [...]
2010-02-11 08:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV CG
10KINSHASA23MONUC TROOPS ABANDON AID WORKERS, FARDC PILLAGES IDP CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC forces escorting aid workers in a North Kivu IDP camp abandoned their post on January 15 under threat from a rogue FARDC unit that then pillaged the camp. MONUC's Force Commander lodged a protest with the commander of the South African soldiers (RSABATT) involved. The For [...]
2010-01-25 18:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO MONUC MOPS CG
10KINSHASA27Kabila tells new Belgian foreign minister he wants good
[...] (C) Summary: Belgium's DRC ambassador Dominique Struye briefed P-3 ambassadors and others January 23 on the meeting between new Belgian foreign minister Steven Vanackere and President Joseph Kabila on January 19 in Katanga. Struye portrayed Kabila as intent on repairing the DRC's damaged re [...]
2010-01-28 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG
10KINSHASA58DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS
[...] In response to reftel, the DCM met January 19 with Louise Mayuma Kasende, President Kabila's deputy chief of staff with specific responsibility for political, administrative and legal issues. (Note: President Kabila and his chief of staff are away from Kinshasa with date of return unce [...]
2010-01-20 08:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV CG
10KINSHASA9SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO'S OUVERTURES TO THE U.S. - WHAT'S THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Kengo wa Dondo has unexpectedly approached United States diplomats, in Kinshasa and at the AU in Addis Ababa (reftels),to request assistance in facilitating meetings with senior USG officials during an upcoming trip to Washington. One of the Congo's most astute [...]
2010-01-20 09:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
10KUALALUMPUR12MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL
[...] (C) Malaysian government officials continue to communicate little information directly to Post regarding the missing F-5 engines (reftels). Most of the information on the scandal to date has come thru the local media, which reported on January 6 that police arrested and charged one Air Force s [...]
2010-01-10 23:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPM PGOV MY
10KUALALUMPUR14MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON THE "ALLAH" ISSUE AND CHURCH ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following three separate attacks on churches over the night of January 7-8 (ref A),unknown individuals made another nine attacks on churches and a mosque over the weekend, according to senior police officials at a special briefing for the diplomatic corps on January 11 at the M [...]
2010-01-11 10:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR43SABAH TRAVEL ALERT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General I Radzi Rahman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting with the Ambassador on January 18 to discuss the Department's January 15 Travel Alert concerning parts of Sabah, Malaysia. Radzi sai [...]
2010-01-20 09:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALCT MY PGOV KTIP CASC
10KUALALUMPUR49MALAYSIA: MFA VIEWS ON NON-PRO, IAEA, AND EXPORT CONTROL LAW
[...] (S) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Secretary General Zainol Abidin Omar on January 15 to convey Ref A talking points and to discuss a range of other counter-proliferation and export control-related issues (refs A and B). Referencing special information that was provided to the GOM in early-Novemb [...]
2010-01-21 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PGOV IR MY
10KUALALUMPUR58MALAYSIA: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS UPDATE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Raja Azahar, Senior Deputy Secretary General in the Ministry of Home Affairs, told the DCM during a January 14 meeting that the GOM was pleased with its efforts combating sexual exploitation trafficking but still had room for improvement in combating labor trafficking. He expla [...]
2010-01-27 07:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
10KUALALUMPUR66MALAYSIA: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Netherlands embassy DCM Soer met with MFA Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on January 27 to discuss the upcoming Sherpa meeting in the Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit(ref A). U/S Bala, who is the Sous Sherpa for the GOM's delegation, acknowledg [...]
2010-02-04 03:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID IAEA NPT AORC MNUC PREL UNGA MY
10KUALALUMPUR68AA/S VAN DIEPEN'S MEETINGS IN KUALA LUMPUR ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Secretary General Zainol told visiting Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Vann Van Diepen in a 90-minute interagency meeting on January 28 that the GOM was in the final stages of reviewing its draft export control law be [...]
2010-02-05 01:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL EFIN ETTC PARM MY KNNP IAEA
10KUALALUMPUR8EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] SUMMARY: (U) This cable covers the period 1-31 Dec 09. - Contraband Team Detection Kits (CT-30) arrive in MY. - Advisor meets with and fields CNBR training requests from Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). - Invitation to MFA to participate in "Commodities Identification Workshop" re [...]
2010-01-07 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR91EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 23:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
10KUWAIT11PARLIAMENT GIVES INITIAL APPROVAL TO BILL
[...] (C) Kuwait's National Assembly, by a vote of 35-22 (one abstention) on January 6 approved a bill sanctioning the write-off of interest on citizens' consumer loans and rescheduling their debts. (Note: Total consumer loans reached KD 5.2 bn (USD 18 bn) in November 2009. End note.) The GoK str [...]
2010-01-10 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
10KUWAIT134AMBASSADOR PULSES YOUNG KUWAITIS ON THEIR VISIONS
[...] (C) Summary. At a February 2 luncheon at the CMR organized around the theme "Youth Vision for Kuwait in 2020," Ambassador pulsed fifteen Kuwaiti youth leaders, ranging from liberal to conservative, on what sort of Kuwait they will seek to create a decade from now. In response to her overture, [...]
2010-02-15 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
10KUWAIT137MOVING TO THE PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN: KUWAITIS
[...] (U) This is an action message for the Department, please see paragraph X. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador reviewed February 10 developments in US Iran policy with FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammed Al Sabah, taking the opportunity to note USG concerns about recent high-level Kuwait-Iran exchanges and pr [...]
2010-02-16 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
10KUWAIT142KUWAIT INTERIOR MINISTER SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah told Ambassador February 16 that he is deeply concerned about Iranian actions, particularly in Yemen with the Houthis. A security hard-liner whose views do not always reflect those of the rest of the GoK, Shaykh Jaber suggested Iran [...]
2010-02-17 14:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IR YM KU
10KUWAIT43GOK CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On January 21, A/DCM met with Salem Al-Shebli, First Secretary in the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge the GoK to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. Al-Shebli accompanied Kuwaiti Prime Minister [...]
2010-01-21 12:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV KU
10KUWAIT79KUWAIT INCREASES ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary. On January 28 DCM and Econcouns met with Yousef Al-Merag, Director of Disaster relief for the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),to discuss the status of GoK,s pending offer of in-kind assistance to Haiti and to thank h [...]
2010-01-28 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KYIV125LAVROV-POROSHENKO DEAL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE
[...] (C) At a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Ukrainian FM Poroshenko explained how he had cut a deal with Russian FM Lavrov to facilitate the arrival of the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov. Moscow had burned all bridges with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and had not w [...]
2010-01-26 14:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP RS
10KYIV179MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN REGARDING NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Ambassador February 1 drew on reftel points to explain to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy the US rationale for sharpening the choices that Iran faces by increasing pressure on Iran. Khandogiy expressed general agreement and observed that Ukraine is "very much concerned about [...]
2010-02-01 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR UP
10KYIV191POTENTIAL FOR POST ELECTION COURT BATTLES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko's continued allegation of fraud in the January 17 first round presidential election, despite the OSCE's assessment that it was, for the most part, free and fair, raises the importance of the appeals process for the February 7 runoff. The Chairmanship of the High [...]
2010-02-03 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10LAPAZ33Morales Continues to Attempt to Derail Copenhagen Accord
[...] (C) Summary: Declaring the Copenhagen UN climate change summit a failure, Bolivian President Morales announced he will convoke the first "People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Mother Earth" in Cochabamba April 20-22 -- coinciding with Earth Day. The conference's stated objective is to [...]
2010-02-09 12:09:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG PREL BL
10LILONGWE130MALAWI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains engaged in the fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child Dev [...]
2010-02-16 17:33:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA
10LILONGWE37MALAWI: DONORS DO RARE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mutharika hosted selected diplomats for a rare, wide-ranging discussion at State House January 18. Nine members of his cabinet, representing his nine developmental priorities, accompanied him. Among other things, the President and his ministers defended the ruling par [...]
2010-01-19 15:33:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KPKO MI
10LILONGWE51PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S AGENDA FOR THE AU
[...] SUMMARY: Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has not articulated a specific agenda for the African Union if, as expected, he is elected the organization's chair at the AU's upcoming summit in Addis Ababa. To date, Mutharika has generally kept a low profile on international political i [...]
2010-01-28 16:48:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALAU EAID ECON EINV PREL MI
10LILONGWE57MALAWI: DEMARCHE RE IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) DCM conveyed points in reftel demarche Feb. 10 to Anthony Livuza, MFA Principal Secretary and Paul Chiunguzeni, MFA Director of Political Affairs. Both appeared well briefed on the issues. 2. (C) Livuza replied that he understood that the USG had made considerable eff [...]
2010-02-18 16:29:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC IAEA MI
10LIMA107SL Leader Artemio Allegedly Calls for Truce
[...] (C) A man identifying himself as Sendero Luminoso (SL - Shining Path) leader Comrade "Artemio" called a rural radio station on January 26, announcing in a live broadcast that SL would stop all military action in order to sit down and negotiate with the GOP. Artemio's call for a truce follows o [...]
2010-01-29 15:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PE
10LJUBLJANA35SLOVENIA CONSIDERING ITS OWN STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 13:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IR SI
10LONDON126SCOTLAND: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NOT MOVING
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment. First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party-led (SNP) minority government are unlikely to introduce an independence referendum bill in the Scottish Parliament in January, as previously planned. According to well-placed sources, the SNP government's [...]
2010-01-20 17:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PBTS UK
10LONDON261ENGAGEMENT ON UK WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: The government is active in promoting women's rights and there is a robust set of non-governmental organizations working on women's issues. Post consults with women's groups on a regular basis on a range of issues including violence against women, Muslim women's issues, and se [...]
2010-02-04 14:36:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM UK
10LONDON77AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - UK DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) The following delegation will represent the UK Government at the African Union summit: - Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Foreign Office Minister for Africa - Norman Ling, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (mobile: 251.91.120.3081) - Fiona Robertson, Private Secr [...]
2010-01-14 17:32:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK
10LUANDA27ANGOLA CAME UP SHORT IN HELPING HAITI
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in reftel to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 20 January, 2010. Resende stated Angola shares the same concerns of the international community with respect to the need for urgent relief for Haiti. However, she stoppe [...]
2010-01-20 17:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA
10LUANDA31UNDER COVER OF A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 16:48:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO ECON KDEM PGOV PINR PREL
10LUANDA39ANGOLA SILENT FOR NOW ON IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (C) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in reftel to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 20 January, 2010. A/DCM emphasized United States concerns over the Angolan energy firm Sonangol's announced energy deal with Iran, and the possible ramifications under the [...]
2010-01-29 16:59:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PREL
10LUANDA40ANGOLA SUPPORTS "DISTRACTED DRIVING INITIATIVE"
[...] (U) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in ref message regarding the White House executive order on "distracted driving" to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 28 January 2010. Resende said that Angola shares U.S. concerns over traffic fatalities caused by ce [...]
2010-01-29 17:57:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO ASEC PREL
10LUSAKA44"OR NOT TO BE" -- ZAMBIA UNLIKELY TO ASSOCIATE
[...] (C) On January 19, the Ambassador spoke to Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala about the results of the December COP-15 and next steps. He urged Zambia to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord per reftel. Namugala, who led the Zambian dele [...]
2010-01-21 12:11:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZA
10LUXEMBOURG29LUXEMBOURG: PRESSURE IRAN VIA UNSC, AND TARGETED SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On February 2 Ambassador Stroum and DCM discussed reftel points with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Georges Friden. Asselborn agreed that Iran had not responded to "Obama's outstretched hand." He said it was time to increase th [...]
2010-02-05 10:08:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC LU
10LUXEMBOURG9DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG: ENCOURAGING SENIOR-LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to GOL Defense Director Jean-Jacques Welfring January 19. Welfring stated that he expected someone from the MFA would attend the PRT conference but who was yet to be determined. 2. (SBU) DCM also met with George Friden, MFA Dir [...]
2010-01-19 16:51:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF LU
10MADRID119EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]
2010-02-02 07:48:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MADRID146AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador paid his first call on Spanish VP Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega February 4, 2010. They discussed the U.S.-EU summit and Spain's hopes for a bilateral visit by President Obama; Haiti; Afghanistan; Iran; Latin America; Counter-Terrorism, including data protecti [...]
2010-02-05 16:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF HA IR SP XM
10MADRID187A/S VALENZUELA DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an excellent and extremely cordial meeting that lasted over two hours on February 1, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela and NSA-equivalent Bernardino Leon, Secretary General of the Office of the Presidency, discussed prospects for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America [...]
2010-02-18 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU SP
10MADRID199ENGAGING SPAIN ON INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post, joined by visiting VIP delegations such as DHS Secretary Napolitano, CODEL Cardin, and the U.S. delegation to the US-EU Informal Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) issues, has engaged extensively with officials from the Ministries o [...]
2010-02-22 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO SP
10MADRID48U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPAIN FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary: At lunch with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns and Ambassador Solomont on January 15, Spanish FM Moratinos outlined his recent engagement with the PalestinQ leadership to promote progress in the peace process and reiterated his willingness to help where [...]
2010-01-19 16:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID69SPAIN INCREASINGLY LIKE-MINDED ON ADDITIONAL IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Stephen Mull, Special Advisor to P, on January 15 briefed Spanish diplomats regarding key updates in the USG's engagement track with Iran and the need to begin focusing on a UNSC resolution for additional sanctions if Tehran refuses to engage. Mull emphasiz [...]
2010-01-22 16:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN
10MADRID72SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO KIDNAPPINGS IN MAGHREB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned for the well-being of three Spanish citizens kidnapped by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mauritania in November, the Zapatero Administration is acutely aware of the risks to Westerners in the Maghreb and Sahel regions and has taken a variety of steps to bring a [...]
2010-01-25 10:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG SP
10MADRID73DAS JONES' JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH SPAIN ON BOSNIA
[...] (U) Participants U.S. EUR DAS Stuart Jones Bosnia Desk Officer Michael Fooks Poloff Jenny Cordell (notetaker) Spain Director General for North America and non-EU Europe, Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena Subdirector General for Candidate and Neighborhood Policy Countries, Ramon Albaroa [...]
2010-01-25 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP
10MADRID77SPAIN GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed talking points in reftels to key Spanish contacts in the Defense and Foreign Affairs ministries and at the USAID-equivalent Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). Subdirector General for Security Affairs Manuel Acerete confirmed that Special Ambassad [...]
2010-01-25 14:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MOPS NATO AF
10MADRID78SPAIN: PROSECUTOR DISAVOWS AL-QAIDA TIES TO
[...] (S//NF) Contrary to self-incriminating court testimony by the government's star witness in the recently concluded trial regarding the plot to attack the Barcelona metro system, National Court Prosecutor Vicente Gonzalez Mota on January 13 privately confirmed to POLOFF that there were no Al-Qaid [...]
2010-01-25 15:30:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID79SPAIN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR SENDING MUJAHEDEEN TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on January 13 convicted five of nine defendants in the joint prosecution against the radical Islamists detained in January 2006 in the simultaneously executed Operations Chacal (See Ref A for more details) and Camaleon, which took down cells in Barcelona and Mad [...]
2010-01-25 15:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM
10MADRID81SPAIN: PROBLEMS USING USG-PROVIDED EVIDENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Court Prosecutor Dolores "Lola" Delgado on January 13 vented to US DOJ officials on problems she is encountering in trying to introduce evidence provided by the USG - primarily from the US intelligence community - in her prosecution of radical Islamist terrorists. She d [...]
2010-01-25 16:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MANAGUA18VISAS VIPER December 2009 Monthly Activity Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 17:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU
10MANAGUA194VISAS VIPER January 2010 Monthly Activity Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 20:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU
10MANAGUA49TFHA01: AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ORTEGA HAITI STATEMENT
[...] (C ) Summary: At a January 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Ambassador protested President Daniel Ortega's willful mischaracterization of U.S. humanitarian efforts in Haiti as a military occupation. He said that such statements have been noticed in Washington and are damag [...]
2010-01-26 22:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID OAS HA NU
10MANAGUA69AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON
[...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...]
2010-02-08 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAMA15BAHRAINI FM ON AFGHANISTAN, ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifah January 11 for an hour and discussed a range of topics including the Israeli-palestinian conflict and Afghanistan. MFA advisor Amb Saeed Al Faihani and DCM joined the meeting. Afghanistan ----------- 2. (C) On Afghanista [...]
2010-01-11 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS AF BA
10MANAMA21SUNNI EXTREMIST RE-ARRESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 07:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC BA
10MANAMA99BAHRAINI OFFICIALS REACT TO TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KISL BA
10MANILA125AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang Palace January 21. The President praised the excellent state of U.S.-Philippine bilateral relations, and lauded U.S. leadership in organizing an "excellent" aid effort for Haiti. She said a [...]
2010-01-21 08:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RP
10MANILA132TFHA01: PHILIPPINES SENDS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS, PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines offered monetary assistance and disaster relief expertise to earthquake-stricken Haiti this week, with President Arroyo and the Philippine National Red Cross each approving USD 50,000 for humanitarian assistance. A team of 21 government doctors, nurses and engin [...]
2010-01-22 07:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO HA RP
10MANILA60AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) In a one-on-one January 11 breakfast with the Ambassador, presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro betrayed a clear lack of enthusiasm for campaigning, noting time demands, difficult discussions with local officials, and a dearth of substance. Teodoro spoke highly of his running mate, Edu [...]
2010-01-13 03:52:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RP
10MANILA70FOREIGN SECRETARY'S FAREWELL DINNER FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Romulo hosted on January 11 an intimate cabinet dinner for departing Ambassador Kenney. In a brief preliminary meeting with the Ambassador, Romulo stressed his gratitude for strong military-to-military relations, for U.S. disaster relief during flooding and the [...]
2010-01-14 07:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS RP
10MANILA73GOVERNMENT RACING AGAINST TIME FOR MILF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are poised to continue difficult discussions this month on a comprehensive peace agreement, even as the Philippine government questions how much progress can be made in reconciling the parties' distan [...]
2010-01-14 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA90PHILIPPINES LAUDS SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH ON
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Department of Foreign Affairs official lauded Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on regional architecture, calling it another welcome sign of U.S. re-engagement with East Asia. The government continues to formulate its response, and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo wi [...]
2010-01-15 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF RP
10MAPUTO139PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...]
2010-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ
10MAPUTO159DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...]
2010-02-19 16:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO163MOZAMBIQUE SUBMISSION: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's urban and rural areas, often with the complicity of family m [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10MAPUTO82GUEBUZA INAUGURATION FLAUNTS EXCESS, YET REVEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Television cameras captured scenes of several thousand revelers at Frelimo headquarters celebrating the election results in December, and independent media remarked on the excesses and atmosphere of indulgence. The party continued during the Jan 12 parliamentary inauguration, p [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MASERU14EAC MEETS TO REVIEW VISAS VIPER ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As instructed in ref A, Embassy Maseru's EAC met on January 13, 2010, to discuss terrorism and Visas Viper issues. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power, and in attendance were Ambassador Nolan, RSO, PD/Econ/Pol Officer, GSO, IMO, CLO, Exec OMS, MCC, CDC, and Peace Corps. The [...]
2010-01-13 08:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER ASEC PINR KVPR LT
10MASERU3VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 15:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT
10MASERU35VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] Embassy Maseru held a Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 2, 2010. Attendees were DCM, RSO, CONS, MO, POLECON. 2. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power. 3. No individuals were identified for inclusion in the Visa Viper Program during this reporting period. 4. Post's Vis [...]
2010-02-04 12:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC CMGT LT
10MASERU47LESOTHO'S KING WANTS U.S. DOMESTIC ISSUES RESOLVED SO OBAMA
[...] At the monarch's invitation, on February 9, 2010, Ambassador Nolan and DCM Power met with King Letsie III and spoke with him for almost an hour on the current status of the health care reform proposals in the United States. King Letsie was particularly interested in the cultural context in wh [...]
2010-02-12 11:10:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
10MASERU55MASERU: ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] Post completed its review of consular management controls on February 11, 2010, in an open discussion that included the DCM and all members of the consular section. Post certifies that it is in full compliance with management control requirements. 2. Completion of review certified by Eliz [...]
2010-02-22 11:04:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LT
10MBABANE48 SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DEMETRIOS MARANTIS TO
[...] (SBU) Swaziland is a politically stable country with significant democracy and governance shortfalls, and a divided civic community challenging the government's lack of response to these deficits. It has a deeply traditional society with large economic disparities between the developed urban [...]
2010-02-04 09:36:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP WZ
10MEXICO141Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future?
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...]
2010-02-26 19:23:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO53GOM'S LOCAL POLICE REFORM PROPOSAL HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT A
[...] (C) Summary. The Calderon government has proposed a new local police model that would consolidate the 2000-plus municipal police forces into 32 entities run by the state and Federal District governments. The proposal enjoys more support from the political opposition than Calderon's earlier ef [...]
2010-01-19 21:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
10MONROVIA36PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY (GHFSI) IN LIBERIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Liberia, food insecurity presents daily hardships for the majority of citizens, and has been an historic cause of destabilizing political unrest. Post recognizes that a reinvigorated agricultural sector is the key to broad-based employment, economic growth, and a healthy popul [...]
2010-01-11 16:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID LI
10MONTEVIDEO140CORRECTIVE CABLE: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES MATTHEWMAN RETURNED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KCOM OTRA UY AFIN
10MONTEVIDEO19URUGUAY: FM'S TAKE ON HAITI, UNASUR, AND THE PATHWAYS INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Nelson presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz February 8, before completing the credentialing process with a call on President Tabare Vazquez that same evening. In a warm meeting, Vaz confirmed Uruguay would send more peacekeepers to Haiti, explained [...]
2010-02-09 17:38:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO32FOR RELEASE: BFIF 2010 PROPOSALS FOR URUGUAY
[...] THE FOLLOWING ARE PROJECTS FOR WHICH POST IS REQUESTING FY 2010 BFIF FUNDS - NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER: ---------- PRADO FAIR ---------- 2. In 2009, Post adjusted its participation at the Prado fair from the large-scale U.S. pavilions of years past (lasting the entire two week [...]
2010-01-19 14:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BEXP UY
10MOSCOW140RUSSIAN INTELLECTUALS PRESENT BEARISH OUTLOOK TO U/S BURNS
[...] (C) During a January 13 discussion with U/S Burns, four prominent Russian intellectuals agreed the current Russian leadership is not successfully tackling the immense economic and social challenges facing the country. Despite Medvedev's progressive "modernization" rhetoric, vested interests t [...]
2010-01-21 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW273RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT
10MOSCOW304HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS QUESTION THE RESET
[...] (C) Summary: A group of civil society leaders told Senior Russia NSC Director Michael McFaul January 14 that they were disappointed with the perceived U.S. retreat on support of human rights in Russia. While they cautioned against returning to what they called the "aggressive" style of the Bu [...]
2010-02-11 07:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
10MOSCOW319RUSSIAN REACTION TO ROMANIAN SM-3 MISSILE DEFENSE:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Russia remained calm in the face of the Romanian announcement that U.S. SM-3 missile defense interceptors would be deployed there. Although there were echoes of Putin's late December complaints that the U.S. missile defense program threatened a START follow-on, governmen [...]
2010-02-12 15:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MCAP RO RS
10MOSCOW334GOR GREETS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DIRECTOR BLOOMFIELD
[...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Moscow from January 29 - February 4, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) Director Sarah Bloomfield received an enthusiastic response from GOR officials, who noted that the GOR and the USHMM have shared interests in expanding World War II and Holocaust education [...]
2010-02-16 12:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KNAR KIRF RS
10MOSCOW392IRAN DOMINATES NETANYAHU'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a two-day visit to Moscow, PM Netanyahu pressed his case on Iran while the GOR was more focused on trade than the MEPP. The Israeli PM downplayed disagreements over Hamas and welcomed government initiatives to help crisis-depleted economic relations. Netanyahu came away ple [...]
2010-02-22 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IR
10MOSCOW60RUSSIA PLAYS ITS CARDS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN,
[...] (C) Summary. As a counterpoint to its August 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia is pursuing traditional diplomacy with its South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, while addressing growing Turkish influence in the region. Although wary of Yerevan's possible westward reorientation, Mosc [...]
2010-01-14 07:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU
10MUSCAT101OMAN'S PLANS TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) On February 10 the Ambassador inquired from Sayyid Badr, the MFA Secretary General, whether Oman plans to accede to the Copenhagen Accord. Badr answered that Oman was drafting a letter to the UN Secretary General that would say "We welcome the accord and are doing our best in enacting pol [...]
2010-02-22 10:17:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL MU
10MUSCAT103OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS AND A/S FELTMAN DISCUSS YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman, Sultan Qaboos -- Supported President Saleh and a united Yemen; -- Concurred wholeheartedly with the U.S. analysis and approach to Yemen, especially on the need to maintain pressure on President Saleh; -- Agreed [...]
2010-02-23 06:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER MU YM
10MUSCAT107A/S FELTMAN WITH OMANI FM - YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions about Yemen during a February 17 meeting between Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YbA) and NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman revealed that the U.S. and Oman are on the same page regarding both internal politics and external influences. Y [...]
2010-02-24 13:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL YM MU
10MUSCAT49DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 13:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL MU
10MUSCAT70OMAN: SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the DCM met January 20 with the MFA's Muhammad al-Khusaibi (please protect),head of the Americas desk and former Omani Ambassador to the United States to discuss informally the sensitive topic of the Omani reaction to a prospective request for accreditation of the [...]
2010-02-03 15:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER PREL AMGT MU
10MUSCAT83IRAN OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN MUSCAT
[...] (SBU) Recent press reporting from Iran noted the imminent opening of an Iranian "trade center" in Oman by January 26, 2010. The reports cite Iranian economic officials as saying that the Iranian government has allocated one billion dollars in loans to set up 20 trade centers worldwide. They no [...]
2010-02-09 12:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MU IR
10MUSCAT9MUSCAT RESPONSE TO ARMS FOR SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] (C) This is a response to Ref A request for an update on the implementation of regulations to allow armed security teams to transit Oman in order to embark or disembark vessels at the Port of Salalah (Ref B). Based on information provided to us by Inchcape Shipping Service (ISS),the only curr [...]
2010-01-09 14:30:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PREL KPIR MU
10MUSCAT92EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU
10NAIROBI328KENYA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON GHFSI
[...] USAID/East Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Nairobi, Kenya February 1-5, 2010 on the implementation in eastern and southern Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 12 [...]
2010-02-10 09:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE
10NAIROBI350Security Minister on Police Reform and Public Outreach
[...] Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's meetings with Minister of Security Saitoti, DCM Lee Brudvig met with the minister on February 3 to discuss his request for assistance with police reform efforts. In addition to presenting a list of requests for his ministry (ranging from additional po [...]
2010-02-17 12:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID
10NAIROBI48THE GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: DIPLOMATIC
[...] Post appreciates the Department's interest in implementing the President's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) in Kenya. We believe Kenya could become a successful GHFSI partner country and our engagement could catalyze market-driven agricultural reform in the region. Despite [...]
2010-01-11 12:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL KE
10NDJAMENA11CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC
[...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...]
2010-01-07 13:04:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA40CHAD: RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE RE.
[...] (SBU) DCM and Democracy/Development Officer met January 21 with Sandjima Dounia, Secretary General of the Chadian Ministry of Environment, to deliver points in reftel on the desirability of Chad's associating itself with the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Sandjima made clear that Chad [...]
2010-01-25 09:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV PREL PGOV SU CD
10NDJAMENA41CHAD'S MEDIA CLIMATE EVOLVING POSITIVELY AS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Goual Nanassoum, head of an EU-funded project on empowering the media in Chad, told DCM Jan 22 that he believed that media freedom had improved over the past year as a consequence of both GoC and opposition commitment to the August 13, 2007 Accords. Nanassoum told us that he felt intern [...]
2010-01-25 11:22:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PHUM PINR PREF PGOV PREL CD
10NDJAMENA76ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR.
[...] Embassy N'Djamena requests permission for Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, Jr. to be absent from post for medevac to London from February 6, 2010. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM Sue L. Bremner will be in charge. 2. Proposed itinerary is as follows: FEBRUARY 6: 11:50 PM DPT NDJAMENA V [...]
2010-02-05 11:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD
10NEWDELHI287SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...]
2010-02-11 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI334INDIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN: EAGER FOR INCREASED USG COORDINATION, WARY OF PAKISTANI SCHEMING, SKEPTICAL ON R/R
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's A/S equivalent for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran -- welcomed increased GOI-USG coordination "at all levels" on our respective assistance activities in Afghanistan. He warned the USG not to be drawn into what he characterized as a Pakistan [...]
2010-02-23 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN PK AF IR
10NEWDELHI40HATOYAMA AND SINGH ADVANCE BILATERAL SECURITY,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama paid his first visit to India December 27 - 29, continuing the tradition of annual bilateral meetings. The visit focused on security issues and economic ties and produced an "Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation" that establishes a new seni [...]
2010-01-12 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM IN
10NIAMEY11NIGER: 17 DEAD IN CLASHES WITH MILITANTS NEAR
[...] (U) According to a January 4 communique of the Ministry of National Defense carried by Government-run "Tele Sahel Television," militants ambushed a Nigerian Armed Forces (FAN) responding from Tilia to a report of armed men on December 30 in Telemses, a small town located 95 km northwest of Taho [...]
2010-01-06 17:40:00Embassy NiameySECRETPTER PGOV PINR MOPS KCRM ASEC ML NG
10NIAMEY21CLASSIFIED POUCH - SUSPICIOUS POWDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On the morning of January 6, Post had an incident relating to a classified pouch bag and a suspicious powder inside it. The Information Management Specialist (IMS) informed the Marine at Post 1 that an incident occurred in the IPC. The IMS stated that after verifying the classified po [...]
2010-01-11 07:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADPM AMED AMGT ASEC KMSG TBIO
10NIAMEY27NIGER: EU DELEGATION HEAD EXPLAINS VIEWS ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Although the EU has suspended budgetary support to the Government of Niger (GON) due to recent anti-constitutional actions by President Tandja, it will continue humanitarian aid, including food security. According to the EU Head of Delegation, the EU has provided a 120-day win [...]
2010-01-12 21:24:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM EU US NG
10NIAMEY33 Niger: Former High Commissioner for Restoration of Peace
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, current National Assembly Deputy and former High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP) Mohamed Anacko met with DCM at the Chancery; Poloff and LES Pol Specialist also participated. The former Commissioner spoke about the successful culmination of the p [...]
2010-01-14 19:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS ECON SNAR SOCI PHUM KHDP ML AG NG
10NICOSIA38CYPRUS: JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS
[...] (U) On January 22, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful to have in mind as Cyprus finalized its position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina said th [...]
2010-01-22 13:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CY
10NICOSIA46CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: U.S. WORKING TOWARDS JANUARY 31ST DEADLINE
[...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...]
2010-01-26 07:33:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CY KGHG
10NICOSIA52CYPRUS: NO PLAN TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR IRAN
[...] (U) On January 28, 2010, Poloff delivered ref points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (C) Nicolaou explained that although Cyprus shares U.S. concerns about the human rights situation [...]
2010-01-28 12:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CY
10NICOSIA54CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS -- CORRECTED COPY
[...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...]
2010-01-28 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CY KGHG
10NICOSIA85CYPRUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN
[...] (C) On February 10, 2010, Poloff delivered Ref A points to Panayiotis Papadopoulos, MFA Counselor in the Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations, Political Affairs Division. Papadopoulos did not commit Cyprus to any bilateral actions in follow-up to the recent EU st [...]
2010-02-10 14:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR CY
10NOUAKCHOTT11EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S DECEMBER 2009 VISAS VIPER
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 Chair: DCM: Dennis Hankins Coordinator: Stephen Kochuba, Consular Officer Attendees: RAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, POL 3. (S/NF) For the month of December 2009, Embassy Noakchott has no additional Visas Viper submissions. [...]
2010-01-10 15:53:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
10NOUAKCHOTT58MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Islamic Affairs expects to see a majority of the 68 Salafists in detention publicly renounce violence and the extremist ideology expressed by Al Qaeda. While the renunciation of violence will not affect the judicial process against those who have actually commit [...]
2010-01-25 16:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR
10NUEVOLAREDO44Major Gun Battle Between Mexican Army and Zetas at
[...] SBU - entire text. 2. SUMMARY: A major gun battle, clearly audible from the Texas side of the river, rang out at approximately 2130 hours February 19. Though Mexican sources are being vague about some of the details, it appears clear that this was another unplanned run-in [...]
2010-02-22 15:38:00Consulate Nuevo LaredoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC MX
10NUEVOLAREDO56NUEVO LAREDO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 02/27/10
[...] SBU - Entire text. 2. SUMMARY: Gulf Cartel DTO attacked two police stations in Nuevo Laredo evening of February 26. Zetas DTO, apparently searching for the Gulf perpetrators, appeared armed outside a barbecue attended by post personnel. Corroborated reports anticipate a Gul [...]
2010-02-27 18:21:00Consulate Nuevo LaredoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL SNAR MX
10OSLO2(S/NF) OSLO EAC REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING
[...] (S/NF) Following consultations with Ambassador White, Charge Heg convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 5 to discuss measures in place at Embassy Oslo to avoid an incident like the attempted Christmas day bombing. The recent attack in Denmark, and developments regardi [...]
2010-01-05 15:12:00Embassy OsloSECRET//NOFORNASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER
10OSLO30NORWAY'S POST COP-15 STEPS AND COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian acting chief climate negotiator Audun Rosland told DCM and PolEconOff January 15 that Norway had hoped for a more ambitious deal, but views the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction. He said that the Annex I countries (industrialized nations) [...]
2010-01-21 11:32:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NO KGHG
10OSLO35 NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] (U) Norway's Senior Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff January 21 that Norway would send MFA Senior Advisor Helene Sand Andresen to the PRT Conference in Prague starting January 25. Andresen told PolOff that Kirsten Gislesen and Colonel Roar [...]
2010-01-22 15:01:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO37GON VIEWS: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25 MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff and MoD Deputy Director of Security Policy General Bjorn Solberg told DCM, A/DATT and PolOff that the GoN was supportive overall of the US objectives for the London Conference. Kanavin did note that th [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF NO
10OSLO40NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO41NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO42NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO43NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO44NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO45EUR/RPM DIRECTOR DISCUSSES NATO, ARCTIC, AND
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the January 14 NATO Strategic Concept Seminar EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner, DCM, and PolOff conducted bilateral meetings January 13 to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, Russia, and the Arctic High North. On Afghanistan, MFA and MoD officials described increasing Nor [...]
2010-01-26 11:49:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL NATO MOPS PARM KNNP KCFE PGOV SENV AF NO
10OSLO47GON HAS "WAIT AND SEE" APPROACH ON ATTEMPTS TO BAR
[...] (C) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Anita Krokan told PolOff January 26 that their embassy in Amman has recommended a "wait and see" strategy in approaching the GoI in regards to barring of candidates from participating in the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, Krokan said non-Sunni groups have a [...]
2010-01-26 14:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ NO
10OSLO69NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...]
2010-02-10 11:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NO
10OSLO85DepMin of Defense: NATO'S Deterrence Capabilities Still Key
[...] (C) Meeting with DCM, PolOff and A/DAO before the February 26 release of the joint letter from five Foreign Ministers to NATO SYG Rasmussen calling for a discussion on NATO's nuclear policy at the upcoming Tallinn meeting, Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide strongly criticized news re [...]
2010-02-26 16:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO KNNP PREL NO
10OTTAWA1CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010
[...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...]
2010-01-04 15:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF
10OTTAWA79VISAS VIPER: INDIVIDUALS ASSOCATED WITH HIVA ALIZADEH, A
[...] (S/NF) Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates the following individuals for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. All of them are known associates of Hiva Alizadeh, a Canadian citizen born in Iran who is strongly suspected of being an Islamic extremist who is plotti [...]
2010-02-24 19:29:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
10PANAMA1Senior GOP Officials Express Doubts About Contractor for
[...] (C) Senior GOP Officials have expressed doubts to the Embassy and to members of a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation about the ability of the GUPC Consortium led by Spanish and Italian firms Sacyr and Impregilo to carry out the work on the expansion of the Panama Canal. 2. (C) At a December 2 [...]
2010-01-08 17:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EWWT EINV PM
10PANAMA41Confrontation with the FARC Rattles GOP
[...] (S//NF) Three members of the FARC were killed in Panama's Darien province and two were captured on January 27, apparently after a Panamanian National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) patrol stumbled upon the guerrillas traveling in a boat on the Tuira river. Reports indicate the guerrillas opened [...]
2010-02-01 22:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR PGOV PREL PM CO
10PARAMARIBO10VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on January 6, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM Jennifer Christenson. 4. In attendance: AMB, ADCM, CONS, POL, MLO and DEA. 5. The committee i [...]
2010-01-08 15:35:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC KVPR NS
10PARAMARIBO100VISA VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on February 10, 2010. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL, and DEA. 5. The comm [...]
2010-02-11 16:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC
10PARAMARIBO2Evaluation of Participation of Louis Alfaisie in FY09 MRP
[...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Louis Alfaisie, reporter for De West, a national daily newspaper, participated in the FY09 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM II" August 10 - 28, 2009. During his November 2009 return brief with the DCM, PolEconPDoff, and PD Assistant [...]
2010-01-04 12:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL NS
10PARAMARIBO28VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on November 4, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL and DEA. 5. The committee identified no specific inf [...]
2010-01-15 17:06:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC
10PARAMARIBO66Demarche Delivered: Suriname still deliberating whether to
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Jane Nanhu-Aarland on January 26. She said the GOS was still deliberating whether Suriname would associate with the Copenhagen Accord. In a follow-up call on January 29, she indicated the GO [...]
2010-01-29 18:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG NS
10PARIS179WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...]
2010-02-16 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR
10PARIS193U/S TAUSCHER'S MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher's February 2 meetings with French counterparts from the Elysee (presidency) and MFA included discussions of U.S. disarmament priorities, the NPT Review Conference (NPT RevCon),the Nuclear Secur [...]
2010-02-19 13:01:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KACT KNNP MARR MCAP NATO CH
10PARIS49AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR
10PARIS76AMBASSADOR RIVKIN ENGAGES ON HAITI AS FRENCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reinforcing the Secretary's message (ref A),Ambassador Rivkin engaged directly with over 100 French journalists in an event streamed live on-line by CNN where he highlighted U.S. assistance to Haiti and the cooperation of the United States with France, the UN, and the internati [...]
2010-01-25 12:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP FR HA
10PHNOMPENH26FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS BUDGET AND JUDICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour meeting January 11 which was both active and at times exceedingly technical, the "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" discussed the budget request for 2010-2011 as well as the preliminary budget estimates for 2012-2015. The F [...]
2010-01-14 09:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
10PHNOMPENH31CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...]
2010-01-19 09:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB
10PHNOMPENH65RGC WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT WANTS TO SEE COMMITMENTS FIRST
[...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has no objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord in principle but wants to see concrete commitments from developed and major developing countries before taking action. DCM delivered Reftel talking points to Ouch Borith, Secretary of Stat [...]
2010-01-26 06:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CB KGHG
10PHNOMPENH75RAINSY CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy was convicted in absentia January 27 on charges of destroying public property and inciting national discrimination for his role in removing temporary markers delineating the Cambodia-Vietnam border; he was sentenced to two years in prison and a [...]
2010-01-29 10:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KTIA KJUS CB
10PORTAUPRINCE160NAS Haiti December 2009 Monthly Report
[...] (U) (NOTE: This cable serves to fulfill a monthly INL reporting requirement to document activities for the month of December 2009. The content dates prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake. END NOTE.) 2. (SBU) Summary: In December 2009, there were significant developments in the NAS-H [...]
2010-02-14 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL XL HA
10PORTAUPRINCE46CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Port-au-Prince provides the office and mobile telephone numbers of all country team members and other key officers who have action responsibilities during this crisis. Please note that most Haitian cell towers are still not in service, and land lines are unreliable. [...]
2010-01-15 00:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
10PRAIA28CAPE VERDE CONSULTS BEFORE JOINING COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 17:54:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV CV
10PRAIA31CAPE VERDE EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY FOR HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE
[...] (U) On January 21, DCM followed up informal messages to the MFA with a demarche giving detailed information on the U.S. support package for Haiti. In the meeting with MFA America's Desk Oriana Gonsalves, we shared the information and asked about Cape Verde's response. Gonsalves told us that C [...]
2010-01-26 19:13:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CV
10PRAIA64PRAIA NEEDS ANNEX PER OIG RECOMMENDATIONS ON SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary and Action request. Embassy Praia has exceeded the available workspace in the USG's 36-year old Chancery. Post requests OBO and DS assistance in identifying a solution, now that our place on the NEC list for replacement our downtown street-front property has been pushed back fro [...]
2010-02-08 10:54:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ASEC ASIG AMGT CV
10PRETORIA147A/S CARSON MEETING REQUEST WITH SOUTH AFRICANS AT
[...] (SBU) PolCouns passed A/S Carson's request for a meeting with President Zuma on the margins of the AU Summit to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) USA Director on January 15, and included contact information for USAU acting DCM Maybury. DIRCO officials acknowledged [...]
2010-01-22 17:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA SF
10PRETORIA216AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) On January 26, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met with Ambassador Gips, DCM LaLime and PolOff (notetaker). The Minister welcomed bilateral cooperation, albeit with the proviso that SAG and USG interests be weighted equally. Her main requests were for U [...]
2010-02-02 09:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF CVIS KTIP SF
10PRETORIA355ESKOM PITCHES ITSELF AND THE MEDUPI POWER PLANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eskom hosted foreign diplomatic missions, South Africa Government officials, and its own staff on February 9 at Medupi Power Plant. Eskom asserted that its team is dedicated to keeping the lights on and fueling economic growth in South Africa, and that Medupi - as a key part of [...]
2010-02-22 10:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EINV EFIN IBRD PGOV SENV SF
10PRETORIA72SOUTH AFRICA FIGHTS RAMPANT PASSPORT FRAUD
[...] (SBU) As noted in post's 2009 Terrorism Report (ref A),South Africa has a poor record of document security with respect to passports issued by its Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The high incidence of genuine documents fraudulently issued to non-nationals prompted the U.K. to impose a visa [...]
2010-01-13 10:09:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF
10PRETORIA80SOUTH AFRICA FIGHTS RAMPANT PASSPORT FRAUD
[...] (SBU) As noted in post's 2009 Terrorism Report (ref A),South Africa has a poor record of document security with respect to passports issued by its Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The high incidence of genuine documents fraudulently issued to non-nationals prompted the U.K. to impose a visa [...]
2010-01-14 10:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF
10QUITO101Ecuador's Push for Conditions-Free Foreign Assistance has
[...] (C) Events over the last year demonstrate that the Correa government is intent on exerting as much control as possible over assistance flows and projects in Ecuador, although so far not to the extent of losing assistance Ecuador needs. The GoE's hyper-nationalistic philosophy has economic nati [...]
2010-02-24 20:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC
10QUITO37China cautiously seeks to expand commercial interests in
[...] (C) China's Ambassador to Ecuador, Cai Runguo, told Ambassador January 15 that the PRC is moving forward with negotiations with the GoE on financing various commercial projects, but that Ecuadorian President Correa's criticisms of China's tough negotiating position had caused some concern in B [...]
2010-01-26 22:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV ENRG EC CH
10QUITO79FURTHER DELAYS ON AGREEMENT FOR MILITARY COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM and embassy officers met with MFA Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs Leonardo Arizaga on February 10 to seek clarification on the reasons for the delay in the GOE's signing of a diplomatic note on status of forces for military exercises and cooperation. Arizaga explain [...]
2010-02-11 22:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KTIA MASS MOPS EC US
10RABAT121AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
[...] Summary: When the Ambassador called on the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Akhannouch on January 14, they focused on agricultural trade, the recent approval of changes to the chocolate standard, the MCA and Maroc Vert's (Green Morocco's) progress, and water resource managemen [...]
2010-02-12 11:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD EINV KMCA MO
10RABAT158RENEWED CONTACT WITH THE JCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatallah Arsalane, governing board member of the unrecognized but tolerated Moroccan religious/political organization known as the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; Arabic: "Al-Adl wal Ihsane"),met with D/PolCouns for a wide-ranging discussion of global issues and interna [...]
2010-02-24 15:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO
10RABAT22WHY DID MOROCCO SEND DADIS CAMARA TO BURKINA FASO?
[...] (C) Summary: Following the Secretary,s conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Embassy was surprised to learn January 12 of the Government of Morocco,s (GOM,s) abrupt decision to discharge Guinean junta leader Dadis Camara from the Mohammed V Military Hospital in R [...]
2010-01-15 07:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS GV MO UV
10RABAT34MOROCCO AND BURKINA FASO CONSULTATIONS ON GUINEA
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mansouri met with President Compaore, Guinean General Konate and Guinean Captain Dadis Camara in Ouagadougou on January 18. According to a senior Moroccan MFA official, Mansouri assured Compoare that the GOM appreciate [...]
2010-01-20 19:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MARR PREL MO UV GV
10RABAT8GUINEA: THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (S) Summary: Following a series of discussions in Rabat on January 5, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson signaled explicit USG support to Guinean Defense Minister Sekouba Konate in his bid to lead the country's transition to civilian rule. A/S Carson, along with Fr [...]
2010-01-08 11:17:00Embassy RabatSECRETPINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO
10RANGOON109BURMA: SUPREME COURT REJECTS AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) Burma's Supreme Court on February 26 rejected the appeal of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants, who were convicted in August 2009 for violating the terms of ASSK's house arrest. As planned, ASSK did not attend the court session. Her legal team, commenting that today's verdi [...]
2010-02-26 09:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
10RANGOON90UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFS
[...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with diplomats at the beginning of his five-day visit to Burma, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana said he plans to use his trip to encourage and assess GOB progress on his past human rights recommendations. He reported the GOB has approv [...]
2010-02-16 11:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
10REYKJAVIK31 ICELAND: 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009 Iceland took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. The Government of Iceland, for the first time, prosecuted alleged trafficking violators on TIP specific charges. In addition, the government passed and began to implement the country's first anti-TIP natio [...]
2010-02-23 16:31:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10REYKJAVIK8EMBASSY REYKJAVIK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On December 15, 2009, American Embassy Reykjavik convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting as per REFTEL A. CDA Watson chaired the meeting. In attendance were A/DCM, POL, PAO, CONS, ECON, IPC, MILREP, MGT and RSO. Ref A was discussed by the EAC. 2. (S/NF) RSO began the [...]
2010-01-11 10:50:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT CASC PTER CA
10RIGA29 LATVIAN OFFICIALS TO ATTEND PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] Latvian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Argita Daudze will attend the January 25-27 PRT conference in Prague. According to MFA officials, she will be joined by DCM Edgars Bondars and MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Ilze Strasere. Ministry of Defense officials reported earlier that Jevgenijs Pa [...]
2010-01-19 15:31:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO AF LG
10RIGA32LATVIA UNDERSTANDS THE TRANSITION TO AFGHAN LEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:45:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL LG AF
10RIGA93AIRBALTIC CEO UNHAPPY ABOUT IRAN; WANTS USG HELP TO START
[...] (C) Bertolt Flick, CEO of airBaltic, met with Ambassador Garber to complain about U.S. pressure on the GOL to prohibit airBaltic's planned new service to Iran (Reftel A & B). Flick confirmed that airBaltic will not fly to Tehran. However, he expressed his frustration that the previou [...]
2010-02-26 11:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ SA LG
10RIYADH106DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG YEMEN POLICY
[...] (U) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. goals for the January 27 Yemen ministerial in London, per reftel. Econ Counselor discussed reftel points with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Affairs Sulaiman Al-Turki in a separate meeting t [...]
2010-01-25 12:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH108DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OUTREACH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. priorities for the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and solicit Saudi support for these goals per reftel. Econ Counselor also met separately with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Af [...]
2010-01-25 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF SA
10RIYADH124SAUDI KING PESSIMISTIC WITH BLAIR ON CHANCES FOR
[...] (C) The British DCM provided Econcous with a readout of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's January 24 meeting with the King and FM Saud Al-Faisal. According to the DCM, Blair stressed the importance of restarting the negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Besides putting more [...]
2010-01-27 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA
10RIYADH145DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Poloff and Netherlands Embassy DCM Menno Lenstra met with Naif Al-Sudairy of the Disarmament department at the MFA on January 31 to discuss preparations for the Nuclear Security Summit per reftel. 2. (U) Al-Sudairy said that the Saudis planned to attend all preparatory meetings for th [...]
2010-02-01 12:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10RIYADH154DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (C) DCM met with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations, Dr. Khalid Al-Jindan, on February 3 to solicit Saudi support for the U.S. strategy to mobilize pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program per reftel A. 2. (C) Al-Jindan noted that he had attended th [...]
2010-02-03 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC SA
10RIYADH155KARZAI TO THE KING: I NEED YOUR HELP
[...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to Riyadh for a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah on February 3. Karzai's visit comes a week after his speech at the London Afghanistan Conference, where he called upon the Saudis to assist in facilitating the Afghan reconciliation process. As Karzai [...]
2010-02-03 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK SA
10RIYADH193YEMENI-HOUTHI CEASEFIRE: WILL IT LAST?
[...] (S) Summary: On Thursday, February 11, the Yemeni Government announced a ceasefire in its conflict with the Houthis to take effect as of midnight on February 12th. While violations and political setbacks are likely in the days and weeks ahead, the ceasefire ought to hold for the near term. T [...]
2010-02-15 06:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA YM
10RIYADH37MISH'AL IN RIYADH, BUT IRAN IS THE REAL FOCUS
[...] (C) Egyptian President Mubarak, Palestinian Authority President Abbas, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish'al visited Riyadh in the past two weeks, reflecting a renewed Saudi push on Palestinian and intra-Arab reconciliation, aimed ultimately at blunting [...]
2010-01-06 09:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SY SA
10RIYADH38SAUDI FOCUS ON PEACE TALKS DURING ABBAS VISIT
[...] (C) FOCUS ON PROSPECTS FOR PEACE: Palestine Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Mahir Karaki told Pol/Mil Counselor that President Mahmoud Abbas' December 30 meetings with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal focused on restarting Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Dr. Mahir obser [...]
2010-01-06 11:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL SA EG SY
10RIYADH61POSITIVE TREASURY ENGAGEMENT WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 05:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10RIYADH62ADDITIONAL SAUDI VIEWS ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF
[...] (S) A/DCM met Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral Relations Dr. Prince Torki bin Mohammed January 10 to follow up on the U.S. proposal (ref A) to designate Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two AQAP leaders under UNSCR 1267, previously delivered to the Saudis December 23 [...]
2010-01-11 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON KTFN PREL PTER YM SA
10RIYADH66SAUDI LEADERS STUNG BY NEW TSA SCREENING RULES
[...] (SBU) Following news of TSA's January 3 designation of Saudi Arabia as a "country of interest," Saudi leaders from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Culture and Information we talked to all have expressed surprise and dismay that their co [...]
2010-01-11 15:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL ASEC ECON SA
10RIYADH78DEFENSE MINISTER DECLARES SOUTHERN BORDER CLEARED
[...] (C) News of Houthi fighting has continued to take a back seat to other matters in the Saudi media in recent days. However, Prince Khalid bin Sultan's visit to the troops on January 12 produced several front page articles in local papers that repeated reassuring news that the Saudi military has [...]
2010-01-13 15:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10RIYADH79AFCENT COMMANDER DISCUSSES AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In January 5 meetings with Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) Commander LTG Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Hussein and Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) Commander VADM Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Saud, U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage broached CENTCOM [...]
2010-01-13 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH80 RSAF LTG FAISAL COMPLAINS TO AFCENT COMMANDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Commander Prince (Lt Gen) Abd-al-Rahman bin Fahd Al-Faisal Al-Saud laid out an extensive laundry list of releasability problems the RSAF was enduring in trying [...]
2010-01-13 16:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10ROME125OPPONENTS OF ITALIAN INTERNET BILL SAY IT STIFLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opponents of a new bill before Italian parliament that would further regulate the Internet say it endangers free speech and is a threat to Italian democracy. The bill also appears to favor PM Berlusconi's Mediaset television service while disadvantaging Sky, one of its major competitor [...]
2010-02-03 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECPS ETTC KIPR EINT IT
10ROME150ENI RUSHES TO FINISH ITS WORK FOR IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In the latest of a series of letters to senior USG officials, the Italian energy company Eni claims that it will conclude its expansion work in Iran, including in the Darquain field, by the end of March. Eni officials told us that their work will end not as a result of USG pres [...]
2010-02-09 07:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL
10ROME156ITALIAN ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: HEADING IN THE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Recent statements from senior Italian officials describe Italy as significantly scaling back important commercial ties with Iran as part of efforts to increase international pressure. Those senior Italian officials have noted that the GOI has used moral suasion on Italian compa [...]
2010-02-10 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD IR IT
10ROME181ITALIAN BANK (UBAE) CLAIMS IT WILL HALT BUSINESS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Managing Director of Banca UBAE, the Italian bank that finances much of Italy's trade with Iran, told Post on February 11 that the bank will halt its business with Iran starting on February 15. The Italian Finance Ministry encouraged the bank to take this step. Banca UBAE [...]
2010-02-12 16:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PARM IR IT
10ROME35GETTING ENI TO HALT ITS EXPANSION IN IRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: While Eni claims to cooperate with us on Iran, the Italian energy parastatal company continues to expand its operations in there. One-third owned by the Italian government, Eni is the largest foreign energy company in Iran. With significant assets in the United States, Eni is [...]
2010-01-12 14:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL
10ROME49SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Frattini's visit to Washington is an opportunity to reinforce Italy's commitment to Afghanistan, and stress the need for close coordination on Iran: you will want to thank Italy for its early announcement of additional troop contributions for Afghanistan, and deliver a fir [...]
2010-01-13 14:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
10ROME64BREAKTHROUGH ON NUCLEAR SECURITY IN ITALY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PTER ETRD PBTS IT
10ROME87STAFFDEL KESSLER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MFA, ENI, PD
[...] (C) Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HCFA) Dr. Richard Kessler and HCFA staff members probed senior MFA and energy and gas parastatal Eni officials on Italy's intentions concerning Iran sanctions and prospects for effective multilateral action to curb Iran's nuclear pro [...]
2010-01-22 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IR PGOV
10SANAA137MORE TALK, LESS ACTION: "NATIONAL DIALOGUE"
[...] (C) Summary. While President Saleh's original proposal for a National Dialogue has been canned by members of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP),the opposition has proposed an alternative option, namely for a joint-led dialogue committee, which would ultimately lead to a genuine national consul [...]
2010-01-25 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
10SANAA138YEMEN FINALLY PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW
[...] (U) Summary. After pending in committee for two years, the ROYG's draft law "Regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Funding" finally received Presidential approval on January 17 after being passed by Parliament December 29. Drafted with technical assistance from the World Bank, the ne [...]
2010-01-25 14:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
10SANAA317(S/NF) SPIKE IN NATIONAL SECURITY-RELATED ARREST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the start of 2010, Post has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Amcits arrested. Over 80 percent of these cases (REF A-E) have had a nexus to terrorism and national security issues that have required substantial involvement from RSO and LEGATT. This comes as the Consular [...]
2010-02-17 10:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT PTER YM
10SANAA501/04/2010 SANA'A EAC RECOMMENDS REOPENING OF EMBASSY
[...] (S/NF) On January 4, 2010 the Ambassador convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Attendees included DCM, MO, POLMIL, LEGAT, DAO, FPD, SOCFWD, CONS, PD, IPC, OMC, POLECON, GSO, MSG, USAID, MSG, and RSO. 2. (S/NF) GRPO Chief briefed the EAC on the background of the threat that promp [...]
2010-01-04 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AEMR YM
10SANAA56YEMEN: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PAVES THE WAY FOR FM’S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In anticipation of Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi's January 20 meeting in Washington with Secretary Clinton, post conducted a strategic dialogue with the ROYG covering key aspects of the bilateral relationship, including counter-terrorism and military cooperation, political refo [...]
2010-01-12 11:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM
10SANTIAGO15Bachelet Shares Views on South American Leaders with A/S
[...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet emphasized the need to understand the nuances of Latin America's leaders and their countries rather than lumping them into populist and pro-western camps. During a January 12 lunch with A/S Valenzuela, Bachelet was relatively upbeat on Bolivia, reserving parti [...]
2010-01-15 12:57:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR CI CU BL BR AR PREL
10SANTODOMINGO132Santo Domingo Sit Rep 8 - Haiti Earthquake Response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 8, further to reftel A: 2. Border Issues Update: a) The border is open between 07:00 and 19:00, with GODR officials permitting USG and humanitarian groups' conveys to go through without inspection, although this approach may change with time. While nighttim [...]
2010-01-21 01:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT ASEC AMGT DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO286DAS Reynoso's Meetings on Justice, Transparency and Human
[...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso held separate meetings during her 5-9 February 2010 visit to the Dominican Republic related to justice, the rule of law and transparency, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa, Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena, and leading NGOs dedicated to prom [...]
2010-02-22 20:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM DR
10SANTODOMINGO80Santo Domingo - Haiti Earthquake Sit Rep 2
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 2, further to reftel: - At 14:30, Charge Lambert met with various Ambassadors, UN and EU reps at residence; USAID and MAAG briefed all on Embassy / USG efforts to assist Haiti; Foreign reps had some questions and provided updates as well. - [...]
2010-01-13 22:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT HA DR
10SARAJEVO100BOSNIA: TILTING TOWARD ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) On January 20, DCM urged President Zeljko Komsic's Foreign Policy Advisor Davor Vuletic (in Komsic's absence) to support the Copenhagen Accord as an important step to combat climate change (reftel). DCM underscored that Washington is urging Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to associate itse [...]
2010-01-29 15:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG BK
10SARAJEVO110BOSNIA: CROATS SEEK EARLY ALLIES AS ELECTION YEAR
[...] (C) In preparation for the October 5 general elections, the leading BiH Croat parties are unofficially considering possible coalition partners and rallying them around perennial campaign themes, particularly the need for a third, Croat-dominated entity. Further complicating the pre-election [...]
2010-02-02 14:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO133BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 12:01:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO134BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN
[...] (S/NF) The emergence of a new Bosniak party, led by the powerful, reportedly corrupt, and sometimes vindictive media mogul Fahrudin Radoncic, is likely to create further rifts in the Bosniak political scene, particularly amid the campaign for the October 2010 general elections. Radoncic has the [...]
2010-02-09 12:33:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO59BOSNIA: FY10 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Post appreciated EEB/CBA's offer of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) support. Per reftel instructions, we submit the following proposals in rank priority order. Our responses are keyed to reftel instructions. RENEWABLE ENERGY SEMINAR, MAY 2009 ----------------------------------- [...]
2010-01-21 10:47:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP KPAO ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BK
10SARAJEVO80BOSNIA: OPPOSITION BEATS DODIK'S CANDIDATE IN
[...] (C) In a special mayoral election in the Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Bileca on January 24, the opposition coalition candidate defeated the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). The coalition clinched this victory despite an ardent campaign and alleged pre-election threats [...]
2010-01-26 17:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO82BOSNIA: IMF SECOND TRANCHE ON HOLD
[...] (C) Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation entity has not yet met conditions for disbursement of the second tranche of the IMF stand-by arrangement, worth roughly USD 135 million. The IMF's local representative stressed in a January 15 statement that the IMF board will not approve disbursement -- [...]
2010-01-27 09:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI IMF IBRD BK
10SEOUL109ROKG "MULLING OVER" PLAN FOR IRAN'S UPR
[...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POL M/C, on January 28 delivered reftel demarche, which highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and sought ROKG support for the U.S. position during the February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session on Iran, to Cho Hyun, the new ROK Deputy For [...]
2010-01-28 09:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS IR
10SEOUL129ROKG FIRMLY SUPPORTS USG RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 01:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA KS
10SEOUL133ROKG WILL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10SEOUL239POLITICS OF OPCON TRANSITION IN KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: The transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2012 does not currently register as a political issue at the National Assembly and there is little discussion of delaying OPCON transition outside a small circle of Korean veterans and conserv [...]
2010-02-16 09:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KS
10SKOPJE692010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA
[...] Summary: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GoM officials took an active interest in combating T [...]
2010-02-16 12:11:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MCA AJ
10SOFIA139BULGARIA SUPPORTS IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA, BUT
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel points to Miroslav Zafirov, MFA Middle East expert on February 25. Bulgaria supports the February 18 IAEA report on Syria, which draws attention to Syria's clandestine nuclear program. Zafirov cautioned against pushing too hard on the issue, citing a lack of EU suppo [...]
2010-02-26 14:31:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPARM PREL SY IAEA BU
10SOFIA54BULGARIA'S NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NOMINEE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Boyko Borissov named Kristalina Georgieva as Bulgaria's candidate for European Commissioner following the withdrawal of former Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva as Commissioner-designate on January 19. Georgieva's Development Committee hearing will take place on February 3 [...]
2010-01-21 15:10:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PREL BU
10STATE13002REQUEST FOR EMBASSY WARSAW PARTICIPATION IN A
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Warsaw. See paragraph 7. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear research-reactor shutdowns. [...]
2010-02-12 23:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PL
10STATE14838SIGNATURE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AGREEMENT
[...] The United States Embassy in Tunis recently completed negotiations regarding the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia concerning the American Cooperative School of Tunisia ("the Agreement"). The Ambassador is authorized [...]
2010-02-18 21:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS
10STATE14932LAUNCH OF THE WHA ENTRY LEVEL OUTREACH WEBSITE
[...] WHA LEADERSHIP HAS CONSISTENTLY WELCOMED INNOVATION IN ITS QUEST FOR THE OPTIMAL STAFFING OF ITS EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES. OVER THE YEARS OUR BUREAU HAS BEEN A TESTING GROUND FOR BOLD MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE BUREAU'S ABILITY TO BETTER SERVE ITS EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBL [...]
2010-02-19 00:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT AFSI MX
10STATE16776MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2010 SPECIAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE
[...] There are over one hundred special observance days, months, and years that are celebrated world-wide to bring attention to worthy causes including well known days such as World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and the lesser known, such as World Rural Women's Day (Oct. 15). The Department has compiled a li [...]
2010-02-23 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AID TBIO SOCI
10STATE3353AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S CARSON MEETING REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson will lead the United States delegation to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 30-February 2, 2010. Action addressees are requested to inform their host governmen [...]
2010-01-13 16:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA
10STATE3595ENCOURAGING SENIOR-LEVEL PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT
[...] Action request for Embassies in countries that lead or significantly contribute to Provincial Reconstruction Teams and USNATO in paragraph 5. 2. The Czech Republic and Embassy Prague are co-organizing an international conference on the work of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afgh [...]
2010-01-14 01:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO AF
10STATE7562TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) was in Haiti January 25 and met with the DCM and USAID. (TF1/ Interagency Conference Call) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (U) Teams from Fairfax County, VA, and Los Angeles County, CA, will continue to conduct operations thr [...]
2010-01-26 12:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE9107GUIDANCE AND TALKING POINTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HAITI
[...] Summary: Most international media have now moved on from Haiti to other issues, with remaining coverage focused on the January 27 rescue of a teenage girl and continuing concerns over aid access. Posts should continue to monitor local reporting and engage opinion leaders personally when cover [...]
2010-01-29 01:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA
10STATE947FIRST NEA-AF/E TIP REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE,
[...] Summary: Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson encourage all trafficking in persons (TIP) reporting officers at NEA and AF posts to attend a bi-regional conference, co-hosted by Ambassador-at-Large for Traffic [...]
2010-01-06 15:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF
10STOCKHOLM10 SWEDEN WILL PUSH OTHERS TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) Post used REF A to follow up on the DCM's January 11 meeting (REF B) with Lars-Erik Liljelund, Prime Minister Reinfeldt's Special Envoy for Climate Change. Liljelund assured us that Sweden and the EU will also strongly encourage other countries to associate to the Copenhagen Accord. Lilj [...]
2010-01-13 13:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG PREL SENV SW
10STOCKHOLM20IRAQ ELECTION COMMISSION TELLS SWEDES OF PRESSURE
[...] (C) Swedish Ambassador to Iraq Niclas Trouve spoke over the weekend with Faraj al-Haidari, the head of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, to express concern over last week's announcement that some 500 candidates for the March 7 parliamentary elections would be banned from participat [...]
2010-01-19 14:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR SW
10STOCKHOLM3SWEDEN'S EU PRESIDENCY: GOOD ON AF/PAK AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Swedes pushed forward each of their Presidency priorities, from financial sector reform to climate change and institutional reform. Unlike France in August 2008 and the Czech Republic in February 2009, Sweden did not face a Russian surprise (aided by approving the Nordstream [...]
2010-01-08 08:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV KGHG EUN SW
10STOCKHOLM91SWEDISH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REIN IN MALMO MAYOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Following several attacks on the Jewish community in the Swedish city Malmo, comments by Mayor Ilmar Reepalu, a leading Social Democrat, caused a ruckus in national and international media. Reepalu reportedly blamed the anti-Semitic harassment on Malmo's Jews themselves, because [...]
2010-02-26 16:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SW
10SUVA22FIJI DELIBERATES ASSOCIATING WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (U) Suva Acting DCM and Regional Environment Officer delivered reftel demarche to Sai Navoti, Director (Under Secretary equivalent),Political and Treaties Division, of the Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation (MFA). Mr. Navoti stated that the governm [...]
2010-02-01 20:27:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV PREL FJ
10TALLINN3Estonia on EU Engagement with Cuba
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel aide memoire to Ambassador Juri Kahn, MFA Director for Latin America, Africa, and the Arab World (and acting Cuba desk officer) on January 4. Estonia has had diplomatic relations with Cuba since the early 1990's, when Cuba recognized Estonia's re-independence. [...]
2010-01-06 09:15:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU EN
10TALLINN60ESTONIA PAVES THE WAY FOR SECOND MAJOR ELECTRICITY LINK TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28 the Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) passed amendments to the Electricity Market Act which will open 35 percent of the electricity market on April 1 and fully open the market on January 1, 2013. Finnish transmission grid company Fingrid has been waiting for this de [...]
2010-02-02 14:13:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL EN
10TALLINN70Estonia: OIG Review of Impact of Required Reporting
[...] This is Embassy Tallinn's response to reftel OIG request on the impact of required reporting. Post's answers are keyed to the questions from para 3. a. Which mandated reports require most time and attention from Department personnel at your embassy? Human Rights Report Internat [...]
2010-02-05 15:52:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASIG PHUM EN
10TASHKENT19Uzbekistan: GOU Proposals for ABC Follow-on
[...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek MFA provided the Embassy with the GOU's proposed follow-on to the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC) on January 12. Although there are several differences in their document (particularly in the Human Dimension),it represents a serious response conveyed with the message [...]
2010-01-14 13:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ
10TASHKENT29Uzbekistan: Feedback from the Embassy-hosted MLK Day
[...] (U) Summary: On January 19, Post used a reception at Ambassador Norland's residence to commemorate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and at the same time reach out to civil society and the human rights community regarding the Secretary's December 14 Georgetown message. Parti [...]
2010-01-21 11:43:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ
10TBILISI146GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] (S/NF) In response to ref A the following is further information regarding the Northern Distribution Network in Georgia. A. (C) PLEASE DESCRIBE THE HOST COUNTRY LEADER VIEWS ON THE US MILITARY LOCAL PURCHASE PLAN'S PROGRESS AND ANY BENEFIT TO THE HOST COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. HOW SATISFIED AR [...]
2010-02-02 14:42:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KG KZ TI TX UZ GG
10TBILISI20 GEORGIA: CHARTER FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA SET TO RESUME JANUARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Private airline Georgian Airways (formerly Airzena) is scheduled to initiate charter flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg on January 8, 9, and 10. Russia ended direct flights as a part of its embargo against Georgia in October 2006. The new temporary routes will be the first [...]
2010-01-06 05:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG
10TBILISI222GEORGIA: THREE MONTHS BEFORE LOCAL ELECTIONS -
[...] (C) Summary: Recent internal United National Movement (UNM) polling shows officially-undeclared mayoral candidate Gigi Ugulava with a commanding lead over opposition rivals. The trend lines indicate that Ugulava's active grassroots outreach has paid significant dividends while opposition in [...]
2010-02-22 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
10TBILISI59GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 08:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG GG
10TBILISI65GEORGIA: OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLO AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
10TEGUCIGALPA1502010 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment for Honduras for April 2009 to mid-February 2010. Point of Contact on trafficking is Political Officer Nathan Macklin (MacklinNL@state.gov, phone: 504-236-9320 x4141, fax: 504-238-4446, IVG: 8-539-4141). As requested in reftel [...]
2010-02-18 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10TEGUCIGALPA165AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of the Presidency, Maria Antonieta Bogran, the Ambassador said that the U.S. was committed to renewing assistance to Honduras, but in a way that takes a new look at development and investment, rather than return to business as us [...]
2010-02-24 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA34ATTENDANCE AT INAUGURATION OF PEPE LOBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Planning has begun for the January 27 inauguration of president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. Lobo has called for the inauguration ceremony to have a Honduran flavor. The Honduran public does not expect that large numbers of high-level foreign dignitaries will attend Lobo's ina [...]
2010-01-13 23:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA4EMBASSY CEREMONY IN HONOR OF MURDERED DRUG CZAR
[...] (U) Leslie Portillo, the widow of assassinated drug czar General Julian Aristides Gonzalez, along with their daughter, came to the Embassy December 18 for a ceremony in honor of her husband. The Ambassador presented a plaque from the Embassy, along with letters of condolences form JTF/S and th [...]
2010-01-07 15:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINR SNAR PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA88INAGURATION OF PRESIDENT LOBO AND DEPARTURE OF
[...] (U) Summary: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was sworn in on January 27 in Tegucigalpa. During his inaugural address, President Lobo thanked the US and others for their help during the political crisis and paused during his speech to sign an amnesty law that had been passed by Congress late on [...]
2010-01-28 01:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA98AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LOBO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and his senior team to congratulate him on his inauguration and discuss bilateral issues. The Ambassador noted the important steps that Lobo had taken over the past [...]
2010-01-29 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ECON EAID SNAR HO
10TELAVIV105GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP: NO GOI DECISION ON
[...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director for UN and IO Affairs Eviatar Manor January 18 to review Israeli positions in advance of U.S.-Israeli IO consultations in Washington this week. Manor, who will head the Israeli delegation, said that while there is broad acceptance, including by the I [...]
2010-01-19 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
10TELAVIV107CODEL HASTINGS' MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU
[...] (S) Summary. Representative Alcee Hastings met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 10. Their discussion covered the CODEL's meetings in the region, Iran, and the PM's views on starting negotiations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu expr [...]
2010-01-19 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS
10TELAVIV124BARAK AND GAL VISITS TO ANKARA STABILIZE
[...] (S) Summary. Israel took advantage of two previously scheduled visits to Ankara by Defense Minister Barak and MFA Director General Gal this week to demonstrate Israel's strong interest in preserving good relations with Turkey. According to Israeli accounts, last week's crisis over a theatrica [...]
2010-01-21 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS
10TELAVIV139ENGAGING HAPOALIM, GOI ON CORRESPONDENT BANKING
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hapoalim reiterates concerns to OQR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Firas Raad, Development Advisor in the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR),briefed Econoff on recent discussions with sen [...]
2010-01-22 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
10TELAVIV180CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE PGOV PK PREL
10TELAVIV218PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT THIRD
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs discussed with Dutch DCM Roelof Buffinga on January 27 preparations for the February 9-11 Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in The Hague. Buffinga noted that the Dutch embassy had received reftel demarche a week earlier. Given conflicting schedules, he asked to [...]
2010-01-29 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10TELAVIV264WAR OF WORDS WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary. Tensions are higher than usual between Israel and Syria this week following an exchange of comments on the possible outbreak of war. A February 1 comment by Defense Minister Barak to the effect that the alternative to opening negotiations with Syria could be the outbreak of war [...]
2010-02-04 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SY LE IS
10TELAVIV280BARAK AND FAYYAD PROMOTE THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Speaking at a standing room only panel at the annual Herzliya Conference February 2, Defense Minister Barak and PA Prime Minister Fayyad offered a rare glimpse of Israeli-Palestinian convergence as both made the case for the two-state solution. Photographers at the event mobbe [...]
2010-02-05 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10TELAVIV310FM LIEBERMAN INDICTMENT ON HOLD, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Despite the formal recommendation by the Israeli National Police on August 2, 2009 that then-Attorney General Menachem Mazuz indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and other charges, Mazuz left office January 28 without filing an [...]
2010-02-10 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
10TELAVIV330PROSPECTS FOR ENHANCED HIGH-TECH DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expansion of bilateral high-tech cooperation has emerged as a key priority for the Government of Israel in recent bilateral discussions and meetings of the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG). Post believes that securing additional funding for the existing binational fo [...]
2010-02-12 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PREL TBIO EINV
10TELAVIV434D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]
2010-02-24 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10TELAVIV439KNESSET CONSIDERS CONTROVERSIAL NGO LEGISLATION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Knesset passed a preliminary reading of legislation on February 17 that would require individuals and NGOs to register any funding received from foreign political entities. Many NGOs were concerned with the possible effects of the draft legislation, which they decried in the p [...]
2010-02-25 09:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
10TELAVIV444MORATORIUM: MOD SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN DETERRENCE
[...] (U) On 25 February, Israel's Army Radio reported that the MOD plans to seek criminal proceedings against settlers who continue to build in spite of the moratorium. To do so, the MOD would hire lawyers for a period of several months to assist in the preparation of criminal files against such vi [...]
2010-02-25 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV50MORATORIUM UPDATE: EASINGS ANNOUNCED, RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MOD announced that amendments have been made to the GOI's moratorium order, which will, inter alia, return some permitting and building authority to local settler leaders. However, the announcement made it clear that new approvals will remain frozen and construct [...]
2010-01-09 07:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV86CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...]
2010-01-15 09:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS
10TELAVIV98ISRAELI-SAUDI TRACK TWO DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Hi [...]
2010-01-15 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR KWBG IS
10THEHAGUE114NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: A REDUCED ROLE LIKELY BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The most immediate result of the February 20 collapse of the Dutch government (reftel B) is the absence of a cabinet decision on post-2010 commitments to ISAF/Afghanistan. In that absence, the default position, withdrawal of Task Force Uruzgan by December 2010, stands. It will likely b [...]
2010-02-24 13:30:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO AF NL
10THEHAGUE25NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DISCUSSING AMCIT REQUEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch agreed to consider raising with both the EU and the GOI the matter of the Americans detained in Iran. The GOI has recently made some overtures to the GONL to "elevate" relations. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) AMCITS: On January 7, Charge d'Affaires raised ref A points with Mr. [...]
2010-01-15 14:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NL IR
10THEHAGUE42NETHERLANDS / VENEZUELA: RATHER CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Recent allegations by Venezuelan President Chavez that U.S. aircraft operating from Dutch air fields in the Caribbean have violated Venezuelan airspace concern the Dutch. For Antillean and domestic political reasons, the Dutch Foreign Ministry sought assurances that U.S. use of the Cur [...]
2010-01-22 11:54:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL NL VZ
10THEHAGUE44NETHERLANDS/CUBA: CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL
[...] (C) The Dutch expect the EU to continue its two-track policy of engaging both the Cuban government and Cuban civil society. DCM raised reftel points with Laurent Stokvis, Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on January 20. Stokvis indicated that he expected the EU would [...]
2010-01-25 07:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU NL
10THEHAGUE48CWC: ALGERIAN OPCW DELEGATION ON PROPOSED
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (U) On January 21, Delrep Landsman delivered U.S. budget proposal and funding parameters on the proposed Algerian chemical terrorism conference (Ref A) to Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci. Branci welcomed the proposal and signaled the Algerian Gov [...]
2010-01-26 12:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAG PARM PREL PTER CWC
10THEHAGUE49NETHERLANDS/YEMEN: VIEWS FOR LONDON MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch welcome the January 27 London conference on Yemen, and FM Verhagen and Development Minister Koenders will encourage President Saleh to keep his promise of promoting dialogue in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Herman Quarles, Deputy Director for [...]
2010-01-26 15:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM NL
10THEHAGUE53NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SUPPORT USG ON CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NL IZ
10THEHAGUE54NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will join the EU in inscribing a conditional emissions reduction target of 30 percent if others commit to comparable efforts. The Dutch had pushed to make the 30 percent offer unconditionally. Dutch climate officials are recalibrating their negotiating strategy after [...]
2010-01-28 15:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG NL
10THEHAGUE83NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PLANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel A points to key MFA contacts on January 26. Janet Alberda and Jochem De Groot, with the Dutch MFA Human Rights Department, responded on February 9 that the Netherlands would like to raise the following issues during the UPR of Iran: free flow of information, the use [...]
2010-02-10 10:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR NL
10THEHAGUE87CWC: MEETING WITH ALGERIAN DELEGATION AND OPCW TO
[...] (U) On February 11, Delrep Landsman met at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci and OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the proposed chemical terrorism conference in Algiers (refs A-C). TS officials present were Offi [...]
2010-02-12 13:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAL PARM PREL PTER CWC
10THEHAGUE89SCENE SETTER FOR EC-59 AND WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK
[...] (SBU) The attention of the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and delegations turned this week to preparations for the Executive Council (EC-59) session of February 22-26. EC Chairman Lomonaco (Mexico) convened the advance consultation [...]
2010-02-12 16:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
10THEHAGUE98NETHERLANDS/IRAN: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 11 EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several EU diplomats did not attend Iranian President Ahmadinejad's February 11 national day speech. The Dutch see the speech and surrounding events as a "small win for the regime" but with a "major cost" to the government in the long-term. The Dutch welcome thoughts for follow-u [...]
2010-02-17 13:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR NL
10TIRANA38RFG: ALBANIA SEEKS US ASSISTANCE IN NATO FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. On January 19, Albanian Director General for Civil Aviation Ervin Mazniku met with Post to discuss ongoing technical negotiations at NATO over the transfer of Kosovo's airspace to regional actors (ref a). He dec [...]
2010-01-20 15:35:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALAL EAIR KV MARR PINS PREL
10TIRANA81 CLOSURE OF NEWSPAPER TEMA SYMPTOMATIC OF POOR STATE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mero Baze, the publisher of the small circulation daily "Tema", announced in a January 23 editorial that "Tema" was closing. Baze said that for over one year, the newspaper had made a valiant effort to survive after being evicted from its premises in 2008; however he said he can [...]
2010-02-09 15:47:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AL
10TOKYO11DEMARCHE RESPONSE: JAPAN TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL IRAN URANIUM TRANSFER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 09:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ JA
10TOKYO160AMBASSADOR KING'S JANUARY 15 MEETINGS ON ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Ambassador Robert King stressed the importance of U.S. cooperation with Japan and South Korea to address human rights in North Korea and reiterated U.S. support for resolving the abduction issue in a January 15 meeting with Minister o [...]
2010-01-26 05:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KN KS JA
10TOKYO170POSTAL REFORM: MIC MINISTER HARAGUCHI WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Kazuhiro Haraguchi said he was aware of USG and industry concerns regarding postal reform in response to DCM's delivery of RefA points on January 27. Minister Haraguchi also offered to meet with U.S. industry representati [...]
2010-01-27 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
10TOKYO18JAPAN'S MODEST FY2010 TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Hatoyama Cabinet approved a package of tax change proposals that calls for maintaining the gasoline tax at the present rate, narrowing the scope of two personal income tax deductions for dependents, and raising the tobacco tax, on December 22. The changes will result in a n [...]
2010-01-05 23:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
10TOKYO200JAPAN TO DESIGNATE AQAP ENTITIES - RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KTFN PINR PTER YM SA JA
10TOKYO214A/S CAMPBELL FEBRUARY 2 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA
[...] (C) During an 80-minute meeting with EAP A/S Campbell February 2 on regional and bilateral issues, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka agreed on the need for a continued focus on DPRK denuclearization and cautioned against being distracted by DPRK calls for peace regime discussions; called on the U [...]
2010-02-03 06:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CASC CH KS KN JA
10TOKYO228U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Initiatives for the Security Treaty,s 50th anniversary, updates on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Nuclear Posture Review (NPR),Host Nation Support (HNS),Realignment/Futenma Replacement Facility, possible new bilateral exchanges and F-X procurement were the main Allian [...]
2010-02-04 09:00:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
10TOKYO27HATOYAMA ADMINISTRATION FACES IMMINENT RESIGNATION
[...] (C) The four-month old Hatoyama Administration will face its first Cabinet departure with what appears to be the imminent resignation of Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii. Fujii, 77, was admitted to the hospital on December 28 for exhaustion and high blood pressure following the compilation of t [...]
2010-01-06 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
10TOKYO273JAPAN RESPONSE - TERRORISM FINANCE:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KNNP KTFN PINR PARM PREL PTER
10TOKYO282GOJ PRESENTS ITS OUTLINE ON POSTAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior Vice Minister (SVM) Kouhei Ohtsuka of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) met with the DCM on February 8, to give an advance briefing of the release of the Government's outline on postal reform. The release of the outline begins a one-month dialogue among coalition part [...]
2010-02-10 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
10TOKYO291FM OKADA VISIT TO ROK
[...] (C) Summary: FM Okada's February 10-11 visit to Seoul highlighted the "great shape" that bilateral relations are in, with FM Okada using the opportunity to offer a forward-leaning -- and well-received -- statement on Japan-ROK historical issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki told us that this year, the [...]
2010-02-16 02:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KS KN JA
10TOKYO336 CODEL WEBB HEARS JAPANESE VIEWS ON ALLIANCE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Webb listened to Japanese views on the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Futenma relocation issue during meetings with GOJ officials February 15 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Okada, Defense Minister Kitazawa, Cabinet and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) officials [...]
2010-02-22 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC KOCI MARR JA CH BM
10TOKYO344JAPANESE COMMENTS ON NUCLEAR ENERGY ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is in the pre-negotiation stages for a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Vietnam, according to MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Takatoshi Mori. Mori, who had called a meeting on February 17 to ask about the U [...]
2010-02-22 23:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG VM JA
10TOKYO387JAPANESE COMMENTS ON SYRIAN ISSUE AT MARCH IAEA
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division official responsible for Syrian issues Yosuko Nagata on February 25. Nagata agreed about the importance of the latest International Atomic En [...]
2010-02-25 10:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA SY JA
10TOKYO389AUSTR CUTLER SHARES JAPAN POST CONCERNS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) Wendy Cutler raised USG concerns with the GOJ's draft outline on postal reform legislation with Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister for Financial Services and Postal Reform Kouhei Ohtsuka, a key architect beh [...]
2010-02-26 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
10TOKYO52ADVISOR TO PM HATOYAMA SAYS U.S. SHOULD "STAY THE
[...] (C) Summary: While the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders do not have the same level of understanding of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as previous Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administrations, they are learning quickly of its importance, former MOFA official and prominent security analyst Y [...]
2010-01-10 23:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
10TOKYO77GOJ ADOPTS LONG-TERM GROWTH STRATEGY BLUEPRINT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by the common critique that it has focused excessively on income redistribution without a broader vision for economic growth, the Hatoyama Cabinet adopted the blueprint of a long-term growth strategy on December 30. Entitled "Toward a Shining Japan," the strategy criticiz [...]
2010-01-13 02:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA
10TRIPOLI106TRIPOLI VISAS VIPER REPORT: JANUARY 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 08:40:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY
10TRIPOLI109TRIPOLI'S CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY
[...] Summary: Post's Consular Section spent February 4 in observance of Embassy Tripoli's first-ever Consular Leadership Day, with the theme of "Practicing 360 Degree Diplomacy." Taking the time out from our usual schedule to focus on improving our outreach to the Libyan public and American ci [...]
2010-02-09 14:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL LY CMGT
10TRIPOLI137MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 16:51:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT
10TRIPOLI174TRIPOLI - CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] Embassy Tripoli completed our certification of consular management controls on February 28, 2010. Yael Lempert, A/DCM and Consular Chief (FS-01) has certified the successful completion of this management review. 2. The results of the review follow: A. Inventory Count and R [...]
2010-02-28 16:37:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LY
10TRIPOLI18VISAS VIPER REPORT: NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Visas Viper committee met on January 4, 2010. DCM, POL/ECON, RAO, PAO, DAO, RSO, and CONS attended. 2. (S/NF) The following names were submitted. All are Libyan citizens. Derogatory information on the below individuals was submitted to us by the Libyan External Security Organization: [...]
2010-01-10 15:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY
10TRIPOLI58EUROPEAN DCM'S ON LIBYA ISSUES CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 08:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PINR PGOV CVIS XG SZ LY
10TRIPOLI60LIBYA AGREES "IN PRINCIPLE" TO POLITICAL-MILITARY DIALOGUE REF: STATE 284 CLASSIFIED BY: Yael Lempert, A/DCM, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 15:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV LY
10TRIPOLI75LONG-TIME QADHAFI CONFIDANTE ELECTED HEAD OF GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 12:20:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV LY
10TUNIS54TUNISIAN OFFICIALS APPARENTLY FLEXIBLE ON FULBRIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-appointed Minister of Higher Education and the Secretary of State for the Americas told NEA DAS Wittes (in separate meetings on January 21) that the GOT views the Fulbright program as being extremely important to Tunisia's development. We noted an apparent new willin [...]
2010-01-25 09:01:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OEXC SCUL TS
10TUNIS60AFRICOM DEPUTY MEETS NEW TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Africa Command,s Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Activities (DCMA),Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, met new Tunisian Minister of National Defense Ridha Grira on January 21, one week after the latter,s appointment. The new minister was friendly and emphasized the [...]
2010-01-26 15:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TS
10TUNIS87TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) The GOT has displaced a critic from his position as head of Tunisia's leading private university, a move perceived as retaliation for his recent book accusing the Ben Ali government and the First Lady's family of corruption and abuse of power. On January 30, a court rejected the appeal o [...]
2010-02-03 17:16:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TS
10UNROME4FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON PRIORITY AREAS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Deputy Director General (DDG) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Jim Butler, told the DCM on January 13 that U.S. leadership on global food sec [...]
2010-01-19 16:42:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAGR EAID PREL PTER
10UNROME5REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...]
2010-01-19 18:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAID EAGR PREL
10UNVIEVIENNA15IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 3
[...] (SBU) On January 8, Mission staff consulted with IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security (DDG/NS) Taniguchi on his plans. Taniguchi was very forthcoming and stated that he planned to stay as DDG until his contract runs out in August 2010. He said he did not think he was [...]
2010-01-22 10:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC KNNP PINR IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA16NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...]
2010-01-22 16:27:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY
10UNVIEVIENNA21US-EU CONSULTS: POST- LISBON EU FINDING ITS
[...] (SBU) The Spanish and EU Missions (Ambassadors Jose Luis Rosello Serra and Lars-Erik Lundin, respectively) co-hosted semiannual US-EU consultations on issues related to Vienna-based international organizations January 22; these were the first bilateral consultations held by the amalgamated EU/ [...]
2010-01-28 10:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN
10UNVIEVIENNA24TURKISH AMBASSADOR INDICATES IRAN STAGNANT ON
[...] (C) In a January 12 conversation with DCM and poloff, Turkish Ambassador Bayer gave a readout of the Iran discussion at the recent Turkish Ambassador's conference in Ankara and his take on the Iranian issue more generally. Bayer noted that he took part in a four-hour working group on Iran at [...]
2010-02-01 10:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU PARM
10UNVIEVIENNA31PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- DG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear Security Sous-Sherpa Holgate briefed IAEA DG Amano on the schedule and format of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, including Amano's role as "animator" of the leaders' lunchtime discussion on the IAEA's role. Amano affirmed his brief intervention would aim for cl [...]
2010-02-02 16:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA43IRAN UPS ITS NUCLEAR ANTE TO 20 PERCENT
[...] (S/NF) Iran officially notified the IAEA February 8 of its intention to enrich up to 20 percent, specifying a "pilot plant of a single IR-1 centrifuge cascade." The IAEA is expected to circulate Iran's note to the Board of Governors. Likeminded DCMs/experts (E3, Spain, JUSCANZ) met simultaneou [...]
2010-02-08 16:11:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR
10UNVIEVIENNA5IRAN/TRR: IRAN DELIVERS FORMAL REPLY TO IAEA
[...] (C) IAEA External Relations (EXPO) Director Vilmos Cserveny reported to Charge January 6 and in a follow-up discussion January 7 that Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh had on January 5-6 delivered to Director General Amano an official "reply" to the IAEA proposal for refueling the Tehran Research R [...]
2010-01-07 16:26:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
10UNVIEVIENNA50UNODC: Afghan Opium Stabilizing: What is International
[...] Summary. Fresh off his trip to the January 28 London Conference, and with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) "Winter Afghanistan Opium Assessment Survey" in hand, Executive Director Costa predicted that after two years of significant decline (36 percent overall),opium cultivation in Afgh [...]
2010-02-12 07:55:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP
10UNVIEVIENNA6NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - AMANO MOVES THE ISSUE BUT MAY
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA's point man on developing the International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) expects DG Amano to release a response to the G-77 and NAM's technical questions by the end of January, authorize a briefing in February, issue a detailed Secretariat proposal for discussion at the June [...]
2010-01-08 14:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALTRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA
10USNATO11POLISH NON-PAPER ON BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On January 11, Polish Permanent Representative Winid delivered a non-paper reflecting Warsaw's views on the U.S./German proposal to revise the NATO contingency plan for the defense/reinforcement of Poland to also include the d [...]
2010-01-11 17:45:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL MCAP MARR NATO PL EN LH LG GM
10USNATO29NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL KICKS OFF JOINT REVIEW OF
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) began its Joint Review of Common Security Challenges with a January 15 discussion on Afghanistan. NRC members agreed to include in the review efforts to stem the insurgency and narcotic trafficking, and support Afghan National Security Forces. Alli [...]
2010-01-20 13:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF RS
10USNATO42RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT: "TRANSPARENCY IS A TOOL OF THE WEAK"
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 16:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
10USNATO59SERBIA REQUESTS NATO GO SLOW ON KFOR DRAWDOWN
[...] (C) Serbian Ambassador to NATO Milinkovic approached USNATO Deputy Chief of Mission Heffern on February 8 to express Belgrade's concern that NATO intended to draw down KFOR too quickly. Amb. Milinkovic said he had heard from the Defense Ministerial meeting in Istanbul that NATO was considerin [...]
2010-02-09 07:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
10USNATO70MOLDOVAN FM AND DM VISIT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Leancu and Defense Minister Marinuta visited the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on February 10, 2010 and reported on the reforms of their new Western-leaning government, on their desire for deeper Euro-Atlantic integration, and t [...]
2010-02-17 11:37:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL MD
10USNATO81PDAS MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Europe and Eurasia Nancy McEldowney told Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin on February 17 that the U.S. was sincerely interested in enhanced practical cooperation in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC),which would help build confidence bet [...]
2010-02-23 11:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USOSCE14OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 -
[...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...]
2010-01-21 07:20:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI
10USOSCE22PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...]
2010-01-29 07:36:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF
10USOSCE54RUSSIA BLOCKING NEW REP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AT OSCE
[...] (C) The process to replace the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) has reached a deadlock with the overwhelming preponderance of the OSCE participating States (pS) on one side and Russia on the other. (Ref A). Kazakhstani Permanent Representative Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov [...]
2010-02-19 06:58:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL
10USOSCE55KAZAKHSTAN AT THE REINS OF THE OSCE
[...] (C) Representing the Chair in Office (CiO) at the OSCE, Kazakhstan's Vienna representatives have begun to show their mettle in dealing with conflict and their intentions for the coming year. Led by seasoned diplomat Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the Kazakhstani delegation is off to a shaky start in Vie [...]
2010-02-19 06:58:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ
10VATICAN11VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES
[...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...]
2010-01-20 16:44:00Embassy VaticanSECRETEAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA
10VATICAN13“GREEN” POPE SUPPORTS US PATH FORWARD FROM COPENHAGEN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 15:58:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKGHG PGOV PREL CU VE VT
10VATICAN14VATICAN OFFICIAL ON CUBA RELATIONS WITH EU AND U.S.
[...] (C) The Vatican's point person on Cuba, Monsignor Accattino, supports EU dialogue with Cuba and said the U.S. should refrain from unilateral actions against Cuba that play into the hands of the Castros - or Hugo Chavez. This is particularly true, he said, of decisions like identifying Cubans as nat [...]
2010-01-21 16:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT
10VATICAN15CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
10VATICAN19(C) VATICAN AGREES IRAN IS NOT COOPERATING WITH IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 15:51:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PREL UNSC VT
10VATICAN21CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS INVITATION TO HAITI DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite one bishop's mild criticism of the U.S. military's role in Haiti at a press conference in Rome -- later virtually retracted in a Caritas press release -- the Holy See and Catholic relief agencies greatly appreciate U.S. assistance to Haiti and urge the USG to remain eng [...]
2010-02-05 13:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT
10VATICAN23(C) VATICAN: IRAN IS NOT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 16:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV IR VT
10VATICAN33SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STRAINS IRISH-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHAKES UP
[...] (C) Summary: The November 2009 report of cover-up by local bishops of revelations of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish clergy appalled Catholics and others worldwide. Vatican and Irish officials' first concern was for the victims, but that reality was sometimes obscured in the events t [...]
2010-02-26 16:32:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI
10VIENNA108Copenhagen Accord: Austria to Inscribe via EU
[...] (SBU) On January 22, Ambassador Eacho delivered reftel demarche to EnvirMin Nikolaus Berlakovich (GoA Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management). Berlakovich assured the Ambassador that Austria, along with the other EU countries, would associate itself with the Copen [...]
2010-01-29 08:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG AU END
10VIENNA130AUSTRIA: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY
[...] (U) Embassy Vienna welcomes the interagency decision to intensify diplomatic and public diplomacy efforts to address European misunderstandings and concerns about U.S. proposals for enhanced data sharing. Specific responses to reftel requests follow below. In general, this Embassy has had a [...]
2010-02-03 11:41:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM KTFN KHLS ECPS ECON PREL CVIS KPAO
10VIENNA137EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRAT LEADER SUGGESTS WAY
[...] (C) Summary. Hannes Swoboda (protect),a VP in the Social Democratic caucus of the European Parliament (EP),believes that a clear commitment by the European Commission (EC) and Council to address EP concerns about the interim TFTP/FMDA agreement can sway a majority in the EP to vote in favor [...]
2010-02-05 15:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KTFN ECPS ECON PREL EUN AU
10VIENNA138AHMADINEJAD ADVISOR TELLS AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT AMCIT
[...] (S) Summary: Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, gave Embassy Vienna and UNVIE Poloffs a readout February 5 of his meeting in Geneva with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, chief of staff to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, on February 1. Postl said Mashaie told him the three Amcit hikers [...]
2010-02-05 15:03:00Embassy ViennaSECRETCASC PREL IR AF AU
10VIENNA160AUSTRIA SEES GROWING RESOLVE ON IRAN
[...] (C) DCM discussed ref A demarche with Stefan Lehne, MFA Political Director, on Feb. 8. DCM told Lehne that the USG had serious concerns about the human rights situation in Iran and would continue communicating on high levels of the need for other countries to speak out. 2. (C) Lehne, who h [...]
2010-02-10 14:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR AU
10VIENNA169SENIOR CONSERVATIVE MEP ON TFTP/FMDA OUTCOME, NEXT
[...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Austrian conservative group in the EP (a former Austrian Interior Minister) reported Feb. 12 that he believes there are good prospects for reaching agreement on a permanent TFTP/FMDA by July, provided however that the agreements incorporate the conditions the EP [...]
2010-02-12 15:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN PREL EUN AU
10VIENNA195AUSTRIA NOT PREPARED TO EXPAND ISAF PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) With the Ambassador traveling in Austria outside of Vienna, the DCM raised reftel A points February 19 with Gerhard Jandl, MFA Security Policy Director. Jandl noted that the GOA was preparing to send five police trainers to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan (reftel B),and said Austria w [...]
2010-02-22 14:34:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO AU
10VIENTIANE91BURMA CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE WA LINKS TO LAO
[...] (C) On the margins of a February 19 law enforcement and coordination meeting, a Burmese diplomat volunteered to DCM that the Burmese Minister of Public Security will visit Laos the week of February 22-26. Primary focus of the Minister's visit will be a 1-2 day trip to a large casino in Bokeo [...]
2010-02-22 10:03:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR BM LA
10VILNIUS108FAC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH FOR UKRAINE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) New MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Asta Radikaite told Embassy February 19 that Lithuanian Foreign Minister Azubalis will speak at the EU Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) on the importance of EU engagement with Ukraine, post-election of Viktor Yanukovych. She said the GOL f [...]
2010-02-19 14:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EU LH
10VILNIUS35PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE: MFA AND MOD
[...] ACTION REQUEST - Please see paragraph 3. 2. We delivered reftel talking points to MFA's Chief Counselor and lead on Afghanistan issues Valdamaras Sarapinas on January 21. Sarapinas confirmed that Tomas Sikorskis, First Secretary in the MFA's International Missions and Conflict Prevention [...]
2010-01-21 14:10:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAF PREL NATO LH
10VILNIUS36WHY SO MANY LEBANESE AT KAUNAS MEDICAL SCHOOL?
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers traveled to Kaunas January 12 to meet with Kaunas University of Medicine officials and discuss their international student program, specifically its large number of Lebanese students. This fact finding trip was done after eight Lebanese medical students from this [...]
2010-01-21 14:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALCVIS KFRD LH
10VILNIUS4LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT GRYBAUSKAITE'S FIRST SIX
[...] (C) After six months as president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite has put a strong personal stamp on the office and has charted a new direction from that set by her predecessor, Valdas Adamkus. She retains high approval ratings, and is seen as honest and hard working. She has sought to orient [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG LH
10VILNIUS42LITHUANIA IS ON MESSAGE RE TRANSITION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 14:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS NATO PREL LH
10VILNIUS49LITHUANIA PUSHES FOR SPECIAL OPS TRAINING CENTER
[...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Special Forces in Europe (SOCEUR) MajGen Frank Kisner met with the Lithuanian National Security Advisor-equivalent Jonas Markevicius and the Vice Minister of National Defense Vytautas Umbrasas in separate meetings December 16 in Vilnius. Both Lithuanians express [...]
2010-01-26 12:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER LH
10VILNIUS59LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...]
2010-01-29 11:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL XH RU BO LH
10VILNIUS94LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. REGARDING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) We spoke with MFA's Head of Human Rights Division, Julius Rakitskis, and Laima Jureviciene, Head of Middle East and Africa Division on February 9th to deliver talking points (REF A). We expressed concern about the potential for demons [...]
2010-02-10 14:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC IR LH
10WARSAW17POLAND - WILL PM TUSK RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Donald Tusk has said his Civic Platform (PO) party will not decide until March on its candidate for the fall 2010 presidential elections. Although he is the overwhelming favorite, Tusk is seen to be buying time to help assure victory, having lost the presidential election in [...]
2010-01-07 17:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PL
10WARSAW65POLISH MFA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION: MIXED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official assessed the first round of Ukraine's presidential election as a "stunning success," but emphasized that Tymoshenko and Yanukovych must still be pressed to "respect the democratic process" in the second round. She also criticized Ukrainian President Yushchenk [...]
2010-02-01 07:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PL PREL UP
10WARSAW90POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...]
2010-02-09 18:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL
10WARSAW98OSCE/ODIHR TO S.E. ROSENTHAL: USE ASTANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from OSCE's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw told visiting Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal that high-level U.S. participation in the OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in June 2010 in Astana would help to r [...]
2010-02-16 15:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM OSCE PREL PL
10WELLINGTON49New Zealand: PM Key and Diplomatic Corps hear grievances at
[...] ( SBU) Summary: On February 5--the day before New Zealand's official national "Waitangi Day"--the Ambassador and DCM joined a large Diplomatic Corps contingent in Waitangi for a program commemorating the 170th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitengi in 1840. The Diplomatic Corps' [...]
2010-02-10 06:28:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON NZ
10WELLINGTON57EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand
[...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...]
2010-02-12 07:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU
10WELLINGTON65DAS Reed Engages on TPP, U.N. Reform, Environmental
[...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19, EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),the United Nations, environmental cooperation, [...]
2010-02-19 07:28:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALOVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL
10WINDHOEK128Visas Viper: January 2010 Monthly Report
[...] During this month, post's Visas Viper Committee met as follows: DATE: January 29, 2010 PRESENT: A/DCM, CONS, DAO, RSO 2. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington. As of February 1, 2010, only [...]
2010-02-09 15:44:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA
10WINDHOEK1562010 Annual Trafficking Report on Namibia
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post submits input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Namibia. ----------------------------------- Namibia's TIP Situation ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Response to 25 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) is in the early stages of d [...]
2010-02-19 09:52:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF MCA ELAB KTIP KCRM SMIG KWMN KFRD WA
10WINDHOEK174CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS - NAMIBIA
[...] Post completed its review on February 26, 2010. 2. DCM Matthew Harrington, FE-OC, along with ACO/Consular Chief Charles Jarrett, certifies successful completion of the review and that Post is in full compliance. 3. Certification comments follow for specific areas cited i [...]
2010-02-26 11:46:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CASC KFRD WA
10WINDHOEK4VISAS VIPER: December 2009 Monthly Activity Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 07:32:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA
10WINDHOEK94VISAS VIPER: ADISI, Muhammed Salim
[...] (U) Embassy Windhoek's Visas Viper Committee met on January 29, 2010. The following were present at the meeting: A/DCM, DAO, RSO and CONS. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is usually chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington; as he is currently [...]
2010-01-29 12:27:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA
10YAOUNDE118Cameroon Distracted Driving Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:57:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDECON CM SOCI UNDP UNGA
10YAOUNDE65CAMEROON GIVES $1 MILLION TO HAITI
[...] On January 28, the Government of Cameroon announced it was making an official contribution of 500 million FCFA (about $1.1 million) to assist Haiti, according to an official press release. On January 27, DCM discussed the Haiti situation with Secretary General of the Ministry of External Rel [...]
2010-01-28 14:20:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM EAID HA PREL
10YAOUNDE67CAMEROON ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Copenhagen Accord to Cameroon's Foreign Minister. On January 29, DCM met with Minister of Environment and Nature Protection Pierre Hele to discuss the Copenhagen climate change summit and deliver reftel demarche. The [...]
2010-01-29 14:08:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM ENRG KGHG PREL SENV
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN106NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESSES PROCEDURAL ISSUES ON
[...] (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved on February 25 an amendment to the Law on International Treaties articulating mechanisms for withdrawal from agreements for which instruments of ratification have not been exchanged. This week the body also received from the ex [...]
2010-02-26 14:38:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AZ AM
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN73NEW TELECOM ENTRANT IN ARMENIA BRINGS FIBER TO THE
[...] (C) The development of Armenia's information, communications and technology (ICT) sector promises another advancement with the introduction of "triple play" service and fiber to the home. U-Com, a new entrant in the Armenian ICT sector, plans to launch this convergent service. Customer trials [...]
2010-02-11 07:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EINT EINV AM TU
10YEREVAN78SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...]
2010-02-17 05:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPOGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM
10ZAGREB46EU AMBASSADOR ON KEY ACCESSION ISSUES FOR CROATIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Foley on January 21, the EU Ambassador to Croatia, Paul Vandoren, and his Deputy, David Hudson, reviewed the current status of Croatian accession negotiations. Noting the "strong desire on the part of EU member states to bring (Croatia's) accession p [...]
2010-01-21 14:41:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ECON SR HR
10ZAGREB48Zagreb Daily Report - January 22, 2010
[...] (U) Prosecutors Open Formal Corruption Investigation of Former Deputy Prime Minister: Media reported on January 21 that the Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) has opened a formal investigation of Damir Polancec, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Eco [...]
2010-01-22 11:48:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR ECON
78TEHRAN389SERIOUS RELIGIOUS DISSIDENCE IN QOM
[...] No summary [...]
1978-01-11 13:00:00Embassy TehranCONFIDENTIALPINS IR
85BEIRUT4123TWA 847 HIJACKING: DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO GOL
[...] C-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DCM 11 JULY DELIVERED DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONTAINED REFTEL ON TWA 847 HIJACKING TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY GENERAL FUAD TURK. 3. TURK RESPONDED THAT THE GOL WAS ALREADY TAKING STEPS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THESE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIJACKING AND TO PRO [...]
1985-07-11 16:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER EAIR LE US
85DAMASCUS7872 SYRIA AND IRAN: ALMOST A RETURN TO STATUS QUO
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BY CUTTING OFF OIL TO SYRIA, IRAN SIGNALED ITS DISPLEASURE OVER THE MOUNTING SYRIAN DEBT TO IRAN, SYRIAN POLICIES IN LEBANON, AND MOVES TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JORDAN AND IRAQ. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, PM KASM'S VISIT TO TEHRAN DECEMBER 1-3 PRODUCED [...]
1985-12-18 10:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL KPRP SY IR
86MOGADISHU3643 SOMALI ATTITUDE ON LIBYA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON APRIL 1 MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ADAN MET WITH AMBASSADOR BRIDGES AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT SIAD TO PRESENT SOMALI VIEWS ON THE RECENT U.S.-LIBYAN HOSTILITIES IN THE GULF OF SIDRA. AMBASSADOR NUR, STILL VISITING FROM WASHINGTON, AMERICAS DIRECTOR ELMI [...]
1986-04-01 10:56:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPTER LY SO
87BAGHDAD5528RAFSANJANI STICKS TO NAMING AGGRESSOR BEFORE
[...] (C) DURING RECENT MEETING, MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTOR AL-QAYSI PROVIDED DCM WITH MFA ARABIC TRANSLATION OF OCTOBER 25 TEHRAN RADIO INTERVIEW WITH RAFSANJANI IN WHICH RAFSANJANI SAID THAT NAMING THE AGGRESSOR MUST PRECEDE A CEASEFIRE AND THAO ONLY NAMING THE AGGRESSOR OR DEFEATING [...]
1987-10-29 11:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL USUN IZ IR
87COLOMBO4526 THE LTTE FACES PROBLEMS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE HAVE HEARD FROM A VARIETY OF RELIABLE SOURCES THAT THE LTTE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED BY OPERATION LIBERATION BEGUN IN LATE MAY AND THAT IT HAD YET TO RECOUP ITS LOSSES. PERHAPS THE MOST DETAILED AND CREDIBLE REPORT CAME FROM LOUIS PAUL, A SENIOR E [...]
1987-07-09 10:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL CE IN PHUM
87DAMASCUS3087 SYRIAN EXPULSION OF THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: EVERY SOURCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH CONCERNING ABU NIDAL'S EXPULSION FROM SYRIA HAS CONFIRMED THE STORY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. NO ONE, HOWEVER, CAN SAY AUTHORITATIVELY THAT THE SYRIAN BAN ON THE ANO HAS EXTENDED TO THE CAMPS IN THE BIQA' VA [...]
1987-06-10 13:16:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREL SY US LE
88BAGHDAD1097 KURDISH INSURGENCY IN IRAQ AND TURKEY
[...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: TRAINING CAMPS FOR PKK IN IRAN ARE A GROWING WORRY FOR TURKEY AND, ACCORDING TO TURKISH AMBASSADOR, HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN RECENT IRANIAN-TURKISH MEETINGS. BARZANI'S KDP, APPARENTLY IN SOME DISARRAY, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REIN IN THE PKK, W [...]
1988-02-28 10:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV IZ TU
88BEIRUT2181 LEBANON: EXCHANGE WITH MFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SALLOUKH MADE DEMARCHE TO DCM ON FAMILIAR THEME OF A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT WHEAT PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. SALLOUKH ARGUED THAT FREE WHEAT WOULD HAVE GOOD PROPAGANDA VALUE FOR THE U.S. AND WOULD HELP THE GOL'S FINANCES. [...]
1988-04-14 15:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE
88STATE274007UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO CEASE-FIRE AND UN OBSERVERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING AUGUST 17 MEETING (SEPTEL),UNDER SECRETARY ZAHAWI AND INTERNATIONAL-LAW EXPERT QAYSI HANDED TO AMBASSADOR AS HDAS N DRCSMENTS. INCLUDED WERE TWO UNDATED "ANNEXES," ONE ENTITLED, "UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO THE CEASE-FIRE," AND THE OTHER, "ARRANGE- MENT [...]
1988-08-22 23:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC IZ IR
89ABUDHABI5423LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. TEHRAN REMAINS ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AND DEPRESSING ACCORDING TO UAE MINISTER OF HEALTH HAMAD AL-MIDFA. DURING AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL OCTOBER 3 (DCM ACCOMPANYING),MIDFA COMMENTED ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO TEHRAN AS PART OF A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLI [...]
1989-10-04 11:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC IR
89PRAGUE8311LOCAL SOVIET VIEW OF CZECHOSLOVAK
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. IN NOVEMBER 28 CONVERSATION WITH SOVIET COUNTERPART, DCM WAS TOLD THAT USE OF FORCE OR INTERVENTION OF CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY IN POLITICAL SITUATION HERE IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. SOVIET EMBASSY EXPECTED AND IS RELAXED ABOUT CHANGES HERE, BUT WANTS [...]
1989-11-28 17:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CZ UR
90DAMASCUS2993 PKK TERRORISM - SYRIAN CONNECTION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ROLF GAUFFIN, SWEDEN'S AMBASSADOR IN DAMASCUS, TOLD DCM RECENTLY THAT AN ARAB NATIVE WITH A CLAIM TO SWEDISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY HAD WALKED INTO THE SWEDISH EMBASSY IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO SEEK REPATRI- ATION. THE PERSON SAID HE HAD BEEN IN TRAINING AT THE [...]
1990-05-14 15:18:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SW SY
90FREETOWN872 SPYING CHARGES AGAINST USSR
[...] REFTELS REFER TO SOVIET DENIALS OF ALLEGED U.S. CHARGES OF THEIR SPYING ON U.S. INSTALLATIONS FROM FACILITIES IN SIERRA LEONE. FOLLOWING CONFIRMATION THAT IN FACT WE NEVER MADE SUCH ALLEGATIONS, DCM TRIED TO CALL HIS COUNTERPART AT SOVIET EMBASSY. THE COUNTERPART NEVER RETURNED PHONE CALLS AN [...]
1990-03-01 11:46:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL SOVIET UNION PINR SL
90KUWAIT4520 TFKU01: SIDEBAR TO HISTORY OF THE INVASION - AN
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. FRENCH CHARGE' D'AFFAIRES TOLD DCM AUGUST 9 THAT TARIQ REZOUQI, KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE AND MEMBER OF THE KUWAITI DELEGATION TO THE JEDDAH SUMMIT HAS CONFIRMED TO THEM THAT THE IRAQIS WENT TO JEDDAH INTENT ON THE SUMMIT'S FAILURE. ACCORDING TO REZOUQI, THE KU [...]
1990-08-09 18:29:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU IZ
90KUWAIT858 KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. MFA UNDER SECRETARY SULAIMAN MAJED AL-SHAHEEN FEBRUARY 4 TOLD STATE/CENTCOM BRIEFING TEAM IRAN NO LONGER SHOWED OPEN INTEREST IN SHIA ON THE ARAB SIDE OF THE GULF, BUT MAINTAINED ITS CONTACTS THROUGH "OTHER ORGANIZATIONS". KUWAIT HAS ACCEPTED AN IRANIAN [...]
1990-02-08 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL IR KU
90MOGADISHU11003 DISCUSSION WITH MANIFESTO SIGNERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, DCM HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE MAY MANIFESTO. THEY ARE: GENERAL ABDULAHI MOHAMED HASSAN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SOMALI POLICE AND A MAJERTAIN (BIO DETAILS FOLLOW SEPTEL); MOHAMOUD SALAH NOOR, ADOLBAHANTE AND FORMER LAB [...]
1990-12-18 15:06:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SO
90PRETORIA17357 THABO MBEKI ON THE STATE OF PLAY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH DCM MCCALLIE, ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR THABO MBEKI OUTLINED DEVELOPMENTS IN ANC-INKATHA PEACE TALKS, CONTINUING SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY BY SECURITY FORCE ELEMENTS, AND THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS WI [...]
1990-10-24 14:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SF
90RIYADH6309 TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. WHILE AMBASSADOR WAS IN THE AIR BETWEEN JEDDAH TO RIYADH, A VERY TIRED AND ANGRILY IMPATIENT FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TELEPHONED DCM DUNFORD TO ASK WHERE THE WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN URGENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. F [...]
1990-08-09 11:11:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MOPS PREL SA US
91KHARTOUM2961 CONVERSATION WITH FORMER PM SADIQ AL MAHDI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI JUNE 26. SADIQ DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT AS HAVING THE WORST CHARACTERISTICS OF DICTATORSHIP AND A COALITION GOVERNMENT. THE GOS, HE SAID, IS FAILING DISMALLY ECONOMICALLY AND CAUSIN [...]
1991-07-02 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM PREF ET SU
92KHARTOUM2013 EMERGENCE OF BASHIR? - ROLE DEFINING IN THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: FROM A NUMBER OF CONTACTS WE HAVE HAD LATELY IN KHARTOUM'S EVER ACTIVE POLITICAL CIRCLES, THERE IS PLAUSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CONCLUSIVE, HOPE THAT SUDAN'S PRESIDENT MAY BE TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT SOMEWHAT FROM UNDER THE NIF SHADOW. BASHIR'S [...]
1992-03-16 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV SU
92KHARTOUM5809 BASHIR RELEASES COUP PLOTTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 27, SUDANESE HEAD OF STATE LT. GEN. OMAR BASHIR REPORTEDLY PARDONED THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE RECEIVED PRISON SENTENCES OF FIFTEEN YEARS OR LESS FOR STATE SECURITY CRIMES. HE ALSO REDUCED PRISON TERMS FOR OTHERS AND PROMISED OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL RIGHTS IN FUTURE SECURITY [...]
1992-07-30 14:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS SU
93ROME18848 POSSIBLE RELEASE OF U.S. HOSTAGE HELD BY PKK
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE PKK HAS TOLD A ROME-BASED VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION, THE SANT'EGIDIO SOCIETY, THAT IT IS WILLING TO RELEASE A U.S. HOSTAGE TO A SANT'EGIDIO REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPANIED BY A U.S. OFFICIAL. SANT'EGIDIO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING REL [...]
1993-10-29 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL VAT TU NZ US
94DAMASCUS6308 ASAD INSIDER SEES BASHAR COMING TO HELP,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: MUHAMMAD MAKHLUF TOLD US HIS NEPHEW BASHAR AL-ASAD IS RETURNING TO DAMASCUS SOON (AFTER MILITARY TRAINING IN HIMS) TO TAKE UP FULL TIME HIS LATE BROTHER BASIL'S FORMER PORTFOLIO IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. HE DOES NOT, HOWEVER, SEE MUCH OF A ROLE FOR BAS [...]
1994-12-19 14:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD BEXP US SY
94DAMASCUS660 THE INSCRUTABLE ASAD REGIME
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS, ALTHOUGH ENJOYING TIES OF LONG STANDING TO THE SYRIAN MILITARY/SECURITY ELITE, ARE, LIKE US, FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SORT FACT FROM FICTION REGARDING THE AFTERMATH OF BASIL AL-ASAD'S DEATH. RUSSIAN DCM MIKHAIL BOGDANOV [...]
1994-02-07 11:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
94SEOUL8139 DPRK LEADERSHIP - CHOSEN SOREN REPORTS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, THE DCM MET WITH A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT ON NORTH KOREA, WHO REPORTED ON THE LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS INSIDE THE DPRK; THE DEVELOPING RESPONSIBILITIES OF CERTAIN DPRK OFFICIALS; AND THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHOSEN SOREN IN JAPANESE-DPRK R [...]
1994-09-28 05:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS KN JA
95GABORONE1886 SADC CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AS REQUESTED REFTEL, AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM AND ODC CHIEF, MET WITH BDF COMMANDER IAN KHAMA MARCH 29 FOR A READOUT ON THE GABORONE CONFERENCE OF SADC MEMBER STATE ARMY CHIEFS OF STAFF. KHAMA SAID ONLY ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE AND LESOTHO WERE UNREPRESENTE [...]
1995-04-03 13:13:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC BC
95KHARTOUM4189 BASHIR TAKES CHARGE?
[...] COL. (RETD) MARTIN MALWAL AROP, A LONG TIME EMBASSY CONTACT, TOLD THE DCM LAST NIGHT THAT PRESIDENT OMAR EL BASHIR IS ASSERTING HIS AUTHORITY AS COMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN. MALWAL SAID THAT BASH [...]
1995-08-24 11:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
95RIYADH5221 SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT IF THE KING REMAINS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. 2. (C) THE CURRENT MEDICAL PROGNOSIS FOR KING FAHD, ALBEIT INCOMPLETE AND TENTATIVE, SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF MEDIUM-TERM OR EVEN PROLONGED RECOVERY FROM WHAT IS DESCRIBED DEFINITIVELY BY OUR MEDICAL SOURCES AS [...]
1995-11-30 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SA
95RIYADH5285 SAUDI ARABIA: A "FATIGUED" KING FAHD STILL OUT
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ACCORDING TO PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN, KING FAHD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE MILD STROKE HE SUFFERED NOVEMBER 30. HOSPITAL SOURCES REPORT THE KING IS ANTICIPATED TO CHECK OUT FROM THE H [...]
1995-12-04 15:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GCC SA
95RIYADH5405 SAUDI ARABIA: REGARDLESS OF AGE SENIORITY,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE BODY OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS, PRINCE MISH'AL (AS WELL AS THE DECEASED PRINCE ABD AL-MUHSIN) WAS BORN BEFORE MINDEF SULTAN. HOWEVER, MISH'AL'S SENIORITY IN AGE DOES N [...]
1995-12-12 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPINR PGOV SA
95RIYADH5472 CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...]
1995-12-17 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA
95ZAGREB1763UPDATE 15 ON SECTOR WEST: GRANIC ANNOUNCES CEASEFIRE; SAYS GOC WON'T RETALIATE FOR MAY 3 MISSILE ATTACKS EITHER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. FONMIN GRANIC DETAILED THE SUCCESS OF THE CROATIAN FORCES TO THE DIP CORPS ON MAY 3. HE ANNOUNCED A "CEASEFIRE" HAD BEEN AGREED WITH THE SERBS, WHICH HE HOPED WOULD END THE ATTACKS ON ZAGREB. (NOTE: OUR FOLLOW UP CONTACTS WITH TH [...]
1995-05-03 19:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1801CROATIA UPDATE NO. 32: VISIT TO DETAINEES IN BJELOVAR
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. POLOFFS AND DART VISITED THE DETENTION CENTER AND JAIL IN BJELOVAR ON MAY 9. WE TALKED TO SERB DETAINEES AND UNSUCCESSFULY ATTEMPTED TO VISIT SERB LEADERS FROM THE PAKRAC AREA, WHO WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY VELKJO DJAKULA (R [...]
1995-05-10 16:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1822 AKASHI SAYS TENSION LOWER IN "RSK"; DEFENDS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AT A MAY 10 MEETING AT UN HQ IN ZAGREB, UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE YASUSHI AKASHI TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC APPEARED TO HAVE A "FIRMER GRIP ON REALITY" DURING THEIR DISCUSSIONS THE PREVLOU [...]
1995-05-11 17:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMOPS HR BK
95ZAGREB1867 COMMITMENTS RY FONMIN GRANIC
[...] FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC CALLED ME AT 7:00 P.M., MAY 15, TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING: -- CROATIA WILL BE READY TO SIGN THE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) WITH THE UN IN ONE HOUR. ONLY TWO WORDS OF DIFFERENCE REMAIN AND THESE ARE NOT IMPORTANT. - -- COLONEL HARAMBASIC, THE SERB MILITARY L [...]
1995-05-15 19:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR
95ZAGREB1869 GRANIC SAYS CROATIAN ARMY OUT OF SECTOR
[...] FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC CALLED AT 12 NOON, MAY 16, TO SAY THAT CROATIAN ARMY FORCES HAD WITHDRAWN COMPLETELY FROM THE POSITIONS IN THE ZONE OF SEPARATION (ZOS) IN SECTOR SOUTH THAT HAD BEEN OCCUPIED SINCE MAY 1. GRANIC AGAIN ASSURED ME THAT ALL FORCES WOULD BE BACK TO THE PRE-MAY 1 POSITION [...]
1995-05-16 12:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR
95ZAGREB1909 HEIGHTENED FEARS OF "SECTOR WEST" SERBS AFTER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SERBS LIVING AROUND PAKRAC, IN SECTOR WEST, ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED OVER WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IN STORE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING STORIES AND SEEING EVIDENCE OF MISTREATMENT OF FELLOW SERBS IN CROATIAN DETENTION CENTERS. DURING A MAY 16 VISIT TO [...]
1995-05-17 17:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL HR
95ZAGREB2326 CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...]
1995-06-16 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
95ZAGREB2622GRANIC SAYS CROATIA WILL NOT REACT TO SREBRENICA, WANTS PRESSURE ON BELGRADE, LAYS DOWN MARKERS ON UNCRO, BIHAC
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------- SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. SPEAKING JULY 13, CROATIAN FM GRANIC USED THE FALL OF SREBRENICA TO REINFORCE THE POINT HE HAS BEEN MAKING FOR SOME TIME, THAT BELGRADE IS RESPONSIBLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST EXERT [...]
1995-07-13 16:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB3545NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
[...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. UNCRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS UK COL. WILLIAMS PULLED DCM ASIDE SEPTEMBER 13 AT A BRIEFING FOR THE NEW UN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CELL, SET UP IN RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT HV AND HVO G [...]
1995-09-13 15:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF MOPS BS HR
95ZAGREB3925 A/S SHATTUCK'S 9/30 MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH CROATIAN INTERIOR MINISTER JARNJAK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHATTUCK EMPHASIZED CONCERN OVER THE GOC'S FORCED REPATRIATION PLAN, THE CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE KRAJINA REGION, AND DISCUSSED THE VOJNIC REFUGEE SITUATION. SHA [...]
1995-10-06 17:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF HR
95ZAGREB4502 (U) CRIMES IN KRAJINA -- REPORT ON ARRESTS, CHARGES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, DCM, PER 1(5)(B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER CONSIDERABLE PRODDING, THE GOC HAS PROVIDED US A REPORT INDICATING THAT AS OF OCTOBER 31, A TOTAL OF 19 PERSONS ARE UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR MURDERS COMMITTED IN THE "KRAJINA." 1260 PERSONS ARE BEING PROCES [...]
1995-11-09 17:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
96AMMAN2094 WHAT HAMAS IS -- AND ISN'T -- IN JORDAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE ROBERT BEECROFT; REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THERE IS NO/NO EVIDENCE TO LINK EITHER HAMAS SPOKESPERSONS IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH OR MUHAMMAD NAZZAL TO OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BY HAMAS' MILITARY WING. EMBASSY LIKEWISE HAS NO EVIDENCE TO VALID [...]
1996-03-06 16:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS KPAL KISL JO IS
96ASHGABAT2612 USREP BROWN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF TURKMEN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE TATIANA C. GFOELLER. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 30 US OSCE REPRESENTATIVE SAM BROWN MET WITH THE TWO TURKMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS DESIGNATED TO MANAGE THE GOTX'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- VLADIMIR KADYROV AND RASHID MEREDOV. AMBASSA [...]
1996-09-05 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID OSCE TX XG
96CAIRO13851EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI ON THE FUTURE OF SUDAN
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM VINCENT BATTLE, REASON 1.5 (D). CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING POINTS, DCM MET WITH EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI IN CAIRO ON DECEMBER 30 TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE PLANS, SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES, THE POLITICAL SITUATION INSID [...]
1996-12-31 06:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KISL SU EG
96DAKAR2654CONTINUING DISQUIET IN THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC
[...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT BY: AMBASSADOR, AMEMBASSY DAKAR. REASON: 1.5 (B) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: A PROMINENT LAWYER FAMILIAR WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD SAYS THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE JANUARY ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF ABDUL AZIZ SY, JR., THE RIVALR [...]
1996-04-08 07:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINS SG
96ISLAMABAD8055AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ASSERTS “ARABS” HAVE FLED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR TOM PRICE. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA ON SEPTEMBER 18 THAT THE TALIBAN HAD SEIZED HEKMATYAR/SAYYAF TRAINING CAMPS IN PAKTIA PROVINCE. HE NOTED THAT THE "ARAB" OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMPS HA [...]
1996-09-19 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MOPS KISL PREL PK AF
96KUWAIT4046 THE RIFT BETWEEN THE CROWN PRINCE AND FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GEORGIA DEBELL, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (C) KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH AL-AHMED AL-JABER AL-SABAH REMAINS IN MOROCCO FOLLOWING HIS CONFRONTATION WITH THE CROWN PRINCE ON THE EVE OF THE CAIRO SUMMIT (REFTEL). SHAYKH SABAH HAS CONTINUED TO PERFORM THE RITUALS OF [...]
1996-06-30 14:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL XF KU
96RIYADH1338 SAUDI ARABIA: THE CROWN PRINCE'S VIEWS ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A SELF-CONFIDENT CROWN PRINCE, OBVIOUSLY AT HOME WITH HIS EXPANDED AUTHORITY, SEPARATELY LECTURED FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO SAUDI ARABIA, A/S RICHARD MURPHY AND CHAS FREEMAN, ON THE UNFAIR FINANCIAL BUR [...]
1996-04-10 07:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR SA
96RIYADH4784 SAUDI ROYAL WEALTH: WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THAT MONEY?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ALBERT THIBAULT. REASON: 1.5 (B). THIS MESSAGE FULFILLS A POST REPORTING PLAN REQUIREMENT. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) SAUDI PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, OF WHOM THERE ARE THOUSANDS, ARE KNOWN FOR THE STO [...]
1996-11-30 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PINR SOCI SA
96RIYADH763 SAUDI ARABIA: CROWN PRINCE'S FAMILY ALLIES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SPECULATION THAT THE CROWN PRINCE ANGRILY DEPARTED FOR HAFR AL-BATIN FOLLOWING KING FAHD'S RESUMPTION OF FULL GOVERNING POWERS ON FEBRUARY 21 IS DISMISSED BY SOURCES WITHIN THE SAUDI ARABIA NATIONAL GUARD [...]
1996-03-04 07:11:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SA
96TELAVIV267 AFTERMATH OF HAMAS' YAHIYA AYYASH'S ASSASSINATION
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM JAMES LAROCCO FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D) GOI REACTION ------------ Â [...]
1996-01-08 16:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
97ADDISABABA8889 DESIGNATION OF AL'ITTIHAD AS A FOREIGN
[...] (S) EMBASSY APPRECIATES THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE (REF B) TO OUR QUERY AS TO WHY AL'ITTIHAD AL ISLAMIA WAS NOT DESIGNATED A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THE DEPARTMENT NOTED THE THREE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF A TERRORIST GROUP: A FOREIGN ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY A [...]
1997-11-15 05:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL ET
97DHAKA4187AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN HOLZMAN. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA USED HER INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HOLZMAN TO PRESS HARD FOR A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO BANGLADESH. SHE SAID THAT SHE, AND THE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH, "ARE EXPECTING A VISIT BY T [...]
1997-09-04 11:19:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON BG US
97ISLAMABAD2533 AFGHANISTAN: THE ENIGMATIC MULLAH OMAR AND TALIBAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JOHN C. HOLZMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH CONSULATE PESHAWAR. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT MULLAH OMAR, THE TALIBAN FOUNDER AND LEADER. HE COMES FROM A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR KANDAHAR AND H [...]
1997-03-28 11:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL PINR AF
97NIAMEY2216 QADHAFI VISIT: HE CAME, HE SAW, HE LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT IN THE COMING DAYS. QADHAFI STAYED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE MAIN PUBLIC EVENT WAS HIS ADDRESS TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE NIAMEY MOSQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF ARABIC, AND [...]
1997-05-09 17:12:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NG
97NIAMEY5135 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...]
1997-11-05 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
97STATE83213AFGHANISTAN: SAUDI POLCOUNS SAYS THEY STILL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBIN L. RAPHEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) DURING THE COURSE OF A 4/29 TELCON, SAUDI POLITICAL COUNSELOR RAHAB MASSOUD AFFIRMED TO SA A/S RAPHEL THAT THE SAG'S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO GET THE TALIBAN T [...]
1997-05-05 17:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SA AF
97TIRANA1976 BIOGRAPHY OF NEW ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: FATOS NANO WAS BORN IN TIRANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1952. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, AND THEY HAVE TWO ALMOST-GROWN CHILDREN, A BOY AND A GIRL. THE BOY, 17 OR 18, IS STUDYING AT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE IN THESSELONNKI, GREECE. THE GIRL, 16 OR 17, IS STUDYING [...]
1997-08-08 15:24:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AL
98AMMAN3050POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM JANET A. SANDERSON; REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 1997 BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS POLITICAL WING, THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT, EXPOS [...]
1998-04-02 13:45:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PINR KISL PHUM JO
98BANGKOK4204THAI MFA COMMENTS ON TEA BANH, FOC, AND THE KHMER ROUGE
[...] No summary [...]
1998-03-31 00:08:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL MOPS KDEM CB TH
98BEIJING18771 VFM YANG JIECHI PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS ON TAIWAN
[...] (C) VFM YANG JIECHI CALLED IN THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 12 TO PROTEST SECRETARY RICHARDSON'S VISIT TO TAIWAN AND THE DALAI LAMA'S WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND OTHER SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS. YANG DESCRIBED BOTH ACTIONS AS "CATEGORICALLY UNACCEPTABLE" AND INTERFERENCE IN CHINA'S [...]
1998-11-12 09:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL US CH TW
98RIYADH3482 SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989)
[...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...]
1998-10-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA
99GABORONE5380THE NEW LOOK OF SADC--PRESIDENCY PLANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SECRETARY'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO SADC TRAVELED OCTOBER 11-13 TO MOZAMBIQUE TO CONSULT WITH GOM OFFICIALS ON SADC MATTERS AND PARTICULARLY ON MOZAMBIQUE'S ROLE AS CURRENT SADC PRESIDENT. FONMIN SIMAO AND OTHER GOM OFFICIALS SHARED THEIR AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING [...]
1999-10-19 15:03:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC MZ ZU
99RIYADH2025"PRETTY IN PINK" - FAIZAH RAFSANJANI
[...] (U) FAIZAH RAFSANJANI, DAUGHTER OF FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, VISITED SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 13-14 IN HER OFFICIAL ROLE AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IRAN'S NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION AMONG SAUDI AND IRANIAN WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS. SHE PAID A FORMAL CALL ON F [...]
1999-06-23 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SOCI IR SA
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