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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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| 09VATICAN86 | VATICAN 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 15:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM PK CE VT |
| 09VATICAN95 | INTERFAITH 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 14:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL |
| 09VIENNA1089 | GOA 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 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO EG AU |
| 09VIENNA1115 | AUSTRIAN 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 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU |
| 09VIENNA1271 | AUSTRIA 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 14:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINT KV AU |
| 09VIENNA1511 | AUSTRIA 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 11:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU |
| 09VIENNA1533 | GERMAN 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 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG IR GM AU |
| 09VIENNA1552 | BRIMMER 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 15:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IR AF AU |
| 09VIENNA75 | AMBASSADOR'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 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | AU ENRG ETTC PREF PREL UNSC AF |
| 09VIENTIANE12 | OPPOSING 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 09:05:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LA PREF UN |
| 09VIENTIANE120 | LAOS AND U.S. DISCUSS BASIC PROCEDDURES FOR LAO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KCRM LA PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE227 | DEMARCHE 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 09:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE295 | LAOS: 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 02:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE495 | POSSIBLE 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 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM KCRM KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL PTER |
| 09VIENTIANE63 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 00:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB LA OPIC USTR |
| 09VILNIUS112 | LITHUANIA 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 14:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP IAIE MNUC TRGY LH |
| 09VILNIUS120 | UN 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 14:02:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KUNR UNGA PREL LH |
| 09VILNIUS121 | LITHUANIA APPLAUDS U.S. DECISION ON UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LH |
| 09VILNIUS139 | GAERC: 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 09:37:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS152 | LITHUANIA'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 14:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO RU LH |
| 09VILNIUS172 | LITHUANIA 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 13:28:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL NATO AF PK LH |
| 09VILNIUS194 | LITHUANIA 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LH |
| 09VILNIUS22 | MEETING 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 10:31:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL MOPS |
| 09VILNIUS26 | LITHUANIA 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 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SY LH |
| 09VILNIUS269 | LITHUANIA 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 13:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN |
| 09VILNIUS305 | LITHUANIA 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 13:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR AF LH |
| 09VILNIUS34 | LITHUANIA APPRECIATES ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 07:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL EUN IS LH |
| 09VILNIUS343 | LITHUANIA 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR AF LH |
| 09VILNIUS45 | GAERC: 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 14:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XG SY LH |
| 09VILNIUS521 | LITHUANIA OFFERS CONTINUED SUPPORT OF USG POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM LH |
| 09VILNIUS53 | LITHUANIA WANTS MTCR MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM MNUC PREL ETTC LH |
| 09VILNIUS549 | LITHUANIA'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 12:33:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH |
| 09VILNIUS552 | GAERC: 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 12:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS571 | AMBASSADOR'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 14:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN EINV LH |
| 09VILNIUS581 | LITHUANIA 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 15:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON LH |
| 09VILNIUS605 | LITHUANIA 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 13:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS656 | LITHUANIA 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 11:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LH |
| 09VILNIUS698 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 14:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF LH |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK12 | DCM 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 05:00:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 09VLADIVOSTOK21 | DCM 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 07:18:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV RS |
| 09WARSAW113 | POLAND - 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 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
| 09WARSAW122 | UKRAINE, 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 06:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL |
| 09WARSAW1220 | U.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 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KCRM PL |
| 09WARSAW1228 | POLAND COULD ACCEPT "COMPLEMENTARY" CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR POLAND AND BALTIC STATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO MCAP MARR PREL PL |
| 09WARSAW125 | POLAND'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 14:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF IS LE PL |
| 09WARSAW14 | STATUTORY 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 12:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PMAT PL |
| 09WARSAW146 | POLAND/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 14:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL RS |
| 09WARSAW16 | POLISH 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 08:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | GG PL PREL RS |
| 09WARSAW166 | MINISTER 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 14:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR RS PL |
| 09WARSAW183 | POLISH 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 16:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | KGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN PL |
| 09WARSAW192 | ANTI-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 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PL |
| 09WARSAW2 | POTENTIAL 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU PL |
| 09WARSAW22 | CODEL 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 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MARR MCAP NATO PL CZ RS |
| 09WARSAW23 | CODEL 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PL PREL |
| 09WARSAW24 | POLAND/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 15:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL |
| 09WARSAW26 | POLAND 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 16:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL MARR RS PL |
| 09WARSAW279 | POLES INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK IR UN PL |
| 09WARSAW298 | POLAND: 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 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM PL |
| 09WARSAW3 | POTENTIAL 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 13:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU PL |
| 09WARSAW309 | POLAND LIKELY TO INCREASE ISAF DEPLOYMENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 08:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF PK PL |
| 09WARSAW328 | POLAND: 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 15:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS XF PL |
| 09WARSAW351 | SCENESETTER 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 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR OREP ENRG MARR RS PL |
| 09WARSAW418 | POLAND: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP BID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV PL |
| 09WARSAW428 | BELARUSIAN 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 13:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | BY CVIS ECON PHUM PL PREL SOCI |
| 09WARSAW477 | RUSSIAN, 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 05:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PL RS GG MD |
| 09WARSAW54 | KACZYNSKI 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 08:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET UP PL |
| 09WARSAW564 | POLISH 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 06:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
| 09WARSAW684 | LETTER 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PL |
| 09WARSAW73 | POLAND/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 08:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AF BO GG IS PL PREL SY UP |
| 09WARSAW854 | POLISH 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 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PL |
| 09WARSAW97 | BEEF 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 16:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EUN EAGR PL EU |
| 09WELLINGTON104 | LABOUR 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 19:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NZ |
| 09WELLINGTON107 | NEW 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 04:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV NZ |
| 09WELLINGTON113 | NEW 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 02:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL NZ |
| 09WELLINGTON60 | GNZ 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 02:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SYR NZ |
| 09WELLINGTON94 | NEW 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 05:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF NZ |
| 09WINDHOEK118 | UPDATE 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 12:15:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 17:35:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK354 | Work 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 13:08:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK461 | Namibian 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 16:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK52 | 2009 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 16:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF WA |
| 09WINDHOEK82 | NAMIBIA 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 16:04:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EMIN ETRD WA |
| 09WINDHOEK85 | NAMIBIA: 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 12:53:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EMIN ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL ECON WA |
| 09YAOUNDE453 | CAMEROON: 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 10:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09YAOUNDE486 | CAMEROONIAN 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 16:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CM ECON MAS PGOV PREL |
| 09YAOUNDE518 | CAMEROON 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 13:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EFIN |
| 09YEREVAN107 | PROPOSED LAW THREATENS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ARMENIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 17:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF AM |
| 09YEREVAN135 | ARMENIA'S 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 09YEREVAN148 | CALM 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 14:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AM |
| 09YEREVAN149 | BANNED 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 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC KDEM AM |
| 09YEREVAN151 | DRAM 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 15:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB AM |
| 09YEREVAN156 | PRICES 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 14:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB AM |
| 09YEREVAN161 | PRESIDENT 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 16:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
| 09YEREVAN178 | CENTRAL 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 13:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ASEC RU AM |
| 09YEREVAN189 | GOAM 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 14:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV AM |
| 09YEREVAN2 | CARC 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 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM |
| 09YEREVAN218 | ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS RU GG AM |
| 09YEREVAN241 | LUNCH 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 13:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL TU AM |
| 09YEREVAN256 | ARMENIAN 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 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU AM |
| 09YEREVAN26 | PACE 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 15:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE AM |
| 09YEREVAN261 | PRESIDENT 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 14:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
| 09YEREVAN269 | EUR 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 13:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU AM |
| 09YEREVAN27 | ARMENIAN 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 15:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS COE AM |
| 09YEREVAN270 | DEMARCHE 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 13:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09YEREVAN325 | VOTING 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 09:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV AM |
| 09YEREVAN328 | EXBS: 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 13:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EXBS INL ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP |
| 09YEREVAN345 | STAFFERS 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 13:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
| 09YEREVAN346 | LTP 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 15:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
| 09YEREVAN347 | ARMENIAN 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 15:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AM |
| 09YEREVAN372 | WIDESPREAD 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
| 09YEREVAN403 | OPPOSITION 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 12:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
| 09YEREVAN505 | NATIONALISTS 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 15:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ AM |
| 09YEREVAN534 | STATUS 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 13:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | AM ETTC PARM PINR |
| 09YEREVAN649 | ARMENIA'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 12:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PINR AM |
| 09YEREVAN653 | ARMENIAN 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 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD AM |
| 09YEREVAN667 | ARMENIA: 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 07:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC IR AM |
| 09YEREVAN68 | DEPUTY 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 13:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM KJUS AM |
| 09YEREVAN680 | ARMENIA: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL EZ AM |
| 09YEREVAN687 | ARMENIA'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 11:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
| 09YEREVAN700 | ARMENIAN 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 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM 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 13:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
| 09YEREVAN78 | LATEST 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 16:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM COE AM |
| 09YEREVAN803 | TURKEY-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 17:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU RU AJ AM |
| 09YEREVAN83 | ARMENIAN 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 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KIRF GG AM |
| 09YEREVAN851 | ARMENIAN-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 08:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG RU AM |
| 09YEREVAN86 | NO 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 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KV AM |
| 09ZAGREB109 | ZAGREB 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 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR ECON |
| 09ZAGREB168 | CROATIAN 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 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
| 09ZAGREB180 | SANADER'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 06:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PRGOV PREL HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB182 | ZAGREB 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 09:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB226 | SANADER 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 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB268 | ZAGREB 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 09ZAGREB295 | ZAGREB 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 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG HR PGOV PREL |
| 09ZAGREB350 | CROATIA WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC KN HR |
| 09ZAGREB354 | CROATIAN 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 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB407 | PM 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 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB612 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT-OCTOBER 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS PREF HR |
| 09ZAGREB670 | RUSSIAN 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 07:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB70 | ZAGREB 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 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 10ABIDJAN160 | Chinese 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 09:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CH IV |
| 10ABIDJAN172 | ABIDJAN: 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 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINR CASC PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN182 | Cote 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 15:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM AID IV |
| 10ABIDJAN41 | SORO: 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 18:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN63 | FPI 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 12:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IV |
| 10ABUDHABI103 | UAE 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 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL 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 15:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF IR AE |
| 10ABUDHABI29 | UAE 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 15:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF AE IR YM |
| 10ABUDHABI97 | CODEL 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 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC IR AE |
| 10ABUJA161 | ELECTORAL 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 18:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OVIP PTER SOCI KCRM NI |
| 10ABUJA177 | ASSISTANT 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 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV NI |
| 10ABUJA183 | ASSISTANT 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 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI KDEM KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA199 | MINISTERIAL 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 20:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI |
| 10ACCRA121 | DEMARCHE 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 10:48:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC GH |
| 10ACCRA164 | ACCRA 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 11:00:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC GH PTER |
| 10ACCRA29 | SITE 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN GH |
| 10ADDISABABA166 | ASSISTANT 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 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SOCI KE SO |
| 10ADDISABABA192 | AU 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 05:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GV GB AU |
| 10ADDISABABA236 | AU 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 13:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PTER SO |
| 10ADDISABABA267 | USAU: 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 09:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO DJ SO AU |
| 10ADDISABABA278 | AU 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 04:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM XA |
| 10ADDISABABA287 | AU 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 11:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU |
| 10ADDISABABA288 | AU 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 12:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PGOV AU |
| 10ADDISABABA328 | ETHIOPIAN 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 05:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
| 10ADDISABABA371 | FORUM 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 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET |
| 10ADDISABABA50 | ETHIOPIA 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PREL ER ET |
| 10ADDISABABA59 | USAU: 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 07:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KCOR PGOV CG AU |
| 10ADDISABABA82 | PM 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 03:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ET |
| 10ALGIERS153 | ORASCOM 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 16:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV AG EG |
| 10ALGIERS161 | Same-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 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT PHUM AG |
| 10ALGIERS62 | ALGERIA 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG PREL AG |
| 10ALGIERS63 | TFHA01 - ALGERIAN AID FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AG |
| 10AMMAN192 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG JO |
| 10AMMAN202 | JORDAN 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 08:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC JO |
| 10AMMAN203 | JORDAN 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 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC JO |
| 10AMMAN239 | JORDAN 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 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID YM JO |
| 10AMMAN270 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL JO |
| 10AMMAN272 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV AORC NPT JO |
| 10AMMAN456 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO |
| 10AMSTERDAM1 | DECEMBER 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 12:28:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL |
| 10ANKARA110 | BARAK 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 20:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 10ANKARA127 | NO 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 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA133 | TURKISH 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER ASEC TU |
| 10ANKARA196 | TURKISH 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 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM TU |
| 10ANKARA252 | GREECE-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 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA269 | SCENESETTER 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 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC ETTC ENRG IR TU |
| 10ANKARA296 | MFA 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 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA315 | TURKEY: 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 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA316 | SCENESETTER 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 17:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA40 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 05:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA80 | LEAHY VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR KURDISTAN REGIONA [[NETHERLANDS ANTILLES]]L GOVERNMENT IRBIL ASAYISH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | NA |
| 10ANKARA89 | TURKEY 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 07:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG SENV ENRG TU |
| 10ANTANANARIVO111 | LOCAL 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 14:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FR MA |
| 10ASHGABAT217 | TURKMENISTAN: 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 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV PREL EAID UN ZK TX |
| 10ASHGABAT7 | TURKMENISTAN: 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 10:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EPET EU IR TX |
| 10ASHGABAT94 | TURKMENISTAN: 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 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR MASS TX |
| 10ASMARA39 | THE 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 11:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 08:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 04:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ |
| 10ASUNCION39 | RELEASE 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 18:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR PA CO BR |
| 10ATHENS113 | Papandreou 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 08:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PTER GR PINR |
| 10ATHENS23 | GREECE -- 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF GR |
| 10ATHENS43 | HAITI: 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 09:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA GR |
| 10ATHENS45 | GREECE: 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 10:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GR PGOV SMIG PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA PTER SNAR |
| 10ATHENS51 | Hellenic 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 13:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR |
| 10ATHENS57 | CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR |
| 10ATHENS59 | Hellenic 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 20:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL 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 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR |
| 10BAGHDAD101 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD104 | ALLEGATIONS 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 14:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD110 | MP 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 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD112 | SENIOR 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 09:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD113 | PLANS 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 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD118 | MFA 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 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU |
| 10BAGHDAD119 | SENIOR 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 08:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY IZ IR JO |
| 10BAGHDAD121 | DE-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 18:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD122 | IRAQI 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 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD136 | IHEC 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 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD147 | DE-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 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD149 | FM 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 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU IR |
| 10BAGHDAD172 | TURKISH 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 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU |
| 10BAGHDAD173 | TURKISH 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 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU |
| 10BAGHDAD191 | IRAQ 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD192 | SHIFT 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 16:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD200 | DE-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 16:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD206 | AMBASSADOR'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 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR EG IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD212 | DE'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 17:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD22 | IRAQI VIEWS ON EVENTS IN IRAN AND IMPACT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD233 | A/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 09:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM |
| 10BAGHDAD234 | A/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 09:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU PGOV PREL SY |
| 10BAGHDAD236 | A/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 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD238 | DPM 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 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD242 | CHIEF 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 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD243 | VP 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 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ SA |
| 10BAGHDAD253 | MELKERT 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD263 | SUNNIS 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 16:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD265 | TRACKING 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 16:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD267 | FM 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 06:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD271 | IMPLEMENTING 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 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD277 | SPEAKER 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 16:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD278 | DE-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 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV KDEM |
| 10BAGHDAD282 | NINEWA 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 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD285 | DE-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 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD290 | ALLAWI 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 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM LE IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD294 | PM 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 16:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD296 | POLITICAL 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 17:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD305 | THE 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 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD347 | FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 03:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD373 | IRAQI 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 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD376 | CASSATION 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 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD378 | POLITICAL 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 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD385 | 2010 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 05:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TIP LAURA PENA INL DRL PRM NEA RA KTIP |
| 10BAGHDAD400 | VISAS 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 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD415 | DE-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 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD439 | BANK 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 15:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD470 | GOI 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 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD500 | DETAINEE 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 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD537 | COALITION 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD64 | KRG 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 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM USNC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD70 | IRAQI 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 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD73 | VISAS 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 05:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ |
| 10BAKU117 | KREMLIN 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 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ |
| 10BAKU123 | KAZAKH 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 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM |
| 10BAKU138 | HUMAN 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 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ |
| 10BAKU27 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AJ |
| 10BAKU39 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ |
| 10BAKU49 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 12:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ |
| 10BAKU77 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 14:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ |
| 10BAKU83 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 14:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ IR PGOV PHUM |
| 10BAMAKO102 | MALIAN 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 13:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ML PREL PTER |
| 10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN38 | BRUNEI 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 00:02:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP BX |
| 10BANGKOK114 | THAILAND: 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 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF TH |
| 10BANGKOK147 | SOUTHERN 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 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
| 10BANGKOK184 | THAILAND: 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 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
| 10BANGKOK185 | A/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 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 10BANGKOK207 | THAILAND: 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 02:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK227 | THAILAND: 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 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK269 | CHINA,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 04:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK276 | EMBASSY 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 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PGOV PREL TH |
| 10BANGKOK278 | THE 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 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SA TH |
| 10BANGKOK287 | THAILAND: 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
| 10BANGKOK340 | THAILAND: 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 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK362 | THAILAND: 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 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK366 | SOUTHERN 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 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
| 10BANGKOK380 | THAILAND: 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 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 10BANGKOK381 | DAS 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 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK384 | THAILAND: 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 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK468 | THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK478 | THAILAND: 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 08:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK481 | THAILAND: 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 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU |
| 10BANGUI11 | CAR: 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 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON PREL CT |
| 10BANGUI7 | CAR: 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 16:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL CT |
| 10BEIJING168 | PRC: 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 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF IN XC XE XU |
| 10BEIJING183 | SECRETARY'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 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH |
| 10BEIJING19 | BEIJING 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 08:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN CH TW |
| 10BEIJING207 | GOOGLE 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 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EINV CH |
| 10BEIJING295 | TAIWAN 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 12:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW |
| 10BEIJING382 | CHINA-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 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH |
| 10BEIRUT113 | PM 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 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SY LE |
| 10BEIRUT99 | PM 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 09:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE |
| 10BELGRADE162 | SERBIA 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 11:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
| 10BELGRADE178 | SUBJECT: BALKANS REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR REPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 17:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV SR |
| 10BELGRADE23 | SERBIA: 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 14:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SR KV |
| 10BELGRADE266 | Serbia: 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 11:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KIDE SENV PGOV SR |
| 10BERLIN128 | ACTION 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 06:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA |
| 10BERLIN176 | INTERIOR 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 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MARR AFDB AFIN GM |
| 10BERLIN61 | GERMANY 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 17:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO GM AF |
| 10BERLIN94 | GERMAN 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 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF GM IR PGOV PREL YM |
| 10BERN40 | BILATERAL 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 07:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL CASC MNUC SZ IR |
| 10BISHKEK86 | MAXIM 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 02:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 10BOGOTA201 | DEPUTY 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 19:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE |
| 10BOGOTA245 | Santos 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 21:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO |
| 10BOGOTA258 | Haiti 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 13:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO |
| 10BOGOTA349 | VIOLENCE 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 14:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
| 10BOGOTA361 | COURT 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 23:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
| 10BRASILIA53 | BRAZIL: 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 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MASS BR HA |
| 10BRATISLAVA20 | SLOVAKIA 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 15:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF LO |
| 10BRIDGETOWN84 | OIG 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 18:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASIG PHUM |
| 10BRUSSELS215 | BELGIUM: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 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID AF BE |
| 10BRUSSELS226 | EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND ASHTON CABINET OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 20:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR |
| 10BRUSSELS232 | GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE |
| 10BRUSSELS70 | BELGIUM: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 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE |
| 10BRUSSELS73 | DEPUTY 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG BU RW BE |
| 10BRUSSELS85 | BALKAN 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 09:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR |
| 10BRUSSELS96 | EULEX 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 09:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV KV XG EUN |
| 10BUCHAREST101 | ROMANIA: 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO |
| 10BUCHAREST104 | ROMANIA'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 08:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RO |
| 10BUCHAREST105 | ROMANIA: 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 09:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RO |
| 10BUCHAREST40 | NEW 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 10:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
| 10BUCHAREST91 | ROMANIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH RO |
| 10BUDAPEST23 | HUNGARY'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 16:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF HU |
| 10BUDAPEST30 | GOH 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 11:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
| 10BUDAPEST98 | HUNGARY: 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 17:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV MCA PHUM PREF |
| 10BUENOSAIRES107 | Argentina 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 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON 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 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES111 | Argentina: 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 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES118 | Argentina: 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 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES154 | ARGENTINA: 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 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL EAID HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES182 | Argentina: 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 18:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EAGR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES196 | ARGENTINA: 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 20:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES198 | Argentina: 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 00:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES51 | Argentina 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EINV AR ETTC |
| 10BUENOSAIRES55 | Argentina: 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 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES61 | Argentina: 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 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES71 | Argentina: 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 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV ENRG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES75 | Argentina: 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 23:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES81 | Argentina: 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 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES95 | Falklands/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 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR |
| 10CAIRO139 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG |
| 10CAIRO66 | FOREIGN MINISTER, CODEL WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER KPAL IS IR EG |
| 10CAIRO99 | ACTIVISTS, 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 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG |
| 10CANBERRA118 | RUDD 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 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
| 10CANBERRA32 | ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 07:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN AS |
| 10CANBERRA41 | AUSTRALIA 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 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL KGHG AS |
| 10CANBERRA51 | VISAS 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 04:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC |
| 10CARACAS107 | January 2010 Caracas CIWG [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 18:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 10CARACAS15 | Chavez 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 19:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
| 10CARACAS173 | VENEZUELA: 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 22:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AMGT EINV ABLD AEMR VE |
| 10CARACAS179 | Venevision 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 16:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
| 10CARACAS181 | Rumored 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 16:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE KDEM |
| 10CARACAS21 | Vice 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 22:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG VE |
| 10CARACAS229 | TRIPWIRES FOR AUTHORIZED AND ORDERED DEPARTURE IN THE EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS AMGT AEMR |
| 10CARACAS23 | Vice 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 22:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL 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 17:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS 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 15:50:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
| 10COLOMBO115 | PRESS 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 12:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON ECPS KPAO PGOV SOCI TINT |
| 10COLOMBO122 | SRI 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 12:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON ETRD PGOV |
| 10COLOMBO2 | OPPOSITION 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 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON PGOV |
| 10COLOMBO44 | GDP 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 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE 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 11:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL XF |
| 10COPENHAGEN107 | GOLDSTONE 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IO UNGA PREL KPAL IS DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN23 | PRT 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 15:53:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN31 | CLIMATE 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 13:18:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG PREL DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN34 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 16:23:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN41 | IRAQ: 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 15:02:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN53 | AFGHANISTAN 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 08:41:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 11:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN77 | IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IR DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN79 | IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DANES TRYING TO GET ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM 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 13:14:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR HA DA |
| 10COPENHAGEN95 | (C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA |
| 10COPENHAGEN99 | AFGHANISTAN: ISAF TRAINERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO DA AF |
| 10DAKAR127 | Ambassador 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 17:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KMCA ECON SG |
| 10DAMASCUS100 | WORRIED 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 09:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY IR |
| 10DAMASCUS18 | SAUDI 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 11:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
| 10DAMASCUS41 | IRANIAN 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 13:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
| 10DARESSALAAM114 | THE 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 11:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ |
| 10DILI26 | TIMOR-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 01:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER AMGT TT |
| 10DILI38 | TIMOR-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 05:53:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KINR TT |
| 10DILI44 | TIMOR-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 07:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TT |
| 10DJIBOUTI133 | DJIBOUTI: 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 10:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR DJ KVPR |
| 10DJIBOUTI199 | DJIBOUTI: 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 05:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM |
| 10DJIBOUTI35 | EMBASSY 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 06:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PTER PINR DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI37 | DJIBOUTI: 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 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR |
| 10DOHA39 | EGYPTIAN 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA |
| 10DOHA60 | QATAR 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 05:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PINR ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PTER QA SIPRS |
| 10DUBAI11 | UAE 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 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK |
| 10DUSHANBE55 | TAKING 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 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI |
| 10FREETOWN36 | SIERRA 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 17:11:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SL |
| 10FREETOWN56 | SIERRA 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL SL |
| 10FREETOWN61 | UPDATE ON NARCOTICS MATTERS IN SIERRA LEONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | LI SL SNAR |
| 10GABORONE110 | BOTS-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 14:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZI BC |
| 10GUATEMALA132 | Ambassador 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 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI GT |
| 10GUATEMALA15 | DCM 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 20:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA212 | VISAS 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 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA214 | EAC 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 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT |
| 10GUATEMALA27 | Former 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 00:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT |
| 10GUATEMALA38 | VISAS 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 23:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA82 | Guatemala - 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 23:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV GT |
| 10HANOI23 | EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM |
| 10HANOI31 | Tour 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 12:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN |
| 10HANOI5 | Bat 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 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TH VM |
| 10HANOI64 | Mission 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 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID ECON PREF OIIP KPAO HA VM |
| 10HARARE102 | HARARE 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 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ZI |
| 10HELSINKI36 | FINLAND 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 16:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
| 10HELSINKI51 | FINLAND 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 15:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI IR PARM PREL |
| 10HELSINKI71 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 15:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD191 | PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD301 | CODEL 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 11:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
| 10ISLAMABAD345 | WIDESPREAD 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 13:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD416 | SCENESETTER 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 14:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD459 | PML-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 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 10JAKARTA121 | PAPUA -- 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 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT EAID CACS ID |
| 10JAKARTA126 | ACTION 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 00:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
| 10JAKARTA129 | SCENESETTER 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 06:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ID |
| 10JAKARTA140 | INDONESIA 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 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM |
| 10JAKARTA207 | PARLIAMENT LEADER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FIRST MAJOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ID |
| 10JAKARTA221 | IRAN -- INDONESIA TO URGE FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM ID IR |
| 10JAKARTA239 | S/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 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 10JAKARTA256 | INTERNAL 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 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID |
| 10JAKARTA56 | DCM 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 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ECON KDEM KMCA |
| 10JAKARTA97 | Indonesian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Advocates [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ID |
| 10KABUL130 | INDIAN, 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 14:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL211 | JANUARY 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 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK |
| 10KABUL656 | SEEKING 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 13:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PRE EAI TU AF |
| 10KAMPALA47 | UGANDA: 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 11:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR EPET UG |
| 10KAMPALA55 | UNDER 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 14:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG SENV ENRG UG |
| 10KATHMANDU13 | NEPAL: 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 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KHARTOUM133 | KHARTOUM 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AEMR SU |
| 10KHARTOUM314 | Sudan: 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 07:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV ECON EAGR ENRG SU |
| 10KHARTOUM316 | Donors 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 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM71 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TERRORISM ISSUES AND VISAS VIPER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER SU |
| 10KHARTOUM98 | SLM/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 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SU CD |
| 10KIGALI22 | DEMOBILIZATION 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 16:39:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO |
| 10KIGALI24 | NSS 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 16:55:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO |
| 10KIGALI51 | AFRICAN 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 14:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC XA RW |
| 10KIGALI54 | RWANDA "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 17:19:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RW |
| 10KINSHASA11 | In 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 17:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM AORC PREL MOPS MCAP CG |
| 10KINSHASA178 | CLIMATE 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 08:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV CG |
| 10KINSHASA23 | MONUC 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 18:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO MONUC MOPS CG |
| 10KINSHASA27 | Kabila 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 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG |
| 10KINSHASA58 | DEMARCHE 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 08:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV CG |
| 10KINSHASA9 | SENATE 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 09:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 10KUALALUMPUR12 | MALAYSIA: 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 23:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PM PGOV MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR14 | MALAYSIA: 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 10:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR43 | SABAH 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 09:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | CT MY PGOV KTIP CASC |
| 10KUALALUMPUR49 | MALAYSIA: 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 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PGOV IR MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR58 | MALAYSIA: 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 07:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR66 | MALAYSIA: 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 03:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID IAEA NPT AORC MNUC PREL UNGA MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR68 | AA/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 01:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETTC PARM MY KNNP IAEA |
| 10KUALALUMPUR8 | EXBS: 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 23:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR91 | EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 23:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY |
| 10KUWAIT11 | PARLIAMENT 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 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
| 10KUWAIT134 | AMBASSADOR 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 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN KU |
| 10KUWAIT137 | MOVING 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 06:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
| 10KUWAIT142 | KUWAIT 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 14:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IR YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT43 | GOK 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 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV KU |
| 10KUWAIT79 | KUWAIT 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 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU |
| 10KYIV125 | LAVROV-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 14:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP RS |
| 10KYIV179 | MOBILIZING 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 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR UP |
| 10KYIV191 | POTENTIAL 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 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10LAPAZ33 | Morales 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 12:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG PREL BL |
| 10LILONGWE130 | MALAWI: 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 17:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA |
| 10LILONGWE37 | MALAWI: 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 15:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KPKO MI |
| 10LILONGWE51 | PRESIDENT 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 16:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | AU EAID ECON EINV PREL MI |
| 10LILONGWE57 | MALAWI: 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 16:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC IAEA MI |
| 10LIMA107 | SL 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 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PE |
| 10LJUBLJANA35 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERING ITS OWN STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IR SI |
| 10LONDON126 | SCOTLAND: 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 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS UK |
| 10LONDON261 | ENGAGEMENT 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 14:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN XG PHUM UK |
| 10LONDON77 | AFRICAN 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 17:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK |
| 10LUANDA27 | ANGOLA 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 17:55:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | AO ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA |
| 10LUANDA31 | UNDER COVER OF A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ECON KDEM PGOV PINR PREL |
| 10LUANDA39 | ANGOLA 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 16:59:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PREL |
| 10LUANDA40 | ANGOLA 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 17:57:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | AO 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 12:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZA |
| 10LUXEMBOURG29 | LUXEMBOURG: 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 10:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC LU |
| 10LUXEMBOURG9 | DEMARCHE 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 16:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF LU |
| 10MADRID119 | EXTENSIVE 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 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC |
| 10MADRID146 | AMBASSADOR 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 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF HA IR SP XM |
| 10MADRID187 | A/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 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU SP |
| 10MADRID199 | ENGAGING 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 17:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO SP |
| 10MADRID48 | U/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 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 10MADRID69 | SPAIN 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 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN |
| 10MADRID72 | SPAIN'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 10:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC XI XG SP |
| 10MADRID73 | DAS 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP |
| 10MADRID77 | SPAIN 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 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MOPS NATO AF |
| 10MADRID78 | SPAIN: 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 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR |
| 10MADRID79 | SPAIN: 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM |
| 10MADRID81 | SPAIN: 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 16:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR |
| 10MANAGUA18 | VISAS VIPER December 2009 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA194 | VISAS VIPER January 2010 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 20:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU |
| 10MANAGUA49 | TFHA01: 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 22:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID OAS HA NU |
| 10MANAGUA69 | AIRLINE 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 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU |
| 10MANAMA15 | BAHRAINI 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 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS AF BA |
| 10MANAMA21 | SUNNI EXTREMIST RE-ARRESTED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC BA |
| 10MANAMA99 | BAHRAINI OFFICIALS REACT TO TORTURE ALLEGATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC KISL BA |
| 10MANILA125 | AMBASSADOR'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 08:55:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RP |
| 10MANILA132 | TFHA01: 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 07:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO HA RP |
| 10MANILA60 | AMBASSADOR'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 03:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RP |
| 10MANILA70 | FOREIGN 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 07:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS RP |
| 10MANILA73 | GOVERNMENT 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 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL RP |
| 10MANILA90 | PHILIPPINES 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 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF RP |
| 10MAPUTO139 | PRESIDENT 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ |
| 10MAPUTO159 | DONOR 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 16:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
| 10MAPUTO163 | MOZAMBIQUE 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 09:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10MAPUTO82 | GUEBUZA 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 14:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
| 10MASERU14 | EAC 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 08:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR KVPR LT |
| 10MASERU3 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT |
| 10MASERU35 | VISAS 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 12:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC CMGT LT |
| 10MASERU47 | LESOTHO'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 11:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV LT |
| 10MASERU55 | MASERU: 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 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT 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 09:36:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP WZ |
| 10MEXICO141 | Mexico’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 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
| 10MEXICO53 | GOM'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 21:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MX |
| 10MONROVIA36 | PROMOTING 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 16:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID LI |
| 10MONTEVIDEO140 | CORRECTIVE CABLE: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES MATTHEWMAN RETURNED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KCOM OTRA UY AFIN |
| 10MONTEVIDEO19 | URUGUAY: 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 17:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY |
| 10MONTEVIDEO32 | FOR 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 14:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BEXP UY |
| 10MOSCOW140 | RUSSIAN 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 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
| 10MOSCOW144 | U/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 08:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
| 10MOSCOW273 | RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT |
| 10MOSCOW304 | HUMAN 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 07:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS |
| 10MOSCOW319 | RUSSIAN 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 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MCAP RO RS |
| 10MOSCOW334 | GOR 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 12:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KNAR KIRF RS |
| 10MOSCOW392 | IRAN 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 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS IR |
| 10MOSCOW60 | RUSSIA 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 07:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU |
| 10MUSCAT101 | OMAN'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 10:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL MU |
| 10MUSCAT103 | OMAN'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 06:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER MU YM |
| 10MUSCAT107 | A/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 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YM MU |
| 10MUSCAT49 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL MU |
| 10MUSCAT70 | OMAN: 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 15:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PREL AMGT MU |
| 10MUSCAT83 | IRAN 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 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MU IR |
| 10MUSCAT9 | MUSCAT 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 14:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PREL KPIR MU |
| 10MUSCAT92 | EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU |
| 10NAIROBI328 | KENYA: 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 09:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE |
| 10NAIROBI350 | Security 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 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID |
| 10NAIROBI48 | THE 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 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL KE |
| 10NDJAMENA11 | CHAD-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 13:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD |
| 10NDJAMENA40 | CHAD: 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV PREL PGOV SU CD |
| 10NDJAMENA41 | CHAD'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 11:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM PINR PREF PGOV PREL CD |
| 10NDJAMENA76 | ABSENCE 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 11:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD |
| 10NEWDELHI287 | SCENESETTER 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 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI334 | INDIAN 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 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN PK AF IR |
| 10NEWDELHI40 | HATOYAMA 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 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM IN |
| 10NIAMEY11 | NIGER: 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 17:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR MOPS KCRM ASEC ML NG |
| 10NIAMEY21 | CLASSIFIED 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 07:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ADPM AMED AMGT ASEC KMSG TBIO |
| 10NIAMEY27 | NIGER: 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 21:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV 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 19:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS ECON SNAR SOCI PHUM KHDP ML AG NG |
| 10NICOSIA38 | CYPRUS: 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
| 10NICOSIA46 | CYPRUS: 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 07:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CY KGHG |
| 10NICOSIA52 | CYPRUS: 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 12:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CY |
| 10NICOSIA54 | CYPRUS: 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 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CY KGHG |
| 10NICOSIA85 | CYPRUS: 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 14:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR CY |
| 10NOUAKCHOTT11 | EMBASSY 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 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER |
| 10NOUAKCHOTT58 | MINISTER 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR |
| 10NUEVOLAREDO44 | Major 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 15:38:00 | Consulate Nuevo Laredo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MX |
| 10NUEVOLAREDO56 | NUEVO 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 18:21:00 | Consulate Nuevo Laredo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC 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 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER |
| 10OSLO30 | NORWAY'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 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV 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 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO37 | GON 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 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF NO |
| 10OSLO40 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO41 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO42 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO43 | NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO44 | NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF NO |
| 10OSLO45 | EUR/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 11:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS PARM KNNP KCFE PGOV SENV AF NO |
| 10OSLO47 | GON 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 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ NO |
| 10OSLO69 | NORWEGIAN 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 11:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NO |
| 10OSLO85 | DepMin 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO KNNP PREL NO |
| 10OTTAWA1 | CANADA; 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 15:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF |
| 10OTTAWA79 | VISAS 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 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA |
| 10PANAMA1 | Senior 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 17:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EWWT EINV PM |
| 10PANAMA41 | Confrontation 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 22:55:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL PM CO |
| 10PARAMARIBO10 | VISAS 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC KVPR NS |
| 10PARAMARIBO100 | VISA 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 16:46:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC |
| 10PARAMARIBO2 | Evaluation 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 12:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL NS |
| 10PARAMARIBO28 | VISAS 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 17:06:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC |
| 10PARAMARIBO66 | Demarche 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 18:56:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG NS |
| 10PARIS179 | WHA 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 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR |
| 10PARIS193 | U/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 13:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KACT KNNP MARR MCAP NATO CH |
| 10PARIS49 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR |
| 10PARIS76 | AMBASSADOR 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 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP FR HA |
| 10PHNOMPENH26 | FRIENDS 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 09:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
| 10PHNOMPENH31 | CODEL 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 09:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB |
| 10PHNOMPENH65 | RGC 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 06:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CB KGHG |
| 10PHNOMPENH75 | RAINSY 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 10:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIA KJUS CB |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE160 | NAS 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 16:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE46 | CONTACT 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 00:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
| 10PRAIA28 | CAPE VERDE CONSULTS BEFORE JOINING COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 17:54:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV CV |
| 10PRAIA31 | CAPE 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 19:13:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CV |
| 10PRAIA64 | PRAIA 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 10:54:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ASEC ASIG AMGT CV |
| 10PRETORIA147 | A/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 17:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA SF |
| 10PRETORIA216 | AMBASSADOR 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 09:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CVIS KTIP SF |
| 10PRETORIA355 | ESKOM 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 10:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EINV EFIN IBRD PGOV SENV SF |
| 10PRETORIA72 | SOUTH 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 10:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF |
| 10PRETORIA80 | SOUTH 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 10:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CVIS SF |
| 10QUITO101 | Ecuador'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 20:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC |
| 10QUITO37 | China 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 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SENV ENRG EC CH |
| 10QUITO79 | FURTHER 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 22:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA MASS MOPS EC US |
| 10RABAT121 | AMBASSADOR 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 11:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD EINV KMCA MO |
| 10RABAT158 | RENEWED 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 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO |
| 10RABAT22 | WHY 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 07:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS GV MO UV |
| 10RABAT34 | MOROCCO 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 19:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR PREL MO UV GV |
| 10RABAT8 | GUINEA: 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 11:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO |
| 10RANGOON109 | BURMA: 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 09:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 10RANGOON90 | UN 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 11:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA |
| 10REYKJAVIK8 | EMBASSY 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 10:50:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC 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 15:31:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF LG |
| 10RIGA32 | LATVIA UNDERSTANDS THE TRANSITION TO AFGHAN LEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL LG AF |
| 10RIGA93 | AIRBALTIC 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 11:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ SA LG |
| 10RIYADH106 | DEMARCHE 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 12:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA YM |
| 10RIYADH108 | DEMARCHE 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 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF SA |
| 10RIYADH124 | SAUDI 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 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA |
| 10RIYADH145 | DEMARCHE 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 12:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
| 10RIYADH154 | DEMARCHE 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 14:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC SA |
| 10RIYADH155 | KARZAI 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 14:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK SA |
| 10RIYADH193 | YEMENI-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 06:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MASS MOPS PREL SA YM |
| 10RIYADH37 | MISH'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 09:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SY SA |
| 10RIYADH38 | SAUDI 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 11:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL SA EG SY |
| 10RIYADH61 | POSITIVE TREASURY ENGAGEMENT WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA |
| 10RIYADH62 | ADDITIONAL 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 07:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ECON KTFN PREL PTER YM SA |
| 10RIYADH66 | SAUDI 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 15:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ASEC ECON SA |
| 10RIYADH78 | DEFENSE 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 15:08:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS YM SA |
| 10RIYADH79 | AFCENT 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 16:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MASS 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MASS MOPS PREL SA |
| 10ROME125 | OPPONENTS 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 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ETTC KIPR EINT IT |
| 10ROME150 | ENI 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 07:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
| 10ROME156 | ITALIAN 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 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD IR IT |
| 10ROME181 | ITALIAN 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PARM IR IT |
| 10ROME35 | GETTING 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 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
| 10ROME49 | SCENESETTER 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 14:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
| 10ROME64 | BREAKTHROUGH ON NUCLEAR SECURITY IN ITALY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PTER ETRD PBTS IT |
| 10ROME87 | STAFFDEL 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 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IR PGOV |
| 10SANAA137 | MORE 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 14:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV YM |
| 10SANAA138 | YEMEN 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 14:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON 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 10:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT PTER YM |
| 10SANAA5 | 01/04/2010 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 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AEMR YM |
| 10SANAA56 | YEMEN: 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 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM |
| 10SANTIAGO15 | Bachelet 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 12:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR CI CU BL BR AR PREL |
| 10SANTODOMINGO132 | Santo 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 01:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CMGT ASEC AMGT DR HA |
| 10SANTODOMINGO286 | DAS 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 20:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM DR |
| 10SANTODOMINGO80 | Santo 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 22:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT HA DR |
| 10SARAJEVO100 | BOSNIA: 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG BK |
| 10SARAJEVO110 | BOSNIA: 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 14:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
| 10SARAJEVO133 | BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 12:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
| 10SARAJEVO134 | BOSNIA: 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 12:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
| 10SARAJEVO59 | BOSNIA: 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP KPAO ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BK |
| 10SARAJEVO80 | BOSNIA: 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 17:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK |
| 10SARAJEVO82 | BOSNIA: 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 09:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI IMF IBRD BK |
| 10SEOUL109 | ROKG "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 09:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS IR |
| 10SEOUL129 | ROKG FIRMLY SUPPORTS USG RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 01:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KS |
| 10SEOUL133 | ROKG WILL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
| 10SEOUL239 | POLITICS 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 09:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KS |
| 10SKOPJE69 | 2010 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 12:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MCA AJ |
| 10SOFIA139 | BULGARIA 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 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PARM PREL SY IAEA BU |
| 10SOFIA54 | BULGARIA'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 15:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL BU |
| 10STATE13002 | REQUEST 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 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TBIO PL |
| 10STATE14838 | SIGNATURE 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 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS |
| 10STATE14932 | LAUNCH 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 00:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT AFSI MX |
| 10STATE16776 | MARK 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 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AID TBIO SOCI |
| 10STATE3353 | AFRICAN 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 16:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA |
| 10STATE3595 | ENCOURAGING 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 01:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF |
| 10STATE7562 | TFHA01: 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 12:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA |
| 10STATE9107 | GUIDANCE 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 01:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA |
| 10STATE947 | FIRST 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 15:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB 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 13:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG PREL SENV SW |
| 10STOCKHOLM20 | IRAQ 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 14:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR SW |
| 10STOCKHOLM3 | SWEDEN'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 08:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV KGHG EUN SW |
| 10STOCKHOLM91 | SWEDISH 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 16:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SW |
| 10SUVA22 | FIJI 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 20:27:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV PREL FJ |
| 10TALLINN3 | Estonia 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 09:15:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI CU EN |
| 10TALLINN60 | ESTONIA 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 14:13:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL EN |
| 10TALLINN70 | Estonia: 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 15:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASIG PHUM EN |
| 10TASHKENT19 | Uzbekistan: 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 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ |
| 10TASHKENT29 | Uzbekistan: 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 11:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ |
| 10TBILISI146 | GEORGIA: 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 14:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | SECRET | PGOV 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 05:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG |
| 10TBILISI222 | GEORGIA: 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 14:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GG |
| 10TBILISI59 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG GG |
| 10TBILISI65 | GEORGIA: OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLO AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA150 | 2010 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 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA165 | AMBASSADOR'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 01:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV HO |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA34 | ATTENDANCE 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 23:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HO |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA4 | EMBASSY 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 15:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SNAR PGOV HO |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA88 | INAGURATION 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 01:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO |
| 10TEGUCIGALPA98 | AMBASSADOR 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 23:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ECON EAID SNAR HO |
| 10TELAVIV105 | GOLDSTONE 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 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV107 | CODEL 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 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV124 | BARAK 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 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV139 | ENGAGING 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 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS |
| 10TELAVIV180 | CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IR IS IZ LE PGOV PK PREL |
| 10TELAVIV218 | PREPARATIONS 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 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
| 10TELAVIV264 | WAR 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 12:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SY LE IS |
| 10TELAVIV280 | BARAK 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV310 | FM 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 13:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS |
| 10TELAVIV330 | PROSPECTS 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 14:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS PREL TBIO EINV |
| 10TELAVIV434 | D/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 07:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA |
| 10TELAVIV439 | KNESSET 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 09:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV444 | MORATORIUM: 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 13:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV50 | MORATORIUM 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 07:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS |
| 10TELAVIV86 | CODEL 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 09:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS |
| 10TELAVIV98 | ISRAELI-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 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA IR KWBG IS |
| 10THEHAGUE114 | NETHERLANDS/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 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO AF NL |
| 10THEHAGUE25 | NETHERLANDS/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 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NL IR |
| 10THEHAGUE42 | NETHERLANDS / 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 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL VZ |
| 10THEHAGUE44 | NETHERLANDS/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 07:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI CU NL |
| 10THEHAGUE48 | CWC: 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 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AG PARM PREL PTER CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE49 | NETHERLANDS/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 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID YM NL |
| 10THEHAGUE53 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SUPPORT USG ON CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NL IZ |
| 10THEHAGUE54 | NETHERLANDS: 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 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG NL |
| 10THEHAGUE83 | NETHERLANDS/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 10:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR NL |
| 10THEHAGUE87 | CWC: 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 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL PARM PREL PTER CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE89 | SCENE 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 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE98 | NETHERLANDS/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 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR NL |
| 10TIRANA38 | RFG: 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 15:35:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | AL 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 15:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 10TOKYO11 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: JAPAN TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL IRAN URANIUM TRANSFER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ JA |
| 10TOKYO160 | AMBASSADOR 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 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN KS JA |
| 10TOKYO170 | POSTAL 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 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 10TOKYO18 | JAPAN'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 23:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
| 10TOKYO200 | JAPAN TO DESIGNATE AQAP ENTITIES - RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PINR PTER YM SA JA |
| 10TOKYO214 | A/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 06:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC CH KS KN JA |
| 10TOKYO228 | U.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 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 10TOKYO27 | HATOYAMA 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 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 10TOKYO273 | JAPAN RESPONSE - TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP KTFN PINR PARM PREL PTER |
| 10TOKYO282 | GOJ 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 10TOKYO291 | FM 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 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 01:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC KOCI MARR JA CH BM |
| 10TOKYO344 | JAPANESE 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 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG VM JA |
| 10TOKYO387 | JAPANESE 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 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA SY JA |
| 10TOKYO389 | AUSTR 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 02:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 10TOKYO52 | ADVISOR 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 23:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR JA |
| 10TOKYO77 | GOJ 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 02:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA |
| 10TRIPOLI106 | TRIPOLI VISAS VIPER REPORT: JANUARY 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY |
| 10TRIPOLI109 | TRIPOLI'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 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL LY CMGT |
| 10TRIPOLI137 | MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT |
| 10TRIPOLI174 | TRIPOLI - 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 16:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LY |
| 10TRIPOLI18 | VISAS 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 15:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LY |
| 10TRIPOLI58 | EUROPEAN 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 08:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV CVIS XG SZ LY |
| 10TRIPOLI60 | LIBYA 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 15:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV LY |
| 10TRIPOLI75 | LONG-TIME QADHAFI CONFIDANTE ELECTED HEAD OF GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV LY |
| 10TUNIS54 | TUNISIAN 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL TS |
| 10TUNIS60 | AFRICOM 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 15:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS87 | TUNISIA: 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 17:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
| 10UNROME4 | FAO 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 16:42:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAGR EAID PREL PTER |
| 10UNROME5 | REFORMING 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 18:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAID EAGR PREL |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA15 | IAEA 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 10:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA16 | NPT 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 16:27:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA21 | US-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 10:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA24 | TURKISH 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 10:10:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TU PARM |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA31 | PREPARING 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 16:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA43 | IRAN 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 16:11:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA5 | IRAN/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 16:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP IR |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA50 | UNODC: 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 07:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AF UN JP |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA6 | NUCLEAR 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 14:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
| 10USNATO11 | POLISH 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 17:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL EN LH LG GM |
| 10USNATO29 | NATO-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 13:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF RS |
| 10USNATO42 | RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT: "TRANSPARENCY IS A TOOL OF THE WEAK" [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 16:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS |
| 10USNATO59 | SERBIA 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 07:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI |
| 10USNATO70 | MOLDOVAN 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 11:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MD |
| 10USNATO81 | PDAS 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 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RS |
| 10USOSCE14 | OSCE 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 07:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI |
| 10USOSCE22 | PERSPECTIVES 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 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF |
| 10USOSCE54 | RUSSIA 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 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
| 10USOSCE55 | KAZAKHSTAN 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 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ |
| 10VATICAN11 | VATICAN 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | EAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA |
| 10VATICAN13 | “GREEN†POPE SUPPORTS US PATH FORWARD FROM COPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG PGOV PREL CU VE VT |
| 10VATICAN14 | VATICAN 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 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT |
| 10VATICAN15 | CARDINAL 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 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT |
| 10VATICAN19 | (C) VATICAN AGREES IRAN IS NOT COOPERATING WITH IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PARM PREL UNSC VT |
| 10VATICAN21 | CATHOLIC 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 13:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT |
| 10VATICAN23 | (C) VATICAN: IRAN IS NOT RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV IR VT |
| 10VATICAN33 | SEX 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 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI |
| 10VIENNA108 | Copenhagen 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 08:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG AU END |
| 10VIENNA130 | AUSTRIA: 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 11:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM KTFN KHLS ECPS ECON PREL CVIS KPAO |
| 10VIENNA137 | EUROPEAN 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 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KTFN ECPS ECON PREL EUN AU |
| 10VIENNA138 | AHMADINEJAD 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 15:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | CASC PREL IR AF AU |
| 10VIENNA160 | AUSTRIA 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 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR AU |
| 10VIENNA169 | SENIOR 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 15:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN PREL EUN AU |
| 10VIENNA195 | AUSTRIA 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 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NATO AU |
| 10VIENTIANE91 | BURMA 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 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR BM LA |
| 10VILNIUS108 | FAC: 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 14:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU LH |
| 10VILNIUS35 | PRT 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 14:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL NATO LH |
| 10VILNIUS36 | WHY 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD LH |
| 10VILNIUS4 | LITHUANIAN 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 14:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG LH |
| 10VILNIUS42 | LITHUANIA IS ON MESSAGE RE TRANSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL LH |
| 10VILNIUS49 | LITHUANIA 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 12:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER LH |
| 10VILNIUS59 | LITHUANIA 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 11:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH RU BO LH |
| 10VILNIUS94 | LITHUANIA 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 14:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC IR LH |
| 10WARSAW17 | POLAND - 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 17:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PL |
| 10WARSAW65 | POLISH 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 07:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PL PREL UP |
| 10WARSAW90 | POLAND/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 18:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL |
| 10WARSAW98 | OSCE/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 15:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE PREL PL |
| 10WELLINGTON49 | New 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 06:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON NZ |
| 10WELLINGTON57 | EAP/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 07:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU |
| 10WELLINGTON65 | DAS 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 07:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL |
| 10WINDHOEK128 | Visas 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 15:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 10WINDHOEK156 | 2010 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 09:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF MCA ELAB KTIP KCRM SMIG KWMN KFRD WA |
| 10WINDHOEK174 | CERTIFICATION 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT CASC KFRD WA |
| 10WINDHOEK4 | VISAS VIPER: December 2009 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 10WINDHOEK94 | VISAS 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 12:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 10YAOUNDE118 | Cameroon Distracted Driving Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CM SOCI UNDP UNGA |
| 10YAOUNDE65 | CAMEROON 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 14:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAID HA PREL |
| 10YAOUNDE67 | CAMEROON 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 14:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ENRG KGHG PREL SENV |
| 10YEREVAN105 | ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 10YEREVAN106 | NATIONAL 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 14:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AZ AM |
| 10YEREVAN52 | COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT EAID AM |
| 10YEREVAN73 | NEW 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 07:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EINV AM TU |
| 10YEREVAN78 | SARGSIAN 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 05:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | POGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM |
| 10ZAGREB46 | EU 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 14:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON SR HR |
| 10ZAGREB48 | Zagreb 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 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR ECON |
| 78TEHRAN389 | SERIOUS RELIGIOUS DISSIDENCE IN QOM [...] No summary [...] | 1978-01-11 13:00:00 | Embassy Tehran | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS IR |
| 85BEIRUT4123 | TWA 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 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 10:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL 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 10:56:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER LY SO |
| 87BAGHDAD5528 | RAFSANJANI 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 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS 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 13:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER 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 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL 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 15:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE |
| 88STATE274007 | UNDERSTANDINGS 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 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ IR |
| 89ABUDHABI5423 | LIFE 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 11:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC IR |
| 89PRAGUE8311 | LOCAL 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 17:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 15:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 18:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL 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 09:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL 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 15:06:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 11:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | MARR 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 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 14:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM 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 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 14:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 11:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 13:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 15:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 13:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PINR 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 13:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA |
| 95ZAGREB1763 | UPDATE 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 19:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
| 95ZAGREB1801 | CROATIA 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 16:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR 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 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS 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 19:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 17:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM 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 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HR |
| 95ZAGREB2622 | GRANIC 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 16:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
| 95ZAGREB3545 | NO 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 15:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF 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 17:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 17:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR 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 16:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 11:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID OSCE TX XG |
| 96CAIRO13851 | EL-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 06:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KISL SU EG |
| 96DAKAR2654 | CONTINUING 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 07:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINS SG |
| 96ISLAMABAD8055 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 12:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 07:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 13:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EFIN 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 07:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 05:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PREL ET |
| 97DHAKA4187 | AMBASSADOR'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 11:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 17:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 12:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL |
| 97ROME5198 | ITALY: 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 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT |
| 97STATE83213 | AFGHANISTAN: 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 17:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER 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 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AL |
| 98AMMAN3050 | POLITICAL 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 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR KISL PHUM JO |
| 98BANGKOK4204 | THAI MFA COMMENTS ON TEA BANH, FOC, AND THE KHMER ROUGE [...] No summary [...] | 1998-03-31 00:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL 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 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 08:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA |
| 99GABORONE5380 | THE 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 15:03:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 14:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SOCI IR SA |