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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05ANKARA426SCENESETTER FOR JAN.31-FEB.1 VISIT OF UNDER
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit will extend a series of January visits by Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones and Commander of Central Command General Abizaid, and will provide an opportunity to echo their pledge that the US will fight all forms of terroris [...]
2005-01-26 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL MARR TU
05ANKARA4513ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 13:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4622TERRORIST FINANCING: CHARGE MEETS FINANCE MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA4636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4658TURKISH PM ON CYPRUS AND U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) Summary: In an August 8 introductory call on Prime Minister Erdogan, Charge reviewed the goals Turkey and the U.S. share regarding a comprehensive Cyprus settlement and Turkey's EU accession bid. Erdogan expressed frustration with the lack of concrete U.S. actions against the PKK in nort [...]
2005-08-09 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU PKK
05ANKARA4733ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4751TURCO-RUSSIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: SEVEN HOURS OF
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of booming trade with Russia (heavily in the latter's favor) and growing emotional understanding between Turks and Russians, PM Erdogan continues to feel that he is building a partnership of equals with Putin. What is lacking in Turkey is any rational analysis of R [...]
2005-08-12 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU RS
05ANKARA4791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4827ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 05:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4906TURKISH MFA ON PKK TRILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 19 presented to MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Security Affairs Bicakli the Framework for Action resulting from the recent PKK Trilateral Talks. Bicakli conf [...]
2005-08-22 15:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4939THREATENING LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 22 August 2005 Acting DCM Timothy Betts received a letter, written in Arabic, claiming that Mujahideen here in Turkey will strike down our personnel and families. The letter was discussed at Country Team today, 23 August. Turkish National Police are investigating. End sum [...]
2005-08-23 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5035ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5037TURKEY FOLLOW UP ON TERROR FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Taking up Treasury U/S Levey's offer to help in Turkey's preparation for its upcoming FATF review, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, MASAK, is organizing an interagency GOT group to meet with Embassy on September 15. The goal of the meeting is to identify areas for focused [...]
2005-08-26 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA5064SECOND THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (SBU) On August 29, 2005 Embassy Deputy Political Officer Charles Blaha received a threatening letter, written in Arabic, similar to the letter received by post's Political Military Counselor (then Acting DCM) (reftel) on August 22, 2005. The letter was received by Blaha through the embassy [...]
2005-08-29 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5114STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...]
2005-09-01 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5140TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]
2005-09-02 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5182ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5208ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5221TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS ALLEGE IRANIAN (AND
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Turkish MFA official speculated that Iran and/or the Iraqi Kurds may be "playing a game" in Talafar in order to eventually control the city, using CF ops to their own ends. We continue to try to feed as much factual information on Talafar as possible to the Turks in orde [...]
2005-09-08 08:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5223DAS BRYZA'S AUGUST 25-26 VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Bryza attended a series of positive meetings with Turkish officials to promote a renewed strategic partnership between the US and Turkey. While noting that the U.S.-Turkish relationship is broad and multidimensional, Turkish interlocutors repeatedly stressed the importance of [...]
2005-09-08 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU PGOV PINS PREL
05ANKARA5346EUCOM/CENTCOM OFFER TURKS HELP WITH PKK; ASK FOR
[...] (S/rel UK and AUS) Summary: At talks with EUCOM Commander Gen James Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt.Gen. Lance Smith on Sept. 8-9, TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok indicated that Turkish cross border operations targeting the PKK in northern Iraq were not imminent, but that Turkish patience was [...]
2005-09-14 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MARR PREL TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5448US OFFICIALS COOPERATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an important gesture of our preparedness to work together with Turkey to shut down the PKK's European support network, Washington analysts presented a list of PKK financiers to an interagency group of Turkish officials. In subsequent meetings, the Charge urged Finance Minister [...]
2005-09-20 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA5483ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5540ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-24 01:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA561SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...]
2005-02-01 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA5634TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY
[...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...]
2005-09-27 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5635TURKEY: INTERAGENCY TERRORISM FINANCE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In follow-up to Treasury U/S Levey's June visit and the subsequent exchange of letters regarding Turkey's counter-terror finance (CTF) regime, Embassy met with an interagency GOT group on September 15. The focus was on pending legislative changes that GOT officials assert wi [...]
2005-09-27 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA5636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5677ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5695TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME
[...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...]
2005-09-29 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU
05ANKARA57ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA577ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA592TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]
2005-02-02 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5949ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6096IRAQ/KURDS: VISIT OF IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER
[...] (C/Rel MCF-I) During a late September visit to Turkey, Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Salih proposed opening a second Turkey-Iraq border crossing about five kilometers west of the Habur Gate. According to the MFA, he noted with concern increasing Iranian influence in Iraq and was critical of [...]
2005-10-07 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL PTER IZ TU
05ANKARA6101ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6106COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey has a reputation for being a moderate, secular, and democratic country with a Muslim population. The reality of Islam in Turkey, however, is more complicated. The State actively represses unofficial expressions of Islam. Violent Turkish Islamic extremism does exist. Mi [...]
2005-10-11 06:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6181LAUNCHING A STRUCTURED STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) With the October 3 EU decision on Turkey's accession negotiations behind us, it is time to turn toward consolidation of recent gains made in our bilateral relationship and to expand regional cooperation with Ankara. One way to do this is to establish a more structured policy dialogue that [...]
2005-10-12 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU US
05ANKARA6248U/S JOSEPH DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION IN TURKEY,
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Joseph urged Turkey to take a resolute stand on Iran's nuclear weapons program during his September 29-30 visit to Ankara. Finance Minister Unakitan pledged to work with the United States to address proliferation financing and requested additional information on c [...]
2005-10-14 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6308 TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...]
2005-10-18 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
05ANKARA6318TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]
2005-10-19 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6370TURKEY SUPPORTS UNIIIC MISSION, VIEWS IMPACT ON
[...] (C) Turkey supports the UNIIIC investigation into the Hariri assassination and is anxiously awaiting publication of the Mehlis report. The GOT will examine the report carefully before commenting but expects it to detail direct links to high Syrian officials. Turkey is apprehensive about the [...]
2005-10-21 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA64DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...]
2005-01-05 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR
05ANKARA6426ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
05ANKARA644ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-03 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6448USG SUPPORT TO TURKEY"S FIGHT AGAINST THE PKK
[...] (S) Summary: Charge delivered the points in reftel to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy, going over the broad range of U.S. actions on PKK, and pressing him hard regarding public statements by senior GOT officials. On law enforcement cooperation in Europe, the Charge asked for more information on the tar [...]
2005-10-26 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER EFIN PGOV PKK
05ANKARA6478TURKISH RESPONSE TO US OFFER AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) On October 27, ODC-Turkey received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish General Staff. The letter provides the Turkish position on various proposals regarding actions against the PKK made during the September 9 visit to Turkey of EUCOM CDR GEN Jones and CENTCOM DCDR LT GEN Smith, as well [...]
2005-10-27 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PKK
05ANKARA6480ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6558SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...]
2005-11-02 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6606ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 17:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6607ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 07:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6634PUSHING FOR PROGRESS AGAINST PKK NETWORKS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Now that the Turks have given us their initial response to our list of PKK support groups in Europe, we should move quickly to the next phase of our strategy. We recommend that Washington send an interagency team to Ankara as soon as possible so that we can begin the process of c [...]
2005-11-09 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU PKK
05ANKARA6670ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-11 06:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6744 NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US-TURKEY ECONOMIC RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the last meeting in December 2003, it is Turkey's turn to host the Under Secretary-level U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) in Ankara. Turkey's strong economic recovery since the 2001 financial crisis, notwithstanding large risks of backsliding, create [...]
2005-11-15 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TU
05ANKARA6772JANDARMA INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING ROCKS TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has been rocked by alleged jandarma involvement in a November 9 bombing in the town of Semdinli, in the ethnically-Kurdish southeastern province of Hakkari. After the blast, bystanders caught and severely beat three suspects. Police released two of the three, including a [...]
2005-11-17 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA6805ASD FLORY AND MOD GONUL DISCUSS US-TU DEENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting ASD Flory thanked Defense Minister Gonul for his record of public support for the US-Turkey relationship when they met on November 10. In response to Gonul's complaint about US inaction against the PKK in northern Iraq, the ASD pointed out concrete steps the USG is taki [...]
2005-11-18 12:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS TU IZ
05ANKARA683ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6849PKK TERRORISM: TURKS PROVIDE MORE INFO ON HIGH
[...] (S) Summary: MFA provided us with additional information on the seven high value PKK individuals in Europe, responding to our earlier request (ref B),and thought Ankara could accommodate a visit by a technical team from Washington to develop further information the week of November 28. Secur [...]
2005-11-21 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU US
05ANKARA6865DEMARCHE REQUEST: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION
[...] (S) Poloff delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali on November 10. Botsali said the MFA had already issued instructions to its Baghdad embassy to engage the IECI on the issue of PKK front parties and planned to do so as well with the Iraqi embassy in Ankara. In ter [...]
2005-11-22 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL IZ PKK
05ANKARA6900ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 17:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6901ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 17:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6954ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6955ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7013ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7014ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7068 UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF
[...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...]
2005-12-01 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU
05ANKARA7071OFFERS TO BRING TEAM ON PKK IN EUROPE, TREASURY
[...] (C) Summary: Given the inability of the GOT to produce hard facts on PKK criminal activities in Europe, Econ/C discussed with MFA DDG for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli the utility of sending a law enforcement team to Ankara to meet with GOT counterparts on enhanced cooperation against PKK n [...]
2005-12-01 16:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA7158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7191SCENESETTER FOR 10-16 DEC COUNTERPART VISIT OF
[...] (S) Summary: This Counterpart Visit (CPV) by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, GEN Yasar Buyukanit, will be the most significant event in US-Turkish Army to Army relations in over half a decade. The already slowing post-Cold War US-Turkish mil to mil relationship was derailed in 2003 [...]
2005-12-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA7216ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7241ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 05:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7266GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...]
2005-12-12 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA7278ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7289TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005
[...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...]
2005-12-13 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7303ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7359ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7397ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7400TURKEY 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission of Part II of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial crimes. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. TURKEY Turkey is an important regional financial center, particularly for Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well a [...]
2005-12-16 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR TU
05ANKARA7443TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]
2005-12-20 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7559IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST IN TURKEY SEEKING
[...] (C) Summary: Well-known Iranian Kurdish activist Roya Toloui is currently in Turkey seeking re-settlement in a third country, preferably the U.S. She told us Iranian authorities tortured her in detention after her August arrest for allegedly organizing protests in Iranian Kurdistan. End Summ [...]
2005-12-23 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF SMIG PGOV PHUM PTER IR TU
05ANKARA7560AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first call on Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu December 22 focused on joint efforts against the PKK, particularly in Europe. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of assembling legal evidence against the PKK that European prosecutors could use to build cour [...]
2005-12-23 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7592NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]
2005-12-27 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA7605NEW USAFE AND TURKISH AF COMMANDERS GET OFF TO A
[...] (C) Summary: On his initial visit to Ankara as USAFE commander, General Thomas Hobbins and Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Commander General Faruk Comert focused on how to improve the relationship through practical cooperation like sharing US lessons learned flying air patrols over Lithuania before [...]
2005-12-28 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
05ANKARA7629AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH MOD GONUL
[...] (C) Summary: At the Ambassador's December 23 initial call on Defense Minister Gonul, the two agreed on the importance of the Turkey-US relationship. Gonul reiterated what he has said publicly, that Turkey's Saddam-era agreement with Iraq permitting cross-border operations was no longer valid. [...]
2005-12-29 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS TU
05ANKARA7674REVISED ACTION REQUEST: TURKS FORMALLY REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. seven. 2. (C) Summary: MFA has revised its request for assistance for a Turkish team to travel to Mosul -- now o/a Jan. 16-19 -- to meet with local and U.S. officials and look at sites for the new Turkish consulate. We hope our colleagues in [...]
2005-12-30 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA7675ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES TURCO-ISRAELI
[...] (C) The Israeli ambassador to Turkey advised us December 30 that Jerusalem has invited Turkish FM Gul to visit Israel January 5. The Turkish government, which requested this visit some time ago, should advise shortly on whether the date is acceptable. The purpose of the visit will be to sign [...]
2005-12-30 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IR IS
05ANKARA82SCENESETTER FOR JAN. 11 U.S.-TURKEY-IRAQ TALKS ON
[...] (C) Embassy appreciates the participation of our colleagues from Washington, Baghdad, and EUCOM in Jan. 11 trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK/Kongra-Gel. On. Jan. 5, Turkish MFA provided us with a rough outline for the talks themselves. In this message we hope to lay out what we believe [...]
2005-01-06 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PTER PREL PREF IZ TU EUN AM CY RS
05ANKARA861ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 10:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA896ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA902TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...]
2005-02-17 07:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA942ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-18 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA97SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S JANUARY 11-12
[...] (C) Summary: Our bilateral relationship with Turkey has become quite bumpy over the last years. The comfort of our NATO Alliance has been tested by Turkish perceptions of our operations in Iraq, developments on the domestic scene, and the movement toward the EU. Turkey shares our overall poli [...]
2005-01-06 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ASUNCION1019PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN STIRS THE WATERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the DOD Military Information Support Team (MIST),Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) recently began using Wanted Posters and media spots in the newspapers and on radio to obtain leads on their Most [...]
2005-08-11 17:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1025PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 7 -
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --Venezuelan Investment in Paraguay --Drugs, Thugs, Guns and Money --31 Small Economies Discuss Access at WTO --------------------------------------- New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --------------------------------------- 2 [...]
2005-08-13 19:31:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1120PARAGUAY: ENTRY OF CUBANS CONCERNS GOP
[...] (U) News articles in recent weeks alleged an alarming number of Cuban nationals are entering Paraguay. Confidential sources have confirmed the legal entry of SIPDIS significant numbers of Cubans into Paraguay since May 2005. Carlos Liseras, Director of Immigration, discussed this issue with [...]
2005-09-02 17:12:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION1190PARAGUAYAN VP ON ATA TRAINING, CHDS WORKSHOP,
[...] (C) Begin summary: Sept. 15 Ambassador informed VP Castiglioni of State ATA anti-kidnapping training at FBI academy for 24 Paraguayans Dec. 5-16 (ref B.) They also discussed: CHDS security workshop; money laundering and penal procedure reform; and backsliding on airline price deregulation, t [...]
2005-09-21 12:24:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER ECON CVIS PINR PA KJUS
05ASUNCION1218PARAGUAY: THE DUARTE ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS
[...] (U) President Nicanor Duarte Frutos remains the dominant figure on the political scene. Earlier this month, he announced his candidacy for his Party's presidency; he and his supporters continue to explore prospects for amending the Constitution so as to allow him to run for reelection in 200 [...]
2005-09-26 15:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PA PTER KCRM PAC
05ASUNCION1258PARAGUAY: PARAGUAY COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAINING
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for -ELIZABETH D'AURIA -AMY YOUNG during the period of OCT/6/05 to OCT/13/05 for: -MARK ALMON -THOMAS MILLER -MARK MALDONADO during the period of OCT/8/05 to OCT/13/05 for: -DEBORAH A. MCCARTHY -CAROLIN [...]
2005-10-06 20:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION1260PARAGUAY: BRAZIL SEEKING GREATER COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. On 10/5, Emboffs met with Brazilian Embassy Poloffs to discuss views on GOP reform efforts, particularly as they relate to efforts to combat contraband, money laundering, and other illicit activities in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). Brazilian PolCouns conveyed an interest in deepe [...]
2005-10-06 21:11:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM PA BR
05ASUNCION1263PARAGUAY: DOJ/OPDAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE Cable FOR
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for OPDAT Program ANALYST CHRISTIAAN DE LUIGI (Clearance level Secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of SIPDIS OCT/7/05 to OCT/13/05 for the purpose of PARTICIPATING IN A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS AND THEIR ROLE [...]
2005-10-07 11:54:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION1281PARAGUAY'S 2005 THIRD QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: - QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES - PROGRAM DISCUSSION - QUARTRLY SENAD STATISTIC QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES - COUNTERNARCOTICS 2. (U) On August 13, it was reported that retired police officer Zunilda Roig, her brother Jaime Ruben Roig Baez and 12 other individuals were imprisoned after [...]
2005-10-12 15:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1296PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCT. 09 -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 13:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON PA SNAR
05ASUNCION1312FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY:
[...] (SBU) Director Mueller, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. law enforcement interests and security cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a sensitive time, following a recent SECDEF visit that generated considerable press and political activity calling [...]
2005-10-19 19:34:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1435PARAGUAY AND COLOMBIA DISCUSS COUNTER-DRUG ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: An official Colombian counter-drug (CD) delegation traveled to Asuncion November 2-4 to hold bilateral CD discussions with the GOP. As a result of those discussions, the GOP and GOC established a bilateral, interagency CD commission and three working groups. Upon their arrival, [...]
2005-11-22 13:39:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR PA CO
05ASUNCION149PARAGUAY: MONEY LAUNDERING IN CASINOS (C-TN4-01119)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Paraguay is a principal money laundering center. Although no figures are known, Paraguayan Government officials suspect criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist financiers use a range of illicit and licit activities to launder funds. While laws regarding casinos and a regulat [...]
2005-01-28 14:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPINR EFIN KCRM KTFN PA SOCI
05ASUNCION1513PARAGUAY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In paras 2 and 5 respectively, please find Post's submissions on the Tri-border Area (Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil) and Paraguay for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. --------------------------------------------- ------- The Tri-border Area (Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil) ----------- [...]
2005-12-15 19:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PA
05ASUNCION1515PARAGUAY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Paraguay is a principal money laundering center, involving both the banking and non-banking financial sectors. The multi-billion dollar contraband re-export trade that occurs largely on the border shared with Argentina and Brazil facilitates much of the money laundering in Paraguay. Paraguay i [...]
2005-12-16 13:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN PA
05ASUNCION158PARAGUAY,S PRESIDENT ON REFORM, DRUGS, AND
[...] (C) Ambassador followed up with President Nicanor Duarte Frutos (NDF) January 28 recent calls on the Ministers of Finance and Industry (septels) to push reform and emphasize U.S. priorities. Explaining drug certification in detail and praising significant success by SENAD, Ambassador stressed [...]
2005-01-31 17:21:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS ECON KIPR PINR SNAR PA
05ASUNCION200PARAGUAY'S GROWING CONCERN ABOUT LEFTIST
[...] (S) Summary: Paraguayan authorities have arrested suspects tied to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in connection with the ongoing kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas. Telephone records connect the suspects to the kidnapping and ransom negotiations. The GOP claims evid [...]
2005-02-08 19:59:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PINR PREL PGOV KCRM PA
05ASUNCION211COLOMBIAN EMBASSY URGING GOP TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT
[...] (S) Colombian PolOff Raul Sanchez advised PolOff that the GOC wants the GOP to publicize as much information as possible regarding the FARC's involvement in the Cecilia Cubas kidnapping and other crimes in Paraguay, prior to President Uribe's meeting with President Chavez next week. The Colomb [...]
2005-02-10 13:10:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA
05ASUNCION403PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA AGREEMENT ON SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: During President Duarte's March 7 visit to Bogota, he and Colombian President Uribe issued a Joint Declaration committing their respective countries to assist each other in the fight against organized crime, particularly kidnapping but also arms trafficking, drug trafficking, mone [...]
2005-03-23 10:52:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER MOPS SNAR KCRM PA CO
05ASUNCION405ASUNCION - SETL RESPONSE
[...] (U) DEMONSTRATIONS A: (SBU) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Ethnic groups with foreign influences, i.e. Lebanese Hizbollah, Palestinian radical groups. That said, there has not been a history [...]
2005-03-23 12:11:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC
05ASUNCION416PARAGUAY PETITIONS UNCHR FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez called on the members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) meeting in Geneva to assist the GOP in prosecuting and punishing criminals responsible for kidnappings, such as in the recent case of former Paraguayan [...]
2005-03-28 09:58:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION488PARAGUAY'S FY 2007 BUDGET REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 19:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION559PARAGUAY'S FY 2007 INL BUDGET REQUEST -- CORRECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 20:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION596PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA SECURITY COOPERATION AND
[...] (U) In furtherance of the Joint Declaration on security cooperation and assistance that Presidents Duarte and Uribe signed in Bogota on March 7 (ref A),Vice-Presidents Castiglioni and Santos signed an Action Plan on security, in Bogota, on April 19. In the Action Plan, the GOP and GOC agree [...]
2005-05-03 12:17:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION708PARAGUAY: REACTIONS TO BRAZILIAN CRACKDOWN ON THE
[...] SUMMARY: Recently, PolOff and Department of Treasury,s Resident Enforcement Advisor (REA) traveled to Ciudad del Este (CDE) to observe trade and traffic across the Friendship Bridge, linking Paraguay and Brazil, in the wake of stepped up enforcement measures by Brazilian authorities to counter [...]
2005-05-26 19:13:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PA
05ASUNCION745AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 31, Ambassador, Econcouns and Resident Enforcement Advisor (REA) called on new Minister of Industry and Commerce Raul Vera. Vera started off by assuring the Ambassador that he intended to follow the sam [...]
2005-06-06 19:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA
05ASUNCION830EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA
[...] Summary. Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita, a Brazilian-born narcotrafficker with FARC connections, was handed over to U.S. custody on June 27 at approximately 8:10 a.m. The successful conclusion to the six-month legal process is a step forward for Paraguay, marking the first time it has extradit [...]
2005-06-28 20:09:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION839PARAGUAY: CERTIFICATION REPORT
[...] Below find Post's submission on host government cooperation on counternarcotics efforts based on the benchmarks identified in reftel B. Counternarcotics ---------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to keep pressure on major drug trafficking organizations by arresting and prosecuting their [...]
2005-06-30 14:11:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION841MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-30 18:12:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ
05ASUNCION859WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:20:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION860WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:21:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ATHENS2805GREEK GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW ANTI MONEY-
[...] (U) The Greek government approved October 24 a draft bill aimed at combating money laundering, which brings Greek legislation into line with EU directive 2001/97/EC. According to the Ministry of Economy, the bill greatly extends the ambit of Greece's anti- money-laundering legislation to a n [...]
2005-11-03 08:42:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN GR
05ATHENS3229 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Survey Report (INSCR) Part II Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Greece. 2. While not a major financial center, Greece is vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics- trafficking, prostitution, contraband cigare [...]
2005-12-23 08:09:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN GR
05ATHENS629GREECE: NEW SECURITY POLICY, BUT LITTLE CHANGE IN
[...] (C) Summary. An updated Greek national security strategy appears to suggest that Athens' concern about a military threat from Turkey may be diminishing. Initial discussions with senior- and mid-level defense and national security officials offer little evidence of such a change, however. [...]
2005-03-04 14:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR GR TU INTERNAL
05BAGHDAD2367JOINT US, UK, DANISH DEMARCHE TO MOI ON PRISONER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge joined British Charge and Danish Ambassador in a June 1 joint demarche to Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr on allegations of prisoner abuse in Basrah. UK Charge provided an intelligence report implicating the Basrah Police's Internal Affairs Division and Investigations Suppo [...]
2005-06-02 07:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2371MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION SYRIA TERRORISM;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 2 were the developments of the security, political situations and the constitution's drafting process. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "May Hammurabi appear and draft our constitution" (Al- [...]
2005-06-02 11:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2381IRAQ - INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC),DPM Chalabi discussed his recent visit to the Al-Fatah crossing, expressing dissatisfaction with its current security. He instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately develop an effective security plan for the [...]
2005-06-03 07:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2391DPM CHALABI ON IMPROVING MOD, PIPELINE SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi outlined his top three priorities to PolMilCouns on June 3. He claims to be engaging MoD Sadoun Dulaimi on improving MOD staff to combat corruption and replacing Army officers in select units with locally born commanders. Chalabi also briefed h [...]
2005-06-04 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2395IST ISSUES WARRANTS FOR TWENTY HVDS APPROVED FOR
[...] (S) The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) has issued arrest warrants for twenty High-Value Detainees (HVDs) whom the USG has approved for release, and against whom the IST had previously indicated it did not intend to pursue charges. Post remains concerned that political pressure may have influence [...]
2005-06-05 06:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PTER PGOV PHUM XF
05BAGHDAD2437CHARGE SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH IRAQI MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Satterfield joined the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior in a May 30 dinner with the Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr where they discussed: Middle East and Iraqi political developments, the current security operations in Baghdad, as well as police training programs a [...]
2005-06-08 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2455CONVERSATION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ITG is disorganized and ineffective according to Rubaie. He characterized the government as in crisis with the Kurds provoked especially by the absence of any mention of federalism in the Prime Ministers State of the Union message. Additionally, Talabani is angry about the r [...]
2005-06-09 18:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2467SUCCESSFUL DAMAGE CONTROL AFTER RAID ON LEADING
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the mistaken arrest of Iraqi Islamic Party leader Dr. Muhsin Abdal Hamid, Post and MNF-I took steps to repair relations with the most prominent Sunni political party. Hamid was detained in an early morning operation on May 30 and released that same day after i [...]
2005-06-11 06:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2611FALLUJAH: GRASS ROOTS POLITICS -- LEADERS INITIATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a step promoting more political engagement by large segments of Anbar, 200 religious, tribal, political and academic leaders from around Fallujah on June 4 hammered out a fifteen-point document outlining a more participatory Sunni posture in the political process. Beyond the [...]
2005-06-20 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2790IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN UPDATE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) reviewed the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) most recent plan for northern oil pipeline and infrastructure security during its 10th meeting on June 27. DPM Chalabi and other NEC members were frustrated with MOD's failure to produce what they con [...]
2005-07-01 07:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2878CHALABI DISCUSSED SUNNI INCLUSION, THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, who met with Codel Levin and Charge July 7, attacks on Baghdad's infrastructure have increased. Chalabi attributes these attacks to better protection of the Kirkuk-Fadha oil pipeline, making it less vulnerable to attack. Chalab [...]
2005-07-09 07:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2902DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HIS BOSS NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING AT HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE ON 04 JULY, IRAQI DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERIOR FOR INTELLIGENCE HUSSEIN ALI KAMAL REPORTED THAT MINISTER OF INTERIOR JABR HAS REPEATEDLY IGNORED ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS OF ABUSE AND TORTURE OF DETAINEES CARRIED OUT BY UNITS OF THE SPECIAL POL [...]
2005-07-11 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2908MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, LONDON BOMBINGS;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 11 were calls for the Arab Ministers of Interior to hold a security conference, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...]
2005-07-11 08:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2959IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain consent and cooperation from local tribes in the region, especially ar-Ramadi. He will prepare a meeting in ar-Ramadi, with MNF-I Commander George Casey accompanyi [...]
2005-07-16 08:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR
05BAGHDAD2972PRIME MINISTER PREVIEWS IRAN TRIP, PLEDGES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari told us July 15 that his main message in Iran would be to urge that they tighten controls over the common border while he also warned them away from interference in Iraqi internal affairs. He said he would also raise bilateral agreements on supply of es [...]
2005-07-17 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINS ETRD IZ
05BAGHDAD2979TNA PUSHING FOR STRONG RESPONSE TO TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (U) The Transitional National Assembly is taking a more public and critical role in national security policy following the latest string of suicide attacks in Iraq. TNA Speaker Hachim al-Hasani on July 17 proposed a three-minute moment of silence on Wednesday, July 20 at noon in memory of th [...]
2005-07-18 12:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2991DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]
2005-07-19 11:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3001NAVIGATING THE RIFT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN -
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. During a routine office call, National Security Advisor Mouwaffak Al-Rubaie discussed the development of a strategic security alliance with Iran to assist Iraq in combating the Sunni insurgency. Rubaie stated that while more right- wing elements of the United Iraqi Alliance (U [...]
2005-07-19 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3004ITG RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER LEGAL DETENTION
[...] (S) Iraqi participation and input improved at the third USG-ITG meeting to discuss legal authorities for the proposed transition of Coalition detention operations to the Iraqi government. Representatives from the Ministries of Human Rights, Interior, Justice, and Ministry of State for Nationa [...]
2005-07-20 07:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3015BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S
[...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]
2005-07-20 15:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3022A STATUS REPORT ON CONSTITUTION NEGOTIATIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of two Sunni Arab constitution committee representatives added urgency to negotiations on July 19 and 20. By the end of the day, Sunni Arab delegates had made clear to the Charge that they intend to continue participating in the drafting process. Key figures o [...]
2005-07-21 07:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3028MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ELECTIONS SECURITY LAW;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 21 were the Sunnis withdrawal from the constitutional committee, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ------- [...]
2005-07-21 10:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3103IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: FIRST REAL PROGRESS
[...] SUMMARY: (C) On July 4, the Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Armed forces briefed the NEC on a new plan for the defense of the oil infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk-Bayji, including the Al-Fathah Crossing. The key elements were the planned commitment of two battalions of the Iraqi Army t [...]
2005-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3107PART I OF II: AN ARTICLE-BY-ARTICLE ANALYSIS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable offers a detailed analytic review of the draft constitution text under discussion in the Constitution Committee as of July 27. (Reftel offers a quick overview of the contents of this draft text.) The document is unmistakably a very rough draft. Although ostensibly a [...]
2005-07-27 11:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3113DULAME AND RUBAIE DISUCSS IRAQI SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 24 at the dinner table, Ambassador discussed Iraq's short-term security challenges with Iraq's National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie and Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulame. The latter identified the ITG's primary objectives as delivering security to I [...]
2005-07-27 16:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINS MARR IZ PRESL
05BAGHDAD3127IRAQI PM ON KUWAIT BORDER INCIDENTS
[...] (C) In two meetings on July 26 , Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari raised with the Ambassador the increased tension between Kuwait and Iraq. The PM has received reports from Iraqi officials that Kuwaitis penetrated 25 kilometers into the no-man's land between Iraq and Kuwait. He said the incursi [...]
2005-07-28 16:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL IR KU IZ
05BAGHDAD3147AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY ON INTERROGATION POLICY
[...] (SBU) The Australian Embassy in Baghdad has made the following inquiry, which we understand is related to an Australian parliamentary inquiry: "Between May and October 2004, was there an extant and operative US instruction in Iraq regarding interrogation in existence in addition to the docu [...]
2005-07-30 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PINS PTER AU IZ
05BAGHDAD3407PRIME MINISTER JA'AFARI'S TWELVE POINT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari distributed a Twelve Point Security Plan on August 6. The plan sets goals and priorities for the Ministries of Interior and Defense, the National Security Advisor and other related ministries and Iraqi government entities as they work towards bringing s [...]
2005-08-18 14:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS MOPS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3409MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3427IRAQ NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 16, the National Energy Council met to update DPM Chalabi on energy production and infrastructure security actions in Iraq. Ministry of Electricity reported an average electric power production rate of 4300 MW/hr with a high total of 4760 MW/hr, and a daily total of [...]
2005-08-20 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD3460MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3533Special Media Reaction Report - Opinions on the
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 20:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3642SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH IN IRAQ: MISSION PLANS
[...] (U) The US Mission Baghdad, including MNF-I, is committed to achieving broad Sunni Arab support for a democratic Iraq. The Mission is aware of the beginnings of a psychological shift in the tide since the January elections regarding participation in the electoral process, and we will use a r [...]
2005-09-06 05:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS ELAB PINS EAID KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3644REP WOLF DISCUSSES FUTURE OF COALITION FORCE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On 28 August 2005, U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) met with several members of the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari. Noting wavering U.S. public opinion over the continued military presence in Ir [...]
2005-09-06 07:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3678DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF SYRIA'S
[...] (C) In the course of a broader September 5 discussion with poloffs (reftel),Deputy FM Albayati decried the Syrian Government's attitude toward Iraq. Albayati said that during a recent visit, a Syrian delegation refused to accept responsibility for poor control of its border with Iraq, seeki [...]
2005-09-07 21:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IZ
05BAGHDAD3694CHALABI EMANDS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SIBS
[...] (C) Summary: At the September 4 meeting of the National Energy Council (NEC),Deputy Pri- Minister Ahmad Chalabi castigated Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Abadi for the poor performance of the Strategic Infrastructure BattQUions (SIBs) in protecting vital power and pipelines. C0Jlabi stressed the [...]
2005-09-08 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG MOPS MARR PINR PGOV PTER EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD3781DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 13, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 17:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3782MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3794TNA TAKES A SWIPE AT MNF-I
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) Sovereignty Committee on September 13 criticized MNF-I with issuance of its "sovereignty report." Committee members claim that an increasing number of MNF-I and security contractor attacks on civilians is a clear indication that Iraq is a [...]
2005-09-14 11:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD3855DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 18, 2005
[...] Dr. Farid Iyar said votes outside Iraq cannot legally be added to any three-province federation. If that is the case, we must ignore four million votes. 2. Iraqis will not decide Iraqism; rather, federalism will identify who is the Iraqi. 3. One does not have the right to v [...]
2005-09-18 19:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3888MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 19:29:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3933(S/NF) BRITISH DATT SHARES REPORT ON BASRA INCIDENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The British decision to use force to extract eight UK soldiers being held by the Iraqi Police (IP) in Basra was taken only after the British became convinced that the national and local Iraqi governments were not in control of the situation and that the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) S [...]
2005-09-22 14:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PREL PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD3963MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 02:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3964DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 02:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3996SUNNI DIALOGUE COUNCIL'S MASHADANI SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 24 meeting, the Ambassador discussed Sunni Arab reaction to the draft constitution with Mahmoud Mashadani, Constitution Committee and Iraqi Council for National Dialogue (ICND) member. The Ambassador agreed to advocate for Sunni Arab-proposed changes to the constit [...]
2005-09-27 07:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4002AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF DULIME
[...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On September 24 the Ambassador met with Iraqi MinDef Sadoun al-Dulime. Discussions covered security in western Iraq, the effect of sectarian discord on referendum security, Iraqi-Jordanian relations, government corruption, and the apolitical development of the ISF. END [...]
2005-09-27 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD4074DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 2, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-02 18:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4091IRAQ'S CHALLENGES IN COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCING
[...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces many challenges in building its capacity to come to grips with terrorism financing and money laundering. The unique security situation also makes it extremely difficult to conduct an in-depth assessment of Iraq's needs and deliver technical assistance in this area. [...]
2005-10-04 03:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCOR EFIN ETTC PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4126MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 04:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4132MCNS DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL AFAR,
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]
2005-10-06 15:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4133MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]
2005-10-06 15:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4238SAMARA SUNNI ARABS IN DENIAL ABOUT THEIR IP
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 12 meeting in Samarra to discuss security and governance, MOD Senior Advisor General Amer al-Hashimi asked Coalition Force officers to reduce their security controls in the city. LTC Wald of the 42ND ID noted that there had been no change in the demands of the [...]
2005-10-15 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PNAT PHUM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4239ANBAR: IMPASSE OVER PAYMENT OF POLICE SALARIES
[...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi cable. Provincial Police Chief Shaqr interrupted shouting matches with his financial director on October 10, to explain to PolOff and Police Advisors (P3) the obstacles to distributing September pay to his officers. Charging the governor with inference in h [...]
2005-10-15 16:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD4305TNA MEMBER QASSIM DAOUD ON THE REFERENDUM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political positioning to build coalitions for the December election has begun in earnest, and fears of significant Sunni Arab or Shia Islamist gains in December may have led to a thaw between former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and TNA Constitution Committee member and former ally [...]
2005-10-19 10:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4319DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 18:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4341SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE COUNSEL KILLED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Sa'adoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, defense counsel for Awad Al-Bandar (Black Lister Number 84) was found dead at Firdos Mosque in the Ur section of Baghdad on 20 October 2005 after his abduction the evening before. According to preliminary reports from his son and wife, there were sign [...]
2005-10-21 14:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4391DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 17:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4447IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ: CHALABI
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with CDA Satterfield, DPM Chalabi emphasized the need for a less alienating security posture vis--vis the minority Sunni population, including the use of lower tier former Baathist officers to lead operations in sensitive areas. On security of infras [...]
2005-10-30 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF
05BAGHDAD4449IRAQI ENERGY COUNCIL IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) assessed the energy infrastructure siege of Baghdad October 27. Attacks against infrastructure in the North have cut off the oil flow to Baghdad and Turkey, reducing fuel supplies in parts of Iraq to critically low levels. Deputy Prime Minister C [...]
2005-10-30 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET EFIN ECON MASS MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TU
05BAGHDAD4506ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY
[...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]
2005-11-03 03:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BAGHDAD4516BASRAH REGIONAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-06 09:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4800UPDATED STATUS OF IRAQ DETAINEE ABUSE
[...] (S/NF) Three committees investigating human rights abuses committed against 168 detainees at the Iraqi Ministry Interior (MOI) Bunker facility and others at similar facilities nationwide are making uneven progress. The mandate of some committees has been overwhelmed by the political agenda of [...]
2005-12-01 13:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD4811MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 20:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4836PM JA'AFARI PLANS MAJOR SHAKEUP OF IRAQI MILITARY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Ja'afari is preparing to sign decrees which will lead to a major reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Iraqi Joint and Army Land Forces Headquarters. The new leadership personnel he plans to bring in are all Shia. MNF-I Command [...]
2005-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4856DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - December 5, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 19:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4916PM JA'FARI TELLS CODEL HAGEL WAR ON TERROR IS MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'fari told Senator Charles Hagel, Senator Thomas Carper, Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, and Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that Iraq has accomplished much in 2005, but much work needs to be done. The most pressing problem, Ja'fari warned, is that [...]
2005-12-09 13:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PREL PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4924KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION LEADER ASKS FOR HELP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) leader Salah al-Din Baha al-Din on December 7 following attacks on six KIU offices in Dahuk the previous day. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Mas'ud Barzani told the Ambassador in a phone call before the meeting that h [...]
2005-12-10 09:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD4936SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The second day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on November 28, 2005. Despite fears that the defense lawyers would refuse to appear, most attended. The day was devoted largely to procedural issues although the Court did review a short video presentation and read the witness state [...]
2005-12-11 16:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4938SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The second day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on November 28, 2005. Despite fears that the defense lawyers would refuse to appear, most attended. The day was devoted largely to procedural issues although the Court did review a short video presentation and read the witness state [...]
2005-12-11 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4984MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 18:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4991FOURTH AND FIFTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The fourth day of the Ad Dujayl trial occurred on December 6, 2005. Five witnesses provided testimony in open court although each had their identities shielded. The two morning witnesses testified in a closed session. Thus, no media was present, and no recording was made of the [...]
2005-12-14 10:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5002CAMPAIGN TONE GETS SHARPER, MORE INTENSE
[...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...]
2005-12-14 16:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5003CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS SHARP ELBOWS
[...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...]
2005-12-14 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5007SECRETARY'S COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, 2005, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, visited Mosul, where he accompanied REO Mosul Regional Coordinator Carl Gettinger and MND-NW Deputy Commanding General BG Kevin Bergner to a lunch hosted by PUK official Aso Mamaud [...]
2005-12-15 07:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5020BUNKER INVESTIGATION FALTERS, NATIONWIDE
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS) The committee appointed by PM Ja'afari to investigate abuse discovered by Coalition Forces on November 13 at the Ministry of the Interior "Bunker" site in Jadiriyah has made little progress. On December 13, Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways passed Post the committee's first [...]
2005-12-15 16:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD5024IRAQ: DEMARCHE ON THREATS TO MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) On December 13, Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator delivered a demarche to Iraqi Minister of Interior Baqir Jabr regarding threats to Ministry of Interior (MOI) personnel participating in inspections of detention facilities. ROL Coordinator stressed the importance of supporting these [...]
2005-12-16 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5030ALLAWI BUILDS HIS POST-ELECTION COALITION
[...] (S) Summary. Head of the National Iraqi National List (731),former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told the Ambassador he believes Iraq needs a national unity government to deal with the challenges ahead. He has begun talks to put together a cross-ethnic, cross- sectarian coalition that would [...]
2005-12-17 19:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD5031COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MEETS IRAQI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),on December 8, 2005 in Baghdad, met with Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's National Security Advisor. Rubaie described the dual role he plays as National Security Advisor and as head of the National Intelli [...]
2005-12-18 06:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD5038COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM VISITS IRAQ,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 5-8, 2005, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),visited Iraq to meet with Embassy, military, and Iraqi officials. During his visit Ambassador Crumpton met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials responsible for counterterrorism [...]
2005-12-18 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5043COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MEETS IRAQI
[...] (SBU) (SUMMARY) Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),called on Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun Dulime during a visit to Baghdad on December 6. Present at the meeting were a group of 17 Sunni sheikhs from the Al Anbar Province. This presented an oppor [...]
2005-12-19 10:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD5051CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH TNA MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) met December 12 with TNA members Dr. Saad Qindeel, Wijdan Salim, and Yunadem Kanna. ---------------------------------------- Security Situation: We are in a Catch-22 ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Wijdan Salim said the security situation [...]
2005-12-19 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5074DECEMBER 17 VISIT TO THE BUNKER
[...] (C) On December 17, U.S. officials accompanied First Deputy Prime Minister Shaways and Deputy Minister of Interior for Intelligence Kamal on a visit to the MOI detention facility known as the Bunker. As expected, no detainees were found. Two MOI employees at the Bunker told Shaways that det [...]
2005-12-21 03:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5089SUNNI ARABS EXPAND SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab leaders from the Iraqi Tawafuq (Consensus) Front met with the Ambassador and General Casey to continue a dialogue on security issues and outreach on December 21. The group, led by Iraqi Islamic Party leader Tariq al-Hashemi and National Dialogue Council leader Khalaf a [...]
2005-12-22 07:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5090DPM SHAWAYS EXPRESSES MISTRUST OF THE UIA
[...] (C) On December 17, First Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways told U.S. officials that too strong a performance in the December 15 elections by the predominantly Shia United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) would undermine the prospects for democracy in Iraq. 2. (C) Shaways said Iran controls the UIA [...]
2005-12-22 11:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5096SUNNI ARABS EXPAND SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab leaders from the Iraqi Tawafuq (Consensus) Front met with the Ambassador and General Casey to continue a dialogue on security issues and outreach on December 21. The group, led by Iraqi Islamic Party leader Tariq al-Hashemi and National Dialogue Council leader Khalaf a [...]
2005-12-23 03:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5164SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The sixth day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on Tuesday, December 21. Three complainants provided graphic testimony about torture, incarceration, and murder. The seventh day of trial commenced on Wednesday, December 22. Three additional complainants testified about summary d [...]
2005-12-31 11:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD7FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors need to worry less about what the Shi'a will do in Iraq after elections and think about how to help convince Iraq's Sunni Arabs to stop tearing the country apar [...]
2005-01-02 17:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU
05BANGKOK1215THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Cpt. Preeyapong SAMIPAGDI, Directorate of Intelligence, WCN 1173 who has been s [...]
2005-02-17 03:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1233THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIVY COUNCILOR
[...] (S) On February 16, 2005 I, met with Privy Councilor General Surayud Chulanont former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) and Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander-in-Chief. The meeting, held at Surayud,s request, took place at his residence in the Eastern suburbs of Bangkok and [...]
2005-02-17 10:10:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PINR TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK2013FIGHTING TERRORIST FINANCING IN THAILAND
[...] (S) The following responds to reftel A questions regarding RTG efforts to combat terrorist financing: (A) The RTG has not seized, frozen or forfeited any assets under UN Security Council resolutions 1267 or 1373. The Thai Anti-Money Laundering Act of B.E. 2542 (1999) makes "offenses related [...]
2005-03-18 09:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KTFN TH
05BANGKOK2255NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary: On March 28, Prime Minister Thaksin officially appointed a broad-based 48-member National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) to explore solutions to the ongoing separatist turmoil in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces. NRC Chairperson and former Prime Minister Anand [...]
2005-03-30 09:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TH NRC
05BANGKOK2401THAILAND: TRIPLE BOMBING IN FAR SOUTH, APRIL 3,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The evening of April 3, three bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the southern province of Songkhla, killing at least two and injuring scores of others. Two Americans were injured; their injuries, while serious and requiring hospitalization, are not life-threatening. Two [...]
2005-04-04 12:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CASC TH
05BANGKOK2441THAILAND: RTG REACTIONS TO APRIL 3 TRIPLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has responded to the three bombs on April 3 that targeted Hat Yai international airport and other high-visibility targets (reftel) with heightened security nationwide and carefully calibrated words. End Summary. 2. (U) Prime Minister Thaksin [...]
2005-04-05 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK2537AMBASSADORS HILL AND BOYCE MEET INDONESIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 29 meeting in Bangkok, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Achmad Hasyim Muzadi told Ambassadors Hill and Boyce that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) had invited him to visit the troubled Muslim-majority southern border provinces of Thailand, speak with local [...]
2005-04-08 07:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK2541THAI INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY OBSERVERS DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: In recent Embassy meetings with several Thai government and academic experts on Thailand's southern separatist troubles, several themes emerged: 1) the Royal Thai Government (RTG) sparked deep resentment and lost credibility among Muslims in the South after detainees taken at [...]
2005-04-08 07:49:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK2575THAILAND: ARF ISM DISCUSSES DOCUMENT SECURITY AND
[...] (U) Summary: Thailand and Canada co-chaired the third ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime April 6-8 in Bangkok, which focused on intelligence and information sharing, document security and integrity, and police and law enforcem [...]
2005-04-11 08:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK2636BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THAILAND: DOWN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly 2,000 out of 2,707 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) persons of concern (POC) have reported to Thai immigration offices in Bangkok and three provincial offices in Northern and Western Thailand. The largest number reported to the Mae Sot immigration [...]
2005-04-19 00:49:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK2665ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURE -- RTG REQUIRES ID FOR
[...] (U) Summary: In an effort to thwart or identify and arrest separatist bombers, the RTG intends to require that buyers of mobile phone SIM cards show their national ID cards to register the purchase. Following the bombings in Hat Yai and other locations in the south recently, the RTG is eage [...]
2005-04-19 10:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK2749SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...]
2005-04-22 02:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK2798SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC
[...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...]
2005-04-26 01:06:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2839FAMILY OF MISSING MUSLIM HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mrs. Angkana Wongrachen, the wife (and presumed widow) of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, has alleged that, after a letter was submitted on her behalf to the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) about the case of her missing husband, she received anonymous threatening phone c [...]
2005-04-26 11:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK3074BURMESE DISSIDENT GROUPS IN THAILAND DENY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7, 2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be res [...]
2005-05-09 09:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK3130PACOM COMMANDER ADM FALLON MEETING WITH ROYAL THAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 3 meeting with Royal Thai Supreme Commander GEN Chaisit Shinawatra, PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon pressed for an answer to CJCS Gen. Myers letter requesting Thailand to send staff officers to man the multinational headquarters for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). C [...]
2005-05-11 05:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH IRAQ POL MIL
05BANGKOK3143THAILAND: MEETING OF THE G8 CTAG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thailand G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) held its first quarterly meeting under the Chairmanship of UK Ambassador David Fall on April 27. The group discussed joint cooperation on a wide range of counter terrorism (CT) related issues in Thailand, focusing on creati [...]
2005-05-11 09:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER TH ASEAN
05BANGKOK3182THAILAND: PACOM CMDR ADM FALLON'S ROUNDTABLE ON
[...] (C) Summary. On May 3, PACOM Commander ADM Fallon and the Ambassador met with a select group of Thai academics and activists to discuss the separatist insurgency in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep South. The Thai analysts spoke of tensions from Bangkok's historical efforts to integrate the M [...]
2005-05-13 03:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK3722SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met with Thai Defense Minister Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya on June 6 in Bangkok. SecDef said: 1) the strong history of U.S.-Thai military cooperation facilitated the impressive response to the December 26 tsunami; 2) the U.S. hopes that Tha [...]
2005-06-07 01:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP PARM PTER MASS TH PSI
05BANGKOK3725SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met on June 6 with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok. Secretary Rumsfeld 1) encouraged Thailand to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles; 2) sought PM Thaksin's insights into [...]
2005-06-07 01:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM OVIP TH PSI
05BANGKOK3930(C) THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (S) Summary: The senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) official covering Burma told poloffs that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has no hard evidence confirming the reported use of chemical weapons by the Burmese Army against ethnic Karenni soldiers near the Thai border in February 2005. These [...]
2005-06-14 10:48:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPINR MOPS PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4028THAI MFA OFFICIAL: NO CHANGE IN POLICY TOWARD SHAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that despite the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) pushback of approximately 450 Shan refugees to the Burmese side of the border last week, there is "no change in Thai policy" in providing temporary protection and [...]
2005-06-20 08:53:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4108THAILAND: NRC HEAD ANAND PANYARACHUN DISCUSSES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 15, the Ambassador met with Anand Panyarachun -- the highly respected former Prime Minister and current head of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) -- to discuss the ongoing unrest in southern Thailand and Anand's role in RTG's efforts to end the violence. Anan [...]
2005-06-23 05:53:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4653EMERGENCY DECREE UNVEILED; NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: The RTG unveiled its new Emergency Decree to the Diplomatic Corps at a July 18 briefing. MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn characterized the decree as SIPDIS "consistent with the Constitution" and subject to checks. He said that the RTG is drafting an explanat [...]
2005-07-19 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV TH
05BANGKOK4826THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Sqn. Ldr. Sorrayuth CHANTARACHA, who has been selected to attend the WCN 2229, In [...]
2005-07-27 09:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5366THAI MFA EMBRACES CONCEPT OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Thai MFA embraces the concept of a U.S.-Thai Strategic Dialogue -- seeing it as a way to strengthen the bilateral relationship in accord with PM Thaksin's call for an "Action Plan" with the United States. MFA proposes hosting a two day session to take place in early Novembe [...]
2005-08-19 10:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK5503SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAKSIN MISTAKES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Prime Minister Thaksin's missteps and often heavy-handed responses to the unrest in far southern Thailand have clearly exacerbated a long-simmering conflict. However, while he has made mistakes, the Prime Minister has not paid a serious political price for his southern [...]
2005-08-26 11:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5791PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]
2005-09-09 04:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK5965SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AUG 29-31 VISIT OF STAFFDEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From August 29-31 Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces for a follow-up assessment of the violence affecting the region. The recently announced Emergency Decree -- which has not yet ha [...]
2005-09-16 09:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6519AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Ambassador Boyce paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Chidchai Vanasatidya. Chidchai was generally upbeat about the RTG's progress in addressing the Southern problem. He stated that the militants clearly wanted to provoke another maj [...]
2005-10-14 02:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PREF MY TH
05BANGKOK6619SITUATION OF THREE CAMBODIANS WHO HAVE FLED TO
[...] (C) Summary. UNHCR reported October 19 that it was very concerned about the three Cambodians from the Cambodian Watchdog Council who have fled to Thailand. UNHCR is worried that the Thai government may see the situation as similar to that of the 131 Thai who fled southern Thailand to Malaysia [...]
2005-10-19 11:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF TH CM CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6639SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAILAND'S TROUBLED MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai and Malaysian officials have been using increasingly un-diplomatic language in the press as tensions over the situation along the Thai/Malaysian border -- heightened by publicity surrounding 131 Thai "refugees" in Malaysia -- continue. Thai MFA officials acknowledge priva [...]
2005-10-20 09:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6767CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6853SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT PRESSURED TO TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27 insurgents bombed a rail-line in Narathiwat province, derailing four cars on a passenger train. The bombing followed the dramatic series of weapons raids across far southern Thailand on October 26. According to some local observers the latest attacks demonstrate [...]
2005-11-01 09:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6958MORE CONTROVERSY WITH THE SELECTION OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thailand,s anti-corruption process suffered a serious blow with the November 1 announcement of the selection of nine potentially biased nominees to serve in the government,s National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC). Critics allege that most of the nominees have close [...]
2005-11-07 01:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TH NCCC
05BANGKOK7015EXILED BURMESE LABOR LEADER RETURNS TO THAILAND
[...] (C) Summary: In the past week, the Embassy has been sorting out an unusual story involving U Maung Maung, the exiled Burmese trade union leader, and his return to Thailand on November 3 despite an apparent warning by Thai officials that he would not be allowed to re-enter the country. Maung [...]
2005-11-09 11:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV PREL ELAB TH BM
05BANGKOK7030U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]
2005-11-10 07:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7045A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...]
2005-11-10 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK7073DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTHERN TROUBLES WITH OBSERVERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a one day visit to Songkhla in southern Thailand, Thailand Desk Officer and Emboff met with several prominent local observers to discuss the causes and possible solution to the area's ongoing turmoil. The observers were opposition Democrat Party (DP) MP Niphon Bunyamane [...]
2005-11-15 03:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK7253TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]
2005-11-22 09:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7272SCENESETTER FOR PACAF COMMANDER GEN HESTER'S VISIT
[...] (C) General Hester, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. The Thai will likely ask you for your latest thinking on the future of our annual Cope Tiger Exercise. In addition to promoting issues directly a [...]
2005-11-23 06:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK7317COURT VICTORIES FOR RABBLE-ROUSING JOURNALIST
[...] (U) SUMMARY. One week after Sondhi Limthongkul attracted nearly 40,000 people to Bangkok's Lumpini Park with his "mobile talk show", the businessman-turned-media defender won two significant legal victories, including a partial reprieve from last week's gag order on him and his associates. Mea [...]
2005-11-25 10:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7527SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG QUIETLY REACHES OUT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has been quietly meeting in northern Malaysia and in Europe with purported leadership figures from some of the prominent southern Thai separatist groups -- including the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate (BRN-C) -- in an attempt to f [...]
2005-12-07 09:55:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7529LUNCH WITH THAKSIN
[...] (S) Summary: During lunch at the residence on December 7, Prime Minister Thaksin and I discussed the King's recent birthday speech, the situation in Thailand's south, the issue of extrajudicial killings, Thai-Malaysian relations, Burma policy, North Korea, the US-Thai Action Plan, Thailand's [...]
2005-12-07 12:06:00Embassy BangkokSECRETETRD PGOV PHUM PTER TH BURMA CIA
05BANGKOK7669THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Ruarob MUANGMAN, J-2/SCHQ, who has been selected to attend the WCN C [...]
2005-12-16 05:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7670THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khrongpon LOHACHALA, J-2/Schq., who has been selected to attend the W [...]
2005-12-16 05:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7729THAILAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In 2005, Thailand continued to support domestic and international counterterrorism efforts. Thailand is a major beneficiary of US anti-terrorism assistance, with numerous Thai police and security officials participating in US-sponsored training courses. 2. (U) There were no acts of [...]
2005-12-19 09:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TH
05BANGKOK774THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Sothon RUKSASUP, Army Military Intelligence Command, WCN 1176 who has been [...]
2005-01-31 00:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BASRAH147DEMONSTRATING FOR THE VOTE - SOUTH OIL COMPANY WORKERS VOICE
[...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office, Basrah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Manager Hazim Joda said that approximately 100 South Oil Company (SOC) workers held a demonstration at the Basrah Governorate because no arrangements have been made to [...]
2005-12-13 08:58:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET KDEM IZ
05BASRAH148IRAN PURSUING ACTIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM IN BASRAH,
[...] (C) Summary. Iran is pursuing an aggressive public diplomacy campaign in Basrah and Maysan Provinces that includes programs similar to the State Department's public diplomacy (PD) programs: visitor programs, book fairs, book reprinting services, libraries and media training programs. In Nove [...]
2005-12-15 10:09:00REO BasrahSECRETPREL PROP KPAO IZ
05BASRAH158IT'S THE IRANIANS' FAULT - SOUTHERN SUNNIS' DISCONTENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On December 27, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator met with Haji Khalaf El Eisah, the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party (List 618) in Basrah and his deputy, Dr. Jamal. Both Haji Khalaf and Dr. Jamal stated they were upset with the way the parliamentary elections had been conduc [...]
2005-12-28 10:12:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ
05BEIJING14582ADM FALLON AND GENERAL LIANG AGREE ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon and General Liang agreed on the need to improve bilateral mil-mil ties, but stated frank disagreements regarding the transparency of the Chinese military budget and the use of force to resolve the Taiwan question, during a cordial meeting September 6. Liang acknowl [...]
2005-09-06 13:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PINS CH
05BEIRUT1123MGLE01: AMAL SUCCESSION: BERRI'S BITTER, FRUITLESS
[...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, 67 years old, has not groomed a credible successor to lead his Amal Movement. Like almost every other Lebanese party, he has kept the line of succession murky to avoid threats to his own leadership. Berri expelled a popular Amal leader whom h [...]
2005-04-06 15:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL LE PGOV
05BEIRUT1322MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH
[...] (S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on Hizballah's "Mirsad-1" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight into Israeli airspace on April 11 (reftel). Daoud has well-placed contacts in the southern Shia co [...]
2005-04-25 15:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRETLE MOPS PTER SY
05BEIRUT2293MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT --
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing so was the only obvious way to "cool down" Hizballah and "bring them inside." While this may involve paying lip service to Hizballah's loopy claim to the "S [...]
2005-07-13 07:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT2386MGLE01: HIZBALLAH'S CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (C) Introduction and summary. Hizballah gained all its cabinet demands as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora on July 19 announced his cabinet lineup that included Fawzi Salloukh as Foreign Minister, Trad Hamadeh as Labor Minister, and Hizballah member MP Mohammed Fneish as Energy and Wat [...]
2005-07-20 14:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER SENV
05BEIRUT3155MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS
[...] (C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was always seen locally as an insider's insider during the Syrian occupation. His credentials seemed perfect: son-in-law of President Lahoud, son of a prominent [...]
2005-09-28 15:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3658MGLE01: FURY IN BEIRUT AT BASHAR AL-ASAD'S
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The full range of Lebanon's political spectrum has reacted angrily to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's November 10 speech at Damascus University. Our contacts find the speech confrontational, threatening, and insulting. Most take special note of Asad's descr [...]
2005-11-10 17:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT3670MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO
[...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...]
2005-11-14 08:51:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE
05BEIRUT3818MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI HALF-HEARTEDLY DEFENDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaker Nabih Berri tried to explain Hizballah's November 21 attack on an Israeli position in the Blue Line village of Ghajjar as merely a response to Israeli military activity earlier in the month. Yet Berri indicated he understood that Hizballah's aggression in Ghajjar, and i [...]
2005-11-29 08:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT541OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET
[...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...]
2005-02-22 15:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV LE SY
05BEIRUT767MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER BERRI SEES SYRIANS
[...] (C) Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Shia Amal Movement, assured the Ambassador that Syrian forces would redeploy to the Biqa' Valley in short order and complete their withdrawal to Syria within months. Looking on the bright side, Berri claimed that Syria's de [...]
2005-03-09 16:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
05BOGOTA10037DEFINING JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) In early October, Minister of Interior and Justice (MOI/J) Sabas Pretelt met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and other high-level GOC officials to discuss the Justice and Peace (J&P) law eligibility of demobilized paramilitaries and ot [...]
2005-10-25 21:04:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10419CD BRIGADE COMMANDER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit by NAS Bogota and INL personnel on October 27, the Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) Commander made twelve recommendations to improve the CD BDE's support to spray operations. His principal recommendations included standing up a fourth combat battalion with air asset [...]
2005-11-04 20:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA1079SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S.
[...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, it has been ravaged by an internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities for over 40 year [...]
2005-02-02 15:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
05BOGOTA10847DRUG CZAR WALTERS MEETING WITH MOD OSPINA AND
[...] (U) November 10, 2005, 8:00-9:00, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- John P. Walters, Director ONDCP Patrick Ward, ONDCP A/D Richard O'Connor, ONDCP Julie Connor, Narcotics Affairs Section Director Col. Kevin Saderup, MilGroup Commander Col. Brian Butcher, D [...]
2005-11-21 15:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV EAID CO
05BOGOTA10949ARMED CONFRONTATION IN VICINITY OF SAN JOSE DE
[...] (C) On November 17 the Embassy received reports from the NGO Fellowship of Reconciliation that there had been an attack by the military on residents of the Peace Community of Arenas Altas, in the municipality of Apartado, Antioquia Department. The Arenas Altas Peace Community is near the Peac [...]
2005-11-23 18:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF CO
05BOGOTA10952COLOMBIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's submission to the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraphs 7-10. Embassy POC is Poloff Liliana Gabriel, unclass email gabriell@state.gov 2. (SBU) GENERAL ASSESSMENT: SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION [...]
2005-11-23 20:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC CO
05BOGOTA118COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]
2005-01-05 22:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA11814DAS DIRECTOR PENATE MAY RESIGN OVER URIBE REPROACH
[...] (C) On December 20, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that he was upset with President Uribe for excoriating him in public after he tried to correct the record regarding Venezuelan allegations that GOC military officials were working with forme [...]
2005-12-20 22:51:00Embassy BogotaSECRETMOPS PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA12022FARC ATTACK KILLS 29; MILITARY CONCEDES ERRORS
[...] (C) The FARC killed 29 Colombian soldiers from the counter-guerrilla 12th Mobile Brigade in a December 27 attack about 105 miles south of Bogota, one of the highest casualty figures in a single attack during President Uribe's term. Colombian intelligence officials suggest the 12th Mobile Brig [...]
2005-12-30 16:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR CO
05BOGOTA1604PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]
2005-02-18 19:48:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1622004 COUNTER-TERRORISM WRAP-UP
[...] (C) In spite of limited air mobility and ground support/fixed wing aircraft and the challenge of supporting some 17,000 troops of Plan Patriota operating in hostile jungle, the security forces made great advances in 2004, re-taking 11 FARC-run villages and destroying over 400 FARC camps. Else [...]
2005-01-06 20:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PHUM ASEC CO
05BOGOTA1728U/S GROSSMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS
[...] February 14, 2005, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. Participants: ---- U.S. ---- Marc Grossman, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Baxter Hunt, P Special Assistant Kiersten Stiansen, notetaker Nohemy Katta [...]
2005-02-23 18:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER PINR KJUS EAID CO
05BOGOTA2052COMBINED COLOMBIAN POLICE AND ARMY AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Army (COLAR) helicopters recently supported a Colombian National Police (CNP) airmobile assault on cocaine hydrochlide (HCL) processing laboratories. The eight-day operation was notable not only for its operational results - three laboratories were destroyed and nearl [...]
2005-03-03 19:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA2304OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM: REDUCTION IN OIL EXPORTS DUE
[...] (C) Summary: The Cano Limon pipeline has been hit eight times this year, generating losses of over USD 25 million (more than the losses in 2004). The area attacked has also changed, with half the attacks in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander Department, where repairs are more diffic [...]
2005-03-09 22:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
05BOGOTA2505NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...]
2005-03-15 21:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2728COLOMBIA: COCA CULTIVATION ESTIMATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The geographic expanse of Colombia, adverse meteorological conditions, relocation of cultivation to non-traditional growing areas, and the lag between the capture of overhead imagery and analysis combine to frustrate the estimation of coca cultivation in Colombia. Estimates prov [...]
2005-03-23 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3041 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...]
2005-04-04 20:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3233FARC ATTACKS LOCALIZED TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Bogota 3073 which was transmitted in error. Please destroy all prior copies. 2. (S/NF) Summary. FARC violence in the first quarter of 2005, although tactically aggressive, remained localized and below 2004 levels in all categories: attacks against military and [...]
2005-04-07 19:45:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS MOPS PHUM FARC
05BOGOTA3286PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MARCH, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during March, 2005. ------- DOJ/DEA ------- 2. (SBU) To date US $11.3 million has been invested in the purchase of hardware, software, monitoring suites, the vetting process and maintenance for Operation Esperanza, Col [...]
2005-04-08 19:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA3636APIAY DRUG SMUGGLING INCIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28 cocaine was discovered on a military aircraft arriving at Fort Bliss, Texas from Colombia. After initial investigation three soldiers were detained and returned to the US. Investigation is ongoing. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 28, 2005 law enforcement authoriti [...]
2005-04-18 14:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA3863COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ
[...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...]
2005-04-22 15:47:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV
05BOGOTA3928GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]
2005-04-25 21:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3929SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES:
[...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...]
2005-04-25 21:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS
05BOGOTA3937GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]
2005-04-25 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA41PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, DECEMBER,
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during December, 2004. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) On December 21, 2004, twenty-one judicial police investigators and forensic experts graduated from the 240-hour Forensic Linguistic Course taken at [...]
2005-01-04 17:41:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA431FISCALIA CLOSES CHENGUE MASSACRE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) The Fiscalia announced it has closed its criminal case against retired Rear Admiral Rodrigo Quinonez for his alleged complicity in the January 2001 paramilitary massacre at Chengue. The head of the Fiscalia's Human Rights Unit told Embassy officials that Quinonez's case was handled by a s [...]
2005-01-18 18:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA4342FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4360UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (C) On May 3, 2005 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith discussed Colombia's democratic security strategy and concerns about Venezuela with President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe described U.S. assistance as critical to counterterror and counterdrug successes. Feith assured Uribe that [...]
2005-05-10 14:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL MOPS ASEC SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4541PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) On May 10, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo discussed with the Ambassador his plans to adopt a divide and conquer strategy to demobilize the rest of the AUC. He explained that the GOC would push for two key points in the Justice and Peace law being considered in Congress: (1) that [...]
2005-05-13 21:58:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA4806NAS Monthly Report April 2005: Aerial Eradication
[...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 16,153 hectares of coca. The CNP destroyed 10 cocaine HCL labs and seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, and 94 kilos of heroin. U.S. and Plan Colombia assets assisted the police in heavy fighti [...]
2005-05-19 22:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4959INDIVIDUAL DESERTION PROGRAM CREATING CONCERN
[...] (C) Over 7,000 deserters from the illegal armed groups have entered the GOC's reinsertion program since Uribe took office. The Ministry of Defense controls the first phase of reinsertion when deserters are debriefed for intelligence purposes and given basic humanitarian assistance. Intelligen [...]
2005-05-24 20:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER SNAR KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA4998CONGRESS PREPARES TO DEBATE DEMOBILIZATION LAW
[...] (U) Summary: Debate and article-by-article voting on the demobilization law is likely to begin the week of May 23 in the plenaries of both houses of Congress. The GOC sponsors have submitted a draft to Congress proposing several changes to what was passed in committee. Senator Rafael Pardo [...]
2005-05-24 22:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA5207PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE
[...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...]
2005-05-31 20:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA5301CY-2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Report summarizes support provided to the Colombian National Police (CNP),Colombian military (COLMIL) and other Government of Colombia agencies by the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of Embassy Bogota during CY-2004. This support was provided unde [...]
2005-06-02 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CO
05BOGOTA5501SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R.
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Attorney General Gonzales. The Colombian government is on our side on fighting terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering. The visit comes at an important time for our law enforcement and judicial efforts in Colombia. Embassy Bogota has t [...]
2005-06-08 21:37:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM KJUS OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5510FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD
[...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...]
2005-06-09 15:19:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5605EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING, BOGOTA;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 22:06:00Embassy BogotaSECRETASEC CASC PTER
05BOGOTA5657NAS Monthly Report May 2005: Aerial Eradication
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May, the spray program eradicated 11,305 hectares of coca and 45 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Colombian Navy accomplished the largest cocaine HCL fast boat seizure ever- over 15 metric tons. During May, the CNP seized over 18 metric tons of coc [...]
2005-06-14 11:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5880 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the May, 2005, Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by reftel. There were no Phase I/II/III events during this period. 2. (SBU) In May, 2005, 3,011 tracks were noted over Colombia, of which 37 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Five were eventua [...]
2005-06-21 14:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6237FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]
2005-06-30 22:35:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6495EX-GUERRILLA AND PARAMILITARY DESCRIBE THEIR LIVES
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Defense (MOD),the agency in charge of the first phase of the individual desertion program for guerrillas and paramilitaries, began recording deserter testimonies on June 24 and invited Emboffs to observe. The MOD interviewed a former paramilitary and former ELN bloc [...]
2005-07-11 18:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER MOPS CO ELN AUC
05BOGOTA6622COLOMBIA: MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Though Colombia remains a major illicit drug producing and trafficking country, the GOC is an unwavering ally in the fight against narcotics production and distribution. Colombia has been an enthusiastic partner in the development of innovative approaches to narcotics interdic [...]
2005-07-14 18:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6669PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...]
2005-07-18 11:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6678PEACE COMMISSIONER OPTIMISTIC ON AUC DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador on July 11 that dismantlement, security, and justice were key to the peace process's success. He said his responsibility was to deliver AUC members, disarmed and identified, to the justice system and that the Peace and Justice La [...]
2005-07-18 13:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER SNAR PHUM PREL CO AUC
05BOGOTA6847GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (U) On July 15, Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and Vice Justice Minister Mario Iguaran presented the Law for Justice and Peace to the diplomatic corps. Iguaran reviewed the law in detail and tried to dispel accusations that it did not encourage full [...]
2005-07-21 21:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PREL PTER PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6914SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL
[...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...]
2005-07-25 14:42:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6950INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY DIMINISHED BY LOSS OF FUNDING
[...] (S) The loss of the two airborne reconnaissance low (ARL) platforms due to funding constraints will have a critical impact on both U.S. and Colombian intelligence operations. The arrival of the "Shula Dragon" aircraft on July 15 offset requirements, but without either of the ARLs, our intellig [...]
2005-07-25 19:52:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA7191SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO CRAWFORD
[...] (C) President Uribe's visit to Crawford comes at a key moment and will serve as an opportunity to advance several items in our bilateral relationship. Uribe will thank the President for U.S. political support and financial assistance for the counter-drug, counter-terror, and development effort [...]
2005-07-29 21:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD MOPS CO
05BOGOTA7312NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS
[...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]
2005-08-02 22:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7359U/S BURNS MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN MOD OSPINA
[...] (U) July 27, 2005, 10:00-11:00 am, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Peter Husta, Acting MilGroup Commander [...]
2005-08-04 16:18:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7565UNHCR REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FORMER VENEZUELAN AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-10 18:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL CO VE
05BOGOTA7590NATIONAL CONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS
[...] (C) On August 8, PolCouns met with Father Dario Echeverri (protect),Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN). He predicted the FARC would agree to a humanitarian exchange after the Constitutional Court had ruled on re-election because -- regardless of the ruling -- the [...]
2005-08-10 20:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA7602 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-10 22:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7735 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-16 22:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7737NAS Monthly Report July 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]
2005-08-16 22:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA8475 COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE C-26'S
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs requesting assistance in the use of the two Colombian Air Force C-26 aircraft that were modified by the United States Government (USG) for air interception and surveillance. 2. Funding for these aircraft is [...]
2005-09-08 22:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8516SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington September 14-15 for a visit with the legislative branch on the eve of a Constitutional Court decision on his right to seek immediate reelection. The military situation is at a strategic standoff and both the GOC and illegal armed groups appear to be [...]
2005-09-09 22:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PHUM MARR ETRD CO
05BOGOTA8550COLOMBIAN PROSECUTOR BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT JUSTICE
[...] (C) The GOC has taken important steps to implement the Justice and Peace (J&P) law, but much more needs to be done. The most significant steps so far include the naming of J&P Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) and the creation of the National Reconcilia [...]
2005-09-12 17:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8664EMBASSY BOGOTA: HIJACK OF COLOMBIAN AIRLINE WITH
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: (SBU) On 12 September 2005 at 1218 pm, a Colombian airliner on a domestic flight to Bogota from Florencia was hijacked. Four Contract Employees from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to include 1 US Citizen, were onboard. As detailed in reftels, the flight landed safely in B [...]
2005-09-14 18:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8696THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES
[...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]
2005-09-15 14:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC CO
05BOGOTA9087NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Colombia's Justice and Peace (J&P) Law, created to process demobilizing illegal armed fighters and compensate victims, directed the GOC to create an institution to manage the National Reconciliation and Reparations Fund. Vice President Francisco Santos structured the National Reconciliati [...]
2005-09-23 22:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9089PEACE COMMISSIONER OPPOSES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on September 22 told the Ambassador that the GOC is inclined not to extradite Diego Murillo AKA "Don Berna" at the moment because it would endanger future demobilizations and Don Berna remains an important player in ensuring these demobilizations ha [...]
2005-09-23 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO ELN
05BOGOTA9276PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...]
2005-09-29 21:45:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC
05BOGOTA9402NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: During August, NAS was the control office for a two-person StaffDel from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs. The aerial eradication program sprayed approximately 10,087 hectares of coca and 78 hectares of poppy for a total of 111,946 hectares of coca an [...]
2005-10-03 18:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA9566GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER
[...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...]
2005-10-07 15:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC
05BRASILIA1148FARC MAY BE BUYING STOLEN MEDICINE IN BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since November 2004, Federal Police in the Brazilian state of Amazonas have been investigating the disappearance of 8,000 bottles of Glucantine, a drug used to treat a parasitic disease common in the Amazon. Last October, locals in Amazonas state found an abandoned boat that c [...]
2005-04-29 16:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BR
05BRASILIA1207 BRAZIL: Ambassador's Lunch with General Jorge
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 15:05:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPINR PREL BR US
05BRASILIA123BRAZIL 2004-2005 INCSR PART II - MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] This cable transmits Embassy Brasilia's submission of Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Ref B is post's submission of Part I of the INCSR. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is con [...]
2005-01-12 18:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN BR
05BRASILIA1578BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 21:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
05BRASILIA167TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL PRENOTIFIED OF FADHLI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 14:42:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
05BRASILIA1850TERRORIST FINANCE: HOTEL NASCO PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 19:37:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER
05BRASILIA1851UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR RESOLUTION: DRAFT TEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 20:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL KTFN UNSC
05BRASILIA1893BRAZIL - DELIVERED LISTING OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 19:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ETTC UNSC
05BRASILIA1978July 12 U.S.-Brazil IPR Technical Cooperation
[...] Summary and Introduction. On July 12, a team from USDOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS),the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Unit, and USTR met with counterparts from the Ministry of Justice, Federal Police, Receita Fede [...]
2005-07-22 20:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD IPR
05BRASILIA2067TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of three names submitted to the U.N. 1267 Sanctions Committee by Italy to Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Frei [...]
2005-08-04 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER KSEP
05BRASILIA2125SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF TREASURY ASSISTANT
[...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your August 20-23 visit to Brasilia. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. Embassy has requested meetings for your delegation with counterparts at the Finance, Justice, and Foreign Mini [...]
2005-08-10 19:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC
05BRASILIA229BRAZIL: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-25 17:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL BA TIP
05BRASILIA2339BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit),Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...]
2005-09-02 12:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN
05BRASILIA2486TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Al-Akhtar Trust International to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databa [...]
2005-09-20 18:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR
05BRASILIA2488TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72T
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (List 72T) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's dat [...]
2005-09-20 18:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER KVPR
05BRASILIA2709TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel designation of seven names (List 72U) to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases and [...]
2005-10-11 18:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PREL KVPR
05BRASILIA2813SURVEY OF BRAZIL'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY
[...] (U) Introduction. Under pressure from the USG's review of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (ref A) and in response to domestic concerns about organized crime, tax losses, and risks for consumers associated with illegitimate products, the GoB has over the last on [...]
2005-10-21 13:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON
05BRASILIA3008BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...]
2005-11-14 12:13:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU
05BRASILIA3060TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 16:44:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR
05BRASILIA318BRAZIL: REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING FOR AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Ref query requested Embassy views on the potential for sharing U.S. information (particularly ROTHR data) with the GOB as part of cooperative regional effort at air bridge denial (ABD) that may also include Colombia. In summary form below are our observations, based on the history [...]
2005-02-03 19:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MARR MOPS PINR BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA3277BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...]
2005-12-16 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR
05BRASILIA3285BRAZIL: BOLIVIA ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) PolCouns spoke with senior Brazilian Government (GOB) contacts in the foreign ministry (MRE) and Presidency on 15 December to check on the GOB's preparations for the 18 December election in Bolivia. They noted the following: 2. (SBU) Marcel Biato, deputy foreign affairs advisor to Pr [...]
2005-12-16 15:02:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
05BRASILIA3324TERRORISM FINANCE - ASG INDIVIDUALS - JOINT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 11:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL BR
05BRASILIA599BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes (Council) has formulated a national plan consisting of 91 measures, broken down into three categories based on their expected timeframe for im [...]
2005-03-07 14:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD KJUS BR IPR
05BRASILIA61 BRAZIL 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Following is Brazil's 2004-2005 INCSR. As requested in reftel, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. The principal event of 2004 in Brazil's anti-narcotics effort was the long awaited implementation of a s [...]
2005-01-06 13:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KSEP BR NAS
05BRASILIA691PART I: BRAZIL'S CONTROL OF SENSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: The GOB possesses an effective, Internet-based export control licensing system (SISCOMEX),and in discussions with emboffs Brazilian officials could not identify any cases of unauthorized transfers of sensitive items since SISCOMEX has been functioning. Long, p [...]
2005-03-14 14:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV ETTC KNNP BR IAEA
05BRASILIA715BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 14 MARCH MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Introduction. Ambassador was called for a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Amorim on the afternoon of 14 March. Amorim focused initially on reiterating his strong interest in meeting soon with Secretary Rice, in spite of unsuccessful efforts to schedule a Washington meeting in lat [...]
2005-03-15 18:24:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL BR ETRD MARR FTAA US
05BRASILIA75BRAZILIAN ENGAGEMENT IN TSUNAMI RELIEF, UNOCHA
[...] According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE),South and East Asia Division Chief Edson Duarte, the Brazilian delegation to the UNOCHA Tsunami Donors Conference will be led by the Institutional Security (GSI) chief, General Jorge Armando Felix. (The GSI is located within the Presidency; G [...]
2005-01-07 14:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PGOV BR
05BRASILIA785ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...]
2005-03-22 22:01:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR BR
05BRASILIA788TERROR FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NUMBER 2 - BRAZIL
[...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for an evaluation of the GoB's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. The answers below are keyed to questions in ref A paragraph 10. Question A - Amounts Frozen and Authorities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]
2005-03-23 17:46:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS PREL BR
05BRASILIA809TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 15:01:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BR
05BRATISLAVA131FEB 21 GAERC: SLOVAK RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA, February 11. Rehak welcomed USG positions on transatlantic relations, the Middle East Peace Process, and Iraq. Rehak expects the EU to continue to demand Gotovina's surrender to The Hague before [...]
2005-02-15 14:43:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LO
05BRATISLAVA198EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...]
2005-03-10 06:06:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA215EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS
[...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, effective February 28, 2005. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards - Slovakia - February 2005". I. Adequate commitment, legal and regulatory framework, and governmental structure to regu [...]
2005-03-15 14:49:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA230RELEASE OF SECRET POLICE FILES CONTINUES TO CAUSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 13:41:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA290ARMS SALES TO YEMEN: SLOVAK RESPONSE
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche April 11 to Gabriela Mrugova in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-terrorism. Mrugova said neither the GOS nor Slovak arms brokers have exported SA/LW to Yemeni arms brokers. The Slovak MOD sold some non-lethal equipment to Yemen's M [...]
2005-04-12 14:51:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC LO
05BRATISLAVA318SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points April 21 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak reaffirmed his openness to receiving USG points, saying it gives the Slovaks a "more global view." He said Slovakia within the EU supports strong transatlantic links. For example, in the [...]
2005-04-21 15:30:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA888SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER 3, 2005
[...] (C) Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon (of the Hungarian SMK party) has recently come under pressure because of allegations that an agriculture company he co-owned received SKK 8 million (around USD 250,000) in agricultural subsidies from the state budget in 2003. Simon sold his share in the [...]
2005-11-03 12:56:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ELAB PINR SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA918PSI: SLOVAKIA ATTENDING ROEG MEETING IN HAMBURG,
[...] Slovakia is sending a five-person delegation to the ROEG meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The Slovak delegation will be led by a representative from the National Presidium of Police. The other group members are from the Ministry of Economy (1),the Customs Service (2),and the Information (Inte [...]
2005-11-16 16:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA938SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...]
2005-11-23 16:13:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO
05BRUSSELS1147RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING
[...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel),EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...]
2005-03-18 16:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1641APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (SBU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A),with discussion moving briskly through the day's agenda prior to FMs leaving to attend the signing ceremony for the EU Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria (REF B). The EU [...]
2005-04-26 15:05:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1649EU'S CROATIA TASK FORCE REAFFIRMS ZAGREB MUST
[...] (C) The EU's ad hoc "task force" on Croatia met in Luxembourg April 26 with ICTY Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and then with Croatian PM Sanader. Based on Del Ponte's assessment that Croatia is still failing to fully cooperate with the ICTY, the task force took no further action on Croatia's EU [...]
2005-04-27 14:15:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1727NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...]
2005-05-03 14:41:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2203A/S HILL LAUNCHES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON EAST ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 23-24 in Brussels, EAP A/S Christopher Hill led an interagency delegation, including representatives from State, NSC, OSD, JCS, and the intelligence community, in a meeting with EU Troika officials to launch the U.S.-Europe Strategic Dialogue on East Asia. A/S Hill also met [...]
2005-06-08 16:01:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2642CUTTING THROUGH THE NATO-EU KNOT
[...] (U) This is a joint USEU-USNATO message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) It remains in the interest of the United States to continue to lead in NATO while building an ever-stronger partnership with the EU, notwithstanding recent tensions between the two organizations. Doing so is [...]
2005-07-11 16:22:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2668DRC ELECTIONS: INCREASED FUNDING AND MONUC SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a July 11 conference to rally support for elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),donors pledged an additional 74 million euros to largely cover one of the critical funding gaps. However, UN Security Council (UNSC) agreement for the MONUC peacekeeping operation [...]
2005-07-13 12:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM MOPS CG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2688 EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...]
2005-07-14 14:13:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS337INFORMAL U.S.-EU MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME
[...] Summary. At the Informal Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) held February 13-14 in Luxembourg, the U.S. and EU reviewed outstanding issues and areas for further law enforcement, border security and counter terrorism cooperation during the coming six months. The U.S. presented to Euro [...]
2005-01-26 09:37:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4294 COUNTER-TERRORISM: EU AGREES STRATEGY FOR
[...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 1 agreed on a "EU Strategy for Combating Radicalization and Recruitment to Terrorism," including by disrupting the activities of networks and "ensuring that voices of mainstream opinion prevail over those of extremism." The min [...]
2005-12-06 05:27:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS543S/CT POPE AND EU CT COORDINATOR DE VRIES REVIEW
[...] Summary. Acting CT Coordinator William Pope met with EU CT Coordinator Gijs de Vries to review areas of current and potential future cooperation on terrorism. Asked by de Vries where EU Member States should invest more effort, Pope responded that Europeans should look carefully at their lega [...]
2005-02-07 14:52:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PREL PTER USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS838AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and the Commission to explore areas for cooperative efforts on crisis response. In the meetings, Ambassador Pascual explained the mandate and structure of his offic [...]
2005-03-02 09:24:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1123BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...]
2005-05-12 13:46:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO
05BUCHAREST1190ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE
[...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...]
2005-05-23 13:55:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO
05BUCHAREST131ROMANIA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGENCY LACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian authorities have the political will to combat illegal currency flows out of the country, but the Director of Romania,s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering (NOPCML) claims his office lacks the training and resources to track illicit fund trans [...]
2005-01-14 15:59:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALSNAR KSEP EFIN RO KFTN
05BUCHAREST1347BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP
[...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI),USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...]
2005-06-13 08:59:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU
05BUCHAREST1472BSBSI "STYX 2005" TABLETOP EXERCISE GOES WELL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Department TDY PolOff officially observed the Romanian-organized Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI) tabletop exercise, held at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center in Bucharest from June 22-24. During the exercise, representatives from Romania, B [...]
2005-06-30 13:24:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP PREL RO GG UP BU MD SECI
05BUCHAREST1510EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE -
[...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...]
2005-07-07 13:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO
05BUCHAREST1521RULING ALLIANCE MOVES TOWARD ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The governing Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance on July 8 continued to send out strong messages that the country is headed for early parliamentary elections, following the surprise July 7 resignation of the cabinet. President Basescu is expected to accept the resignations and [...]
2005-07-08 15:09:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST153THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST WEEKS - BASESCU COMES OUT STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: During his first several weeks in office, President Traian Basescu has been outspoken on the fight against corruption, foreign policy priorities and the status of the center right National Liberal Party -Democratic Party (PNL-PD) political alliance with the small Humanist Party (PUR). [...]
2005-01-18 14:30:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUCHAREST1530 ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...]
2005-07-11 14:20:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO
05BUCHAREST1577PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROMANIA - SEED FUNDED, INL
[...] The project accomplishments listed below apply for the Counter-narcotics, Cyber-Crime, Police Academies, and ICITAP Advisor projects coordinated by the RSO. RLA/OPDAT will report separately. 2. The major accomplishments for the last 18 months are: - RSO provided specialized audio-vi [...]
2005-07-15 11:02:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC BU KCRM SNAR RO
05BUCHAREST1623ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON KEY LEADERS AND POLITICIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 12:30:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RO
05BUCHAREST1644ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 07:00:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ
05BUCHAREST258ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...]
2005-01-27 15:23:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO
05BUCHAREST31AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...]
2005-01-06 16:08:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC
05BUCHAREST32ROMANIA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 06:32:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN SNAR KSEP ECON RO
05BUCHAREST371ROMANIAN LIBERAL PARTY DISPLAYS UNITY, AS
[...] (C) Summary. Delegates to the congress of Romania's center-right National Liberal Party (PNL),the largest party in the governing alliance, strongly endorsed Prime Minister Tariceanu's bid for PNL President. Delegates also turned down for the time being a proposed merger with the Democratic [...]
2005-02-10 15:22:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR RO
05BUCHAREST490ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...]
2005-02-28 15:54:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO
05BUCHAREST658ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...]
2005-03-16 15:26:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO
05BUCHAREST728ROMANIA: COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTRY
[...] (U) Reftel requests Post TFCO,s response to questions below evaluating the host government,s ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing: A. (SBU) Question: Describe the amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, [...]
2005-03-23 15:29:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RO
05BUCHAREST881GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FROM EMBASSY
[...] (S) Embassy Bucharest welcomes this opportunity to provide input on strategies to advance GWOT objectives in Romania and the region. Romania is a staunch ally in the GWOT; its public manifestations of support include the presence of about 1350 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and strong suppor [...]
2005-04-08 12:16:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPTER PREL RO
05BUCHAREST938ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME
[...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...]
2005-04-15 11:32:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU
05BUENOSAIRES138CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...]
2005-01-20 15:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL
05BUENOSAIRES141ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE
[...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...]
2005-01-20 15:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES159CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA
[...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...]
2005-01-21 18:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR
05BUENOSAIRES267PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE FIFTH REGULAR SESSION,
[...] On February 4, POLOFF met with Ambassador Victor Beauge, Special Representative for Terrorism Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming fifth session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) in Port of Spain, Trinidad on February 16-18, 2005. 2. Ambassado [...]
2005-02-07 14:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AORC DEMARCHE
05BUENOSAIRES3119 HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW
[...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...]
2005-12-21 18:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR
05CAIRO2089LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN
[...] (C) The Embassy received on March 1, 2005 a letter addressed to the Secretary from Nabil Soliman, who was returned by the United States to Egypt in June 2002. Soliman was convicted by an Egyptian State Security Court in November 2002 of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Soliman receive [...]
2005-03-17 13:50:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KJUS EG
05CAIRO2693EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...]
2005-04-06 16:28:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG
05CAIRO2852IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...]
2005-04-12 15:49:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO2854ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS
[...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]
2005-04-12 16:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS
05CAIRO3952EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...]
2005-05-25 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU
05CAIRO4336GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN
[...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]
2005-06-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG
05CAIRO4359EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...]
2005-06-09 17:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EG
05CAIRO4360SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE
[...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...]
2005-06-10 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER
05CAIRO4534REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...]
2005-06-15 16:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4980EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED
[...] (C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...]
2005-06-30 15:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG
05CAIRO5035PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL,
[...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...]
2005-07-05 06:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO5194SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...]
2005-07-07 17:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5467VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]
2005-07-18 09:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA
05CAIRO5521DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING
[...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]
2005-07-19 14:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU
05CAIRO5524VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S.
[...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]
2005-07-19 15:00:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5544DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING
[...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]
2005-07-20 12:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5546MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION
[...] (C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...]
2005-07-20 12:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EG IS
05CAIRO5547DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...]
2005-07-20 13:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5589MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO
[...] (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorandum is identical in text to the one described reftel, [...]
2005-07-21 16:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PHUM EG
05CAIRO5746EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO
[...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...]
2005-07-26 17:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE
05CAIRO5924EGYPTIAN GTMO DETAINEES - STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the written GOE assurances regarding the return of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo (reftel) represent the firm commitment of the GOE to adhere to the request [...]
2005-08-01 16:51:00Embassy CairoSECRETPTER EG GTMO
05CAIRO6420IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND
[...] (S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...]
2005-08-21 15:15:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO6447CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL
[...] (C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...]
2005-08-22 16:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ
05CAIRO6487EGYPTIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR
[...] (S) Summary: At an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS)(other topics reported SEPTEL),EGIS Director Soliman assured Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge Jones that Guantanamo detainees would be treated humanely and that [...]
2005-08-23 12:08:00Embassy CairoSECRETPTER PREL PHUM EG
05CAIRO6582ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES
[...] (S) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this information through established liaison channels and through face-to-face meetings with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Soliman. Soliman's thorou [...]
2005-08-25 15:12:00Embassy CairoSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINR EG GTMO
05CAIRO6583CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL
[...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...]
2005-08-25 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ
05CAIRO6653EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]
2005-08-29 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6703THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND
[...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...]
2005-08-31 13:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR
05CAIRO6711BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT
[...] (C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...]
2005-08-31 15:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ
05CAIRO6757EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE
[...] (C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalent),to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...]
2005-09-01 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO7113(C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER
[...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...]
2005-09-13 10:05:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP
05CAIRO7418EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...]
2005-09-25 14:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
05CAIRO7466SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF ACTING A/S OF
[...] (SBU) In May 2002, Egypt passed a law criminalizing money laundering, which included terrorist financing within the scope of crimes covered by the law. The GOE has also used restrictions on NGO financing to combat terrorist financing. These restriction, however, have also impeded legitimate N [...]
2005-09-27 11:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PTER EG
05CAIRO7510SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mubarak reportedly pressed Asad hard to cooperate with the UN investigation into the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and to stop interfering negativel [...]
2005-09-28 14:51:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN
05CAIRO7549SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...]
2005-09-29 14:31:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO7725VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 08:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETEAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY
05CAIRO7795SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DISENGAGEMENT WOLFENSOHN'S
[...] (C) Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, James Wolfensohn visited Cairo October 9 and met with President Mubarak, Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Trade Minister Rachid. He briefed the Ambassador on the way out of town. Key points as follows: -- [...]
2005-10-11 14:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KPAL PTER EG IS
05CAIRO7885A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA
[...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]
2005-10-13 12:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO7937HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...]
2005-10-16 12:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO8009UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI
[...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]
2005-10-18 06:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO8134VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR
[...] (C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA),Finance (MOF),Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...]
2005-10-23 13:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER EG
05CAIRO8275AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October 29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, the FM reported on President Mubarak,s trip to Syria. He repeated that the Asad regime had indicated a readiness to change its behavior, including on Iraq, but wo [...]
2005-10-30 04:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEG PREL SY
05CAIRO8321TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove Hizballah´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by [...]
2005-10-31 08:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL EG
05CAIRO8499 EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (PA) BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 15, AND THAT NO NEW PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BE ISSUED. THE RECENTLY UPDATED LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPT CONSULAR INFORMATION S [...]
2005-11-07 15:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG
05CAIRO8873SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC
[...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...]
2005-11-23 14:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO8877IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT
[...] (S/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for Multilateral affairs, ECPO Minister Counselor and RMAS Deputy and briefer presented reftel demarche and associated briefing to Deputy assistant minister for D [...]
2005-11-23 16:25:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC
05CAIRO8938SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 14:19:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PREL EG OVIP
05CAIRO9053EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY
[...] (C) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Amir Salim, Nour's lead defense attorney, told the media he presumed the detention order was a prequel to a conviction and prison sentence. In late November mee [...]
2005-12-06 06:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9167EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 12:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EG
05CAIRO9168EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION
[...] (U) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS CHANGED FROM FPCON CHARLIE TO FPCON BRAVO. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHARLIE MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED: CHARLIE 4, CHARLIE 5, CHARLIE 7, CHARL [...]
2005-12-08 13:55:00Embassy CairoSECRETASEC EG
05CAIRO9263SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]
2005-12-13 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05CAIRO93142005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS
[...] (C) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former but yielded to the latter. Following the country's first ever Presidential election and nearly a month of parliamentary elections, Egypt's political landscape [...]
2005-12-15 15:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9335EGYPT: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counterterrorism and law enforcement issues in 2005 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...]
2005-12-18 16:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO9385ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005
[...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]
2005-12-20 14:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO9387EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...]
2005-12-21 05:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG
05CALCUTTA101ULFA BLASTS ACROSS ASSAM
[...] (U) Over three days from March 8-10, a series of blasts rocked the Northeast Indian state of Assam. A senior Assam Police officer told Post that in a total of 17 violent incidents - bomb blasts and grenade attacks -- one policeman died, and three policemen and two civilians were injured. Th [...]
2005-03-10 14:08:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PREL BG IN
05CALCUTTA176INDIAN REACTION TO ULFA TERROR DESIGNATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The addition of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to the Other Selected Terrorist Organizations list in the 2004 Country Reports on Terrorism has been widely remarked by the press in India. A large majority of public comments, as well as reactions from our private cont [...]
2005-05-02 12:08:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05CALCUTTA206BIHAR STATE ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early hours of May 23, following Governor Buta Singh's recommendation, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Center dissolved the Bihar State Assembly. The State Assembly had previously been placed under a state of "suspended animation" (in which elected [...]
2005-05-24 12:51:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN
05CALCUTTA246INDIA'S NORTHEAST MILITANCY: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable provides an overview of the "alphabet soup" of ethnic insurgencies that have plagued India's Northeast throughout its history. The first three paragraphs provide a broad overview of the factors that have spawned these conflicts and should be of general interest to Ind [...]
2005-07-06 18:02:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PTER PGOV PREL SOCI IN
05CALCUTTA418ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]
2005-11-21 12:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALCUTTA454GOI SEES IMMIGRATION FROM BANGLADESH AS NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Classified By: CG Henry V. Jardine for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Poloff, Indian security services in West Bengal described illegal immigration from Bangladesh as a serious national security threat. The three major areas of concern for the officials [...]
2005-12-16 12:38:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI IN XE PTER
05CANBERRA1381MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...]
2005-08-12 07:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS
05CANBERRA1471SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH
[...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...]
2005-08-31 08:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN
05CANBERRA323NPT ENVOY SANDERS DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 10 luncheon with senior Australian officials hosted by the DCM, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed how to handle Iran's nuclear programs at the IAEA. GOA officials were candid i [...]
2005-02-18 04:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA386AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]
2005-03-02 01:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA436AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]
2005-03-04 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA882EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...]
2005-05-24 04:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF
05CANBERRA884GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...]
2005-05-24 07:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC
05CARACAS1038CHAVEZ DECREES FORMATION OF MILITARY RESERVES
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made official his plans to increase military reserves and call up a civilian militia with two decrees published April 4. On his "Alo Presidente" program April 3, Chavez said the new military reserves will number more than 1.5 million and the rest of the [...]
2005-04-11 18:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS1047SEN. COLEMAN MEETS WITH POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) visited Venezuela on April 1-3, 2005 and held talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, business and religious leaders, and representatives of the country's opposition legislators. President Chavez, according to the Senator was gracious and spoke of trying to [...]
2005-04-11 20:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS1235CHAVEZ CELEBRATES APRIL 13 ANNIVERSARY
[...] (U) President Hugo Chavez celebrated the third anniversary of his return to power of 2002, after a two-day temporary ouster, with three commemorative acts on April 13. While swearing in what the GOV claimed were approximately 29,000 new military reservists in Caracas, Chavez explained his vis [...]
2005-04-26 19:36:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS1389VENEZUELAN POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS UPDATE
[...] (U) Venezuelan judges will soon open hearings to decide whether Venezuelan Workers' Confederation President Carlos Ortega, detained since March 1 2005, and former Miranda Governor Enrique Mendoza will stand trial for civil rebellion. A judge in Aragua is in the midst of hearings to decide w [...]
2005-05-06 11:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS VE
05CARACAS160CHAVEZ'S LAND REFORM JUGGERNAUT
[...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to "Reorganize the Use and Tenure of Agricultural Land" before thousands of cheering supporters January 10. Prior to the decree, several governors issued decrees to register property or otherwise assist the land reform process. The Nationa [...]
2005-01-18 20:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR KDEM VE ENV
05CARACAS1657GOV POSTURES AGAINST GUERRILLAS AND ALLEGED
[...] (C) The Venezuelan Government and Armed Forces are scrambling to assert their authority after a Venezuelan soldier died in a shoot-out with Colombian guerrillas May 17. The military has sent more troops to the border with Colombia, and the GOV has adopted a slightly firmer rhetorical positi [...]
2005-06-02 17:46:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS1913VENEZUELAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS MULTIPLY
[...] (C) Since early 2005, several political opposition movements defending democracy or human rights have appeared in Venezuela, each spurred by an opposition political activist. The organizations include Federacion Verdad Venezuela (Tulio Alvarez_),Alianza Popular (Oswaldo Alvarez_ Paz),Electo [...]
2005-06-23 20:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
05CARACAS2174KILLING OF STUDENTS LEADS TO PROTEST, GOV RESPONSE
[...] (C) The killing of three university students June 27 prompted protests at universities across Venezuela in early July, culminating in the student presentation of demands for justice to National Assembly President Nicolas Maduro on July 12. Some two dozen criminal investigative police (Cicpc) [...]
2005-07-19 13:28:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE
05CARACAS2286OPPOSITION LEADER DETAINED AT AIRPORT
[...] (C) Venezuelan National Guard and Intelligence Services (DISIP) officers temporarily detained Tulio Alvarez_, the head of the opposition group Verdad Venezuela, at the airport in Maracaibo July 27 as he was departing for Caracas. Minister of the Interior Jesse Chacon claimed that security forc [...]
2005-07-29 13:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER VE
05CARACAS485GRANDA DISPUTE UPDATE
[...] (C) One of five Venezuelan national guard officers in custody for his alleged involvement in the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda has accused the GOV of torturing him and denying him due process. GOV spokespersons have continued to rail against Washington for fomenting the crisis and [...]
2005-02-11 20:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER VE
05CARACAS498OPPOSITION LEGAL CRUSADER SENTENCED FOR DEFAMATION
[...] (C) Constitutional lawyer Tulio Alvarez_ was sentenced on February 10 to two years and three months in prison for defamation of character in a trial fraught with irregularities. Alvarez_ received the sentence for accusing pro-Chavez legislator Willian Lara of corruption in the handling of Nat [...]
2005-02-14 18:35:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS598BOLIVARIAN HUBRIS: CHAVEZ WARNS OF US
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez February 20 accused the USG, and President Bush specifically, of plotting to kill him. During his weekly television program, he warned the US President that if he were killed, his people would fight a follow-on US invasion and sever US oil shi [...]
2005-02-24 20:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS624VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...]
2005-02-28 20:09:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF
05CARACAS750VENEZUELAN MILITARY: SEEKING PLOTTERS BEHIND
[...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government and supporters of President Hugo Chavez continue to prepare for a suspected US coup attempt and invasion. Although the Venezuelan Navy chief played down the late February visit of a US Navy vessel at Curacao, Chavez and other GOV officials called it a [...]
2005-03-14 18:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS VE
05CARACAS767LAND "REFORM" FITS AND STARTS
[...] (C) Repeating Venezuelan land reform history, the GOV's Bolivarian push to seize property is falling short of its ambitious goals. It is encountering opposition from various interest groups, public insecurity generated by land invasions, and backpedaling from some regional leaders. Nonethel [...]
2005-03-15 13:50:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM VE
05CARACAS772 VENEZUELA CERTIFICATION DEMARCHE BENCHMARKS
[...] (U) As promised in Caracas 710, the text of the non- paper on 2005 certification benchmarks, delivered February 18, follows: VENEZUELA'S 2005 CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS To comply with current U.S. law establishing the narcotics certification mechanism and to respond to calls for a more tra [...]
2005-03-15 20:28:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KJUS KCRM VE
05CARACAS872CIVILIAN RESERVES: DEFENDING THE REVOLUTION
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun organizing civilian units to defend the country from potential invasions. The GOV has not made clear the relationship between military reserves and civilian militias, but Chavez announced that Maj. Gen. Julio Quintero Viloria would emerge from [...]
2005-03-23 17:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS878VENEZUELA CHARM OFFENSIVE -- MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Acting on GoV instructions, Venezuelan Minister of Communication Andres Izarra met with the Ambassador March 23. Izarra suggested cooperation on journalist exchanges, an idea which the Ambassador found lacking for among other reasons, the Minister's severe public criticism of U.S. journal [...]
2005-03-23 20:28:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS98COLOMBIANS ALLEGEDLY CAPTURE FARC "FORMIN" IN
[...] (C) The alleged abduction from Caracas to Colombia of FARC "foreign minister" Rodrigo Granda during December 13-14 has become the most publicized news story of the new year after initially garnering little attention from the Venezuelan press. On December 15, the Colombian Defense Ministry c [...]
2005-01-12 20:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER VE
05CHENNAI1976INDEPENDENCE DAY TERROR: MAOISTS SLAUGHTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Indian Independence Day, Andhra Pradesh Maoists gunned down a senior Congress legislator and eight others at a public function in broad daylight. The biggest Maoist attack since the peace process broke down in January has sent shockwaves among politicians who are getting rea [...]
2005-08-16 10:24:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PTER IN
05CHIANGMAI173MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...]
2005-07-19 09:14:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR
05CHIANGMAI187HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY
[...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...]
2005-08-11 03:08:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
05CHIANGMAI199KARENNI REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COULD DIM POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins the process of resettling Karenni refugees in Mae Hong Son province to third countries, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is worried that resettlement will drain off party activists and weaken the Karenni resistan [...]
2005-08-29 09:43:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM TH BM
05CHIANGMAI245LARGE SHAN POPULATION LIVES IN LEGAL LIMBO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 09:03:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM PGOV TH SNAR
05COLOMBO1019SRI LANKA: JVP THREATENS SHOWDOWN, PRESIDENT
[...] (C) With coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) still threatening to withdraw from the government if President Chandrika Kumaratunga signs the "joint mechanism" on tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Kumaratunga is seeking support for the controversial agr [...]
2005-06-07 13:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1027NORWEGIANS AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ON CURRENT STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Ambassador describes his June 7 meeting with LTTE political chief Tamilchelvam as "mixed," with the LTTE focused on the "transportation issue" and not willing to agree to a meeting with the GSL to discuss strengthening the CFA. Foreign Secretary Palihakkara conce [...]
2005-06-08 11:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1089TRINCOMALEE STILL RESTIVE; BUDDHA STATUE STAYS FOR
[...] (SBU) On June 17, the Court of Appeals suspended until June 30 the Trincomalee Magistrate's decision to remove all unauthorized religious statues, including a controversial Buddha statue erected by a pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) union, from Trincomalee town (REFTEL). Despite the rel [...]
2005-06-20 12:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1217SRI LANKA RESPONDS TO LTTE ULTIMATUM AND OTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 11:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1224LTTE CLOSES FIELD OFFICES AMID CEASE FIRE
[...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have ordered all political cadres to close field offices in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts of the Eastern Province and return to LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi, Northern Province. The LTTE has also ordered all 22 Tamil National Allian [...]
2005-07-14 12:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1291PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL ABIDE BY CEASEFIRE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-chairs told President Kumaratunga ceasefire was under threat, that LTTE bore brunt of blame for ceasefire violations, but that current upsurge of violence in East required both sides to take steps. Kumaratunga said she had given orders to security forces to not attack LTTE, bu [...]
2005-07-25 11:46:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1366IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 10:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO1396SRI LANKA: THESE TIGERS DON'T PURR: ANALYSIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) exercise de facto control over parts of northern and eastern Sri Lanka, and the LTTE claims to have created a separate and fully functional government infrastructure within the areas it controls. These institutions include political [...]
2005-08-10 07:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1425SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WANTS BOTH CRACKDOWN ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Sri Lankan government (GSL) wants the international community to crack down further on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar but also insists somewhat contradictorily that it remains committed to [...]
2005-08-15 05:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1459LTTE SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MURDER OF POLICE
[...] Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre "Gopi" was arrested following a gun battle on August 17, in Jaffna during a joint security forces operation for the August 5 murder of the police superintendent . The gun fight slightly wounded one officer and mortally wounded another. A heavy s [...]
2005-08-18 11:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1547SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST
[...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...]
2005-09-02 09:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1592AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN SRI LANKA
[...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met with the Chief Epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as an officer working in the Colombo office of the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding reftel. Sri Lankan officials and academics are watching for signs of avian flu and other illnesses wi [...]
2005-09-09 05:46:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CE KSTH WHO
05COLOMBO1619AUSTRALIANS INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LTTE ATTEMPT TO
[...] (S/NF) We have been advised by the Australian High Commission here in Colombo that it has alerted authorities in Canberra to what appears to be an effort by a front company of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to purchase a small cargo ship in Australia. Without sharing full detai [...]
2005-09-13 10:32:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR CVIS EWWT CE AS LTTE
05COLOMBO1800AMBUSH ON LTTE LEADERS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA
[...] (C) Summary: In Batticaloa district, in eastern Sri Lanka, on October 10, suspected Karuna faction gunmen, ambushed a convoy carrying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) district military head and intelligence head. The attack reportedly left four dead and seven wounded. At the requ [...]
2005-10-13 01:55:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1837TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]
2005-10-21 06:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1841TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]
2005-10-24 10:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1868FOREIGN MINISTER STICKS UP FOR HIS SISTER, SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister (and brother of President Kumaratunga) Anura Bandaranaike told the Ambassador he is contemptuous of SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse's alliance with the Marxist JVP, will not campaign very hard on Rajapakse's behalf and is not at all sur [...]
2005-10-31 04:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF CE MV
05COLOMBO1875PRE-ELECTION VIEW FROM THE SRI LANKAN FRONT LINE:
[...] (C/NF) During a mid-October trip to the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) Headquarters near the front lines, interlocutors from Vavuniya said the situation there and at the Omanthai Entry/Exit Point demarcating Tiger-controlled territory was relatively calm, but expressed concern at continued ceasefire vi [...]
2005-10-31 09:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER CE
05COLOMBO1879TIGERS BAG ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHILE
[...] (C) On the evening of October 29, an assassin shot and killed Sri Lankan Army (SLA) LTCOL T.R. Meedin as the officer sat in his car. This killing follows the May 31 murder of another high ranking Tamil speaking intelligence officer MAJ T.N. Muthalif. Police arrested four suspects on Octobe [...]
2005-10-31 11:18:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1930Suspected LTTE suicide bomber surrenders at U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005 an individual claiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy Colombo and requested asylum. After an interview to determine that there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or personnel he was given into the custody of the police. Th [...]
2005-11-09 11:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO20942005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. The Maldives is not an important regional financial center. The financial sector of the Maldives is very small, with five commercial banks (one international bank, three branches of public banks from neighboring countries and the state owned bank),t [...]
2005-12-14 07:56:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM MV
05COLOMBO2101SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]
2005-12-15 07:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO21112005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. Money laundering currently is not a criminal offense. There are strict bank secrecy laws, under which the Government of Sri Lanka is required to [...]
2005-12-19 08:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2112POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...]
2005-12-19 08:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2139US GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA?S DEVELOPMENT
[...] United States Treasury?s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Financial Enforcement team visited Colombo December 12- 16, 2005, to provide training to government officials on establishment of an effective AML/CFT regime. The timing of the visit was appropriate since the government of Sri La [...]
2005-12-21 11:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER CE
05COLOMBO312SRI LANKA: EASTERN LTTE POLITICAL LEADER KILLED
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, E. Kausalyan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Political Leader for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, was killed in an ambush in a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled area while driving to Batticaloa from LTTE-controlled territory in t [...]
2005-02-08 13:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CE
05COLOMBO358MALDIVES CLARIFIES POSITION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (S) Maldivian Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Zakariyyah called DCM February 15 to SIPDIS advise that, after the DCM's February 3 conversation with the Maldivian Attorney General, the GoRM had further considered its position on the return of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fo [...]
2005-02-15 11:44:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER KAWC PREL PINS MV
05COLOMBO606AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...]
2005-03-28 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE
05COLOMBO679GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES
[...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...]
2005-04-07 04:43:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE
05COLOMBO684THE JAFFNA BLUES: NORTHERN TAMILS FEAR COLOMBO
[...] (C) During a March 30-April 1 trip to the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, poloff and POL FSN met with local government officials, members of the judiciary, aid workers, human rights activists, Members of Parliament, university faculty and students, religious figures, members of the [...]
2005-04-08 07:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO832 Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder
[...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...]
2005-05-04 08:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO954 Leading Tamil Editor Receives Death Threats
[...] (U) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, (Reftel),another prominent Tamil journalist, Vediwel Thevaraj, Acting Editor- in-Chief of the mainstream independent Tamil daily Virakesari, has reported receiving anonymous death threats. Mr. [...]
2005-05-26 11:39:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO998SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATIONS, COUNTER-KILLINGS
[...] (C) The May 31 killing of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer as he drove to work in Colombo (Ref A) is only the latest installment in a recurrent pattern of assassinations and counter-killings by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its rivals, primarily members of the breakaway [...]
2005-06-02 12:46:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05DAKAR3213SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]
2005-12-29 12:57:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05DAMASCUS5122SARG DENIES HAVING THREATENED MURR
[...] (U) The official Syrian Press Agency (SANA) September 28 published a denial of statements attributed to Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr in which he said that Syrian intelligence officials in Lebanon threatened him months before he was severely injured in a car-bombing assassination attem [...]
2005-09-28 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SY
05DAMASCUS5937POST,S ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) This cable is post,s informal, in-house assessment of the cash courier environment in Syria as per ref A tasking. 2. (C) The SARG has restrictions for bringing money into or out of the country but the requirement to declare is neither well publicized nor visible when traveling through [...]
2005-11-01 18:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN SY
05DAMASCUS5973EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) NOVEMBER 16, 2005
[...] (S/NF) The EAC convened on November 16, 2005 at 1430 hours to discuss the security situation in Syria after receiving several intelligence reports indicating specific/general threat information. 2. (S/NF) The EAC discussed three different pieces of intelligence: First, a report that [...]
2005-11-16 15:52:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC SY IS CASC
05DAMASCUS6010Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with Syria to cooperate with the International Investigation Commission. Headlines featured Gul's statement, "Our goal is to protect stability in the region and to [...]
2005-11-17 13:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6165IRAQI OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING, PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The head of the Iraqi Interests Section in Damascus Sabah al-Imam told PolChief November 27 that an Iraqi official from Baghdad has arrived and is coordinating with SARG officials to organize Out-of-Country voing for December 13-15 at ten Damascus polling stations. Imam express [...]
2005-11-27 15:21:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY IRPE
05DAMASCUS6223Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Mehlis, Iraq (11/28)
[...] Summary: The Syrian press reported President Asad's meeting with Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council, carrying a message from King Abdullah to President Asad. Syrian papers also carried the full text of the TV interview broadcast by Syrian TV la [...]
2005-11-29 09:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6226Damascus Media Reaction: Euro-Med Summit, Al-Hariri
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported in banner headlines FM Shara's address at the Euro-Med Summit in Barcelona and carried the full text of the final communique of the conference. Papers also reported FM Shara's meeting with Lebanese FM Al-Saniora in which Shara said that Syria has opened a [...]
2005-11-29 13:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6277Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Probe/Masked
[...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to comment on statements by Syrian witness Husam Tahir Husam that he was intimidated by a group of Lebanese political, media, and security figures to give false testimony to the international investigation commission to implicate Syria in the assassination of [...]
2005-12-01 11:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6342MAPPING SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY: A WILDERNESS OF
[...] (C) Summary: Developments in Syria over the past 18 months have focused fresh attention on the need for USG support for democratization and efforts to strengthen civil society in Syria. As Post begins mapping out the different players in civil society and the opposition for use in identifyi [...]
2005-12-06 15:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6394NEW MEMBERS OF THE BA'ATH PARTY REGIONAL COMMAND:
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The new, downsized, Ba'ath Party Regional Command announced at the conclusion of the June Party Congress includes nine new members and five holdovers. Included below is biographical information on eight of the nine (extensive biographic information on DefMin Hasan Ali Turkman [...]
2005-12-08 15:36:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV SY
05DAMASCUS6395HOISTING THE FLAG FOR SYRIA AND BASHAR, FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Syrian flag and banners supporting Syria's President now crowd streets and squares leading to prominent Damascus neighborhoods, including the Old City and suburbs that are home to diplomats. The Arabic and often English-language banners make frequent reference to President [...]
2005-12-08 15:51:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV SY DRIP
05DAMASCUS65242005 REPORT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY
[...] (U) Summary: Throughout 2005, Syria has enacted legislation to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terror (AML/CFT) regulations in its financial sector, which has opened up in the last two years to include four private banks. It has begun to develop a Financial Int [...]
2005-12-18 07:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05DAMASCUS6571SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT
[...] (SBU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A),SARG officials used a two-day regional conference last week on strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terror (AML/CFT) to assert that the SARG alread [...]
2005-12-19 13:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER SY
05DAMASCUS6578Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a lecture delivered by Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah, Minister of Information, entitled "Propaganda Campaign Against Syria," in which he criticized the anti-Syria media and political campaign, saying that it seeks to incite disagreement between Syria and Lebanon and [...]
2005-12-19 14:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6600Damascus Media Reaction: GCC Summit, IIC, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the final communique of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) summit that underlined commitment to the security and stability of Syria and Lebanon, adding that Syria had cooperated with the international investigation into the assassination of former Premier R [...]
2005-12-20 16:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6624Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. On 12/22 papers reported a press statement by British PM Blair expressing his government's readiness to start a positive and constructive dialogue with Syria ac [...]
2005-12-22 12:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DARESSALAAM1001 Deteriorating Security Situation on Zanzibar
[...] (C) Summary: Violence broke out in Zanzibar's Urban West Region during voter registration; weeks later, Stonetown and its environs are still on edge. A police operation to keep order during registration has ended, with a mixed verdict on its results. People who go out in the evenings still ru [...]
2005-05-23 13:37:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID SCUL TZ
05DARESSALAAM22762005-2006 TANZANIA'S INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] SUMMARY: In 2005, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) delayed building the legal foundation for an effective anti-money laundering regime. While the anti-money laundering (AML) bill was finalized and presented to the Cabinet in May 2005, the Cabinet did not approve and table the draft AML bill [...]
2005-12-16 04:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR TZ
05DARESSALAAM684GWOT Assessment: Input from Dar es Salaam
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL PTER TZ
05DARESSALAAM723Financial Systems Assessment for Tanzania
[...] (SBU) Summary: A multi-agency team from Washington and the European Union visited Tanzania to assess Tanzania's compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Their full report follows below. While Tanzania has signed and/or ratified [...]
2005-04-13 08:16:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN EFIN TZ
05DHAKA1096Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 04:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA13BELEAGUERED NGO LEADER HOPEFUL BDG WILL RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary. Proshika Chairman Qazi Farooq is cautiously optimistic that "sympathetic" BNP leaders will release the USD 50 million in donor funds blocked for three years by the NGO Affairs Bureau because of Proshika's alleged financial and political misdeeds. Farooq blames Proshika's woes on [...]
2005-01-03 10:30:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID BG
05DHAKA1524AMBASSADOR MEETS BANGLADESH'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: New Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin reiterated familiar BDG themes during the Ambassador's first meeting with him. Ambassador Thomas welcomed recent BDG actions to combat terrorism and encouraged Bangladesh to sign the nine anti-terrorism conventions to which it is not yet a p [...]
2005-03-31 10:04:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV BG
05DHAKA1632BANGLADESH GWOT ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Bangladesh's status as a moderate country with a small terrorist footprint could quickly change if steps are not taken to redress widespread Bangladeshi cynicism about the GWOT, the corruption that degrades all sectors of society, poor governance in general and ineffective law enforcement i [...]
2005-04-07 11:19:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PREL BG
05DHAKA1828PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud C [...]
2005-04-20 09:47:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR OVIP PGOV BG
05DHAKA1851BDG INTEL BRIEFING ON ISLAMIST MILITANTS
[...] (C/NF) On April 18, a three-man team headed by Brigadier Asif Chowdhury, Foreign Intelligence Bureau director of the military Director General Forces Intelligence (DGFI),presented a 30-minute Power Point briefing at the Embassy to Ambassador, P/E counselor, DATT, and RAO on the investigation [...]
2005-04-20 11:24:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1860Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-21 05:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1975ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud [...]
2005-04-27 09:00:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA2061BDG DRAFTS ANTI-TERRORISM LEGAL AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) The Law Cell of the Ministry of Home Affair (MHA) has drafted amendments to Section 121 of the Penal Code redefining "waging or abetting war" and to Section 3 of the Special Powers Act concerning sabotage to broaden their coverage and thereby their utility for counter-terrorism. A MHA law [...]
2005-05-02 03:23:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PGOV AFIN BG
05DHAKA2088REVIEW PANEL TO RECOMMEND UN TERRORISM FINANCING CONVENTION
[...] (C) On May 3, RLA and Econchief called on Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmad Khan to discuss the inter-ministerial SIPDIS panel Khan heads to review the UN Convention on Terrorist Financing. Khan stated that the panel would meet May 7 and formally recommend that the BDG sign the Convention. The [...]
2005-05-03 09:33:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALAFIN PTER BG
05DHAKA2094REVIEW PANEL TO RECOMMEND UN TERRORISM FINANCING
[...] (C) On May 3, RLA and Econchief called on Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmad Khan to discuss the inter-ministerial SIPDIS panel Khan heads to review the UN Convention on Terrorist Financing. Khan stated that the panel would meet May 7 and formally recommend that the BDG sign the Convention. The [...]
2005-05-03 23:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALAFIN PTER BG
05DHAKA2222DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - APR 2005
[...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committe met on May 1, 2005. The committe received a briefing from visiting RAO analysts regarding the state of the Islamist movement in Bangladesh. The Committee decided to nominate several leaders of outlawed radical Islamist groups (Ref A) for inclusion in the Visas [...]
2005-05-10 08:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKFRD CVIS PTER PINS ASEC
05DHAKA2243LOYALTY AND ACCESS TRUMP TITTLES IN INFLUENCING PM
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction. Reftel described the BDG's dysfunctional decision-making process and its control by a handful of individuals. Not much has changed since 2003. Loyalty, proximity, and length of service to PM Zia still count for far more than title or institutional position, but [...]
2005-05-11 02:16:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA2300SA A/S ROCCA'S MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Rocca,s discussion with the Minister of Home Affairs emphasized that internal security issues in Bangladesh are clearly on Washington's radar and have raised concerns about the country's stability. She suggested security issues would be a factor in determining the level of U. [...]
2005-05-17 07:03:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA2490REPORTED BDR/RAB CLASH WITH INDIAN INSURGENTS
[...] (SBU) On May 27, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel killed six Indian insurgents in a gunfight in Kamalganj, five kilometers from the border with Tripura state, according to local press reports. Bangladeshi security forces also reportedly launched a drive in the [...]
2005-06-01 08:09:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM SNAR PREL IN BG
05DHAKA290SUGGESTED PRESS GUIDANCE - NYT MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON
[...] In the January 23 edition of the New York Times Magazine, an article on Bangladesh entitled "The Next Islamic Revolution?" is generating significant local reaction. In the event it is raised at the noon press briefing or with SA/PB, we suggest the following guidance: Q: THE NEW YORK [...]
2005-01-24 10:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM PTER ASEC BG
05DHAKA3176CDA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEGED NSI HARASSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. CDA expressed concern to BDG officials over reports of escalating harassment by a BDG intelligence officer of USG labor program partners and personnel, including an American citizen. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Since summer 2004, the USAID-funded American Center for Internationa [...]
2005-07-07 08:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD CASC PGOV PHUM BG
05DHAKA3315Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3341CDA RAISES ISSUES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: CDA paid courtesy call on FM Morshed Khan and discussed several issues: Bangladeshi approval of remaining UN anti-terrorism conventions, their draft anti-Terrorism law, Bangladesh security services harassment of USG labor programs, AFL-CIO petition to lift BDG's GSP status, the K [...]
2005-07-14 05:23:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA3733PROGRESS ON BANGLADESH AML AMEMDMENTS
[...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed informed econoff July 27 that he had forwarded amendments to Bangladesh's anti-money laundering law to the Finance Minister for final review. Ahmed expects the Finance Minister will convene a senior level policy meeting within the next two weeks to [...]
2005-08-02 07:09:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN BG
05DHAKA3853CHARGE MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Education Minister Faruk discussed with CDA current BNP infighting, BNP's promising prospects for the next election, RAB, and Tariq Rahman's future in the party. His observations were exceptionally frank. END SUMMARY 2. (C) On August 7, CDA met for one hour with Minister of Ed [...]
2005-08-08 08:41:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA3943Media Reaction: Iran; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 04:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4108ZIA CUTS SHORT CHINA TRIP TO RETURN TO RATTLED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PM Zia is returning early to Bangladesh to cope with the aftermath of the 503 blasts that injured 191 and killed two. The BNP and the AL have blamed each other for the blasts, and the Awami League-led opposition has called protests for August 19 and a nationwide general strike fo [...]
2005-08-18 11:57:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER CASC BG
05DHAKA4151MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; DHAKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 09:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4189RAB ANNIVERSARY ANALYSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial Rapid Action Battalion has developed into a popular fixture in the BDG's otherwise lowly-regarded law enforcement architecture, thanks mostly to its perceived crime-busting prowess built on its 117 "cross-fire," or extrajudicial, killings of criminal suspects. [...]
2005-08-23 08:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BG
05DHAKA4207AUGUST 17 BOMBING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Government continues its investigations to determine the masterminds behind the August 17 bombings. The arrest of a former Islamic Foundation director has created significant publicity. The PM and BNP General Secretary assure the public that the BDG is doing all [...]
2005-08-24 11:51:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER CASC BG
05DHAKA4435CHARGE VISITS CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 23 to 25, Charge D'Affaires visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts with poloff (notetaker) and interviewed government, military, journalists and representatives from civic action groups. CDA distributed book bags with Bangla-English dictionaries, school supplies, and a [...]
2005-09-07 11:31:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA5643BANGLADESH RECRIMINATIONS TOWARDS LABOR RESTART
[...] (SBU) BDG security elements are again pressuring a USAID labor partner organization. In July, the National Security Intelligence (NSI) started visiting the offices of the Bangladesh Independent Garment Union Federation (BIGUF) on a regular basis to ask questions about the identity of the labo [...]
2005-11-20 08:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD BG
05DHAKA5650BANGLADESHI EFFORTS TO BRING JMB BOMBERS TO JUSTICE
[...] (S) Summary. A disorganized, inter-agency BDG effort continues to scramble to catch JMB bombers and prevent future attacks, but investigators have failed to arrest seven senior JMB leaders or learn how the bomb attacks were organized, financed, and coordinated. The BDG remains receptive to US [...]
2005-11-21 11:49:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA61932006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-18 01:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG
05DHAKA61942006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-18 01:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG
05DHAKA6293CHARGE'S MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Home Affairs Minister Babar told Charge that RAB is now the lead law enforcement agency on combating the JMB terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism. He also said JMB is aware that their string of violent attacks is not sanctioned by Islam, and therefore their prime motivation mus [...]
2005-12-21 06:49:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PHUM PGOV BG
05DJIBOUTI1046DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/18/2005
[...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 18, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]
2005-10-19 15:02:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI1123AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH HONORARY CONSUL FOR UK
[...] (S) On 11/10/2005 at approximately 1000 Mr. Alain Martinet, Honorary Consul for the U.K., called the Ambassador because he wanted to come to the Embassy to discuss a security issue. At 1030 the Ambassador met with Mr. Martinet who passed to the Ambassador that he had been contacted by a man [...]
2005-11-10 09:16:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC PTER
05DJIBOUTI121CLOSER TIES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND SOMALILAND?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The self-proclaimed independent state of Somaliland enjoys a close relationship with the Republic of Djibouti due to strong familial ties of their populations and frequent business traffic between the two capitals. While there have been ups and downs, including Djibouti's adheren [...]
2005-02-07 11:37:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DJ SO
05DJIBOUTI1230DJIBOUTI: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Post submits the following language for use in the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC's for this report is RSO Gary Stoner (stonergm@state.gov). Overview 2. Djibouti continues to be a critical front-line state in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),and has been one of the [...]
2005-12-15 13:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1238DJIBOUTI - 2005-2006
[...] Much of the information included in Post's 2004-2005 report remains the same with the exception that Djibouti intends to have an operational Financial Intelligence Unit by February 2006. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-regi [...]
2005-12-18 13:54:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
05DJIBOUTI1265SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL PETER PACE
[...] (C) Embassy Djibouti heartily welcomes your January 2-3, 2006 visit. A meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh is anticipated. 2. (C) Summary: Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructure and promoting economic development remain top priorities for Pres [...]
2005-12-28 09:37:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OVIP ECON EAID DJ
05DJIBOUTI200ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON FRANCO-DJIBOUTIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them the effect of the Borrel Affair on France-Djibouti relations. Youssouf called the affair embarrassing for both sides. He said it is not Djibouti's d [...]
2005-02-28 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR
05DJIBOUTI208DJIBOUTI: POSSIBLE CI INCIDENT
[...] (S/NF) On Thursday February 24, 2005, Embassy Djibouti received an envelope from the Chinese Embassy in Djibouti containing a business proposition on behalf of the Chinese construction company "Chine Dji-Fu Sarl (formerly CSCEC)". In the proposition, the Chinese construction company briefly ou [...]
2005-03-01 10:52:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC
05DJIBOUTI303DJIBOUTI: REQUEST FOR CI ANALYSIS
[...] (S/NF) On Sunday, March 6, 2005, Ambassador to US Embassy Djibouti received a military delegation of French officials at her office. Prior to commencement of this meeting, one of the French military members produced a camera and began taking photos of the Ambassador and French General. These [...]
2005-03-31 07:11:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC
05DJIBOUTI317ELECTION UPDATE: HIGH-RANKED OPPOSITION MEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: With four days until polls open for the 2005 presidential election, the election climate is beginning to get interesting. Guelleh's campaign, as single candidate, proceeds with few disturbances or protests from the opposition or the population. The atmosphere in Djibouti is still [...]
2005-04-05 05:36:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI449SAFE SKIES: FAA/TSA EVALUATION VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A team of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials conducted the first Safe Skies for Africa evaluation visit for Djibouti from April 18 - 22. Djibouti's Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) and Airport Management from Dubai Por [...]
2005-05-09 12:36:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC ETRD DJ
05DJIBOUTI572SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Djibouti welcomes the June 20-21 visit to Djibouti of General John P. Abizaid, CENTCOM Commander. Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructures and services and promoting economic development remain top priorities for the Government of Dj [...]
2005-06-14 15:22:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO MARR MASS ECON ETRD OVIP DJ
05DJIBOUTI594GENERAL ABIZAID TO PRESIDENT GUELLEH: LET'S MOVE
[...] (C) Summary: During his June 19-20 visit to Djibouti, General John P. Abizaid asked Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh for help in moving forward the process of base lease renewal negotiations for Camp Lemonier and closing a deal. He told Guelleh he would convey to President Bush how va [...]
2005-06-21 09:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS DJ
05DJIBOUTI644LONDON EXPLOSIONS - ACTION REQUESTED
[...] (C) Per REFTEL, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 07/07/2005 to review its current security posture in light of the attacks in London, England. The EAC discussed the need to issue a warden message or public announcement and concluded that the current warden mes [...]
2005-07-07 14:11:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC DJ
05DJIBOUTI954COMBATING EXTREMISM IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (S) Djibouti's religious and cultural climate has been shaped by more than 150 years of French colonialism and traditional nomadic roots. The transitory nature of the Horn of Africa, the remnants of French culture, and the routine influx of foreigners from the region through the port has made [...]
2005-09-26 13:19:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETKDEM KPAO PREL EAID PHUM DJ
05DJIBOUTI996DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/06/2005
[...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 06, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]
2005-10-06 13:25:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DOHA1005FRAN TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, 2005 MEETINGS IN QATAR
[...] (S) Summary: Frances (Fran) Townsend, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Homeland Security, visited Doha for a few hours on Thursday, 2 June 2005. In her meetings with Sheikh Tamim the Heir Apparent, with the Amir (in which Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim sat in),and finally [...]
2005-06-06 09:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETASEC KPAO MARR PREL QA
05DOHA1657COMBATING EXTREMISM: QATAR
[...] (S) The extent and nature of extremism in Qatar is limited by several factors. One is Qatar,s considerable wealth, which enables it to steer clear of the poverty-inspired extremism affecting poorer nations. Other factors are the small size of the country (comparable to Connecticut) and populat [...]
2005-09-29 09:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETEAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1976DAS GRAY'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray met with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar December 1 in Doha. Topics discussed included the Daily Mirror story alleging President Bush considered bombing Al Jazeera offices in Doha; USG concerns about Al Jazeera's professionalism, and possible cooperation in the [...]
2005-12-14 08:15:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA2038SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH AMIR OF
[...] (U) U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman met with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, on November 15, 2005, in the course of a two-day visit to Qatar. Secretary Bodman also visited energy installations and met SIPDIS with resident U.S. business executives. The meeting wit [...]
2005-12-28 06:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL IR QA
05DOHA852005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR
[...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...]
2005-01-12 11:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR
05DOHA953SCENESETTER FOR NSC FRANCES TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2,
[...] (C) Let me extend a warm welcome to you from me and the team at Embassy Doha. Your visit fulfills a pledge President Bush made to the Emir last April for you to visit Qatar to explore enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. To that end, we have requested meetings with the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin [...]
2005-05-26 15:01:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER MARR QA
05DUBAI128IRAN'S EXPANDING JUDICIARY DRAWS MAJLIS FIRE
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December 2004 the Majlis Judicial And Legal Committee approved a bill to investigate the Iranian Judiciary, forwarding it to the Majlis General Session for consideration. Also in late December 2004 a related ongo [...]
2005-01-10 18:24:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDIR PREL
05DUBAI4824ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...]
2005-10-03 13:12:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR
05DUBLIN1022COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN
[...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...]
2005-08-18 15:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO
05DUBLIN1161IRELAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary. Overall, Islamic extremism is not perceived to be a great problem in Ireland, even as the population becomes more diverse. Ireland is grappling with immigration for the first time in history, and its new found wealth is attracting growing numbers of migrants. Generally speaking [...]
2005-09-20 13:31:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05DUBLIN1203IRELAND PREFERS EU DESIGNATION MECHANISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 15:28:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER EUN
05DUBLIN1230COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL STEARNS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Stearns to overnight in Shannon, Ireland, October 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide rest stop for crew. 2. Codel will be met and assisted upon arrival by Embassy Control Officer for this visit, POL Officer Tom Rosenberger, offi [...]
2005-10-06 10:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC
05DUBLIN1387COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALEX YATES AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alex Yates and Bernard Rogan to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 2 to 6, 2005. Purpose of visit is to assist in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. Embassy control officer [...]
2005-11-14 09:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAINF PGOV PINR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1427COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK E. YOUNG
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Mark E. Young to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 5 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is review FBU operation in Dublin. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is FBU David Lee, office telephone 353 1 668-8777 x2115, e- [...]
2005-11-23 10:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDCFED
05DUBLIN1428COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYNERGY VISITS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Terry Carraway to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 3 through December 10, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide on site consultation, training and assistance to post in implementing 6 FAM requirements. 2. Embassy Control Officer for [...]
2005-11-23 10:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT KSAF ACOA
05DUBLIN1429COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]
2005-11-23 11:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN143PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...]
2005-02-04 16:06:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN1430COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]
2005-11-23 12:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN1432COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/FAC HENRY INGRAM AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Henry Ingram and Terence Warren to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 29 through December 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to develop the project requirements and technical documentation for the CMR and OBC physical security upgrades to be ca [...]
2005-11-23 12:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC KWPR KRIM
05DUBLIN1441COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...]
2005-11-28 10:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI
05DUBLIN1450COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO - NIH/FIC DR. SEGAL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Segal, Senior Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 7 to 10, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to conduct a site review at Trinity College for the Science Foundation Ireland. [...]
2005-11-30 08:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1457COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO PERSONNEL, CLARK,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ronald Clark, Michael Stevens, Douglas Logothety, James Deuel and Peter Boden to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 4 through January 5, 2006. Purpose of visit is to perform the IPC Upgrade project. 2. Embassy Control Officer for thi [...]
2005-12-01 08:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KIRC KLBO KRIM
05DUBLIN1462COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DRS. CAI AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Huaibin Cai, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, HIH; and, Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HIH to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 6 to 11, 2005. Purpose of the visit [...]
2005-12-02 10:05:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1481COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MERIKANGAS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 3 to 12, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to attend and give a presentation at the 16th International Symposium on AL [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1482COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULINE LOGAN
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Pauline Logan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Galway, Ireland, from December 16 to 31, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA US EI DA
05DUBLIN1483COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DRAGANA BRZAKOVIC
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation official, Dragana Brzakovic, Senior Staff Associate in the Office of Integrative Activities to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 11 to 19, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to serve as a chairman to the Alimentary P [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI
05DUBLIN1484COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL -
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Kathie R. Dorick to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 15 to 16, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance on World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Work Program [...]
2005-12-07 13:07:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1509COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - JOSE
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Jose E. Gueits to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 27 to 28, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance eon World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Program. 2 [...]
2005-12-09 17:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1512COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...]
2005-12-13 11:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU
05DUBLIN1520COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA DOREEN VAZQUEZ
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Doreen Vazquez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Waterford, Ireland, from January 13 to 20, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform Regulatory Inspection at Bausch & Lomb Ireland, Ltd. 2. Per reftel, post und [...]
2005-12-14 10:08:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1525IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...]
2005-12-15 11:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EI
05DUBLIN1527COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA OFFICIAL JIM
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, Jim Willis, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 21 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Europe meeting. 2 [...]
2005-12-15 16:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI
05DUBLIN1536COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]
2005-12-20 08:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1537COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]
2005-12-20 09:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1541COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...]
2005-12-20 15:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI
05DUBLIN1556COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA EMPLOYEE GARY
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, Gary A. Wagoner to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 10 to 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform validation flight for a Part 135 Operator to conduct flights in North Atlantic airspace. [...]
2005-12-28 13:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1567ADDENDUM TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND REPORT
[...] (C) Per ref A's request for continued information on organized crime elements in Ireland, Post offers the following updates from police sources who were available for comment after the drafting of ref B: 2. (C) Irish police report Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and West African involvement i [...]
2005-12-30 13:13:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER EI
05DUBLIN254IRELAND IS UNDECIDED ON HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION,
[...] (S) Summary. In a March 1 demarche, DFA said that it remained undecided on whether to support designation of Hizballah. "At first glance," DFA said, the information emboffs provided fell short of a "smoking gun." Moreover, DFA expressed concern that verbal information might not satisfy the [...]
2005-03-02 15:17:00Embassy DublinSECRETETTC PTER EFIN EUN
05DUBLIN489IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...]
2005-04-26 06:56:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EUN
05DUBLIN657NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND
[...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...]
2005-06-01 08:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN927CODEL LANDRIEU COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Norma Jane Sabiston, and Jason Matthews to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to attend a conference on interoperable communications at the University of Limerick. 2. Embassy contr [...]
2005-07-26 15:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN SASEC
05DUBLIN936UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...]
2005-07-27 16:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP
05DUBLIN948STAFFDEL FARRELL COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Alycia Farrell to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to meet with representatives of the Northern Command involving security issues and attend the Forum on Public Safety in Europe and North America at t [...]
2005-07-29 14:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
05DUSHANBE1612IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 11:31:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1620IIR 6 947 0054 05/TAJIK BORDER GUARD ASSESSMENTS (U)
[...] MEMORANDUM, "SPECIAL REPORT - PILOT ZONE 1"(U),1 COPY, 33 PAGES, 20050504 (C). 2. MEMORANDUM, "TAJIK BORDER FORCE - THE NEED FOR AN ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO SOLVE ITS MYRIAD DEFICIENCIES" (C),1 COPY, 5 PAGES, 20050519 (C). ACQ: (U) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20050708) DISSEM: (U) FIELD: EMBA [...]
2005-10-07 03:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1621IIR 6 947 0022 04/VISIT TO TURSUNZODA BORDER GUARD POST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 03:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1622IIR 6 947 0062 05/GARM AND VICINITY (U)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 03:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1642IIR 6 947 0006 06/NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT LIMITATION (U)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 11:50:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1644IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 13:26:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMCAP TI CH
05DUSHANBE1650IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-10 10:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI FR UZ
05DUSHANBE1812DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...]
2005-11-14 06:21:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE1840HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
[...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...]
2005-11-21 13:00:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1869TAJIKISTAN: TWO NEW DEPUTY MINISTERS APPOINTED
[...] (U) President Rahmonov unexpectedly appointed two key deputy ministers on November 24 - Saidmumin Sattorovich Yatimov as new First Deputy Foreign Minister and Kosim Abdusalomovich Gaforov as Deputy Minister of Security. 2. (SBU) Major-General Yatimov had been Deputy Minister of Security f [...]
2005-11-28 06:48:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR TI
05DUSHANBE1897AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF
[...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]
2005-11-30 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1898AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF
[...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]
2005-11-30 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1921MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMONOV: HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIA
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Emomali Rahmonov on December 1 for two and a half hours. We report the meeting in three cables. This is two of three. The other two cover Rahmonov's views on (1) the U.S.-Tajikistan bilateral relationship and Tajik politics, and (2) Uzbekistan. 2. (S) SUMMARY [...]
2005-12-02 10:29:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR RS TI
05DUSHANBE1944IIR 6 947 0013 06/AIDS, MEDICAL PERSONAL CARE, LEADERS DO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 11:37:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1947TAJIK GOVERNMENT-WESTERN NGO ROUNDTABLE: ATTENDANCE HIGH,
[...] (SBU) What looked like a routine meeting was a small breakthrough for Tajikistan's development community. The December 2 roundtable discussion of donors, NGOs and government was the first time all three groups came together on any subject, let alone the sensitive issues of NGO intentions, re [...]
2005-12-06 09:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1963IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 06:24:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI BE UZ
05DUSHANBE1964IIR 6 947 0015 06/PRESIDENT TO DECLARE NEW NATIONAL GUARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 06:24:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI
05DUSHANBE2029IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 12:27:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI FR
05GABORONE1605BOTSWANA LABOR FEDERATION FACING UPHILL STRUGGLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions has appealed to the ILO over a dispute between the Botswana Mine Workers Union and Debswana following a contentious strike last year. BMWU, plagued by internal divisions some attribute to management meddling, is fast running out of funds [...]
2005-11-03 12:33:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM BC
05GABORONE1656BOTSWANA'S VP ON SADC, ZIMBABWE, CRIME, TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kate Canavan's introductory call with Botswana's Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama November 8 highlighted environmental cooperation, counter-terrorism, Zimbabwe, crime, and military issues. Ambassador informed VP Khama of Botswana's acceptance for the Tr [...]
2005-11-10 06:40:00Embassy GaboroneSECRETMARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL
05GABORONE346TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA
[...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...]
2005-03-10 04:56:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC
05GABORONE461BOTSWANA ANXIOUS FOR AML-CTF ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A bilateral technical assistance program with Botswana could quickly and significantly improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML- CTF) regime, a March 20-25 visit by advisors from US Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (Enforcement) revealed. Me [...]
2005-03-31 04:37:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER EFIN KTFN BC
05GENEVA2085 SR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY
[...] Mission received the following communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding the death of Haitham al- Yemeni. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 26 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log. [...]
2005-09-06 07:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05GEORGETOWN1313GLIMMER OF HOPE IN GUYANA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions met with PolOff on December 13 and indicated that she is preparing what would be a watershed money laundering case. Two suspects implicated in a 2004 UK drug bust received wire transfers in Guyana in 2002 totaling almost USD 300,000 and exc [...]
2005-12-15 20:05:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM GY
05GEORGETOWN1329CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...]
2005-12-20 20:59:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY
05GUATEMALA1191GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...]
2005-05-12 13:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT
05GUATEMALA1403GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289
[...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...]
2005-06-02 22:10:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNPINR SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA152 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Guatemala held open and transparent elections in November and December of 2003. There have been major advances in human rights since the end of the civil conflict and signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, and the Government generally respects the rights of its citizens. Impunity for offenses [...]
2005-01-20 21:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB MASS EAID KPAO KJUS KDEM SNAR HURI GTREFTEL
05GUATEMALA162GUATEMALAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WALK OFF JOB
[...] Guatemalan air traffic controllers walked off the job on January 11, shutting down Guatemala's airports for 20 hours. They were protesting the GOG's refusal to renew their employment contracts, which had expired December 31. At least one commercial aircraft landed without tower assistance [...]
2005-01-21 18:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAIR ELAB ASEC CASC MOPS SNAR GT FAA
05GUATEMALA1890GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES ALLEGED THREATS
[...] Summary. The Guatemalan Government recently denounced threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, apparently in response to the widespread but unconfirmed impression that such incidents rose dramatically in the first half of 2005. If the self-reported statistics are reliable, t [...]
2005-08-04 21:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA2050CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA
[...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...]
2005-08-26 18:37:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV
05GUATEMALA218GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-31 13:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC
05GUATEMALA2260AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Guatemalan Congress, Jorge Mendez Herburger (JMH),predicted to the Ambassador that Article 98 would be approved "by Halloween." The Ambassador also stressed the need for, and JMH agreed to, legislative action on anti-crime measures, CAFTA implementation, an [...]
2005-09-26 19:58:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CVIS CASC KCRM EAID PHUM GT
05GUATEMALA2466GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: CREATION OF A CIVILIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a law creating a civilian intelligence agency, including an initially controversial provision to permit wiretapping in restricted circumstances. Inclusion of the wiretapping provision in the bill augurs well for passage of what the Embassy has [...]
2005-10-27 21:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS KCRM PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM GT
05GUATEMALA2685TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER
[...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...]
2005-11-29 20:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA2849BIRTH OF A UNION IN GUATEMALA
[...] (U) Summary: Following months of negotiation and some severe conflicts regarding labor rights, the management of a major apparel manufacturer agreed to support the establishment of a labor union in its workforce. Potential CAFTA benefits and the steady interest of U.S. brands were encouragin [...]
2005-12-30 13:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC GT
05GUATEMALA376GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...]
2005-02-15 12:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT
05GUATEMALA545GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT
[...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...]
2005-03-01 22:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT
05GUATEMALA819LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ
[...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...]
2005-03-31 17:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT
05HALIFAX36ALIEN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE MAINE BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Smuggling of Asians and drugs across the U.S.-Maine border is ongoing, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Intelligence Unit in Houlton, Maine. While lacking hard numbers, CBP believes it is also a growing phenomena. Smuggling of Koreans is relatively easy, [...]
2005-02-11 13:43:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREF PREL SMIG SNAR CA
05HALIFAX65PORT SECURITY: PROPOSED CHANGES IN HALIFAX GENERATE
[...] (SBU) Press reports that the Port of Halifax is planning significant reductions in the number of police assigned to security have generated significant local controversy, with politicians including the Mayor and a federal Senator denouncing the proposal. While it is correct that the port is [...]
2005-03-18 14:50:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ASEC PTER KCRM ETRD CA
05HANOI1143VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY
[...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...]
2005-05-17 08:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALCH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR
05HANOI1430 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...]
2005-06-15 10:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI3099 VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]
2005-11-23 07:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI641VIETNAM TERRORIST FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2
[...] (SBU) The following paragraphs contain answers to reftel questions and provide an evaluation of Vietnam's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has not frozen, forfeited or seized any assets pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 13 [...]
2005-03-15 08:09:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL CVIS VM CTERR FINREF
05HARARE1004ZIMBABWEQS WINTER OF DISCONTENT
[...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants Q which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is sti [...]
2005-07-22 11:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1008ZIMBABWE,S WINTER OF DISCONTENT
[...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants ) which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is still [...]
2005-07-22 16:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE1345CONTINUING RIVALRIES, SUCCESSION TENSIONS
[...] (C) By many measures, the Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party is as firmly in control of Zimbabwe as ever. Its tainted but overwhelming parliamentary election "victory" in March left it in firm control of the legislature and executive, and simultaneously demoralized Zimbabwe's political oppo [...]
2005-09-28 15:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1560PROTESTERS RELEASED, PLANNING MORE ACTION
[...] (C) On November 10 and 11, the police released the arrestees involved in the recent Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) sponsored protests. The police also released student activists and other civil society members who had been arrested last wee [...]
2005-11-14 15:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB ASEC SOCI ZI ZCTU
05HARARE1675MIC CENSURE OF FINGAZ POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED
[...] (C) On December 1, the Media and Information Commission (MIC) gave the Financial Gazette newspaper seven days to retract an article the paper had published or face charges under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The article accused the Central Intelligence Organ [...]
2005-12-12 14:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ZI
05HARARE1678ZIMBABWE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 7 (a) (b) and (c) of reftel instructions. Despite our s [...]
2005-12-13 11:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI
05HARARE1692ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS PASSPORT SEIZURES UNLAWFUL;
[...] (C) Trevor Ncube, publisher of Zimbabwe's independent Standard and Independent weeklies and South Africa's Mail and Guardian, confirmed to the Ambassador on December 15 that GOZ authorities had returned his seized passport (ref B) on December 14. Ncube reported that he would be leaving for S [...]
2005-12-15 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO ZI
05HARARE1712PUBLISHER TREVOR NCUBE ON MEDIA ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] In a December 15 meeting, Trevor Ncube, publisher of The Independent and The Standard (as well as the Mail and Guardian in South Africa) told the Ambassador about his successful legal efforts to get back his passport (reftel). Ncube added that the GOZ was determined to curb the independent pr [...]
2005-12-20 13:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO ZI
05HARARE207SPY TRIO GETS JAIL TERMS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 11:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE508TSVANGIRAI BOUNCING BACK: DETAILS FRAUD AND NEXT
[...] (C) A more upbeat MDC Head Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador late Saturday night that his contacts inside the CIO had told him the MDC had won over 90 seats in the March 31 Parliamentary elections. Tsvangirai said his next step was to go after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and f [...]
2005-04-04 17:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
05HARARE990MOYO ON ZANU-PF, NEED FOR NEW LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) In a July 5 exchange with visiting Congressional senior staff Greg Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh, Jonathan Moyo cast ZANU-PF as a party in crisis - ossified in policy and beholden to one man who no longer enjoyed the confidence of either the party or the nation. He said conditions were [...]
2005-07-20 10:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HELSINKI1277FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has created an internal implementation strategy. An interagency working group will monitor and report results. Police and prosecutors are investigating several cases, but suffer f [...]
2005-12-12 11:28:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI1290FINLAND: UN RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE SECRETARY'S
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin welcomed the Secretary's clarification of U.S. policy on transportation of prisoners and U.S. obligations under the CAT. He said her specific reference to "degrading" treatment was important, but noted that additional clarificati [...]
2005-12-15 12:32:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI FI
05HELSINKI273FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE
[...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]
2005-03-04 16:15:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI274CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005
[...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]
2005-03-07 10:34:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI287FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON
[...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...]
2005-03-07 14:27:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS SY LE FI
05HOCHIMINHCITY328TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...]
2005-03-30 01:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP
05ISTANBUL1289ISTANBUL - OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. The Istanbul Country Council was "re-established" on February 26, 2003. Post philosophy for the Istanbul chapter has been to hold three to four meetings each year using guest speakers on substantive matters. In April 2004, a new steering committee signed the chapter's charter, [...]
2005-07-26 17:21:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05JERUSALEM1578WB/G SITREP: APRIL 18, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was wounded by IDF gunfire near Ramallah on April 17. Eight Palestinians were arrested from April 15-17 throughout the West Bank. Two firebombs were thrown at passing Israeli vehicles on road 443 and near Ofra settlement on April 1 [...]
2005-04-18 16:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1633WB/G SITREP: APRIL 20, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian man was hospitalized April 19 after he was shot by an Israeli soldier. Palestinian militants also reportedly fired shots at Bet Romano settlement in the Old City of Hebron April 19. The IDF arrested five Palestinians April 19 in various areas of [...]
2005-04-20 14:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1859WB/G SITREP: MAY 5, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops shot and killed two unarmed Palestinian teens near Bayt Liqya village (off Route 443) on May 4, during stone-throwing clashes and protests against the separation barrier. In Gaza, two mortar shells exploded May 4, one east of an IDF post near Khan Yunis and the othe [...]
2005-05-05 12:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2250WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...]
2005-06-02 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3703DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of disengagement, several key coordination issues are much closer to being resolved than a week ago. Representatives of settler farmers and anonymous private donors agreed early August 12 on a contract to sell the greenhouses and other infrastructure for just under USD [...]
2005-08-12 16:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05KABUL4967KARZAI DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE BUDGET WITH
[...] (SBU) President Karzai and AID Administrator Natsios on November 17 ran through a tour dhorizon of the progress of U.S. assistance programs, Afghan needs, U.S. budget realities, and plans for counter-narcotics work in the coming year. While Karzai continues to believe a twenty percent reduct [...]
2005-12-07 12:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5024REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]
2005-12-13 02:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5051DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...]
2005-12-14 08:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV AF
05KABUL5188Poetry and Motion - Sikhs and Hindus Return to
[...] (SBU) Summary: A November 11 poetry reading hosted by the Paktia Literary Society not only opened Gardez's new Afghan Government-built Marriage Hall but also revealed significant progress in the faith of the people in the GOA. A three hour gathering of some 300 Pashto men in Gardez's unheat [...]
2005-12-21 10:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
05KABUL5256REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT
[...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]
2005-12-27 12:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KATHMANDU1155WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 2005
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS `Supporting democracy is not meddling': Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said THAT India has no intention to interfere in the internal affairs of Nepal, and that attempts to encourage democracy in the northern neighbor should not be construed as interference. "Our atte [...]
2005-06-01 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1267 FM PANDEY ON UNSC REFORM, RELATIONS WITH INDIA
[...] (C) On June 9 the Charge pressed Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey on the need for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to reach out to the political parties. She explained that Washington was focused on Nepal and needed a sense of how the process of returning to democracy would move for [...]
2005-06-10 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS NP GON
05KATHMANDU2548AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST
[...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...]
2005-11-22 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP
05KATHMANDU2549COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR
[...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]
2005-11-22 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2596 CHINA MILITARY ASSISTANCE ARRIVES
[...] (C) On November 25, Kantipur News, a private media organization, broke the news that Nepal had received 18 truckloads of military equipment from China. An initial RNA statement posted on-line said that the trucks contained lethal and non-lethal assistance. However, within hours that statemen [...]
2005-11-28 08:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU27272005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is post's updated 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per reftel. Begin text. Nepal I. Summary Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, small amounts of cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked [...]
2005-12-06 10:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2794NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Officer Intelligence Course, December 31, 2005 through June 5, 2006, and Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, June 5-16, 2006, at [...]
2005-12-14 03:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU28282005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY
[...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...]
2005-12-16 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP
05KINGSTON1041UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA
[...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...]
2005-04-15 13:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP
05KINGSTON1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]
2005-04-15 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1258JAMAICA: POLICE UNDER FIRE
[...] (C) Summary: In seperate incidents, between 9:00 p.m. on May 3 and 7:00 a.m. on May 4, three Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers and one private security guard were murdered while another JCF officer was injured in Kingston. Two of the alleged gunmen were shot and killed in one incident [...]
2005-05-12 20:40:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1316WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL DOCUMENT INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean which exempts U.S. citizens traveling to the island for tourism from the requirement of a passport or visa. Ref (A) announced that effective December 31, 2005, DHS will require all U.S. citizens traveling to and from the Caribbe [...]
2005-05-20 18:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CPAS CVIS JM KFRD TIP
05KINGSTON1349JAMAICA: ANTI-CRIME PROTEST RECEIVES MIXED REACTION
[...] (U) Summary: Across the island, there was mixed reaction as well as turnout to the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica's (PSOJ) May 25 call for businesses to close down in a show of solidarity against the escalating crime rate. Most private sector businesses supported the idea of reduction [...]
2005-05-26 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1426JAMAICA: 2005 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] This message updates progress on objectives identified in the 2004 certification report card (Ref A). Topic order descriptions track (Ref B) for ease of evaluation. LAW ENFORCEMENT --------------- 2. The U.S. encouraged the GOJ to demonstrate its commitment to counter drug activity by co [...]
2005-06-03 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1444GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...]
2005-06-06 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1449A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES,
[...] Summary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),[...]
2005-06-07 13:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1465A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES,
[...] (C) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),char [...]
2005-06-08 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1531OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER DRIVING JAMAICA'S
[...] (U) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (Ref A),the GOJ has not engaged Post on the issue, nor has there been any official reaction to the Tier 3 Action Plan delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 2. However, follow [...]
2005-06-17 18:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1572JAMAICA: LAW ENFORCEMENT SNAPSHOTS
[...] Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction 2. PSB Probing Criminal Activity in the JCF 3. Operation Kingfish's Impact on Crime 4. 800 Pounds of Ganja Seized 5. Significant Seizure of Hash Oil ------------------------------------------- Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction ----- [...]
2005-06-23 18:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CASC KCRM ASEC JM
05KINGSTON1622CABINET OFFICE HOSTS TIP WORKING SESSION
[...] On June 28, the Cabinet Office hosted a working meeting with USAID Mission Director and Poloff to review actions taken to date by the GOJ to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The meeting had been scheduled as a follow up to a June 24 meeting on TIP at the Ministry of National Security (MNS [...]
2005-06-30 18:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1784DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE
[...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...]
2005-07-21 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1904ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP
[...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...]
2005-08-10 13:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON2003NAS DIRECTOR'S COURTESY CALL ON POLICE COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) Summary: NAS Director paid a courtesy call on Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas on August 19. The discussion focused on the NAS-funded National Intelligence Bureau (NIB),Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA),and the recruitment of foreign officers. End Su [...]
2005-08-24 17:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON2702JAMAICA 2005 INCSR - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 18:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON2767Drug Eradication and Seizure Report for the Month of Novembe
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 16:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL
05KINGSTON363INL MONTHLY REPORT - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
[...] The following is a combined report for the period November and December 2004. It reflects activities in all INL supported programs and an assessment of progress in achieving mutual goals established in the current Letters of Agreement (LOA). 2. Drug Eradication and Interdiction Program - [...]
2005-02-10 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON382JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AORC JM OAS
05KINGSTON41JCF COMMISSIONER FORBES OUT, LUCIUS THOMAS IN
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, January 1, 2005, the Jamaica Police Service Commission (PSC) announced that it had accepted the resignation of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner, Francis Forbes, effective January 19. The PSC communiqu commended Forbes for his accomplishments as Commissi [...]
2005-01-05 20:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON4862004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART II
[...] Part II of the End Use Monitoring Report of INL-funded commodities or services acquired and donated by the Embassy Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is submitted in accordance with instructions in referenced telegrams. NAS PD&S inventory was also conducted but [...]
2005-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON4872004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART I
[...] Part I of the End-Use-Monitoring Report is submitted in accordance with Ref A. A. Designation of Employees for EUM Responsibilities: The NAS Program Assistant, under the supervision of the NAS Director, has primary responsibility for End-Use-Monitoring. Two Personal Services Contractors (P [...]
2005-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON63DELIVERED: FINAL INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR JAMAICA
[...] On January 4, poloff delivered reftel text of Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment by fax to Ann Scott, Assistant Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott acknowledged receipt of the fax, and stated that she would pass the informati [...]
2005-01-07 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL JM TIP
05KINGSTON659JCF COMMISSIONER LUCIUS THOMAS ADDRESSES THE
[...] (U) Summary: On Friday, March 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a briefing by Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas for the diplomatic corps. During the briefing, Thomas described the major causes of crime as gangs, drugs, guns, and money laund [...]
2005-03-08 19:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON759MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 2005
[...] The Jamaica Defense Force Air Wing (JDF/AW) spent approximately 10 hours transporting members of the "Kingfish" operation, narcotics police and The Jamaica Defense Force Headquarters Intelligence team to the parishes of St James, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to gather information on narcotraf [...]
2005-03-17 14:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON772REQUEST FOR FY- 2005 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDING
[...] Background In 2003, the U.S. Government provided Economic Support Funds to assist Jamaica in building a more professional police force. A Law Enforcement Development Advisor position (LEDA) was established within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to implement recommendations from the Pol [...]
2005-03-17 21:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINSHASA1013REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE
[...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel),UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...]
2005-06-20 15:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1055UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...]
2005-06-28 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1099MONUC OPERATION SENDS SIGNAL TO FDLR
[...] (C) On July 4 MONUC launched operation "Falcon Sweep" in the territories of Walungu and Karambe (located about 10km east and 50 km south east of Bukavu, South Kivu). The small (about 80-man) mission is designed primarily to determine the locations of FDLR elements, particularly concentrations [...]
2005-07-07 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1220CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...]
2005-07-26 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG UN
05KINSHASA1432RWANDA EXPELS NKUNDA LOYALISTS
[...] (U) Congolese press and Radio Okapi reported September 7 that the GOR had expelled 10 former Congolese soldiers who had fled to Rwanda with General Nkunda following last year's attack on Bukavu. The press reported that the 10 were sent to Goma, where they are currently under arrest. 2. (C) [...]
2005-09-07 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA1649VP RUBERWA MUSES ON ELECTIONS, CONGO'S FUTURE
[...] (C) During an October 2 dinner, VP Ruberwa shared his insights on his evaluation of his own character and electoral chances/options, as well as his opinion of the other two likely presidential candidates, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba and President Joseph Kabila. A Tutsi Triumphant ---------------- [...]
2005-10-04 10:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA1770DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...]
2005-10-24 17:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1998ITURI UPDATE: THE MILITIA THREAT, PETER KARIM, AND
[...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff visited Bunia November 28-30 to review ongoing efforts by MONUC, civil society, local government and NGOs to bring peace and stability to the historically volatile region. Militia violence continues to threaten these efforts despite recent offensives by the Con [...]
2005-12-07 17:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA2110ITURI: POSSIBLE UGANDAN SUPPORT TO MILITIAS; KARIM
[...] (C) MONUC military commanders told PolOff December 28 that a truck captured by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) during operations in Nioka (reftel A) belongs to the Ugandan military. MONUC officials said the truck, which was being driven by three Ugandan civilians (later arrested),bore the [...]
2005-12-29 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA232DRC REPORTING TO UN 1267 COMMITTEE AND CTC
[...] Summary: Emboffs met with Congolese Central Bank (BCC) Governor Jean-Claude Masangu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Fabian Zulu to discuss DRC reporting to the UN 1267 Committee and the CTC. The two officials outlined the counter-terrorism structure of the GDRC and assured [...]
2005-02-09 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CG EUN
05KINSHASA234SENIOR GDRC FIGURES ARGUE OVER WHO GETS TO MUZZLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The DRC's Minister of Press and Information, Henri Mova Sakanyi, issued a decree January 18 barring many radio and television stations from broadcasting political news and call-in shows. In protest, members of the Asociation of Congolese Community Radio Stations (ARCO) suspended [...]
2005-02-09 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KDEM CG
05KINSHASA779CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA
[...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...]
2005-05-09 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA987GDRC QUIETLY APPROVES KINSHASA SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila reportedly approved a security plan for Kinshasa in early June to prevent unrest later in the month. The Minister of Interior said the plan balances preventive and security measures, including identifying potential troublemakers, deploying the Rapid Intervention P [...]
2005-06-16 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MARR CG
05KIRKUK302(S) FUEL TRUCK DRIVERS MAY CRIPPLE OIL FLOW IN CENTRAL IRAQ
[...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. A truckers' strike at the Bayji Refinery may cripple the oil flow throughout central Iraq. This strike, which appears to be unnoticed in other parts of Iraq, is in response to the recent fuel price increase. END SUMMARY. 3. (S) As a res [...]
2005-12-23 17:04:00REO KirkukSECRETEPET ECON PGOV PTER IZ
05KUWAIT1071SECURITY BUREAU REPORTS COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for Kuwait's aggressive response to recent terror activities and stressed the need for Kuwait to sustain momentum in rounding up militants, amending laws [...]
2005-03-15 12:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1131KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...]
2005-03-19 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU
05KUWAIT1159KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TO USE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on March 14 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). Participants reviewed pending anti-terror legislation, developments in stemming terror financing, and identified criteria by which to assess GOK counterterrorism measures. [...]
2005-03-21 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1400GWOT ASSESSMENT: KUWAIT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Counterterrorism remains at the top of our bilateral agenda and post has experienced increased cooperation from the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since January when a series of security incidents revealed to the GOK a home-grown threat. There [...]
2005-04-06 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1631NEW FINANCE MINISTER EMBRACES PORTFOLIO, PROMISES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Finance Bader Al-Humaidhi on April 20 and raised a number of issues of concern, including: cracking down on terror financing and tightening up Kuwait's money-laundering laws; IPR enforcement; Iraqi debt; and a tax case involving a U. [...]
2005-04-20 10:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT1730CHARITIES IN KUWAIT: TREASURY DAS DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, 2005, Treasury DAS Glaser met with a Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor official to discuss how charitable contributions in Kuwait can be made, collected and transferred, and the methods the GOK uses to track and prevent the abuse of charitable contributions for te [...]
2005-04-27 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT1733DAS GLASER DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE LEGISLATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait on April 17, 2005. During the visit, DAS Glaser discussed the designation of Muhsin Al-Fadhli and inquired about any accounts that the Central Bank had frozen in response to that design [...]
2005-04-27 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETEFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT1976BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]
2005-05-12 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2228KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER APPLAUDS WOMEN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 24, Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that the Prime Minister is seeking to place a woman in the Cabinet. (Note: The Prime Minister confirmed this in a meeting later in the day.) On C/T training, the Ambassado [...]
2005-05-24 16:15:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETASEC KISL KU PGOV PREL PTER SA TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2265KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SOME
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) met May 2 to asses the GOK's progress in developing its counterterrorism (CT) capacity. The group concluded that the GOK remained serious about confronting terrorism, investing heavily in tools and equipment, but is still in need of [...]
2005-05-25 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT258AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST ATTACKS, CT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 17 meeting with Ambassador, National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said that while it was too early to reach any conclusions about last week's terrorist attacks, Kuwaitis everywhere were raising their voices against these incidents. He said he ho [...]
2005-01-17 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER EFIN PREL ETTC CASC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2927POST INPUT FOR GULF STRATEGY PAPER TO COMBAT
[...] (S/NF) Post read with interest the Kuwait portion of the "Strategy for the Gulf Region to Combat Terrorist Financing And Strengthen Overall AML/CTF Efforts" paper (Ref A). While we endorse the action points for Kuwait as well-targeted and appropriate, we are concerned that the background por [...]
2005-06-29 16:17:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN ETTC PGOV KU
05KUWAIT2931PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS,
[...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...]
2005-06-30 19:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT295KUWAITI OFFICIAL SAYS NO AID REQUEST FROM
[...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Ambassador asked if Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal Al Fayez had requested renewed assistance from Kuwait during his recent visit (ref A). The Undersecretary said that the Prime Minister did not/not ask for more aid in h [...]
2005-01-18 12:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL JO KU
05KUWAIT3059KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SLOW BUT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge chaired on July 5 Post's monthly meeting of the Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). The CWG discussed continuing GOK efforts to locate wanted terror financier Mohsen Al-Fadhli; prompt GOK reaction to potential security threats, but limited follow up; the acquitta [...]
2005-07-09 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT326ISLAMIST MP TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM, IRAQI DEBT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 16 call on influential Islamist Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, the Ambassador discussed a wide range topics, including terrorist finance, cancellation of Iraq's debt to Kuwait, the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields, and political rig [...]
2005-01-19 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN ETTC PGOV EAID EPET KISL KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3290HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ:
[...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...]
2005-07-25 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3774TERRORIST FINANCE: POST COMMENTS ON PCC-APPROVED
[...] (S) Post has reviewed the PCC-adopted version of the Gulf Terrorist Finance Strategy paper. While Post concurs with the strategy's overall objectives, the paper paints an incomplete and bleak picture of the ground realities in Kuwait (see reftel). 2. (S) It is important to point out that: [...]
2005-08-23 14:50:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3775PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR
[...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...]
2005-08-23 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU
05KUWAIT3835KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TAKING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on August 22 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). He reviewed his August 20 discussions with senior representatives of the GOK on the need to maintain a sharp focus on CT and recommendations that the arrests of wanted in [...]
2005-08-28 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT417MILITANT CLASHES PROVOKE COLLECTIVE SOUL
[...] (C) Summary: Reeling from four separate shootouts between security forces and extremists in the past month, two of them in as many days, Kuwaitis are engaged in collective soul searching to determine what went wrong and how to prevent future acts of violence. Spurred into action, the GOK has [...]
2005-01-31 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4209COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]
2005-09-27 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4214TERRORIST FINANCE: SUMMARY OF OFAC DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary. On September 21, OFAC Director Robert Werner met separately with GOK officials from the Central Bank and Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs and with Kuwait Customs to discuss continued bilateral cooperation on combating terrorist finance and money laundering (C [...]
2005-09-27 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT4356MEETING IN KUWAIT OF G8 COUNTER TERRORISM ACTION
[...] (C) As current G-8 President, the UK Embassy in Kuwait hosted and chaired a meeting of the G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on October 10. Ambassador LeBaron attended along with other representatives of G-8 diplomatic missions. British Charge d'Affaires Jamie Bowden gave a G-8 Pres [...]
2005-10-10 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4380A VIEW FROM THE KUWAIT/IRAQ BORDER, FROM NAVISTAR
[...] (U) Please see para 10 for action request of all addressees. 2. (U) The references in this cable are photographs which are posted on Embassy Kuwait's classified website. Please visit http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ and click on the "Kuwait/Iraq Border Pictures" link in the Pictur [...]
2005-10-11 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4527FY05Q4 IIP SPEAKER EVALUATION: PATRICK CLAWSON;
[...] SUMMARY: October 1-2, 2005, U.S. Speaker Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, conducted a speaking tour in Kuwait focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Addressing diverse audiences, Dr. Clawson spoke at Kuwait Unive [...]
2005-10-22 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4653AMBASSADOR TELLS KEY KUWAITI MINISTER MORE C/T
[...] (S/NF) During the course of a 30 October conversation on other topics with Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Ambassador told the Minister that, while cooperation on counter-terrorism between Kuwait and the U.S. has improved in the last 6-8 months, we are not satisfied and more needs to [...]
2005-10-31 10:48:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4654KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - HARIRI
[...] The Kuwaiti Arabic print media exhibited views from both sides of the spectrum concerning the International Independent Investigation Commission's report and what may subsequently result from its discussion in the United Nations Security Council. Opinions on the subject varied from supporting [...]
2005-11-01 04:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT4672FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...]
2005-11-01 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT4739INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...]
2005-11-13 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ
05KUWAIT4741HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK'S AML UNIT ON MENA/FATF,
[...] (C) Begin Summary. On November 10, Emboffs met with Talal Al-Sayegh, head of the Kuwait Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit, to discuss the latest MENA/FATF developments, get an update on the new terror finance legislation, and reaffirm USG technical assistance offers in support of Kuw [...]
2005-11-13 08:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT486NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah Al-Roumi discussed the National Assembly's February 1 passage of a new law which expands law enforcement powers to search and seize illegal weapons, calling [...]
2005-02-02 14:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU
05KUWAIT5032HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND
[...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...]
2005-12-06 15:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU
05KUWAIT5082TERRORIST FINANCE: AMBASSADOR OPENS ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered remarks at the opening of an anti-money laundering and terror finance conference hosted by Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC) and DHS's U.S. Custom's Advisory Team. The Ambassador's remarks praised ongoing cooperation between the GOK and t [...]
2005-12-11 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5141 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2005-2006 INCSR follows in para 2. An updated redlined country write-up has been emailed to rindlerep (AT) state.gov per reftel instructions. 2.(U) BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. Kuwait The Government of Kuwait should significantly accelerate [...]
2005-12-16 11:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT5231SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006
[...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...]
2005-12-21 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KU
05KUWAIT656ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING,
[...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]
2005-02-14 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT730KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired February 14 a meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) to review developments in Kuwait's counterterrorism activities following the January discovery of a terrorist cell, and to identify areas where post can enhance its CT activities as well as strengt [...]
2005-02-16 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT797SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]
2005-02-22 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05KUWAIT806SYNOPSIS OF KUWAIT'S ACTIONS TO COMBAT TERRORIST
[...] (U) Summary. In the wake of January's violent confrontations between extremists and Kuwaiti security forces, the Government of Kuwait has begun to view terrorist finance as an issue of real concern. Although Kuwait is not a major financial center and has not been a primary entrepot for terr [...]
2005-02-23 12:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KU TERRORISM
05LAGOS1250NIGERIA: CA GAYE MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO
[...] (C) ON JULY 23, 2005, DEA ATTACHE (CA) SAM GAYE MET DR. BELLO LAFIAJI, NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL MATTERS AS WELL AS QUESTIONS AFRISING FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK,S INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION MEETING IN WASHINGTON. 2. (C) CA GAYE INFORMED DR. BELLO ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING QU [...]
2005-08-09 12:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PINR NI
05LAGOS1530NIGERIA DEA ATTACHE PRESSES FOR COORDINATION AT
[...] (U) Participants gave high marks to the fifth annual West African Joint Operations (WAJO) conference held in Cotonou, Benin on September 7 and 8 (reftel). 2. (C) DEA received positive responses from Benin, Ghana, The Gambia and Togo about forming joint task forces between DEA and their re [...]
2005-09-30 14:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI SNAR
05LAGOS1871COOPERATION ON MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The National Maritime Authority (NMA) met with US Office of Naval Research Global team on December 6 to discuss mutual maritime safety and security cooperation and research. NMA Director General emphasized the need for USG assistance in training cadets, producing accurate coastal [...]
2005-12-12 07:53:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EWWT NI
05LAGOS276DOZENS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along with local militia reportedly "stormed" the village of Odioma in Bayelsa State, February 19, killing dozens. The operation was in response to the February 3 deaths of 12 individuals, including four local councilmen, who were [...]
2005-02-24 06:00:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NI
05LAGOS536NIGERIAN BANKS IN DISTRESS?
[...] (C) Summary. With nine months remaining to meet the December 2005 naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) recapitalization deadline, banking sector noise has amplified. While the banks publicly talk positive about the future, we have heard rumors of liquidity problems at some banks. We believe t [...]
2005-04-08 13:03:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER NI
05LAGOS838NIGERIA: IJAWS -- WHO ARE THEY AND WHY THEY MATTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ijaws are the largest ethnic group in the volatile, oil-laden Niger Delta. As such, Ijaws view themselves as the legitimate stewards of the region's vast resources. Though united in the desire for "resource control," Ijaw leaders differ over how to attain that goal. These tac [...]
2005-06-02 15:16:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PREL NI PTER ENRG
05LAGOS935 NIGERIA: 2006 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This responds to Ref A's request for a certification report card identifying the Government of Nigeria's (GON's) efforts towards meeting the 2004 certification benchmarks. A. Major Traffickers 2. (SBU) The 2003 benchmark for cooperation against major traffickers include increased eff [...]
2005-06-16 14:17:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
05LILONGWE15A PLOT TO KILL MALAWI'S PRESIDENT?
[...] (SBU) Three United Democratic Front officials were charged with treason on Wednesday for carrying guns to a meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika. The Attorney General said authorities had information that some politicians had plotted to kill the president on January 2, 2004. By Thursda [...]
2005-01-06 16:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM MI
05LILONGWE17THE UDF SPLIT: SOME POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 10:07:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM MI
05LIMA1169ANDEAN NORTHERN BORDER CONFERENCE
[...] Peruvian National Police (PNP) successfully sponsored with the assistance of the Lima Country Office (LCO) the Andean Northern Border Strategy Conference from Feb. 22-24, 2005. This conference centered on Counter-narcotics strategy on Amazonas Border countries and included National Police D [...]
2005-03-08 21:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
05LIMA1171PERU: MULTI-TON COCAINE SEIZURES IN THE FIRST TWO
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the first two months of 2005, the Peruvian National Police (PNP),supported by DEA's Lima Country Office (LCO),have tracked and seized record-breaking amounts of cocaine HCL/base - close to 5 metric tons - compared to 7.11 metric tons of cocaine HCL in the whole of 20 [...]
2005-03-08 22:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1246OPIUM STRATEGY PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (C) The Mission strategy to combat opium production and trafficking in Peru was laid out in REF A in January. Since then, Embassy agencies including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Military Assistance Group (MAAG) have been aggressively [...]
2005-03-14 21:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1346Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report
[...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]
2005-03-21 16:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA1375PARTY REGISTRATION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO HOUND
[...] (U) Congress President Antero Flores-Araoz' mediation seems to have defused a potential constitutional crisis over a Congressional committee's demand to question President Toledo; the committee is investigating accusations that Toledo's Peru Posible party forged signatures in its effort to re [...]
2005-03-22 18:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PE
05LIMA1409FUTURE OF OUR CN PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IN PERU
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported reftels, our Mission counter- drug strategy in the short term will be focused on holding the line against expansion of coca and opium cultivation and drawing the noose around no-go coca source zones through eradication and alternative development. The advent in mid [...]
2005-03-23 21:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1564GOP RESPONDS QUICKLY TO CAMPESINO UNREST IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOP responded quickly to road blockages last week by campesinos around Andahuaylas, Apurimac Department, declaring a 30-day state of emergency on 4/3, substantially increasing police presence in the area and offering to send a high-level negotiating commission to address the [...]
2005-04-05 19:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA2111PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, APRIL 2005
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CORAH started eradication in the hard-core zone of Polvora-Pizana north of Santa Lucia in the Huallaga Valley. The eradicators and their police security units encountered stiff resistance by some cocaleros, including rock-throwing that damaged 3 INL helicopters in 2 separat [...]
2005-05-10 15:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA2187KILLINGS AND KIDNAPPINGS BY INDIGENOUS GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The murder of four health workers followed by the kidnapping of a journalist and his assistant by indigenous Aguaruna tribesmen sparked speculation that these incidents were linked to efforts to cover up local opium cultivation and trafficking. An ongoing police investigatio [...]
2005-05-13 22:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PGOV PINS PE
05LIMA2226ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...]
2005-05-18 16:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05LIMA2546 FY 2006 Narcotics Certification for Peru
[...] Peru has cooperated fully in the bilateral drug program with the United States. This report is based on the benchmarks. 2. Coca reduction - The goal is to reduce the amount of coca for illicit uses under cultivation through eradication of illegal coca to 27,800 hectares as measured by th [...]
2005-06-07 19:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
05LIMA2551VENEZUELA MEDDLING IN PERUVIAN POLITICS
[...] (S) Ambassador requested a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros June 6 to discuss the Venezuelan government,s involvement with violent, extremist Peruvian organizations. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy had learned late last week that Venezuela,s Ambassador-desig [...]
2005-06-07 21:15:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPE PGOV PREL VE
05LIMA2600 VISIT OF STAFFDEL WALKER TO PERU
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) During a busy two-day visit, Staffdel Walker raised pending U.S. company commercial disputes, trafficking of narcotics and persons, and the benefits of an U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in discussions with Members of Congress, high-ranking government officials, and pri [...]
2005-06-10 14:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON SNAR EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PE
05LIMA2840THE "U.S. DESIGNS ON THE AMAZON" MYTH RESURFACES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and a USDAO member have confronted Peruvian officials concerning a Peruvian Army officer's briefing at a bilateral intelligence conference in Quito that depicted the U.S. as the principal security threat to Peru, and alleged that the U.S. had plans to take over the [...]
2005-06-27 15:41:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS MARR PE EC
05LIMA3419 Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between
[...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]
2005-08-09 15:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3429SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...]
2005-08-09 18:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE
05LIMA3474Peru: Human Rights Update
[...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]
2005-08-11 20:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3548NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE
[...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...]
2005-08-16 21:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR PE
05LIMA3571MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 21:24:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEMIN PGOV SNAR ASEC EINV ENRG PE
05LIMA3784A NEW INTERVIEW WITH SL LEADER COMRADE "ARTEMIO"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Peruvian newspaper and a TV news program made public an interview with Sendero Luminoso (SL) Commander "Artemio," head of the largest SL faction still involved in combat operations. Leading daily La Republica published a portion of the interview on 8/28. Later that evening, Cuart [...]
2005-09-01 14:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE
05LIMA3926WHY AN URIBE/TOLEDO MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IS
[...] (C) We understand that Peruvian Ambassador Ferrero soon will call on PDAS Shapiro and U/S Burns to request an October meeting between Presidents Toledo, Uribe and Bush. According to Foreign Minister Maurtua, the two Andean leaders decided during their September 5 consultations in Bogota (re [...]
2005-09-11 22:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV PE CO
05LIMA4078SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) In response to Reference A, Embassy Lima provides the following information for use in the preparation of the DS/DSS/ITA Security Environment Threat List (SETL). Responses are cued to questions posed in the SEPQ reporting guideline: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE -------------- [...]
2005-09-19 22:04:00Embassy LimaSECRETASEC PTER PE
05LIMA4132FAR LEFT, INSPIRED BY CHAVEZ, SEEKING TO RIDE
[...] (C) Most of Peru,s far-left Marxist parties, movements, and labor organizations are attempting to unite forces for the 2006 general elections under the banner of a "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front). They hope their standard bearer will be Ollanta Humala, leader of the fascistic Nationalist Peruv [...]
2005-09-22 19:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
05LIMA4163BENEFIT PACKAGE DEFUSES TALK OF POLICE STRIKE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo, on 9/19, defused growing talk of a nationwide police strike by announcing a 284 million Soles (USD 86 million) package of back-pay, salary increases, benefits and operational funding. Police sources tell us that, while the immediate crisis has passe [...]
2005-09-23 22:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PE
05LIMA4176PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...]
2005-09-26 19:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4190FORMER ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT HEAD BELIEVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A series of personnel transfers in Lima's courts were announced 9/1, including that of Saul Pena, who had served as Chief Judge of an Anti-Corruption Court Chamber the past four years. Pena told Emboff on 9/16 that pressure from the GOP, linked to his persistent investigation of [...]
2005-09-27 16:18:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PE
05LIMA4739C-26 HANDOVER CEREMONY
[...] Summary: Two C-26Bs, donated to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) by the USG in 1997, were officially dedicated to CN missions October 31 in a ceremony with Ambassador Struble and senior Peruvian officials. The USG, through Embassy NAS, gave $3.5 million to refurbish the two aircraft that will r [...]
2005-11-07 15:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPE PREL SNAR MAS
05LIMA4818PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 MRP: "YOUTH LEADERSHIP II"
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Marithza ALDAZABAL participated in subject program to examine how young U.S. citizens acquire leadership skills to improve their communities and influence public policy at their local, national, and international levels; explore youth education and training to [...]
2005-11-10 21:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4897PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005
[...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...]
2005-11-17 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4986FUJIMORI UPDATE: PERU'S SUPREME COURT APPROVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's Supreme Court has approved nine different cases for inclusion in the Fujimori extradition request to Chile. Upon his return to Lima from the APEC Summit, President Toledo would not comment on the specifics of his talks about Fujimori with Japanese PM Koizumi and Chilean P [...]
2005-11-23 14:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PE
05LIMA5210SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...]
2005-12-09 16:08:00Embassy LimaSECRETPREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC
05LIMA5335THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...]
2005-12-16 20:19:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5336PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]
2005-12-16 22:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5391INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]
2005-12-21 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5392PERU INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),regarding financial crimes and money laundering. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------- 2. Narcotics-related and other money laundering is taking place, [...]
2005-12-21 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PREL PTER PE
05LIMA5440SENDERO IS CHANGING STRATEGY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR
[...] (C) I believe that the armed Sendero Luminoso factions in the Monzon and VRAE valleys have changed both their strategic objectives and tactics in a way that has implications for our counter narcotics work and anti-terrorism interests. The Toledo Government fully doesn,t realize this yet. We [...]
2005-12-27 19:33:00Embassy LimaSECRETPTER PINS ASEC SNAR PGOV PE
05LIMA5486PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005
[...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]
2005-12-30 19:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LJUBLJANA118SLOVENIA: COM AND NEW LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 February courtesy call, new Labor Minister Janez Drobnic told COM that combatting unemployment is his top priority, with a focus on introducing programs to help the disabled, the elderly, and first-time job-seekers. Drobnic also listed improving MoL's IT base as a key [...]
2005-02-18 11:15:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB PINR PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA151SLOVENIA ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) On 7 March, DCM and Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jasna Gersak, head of the MFA's division for Asian, African, Australian and Oceanian Affairs. Gersak is a close, high-ranking contact of Mission and until recently was DCM at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington. Stating that S [...]
2005-03-07 11:04:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SI SYSI
05LJUBLJANA193EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...]
2005-03-25 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO
05LJUBLJANA197EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS (SH)
[...] Licensing authority (both munitions and dual use, if different). Ministry of Economy for dual use, Ministry of Defense for munitions 2. Interagency review of licenses. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Nuclear Safety Admin [...]
2005-03-30 09:44:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA216 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. EUCOM provided three options on ACSA and we have contacted the Slovenes for their preference on how to proceed. The Combined Training and Education Plan was submitted to EUCOM; highlights are below. New FMF cases to purchase spares for Slovenia's HMMWVs were signed this month; the [...]
2005-04-04 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA234 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. MICHAEL FAVOROV
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to CDC/CAR Office Director Dr. Michael Favorov, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on April 20 - 24, 2005, to participate in Euro WHO organized regional meeting of Directors of blood transfusion services Central and Eastern Eu [...]
2005-04-08 10:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KZ
05LJUBLJANA285COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORVAL FRANCIS
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to USEU Brussels Agricultural Minister-Counselor Norval Francis, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia May 03 - 04, 2005, as a Committee Member for the FAPC Expert Training Seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Matjaz Kav [...]
2005-04-29 05:34:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EUN
05LJUBLJANA292 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RENE ALEXANDER "ALEX"
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to U.S. Speaker Mr. Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 07-10, 2005, to discuss trafficking issues, in support of post's objective to reduce trafficking in humans. 2. The Control Officer [...]
2005-05-04 06:04:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SL PO
05LJUBLJANA294 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORDON TODD
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Mr. Gordon Todd, Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Alex Acosta, U.S. Department of Justice, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 07 - 10, 2005, to accompany AAG Alex Acosta to participate in meetings on anti-traffi [...]
2005-05-05 04:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP
05LJUBLJANA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 06 to 11, 2005, to meet with Officials from Government of Slovenia regarding sustainability and training. Personnel: - Roberts, Randal James - Ve [...]
2005-05-24 03:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY SI
05LJUBLJANA448SLOVENIA ON WMD PROLIFERATORS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points 1 July to Bostjan Jerman of the MFA's Division for Security Policy. Jerman noted that he was unaware of the reftel Executive Order announcement, but said he would "immediately" pass the entity names to the Ministry of the Economy and Slovene intelligence. [...]
2005-07-01 08:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA599COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. JOHN PAYNE
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Mr. John H. Payne, Animal and Plant Health Inspector, to visit Bled, Slovenia, from September 10 to 15, 2005. Mr. Payne will attend NATO FAPC Vital Respources seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Spela Zlatna [...]
2005-08-18 05:37:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
05LJUBLJANA610SLOVENIA: LUNCH WITH PM: MOVING FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary: In one-on-one lunch August 23, PM Jansa said he would continue in September to try to move his coalition toward accepting a deployment of trainers/mentors to Iraq, noting that political progress on the Iraqi constitution should make his job easier. He reported that that day he [...]
2005-08-24 08:47:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA672 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to U.S. Export Control Technical Specialists Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 08-13, 2005, to conduct an "Internal Control Program Instructor Training" workshop. 2 [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA675 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Senior Budget Advisor, Mr. Richard Bartholomew, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, from September 21 - 24, 2005, to visit the Center for Excellence in Finance. 2. There is no requirement to check in with the Embassy u [...]
2005-09-21 06:06:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SI
05LJUBLJANA746 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Rossitza B. Petrov and Eric de Nijs, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 06 to 11, 2005, to participate in ICP Instructor Training Workshop. 2. The Control Officer for your visit is Colleen Hyland, Office phone: 3 [...]
2005-10-21 10:10:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA857 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, NOVEMBER 2005
[...] SUMMARY: - RAYTHEON HAS BRIEFED THE SLOVENIANS ON TOW, JAVELIN AND STINGER WEA - THE SLOVENIANS HAVE INFORMALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTI - WE HAVE A DISAM MET SCHEDULED FOR THE NEW SLOVENIAN FMS CASE MANAGE - THE SLOVENE MINISTER OF DEFENSE WILL BE INVITED TO CLOSE ONE OF T [...]
2005-12-15 05:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA862 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY: - RAYTHEON HAS BRIEFED THE SLOVENIANS ON TOW, JAVELIN AND STINGER WEAPON SYSTEMS. - THE SLOVENIANS HAVE INFORMALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING AN LOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE MILES AND IHITS SYSTEMS. - WE HAVE A DISAM MET SCHEDULED FOR THE NEW SLOVENIAN FMS CASE MAN [...]
2005-12-16 07:35:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA876 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA PETROV
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on January 28 - February 02, 2005. Mrs. Petrov will assist the Ministry of Economy and the DOC'S Local Subcontractor, ARCTUR, in conducting a tw [...]
2005-12-22 04:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA96 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LEROY KEY
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to A/OPR/OS Regional Educational Officer, to travel to Ljubjana, Slovenia on March 24 - 30, 2005, to meet with principal officers and other appropriate officers, regarding dependent education. 2. The Control Officer for y [...]
2005-02-11 10:13:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH
05MADRID12004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1031SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA SALE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo requested a meeting with Charge Friday, March 11 to explain Spain's plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela. In the meeting, Pardo denied reports that Spain would sell "Corvette" gunships to Venezuela, said none of the equip [...]
2005-03-16 19:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID112004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1349GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK
[...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]
2005-04-07 12:04:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1577SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1578SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1587SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]
2005-04-25 11:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1683SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 13:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE
05MADRID1786UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]
2005-05-10 15:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1809FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...]
2005-05-12 10:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID2082DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]
2005-06-01 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2314NOVEMBER 14-16 TERRORISM FINANCE CONFERENCE IN
[...] Summary: The Embassy, Ministry of Interior and the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (a well-respected thinktank) are collaborating on a November 14-16 terrorism finance conference in Madrid. This will be the fourth conference on terrorism issues we put together with the GOS and the Foundation. The [...]
2005-06-15 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2567EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, AMEMBASSY
[...] On July 07, 2005, as directed in REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Madrid met to discuss the bombing incidents that occurred in London. 2. The EAC discussed current conditions and indicators within Spain relating to any recent reporting and law enforcement and intell [...]
2005-07-07 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
05MADRID2712EXBS: INVITATION TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
[...] ESTHOFF passed reftel invitation letter July 20 to MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja, urging Spain to send two experts to the September 20-22 International Export Control Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Rodriguez Pantoja said he would coordinate with the [...]
2005-07-20 12:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC ES
05MADRID2792DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior and MFA officials on DHS discussions with EU interlocutors regarding the value of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as a tool for enhancing border secur [...]
2005-07-29 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID2833CORRECTED COPY: DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Randy Beardsworth visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials regarding the value of Passenger Name Record [...]
2005-08-02 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3512TERRORISM FINANCE - SPAIN'S REACTION ON ECI COURT
[...] (C) EconOff discussed reftel discussion points with Miguel Enrique Garcia Herraiz, Area Director for EU Terrorism Issues within the MFA's Subdirectorate on International Terrorism. He said that the GOS is pleased with the European Court of First Instance's ruling on the "Swede 3" cases since th [...]
2005-10-05 11:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP EUN
05MADRID4059SUCCESSFUL TERORRISM FINANCE CONFERENCE HOSTED IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 14-16, the Fundacion Jose Ortega y Gasset hosted a conference entitled Terrorism Finance: What Control is Possible? The conference was attended by a diverse mix of government officials, academics, journalists, and students. The Embassy contributed by providing speak [...]
2005-11-23 09:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER KPAO SP
05MADRID50 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 22, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD, DETAINED SIX MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR THEIR [...]
2005-01-10 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID623 SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and the Consulate General in Barce [...]
2005-02-16 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
05MADRID643SPAIN OPPOSES LISTING OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Charge relayed ref A points to National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana on 2/14, emphasizing the importance the USG placed on pressuring Hizballah to end its terrorist activities. Poloff followed up later in the day with MFA Sub Director General for the Near East (DAS equivalent) Alberto [...]
2005-02-17 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL LE SP
05MADRID655NSDD 38: Department of Homeland Security/U.S.
[...] Summary. Embassy Madrid supports the establishment of a new CSI program in Spain. This program would enhance Mission's MPP goal of prevention and response to terrorism. In order to effectively meet the duties required of CSI Spain, Embassy requires personnel and operational control changes to [...]
2005-02-18 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT APER ECON EWWT ASEC PTER KMRS SP
05MADRID681SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION
[...] Spain's designation of financiers of terrorism follows the EU Clearinghouse standard. Spain brings entities for designation to the EU Clearinghouse and freezes assets of terrorists designated by the EU or the UN. 2. The responsible entity for ensuring that sanctions are implemented against [...]
2005-02-22 17:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER SP KTFN PGOV EUN
05MADRID724CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on 2/22 for a review of U.S.-Spain relations and to discuss USG security, consular, and commercial priorities in Spain. Charge congratulated de la Vega on her government's success in obtaining a good turnou [...]
2005-02-25 08:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CVIS SP
05MADRID983ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MEETING WITH SPANISH FIRST VICE
[...] Summary. During his visit to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, Attorney General Gonzalez met with First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, together with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Spanish Minister of Justice Lopez Aguilar a [...]
2005-03-15 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER CU SP VZ
05MANAMA1261AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid August 24 that the USG had provisionally allocated USD 1 million in CT funding for Bahrain, particularly in support of the planned Joint Counterterrorism Center (JCTC),and needed to discuss proposals on how to use [...]
2005-08-31 11:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1323BAHRAIN: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 13:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC BA
05MANAMA1403COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN
[...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]
2005-09-29 08:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1432OFAC DIRECTOR WERNER'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE
[...] (S) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Robert Werner met with the Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Social Affairs (MSA) Dr. Fatima Belooshi and the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Rasheed Al-Maraj in Bahrain September 14-15. Topi [...]
2005-10-03 13:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETETTC KTFN EFIN PTER BA
05MANAMA1889GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN WITH CROWN
[...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid December 21 met separately with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa and discussed the situation in Iraq, Iranian influence in Iraq, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, and the bilateral military relationship. Regarding Iraq, both the CP and DefMin [...]
2005-12-23 09:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS CTR REGION
05MANAMA22IRAQ ELECTION DEMARCHES: BAHRAIN ASKS ABOUT
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered on January 4 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdel Ghaffar demarches on the January 6 Iraq Neighbors Conference and January 9 Arab League Meeting (Ref A) and support for the international mission for Iraq elections (Ref B). Iraq also figured heavily [...]
2005-01-04 13:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL AL JO IZ BA
05MANAMA223AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER SHAIKH
[...] (S) Ambassador Monroe's meeting with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa highlighted the GOB's determination to establish a CT Operations Center (CTOC) in Bahrain and use it as a model for other GCC countries. Shaikh Rashid asked for the intended FBI team to visit Bahrain M [...]
2005-02-16 12:01:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA230KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) Bahrain's King Hamad, despite some continuing worries about Saudi Arabia, expressed optimism about Bahrain and the region in a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador February 15. He was delighted with the state of the bilateral relationship and the leadership role of President Bush. He fel [...]
2005-02-16 15:08:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA251GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM
[...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]
2005-02-23 15:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA282STAFFDEL FISCHER DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Senate Banking Committee Staffdel Fischer met with the Bahrain Minister of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior Anti-Money Laundering Unit, the Bahrain Monetary Agency Compliance Unit and the Director of Community Development at the Ministry of Social Affairs to discuss the GOB, [...]
2005-03-01 13:50:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA435AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER SHAIKH
[...] (U) This is an action message-see para 5. 2. (S) Ambassador Monroe met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa Wednesday March 16, 2005 to review arrangements in anticipation of an FBI team visit to Bahrain for the purpose of creating a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) in Bahra [...]
2005-03-22 12:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA484BAHRAIN MOVES FORWARD WITH JOINT COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. An FBI-led team's March 19-22 visit to Bahrain successfully kick-started Bahrain's effort to establish a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) within the next two-four months. Most notably, Minister of Interior (MOI) Shaikh Rashid pulled in senior leaders from CT-related agencies [...]
2005-03-30 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC BA PTER
05MANAMA531FM DISCUSSES GCC-EU FTA, FORUM FOR FUTURE,
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed told the Ambassador April 6 that both sides at the recent GCC-EU Ministerial were committed to try to conclude an FTA by the end of the year; local EU and GCC diplomats, conceding that serious issues remain, are skeptical. The EU reiterated concerns about th [...]
2005-04-11 05:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA585AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY THREATS WITH
[...] (S) Ambassador met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa April 19 to register our concern about recent threat information and possible surveillance activity, and to thank the Minister for steps taken by his Ministry to enhance Embassy security. The Ambassador also reiterated our conc [...]
2005-04-19 15:41:00Embassy ManamaSECRETASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA616CROWN PRINCE PROMOTES LABOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman attempted to ease public fears over proposed labor reforms by announcing March 25 that the GOB would implement reform slowly and gradually. The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Chairman announced soon after that the private sector felt more comfortable t [...]
2005-04-25 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ELAB BA
05MANAMA823GOB WARNS BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) The Minister of Social Affairs publicly warned the dissolved Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) to stop its activities or face prosecution. In response, the BCHR pledged to continue its activities, which it said were in line with international law and human rights standards. Given th [...]
2005-06-09 14:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM BA
05MANILA1199PNP STORMS PRISON ENDING ASG TAKEOVER
[...] (SBU) Philippine National Police (PNP) anti-terrorist and SWAT forces stormed the Metro Manila District Jail at 9:15 a.m. (local time) on March 15 after a negotiated agreement with Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) inmates broke down late the previous evening. PNP National Capital Region Director Aveli [...]
2005-03-15 06:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CASC KCRM PREL RP
05MANILA1348THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine cooperation, setting the stage for a tentatively scheduled flag officer-level seminar in May that will examine the key issues for key decision makers, especi [...]
2005-03-23 07:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PTER RP
05MANILA1350PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF INDONESIAN JI
[...] (SBU) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced at a March 22 press conference its units had captured Rohmat (aka Zaki aka Zaky aka Hamdan aka Akil aka Jeji),an Indonesian suspected of serving as a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) liaison to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). According to the AFP, [...]
2005-03-23 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA1506LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]
2005-04-01 06:19:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1597REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST SUPPORT FOR DEA TRAINING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Action request -- DEA Manila Country Office, with support of the Mission's Law Enforcement Working Group, requests $5,000 in funding assistance from Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-W) to meet P [...]
2005-04-06 08:51:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM MARR MASS PGOV RP
05MANILA1614FIGHTING THE GWOT IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (S) Summary. Terrorism is a disturbingly ordinary, ongoing reality here. The southern Philippines lies along a strategic fault line in the global campaign against terrorism, with its porous borders, weak rule of law, long-standing and unaddressed grievances of Muslim minorities, and high [...]
2005-04-07 07:26:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PREL RP
05MANILA1773AFP NARROWLY MISSES JI/ASG TERRORIST TARGETS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Light reaction companies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) narrowly missed capturing the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist Dulmatin and senior Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders Khaddafy Janjalani and Abu Solaiman during a tightly compartmented April 15-16 raid on the terrori [...]
2005-04-18 08:59:00Embassy ManilaSECRETMOPS PTER MASS PREL PINS RP
05MANILA1799POSSIBLE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we would warmly welcome your visit in May and hope that you can make it. Your visit would be timely. The GRP may be even less stable than it appears -- yet paradoxically, far more capable of deliberate, positive redirection and reform than is now obvious. The Philippines [...]
2005-04-20 03:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP PTER RP
05MANILA1817GRP'S NSC GROPES FOR ANSWERS TO "ISLAMIST
[...] (C). Summary and Comment: National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales provided Ambassador with a copy of a report he presented to the Philippine National Security Council on March 29 regarding Islamist extremism in the Philippines. Gonzales has asked us to treat it with due discretion but ha [...]
2005-04-21 03:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER RP
05MANILA1847BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE
[...] (U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a),we urge the inter-agency committee led by DS to publicize specific payout amounts and to adopt an expedited rewards approval process for the capture of the followin [...]
2005-04-22 06:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA1853INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand intelligence exchanges between Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Musharraf [...]
2005-04-22 07:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL PK IN RP
05MANILA1889SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK
[...] (U) Manila is our fourth largest post, with about 265 American employees and 1000 locally engaged staff. Our aim is to be the United States' best. The mission of our team of 26 USG agencies is to revitalize and carry to maturity the US-Philippine partnership and alliance by strengthening ou [...]
2005-04-26 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP PTER EAID ECON MARR RP
05MANILA1954CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discussion of improving military-to-military ties. Although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai plans a trip Manila in May, observers do not e [...]
2005-04-29 08:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR CH RP
05MANILA1961COTABATO MAYOR PROTESTS USAID PROJECT SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema has attempted to instigate a local media and public outcry against the US, and specifically USAID activities in his municipality. His agitation is in response to a letter from USAID Mission Director Yates, at the direction of Ambassador, informing the [...]
2005-04-29 10:55:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAID KISL PINS ASEC CASC RP
05MANILA2042DEPORTATION OF SAUDI TERROR SUSPECT AT BEHEST OF
[...] (S/NF) Summary. A new case of Saudi diplomatic interference, protection, and deportation of a suspected terrorist financier underscores the ambiguous role of official and unofficial Saudi nationals here in the Philippines. While the most recent case could serve as an opportunity for coopera [...]
2005-05-04 08:54:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF
05MANILA2278THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]
2005-05-18 06:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2335DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR),saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...]
2005-05-20 08:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP
05MANILA2356ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...]
2005-05-23 07:21:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP
05MANILA2359ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly brewing scandal related to jueteng could potentially have a similar impact on the Arroyo Administration. Despite Malacanang's vows to crack down on jueteng, [...]
2005-05-23 07:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP
05MANILA2590STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]
2005-06-03 04:24:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MANILA286AFP/DND TALKS PRODUCE PROGRESS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USPACOM's January 12-14 working level meetings with Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts succeeded in developing a range of enhanced US-GRP counterterrorism scenarios that should set the stage for further in-depth discussion [...]
2005-01-19 09:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA2991DESIGNATION OF THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT AS A
[...] (S) Summary and Action Request. The Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the Philippines. Its members have been involved in the 2004 Superferry 14 bombing, the synchronized 2005 "Valentine's Day" attacks in Manila, General Santos, and Da [...]
2005-06-29 07:53:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC EFIN PINR PREL RP
05MANILA3435GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS POSTPONED; LATEST NEWS
[...] (S) Summary: The latest round of exploratory talks between the GRP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been postponed. The talks -- which are being facilitated by the Malaysian government -- were scheduled to be held on July 25 in Kuala Lumpur and appear to have been postponed [...]
2005-07-27 06:48:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPGOV PINS PTER PINR KISL MY RP
05MANILA3709GRP BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON REVOCATION OF NDF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally international backing, senior officials briefed representatives of the Manila diplomatic corps on the GRP's decision to suspend the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG),which provided Communist peace negotiators immunity from arrest an [...]
2005-08-11 07:14:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PINR PREL NO NL RP
05MANILA3771AFP RECOVERS/SEEKS TO IDENTIFY TERRORIST REMAINS
[...] (S/NF) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units recovered on August 11 in the vicinity of Datu Odin, Sinsuat in the Mindanao province of Maguindanao the remains of a terrorist killed in an engagement a month earlier with AFP troops tracking Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Khadaffy Janjalani. [...]
2005-08-16 06:09:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP
05MANILA3790GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MANILA3846DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying counterinsurgency equipment, revamping training, and restructuring Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) intelligence services. The GRP hopes an eventual pe [...]
2005-08-19 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA4491 MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED
[...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]
2005-09-22 08:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA463MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrorist suspects (including ASG leader Janjalani and key JI operatives linked to the Bali bombing) killed as many as five terrorists and wounded three. Confirmatio [...]
2005-01-28 07:07:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA4750PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the October 1 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed her condolences to the victims' families, tightened security measures, and [...]
2005-10-04 08:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP
05MANILA4785PHILIPPINE REACTION TO LATEST REVELATIONS ABOUT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Philippine media is covering in an extensive fashion an October 5 report by ABC News that recently-arrested FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo may have stolen classified US documents from the office of th [...]
2005-10-06 07:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4905SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Manila's comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- are deliberately integrated to meet the ever-present terrorism threat in the Philippines. You will see all major players during your visit: Executive Secr [...]
2005-10-16 10:11:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA4971ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-President Arroyo protesters convened at a site near Malacanang Palace on October 21. In scuffles with police, several people were injured. This latest rally is part o [...]
2005-10-20 07:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA5059AVIAN INFLUENZA - LIMITED SURVEILLANCE AND
[...] (U) This is the third of a series of reports on the Philippines' preparedness to avert a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak (Refs C and D). This report focuses on stages 1 and 2 of the Philippines' Avian Influenza Protection Program: HPAI prevention and the establishment of co [...]
2005-10-27 02:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5126S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S TALKS WITH GRP OFFICIALS
[...] (S/REL AUSTRALIA) SUMMARY. Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo and Executive Secretary Ermita told visiting S/CT Ambassador Crumpton they are optimistic about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),believing MILF Chairman Murad has the ability to sell an agreement to his [...]
2005-11-02 08:09:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS RP
05MANILA5130 THE INC AND EL SHADDAI: TWO PHILIPPINE RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) and the charismatic El Shaddai Catholic group are politically active and their leaders retain significant influence on national politics. This influence was highli [...]
2005-11-02 09:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PINS SOCI KDEM RP
05MANILA5137SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]
2005-11-02 12:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5138 MANAGING THE IMPACT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE CASE
[...] (SBU) Embassy's proactive consultations with Department of Foreign Affairs officials, briefing of political leaders, and interactions with media appear to have focused political and media attention constructively on cooperation between U.S. and Filipino authorities, according to the Visiting [...]
2005-11-03 01:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PHUM RP
05MANILA5166ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]
2005-11-06 09:25:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5291NEW AVIAN FLU "CZAR" WILL FOCUS ON PREVENTION
[...] On November 2, President Arroyo appointed Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Domingo Panganiban as the "anti-Avian Flu Czar" supervising avian flu preparedness. Panganiban will lead the National Avian Influenza Task Force (NAITF) that coordinates inter-agency efforts to prevent and cont [...]
2005-11-09 07:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5316AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO
[...] (C) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the island of Jolo over the weekend of November 12-13. The AFP initiated the operation, which involved Task Force Comet and elements of the 104th Brigade, 3d Marine [...]
2005-11-13 11:31:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
05MANILA5357EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...]
2005-11-16 03:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC
05MANILA5393TEXT MESSAGE RUMORS SHOW RISING PUBLIC CONCERN
[...] This is an information message. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The Philippines remains free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI),but recent text message rumors of HPAI cases in the Philippines show rising public awareness and concern over avian flu. The GRP faces increasing chall [...]
2005-11-17 09:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5433NSC CHIEF ON EMERGENCY RULE, NPA, AND TERRORISTS
[...] (S) Summary and comment: In a one-on-one meeting with Charge 11/21, National Security chief Bert Gonzales said he has recommended to President Arroyo that she invoke a Constitutional provision "as soon as possible" that would allow her to order the military and police to arrest leftist poli [...]
2005-11-21 08:46:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPINS PREL RP
05MANILA5458AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] This cable responds to questions in Ref A. Post previously reported on avian influenza preparedness (ref E),the GRP's limited surveillance capacity (ref D),the appointment of an Anti-Avian Flu Czar (ref C) and rising public concern in the Philippines over Avian Flu (ref B). --------- SUM [...]
2005-11-22 09:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL RP
05MANILA5483CASH COURIERS IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (SBU) Embassy appreciates efforts to coordinate and address the issue of cash couriers as a critical element in thwarting money laundering and potential terrorist financing. We agree with the strategic picture presented in reftel and concur that it contains the major elements of a draft str [...]
2005-11-24 08:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER RP
05MANILA5506PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Asia's longest surviving Communist insurgency remains entrenched in the social and political landscape of the Philippines. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is currently attempting to exploit domestic political tensions to force the Arroyo Administration from power, b [...]
2005-11-28 09:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA5510SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]
2005-11-28 11:38:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5606SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]
2005-12-01 10:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5619SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]
2005-12-02 06:45:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5709FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila from mid-January to early February 2006. The primary focus of the meeting would be on maritime security, with help for Philippine National Police (PNP) refor [...]
2005-12-07 08:49:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP
05MANILA5799SENATOR BOND'S DECEMBER 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond, accompanied by CDA Paul W. Jones, met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 9. President Arroyo pledged support for U.S. trade liberalization proposals at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong and for the U.S. efforts to encoura [...]
2005-12-13 09:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD EINV RP BM CH KS
05MANILA5847SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military officials and local American business leaders. Senator Bond spoke with President Arroyo the possibility of developing regional structures along the lines of the Org [...]
2005-12-15 10:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC
05MANILA5864Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry
[...] This cable confirms delivery of ref A talking points to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It also provides information requested in ref A on poultry market trends and GRP import restrictions. The GRP appears to follow guidelines of the World O [...]
2005-12-16 07:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5927 PHILIPPINES 2005 INSCR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] (U) The following text is the proposed International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, for the Philippines for 2005- 2006. Post used the questions in reftel as the basis for collecting information and assessing the current situation for the [...]
2005-12-22 04:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP RP
05MANILA5950PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]
2005-12-23 07:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA683ADMIRAL FARGO'S TALKS WITH SECRETARY OF NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of Defense Cruz presented to Admiral Fargo in February 9 discussions a new framework for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation. "Kapit Bisig" would encompass humanitarian/civil affairs, exercises, and operations. Cruz expressed confidence that such a framework, which inc [...]
2005-02-11 08:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS RP
05MANILA727ASG (IN CONCERT WITH JI) LEADING SUSPECTS IN
[...] (C) The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) heads the list of prime suspects in the February 14 series of three bombings in Manila and Mindanao that, according to media reports, left at least 11 Filipinos dead and 136 injured. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has publicly condemned the bombings [...]
2005-02-15 08:34:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MAPUTO374SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] Post has reviewed its last report (Ref B) and made several changes to the Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ),reflected in the following answers: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ ------------------------ Â [...]
2005-03-22 06:13:00Embassy MaputoSECRETASEC
05MAPUTO692MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP
[...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...]
2005-06-03 10:02:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR
05MARSEILLE102MARSEILLE SPARED URBAN UNREST DURING RECENT RIOTS: WHY?
[...] Summary: Multiethnic and multiracial Marseille, home to about 200,000 Muslims, and one of the poorest cities in France, was largely spared the unrest that shook France in November. Why? Precisely because Marseille is a poor, multi-racial city, where the poor live in the center of town an [...]
2005-11-29 11:15:00Consulate MarseilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON FR
05MASERU186AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
[...] SUMMARY. The Commissioner of Police Mrs. 'Malejaka Evelyn Letooane paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador on Wednesday April 7, 2005. Their discussion focused on the current security situation and public safety in Lesotho.The Ambassador expressed concerns about recent attacks on expatriate re [...]
2005-04-12 13:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL LT
05MASERU22248 HOURS AND COUNTING - GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS SECURITY,
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Home Affairs Minister Lehohla met April 28 with diplomatic corps and donor representatives 48 hours before local government elections. He accepted a list of recent security incidents from the diplomatic corps and cited GOL needs for resources to battle criminal gangs [...]
2005-04-28 15:42:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC LT
05MINSK1169EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]
2005-09-27 05:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1232BELARUS: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES
[...] (C) The Lukashenko regime is engaged in a clear and comprehensive effort to continue and deepen Lukashenko's dictatorial rule over Belarus. The regime has created a climate of fear in the country and is attempting to eliminate any possibility for democratic change through an aggressive anti- [...]
2005-10-07 10:52:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1384Belarusian TV Accuses U.S. Diplomats of Revolutionary
[...] (U) Summary: Belarus' national television channel aired exposes on November 4 and 13 accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of using NGOs and the human rights/democracy campaign as covers for spreading revolutions around the world. The hosts of the two programs proposed that Emboffs were partic [...]
2005-11-15 11:58:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1436Security Advisory Opinion (FEDULOV, YURIY)
[...] (S) Summary: Post requests guidance regarding the visa application of Yuri Nikolaevich Fedulov. Mr. Fedulov is applying for a visa in order to attend NATO working group conferences and to visit family. The previous Defense Attache and the previous Consular Officer at Embassy Minsk had seriou [...]
2005-11-29 08:44:00Embassy MinskSECRETCVIS FEDULOV YURIY PINR PGOV BO
05MUMBAI1682TERRORIST DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAUNTS INDIA FROM AFAR AS DAUGHTER WEDS IN AN AMERICAN-BRANDED HOTEL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Like a bad dream, terrorist and underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim returned to the headlines of India's media in July when his daughter married the son of a famous Pakistani cricket player. An upscale wedding reception brazenly took place a [...]
2005-08-08 09:38:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM SA PK AE IN
05MUSCAT1250BIO: SHARIFA BINT KHALFAN AL-YAHYAI, MINISTER OF
[...] (C) The requested information on Oman's female Minister of Social Development is provided below, keyed to ref A para 3 format. Much of this information was provided previously in ref B. 2. (U) Dr. Sharifa bint Khalfan bin Nasser al-Yahyai, Minister of Social Development (since October 20, [...]
2005-08-10 07:56:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV SCUL MU
05MUSCAT1446EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 09/26/2005
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 26 to review the Embassy's security posture after receiving threat information related to Oman (ref B). The EAC agreed that due to the lack of target specificity, the Embassy's already heightene [...]
2005-09-27 03:34:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
05MUSCAT297RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS: A. (SBU) Yes, there are ethnic and religious communities in Oman that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations. However, as noted below, the Omani government exercises significant control over all polities in the country. B. (SBU) N [...]
2005-02-22 02:46:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER MU EAC
05MUSCAT368OMAN ONLINE: U.S. BEHIND ARRESTS; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "Al-Sablah" and "Al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-03-02 12:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT470NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR: KEIJI OMORI
[...] (C) Japan's newly arrived ambassador-designate to Oman, Keiji Omori, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador on March 14. Omori's background is in military intelligence. Most recently serving as Director General of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency of the Japanese Defense Agency, [...]
2005-03-18 02:42:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL JA MU
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