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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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| 05MANAMA1769 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON ISOLATION OF SYRIA [...] (C) DCM November 19 delivered reftel demarche concerning the isolation of Syria after the United Nations Security Council's passing of Resolution 1636 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. With regard to the November 12 Forum [...] | 2005-11-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA SY REGION |
| 05MANAMA1810 | ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...] (C) Summary: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Kuwaiti National Security Bureau President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sab [...] | 2005-12-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA KU REGION OFFICIALS CTR |
| 05MANAMA1836 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray met December 4 with Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa for a discussion of regional issues. On Iraq, Shaikh Khalid said he was urging Arab Foreign Ministers discussing Iraq reconciliation to meet in Baghdad. Not doing so sends the wrong message. He talk [...] | 2005-12-13 06:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BTIO BA ECTRD OFFICIALS REGION |
| 05MANAMA230 | KING 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 15:08:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA |
| 05MANAMA251 | GENERAL 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 15:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY |
| 05MANAMA319 | MGLE01: AL-ASAD TO BAHRAIN KING ON WITHDRAWAL: I [...] (C) The Ambassador, during a March 6 meeting with King Hamad, delivered reftel talking points, stressing our view that Syrian President Al-Asad's announcement on withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was insufficient and that the international community must make it clear that a complete an [...] | 2005-03-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL BA SY LE |
| 05MANAMA340 | SHAIKH MOHAMMED PRAISES LONDON MEETING, ABU [...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that the March 1 London conference for assistance to the Palestinians was a great success. In a meeting covering several topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that the focus of the [...] | 2005-03-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL BA |
| 05MANAMA341 | MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) The Ambassador, noting that he had spoken with King Hamad about the same issue (Ref A),delivered Ref B demarche March 7 concerning the need for a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon to Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Mohammed said the rea [...] | 2005-03-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BA SY LE |
| 05MANAMA397 | BAHRAIN: MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) The Ambassador March 15 delivered Ref A demarche concerning U.S. views in advance of the Arab League summit to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Information Minister Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar took note of the demarche but had to depart the meeting before he had a chance t [...] | 2005-03-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA455 | BAHRAIN: MENA-OECD INVESTMENT AND GOVERNANCE [...] (SBU) Investment Program: Per reftel, Economic Development Board (EDB) Deputy Chairman Zakaria Hejres told the Ambassador March 23 that Bahrain established its Country Economic Team for the MENA-OECD Investment program in September 2004. The team includes representatives from the government [...] | 2005-03-27 07:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV BA |
| 05MANAMA531 | FM 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 05:51:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA |
| 05MANAMA553 | SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE SALMAN'S APRIL 19-22 [...] (C) The primary reason for the Crown Prince's April 19-22 visit to Washington is to advocate for expeditious Congressional ratification of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the launch of U.S. FTA negotiations with the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Bahrain knows it has a limi [...] | 2005-04-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM PTER ASEC OVIP BA |
| 05MANAMA58 | FORMIN AGREES ON NEED FOR PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF [...] (S) In response to the Ambassador's January 11 delivery of reftel demarche on Iraqi elections, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa quickly agreed to make public statements in support of the elections. He said that the January 6 Iraq Neighbors conference in Amman did not r [...] | 2005-01-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV BA IZ |
| 05MANAMA684 | MENA FATF PLENARY - OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (U) Summary. The first plenary meeting of the newly created Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) was held in Manama, Bahrain April 11-14. The United States is an observer country to the MENA FATF and Treasury DAS Glaser attended as the USG representative. Repr [...] | 2005-05-14 05:30:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA |
| 05MANAMA705 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...] | 2005-05-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA |
| 05MINSK1040 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...] | 2005-09-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON BO |
| 05MINSK1291 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...] | 2005-10-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON BO |
| 05MINSK1324 | Belarus Cozies Up to Iran [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Belarus and Iran have greatly increased their contacts and friendly rhetoric, including an invitation for Belarusians to work on the Iranian nuclear program and improve trade ties. Belarusian factories are being founded in Iran, and Iranian businessmen are sear [...] | 2005-10-31 08:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD BO IR |
| 05MINSK1352 | Grodno Trip A Success, Attracts Attention [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's hometown of Grodno on October 25. Due to the usual government harassment, the independent press has become largely internet based and hopes Western countries will continue with plans to broadcast radio news to Belar [...] | 2005-11-02 07:40:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BO |
| 05MINSK1425 | GOB Forum Warns Against Investing in Belarus [...] Summary: On November 17 Econoff and Econasst attended an investment conference in Mogilev, eastern Belarus, hosted by local authorities. In traditional fashion, about half the speakers called for foreign and domestic investment to Mogilev. However, the rest of the speakers presented reasons n [...] | 2005-11-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV BO |
| 05MINSK826 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...] | 2005-07-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON BO |
| 05MINSK859 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...] | 2005-07-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON BO |
| 05MINSK956 | Minsk's Deepening Relations with China [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' relationship with China continues to strengthen. China has invested and plans to invest millions of dollars in Belarusian companies while Belarus is contemplating opening a bank in China. Both countries have exchanged military delegations and have signed military accord [...] | 2005-08-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR BO CH |
| 05MUSCAT1051 | FONMIN ON REGIONAL ISSUES, STRIKES DOMESTIC CHORD [...] (SBU) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi gave a wide-ranging interview to a UAE-based newspaper in late-June that garnered an unusual reaction. Speaking on foreign policy issues, the Minister defended USG support for Palestine and security efforts in Iraq, as well as U.S. [...] | 2005-07-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SOCI KISL ETRD OPRC XF MU |
| 05MUSCAT1361 | OMANI EXPECTATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects Arab League praise for the Gaza withdrawal and Iraq's constitutional process, and a firm denunciation of terrorism. The League will likely push for further implementation of the Roadmap, and informally pressure Syria to improve its cooperation [...] | 2005-09-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF MU |
| 05MUSCAT1374 | POOR TIMING OF OMANI VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry has acknowledged Omani press reports that National Economy Minister Macki is traveling to Damascus for a 3-day session of the Oman-Syria Joint Commission, commencing on September 12. While the previously planned visit will seal investment and double-taxation agreement [...] | 2005-09-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY MU |
| 05MUSCAT1512 | MEDIA REACTION: NOBEL PRIZE, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST [...] The privately-owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial on October 9 entitled "Has Alfred Nobel's Mission Been Achieved?": "Granting the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Dr. Mohammed al-Baradei, is in itself a noble message. However, we [...] | 2005-10-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT1588 | MEDIA REACTION: MEHLIS REPORT, ARAB LEAGUE, AND SYRIA [...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" ran an editorial on October 23 entitled "About The Mehlis Report": "The Mehlis report was well-received in Lebanon, but it would have been better for Mr. Mehlis to provide us with a comprehensive report, supported by substantial evidence and buttre [...] | 2005-10-25 04:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT1634 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/SYRIA AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" ran an editorial on October 31 entitled "Will The Iraq Scenario Be Repeated?": "Perhaps the fears of Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister are justified regarding a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force against Damascus, particularly in [...] | 2005-11-01 04:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT1934 | GEN ABIZAID'S DECEMBER 26 MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) In a convivial 80-minute exchange on December 26, Sultan Qaboos shared with USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid his thoughts on Iraq, Iran, the war on terror and the state of bilateral relations. Agreeing with Gen Abizaid on many points, the Sultan argued for a less intrusive Arab role in Iraq's tr [...] | 2005-12-31 05:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER PGOV XF IR IZ MU |
| 05MUSCAT196 | IRAQ ELECTIONS - OMAN KEEPS MUM [...] (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, currently on travel in Asia, has rebuffed admonitions for the Omani government to make a public statement welcoming the January 30 elections in Iraq. Despite headline-grabbing news of arrests in the Sultanate (ref A),press attention to the [...] | 2005-02-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI IZ MU |
| 05MUSCAT206 | MUSCAT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENTIAL [...] Arabic and English language print media in Oman gave extensive coverage to President Bush's State Of The Union Address, particularly the sections of the speech relating to Iraq and the Middle East Peace Process. Most coverage focused on his warnings to Iran and Syria. Many articles were critic [...] | 2005-02-07 05:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP PREL MU |
| 05MUSCAT258 | OMAN CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry quickly issued a statement on February 14 that condemned the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, mourned his loss and expressed confidence that the crime would not undermine Lebanon's stability. MFA contacts were loath to point fingers of blame, but expressed [...] | 2005-02-16 03:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE MU |
| 05MUSCAT294 | IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, LEBANON, AND IRAQI STREET NAMES [...] On February 20, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial entitled, "Distribution of Roles": "In recent statements, the American administration denied the accusation that they are going to use military force against Iran in an effort to stop what they term `military nuc [...] | 2005-02-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT364 | OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the March 1 London Conference on Palestine, to recount the steps he had taken to encourage Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. He said that Egypt had sought his help to [...] | 2005-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG MU |
| 05MUSCAT398 | AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS, AN ARAB SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI- [...] On March 5, the Privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial by Atif Abul Jawad, an Egyptian journalist entitled "The Sad Joke": "The 2004 Human Rights Report published by the U.S. Department of State is an expos on the status of human rights world wide. However, one of the u [...] | 2005-03-08 05:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT450 | MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN POLICY YESTERDAY AND TODAY, [...] On March 13, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial by Sa'ud al-Ansi, former Chief of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department, entitled "America, The Past And The Present" that reads as follows: "U.S. policy toward the Arab World is really a numb [...] | 2005-03-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT456 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) With the minister out of the country, the Ambassador spoke on March 15 with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr bin Hamed al-Busaidi to convey the USG concerns per ref A. Regarding Syria/Lebanon, Sayyid Badr reiterated Oman's support of the USG position, as expressed by Minister [...] | 2005-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IS IZ MU |
| 05MUSCAT490 | MEDIA REACTION: SHARON AND PALESTINIAN COMMITMENTS, [...] On March 19, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "Sharon's Dilemma is Growing": "The Palestinian commitment to stop attacks against Israel -- provided Israel stops its hostile actions against the Palestinians -- has put real pressure on Sh [...] | 2005-03-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT522 | MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT, ISRAELI MACHINATIONS, AND [...] On March 25, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial entitled "The Positive Algerian Summit": "Despite the absence of public enthusiasm for the Arab summit, its outcome was positive. The summit made any peace initiative contingent upon Israel's withdrawal from Arab t [...] | 2005-03-30 03:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT560 | MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE ARABS, LOSS [...] On April 2, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled "The Third Sorrow": "We have healed from our first wound which was Iraq, we are still smarting from the situation in Darfur, but now it seems a third wound is being inflicted on us Arabs as a collective. This [...] | 2005-04-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT562 | DVC - ELECTIONS KEY TO POSITIVE CHANGE IN IRAQ [...] Embassy Muscat held a digital videoconference with Dr. Phebe Marr, Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, on the impact of the Iraqi elections on the future of Iraq. Dr. Marr acknowledgopined that the elections were flawed and that sectarian issues played a prominent role in [...] | 2005-04-06 08:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KIRC OIIP SCUL IZ MU |
| 05MUSCAT599 | GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE [...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...] | 2005-04-12 02:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU |
| 05MUSCAT679 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF LTGEN MA XIAOTIAN, JUNE 5, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-25 10:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR MU |
| 05MUSCAT690 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI DUPLICITY AND AMERICAN DEMAND [...] On April 21, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "A Strange Position": "The duplicity of the American position toward Israel hurts the prospects of peace in the region. While it is true that America has called for Israel to stop building new settlements, i [...] | 2005-04-27 04:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT767 | MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB SENTENCES, REGIONAL [...] On May 7, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "Rewards for the Abu Ghraib Scandals": "The trials of the American military officers involved in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal passed almost unnoticed by the Arabs, as if nothing had ever happened. The paltry p [...] | 2005-05-14 02:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05MUSCAT795 | MEDIA REACTION: DESECRATIONS, OPERATIONS, MACHINATIONS [...] Two pieces on the alleged Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay appeared on the editorial page of the privately-owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" on May 15. The first, entitled "Quran Desecration and al-Aqsa," was written by Lebanese columnist Zuhair Majid: "It is a season of desecration for all [...] | 2005-05-17 05:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 05NEWDELHI1248 | INDIA READY FOR REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a trilateral meeting with USG and IAEA officials on February 9, the GOI agreed to join the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP); identified a lead technical contact within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE); offered to serve as a venue for radiological securi [...] | 2005-02-17 09:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TRGY KNNP KRAD IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI3432 | INDIA'S COMMUNISTS ADOPT AMBITIOUS AGENDAS AT [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties have been energized by their growing power as "kingmakers" who keep the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in power. During recently-concluded party congresses, they passed the baton to dynamic new leaders and broadened their agenda to take on ambitious [...] | 2005-05-06 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR IN |
| 05NEWDELHI4961 | US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...] | 2005-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI5047 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT WITH FS SARAN [...] (C) Summary: In a three and a half-hour session with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 24, U/S Burns reviewed deliverables for PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit to Washington, discussing in detail those of greatest interest to New Delhi (Civil Nuclear cooperation and UNSC reform) and revi [...] | 2005-07-01 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC EAGR IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI6841 | INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868) [...] (S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's influence on the Israel-Palestine conflict and Iraq, and the GOI's desire to burnish relations with the Muslim world. End Summary. Gharekhan's Visi [...] | 2005-09-06 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IN SY |
| 05NEWDELHI7795 | DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF [...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...] | 2005-10-06 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI7797 | GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO [...] (C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi, but agreed that Damascus is eager to exploit any opportunity for high-level visits to dispel its deep isolation. Syria must do more for its own sake and Iraq [...] | 2005-10-06 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ |
| 05NEWDELHI9319 | INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945) [...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...] | 2005-12-12 01:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF |
| 05NEWDELHI9393 | URGENT REQUEST FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DELHI [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for NEA/SA/EX and HR/RMA. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary: Embassy New Delhi respectfully requests that the DRI position (10504002 vice Nair) in our Political Section be immediately re-established and filled for 2006- 2008. Our workload has skyrocketed as US- [...] | 2005-12-14 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM BT IN US |
| 05NEWDELHI9408 | MTAG AND S49-05: INPA EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHES [...] (S) PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and Deputy Secretary (DISA) Naveen Srivastava on December 14, emphasizing that both transactions appear to be covered under India's new WMD Bill and attendan [...] | 2005-12-14 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL CBW IN IR SY |
| 05NICOSIA1566 | EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS: (MOSTLY) "NO PROBLEM" [...] (S) This message is in reply to ref a tasking. The 31-year division of Cyprus has produced two separate, and quite distinct, populations and governing systems on the island. While the USG and the international community recognize the Republic of Cyprus as the sole sovereign government on the [...] | 2005-09-28 04:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI TU CY |
| 05NICOSIA2037 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FEMIP LOAN TO SYRIA [...] (C) On December 28, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche concerning The Facility for Euro-Meditteranen Investment and Partnership's (FEMIP) loan to Syria to Stelios Makriyiannis in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis had no substantive response, but promised to pass the messag [...] | 2005-12-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV |
| 05OTTAWA2030 | THREAT DIRECTED AT US EMBASSY OTTAWA [...] (S/NF) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO RSO CONCERNING A POTENTIAL THREAT DIRECTED AT THE US EMBASSY OTTAWA. ACCORDING TO RMAS UNCORROBORATED INFORMATION AL-QAEDA REPORTEDLY IS PLANNING TO ATTACK AMERICANS AND ARAB INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN JORDAN, SYRIA, LEBANON, EGYPT AND PALESTINE. [...] | 2005-07-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER ASEC |
| 05OTTAWA2877 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE RESPONSE - MISSION [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES B. YES C. YES D. ALCAN POSTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATORS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 50. HOWEVER, A STEADY DECREASE IN THE NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF DEMONSTRATIONS DID OCCUR THROUGHOUT CANADA DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD. E. MILITARY ACTIO [...] | 2005-09-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
| 05OTTAWA3092 | Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security [...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...] | 2005-10-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA |
| 05OTTAWA3106 | Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security [...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...] | 2005-10-18 11:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA |
| 05OTTAWA3400 | US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26 in Ottawa, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation exchanged views with EU Troika officials on developments in Iran and countries in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Tri-lateral consultations with the EU and Canada on Iran are reported reftel. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2005-11-15 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR IZ |
| 05OTTAWA3684 | U.S.-CANADA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C/NF) Summary: The final reports of the Arar Public Inquiry (one factual, one with policy recommendations) will be released in March 2006. RCMP Commissioner Zaccardelli fears that the recommendations will seek to undermine his institution's independence and its ability to freely and proactiv [...] | 2005-12-15 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CA KCRM KJUS PINR |
| 05OTTAWA3698 | CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...] | 2005-12-16 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO |
| 05OTTAWA3760 | CANADA SUPPORTS BLUE LINE PEACE BUT HAS LITTLE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 29 December 2005. 2. (C) McRae agreed with the American position of encouraging Syria and Iran to end their support for rejectionist groups in southern Lebanon as well as t [...] | 2005-12-29 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS SY CA |
| 05OTTAWA434 | EVALUATION OF DIGITAL VIDEO CONFERENCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OIIP CA OBSP |
| 05PARIS1011 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA U.S. [...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. DIPLOMACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO THE LEBANESE PEOPLE'S ANGER TOWARD SYRIA AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI: "ANTI-SYRIAN ANGER" (LE FIGARO); "ANTI-SYRIAN REVOLT" (LIBERATION); "ANGER RISING IN BEIRUT AGAINST SYRIA" [...] | 2005-02-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS104 | GTMO AND DJAMEL BEGHAL TRIAL UPDATES [...] (C) Summary: The investigation against four former GTMO detainees (reftels A and B) appears to be proceeding well; all appeals for pre-trial release have been denied and the investigating judges feel confident that the trial, likely to begin this summer, will result in conviction. However, in a [...] | 2005-01-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PGOV PINR PREL KISL |
| 05PARIS1041 | STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...] | 2005-02-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR SY IR LE NATO |
| 05PARIS1053 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA, PRESIDENT [...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES IN THE FRENCH PRESS TODAY DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS FROM THE RECORD PROFITS OF FRENCH COMPANIES, NAMELY OIL GIANT TOTAL THAT HAS SURPASSED ITS ALL-TIME RECORD, TO THE MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR THE [...] | 2005-02-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS107 | SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT [...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...] | 2005-01-06 18:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR |
| 05PARIS1087 | PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] | 2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1094 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1143 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1209 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1244 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES. INSIDE, SEVERAL ARTICLES ARE DEVOTED TO [...] | 2005-02-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1268 | ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...] | 2005-02-28 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS1283 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1309 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSPECTIVES IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] Summary: French opinion leaders across the political spectrum commented at length on every stop of the President's trip to Europe. As with the visit of Secretary Rice, several, sometimes conflicting, themes emerged. Even long-standing critics of recent U.S. policy heralded the visit and P [...] | 2005-03-01 17:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP FR |
| 05PARIS1344 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - [...] IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - VIDEOTAPE 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA - GREATER MIDDLE EAST 3. U.S. - EU AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO FLORENCE AUBENAS, THE FRENCH LIBERATION JOURNALIST HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ. YESTERD [...] | 2005-03-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1356 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATING HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: On March 1, poloffs delivered reftel demarche on designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe and Yves Trotignon from the MFA's office of counter-terrorism and Remy Bouallegue, Lebanon/Syria desk officer. Poloff also informed Dominique Boche, President Chir [...] | 2005-03-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1393 | GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR |
| 05PARIS1401 | FRENCH HOSTAGE VIDEO RAISES SPECULATION ON A [...] (SBU) The March 1 release of a videotape showing missing French journalist Florence Aubenas pleading for assistance from a pro-Syrian French MP has plunged the GoF into its second Iraq hostage crisis in recent months and sparked widespread French press speculation of a Syria hand in Aubenas' k [...] | 2005-03-03 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR SY LE |
| 05PARIS1412 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON AND SYRIA - ISRAEL [...] LEBANON AND SYRIA 2. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE 3. IRAQ - FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISSUES SURROUNDING FRENCH HOSTAGE FLORENCE AUBENAS HELD IN IRAQ AND PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN'S DECISION TO KEEP PARLIAMENT MEMBER DIDIER JULIA FROM NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSTA [...] | 2005-03-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1466 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1484 | GOF SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON FULL, IMMEDIATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials stressed agreement with U.S. views on seeking full and immediate Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but voiced caution on Hizballah. We note that French public statements on Syrian withdrawal hedge slightly on the question of full withdrawal before elections and the Fr [...] | 2005-03-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS1517 | PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] | 2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1559 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GREATER MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1588 | JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...] | 2005-03-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1589 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ LEBANON-SYRIA [...] IRAQ 2. LEBANON-SYRIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS, DEVOTED TO TODAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST, SINGLE OUT SALARIES AND A DETERIORATING BUYING POWER AS THE MAJOR REASON FOR THE PROTEST, AHEAD OF CONCERNS FOR CHANGES TO THE 35-HOUR WORKWEEK. LEBANON, SYRIA'S PULLOUT [...] | 2005-03-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1630 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON [...] BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM WORLD COURT JURISDICTION OVER CAPITAL CASES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE CONSEQUENCES OF YESTERDAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST AND TODAY'S COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST A [...] | 2005-03-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1667 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...] | 2005-03-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1684 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST [...] SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRATIZATION 2. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: SYRIA'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON AND WASHINGTON'S SUPPORT TO THE EU-3 INITIATIVE WITH IRAN ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STORIES, WITH COMMENTATORS WIDENING THEIR SCOPE TO ANALYZE THE REALITY OF AN "ARA [...] | 2005-03-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1714 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA [...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. KAREN HUGHES NOMINATION - U.S. IMAGE ABROAD 3. CHINA - TAIWAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE NOMINATION OF KAREN HUGHES AS UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IS PROMINENTLY ANNOUNCED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF LE FIGARO, UNDER THE HEADING: "PRESIDENT B [...] | 2005-03-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1727 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
| 05PARIS1731 | PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] | 2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1754 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW [...] IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE, A MEASURE AFFECTING THE SERVICE SECTOR AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO SOME, IS BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THE PROPONENTS [...] | 2005-03-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1762 | PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] | 2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1765 | FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...] | 2005-03-16 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS1802 | DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...] | 2005-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS1823 | MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...] | 2005-03-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS1883 | GOF SAYS RUSSIA-FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN MARCH 18 [...] (C) Summary: Laurent Bili, President Chirac's technical advisor on pol/mil and Russia issues, told POL M/C March 21 that the meeting between the Russian, French, German and Spanish leaders on March 18 focused primarily on EU-Russia relations, with the goal of concluding negotiations on the "Fo [...] | 2005-03-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1968 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 12:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2016 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION 2. WOLFOWITZ TO WORLD BANK 3. THE UN - DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REVOLUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN IS TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO IT IS "THE NEW QUIET REVOLUTION;" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION "PUTIN IS LOSING HIS PALS" AND FOR C [...] | 2005-03-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2041 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...] | 2005-03-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS2051 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. - RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 2. AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN REGIME B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADING WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST IPSOS-EUROPE ONE POLL ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTI [...] | 2005-03-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2052 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...] | 2005-03-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS208 | NEGATIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior MFA officials, stressing that they had consulted with the Elysee, rejected the U.S-proposed inclusion of a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the draft renewal resolution for UNIFIL (ref a),which they described as counterproductive to our shared goal of pres [...] | 2005-01-11 19:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2145 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - LEBANON KYRGYZSTAN [...] SYRIA - LEBANON 2. KYRGYZSTAN AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE 3. UN REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EVERY FRONT PAGE AND NUMEROUS EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE LAUNCHING OF FRANCE'S DIGITAL LAND TELEVISION NETWORK, WHICH WILL GIVE ACCESS TO 14 FREE CHANNELS, DOUBLE TODAY'S ACCE [...] | 2005-03-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2162 | (C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel),DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...] | 2005-03-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2217 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTIONS DARFUR [...] IRAQ - ELECTIONS 2. DARFUR 3. SYRIA - UN AGREEMENT ON LEBANON 4. ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE OVERWHELMING COVERAGE DEVOTED TO THE LIFE AND DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II LEAVES LITTLE ROOM TO OTHER STORIES. RIGHT- OF-CENTER LE FIGARO ON SATURDAY CARRIED AN INTERVIEW WIT [...] | 2005-04-04 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2245 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II UN [...] TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II 2. UN REPORT: ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II CONTINUES TO BE TODAY'S OVERWHELMING FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL STORY. SEVERAL REPORTS NOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH WILL ATTEND FRIDAY'S FUNERAL. LE FIGARO TITLES: "THE FIRST [...] | 2005-04-05 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2263 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) In a thirty-minute farewell call April 5 with Foreign Minister Barnier, Ambassador Leach reviewed improvements in the U.S.-French relationship, noting that Barnier had played an important role in improving communications with Washington. He regretted that the Pope's death prevented Barnie [...] | 2005-04-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2305 | SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...] | 2005-04-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2391 | APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...] | 2005-04-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2394 | APRIL 7 LARSEN MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: French Elysee and MFA officials reported that UN Envoy Larsen, during April 7 meetings in Paris, emphasized the absolute centrality of holding Lebanon's elections on schedule, for which he proposed creation of a 10-12 member committee composed equally of opposition and loyalists to [...] | 2005-04-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2399 | (C) CWC/BWC: MEETING OF CLOSE ALLIES, PARIS, [...] (C) Summary: Close Allies (U.S., UK, France, Germany) met to coordinate actions for the upcoming OPCW Executive Council meeting and to review both joint and bilateral efforts on compliance, Article VII implementation, financial/personnel matters and CW destruction. Discussion on BWC primarily [...] | 2005-04-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL TBIO CBW |
| 05PARIS2414 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In a 30-minute farewell call April 8 with Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, the Ambassador complimented the excellent level of U.S.-French counter-terrorism cooperation, emphasized the need for progress on biometric passports as soon as possible, encouraged Villepin to visi [...] | 2005-04-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PGOV PTER |
| 05PARIS248 | ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...] | 2005-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2489 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO [...] IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD 2. LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR LEACH'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS IS ANNOUNCED IN LE FIGARO AND POPULAR LE PARISIEN. PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF CRAIG ROBERT STAPLETON TO REPLACE AMBASSADOR LEACH IS ALSO NOTED. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND SOC [...] | 2005-04-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2535 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES EUROPE AND [...] MIDDLE EAST ISSUES 2. EUROPE AND THE CHINESE ARMS EMBARGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE BATTLE FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFERENDUM ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD STORY AS PRESIDENT CHIRAC BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' WITH A TELEVISED DEBATE THIS EVENING ON TF ONE. THE FOR [...] | 2005-04-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2582 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD [...] MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD - LEBANON 2. EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY FOLLOWS PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED APPEAL LAST NIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION. ALTHOUGH HIS COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING IN THE U.S. INTEREST TO STOP EURO [...] | 2005-04-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2619 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND [...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND ARAB SPRING 2. G7 MEETING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE PAPAL CONCLAVE AND THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S COVERAGE. FRONT PAGES AND MOST EDITORIALS CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH OF PRESIDEN [...] | 2005-04-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2631 | ELYSEE CAUTIOUS BUT ENCOURAGED ON MIKATI [...] (C) Presidential Advisor on the Middle East Dominique Boche expressed cautious optimism on the appointment of Najib Mikati as Lebanese PM-designate, during a discussion with poloff April 18. On the one hand, Boche conceded that Mikati's background and ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad w [...] | 2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS2660 | SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...] | 2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR |
| 05PARIS274 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ WORLD ORDER [...] IRAQ 2. WORLD ORDER B. SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD AND EDITORIAL STORY, WITH THE CHIRAC-SARKOZY DUEL FRONT-PAGED IN LE FIGARO AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS DEVOTED TO THE CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS MADE BY JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, OF THE NATIONAL FRONT PARTY, ABOUT THE [...] | 2005-01-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS280 | FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN" [...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...] | 2005-01-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2800 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT EU [...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. EU ISSUES: CHINESE TEXTILES 3. WAR AGAINST TERROR - MOUSSAOUI TRIAL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE EUROPEAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PLIGHT IN THE FACE OF CHINESE EXPORTS ARE TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT- PAGE STORIES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION HE [...] | 2005-04-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2844 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT [...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. RUSSIA - YUKOS TRIAL - PUTIN TO ISRAEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SYRIAN PULLOUT FROM LEBANON ELICITS WIDE COVERAGE, PARTICULARLY IN LE FIGARO, WHICH LENDS ITS PAGES TO SEVERAL COMMENTARIES AND INTERVIEWS. ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, NISSIM ZVILI PENS AN O [...] | 2005-04-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2926 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - FORMATION OF NEW [...] IRAQ - FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. AFRICA - DARFUR - NATO INVOLVEMENT 3. LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF DOMESTIC STORIES ARE REPORTED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, WITH FORMER SOCIALIST PM JOSPIN PROMINENTLY FEATURED AFTER HIS TELEVISED INTERVENTION LAST [...] | 2005-04-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2944 | APRIL 29 BARNIER-AOUN MEETING [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) During an April 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East Jean-Francois Thibault offered a brief readout of FM Barnier's meeting earlier that day with former [...] | 2005-04-29 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2945 | FRENCH CONFIRM BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior French MFA and Presidency officials confirmed broad support for U.S. goals for the planned U.S.-EU conference on Iraq, during April 25 discussions with Senior Coordinator on Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones. French officials echoed U.S. views on the need for incl [...] | 2005-04-29 19:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2946 | GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel),except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...] | 2005-04-29 19:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2989 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: FM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS299 | YAWER-CHIRAC MEETING HIGH ON ATMOSPHERICS, BUT LOW [...] (C) Presidential Advisor for Middle East Andre Parant gave us a brief, but upbeat readout January 14 of President Chirac's meeting and working lunch with Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) President Ghazi al-Yawer January 13. (Note: Yawer met with FM Barnier and the President of the National Ass [...] | 2005-01-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS3053 | CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...] | 2005-05-04 18:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE FR |
| 05PARIS3056 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: UK ELECTIONS, CAPTURE [...] UK ELECTIONS 2. CAPTURE OF AL-LIBBI (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TONY BLAIR'S RE-ELECTION AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS AT THE ELYSEE ARE THE PRINCIPAL FRONT-PAGE STORIES TODAY. CENTRIST BUSINESS-ORIENTED LA TRIBUNE CALLS THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THE RE-ELECTION AND THE [...] | 2005-05-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3183 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3190 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3210 | USUNESCO - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: UNESCO continues to be the sole UN organization where Israeli-Palestinian issues are handled with a minimum of polemics and polarization. Following concrete improvements in cooperation on UNESCO activities in the region, the UNESCO Secretariat submitted unbiased draft decisions on t [...] | 2005-05-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | XE XF XG XD FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS3231 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH - FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3235 | LEBANON: FRENCH VIEWS ON POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye provided Charge with French views on the situation in Lebanon during a May 11 meeting on NATO's role in Darfur (septel). Laboulaye reaffirmed that the GoF would have preferred that General Aoun had stayed in Paris, and that FM Barnier had urged [...] | 2005-05-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE FR |
| 05PARIS338 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...] | 2005-01-19 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS339 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...] | 2005-01-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3423 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND [...] IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND REGIONAL ARAB SPRING 2. FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EUROPE AND MORE EUROPE: PRACTICALLY EVERY FRONT PAGE IS DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, THE REFERENDUM, AND THE IMPACT OF THE VOTE FOR FRANCE'S ECONOMY AND AUTONOMY. MEDIA GIVES PRO [...] | 2005-05-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3486 | PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: In preliminary comments on the U.S. nonpaper on an international framework of support for Lebanon (reftel),Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche confirmed GoF support for an international meeting on Lebanon but cautioned that we should remain discreet in preparations t [...] | 2005-05-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS349 | FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2005-01-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR |
| 05PARIS3591 | UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...] | 2005-05-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS3857 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3895 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: AFTERMATH OF THE EU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3937 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: REFERENDA FALLOUT, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4106 | STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, IRAN/EU-3, AND IRAQ WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...] | 2005-06-10 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR LE FR |
| 05PARIS4115 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE [...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...] | 2005-06-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4154 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...] | 2005-06-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS4162 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS [...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...] | 2005-06-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4201 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4203 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4208 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4349 | GOF SUPPORTIVE OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON THE [...] (S) We delivered the Secretary's oral message on the International Conference on Iraq to FM Douste-Blazy's Cabinet Advisor on Middle East and UN Affairs Christophe Guilhou and separately to MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan June 20. Guilhou welcomed the Secre [...] | 2005-06-20 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL IZ SY FR |
| 05PARIS4397 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4446 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR [...] EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR SPEECH IN BRUSSELS 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. UN REFORM - G4 4. FRENCH - U.S. RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT-PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO TONY BLAIR AND HIS "CHARM OFFENSIVE" (LE FIGARO) IN BRUSSELS AS HE PRESENTED HIS PROGRAM BE [...] | 2005-06-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4529 | USUNESCO: IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] As per reftels, post provided by fax copies of letters submitted by UNESCO indicating how the voluntary contributions were used in FY 2004. 2. Excerpt text of letter 20 May 2005 submitted by Director, Division for Cooperation with Extrabudgetary Funding sources follows: "In 2004 the [...] | 2005-06-28 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC KUNR ETRD IO UNESCO |
| 05PARIS4659 | FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S JULY 5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Upon his appointment as foreign minister June 2, much of the French press and many political pundits (fed by, among others, disdainful career diplomats at the MFA) wrote off Philippe Douste-Blazy as a dilettante. His lack of foreign policy experience, it was said, and penchant for currying [...] | 2005-07-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR FR |
| 05PARIS4705 | COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...] | 2005-07-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER |
| 05PARIS4713 | COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met June 27 with Christophe Farnaud, PM de Villepin's acting diplomatic advisor, to discuss a range of issues, including ways to further US-French C/T cooperation and the importance of strengthening US-French strategic and political dialogue. Farnaud said [...] | 2005-07-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
| 05PARIS4751 | PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Lebanon while also briefly touching on Iran. The two agreed that July 25 and 26 should be the next dates for a Core Group meeting in Beirut. They also agreed [...] | 2005-07-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR |
| 05PARIS4816 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS482 | JUDGE BRUGUIERE DISCUSSES ONGOING TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary: During a January 24 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, top terrorism investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere discussed a number of ongoing investigations he was leading and also commented on a variety of terrorism-related issues. He believed that 2005 would be a dangerous year, give [...] | 2005-01-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER FR |
| 05PARIS487 | VISITING CHALDEAN ARCHBISHOP OF TEHRAN ON [...] (C) Visiting Chaldean Archbishop of Tehran Ramzi Garmou (protect) offered impressions of the difficult situation of Christians in Iran and Iraq during a meeting with poloff January 14. (Note: Garmou had contacted poloff to seek Embassy assistance in applying for a NIV to attend the National P [...] | 2005-01-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR IZ FR |
| 05PARIS4878 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4920 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...] | 2005-07-15 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN |
| 05PARIS4977 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 06 JULY [...] (C) Summary: On 6 July 2005, Embassy EST officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) held at the Korean Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on preparations for the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid. 2. (C) Summary, Continued: [...] | 2005-07-19 12:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE |
| 05PARIS5113 | GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS513 | POTENTIAL 'JIHADISTS TO IRAQ' A "SERIOUS GROUP" [...] (S) Attention in the French "jihadists to Iraq" investigation has focused on a group of young French citizens (reportedly 20-24 years old) that had recently returned from a hajj together, investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere told the DCM on January 27. They were arrested in Paris when authoriti [...] | 2005-01-27 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS5140 | UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...] | 2005-07-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5143 | NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER [...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...] | 2005-07-26 10:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI |
| 05PARIS5263 | PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...] | 2005-08-01 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR |
| 05PARIS5399 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION IRAN [...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MANY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES DEVOTE THEIR LEAD STORIES TO SUMMER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE RISING COST OF VACATIONING IN FRANCE. ACCORDING TO LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION, ONE PERSON OUT OF THREE IN FRANCE NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY. FO [...] | 2005-08-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS547 | FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...] | 2005-01-28 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN |
| 05PARIS5563 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS565 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS579 | FRENCH "EXPLAIN AND REASSURE" ON TRIP TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Barnier and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie visited Russia January 20-21 for bi-annual security consultations with their counterparts. The consultations drew higher-than-expected visibility from the French press, although an MFA contact told us that the meetings fo [...] | 2005-01-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR RU |
| 05PARIS5818 | CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...] | 2005-08-29 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC |
| 05PARIS5942 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...] | 2005-09-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC |
| 05PARIS5943 | POSITIVE INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points on isolating Syria at UNGA with MFA desk officer for Syria/Lebanon Remy Bouallegue and MFA desk officer for UN/Middle East Affairs Salina Grenet on August 31. Bouallegue reiterated that the GoF would not receive Syrian officials at UNGA and was maintaining it [...] | 2005-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY FR |
| 05PARIS5980 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ [...] IRAQ 2. BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND HURRICANE KATRINA 3. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MOST FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO FM DE VILLEPIN'S MEASURES TO BOOST FRANCE'S ECONOMY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AND TAX CUTS AS REVEALED YESTERDAY DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND LATER ON TF1 TELEVISION. DURING HIS [...] | 2005-09-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS6076 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...] | 2005-09-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS6125 | EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...] | 2005-09-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU |
| 05PARIS6349 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS651 | GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...] | 2005-02-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS6580 | MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...] | 2005-09-26 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS665 | FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...] | 2005-02-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS6933 | HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS [...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...] | 2005-10-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR LE |
| 05PARIS6994 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Oil for Food Scandal [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7030 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - `Oil For Food' Scandal [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7057 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 10:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7085 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraqi Constitution [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7188 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7197 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...] | 2005-10-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR |
| 05PARIS7201 | MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM [...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...] | 2005-10-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC |
| 05PARIS7213 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7249 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural [...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...] | 2005-10-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7284 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7305 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM [...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...] | 2005-10-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS7317 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS734 | FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...] | 2005-02-04 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS FR |
| 05PARIS7399 | LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...] | 2005-10-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY UNSC |
| 05PARIS7439 | ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...] | 2005-10-31 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS FR |
| 05PARIS7454 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7461 | UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S [...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...] | 2005-11-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA |
| 05PARIS7491 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7496 | MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...] | 2005-11-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ UNSC |
| 05PARIS7521 | FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...] | 2005-11-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN |
| 05PARIS7528 | TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING [...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...] | 2005-11-04 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER FR |
| 05PARIS7658 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS7675 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...] | 2005-11-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IR FR |
| 05PARIS7737 | PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...] | 2005-11-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL HA FR |
| 05PARIS7896 | FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...] | 2005-11-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN |
| 05PARIS7922 | GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...] | 2005-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS7948 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8032 | DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...] | 2005-11-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR SY |
| 05PARIS8072 | DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...] | 2005-11-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY |
| 05PARIS8162 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8171 | NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...] | 2005-12-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR |
| 05PARIS8192 | USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...] | 2005-12-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD UNESCO KSI |
| 05PARIS8207 | (C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...] | 2005-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS8217 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8416 | UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...] | 2005-12-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8418 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8435 | GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...] | 2005-12-13 18:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS8441 | FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...] | 2005-12-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ FR |
| 05PARIS8442 | FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...] | 2005-12-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS8445 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8471 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8499 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8525 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8544 | MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...] | 2005-12-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS856 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE [...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...] | 2005-02-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS8601 | UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING [...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...] | 2005-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR |
| 05PARIS8673 | SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...] | 2005-12-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY |
| 05PARIS879 | REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...] | 2005-02-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ SY |
| 05PARIS908 | PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS [...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...] | 2005-02-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC OIIP FR |
| 05PARIS938 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO [...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...] | 2005-02-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS953 | GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...] | 2005-02-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS985 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF [...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...] | 2005-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PRAGUE1059 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JULY 18 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 14 we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Petr Kaiser, the new Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Kaiser offered the following views on items that will be on the agenda of the July 18-19 GAERC meeting: A. Turkey: Kaiser was reluctant t [...] | 2005-07-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
| 05PRAGUE109 | (S) MTAG 05-96: CZECH FIRM STROJIMPORT AND IRANIAN [...] (S) Poloff met January 20 with Otakar Gorgol, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA's UN Department to discuss ref A. Poloff and Gorgol, who handles many of the ministry's non-proliferation issues, have had a series of meetings about a horizontal boring machine, manufactured by the Czech firm Tos [...] | 2005-01-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC EZ IR MTCR |
| 05PRAGUE1198 | CZECH NGO, PEOPLE IN NEED, LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID IZ PREL |
| 05PRAGUE1266 | CZECHS WILL NOT/NOT MEET SYRIANS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY EZ |
| 05PRAGUE1554 | MUSLIM OUTREACH: US EMBASSY PRAGUE HOSTS FIRST [...] Summary. On October 25, Ambassador William Cabaniss hosted an Iftar dinner at his residence, the first-ever held by the Embassy. Nearly fifty Muslim diplomats and business leaders attended, including Ambassadors from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen and Afghanistan. Notic [...] | 2005-11-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ KISL KPAO PREL |
| 05PRAGUE1572 | CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...] | 2005-11-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
| 05PRAGUE1589 | CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...] | 2005-11-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN |
| 05PRAGUE1614 | CZECH NGO WILL SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO EXPAND [...] (U) Poloffs met with Simon Panek, Director of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),and Igor Blazevic, head of PIN,s Human Rights Section, to discuss PIN,s ongoing efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East (ref A.). Panek said PIN began training Iraqi civil society in August 2005 at a center l [...] | 2005-11-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EZ IZ |
| 05PRAGUE346 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Marek Skolil stated that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position about the complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The Czech MFA issued [...] | 2005-03-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ |
| 05PRAGUE376 | CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] | 2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
| 05PRAGUE633 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined reftel: complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon remains a priority; June elections in Lebanon require international support; and the EU ought to designate H [...] | 2005-04-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO LE SY EZ |
| 05PRAGUE659 | MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC [...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...] | 2005-05-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR |
| 05QUITO834 | FM TAKES CREDIT FOR "SOFTENED" LATAM-ARAB [...] In a burst of braggadocio, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda informed the Ambassador March 31 that the "USG had me to thank" for watering down the inflammatory declaration that would emerge from the May 10-11 summit of South American and Arab state leaders. The original draft, [...] | 2005-04-15 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EC BR |
| 05RABAT1169 | MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...] | 2005-06-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO |
| 05RABAT2296 | MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco respects the Security Council resolution and would never tak [...] | 2005-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO SY |
| 05RABAT2389 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...] | 2005-11-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT2454 | MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...] | 2005-12-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO |
| 05RABAT2500 | DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...] | 2005-12-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05RABAT2526 | MOROCCO: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested ref A, Post submits the following text for Department's use in drafting the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Chad Stevens (StevensCI@state.gov). 2. Begin Text: Morocco The Government of Morocco remains a steadfast ally [...] | 2005-12-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO |
| 05RIYADH5371 | THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...] | 2005-08-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA |
| 05RIYADH9433 | HASSAN AL-SAFFAR CONTINUES TO DECLINE TO MEET USG [...] (C) Post has requested a meeting with Shi'ite cleric and leader Hassan Al-Saffar through several intermediaries, principally Salman and Nathir Al-Jishi. Al-Saffar is generally agreed by most of post's interlocutors to be the preeminent leader in the Saudi Shi'a community and the primarily, b [...] | 2005-12-21 08:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV SA |
| 05RIYADH9435 | SAUDI DISSIDENT TURKI AL-HAMAD SHARES PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a meeting with CG and PolOff December 19 over coffee at the Gulf Meridian Hotel in Khobar, Saudi dissident and writer Turki Al-Hamad discussed his three priorities for reform: "We need reform of the judicial system, public freedoms, and public rights." He argued that political reform [...] | 2005-12-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SA |
| 05RIYADH9490 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (S) Your visit to Saudi Arabia comes during an upswing in the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship that was highlighted on November 13, when Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal inaugurated the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue, a new diplomatic process designed to reinvigorate our bilater [...] | 2005-12-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA |
| 05ROME1023 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...] | 2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1391 | ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...] | 2005-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1450 | SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...] | 2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1484 | IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES' [...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...] | 2005-05-02 11:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1509 | OHR CANDIDATE MIRACHIAN - A GOOD CHOICE FOR [...] (C) As stated ref A, Embassy Rome considers Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian a good choice to take over as HiRep when Paddy Ashdown steps down next year. Our experience with her goes back to her time as DAS equivalent for Balkans issues in the run-up to and during the military action in Kosov [...] | 2005-05-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO IT |
| 05ROME1732 | ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...] | 2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN |
| 05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] | 2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
| 05ROME1966 | A/S FRIED'S CONSULTATIONS WITH ITALIAN U/S TERZI [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Italian MFA U/S Giulio Terzi June 7 to discuss Italian reaction to the French and Dutch "no" votes on the EU Constitution (see septel). With Russian FM Lavrov and Serbian PM Kostunica due in Rome, Terzi also reviewed with Fried our policies towards Kosovo, Bos [...] | 2005-06-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
| 05ROME1976 | PLEDGE TO FAO NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM FACILITY: [...] Mission received a May 17 response from FAO to our April 15 pledge letter regarding a CY 2005 voluntary contribution of 180,000 dollars to the FAO National Forest Program Facility. Text is as follows: Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your letter of 15 April 2005 concerning the pl [...] | 2005-06-10 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO |
| 05ROME1979 | EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...] | 2005-06-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT NATO |
| 05ROME2115 | IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...] | 2005-06-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2348 | IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...] | 2005-07-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2372 | ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...] | 2005-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN |
| 05ROME2456 | ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...] | 2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT |
| 05ROME2919 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...] | 2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME2997 | BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...] | 2005-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK IT EUN PREL |
| 05ROME3597 | UN REFORM, IRAN: VISIT OF IO A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials told visiting A/S Silverberg they would look at any UNSC reform proposal except national permanent seats, such as the G4 proposal. They agree on the importance of moving forward before the end of the year on UN Secretariat reform, the Peace Building Commission, [...] | 2005-10-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR XF IT UNSC |
| 05ROME3671 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...] | 2005-11-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER |
| 05ROME3763 | IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...] | 2005-11-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME3827 | ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...] | 2005-11-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IT EUN |
| 05ROME4027 | REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...] | 2005-12-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP |
| 05ROME4052 | ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...] | 2005-12-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME4064 | PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...] | 2005-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME714 | ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ [...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...] | 2005-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME795 | MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...] (U) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon. FM Fini issued a public statement on March 8 (see para. 2),and our MFA interlocutors continue to press their Syrian counterparts as well. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-03-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME861 | ITALY ON GAERC AGENDA: NO CONSENSUS FOR CROATIA [...] (C) MFA EU-CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that no Member States expect Ministers to approve a start date for Croatian accession talks at the March 16 GAERC. He predicted Ministers would urge completion of the EU's own bureaucratic preparations for negotiations to start, while underli [...] | 2005-03-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 05ROME878 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...] | 2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME976 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...] | 2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05SANAA1376 | SALEH CELEBRATES UNIFICATION DAY ALA KIM JUNG IL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador along with twenty-five other foreign Ambassadors and thousands of other invited guests attended the 15th commemoration of Yemen's unification on May 22. In what turned out to be a remarkable and contentious decision, President Saleh held this year's festivities in the [...] | 2005-05-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA1696 | SALEH SHARES HIS PLAN FOR IRAQ AND PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador June 19 to pass his advice to the U.S. on how to solve the insurgency in Iraq and advance the Middle East peace process. As the U.S. will not be able to send a Washington envoy to Sanaa for the June 28-30 Organization of the Islamic Conference [...] | 2005-06-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS IZ YM OVIP |
| 05SANAA2206 | TERROR TRIAL UPDATE: SIX AQ DEFENDANTS SENTENCED [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Sanaa Special Penal Court concluded the trial of eight suspected Al-Qaeda members for planning an attack on the Italian and British embassies as well as the Sanaa French Cultural Center (reftel). Five of the eight defendants were found guilty of "conspiracy to [...] | 2005-08-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA2426 | YEMEN'S THIRD GSM TENDER: CHINESE MAKE AN OFFER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met August 17 with Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Abdulmalik al-Moalimi to discuss the status of a third tender for a GSM mobile phone operator. Post is advocating for Millicom, which has a vending agreement with Motorola. On August 2, the [...] | 2005-08-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM |
| 05SANAA2529 | ISOLATING SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel on isolating Syria at the UNGA to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Noman responded that it was "politically impossible" to refuse if SARG requested a meeting, but would encourage more "transparency and cooperation" on Iraq and Lebanon. Krajeski [...] | 2005-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER SY YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA255 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005 [...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...] | 2005-02-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM |
| 05SANAA3137 | SALEH ACCEPTS GTMO DETAINEES, DOES NOT BACK DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told Ambassador on October 25 that his government would accept all Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay, provided the USG passes all relevant information on their cases so that they can be charged and tried in local courts, as appropriate. Saleh agreed to crimin [...] | 2005-10-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 05SANAA3171 | REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE [...] (U) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafiq Hariri. While op-eds in the official press took no stance on the report, t [...] | 2005-10-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO YM SY UNSC |
| 05SANAA3231 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO YEMEN [...] (C) Welcome back to Sanaa. Although Yemen remains an important regional partner in the GWOT with a post-9/11 string of CT successes, cooperation on this front has not been perfect -- a point that was made clear to President Saleh during his visit to Washington last week. You will be the fi [...] | 2005-11-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL MASS MARR OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA3297 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expectations were high for President Saleh's Washington trip and the general consensus in the press has been that the visit was largely successful. It appears, however, that the outcomes of the visit have not yet fully been conveyed to the media. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PRE-VI [...] | 2005-11-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM |
| 05SANAA3364 | PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...] | 2005-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA3378 | SALEH TELLS GEN ABIZAID HE ACCEPTS WEAPONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 26 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid, President Saleh accepted long-standing U.S. offers to create a weapons inventory system for the Yemeni Armed Forces. He claimed that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed willingness to cooperate [...] | 2005-11-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA3387 | SANAA MEDIA REACTION -- GENERAL ABIZAID VISIT, [...] ABIZAID VISIT: Yemeni newspapers gave above-the-fold coverage to the two-day visit of Commander-in-Chief General John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command to Yemen. Al-Thawrwa (official government daily) reported that General Abizaid and President Saleh discussed bilateral cooperation in security [...] | 2005-11-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM |
| 05SANAA3532 | CDA VISITS ADEN ON THE EVE OF THE GPC CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-16, CDA visited an Aden saturated with political activists and senior ROYG officials in town for the seventh General People's Congress (GPC) convention. Before attending the ruling party convention, CDA participated in a local media conference on Arab-European dial [...] | 2005-12-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KPAO CASC YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 05SANAA3534 | GPC CONVENTION: POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING [...] (C) To fluttering banners, flying doves, sound effects reminiscent of Space Odyssey 2000 (with added neighing horses to symbolize the GPC mascot),President Saleh marched into the Aden football stadium on December 15 to officially launch the proceedings of the ruling party's seventh annual con [...] | 2005-12-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA36 | GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) Summary. USCENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met with President Saleh on January 4. Discussions centered on Iraqi elections, regional security, and U.S.-Yemen cooperation in the GWOT. Both agreed that U.S.-Yemen joint security efforts should continue and increase in the new year, with Ab [...] | 2005-01-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA477 | SALEH TELLS SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS [...] (U) President Saleh telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the evening of March 4, advising him to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord. This move followed Foreign Minister Qirbi's statement at the March 3 Arab League Ministerial declaring confiden [...] | 2005-03-06 05:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE YE |
| 05SANAA577 | YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...] | 2005-03-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA652 | DFM ON SA/LW, SYRIA AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...] (S) Summary: On March 16, DCM delivered refs A-C demarches to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman and held a wide-ranging conversation on recent U.S.-ROYG discussions on SA/LW, Syria, and imprisoned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani. Suggesting continued follow-up on the SA/LW issue, Noman [...] | 2005-03-20 03:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL PHUM SY LE IR IZ DEMARCHE |
| 05SANAA690 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...] | 2005-03-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 05SANAA974 | NATEC'S BAHRAN: WE NEED USG SUPPORT, INVITE TO US [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador, Director of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),Dr. Moustafa Bahran, asked for USG assistance to train NATEC staff and pushed for Yemen's acquisition of radioactive detection equipment. Bahran also invited Under Secretary ( [...] | 2005-04-19 04:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KNNP YM IAEA NPT COUNTER TERRORISM ENVIRONMENT |
| 05SANTIAGO1686 | CHILE'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (S) Chile's Muslim community is fractured and comprises less than one half of one percent of the country's population. The Palestinian community is relatively large (estimated at 350,000),mostly Christian, and fully assimilated. The small size of Chile,s Muslim community, together with its appar [...] | 2005-08-10 18:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV CI |
| 05SINGAPORE3160 | U.S.-SINGAPORE PROLIFERATION TALKS IDENTIFY FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On October 17-18, the U.S. held productive talks with Singapore on a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation issues. The U.S. delegation, co-led by ISN/MTR Director Van Diepen and OSD/ISP/NPP Director David Cooper, was impressed by the level of preparedness and [...] | 2005-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC SN |
| 05SOFIA1729 | ISLAM AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's large Muslim community is predominantly moderate and traditional, though both foreign and indigenous Islamic extremists are active in the country. Bulgaria's government is officially tolerant, but Muslim minorities and their problems are often ignored by central authori [...] | 2005-10-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR BU |
| 05STATE149626 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-10. SUMMARY 2. (S) The Saudis have been aggressive in their public condemnation of the 7/7 London bombings, the murder of the Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad, and the Sharm al-Shaykh attacks. We should urge the Saudis to sustain the public [...] | 2005-08-12 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK JO GCCC |
| 05STATE176974 | TALABANI DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQI [...] (U) September 14, 6:00 P.M., New York, UNGA 2. (U) Participants: USG --- NEA A/S C. David Welch NEA PDAS Elizabeth L. Cheney Prem Kumar (NEA/I/POL notetaker) Iraq ---- President Jalal Talabani Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari President,s Chief of Staff Kameron Karadaghi U.S [...] | 2005-09-23 21:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL UN IZ RU SY |
| 05STATE26545 | MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...] | 2005-02-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY |
| 05TAIPEI1780 | TAIWAN'S INADEQUATE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On April 8 Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) gave AIT a report on its investigations into the She Hong Company and Eumatech Company machine tool shipments to Syria, as we had requested in refs C and D. The results of the BOFT investigations, while welcome, suggest that the [...] | 2005-04-14 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
| 05TAIPEI2025 | TAIWAN PROPOSAL ON EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with AIT on April 29, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) presented an outline proposal for parameters of the new export control procedures and the "rapid evaluation mechanism" for end-user checks (ref A). BOFT said it would greatly increase the scope of its export [...] | 2005-05-04 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
| 05TAIPEI2719 | TAIWAN MAY TIGHTEN EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (S) As reported in ref A, AIT/T Econ Officer delivered the demarche requesting Taiwan assistance to investigate possible cases of sensitive technology being sold to Pakistan and Syrian entities. On the margins of the demarche, Wally Su, the head of the Board of Foreign Trade Export Control W [...] | 2005-06-22 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
| 05TAIPEI3201 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche on July 28 to National Security Council Deputy Secretary General Wang Hsi-tien and on July 29 to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Yiin Chii-ming. Both officials welcomed a U.S. export control delegation to come for discussions on August 10 [...] | 2005-08-02 00:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
| 05TAIPEI3573 | TAIWAN AGREES TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN IN NP [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. team led by NP/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen August 10-11 obtained Taiwan's agreement to cooperate to improve Taiwan's export controls over the long term, and all six points in the near term portion of the U.S. "gameplan" concerning Iran and North Korea (ref A). Point o [...] | 2005-08-26 23:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW |
| 05TAIPEI3600 | TAIWAN WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE SUSPECT EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 26. AIT also delivered and explained the AIT-developed license template. BOFT said it will further investigate the cases mentioned in the talking points. BOFT praised the template's "s [...] | 2005-08-30 03:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR |
| 05TAIPEI4227 | MEDIA REACTION: RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] Summary: The second part of a TV interview with President Chen Shui-bian, which was aired Monday evening, carried the front-page headlines in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies October 18. (The first part of the interview was broadcast on Sunday night.) Almost all major Taipei newspap [...] | 2005-10-18 22:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 05TAIPEI683 | MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has provided assurances it will cease trade with Iran. In a meeting with AIT on February 17, BOFT provided updates on several export control cases, and [...] | 2005-02-18 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW |
| 05TELAVIV1021 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...] | 2005-02-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1026 | SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) On February 13 Senator George Allen and Ambassador Kurtzer met with MFA North American Deputy Yoram Ben Ze'ev and Head of the Research Department Harry Kney'tal. They discussed developments in Europe relating to the designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist organization, and political deve [...] | 2005-02-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OVIP IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1058 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1078 | ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...] | 2005-02-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1103 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1110 | ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM February 18 that he believes that progress in the peace process could help pave the way for the adoption of a Third Additional Protocol that would facilitate full ICRC membership f [...] | 2005-02-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV1125 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Maariv bannered, an "inciting gathering" held last night in Jerusalem by the "hard-core, extremist opponents to disengagement" (according to Ha' [...] | 2005-02-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1171 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...] | 2005-02-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1173 | (C) ISRAELI POLITICAL-MILITARY BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Ambassadors from countries on the UN Security Council and of European Union were summoned to the Foreign Ministry February 28 for a political-military briefing on the February 25 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed 5 Israelis and wounded more than 50. MFA Director General Ron Prosor [...] | 2005-02-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL PTER COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1192 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1211 | DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials SIPDIS focused on the possible designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist group during the EU Clearinghouse meeting on February 16. The GOI has been working proactively to obtain [...] | 2005-03-02 04:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1237 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanese-Syrian Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited, and Ha'aretz bannered, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comment to ABC News in London Tuesday: "There is evidence that Islamic Jihad, headquarter [...] | 2005-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1243 | WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and deputies in Jenin during a March 1 visit to inspect the overall security situation in the city. The dismissals followed a confrontation that included a brief exchange of gunfire be [...] | 2005-03-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
| 05TELAVIV1267 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...] | 2005-03-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1289 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1319 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...] | 2005-03-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1335 | RAJOUB REPORTEDLY CLAIMING BROAD POWERS, SUCCESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Track II activists Boaz Karni and Dov Sedaka recounted to the Ambassador March 2 claims by recent PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub of his own pivotal role and organizational successes within the Palestinian government and security operations. Karni said that in a lengt [...] | 2005-03-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1352 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz are supposed to sign an agreement tonight regarding the transfer of se [...] | 2005-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1363 | (C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...] | 2005-03-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1397 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1419 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...] | 2005-03-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1446 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...] | 2005-03-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1454 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...] | 2005-03-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV146 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1513 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...] | 2005-03-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1534 | PERES MEETS TELLS CODEL CORZINE "WE ARE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Senator Corzine and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said there are three crucial events in the next several months: the passage of the budget, the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in July, and the evacuation from Gaza, also s [...] | 2005-03-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV1535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1548 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1580 | MOSSAD CHIEF TO CODEL CORZINE: SOME FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told CODEL Corzine March 13 that Israeli and U.S. thinking on Iran largely tracks, adding that he believes the EU dialogue with Iran will ultimately fail. Dagan said that Israel has evidence that some foreign fighters have returned home from Iraq, perhaps indica [...] | 2005-03-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL KWBG IR IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1594 | NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's biggest disengagement-related hurdle and that all other issues are operational and will be resolved. The GOI's worst-case scenario is Palestinians attacking Israelis in Gaza while [...] | 2005-03-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV163 | IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...] | 2005-01-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1684 | EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he had just learned during a visit to Geneva and Bern that IFRC will shortly announce its intention to convene an international conference, for late September or early October, to amend th [...] | 2005-03-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1730 | SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...] | 2005-03-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1731 | SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...] | 2005-03-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 05TELAVIV1759 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...] | 2005-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1805 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV1833 | ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...] | 2005-03-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1844 | (C) OTTE LAMENTS WEAK PA COORDINATION ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, NEA A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte recounted that President Abbas had been vague in describing his next steps in discussions with EU officials at the Arab League summit in Algiers. Otte said Solana pressed Abbas [...] | 2005-03-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV1854 | PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step, and that real progress will depend on the ability of President Abbas and the PA to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. In his view, this has not yet happened, although Abbas has d [...] | 2005-03-25 15:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1898 | DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY EILAND PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Director of National Security Giora Eiland presented Codel Pelosi with his view of the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the political and security situations in the region. Attempting to balance what he surmised was Vice Prime Minister Per [...] | 2005-03-29 05:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV1899 | VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political atmosphere surrounding Israel's disengagement from Gaza; the economic forecast for Gaza the "day after" disengagement; the steps that the international community can take to ensure [...] | 2005-03-29 05:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1918 | CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi, Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction of Israeli relations with the PA and other Arab neighbors. While lauding some of President Abbas's steps, he said the PA had failed so far to resolve to dismantle terrorist infras [...] | 2005-03-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV199 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-11 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2010 | GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE [...] (C) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary Rice's recent statement on expanding settlements is "clear," and he is sure the "policy will be implemented in the most efficient way." Gilad had praise for PA President Abbas, b [...] | 2005-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2045 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...] | 2005-04-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2053 | SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting in Tel Aviv on March 31, Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Senator Carl Levin, accompanied by Senate staff and a delegation from the Michigan Fund, that he and Prime Minister Sharon have similar thoughts on continuing disengagement in the West Bank, b [...] | 2005-04-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ECON KWBG OREP IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV2054 | FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago because Mahmud Abbas is more moderate than Yasir Arafat. He also opined that "something is happening" in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Lebanon, and concluded that these countries want [...] | 2005-04-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2077 | FM SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM TO CODEL SAXTON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Codel Saxton and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom expressed dissatisfaction with what he called Palestinian President Abbas's lack of effort to dismantle terrorist groups and the recent turn of roadmap discussions toward final status issues. He [...] | 2005-04-05 07:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 05TELAVIV2087 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In disengagement related stories, Maariv reported that a broad meeting was held at the Prime Minister's bureau yesterday on settlers' relocation, in which Sharon called on the p [...] | 2005-04-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2098 | "REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...] | 2005-04-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2120 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2125 | (S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...] | 2005-04-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2138 | (C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...] | 2005-04-07 05:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...] | 2005-04-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV222 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...] | 2005-01-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV227 | (C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...] | 2005-01-12 14:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2323 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...] | 2005-04-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2329 | ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser (D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a strategic dialogue on arms control and terrorism issues. MFA Arms Control Director Alon Bar briefed poloff on the talks after the team's return to Israel. Bar's assessment, which track [...] | 2005-04-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 05TELAVIV2376 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...] | 2005-04-15 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV245 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...] | 2005-01-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2469 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2479 | SIKSEK ON SECURITY STAFFING, PROGRESS [...] (C) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) In conversations over several days in early April, Brigadier General Samir Siksek told Pol/C and poloff that the U.S. should keep steady pressure on Minister of Interior Nasir Yusif to carry out reforms, [...] | 2005-04-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV2615 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...] | 2005-04-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2642 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that 40,000 to 90,000 people, depending on the sources, attended [...] | 2005-04-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2667 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...] | 2005-04-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV271 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...] | 2005-01-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2719 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...] | 2005-05-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV274 | EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...] | 2005-01-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV2761 | SHARON TO CODELS: WE NEED TO BUILD IN THE [...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with Senator Bill Frist and Senator Joseph Lieberman, Prime Minister Sharon described in familiar terms his concerns about the failure of the Palestinian Authority to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. Sharon said that he personally remains committed to all that h [...] | 2005-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL OREP PREL XF SETTLEMENTS |
| 05TELAVIV2803 | MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs Yoram Ben Zeev met with NEA DAS Liz Dibble to discuss the future of Hizballah following the partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon; the upcoming Quartet meeting in Moscow; GOI internal disengagement politics; and P [...] | 2005-05-05 08:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV2841 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV290 | FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...] | 2005-01-18 08:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2924 | MKS TO CODEL FRIST: SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinetz told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist May 2 that PM Sharon would be "making a mistake" if he allows Egyptian troops to deploy along the Gaza-Egypt and the Israel-Egypt borders. [...] | 2005-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV2925 | CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...] | 2005-05-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2936 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Kurtzer met on May 2 with the Israeli Defense Forces' Chief of Military Intelligence Production Division, General Kupperwasser. The discussion focused on the Palestinian security situation, including the PA's dismantling of terror networks and p [...] | 2005-05-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV294 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...] | 2005-01-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2950 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3032 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...] | 2005-05-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3080 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...] | 2005-05-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3139 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...] | 2005-05-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3167 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...] | 2005-05-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3189 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...] | 2005-05-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV321 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...] | 2005-01-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3244 | STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...] | 2005-05-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV3304 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...] | 2005-06-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3415 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3467 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV348 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...] | 2005-01-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3517 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3672 | CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN [...] THIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND CONGEN JERUSALEM. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK, CODEL KOLBE MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM AND ISRAELI VICE PREMIER PERES, AMONG OTHERS. MINISTER SHALOM SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT ELECTORAL S [...] | 2005-06-14 05:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV370 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...] | 2005-01-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3727 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky clarified to Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zayd Tuesday that there will be n [...] | 2005-06-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV379 | FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...] | 2005-01-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV3844 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...] | 2005-06-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV391 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...] | 2005-01-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3951 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-23 11:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3970 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...] | 2005-06-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4030 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Iran: Presidential Election 3. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that during her visit to Jerusalem last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric [...] | 2005-06-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4053 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Disengagement 2. Iran 3. U.S. - Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Disengagement issues: Yediot quoted Gush Katif settlers as saying that the extremists that are confronting soldiers and causing trouble do not represent t [...] | 2005-06-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4107 | MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...] | 2005-06-29 13:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4112 | MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...] | 2005-06-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4119 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...] | 2005-06-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4169 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a joint session of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Knesset's Constitution, Law, an [...] | 2005-07-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV417 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...] | 2005-01-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4203 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...] | 2005-07-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4213 | WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an Israeli car near Nilli settlement, east of Highway 443. IDF forces demolished 17 structures in the West Bank villages of Beit Furik and Ein al-Bida, both in the Jordan valley, on Jul [...] | 2005-07-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
| 05TELAVIV4244 | WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an accomplice, Ahmad Sanakreh, on July 6 in Nablus. According to Israeli security sources, the IDF returned fire after shots were fired at several busloads of settlers who had enter [...] | 2005-07-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
| 05TELAVIV43 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4329 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4405 | IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY BRIEFS A/S WELCH ON LATEST VIOLENCE, IDF-PA SECURITY COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 17:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV4508 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV452 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4659 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...] | 2005-07-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4711 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...] | 2005-07-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4727 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...] | 2005-07-29 11:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4770 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...] | 2005-08-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4799 | SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...] | 2005-08-03 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV482 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...] | 2005-01-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4838 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4877 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...] | 2005-08-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV498 | (C) RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEIGH MEASURES TO GENERATE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with and cleared by ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) Summary: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders of the Permanent Follow-up Committee for the Implementation of the Alexandria Declaration ("the Alexandria Group") met in East Jerusalem January 24 to revi [...] | 2005-01-28 09:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV499 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...] | 2005-01-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5002 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...] | 2005-08-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5103 | (S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...] | 2005-08-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV5154 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...] | 2005-08-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV5163 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...] | 2005-08-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5197 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...] | 2005-08-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV535 | OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...] | 2005-01-31 08:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5350 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...] | 2005-08-31 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5363 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...] | 2005-09-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5426 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...] | 2005-09-06 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV545 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...] | 2005-01-31 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5575 | ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...] | 2005-09-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 05TELAVIV5641 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...] | 2005-09-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5779 | FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...] | 2005-09-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV5794 | NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...] | 2005-09-21 03:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV5796 | EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...] | 2005-09-23 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV5798 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...] | 2005-09-25 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5801 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...] | 2005-09-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5802 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...] | 2005-09-26 07:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5818 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...] | 2005-09-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV582 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...] | 2005-02-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5864 | AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad indicated that his September 25 meetings in Egypt to discuss the Rafah passage on the Egypt-Gaza border yielded no breakthroughs. Gilad said the Israelis prefer to open Rafah passage a [...] | 2005-09-27 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV5868 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV59 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5905 | SHARON ADVISOR TOURGEMAN ON CONTACTS WITH THE PA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 27, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy adviser, Shalom Tourgeman, stressed the importance of the political process with the Palestinians. He said the GOI is preparing a list of possible steps to assist PA President Mahmud Abba [...] | 2005-09-30 03:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV5945 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5983 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...] | 2005-10-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6010 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Address to the National Endowment for Democracy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Hatzofe) reported that, addressing the National Endowment for Democracy [...] | 2005-10-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6025 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...] | 2005-10-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6075 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language newspapers bannered the issue of the fate of the Syrian regime following the "mysterious" suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan on Wednesday. Y [...] | 2005-10-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6103 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...] | 2005-10-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6124 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...] | 2005-10-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6133 | ISRAELI COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli MFA and NSC officials briefed staffers from the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the GOI's efforts against terrorism and terrorism finance. MFA officials stressed the importance of the U.S. role in urging European nations to designate Hizballah [...] | 2005-10-20 04:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KTFN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 05TELAVIV6146 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6166 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...] | 2005-10-21 08:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6177 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that in a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministries of Britain, Russia, and th [...] | 2005-10-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6186 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6197 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6219 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6238 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: GOI ASSISTING PA; GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli officials are in daily contact with their counterparts from the Palestinian Authority and have been testing birds on behalf of the PA. GOI veterinary officials have provided their Palestinian counterparts with antigens to detect avian influenza. GOI and PA veterinary o [...] | 2005-10-31 09:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR PREL ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6241 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...] | 2005-10-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6246 | STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...] | 2005-10-31 16:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV6250 | GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...] | 2005-10-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6256 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...] | 2005-11-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6262 | UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...] | 2005-11-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6270 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...] | 2005-11-02 11:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6297 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...] | 2005-11-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV631 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...] | 2005-02-02 11:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...] | 2005-11-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6367 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...] | 2005-11-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6386 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...] | 2005-11-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6413 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...] | 2005-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6468 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6512 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...] | 2005-11-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV654 | URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...] (C) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperately" to move forward with the Palestinians after disengagement because the Israeli political system is "stuck," and the current coalition is heading toward a [...] | 2005-02-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6545 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...] | 2005-11-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6557 | A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...] | 2005-11-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6586 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 07:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6615 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Israeli Elections 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. American Jewry ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the upcoming elections. Leading media reported that President Moshe Katsav announced that he will sign an e [...] | 2005-11-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6626 | U.S. TREASURY DISCUSSES WITH GOI ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli military intelligence officials headed by Brigidier-General Kuperwasser met with Treasury policy advisor Lebenson, Post's Defense Attach and econoff to discuss a U.S. Treasury initiative to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),a [...] | 2005-11-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 05TELAVIV6628 | ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE [...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...] | 2005-11-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 05TELAVIV6641 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...] | 2005-11-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6659 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...] | 2005-11-28 07:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6683 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that former Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres has finalized his decision to leave the Labor Party, Prime Minis [...] | 2005-11-29 11:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV669 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV670 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...] | 2005-02-04 11:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6708 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...] | 2005-11-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV671 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6743 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...] | 2005-12-02 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6751 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...] | 2005-12-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6760 | EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...] | 2005-12-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV6766 | EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...] | 2005-12-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6778 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...] | 2005-12-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6798 | ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...] | 2005-12-06 17:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6799 | SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...] | 2005-12-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV6875 | MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...] | 2005-12-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6876 | GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...] | 2005-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6877 | ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...] | 2005-12-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV6884 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...] | 2005-12-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6911 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...] | 2005-12-13 12:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6923 | UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...] | 2005-12-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV6924 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...] | 2005-12-15 04:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6946 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...] | 2005-12-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6972 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...] | 2005-12-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6996 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...] | 2005-12-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV7002 | ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...] | 2005-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV7046 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Taiwan Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outraged Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum on Tuesday when she praised PM Sharo [...] | 2005-12-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV7090 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...] | 2005-12-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV7098 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...] | 2005-12-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV7100 | CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...] | 2005-12-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV7112 | ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...] | 2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV731 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV786 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-09 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV820 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV839 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...] | 2005-02-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV87 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...] | 2005-01-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV895 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...] | 2005-02-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV934 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...] | 2005-02-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV961 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...] | 2005-02-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05THEHAGUE1176 | SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pres [...] | 2005-05-02 08:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL |
| 05THEHAGUE1941 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...] | 2005-07-11 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN |
| 05THEHAGUE1988 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...] | 2005-07-15 10:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2041 | SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July 22. Eijpe appreciated the points, noting that the Netherlands is actively following the border blockage and had already raised similar points bilaterally with the Syrian go [...] | 2005-07-22 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY |
| 05THEHAGUE2427 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA [...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...] | 2005-09-07 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN |
| 05THEHAGUE2435 | NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff discussed reftel A points with Ceta Noland (Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 6. Noland stated that the Dutch can support the U.S. proposal on North Korea, as it allows states to pursue its goals on a "case by case basis" acco [...] | 2005-09-07 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL MTCRE |
| 05THEHAGUE2708 | NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: During his September 30 visit to The Hague, ASD Peter Flory met with Lo Casteleijn, MOD Director for General Policy Affairs, and Pieter de Gooijer, MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, to discuss Afghanistan, the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, Kosovo, and NATO reform [...] | 2005-10-07 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NL |
| 05THESSALONIKI7 | NORTHERN NOTES JANUARY 2005 [...] (U) In a case that marks the first reported sentence handed down under Greece's 2002 Anti-trafficking law, a Kavala court convicted a 40-year-old trafficker, Petros Kokkalidis, to 12 years and 10 months of imprisonment and fined him 52,625 Euros. [Note: The anti-TIP legislation came into forc [...] | 2005-02-03 17:03:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON SMIG ZL GR AMB |
| 05TOKYO1349 | U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL: [...] (C) Summary: During informal policy planning talks with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister Tsuneo Nishida on March 2, Director of Policy Planning Stephen D. Krasner discussed East Asian architecture, China, North Korea and the President's democratization agenda. Nishida said Ja [...] | 2005-03-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECIN PREL PARM PINR KDEM CH TW KN JA ASEAN |
| 05TORONTO3250 | Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (U) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large convention for Islamic youth will take place in Toronto December 23 to 26. Organizers expect about 12,000 to 15,000 people to attend - about 1,000 people will likely travel to Canada from the U.S. Since the convention is occu [...] | 2005-12-14 15:20:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA |
| 05TRIPOLI221 | SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH QADHAFI AUGUST 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation with Senator Lugar on August 20, Colonel Qadhafi complained that Libya had not been properly recognized and rewarded for its decisions on WMD. He suggested that the most appropriate "rewards" would be defensive weapons to protect the country against the threa [...] | 2005-08-31 14:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PTER PHUM LY BU |
| 05TRIPOLI332 | UNHCR OPERATIONS STRUGGLING IN LIBYA; BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) During a series of meetings over the last three months, the Tripoli-based UNHCR representative, Mohamed Hantosh Alwash, has conveyed information about local operations and ongoing negotiations with the Libyan government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. UNHCR's primary interlocutor [...] | 2005-12-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KPAL LY |
| 05USNATO3 | NATO MOVES FORWARD WITH LANDMARK BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-05 16:59:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO KNNP PARM MNUC |
| 05VIENNA1152 | AUSTRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO RECOMMEND AUSTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Austrian Defense Minister Platter informed Ambassador that while he must still obtain approval by the government and the Standing Committee in Parliament, he will propose sending approximately 70 Austrian soldiers to Konduz, Afghanistan, [...] | 2005-04-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AU |
| 05VIENNA1461 | SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...] | 2005-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2056 | DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...] | 2005-06-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL IZ SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2544 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Division (DAS-equivalent). Scheide said that the GoA fully supported UNSCRs 1559 and 1595, and expected Syria to implement the resolutions. Scheide agreed that Sy [...] | 2005-07-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU |
| 05VIENNA2924 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...] | 2005-08-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3672 | AUSTRIA ON THE NOVEMBER 21 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, on November 17 concerning the November 21 meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC). Riecken had the following substantive comme [...] | 2005-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3842 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | KTFN PTER LE SY AU |
| 05VIENNA3888 | AUSTRIA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AU |
| 05VIENNA3975 | DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions Hans Kogler on December 23. We followed up with Kogler on December 29. Kogler told us he had only recently assumed his duties as Di [...] | 2005-12-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA572 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...] | 2005-03-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA719 | AUSTRIANS POSITIVE ON NEED FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche on March 7 to MFA Secretary General (deputy minister equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Ambassador stressed that what Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had said in his March 5 was not enough: compliance with UNSCR 1559 means a full and immediate withdrawal. T [...] | 2005-03-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE AU |
| 05VIENNA764 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 09, 2005 [...] The current struggles within the government coalition party FPOe continue, all Austrian media report. Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider insists the Freedom Party is to be "re- launched" in the wake of a continuing decline in voter support. It is not clear what changes are being planned, but Hai [...] | 2005-03-10 07:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 05VIENNA792 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...] | 2005-03-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA983 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FIRST HALF OF 2006 - [...] (SBU) This message provides an informal, first outline of the GoA's planned work program and a calendar of events for Austria's EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. We developed this information from public sources and personal contacts. This outline reflects a preliminary phase of plan [...] | 2005-03-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU EUN |
| 05VILNIUS1013 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...] | 2005-09-23 16:28:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC LH PTER |
| 05WARSAW3250 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND [...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld nor President Aleksander Kwasniewski has any plans to meet with Al-Asad in New York, for both reasons of policy and scheduling. Bozek indicated [...] | 2005-08-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY PL UNGA |
| 05WARSAW3277 | POLAND DEFERS DECISION ON IRAQI DEBT TO NEXT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Polish Finance Ministry Under Secretary Wieslaw Szczuka told us September 1 that, despite press reports, the Polish Government still has taken no decision regarding a write-off of Iraqi debt. At [...] | 2005-09-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PL IZ |
| 05WARSAW3305 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) "SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PL MTCRE |
| 05WARSAW3872 | POLISH APPROACH TO NOVEMBER 21 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director CFSP Beata Kolecka November 18. Kolecka provided the following outline of the Polish government's approach to the November 21 GAERC. 2. (C) Defense Issues: Poland is in full accord with our position an [...] | 2005-11-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PL EUN |
| 05WELLINGTON275 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEW [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials are considering whether the country should serve as the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair for 2006-7, as suggested by current Chair South Korea and quietly endorsed by the United States and Australia. The officials will be unable to make a deci [...] | 2005-04-01 05:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA |
| 05YEREVAN1722 | ARMENIA: NOT MUCH EXTREMISM HERE [...] (S) With 98 percent of the population ethnically Armenian and at least nominally Christian, extremism, and particularly Islamic extremism, is not perceived to be a serious problem in Armenia. The vast majority of Armenians belong to the Apostolic Church, an Eastern Christian denomination which [...] | 2005-09-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI AM |
| 05YEREVAN2082 | ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER LE SY AM |
| 05YEREVAN361 | RESULTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Evans began his recent tour of Armenian- American diaspora centers on February 11, only three days prior to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri, which so drastically changed the political landscape in Lebanon. Conversations with Lebanese- origin Armeni [...] | 2005-03-02 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LE AM |
| 05YEREVAN612 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: ARMENIA [...] (S) While Armenia consistently declares its eagerness to contribute to the Global War on Terror, most government officials and institutions do not believe that there is an imminent threat from within Armenia. While Armenia may be less vulnerable to terrorist attack than some of its neighbors, [...] | 2005-04-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL AM |
| 05ZAGREB298 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT TO MAKE LONG-EXPECTED VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is expected to visit Croatia on March 17 as part of a multi-nation tour. He is returning a visit President Stjepan Mesic made to Tehran in 2001 before he leaves office. Mesic,s office and GoC contacts have told Post that the timing [...] | 2005-02-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV XF IR HR |
| 06ABIDJAN226 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...] | 2006-03-01 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV |
| 06ABUDHABI1044 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: A COLUMNIST IN "AL-KHALEEJ" DESCRIBED THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES REPORT AS A REPORT THAT CONSISTS OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT A STRATEGY. AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES REPORT FOLLOWS THE NEW CONSERVATIVES' DISASTROUS IDEOLOGIES AND WONDERED WHY [...] | 2006-03-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI1126 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to raise four key issues that will be on the Arab League agenda: Darfur, Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian situation, Arab reform (ref A). On the situation in Darfur, Ambassador highlighted the need to move quickly to end the violence [...] | 2006-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR IS GZ WE SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1232 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF NEA A/S DAVID [...] SUMMARY: The March 27-29 visit of David Welch, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, to the UAE received prominent coverage in all UAE Arabic and English dailies. Abu Dhabi TV carried a 7-minute interview on the daily program News of the Day with A/S Welch commenting on S [...] | 2006-03-30 16:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO OVIP |
| 06ABUDHABI1233 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH UAE STATE SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch consulted with UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 29 on regional developments, and specifically on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas. A/S Welch was accompanied by Ambassador and Rear Admiral Robert Moeller, Director of P [...] | 2006-03-31 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IR IZ GZ WE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1401 | SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...] | 2006-04-10 14:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR |
| 06ABUDHABI1538 | MEDIA REACTION: US, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE/IRAN [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" states that the support and patronage of the United States supports Israel's campaigns against the Palestinians. "Al-Bayan" complains about the biased support the U.S. gives to Israel. An op-ed in "Al-Bayan" renounces the double-standard of U.S. nuclear [...] | 2006-04-18 06:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI1725 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...] | 2006-04-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1932 | S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...] | 2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO |
| 06ABUDHABI2041 | UAEG DISCUSS SECURITY CONCERNS WITH NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Education met with a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and discussed regional security issues, accompanied by Ambassador and alternatively the DCM. [...] | 2006-05-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KWBG IR IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2072 | UAE PRESS CONDEMNS ARREST OF SYRIAN JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: Arabic and English language dailies prominently covered the arrest of Syrian activist Michel Kilo (who was in the UAE May 9-10 participating in a conference hosted by Sharjah-based "Al Khaleej") and widely condemned his detention. Reaction to the press coverage by the official E [...] | 2006-05-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KMDR KDEM PHUM SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2240 | MEDIA REACTION: ARABS AND U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] SUMMARY: An Egyptian columnist in "Akhbar Al-Arab" concludes that America's efforts to win the minds and hearts of the Arabs has failed. A UAE female professor in "Al-Bayan" wonders whether U.S. public diplomacy efforts will succeed in light of the decades of hostile policies, misery and ba [...] | 2006-05-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2243 | SYRIAN VP IN UAE TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT IRAN? [...] (U) On May 29, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara'a met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ). Arabic language [...] | 2006-05-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IR SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2464 | MEDIA REACTION: ZARQAWI'S DEATH/GUANTANAMO [...] Summary: A female columnist in "Al-Bayan" describes Iraq as another faction-divided Lebanon under UK-US custody. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes those who sympathize with Al- Zarqawi's death. Another columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes Hamas for considering Al-Zarqawi a symbol of [...] | 2006-06-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2465 | UAE - SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Syria held a joint economic commission meeting on June 10 and the Second Syria-UAE Economic Forum from June 10-11, both in Damascus (ref a). On June 14, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that the UAE held these joint economic commissions regu [...] | 2006-06-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2470 | THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UAE: A PROSPEROUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MORE THAN 120,000 PALESTINIAN EXPATRIATES CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE UAE, A GULF STATE WHICH IS A MAJOR AID DONOR TO PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, PALESTINIANS HAVE COME TO THE UAE, BRINGING WITH THEM THEIR EDUCATION, KNOW-HOW, AND CAPITAL [...] | 2006-06-17 09:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAL KWBG AE |
| 06ABUDHABI256 | BASHAR'S EXPECTED TRAVEL TO GULF [...] (C) On January 25, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan (former UAE Ambassador to Syria). He seemed surprised at the subject of the demarche but indicated that he had heard nothing at all of a proposed visit by Bashar Al-Asad. Al-Haidan alluded to Bashar's recent cons [...] | 2006-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2695 | APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with the Director of the UAE's State Security Department (SSD) Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan to discuss the growing Iranian threat in the region and ongoing [...] | 2006-06-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2744 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN-US COALITION; CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ; [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the potential impact of an Indo-American alliance on Pakistan and China. Another asserts that Iran has been the sole benefactor of the US's arrogant policies in the region. Also in "Al-Khaleej" an unsigned editorial criticizes US Ambassador Jo [...] | 2006-07-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2886 | UAEG AGREES WITH SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed al Sha'ali is en route to Cairo to attend Saturday,s Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs acting number two Tariq Al Haidan told Ambassador July 14 morning that the UAEG had taken note of the July 13 Saudi Ne [...] | 2006-07-14 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2887 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: Israeli attack on Lebanon [...] Summary. Israeli air, sea and land strikes against Lebanon received first page coverage in the UAE and other UAE-based print and electronic media. Arabic and English dailies highlighted the killing of Lebanese civilians as a result of the Israeli raids. AP photo of a man carrying the body o [...] | 2006-07-14 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2928 | TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...] | 2006-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2954 | MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: The Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues to generate extensive coverage in the UAE's print and electronic media. One writer in "Al-Bayan" criticized the G8 member states for mimicking the United States in condoning Israel's aggression. Another writer in "Akhbar Al-Arab" questioned [...] | 2006-07-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2971 | TFLE01: UAE REPORTEDLY ADVISED ISRAEL OF DETAILS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EAID LE IS AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2972 | MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: An article in "Al-Bayan" accused the U.S. of supporting Israel against its own interests, while another criticized President Bush's hypocrisy in calling for Israel to preserve the Lebanese government while demolishing the state. An article in "Al-Khaleej" draws comparisons between c [...] | 2006-07-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI2997 | MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: One editorial in "Al-Bayan" accused the United States of betraying Lebanon after it promised to support its new democracy. In "Al-Khaleej," one writer questioned how anyone could believe that Arabs would accept Israeli aggression given their own experiences with Israeli attacks, whi [...] | 2006-07-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3000 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: Reactions to the crisis in Lebanon continue to be negative. In the print media, editorials have heavily criticized references to building a new Middle East as well as the United States for facilitating Israel's offensive. One editorial entitled "Go home Condoleezza" appeared on the [...] | 2006-07-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3024 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: The Arabic-language media remained critical of the U.S. position on the current conflict in Lebanon. In "Al-Khaleej," three editorials criticize Rice's visit and question U.S. motives in the ongoing crisis. An article in "Akhbar Al-Arab" describes Rice's visit to Lebanon as a conso [...] | 2006-07-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3089 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: Editorials remained critical of the Secretary's approach to the Lebanon conflict and most recent visit to the region. One editorial in "Akhbar Al-Arab" provided the outlines of a possible resolution to the conflict. Meanwhile two writers in "Al-Bayan" questioned her motives, with o [...] | 2006-07-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3097 | MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...] | 2006-07-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3100 | KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB [...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...] | 2006-07-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3137 | REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME [...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...] | 2006-08-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EG SU AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3165 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: The bombing in Al Qaa dominated UAE media coverage. Headlines emphasized the human cost and moral implications of the tragedy, while several papers featured graphic multi-page photo spreads of the aftermath of the attack. One editorial in "Akhbar Al-Arab" applauded Venezuelan Presid [...] | 2006-08-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3364 | UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 [...] (C) On August 19, CDA delivered demarche in advance of August 20 Arab League Ministerial to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Mohammad Abdul Rahim SIPDIS Abdul Jalil. (UAE Foreign Minister and Under Secretary are already in Cairo.) Ambassador Abdul Jalil said tha [...] | 2006-08-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3374 | SUMMARY OF UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) The UAEG pledged $20 million in assistance to Lebanon early in the crisis, and has now committed an unspecified amount to rebuild Lebanese hospitals and schools. MFA's Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Ambassador Mohammad Abdul Rahim Abdul Jalil told the Charge Aug [...] | 2006-08-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KMDR LE AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3632 | LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...] | 2006-09-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI374 | MEDIA REACTION: US PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" advised the State Department's Public Diplomacy Bureau not to waste its time enhancing their country's image, as US policies make their mission doomed to failure. "Akhbar Al-Khaleej" warned of confrontations between Iran and the United Nations following Ira [...] | 2006-02-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ABUDHABI3947 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA/UAE ELECTIONS/IRAQ [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" opines that the main reason why the U.S. is concerned with North Korea's nuclear experiment is the fear of it leaking this technology to the Middle East like Syria or Iran. Al Khaleej editorialized that what the U.S. fears most is the emergence of a nuclear [...] | 2006-10-12 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 06ABUDHABI430 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of a new UAE federal cabinet is likely to be made soon after the 40-day mourning period for the late UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum has passed. Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) appears [...] | 2006-02-08 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ETRD AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4328 | PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...] | 2006-11-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4382 | VISIT OF THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO THE UAE [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) November 29 evening to relay USG concern regarding news of a planned visit by Syrian President Bashar al Assad to the UAE. With reference to Minister of State al Sha,ali's comments the day before on a possible AbZ v [...] | 2006-11-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL AE SY |
| 06ABUDHABI4473 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT [...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...] | 2006-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4474 | UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINAN TERRITORIES, [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UAE provides humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon primarily through its three quasi-governmental charities: the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the Sheikh Zayed Foundation (ZF),and the Dubai-based Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makto [...] | 2006-12-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4501 | UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, followed by a separate meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),Khalifa "warmly" [...] | 2006-12-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE SY |
| 06ABUDHABI4529 | UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...] | 2006-12-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE UK IR SY |
| 06ABUDHABI453 | NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late February 9. The reshuffle preserves key U.S. Mission interlocutors, especially Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),who becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The UAE's new Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al [...] | 2006-02-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV ETRD KISL KDEM AE |
| 06ABUDHABI58 | MEDIA REACTION: SYRIA-LEBANON/THE ROADMAP [...] SUMMARY: "Al-Khaleej" advised the Arab nation to take decisive and collaborative actions to contain the worsening situation in Syria and Lebanon. "Al-Bayan" cites some of the problems in the Middle East and stresses that such issues must be resolved before it becomes too late. "Al-Khaleej" c [...] | 2006-01-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO AE TC |
| 06ABUDHABI73 | A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...] | 2006-01-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK |
| 06ABUDHABI779 | UAE TO AID PALESTINIANS, NOT HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Abu Dhabi February 27-28, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with UAE President Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. The UAE leaders assured Abbas that they would not stop sending humanitaria [...] | 2006-03-01 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE |
| 06ABUDHABI789 | UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...] | 2006-03-04 03:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE |
| 06ABUDHABI955 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-KHALEEJ" STRONGLY CRITICIZED THE LATEST STATE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND ACCUSES THE U.S. USING A DOUBLE-STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. TWO UAE COLUMNISTS IN DUBAI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "EMIRATES TODAY" WERE SKEPTICAL OF THE US [...] | 2006-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06ADANA105 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 05:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA128 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly from China and India. Textile industry leaders in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep and Adana recently told us that the textile industry in Turkey's southeast continu [...] | 2006-05-30 12:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ |
| 06ADANA130 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 05:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA131 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST TURKEY POLITICAL FIGURE BIOGRAPHIES [...] (U) EFKAN ALA, DIYARBAKIR GOVERNOR Efkan Ala was born in Erzurum in 1965, graduated from the Political Science Faculty of Istanbul University, and did his bachelor's degree in Economics. Ala lived in England in order to develop his language skills and carry out studies on Governing Systems. [...] | 2006-06-05 13:49:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU |
| 06ADANA135 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 10:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA136 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA137 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA138 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / EVREN [...] | 2006-06-13 10:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA142 | TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP [...] (U) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relations between Turkey and Iraq, as well as among other countries in the region. With high-level business and government participation from Turkey, Iraq and othe [...] | 2006-06-15 11:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ |
| 06ADANA146 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 12:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA147 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 12:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA148 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DEAL [...] U.S. Consulate Adana grants country clearance to Representatives Nathan Deal, Charlie Norwood, Michael Burgess, Gene Greene; Staffers Chris Riley, Todd Smith, Lodriguez Murray, Brandon Clark; as well as U.S. Army Escort Major Patrick Lewis and Attending Physician Dr. Mark Corrairie who will vi [...] | 2006-06-21 13:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU |
| 06ADANA149 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 05:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA156 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 05:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA16 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA166 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 12:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA174 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 12:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA182 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 05:25:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA188 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 06:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA189 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 12:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA190 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 06:29:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA196 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 09:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA2 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA200 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 05:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA201 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 12:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA205 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 12:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA206 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 05:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA211 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 02, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 13:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA212 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 08:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA217 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 09:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA218 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 10:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA229 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 06:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA238 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 08:25:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA240 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 10:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA243 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 09:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA244 | GAZIANTEP: TURKEY'S SOUTHEASTERN ENGINE KEEPS CHUGGING; [...] The Southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep is the region's model child for economic development, with a diverse, internationally competitive industrial base. Locals attribute the success to an entrepreneurial tradition, a light touch by government as well as above-average levels of smuggling [...] | 2006-11-20 14:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL TU CH |
| 06ADANA245 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 06:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA246 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA247 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA249 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 11:04:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA253 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 04, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-05 09:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA254 | TURKEY'S SOUTHEASTERN ENGINE KEEPS CHUGGING; NEIGHBORING [...] (SBU) The Southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep is the region's model child for economic development, with a diverse, internationally competitive industrial base. Locals attribute the success to an entrepreneurial tradition, a light touch by government as well as above-average levels of smu [...] | 2006-12-06 08:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PTEL TU CH |
| 06ADANA259 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 06:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA26 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 07:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA266 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 11:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA267 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 11:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA29 | ADANA AKP CHAIRMAN ENGAGES CONSTRUCTIVELY ON SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Adana AKP Chairman Abdullah Dogru constructively engaged us on a number of sensitive issues in Turkey-US relations. He was confident that the AKP would remain in power in the upcoming elections and would find a lasting solution to the Kurdish issue within the next five years. D [...] | 2006-02-09 09:26:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA3 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA33 | TURKEY - SE TURKEY UNSETTLED BY LARGE PEACEFUL PROTESTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 11:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA37 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 12:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA42 | TURKEY: SOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP EMERGING IN EASTERN MED ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The adaptability of the business community along Turkey's eastern Mediterranean coast to new opportunities created by the changes and growth in Turkey's economy contrasts with the rest of the region's traditional agricultural and industrial communities. These coastal businesses [...] | 2006-02-23 10:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA44 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28- MARCH 1, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 12:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA46 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 09:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA50 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 09:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA58 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 05:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA59 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA60 | TURKEY: VIOLENT CIVIL UNREST IN SE AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN [...] (U) Summary: March 28 funeral ceremonies for PKK killed by security forces turned violent around southeastern Turkey, including in Diyarbakir, Adana, Batman and Siirt, when large crowds, waving PKK flags and shouting pro-Ocalan slogans, confronted security forces with Molotov cocktails and sto [...] | 2006-03-29 13:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA63 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 29 MARCH, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 09:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA73 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 08:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA75 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 09:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA87 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 24, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. BOLGE / OZGUR G [...] | 2006-04-25 06:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA88 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 05:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA97 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 06:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA99 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 05:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADDISABABA3240 | ETHIOPIA: MELES ALTERS STANCE ON MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Recent U.S. visitors to Ethiopia have advocated a message of caution to Prime Minister Meles and raised potential consequences of Ethiopian deployment of troops in possible military action in Somalia. While Meles has consistently underscored the threat of al-Shabaab and other ex [...] | 2006-12-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO ER |
| 06ADDISABABA3289 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...] | 2006-12-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO |
| 06ADDISABABA658 | ETHIOPIA: POST REPLY TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Responses cued to reftel questions are provided below. QUESTION 21: OVERVIEW ---------------------- A. Ethiopia is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women, to a far lesser extent men, and a small number of children. Trafficking also occurs within the country's [...] | 2006-03-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
| 06AITTAIPEI2349 | MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI2439 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 19 on the new "collective leadership" decision-making style proposed by the DPP; First Lady Wu Shu-chen's alleged involvement in the Presidential Office's allowance for state affairs; and investigation into the Lafaye [...] | 2006-07-19 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI2561 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 29-31 on the investigation into "possible irregularities" in the Presidential Office's special state affairs expenditures account; the conclusion of the Taiwan Sustainable Economic Development Conference last Friday a [...] | 2006-07-31 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI2572 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage August 1 on the investigations into "possible irregularities" in the Presidential Office's special state affairs expensure account and the Sogo Department Store gift certificate case; the salary of a housekeeper [...] | 2006-08-01 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI2585 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage August 2 to a Presidential Office press release Tuesday which said that President Chen Shui-bian has accepted the resignation of a housekeeper who works for his daughter but has been paid out of public funds, adding that [...] | 2006-08-02 07:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06AITTAIPEI2778 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-/HEZBOLLAH COMBAT, GWOT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 15 to the investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account; former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian; and the KMT's plan to detail its handlin [...] | 2006-08-15 22:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06ALGIERS1305 | ALGERIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON [...] (U) In an apparent effort to get out in front of an Algerian public furious over Israeli actions in Lebanon, the GOA adopted an unusually high-profile posture the past few days. The MFA issued a statement July 13 denouncing "the flagrant aggressions" perpetrated by Israeli military forces ag [...] | 2006-07-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS LE AG |
| 06ALGIERS401 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...] | 2006-03-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AG |
| 06ALGIERS409 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel points for participants in the Arab League preparatory ministerial (discussion of Hamas reported septel). After reviewing points on Iraq and Syria, Ambassador turned to Sudan, noting that [...] | 2006-03-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS451 | PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT [...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...] | 2006-03-15 18:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG |
| 06ALGIERS455 | BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...] | 2006-03-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG |
| 06ALGIERS500 | HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...] | 2006-03-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG |
| 06ALGIERS501 | NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...] | 2006-03-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG |
| 06ALGIERS605 | ALGERIA ACTIVELY SEEKING TO PREVENT TRAVEL OF [...] (S/NF) The GOA is committed to preventing Algerian would-be foreign fighters from traveling to Iraq and to breaking up networks recruiting foreign fighters of various nationalities. Algeria continues to arrest persons traveling with this intent and has won U.S. Government recognition for bei [...] | 2006-04-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV CG IZ AG |
| 06ALGIERS694 | PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 30-stop visit to government-sponsored development projects around Algiers April 8 and 9, President Bouteflika publicly rebuked several of his ministers for Algeria's slow progress in infrastructure development, educational advancement, and openness to foreign investment. [...] | 2006-04-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ECON AG |
| 06ALGIERS936 | MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...] | 2006-05-23 19:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA |
| 06ALMATY575 | KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 13:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
| 06AMMAN1095 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS OUTREACH TO [...] Summary. Lead stories in all papers over the past fortnight, February 2-14, focus on Hamas' efforts to reach out to Jordan and other nations such as Russia. Media coverage has consisted of meticulous reports of Hamas' statements as they evolved. Editorials and commentary have discussed Jordan [...] | 2006-02-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN1176 | VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH - AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for the 2004 plot to carry out a chemical/vehicle-borne explosive attack against the U.S. Embassy and Jordanian government targets. The plot's ma [...] | 2006-02-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1177 | PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP [...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...] | 2006-02-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO |
| 06AMMAN1253 | MEDIA REACTION ON AFTERMATH OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN1261 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...] | 2006-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR JO |
| 06AMMAN1285 | MUQTADA AL-SADR VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) Muqtada al-Sadr visited Jordan February 17-19 for meetings with the King and Prime Minister, and to visit shrines venerated by Shiites. According to press reports, the King told Sadr that Jordan was eager to protect Iraq's unity, and stressed the importance of the political process and of [...] | 2006-02-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN1477 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN1500 | UPDATE ON DEMINING IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Mired bin Ra,ad, Chairman of Jordan,s National Committee on Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR),updated the Ambassador February 21 on demining efforts since the launching of the Mine Action Plan in June 2005 (reftel). He also discussed Jordan,s strategy for meeting the Ma [...] | 2006-03-01 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS KHPD JO |
| 06AMMAN1505 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-03-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1511 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN1523 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS [...] (U) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by capturing three terrorists. GOJ spokesman Nasser Judah said the captured terrorists planned to attack a "vital civilian facility" in Amman. State-run TV showe [...] | 2006-03-02 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN1526 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...] | 2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
| 06AMMAN1534 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...] | 2006-03-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ |
| 06AMMAN1557 | MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS IN MOSCOW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2006-03-07 05:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN1691 | JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...] | 2006-03-07 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
| 06AMMAN1792 | TRUCKING DELAYS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Queues have been getting longer since the new year on the Iraqi side of the Jordan-Iraq border at Al Karama-Trebil, due to security screening on the Jordanian side, and a lack of resources on the Iraqi side. Coalition convoys traveling eastward are also facing delays. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN1830 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS RE-INVIGORATE AGENCY'S ADVISORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of 20 governments and observers from the European Commission, the PLO and the Arab League convened in an extraordinary meeting in Amman February 27-28 to re-invigorate the moribund governance structure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine R [...] | 2006-03-13 08:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KPAL KUNR PREL JO UNGA |
| 06AMMAN1838 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN1917 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to an additional prepcon in Moscow in May [...] | 2006-03-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
| 06AMMAN2056 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to a much-expanded prepcon in Moscow in M [...] | 2006-03-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
| 06AMMAN2068 | AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Flu Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations and the Government of Jordan (GoJ) on March 2, 2006 to share information on avian flu preparedness. All participants are following similar lines of action: stockin [...] | 2006-03-22 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
| 06AMMAN2108 | JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seeking help from Israel and Syria to cover an emerging water supply gap. Israel has been helpful, Syria reluctant. Reftel Red-Dead feasibility study should start [...] | 2006-03-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO |
| 06AMMAN2118 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...] | 2006-03-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN2164 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT IN KHARTOUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN2176 | Jordan: No Further H5N1 Cases Confirmed [...] Summary: As of 1500 local time on March 26, H5N1 avian flu in Jordan has not spread beyond the four cases confirmed in turkeys in northern Jordan reported March 23 (reftel). No human cases have been reported, although rumors persist. The GOJ is stressing transparency with the media. In addit [...] | 2006-03-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC KFLU JO |
| 06AMMAN2234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...] | 2006-03-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREF |
| 06AMMAN2322 | FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...] | 2006-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO |
| 06AMMAN2325 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...] | 2006-03-30 17:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-01-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN239 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...] | 2006-01-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO |
| 06AMMAN2495 | JORDAN TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency, Petra, announced April 5 that the GoJ will host a conference of "senior Iraqi religious and tribal leaders" in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah. The conference, to be organized in cooperation between Jordan,s Aal al-Bayt Institute and t [...] | 2006-04-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN2509 | KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...] | 2006-04-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY |
| 06AMMAN2813 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 04:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EU JO |
| 06AMMAN303 | JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2006 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Jordan 2006 Investment Climate Statement - Jordan Openne [...] | 2006-01-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR |
| 06AMMAN3036 | SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] | 2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN3180 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...] | 2006-05-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN327 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN3299 | PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...] | 2006-05-10 03:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO |
| 06AMMAN3325 | TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) began proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi - an Iraqi woman who attempted to blow herself up during the November 2005 hotel bombings in Amman - and against six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. vessels in Aqab [...] | 2006-05-11 05:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN3346 | CODEL PENCE MEETING WITH PM BAKHIT AND FM KHATIB [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Pence met May 6 with Prime Minister Bakhit and Foreign Minister Al-Khatib to discuss regional issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation in Iraq, and problems posed by Iran and Syria. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Representatives Mike Pence (R-Indiana [...] | 2006-05-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
| 06AMMAN3565 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...] | 2006-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO |
| 06AMMAN3566 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with Prince Faisal, who is King Abdullah,s brother. Faisal expressed his appreciation for U.S. support, but stressed Jordan will need continued assistance to face rising oil prices and [...] | 2006-05-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JO |
| 06AMMAN37 | MEDIA REACTION 12/19/2005-01/04/2006 [...] Summary: Jordanian press in the last ten days has focused on regional issues, specifically the run-up to the Palestinian elections, Iraq's government formation process, and statements by former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam. Editorial commentary follows. End summary. 2. Mideas [...] | 2006-01-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN4124 | SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...] | 2006-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN4175 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met June 5 with Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief General Muhammad Dhahabi in Amman. Their discussions focused on Iranian intentions and activities in the region, Hamas, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. End Summary. Iran and Hama [...] | 2006-06-11 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR |
| 06AMMAN4297 | "Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels [...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...] | 2006-06-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ENRG XF EG |
| 06AMMAN4654 | Red-Dead Project Feasibility Study Moving Towards Start-Up [...] (SBU) Summary: The feasibility study for the Red Sea to Dead Sea water conveyance project ("Red-Dead"),strongly supported by Jordan as a source of fresh water, is gradually moving towards starting up, perhaps as early as fall 2006. The World Bank is planning a donors meeting for the feasibil [...] | 2006-06-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL JO XF |
| 06AMMAN4685 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) continued proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi, as well as six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. warships in Aqaba. The SSC began proceedings against nine defendants - including Azmi Jayousi - for an attempted [...] | 2006-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ IS JO |
| 06AMMAN4692 | JORDAN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE FOR WATER THIS SUMMER [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's senior water officials are trapped between dwindling water supplies, fixed water obligations under treaties, and ever-growing demand from Amman and other cities for domestic water. Irrigation in the Jordan Valley is the only place they can cut some deliveries. Even unde [...] | 2006-06-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR JO SENV XF |
| 06AMMAN4770 | KING BRIEFS FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah convened chiefs of mission (COMs) from G8 and European Union nations on June 25 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the regional threat posed by Iran, the recent arrest of four Islamist MPs in Jordan, and domestic reform efforts. END SUMMARY. ISRAEL-PAL [...] | 2006-06-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO |
| 06AMMAN4978 | MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5033 | FM KHATIB ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR JO |
| 06AMMAN5250 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR [...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...] | 2006-07-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 06AMMAN5251 | MEDIA REACTION ON ACTION IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5269 | TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...] | 2006-07-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 06AMMAN5352 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5363 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5388 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5396 | TFLE01: REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON, GAZA [...] (U) Summary: Several non-violent demonstrations took place after Friday prayers July 14. The leader of the Islamic Action Front implicitly criticized the July 14 joint statement of King Abdullah and President Mubarak. Jordanians are following events closely. Most feel deep sympathy with th [...] | 2006-07-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GZ JO |
| 06AMMAN5397 | JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...] | 2006-07-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
| 06AMMAN5428 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5486 | TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO [...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...] | 2006-07-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS RU JO |
| 06AMMAN5492 | INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO |
| 06AMMAN5498 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5537 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN5567 | TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...] | 2006-07-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO |
| 06AMMAN568 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO |
| 06AMMAN5889 | TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT [...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...] | 2006-08-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN LE IS JO |
| 06AMMAN5895 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN6008 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN613 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS FLIP-FLOP ON STANCE TOWARD SARG [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists were put on the defensive after expressing support for possible cooperation between the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and former Syrian VP Khaddam against the SARG. Faced with local accusations of interference in Syrian affairs and aiding Western governments, Islamists c [...] | 2006-01-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SY JO |
| 06AMMAN617 | REPORT ON MENA OECD MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Investment Board hosted a meeting January 23 and 24 to plan for the upcoming Ministerial on the MENA OECD Investment Program scheduled for February 13 and 14 at the Dead Sea. The UK, Japan and U.S. (as primary OECD donors) joined OECD and Jordan for the meeting. The Mi [...] | 2006-01-26 08:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV JO |
| 06AMMAN6222 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN6335 | "STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...] | 2006-08-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN6351 | MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN6400 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN645 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S INTELLIGENCE [...] ( C ) Summary: Senator John Kerry,s 90-minute meeting with Jordan,s intelligence chief centered on Iraq, and on the intelligence service,s worries about Iran,s role there and throughout the region. They also discussed Syria and security in Jordan. End summary. 2. ( C ) Senator John Ker [...] | 2006-01-27 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IZ IS JO |
| 06AMMAN6542 | LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...] | 2006-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS |
| 06AMMAN6761 | USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...] | 2006-08-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ |
| 06AMMAN6933 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...] | 2006-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UN IS LE IZ JO |
| 06AMMAN7051 | EMBASSY AMMAN COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) Post marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 with a memorial ceremony at the Ambassador's residence, a DVC between NEA/PPD's Alberto Fernandez and a dozen leading Jordanian columnists, and the electronic distribution to 900 Embassy contacts of the August 2006 IIP e-jour [...] | 2006-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
| 06AMMAN738 | JORDAN ENERGY PLAN: DIVERSIFY, RELY ON PRIVATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoJ plans to aggressively pursue policies to expand natural gas use, get the government out of the business of power generation, and end the oil refinery monopoly concession while bringing in three additional fuel distribution companies, according to the chairman of Jordan's [...] | 2006-02-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON JO |
| 06AMMAN7522 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO REGION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN7628 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO THE REGION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06AMMAN7630 | TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...] | 2006-10-05 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN7734 | NGOs, Chamber Satisfied with Progress on Environmental [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders from two of Jordan's largest environmental NGOs and from the Jordan Chamber of Industry are satisfied with the transparency and engagement of the GOJ on environmental policy issues. One major NGO noted its pleasure at the creation of the "Environmental Rangers" enforcem [...] | 2006-10-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 06AMMAN7924 | DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...] | 2006-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO |
| 06AMMAN809 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS AFTER THE HAMAS VICTORY [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists celebrated the Hamas election victory with assertive public statements and by sending a delegation to Damascus to congratulate Hamas leaders. Jordan's legal Islamists have a long history of pragmatism, but some of their leaders have adopted a new, more assertive tone i [...] | 2006-02-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 06AMMAN8150 | IRAN AND SHI'ISM - JORDANIANS' VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: GOJ establishment and popular views of Iran now diverge starkly, in part as a result of this summer's fighting between Israel and Hizballah. Many ordinary Jordanians have come to admire Iran and its partners in the region for "confronting" Israel. Many of these same Jordania [...] | 2006-10-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAL LE IR JO |
| 06AMMAN8408 | ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...] | 2006-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC JO |
| 06AMMAN8529 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
| 06AMMAN8549 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
| 06AMMAN8557 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...] | 2006-11-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO |
| 06AMMAN863 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-02-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN8745 | JORDANIAN FM OFFERS SUPPORT TO LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a move calculated to show support for the Siniora government, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelilah al-Khatib visited Beirut on December 4. He met twice with Prime Minister Siniora, as well as with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, former President Amin Gemayel (father of recently assa [...] | 2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
| 06AMMAN8806 | NGOS CRITICAL OF U.S. POLICY DENOUNCE FORUM FOR [...] (U) Summary: Jordanian and international NGOs opposed to the Forum for the Future convened an alternative conference, dubbed "The Forum to Oppose Hegemony," from November 30 to December 1. Ninety civil society organizations from across the Middle Eastern region, and from France and Norway, [...] | 2006-12-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 06AMMAN8850 | TRIALS IN JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT - AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in four terrorism-related cases, and continued proceedings against Nabil al-Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Iraqi charged [...] | 2006-12-13 05:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO |
| 06AMMAN8909 | SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...] | 2006-12-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR |
| 06AMMAN8910 | SENIOR INTERACTION WITH SYRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Polcouns made reftel points to Thamer Adwan, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, on December 14. Adwan observed that Jordan agreed it was important to avoid the appearance of excusing the SARG for its negative policies, and added he would find it hard to imagine King Abdulla [...] | 2006-12-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
| 06AMMAN8959 | Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...] | 2006-12-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL XF JO |
| 06AMMAN932 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...] | 2006-02-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC |
| 06ANKARA1003 | TURKISH MFA UNREPENTANT OVER REFUSING ACCESS TO [...] (C) Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Bilman told us openly on February 27 that Turkey's February 22 refusal to grant access to the Cypriot-flagged vessel Able F reflects GOT policy of not admitting Cypriot-flagged ships. This is in contrast with the MFA's earlier technical excuses. Bil [...] | 2006-02-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
| 06ANKARA1103 | RETHINKING ELIMINATION OF THE VOA TURKISH SERVICE [...] Summary: The proposed elimination of the VOA Turkish Service in FY-07 has unleashed an outpouring of protest in this country, particularly from those who are long-time friends of the United States. Over the last two years, listenership and usage of VOA radio, television, and Internet servic [...] | 2006-03-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU |
| 06ANKARA120 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 8 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...] | 2006-01-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
| 06ANKARA121 | Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 9 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...] | 2006-01-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
| 06ANKARA1251 | TURKEY AND THE PKK: TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: There have been several terrorist attacks over the past week in southeastern Turkey and in the Aegean city of Izmir. These attacks, which have resulted in several fatalities, are likely the first salvos of PKK/Kongra-Gel's expected, annual spring offensive. End Summary. 2. (C [...] | 2006-03-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER ASEC TU |
| 06ANKARA1253 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...] | 2006-03-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU |
| 06ANKARA137 | TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...] | 2006-01-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
| 06ANKARA1378 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1402 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1410 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 22-23 VISIT OF CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your March 22-23 visit comes at a time when Turkey is attempting to balance its commitments to the West against its desire to maintain harmonious relations with its neighbors and to play a constructive role with other Muslim countries. Turkey remains a significant contributor to [...] | 2006-03-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ AF IR IS |
| 06ANKARA1468 | SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...] | 2006-03-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
| 06ANKARA1485 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1511 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1568 | TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...] | 2006-03-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD POL ECON TU SY |
| 06ANKARA1579 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1628 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1652 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1657 | CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...] | 2006-03-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY |
| 06ANKARA1668 | GOT PLANS TO RENOVATE CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE [...] (U) ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT's Directorate General for Foundations (DGF) is planning to renovate seven historic churches and a synagogue this year, marking the first time the agency has renovated non-Muslim places of worship. Christian and Jewish [...] | 2006-03-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA1676 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA168 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1789 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1882 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1891 | TURKEY/IRAN NUKES: GOT ON BOARD DIPLOMATIC TRACK; [...] (C) Summary: The GOT supports UNSC deliberations on the Iranian nuclear program and has indicated a willingness to dialogue with us about future steps including targeted sanctions. FM Gul has made supportive public statements and has convoked Turkish Ambassadors in the region to brainstorm ab [...] | 2006-04-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
| 06ANKARA1957 | TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] | 2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
| 06ANKARA2004 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA207 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA208 | TOPICS FOR TURKISH NSC SECGEN'S MAIDEN VOYAGE TO [...] (C) Kenan Ipek, Special Advisor to National Security Council Secretary-General Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, advised us on Jan. 17 that the SecGen is pleased with the meetings scheduled for his Jan. 23-27 visit to Washington and looks forward to this opportunity to discuss issues of mutual interes [...] | 2006-01-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
| 06ANKARA2099 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2113 | TURKISH AGR MINISTER ON AI AND WTO RICE CASE [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador April 17, reported that bird flu had been essentially eliminated in Turkey and thanked the United States for its financial support in dealing with AI. Eker also reported that with the next fe [...] | 2006-04-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU |
| 06ANKARA2156 | BMENA: DAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE IN ANKARA, [...] (U) Turkish MFA BMENA Coordinator Ambassador Omur Orhun briefed representatives from G-8 and BMENA embassies April 19 on Turkey's preparations for a May 21-23 Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) Intergovernmental Conference entitled "Empowering Women in Public Life." Orhun stressed that the [...] | 2006-04-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BMENA TU |
| 06ANKARA2269 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS TO TURKEY: ECONOMIC [...] (C) A downbeat Palestinian President Abbas told FM Gul that the economic situation in Palestine is dire, especially for Fatah members, and that he sees little chance that Hamas will change, according to MFA Middle East DG Bozkurt Aran. Abbas told Gul he will try to reorganize the Fatah movement [...] | 2006-04-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPAL IS TU |
| 06ANKARA2310 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2358 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA237 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2381 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2384 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 06:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 06ANKARA2387 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: A group of men recently entered the compound of Diyarbakir,s ancient Syriac Christian Church and uttered threats and insults at the Syriac members. Despite requests from the Syriacs and other residents in the neighborhood of the [...] | 2006-05-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 06ANKARA2416 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 7-8 VISIT OF CODEL PENCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit follows a successful visit by Secretary Rice which paved the way for a new "strategic SIPDIS dialogue" with Turkey on issues of mutual import. Turkey is a strong ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of critical supplies and fuel [...] | 2006-05-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TU |
| 06ANKARA2506 | NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...] | 2006-05-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
| 06ANKARA2587 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2624 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2666 | TURKEY/IRAN: PM ERDOGAN'S MESSAGE TO LARIJANI [...] (C) Summary. Prime Ministry advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador May 10 that PM Erdogan delivered a strong message to Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Larijani during the latter's May 8 visit to Ankara, warning Iran that it must regain the international community's trust by behaving [...] | 2006-05-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU |
| 06ANKARA27 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA273 | EUCOM DCDR DISCUSSES IRAN, CAUCASUS, BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM Deputy Commander Gen Charles Wald emphasized the risk to Turkey of Iran's WMD program on January 17 in separate sessions with Turkey's CHOD and Deputy CHOD as well as at a roundtable with TGS staff chaired by DCHOD GEN Isik Kosaner. In all meetings, TGS officials acknowled [...] | 2006-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM TU IR ZJ ZL |
| 06ANKARA28 | AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER [...] (C) Ambassador used his Jan. 2 introductory call on National Security Council Secretary-General Alpogan to urge Turkey to define what new role it is ready to play in the diplomatic effort to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Alpogan assured the Ambassador that Iran's nuclear program is a rea [...] | 2006-01-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP TU IZ IR SY US |
| 06ANKARA284 | TURKEY/JAPAN: PM KOIZUMI'S MAKES LONG-AWAITED [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi paid a four-day official visit to Ankara and Istanbul January 9-12, the first by a Japanese head of government since 1990. While the visit was largely symbolic, the two sides discussed common approaches to the Iran nuclear issue, Iraq reconstruction, and t [...] | 2006-01-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA TU |
| 06ANKARA2870 | A DEVELOPMENT TALE OF TWO SOUTHEASTERN CITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, located in Turkey's southeastern region, are home to some of the country's most notable tourist attractions, yet both provinces suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. Seasonal migration, gender inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity [...] | 2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU |
| 06ANKARA297 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2981 | TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's southeast encompasses 23 provinces stretching from Gaziantep in the west to Kars in the north and Hakkari in the far southeast. This region includes most of Turkey's Iranian and Syrian borders and its entire Iraqi border [...] | 2006-05-25 06:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
| 06ANKARA3004 | SCENESETTER FOR MAY 30 VISIT OF CODEL BLUNT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Blunt on May 30. Turkey is a strong ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of critical supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly [...] | 2006-05-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TU |
| 06ANKARA3099 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3164 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA317 | TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...] | 2006-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF |
| 06ANKARA3228 | TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Erik Deschler who will travel to Ankara to discuss Second Line of Defense program with Turkish Government officials from June 10 to 14. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2 [...] | 2006-06-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU |
| 06ANKARA331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
| 06ANKARA3339 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING [...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...] | 2006-06-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM |
| 06ANKARA3344 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3352 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF |
| 06ANKARA341 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AS MODEL FOR REGION [...] SUMMARY: The USG AI Delegation that recently visited Turkey, as well as international organizations on the scene, applaud Turkey's robust and transparent response to recent AI animal and human outbreaks, including good cooperation with international actors. They cite Turkey's response as a r [...] | 2006-01-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU KFLU |
| 06ANKARA347 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA348 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3505 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO ADANA PKK |
| 06ANKARA3619 | PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...] | 2006-06-20 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU |
| 06ANKARA3691 | TURKEY TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER AND ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's DSI (State Hydraulic Works) provided additional information on the May 24 bilateral meeting in Ankara with Iraq (ref),characterizing it as a productive exchange of information, but disappointing in not covering new ground. Turkey is set on building the Ilisu Dam on th [...] | 2006-06-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA386 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: IRAQ, PKK, IRAN AND DEFENSE PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Summary: During separate meetings with Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner, and Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit January 26 and 27, the Ambassador asserted that Turkey should do nothing to disrupt the fragile situat [...] | 2006-02-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER MASS TU IZ IR |
| 06ANKARA3899 | TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Despite some small steps forward, cynicism and suspicion dominate the mood among Turkey,s Southeast Kurds. The Democractic Society Party (DTP),which has pushed to allow the PKK to be a legitimate interlocutor with Ankara, remains the leading political party in the region, and a [...] | 2006-07-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA3973 | OPINION POLL ON STATUS OF WOMEN IN SIX TURKISH [...] (U) Summary and comment: The United Nations Joint Program to Promote and Protect Women and Girls' Human Rights in Turkey recently released a poll on the status of women in six cities. The poll results reveal two major faultlines affecting attitudes towards women: 1) between Turkey's modern e [...] | 2006-07-07 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN TU |
| 06ANKARA404 | PROPOSAL FOR SUBREGIONAL PROJECT ON WATER [...] (U) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baghdad propose the creation of a special sub-regional project for working-level officials on water policy. The goal of the project would be to bring together Iraqi and Turkish officials responsible for water policy for a look at US water issues in the hope that [...] | 2006-02-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SENV IZ SY TU |
| 06ANKARA413 | TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...] | 2006-02-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR |
| 06ANKARA4132 | TURKISH APPEAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) MFA U/S Tuygen used a meeting with Ambassador and visiting EB A/S Sullivan to urge that Turkey's exclusion from the upcoming Iraq compact preparatory meeting be reconsidered. He said it is clear that the compact will deal with issues beyond economic reform, stabilization and pledges/dono [...] | 2006-07-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA4197 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4235 | PUK REPRESENTATIVE GALALI DISCUSSES PKK AND KIRKUK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Turkey representative Bahros Galali told us he will immediately urge President Talabani and KRG President Barzani to take public steps against the PKK as a way to prevent a Turkish cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq and to also send an [...] | 2006-07-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA4237 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 04:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4251 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4279 | TURKEY INSPECTS SUSPECT FLIGHT FROM IRAN TO SYRIA [...] (S/NF) State Ops alerted us July 23 that the Syrians may once again be attempting to fly an IL-76 with suspect cargo from Iran to Syria. We contacted MFA Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay, who informed us that the flight approaching Turkey was actually an Iranian civilian car [...] | 2006-07-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL IR SY IS TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4316 | TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...] | 2006-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4331 | TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...] | 2006-07-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA4365 | Turkish Markets Unfazed by Middle East Crisis, but Tourism [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU LE IZ IR IS |
| 06ANKARA4367 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4405 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
| 06ANKARA4406 | TURKEY AND IRAQ'S ILLICIT AND LICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Illegal fuel product trade in Turkey is significant and an issue of great concern to the Turkish Government, but we are not aware of any evidence that fuel smuggling in Turkey has any link with the insurgency in Iraq. Despite the challenges of the single bottleneck Habur Gate an [...] | 2006-08-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET KCOR TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA4407 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
| 06ANKARA4408 | TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftel b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Tur [...] | 2006-08-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA4448 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4462 | TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...] | 2006-08-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY |
| 06ANKARA4473 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4489 | TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR |
| 06ANKARA4525 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4623 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA468 | PROPHET MOHAMMED CARTOONS PROMPT CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish public reaction to European publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has so far consisted of generally peaceful protests and media condemnation, mostly in the pro-Islamist media. Government reaction has been moderate and constructive, with officials condemning the [...] | 2006-02-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU |
| 06ANKARA4688 | TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPLIT - THE PM'S CIRCLE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA4703 | TURKEY NOT LIKELY AFFECTED BY LEBANON OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to alarmist press reporting in Turkey, a variety of assessments assign a low probability to the Lebanon oil spill reaching Turkey. Still, the possibility cannot be excluded, in which instance Turkey might need assistance for cleanup. Turkey has improved its legislat [...] | 2006-08-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV MARR TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA4704 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4706 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4707 | TURKEY VIEWS ON HABUR GATE, FUEL TRADE TO SOMO, [...] (C) Summary. Although the smuggling investigation that had impeded Turkish fuel shipments to Iraq is over and construction of the new customs facility at Habur is nearly complete, Turkish trade officials observe that Iraqi demand for fuel from Iraq appears to be declining. At the same time [...] | 2006-08-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA4710 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4753 | TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...] | 2006-08-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
| 06ANKARA4754 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA478 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4804 | TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...] | 2006-08-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4835 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4860 | TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...] | 2006-08-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4873 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4875 | TURKEY CONTINUES DELIBERATIONS OVER A UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 22 to urge Turkey to make a substantial contribution to a robust UNIFIL. Uzumcu said Turkey is taking steps to formalize its offer of ports and is willing to contribute to DPKO staff for Lebanon planning. The [...] | 2006-08-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
| 06ANKARA4878 | TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IS LE TU |
| 06ANKARA4887 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4893 | TURKISH FM GUL VISITS DAMASCUS, PRESSES ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary: In Turkish FM Gul's one-day visit to Damascus August 22, Gul urged President Asad to shock the world by articulating a positive message on Middle East peace and fully supporting UNIFIL, according to MFA Director General for Middle East Bozkurt Aran. Asad welcomed the idea of Tur [...] | 2006-08-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA4905 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4912 | TURKEY SEARCHES IRANIAN TRUCKS FOR HEZBOLLAH ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has intensified its inspections of Iranian trucks in recent weeks following the initiation of aircraft inspections (ref b). Customs officials report that a lack of necessary technology at border crossings limits the number and scope of inspections but claim they have not e [...] | 2006-08-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR MOPS PGOV PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA4937 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4964 | TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...] | 2006-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU LE SW |
| 06ANKARA4986 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CG MCKAY +3 [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Coast Guard Officials Raymond McKay, Irvin Jones, Noel Bolleurs and Daniel Vazquez who will travel to Izmir to conduct an EXBS-sponsored Port Security/Port Vulnerability workshop from September 17 to 23, 2006. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who [...] | 2006-08-29 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM PARM SNAR TU |
| 06ANKARA4998 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...] | 2006-08-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA5090 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5124 | PKK IN EUROPE: TURKISH MFA LINKS RECENT ARRESTS TO [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli commented favorably on recent arrests of PKK activists in Europe on criminal charges. Praising the recent arrests of PKK members Muzaffer Ayata and Riza Erdogan in Germany (ref C) and of Nedim Seven [...] | 2006-09-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN TU |
| 06ANKARA5175 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5202 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5259 | OPPOSITION DEPUTIES SLAM U.S., ISRAEL DURING [...] (C) Opposition deputies launched virulent attacks against the US and Israel during the September 5 Turkish parliamentary debate on Turkey's troop deployment to Lebanon. The motion passed (reftel A) and the GOT is readying Turkish troops to join the UNIFIL mission, but the force and tenor of s [...] | 2006-09-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE TU |
| 06ANKARA551 | MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...] | 2006-02-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY |
| 06ANKARA5604 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5611 | TURKEY: PUSHING EU ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy-organized luncheon on September 22 brought together local EU diplomats and Turkish Foreign Ministry officials to highlight Turkey's key role in European and global energy security. MFA Energy DDG Mithat Rende called for greater engagement and visible support from t [...] | 2006-09-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU RU IR |
| 06ANKARA5634 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5650 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representative Scott Hulse who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense customer training from October 1 to 6, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312 [...] | 2006-09-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU |
| 06ANKARA567 | TURKEY/IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador February 7 that maintaining Iraq's unity is essential not only for Turkey but for the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Turkey is concerned an independent Sunni statelet would be a magnet fo [...] | 2006-02-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR TU |
| 06ANKARA5674 | IRAQ: MFA REPORTS ON NEIGHBORS INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (C/REL USA, CAN, AUS, GBR) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told us Sept. 22 that Turkey was disappointed with the final protocol on security cooperation the interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors adopted at their Sept. 18 meeting in Jeddah. Turkey had h [...] | 2006-09-29 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM KNNP TU IZ IR EG SA KU JO |
| 06ANKARA5710 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5735 | TURKISH MILITARY LAYS DOWN A MARKER AGAINST [...] (C) Senior Turkish military eaders have made clear, in a recent series of public speeches, that the military is concerned about the twin threats of Islamic fundamentalism and separatism which threaten the secular and unitary nature of the Turkish republic founded by Ataturk. In an October 2 a [...] | 2006-10-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU |
| 06ANKARA5746 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5854 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay took note of the points in reftel, but said that Turkey had not been asked to participate in the Preparatory Group or in Iraq Compact drafting. He said Turkey was supportive of the Compact, but that he understood from other contacts that the [...] | 2006-10-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PREL IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA5871 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA5883 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5898 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5990 | PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...] | 2006-10-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA6065 | AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...] | 2006-10-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV TU |
| 06ANKARA6068 | TURKEY'S SIDE OF THE STORY: TURKEY-GEORGIA FTA [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish trade officials, a Turkey-Georgia preferential trade agreement (ref A) is still being negotiated and includes a very limited list of agricultural and industrial goods. While in theory Turkey's participation in a customs union agreement with the EU could comp [...] | 2006-10-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD TU GG |
| 06ANKARA6118 | Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy is a critically important component of our diplomatic efforts in Turkey. In this cable, I describe our current public diplomacy environment, offer our strategy for FY-2007, and provide a list of top program priorities under this strategy for enhanced support and [...] | 2006-10-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU |
| 06ANKARA6119 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOL official Mr. Mihail Seroka. Control Officer is POLOFF Chris Krafft who can be reached 24 hours at 90-312-455-5555, ext 0 or via cell 0533-523-3592. 2. (U) Hotel and other logistical information will be communicated in separa [...] | 2006-10-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT PGOV TU |
| 06ANKARA6121 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA630 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank is moving ahead with a flagship Avian Influenza (AI) package for Turkey that should be ready for Executive Board approval by the end of March. A U.S. contribution as part of this package could help fill local gaps in a country that remains highly vulnerable to [...] | 2006-02-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU |
| 06ANKARA6352 | TURKEY-SYRIA FTA TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials confirmed a November 6 Anatolian News Agency report that the Turkey-Syria "free trade" agreement signed in December 2004 will come into force January 1, 2007. The agreement was also published in the Official Gazette, [...] | 2006-11-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL TU SY |
| 06ANKARA6373 | TURKEY: INSCR 2006-2007 DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of drugs and chemical controls in Turkey for inclusion in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). End Summary. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asi [...] | 2006-11-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA6374 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6387 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6392 | PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...] | 2006-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU |
| 06ANKARA6421 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6433 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6448 | PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...] | 2006-11-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY |
| 06ANKARA6464 | CSIS-SANDIA IN TURKEY FOR GLOBAL WATER PROJECT [...] Summary: Collaborating on policy and technology aspects of their "Global Water Futures" project, CSIS (Center for Strategic Studies) and Sandia National Laboratories sent a joint delegation to Turkey as one of five countries of focus in the second phase of the project. The Delegation met with [...] | 2006-11-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 06ANKARA6488 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6490 | LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL [...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...] | 2006-11-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
| 06ANKARA6500 | Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...] | 2006-11-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN |
| 06ANKARA6508 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2006-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA6519 | TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...] | 2006-11-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC |
| 06ANKARA6544 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representatives Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen and Christopher Joines, who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense PRISM Flame training from December 7 to 18, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted [...] | 2006-11-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU |
| 06ANKARA6546 | TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...] | 2006-11-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6563 | TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...] | 2006-12-01 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
| 06ANKARA6565 | TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...] | 2006-12-04 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY |
| 06ANKARA6581 | TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...] | 2006-12-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU |
| 06ANKARA6589 | TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT LEADER AGAR: POLITICIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's November 24 meeting Mehmet Agar, leader of the center-right True Path Party (DYP),Agar focused mainly on DYP's domestic strategy to answer society's demands for change that he believes the current Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has not met. For DYP [...] | 2006-12-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
| 06ANKARA6599 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6610 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6616 | TURKEY: POPE WINS HEARTS AND MINDS BUT DOES NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 06ANKARA6617 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...] | 2006-12-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA6621 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6626 | TURKEY: ANAVATAN PARTY HEAD MUMCU IN A MUDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second visit with Motherland (Anavatan) party leader Erkan Mumcu, on November 24, Ambassador Wilson heard the party's perspective on the coming election year, the Kurdish question, and foreign relations. Mumcu heads one of only two opposition parties with "group" status i [...] | 2006-12-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
| 06ANKARA6628 | TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...] | 2006-12-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR |
| 06ANKARA6631 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6642 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6648 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6663 | TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey has sought to increase electricity linkages with all its neighbors, including Iraq, but is committed to joining the EU electricity grid (UCTE),so faces technical constraints on connections to non UCTE countries. The recent Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Commission identifie [...] | 2006-12-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ |