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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07LJUBLJANA186SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT ITS ABILITY TO INTEGRATE
[...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche points March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn listened carefully to our request for Slovenia to accept detainees ready for release, and remarked that this is an important developmen [...]
2007-03-28 05:15:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
07LJUBLJANA187SLOVENIA: TALIBAN PRISONER EXCHANGE REVEALS NEED
[...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn concurred that the release of Taliban prisoners set a bad precedent and could encourage further hostage-taking and undermine the coalition's se [...]
2007-03-28 05:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER
07LJUBLJANA188SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...]
2007-03-28 09:51:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA230SLOVENIA DEMURS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 14:37:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PHUM PREL
07LJUBLJANA25SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...]
2007-01-19 11:43:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK EUN YI SI
07LJUBLJANA255PDAS VOLKER ENCOURAGES SLOVENES TO KEEP TRANS
[...] (C) In meetings April 10 with Government of Slovenia officials, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker reinforced the importance of maintaining a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue during Slovenia's EU Presidency. Discussions at the MFA focused on the Western Balkans including an idea suggested by MFA Security Poli [...]
2007-04-20 10:54:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IR RU SI
07LJUBLJANA256SLOVENIA: BALKANS, MIDEAST AND (NOW) CUBA ON
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel sees Kosovo as the make or break issue for the entire Western Balkans, and in a meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, urged continued unity between the US and EU as well as a comprehensive program with strong western perspective for Serbia, Kosovo and the [...]
2007-04-20 10:55:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM CU YI SI
07LJUBLJANA283SLOVENIA: MUFTI GIVES MUSLIM ISSUES UPDATE AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the Slovenian Islamic community, Mufti Nedzad Grabus, told COM that the Slovenian Islamic community is finding its way through past troubles with leadership, on course to resolve the long-standing struggle to build a mosque in Ljubljana, and firmly anchored in the [...]
2007-05-04 09:30:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PGOV OEXC KIRF SI
07LJUBLJANA285SLOVENIA'S WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is a standout ally in NATO - currently 11% of its active duty forces are deployed in support of NATO, EU, and UN operations abroad - and is making small, but concrete contributions to coalition efforts in Iraq. I [...]
2007-05-04 14:03:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SI
07LJUBLJANA317DAS MADISON VISIT: SLOVENES EAGER TO GET SMART ON
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian government officials, academics, and media were eager to learn about USG views on Cuba and Latin America during the May 7-9 visit of DAS Kirsten Madison. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials told Madison they have little expertise on issues in the Western Hemisph [...]
2007-05-21 07:11:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA337U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE
[...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...]
2007-05-25 15:05:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRET//NOFORNMASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA416HARRAH'S HAMMERS OUT 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, Harrah,s Entertainment and the Slovenian state-owned casino company Hit signed a letter of intent to build a mega entertainment center in Nova Gorica in western Slovenia worth up to $1 billion in U.S. foreign investment. Since talks were initiated eighteen months ago [...]
2007-06-19 14:43:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA418COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA
[...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...]
2007-06-22 13:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV
07LJUBLJANA45SLOVENIA: COM ENGAGES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON
[...] (C) Summary: The new State Secretary (Deputy FM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Ster and the new Director of the MFA's Division of the Americas, Roman Kirn, impressed COM as responsive and well informed on several thorny bilateral issues. The importance of close cooperation betwee [...]
2007-01-29 14:08:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA46SLOVENIA: LJUBLJANA'S MAYOR A MAN TO WATCH: ZORAN
[...] (C) Summary: Zoran Jankovic, previously CEO of Slovenia's largest retail company, Mercator, is now mayor of Ljubljana, and he has a mission. He has 45 projects for the city, 22 of which are high priority, including building several parking garages, widening key avenues, building 50,000 mor [...]
2007-01-29 14:14:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA523RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE BRINGS US-SLOVENIAN
[...] (U) Summary. With support from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund and the International Information Programs Division, the Embassy organized a one-day Clean Energy Innovation Conference on June 26 that emphasized the importance of alternative energy as a strategy for economic developmen [...]
2007-08-14 15:19:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD OIIP KPAO SI
07LJUBLJANA544SLOVENE PM VOICES CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO DURING COM
[...] (S) During COM's farewell call with Prime Minister Janez Jansa August 17, Jansa expressed concern that we have missed the best opportunity to resolve the Kosovo issue and warned that a solution is needed soon to prevent violence. He called the U.S. the "main hope," and blamed some European [...]
2007-08-23 13:12:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPREL PGOV EINV CASC PHUM PARM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA581SLOVENIA: TERRORIST FINANCE - PRE-NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief shared reftel's points with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Division on a close hold basis. The MFA appreciated our pre-notification; however, they indicated that it was very doubtful that any of these individuals were active in Slovenia. COLEMAN [...]
2007-09-06 05:20:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SI
07LJUBLJANA60SLOVENIA'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (U) On January 30 Slovenia's newly appointed Ambassador to the United Nations Sanja Stiglic (pronounced SAN-ya SHTEE-glitz) paid a courtesy call on COM before her planned departure for the United States on February 3. Stiglic, a career diplomat, is the fourth Slovenian Ambassador to the Unite [...]
2007-01-31 14:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALOFDP PINR PREL UNGA SI
07LJUBLJANA662SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT
[...] (U) Slovenia's Presidential election will take place this Sunday, October 21. The State Electoral Commission has confirmed the candidacies of seven citizens. The top two finishers will go to a second round on November 11 if neither garners over 50 percent of the vote. Polls still predict Eur [...]
2007-10-19 10:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA666SLOVENES FOCUSED ON BALKANS AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Slovene officials assured visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber October 4-5 that the GOS views the transatlantic relationship as vital even as it becomes increasingly immersed in the internal business of the EU Presidency. Garber welcomed Slovenia,s Presidency and stressed that the U.S. is looking [...]
2007-10-24 09:42:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NATO PGOV PHUM ENRG SI
07LJUBLJANA700SLOVENIA/INCSR: 2007 - 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 14:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM SI
07LJUBLJANA704SLOVENIA EAGER TO HEAR FROM DAS DICARLO ON BALKAN
[...] (C) In a series of November 5 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, senior MFA officials urged close cooperation and sought U.S. views as to the way forward on Balkan issues, which Slovenia sees as a priority issue for its EU Presidency. The Slovenes stressed the importance of speeding up [...]
2007-11-09 11:52:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA734SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN
[...] (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and to request that Slovenia join the voices of internationa [...]
2007-11-30 06:33:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI
07LJUBLJANA760SLOVENIA HAS LIMITED STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (C) On November 29, EmbOffs accompanied Katherine Uhre, Senior Advisor of EEB's Commercial and Business Affairs Department, on a series of meetings with Slovenian officials from government economic agencies and commercial groups that highlighted Slovenia's disappointing lack of strategic econ [...]
2007-12-13 16:39:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA761USTR REP STRESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEC AND WTO
[...] (SBU) The Senior Trade Representative at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, Dan Mullaney, met with senior Slovenian officials and the local U.S. pharmaceutical group November 19-20 to discuss U.S and Slovenian trade priorities during Slovenia's EU presidency. Mullaney emphasized the impo [...]
2007-12-13 16:39:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD EUN SI
07LONDON1047ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...]
2007-03-19 14:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1346ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...]
2007-04-12 12:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1658COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG)
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG),LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...]
2007-05-02 16:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1947BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...]
2007-05-21 13:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK
07LONDON2063ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from the U.S. for the International Maritime Organization's Fifteenth Session of the Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation, London, June 4 - 8, 2007: Representativ [...]
2007-05-30 15:07:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO
07LONDON2076ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 18 - 21, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fifty-Seventh Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobe [...]
2007-05-31 12:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO
07LONDON2077ACCREDITATION - IMO - NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 25 - 29, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization Council's Ninety-Eighth Session: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobey Transportation Affairs Office [...]
2007-05-31 12:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO
07LONDON2420(C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK
[...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...]
2007-06-22 17:07:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCASC PHUM PREL IR UK
07LONDON2510ACCREDITATION - IMO - INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from July 9-13, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Intersessional Meeting of the Working Group on Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships: Curtis [...]
2007-07-02 09:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO
07LONDON2575ACCREDITATION - IMO - 56TH SESSION OF THE MARINE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members for the International Maritime Organization's 56th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee: Jeffrey Lantz, Head of Delegation Victoria Huyck, Alternativ [...]
2007-07-05 11:04:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO
07LONDON2834INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORG SEEKS UNSC SUPPORT ON
[...] (SBU) International Maritime Organization Secretary General Mitropoulos sent a letter on July 18 SIPDIS to Ambassador Tuttle expressing appreciation for the USG support at the last IMO Council meeting to address the worsening situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the water [...]
2007-07-23 15:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS SO UK
07LONDON317INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO):
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]
2007-01-25 16:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON3175IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...]
2007-08-17 08:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK
07LONDON3525LONDON - LESSONS LEARNED FROM PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise (PI TTX) on September 7 with members of the Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) and officials from the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) 3rd Air Force in the UK, and U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE),located at Ramste [...]
2007-09-14 08:33:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU CASC TBIO AMED AMGT UK
07LONDON374UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...]
2007-01-29 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM MOPS UK
07LONDON3923XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...]
2007-10-12 16:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON3983AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...]
2007-10-19 12:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK
07LONDON4045EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHEN’S
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...]
2007-10-25 16:38:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK
07LONDON4126(C) UK INTERESTED IN CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Chris Wood, Head of the Foreign Office's Americas Directorate, told the Charge that the UK shares the goal of promoting democratic change in Cuba and is interested in several of the U.S. proposals for cooperation in Cuba (ref B),but it will take more U.S. lobbying in EU capitals [...]
2007-11-02 12:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA ETRD UN CU EU AR UK
07LONDON414AMERICAN-IRANIAN UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP
[...] SUMMARY: A recent UK-based Iranian participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP),Ali Pedram, has developed a proposal for an "American-Iranian University Partnership." It calls for expanding U.S. university partnerships with Middle East institutions to include Iran. The [...]
2007-02-01 12:19:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL IR UK
07LONDON4310INCSR VOL II FOR UK
[...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...]
2007-11-20 18:47:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK
07LONDON4472SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS’ DECEMBER 7 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...]
2007-12-05 11:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK
07LONDON4680IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]
2007-12-28 15:41:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON473FY-2007 TEACHING AREA STUDIES, 11/15-12/2/06: EVALUATION BY
[...] SUMMARY/RESULTS-IMPACT ------------------------- A). Ali Pedram found this an interesting and informative program on all fronts, academically, professionally and personally. It destroyed the preconceived ideas he had of the United States and its culture as well as its foreign policy toward th [...]
2007-02-06 17:29:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL IR UK
07LONDON679ACCREDITATION REQUESTED - IMO - FIFTIETH SESSION
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 5 - 9, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fiftieth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE): Captain Patrick E. Little, [...]
2007-02-22 14:25:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON764HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 17:16:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ELAB CU UK
07LONDON780HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND
[...] Summary and action request: Hilton Hotels International, faced with a conflict between US sanctions on Cuba and UK law banning discrimination, has instructed its employees not to violate local UK law, putting them on a potential collision course with US law. Post would welcome any guidance W [...]
2007-02-28 18:00:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ELAB CU UK
07LUANDA104DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief assistance provided to Angola by the United States following the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise. Thompson reiterated USG interest in [...]
2007-02-02 11:04:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO
07LUANDA1069THE ROAD TO BENGUELA
[...] (U) Summary. The road connecting Luanda with Benguela-Lobito, a priority infrastructure project for the GRA, appears near completion, but the road has not been rebuilt, only resurfaced. End Summary. New-Old Road ------------ 2. (U) Most of the two-lane coastal highway from Luanda t [...]
2007-10-23 16:13:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ECON EFIN AO CH
07LUANDA1116A PRODUCTIVE VISIT BY LULA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luis Ignacio da Silva's high-profile state visit on October 17 and 18, 2007 resulted in seven new technical assistance accords, the doubling of Brazil's credit line to Angola (to USD 2.3 billion) and the announcement of a business deal to build a sugarcane-based [...]
2007-10-30 16:12:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECIN ENRG
07LUANDA1127HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...]
2007-11-05 14:38:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN AO
07LUANDA1204FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES ANGOLA'S DESIRE FOR A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Amb. Mozena's December 3 presentation of copies of his credentials, Foreign Minister Miranda stressed Angola's desire for continued positive relations with the U.S., defined commercial/economic ties as the key element of the bilateral relationship, and expressed gratit [...]
2007-12-04 06:21:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AO
07LUANDA1270WORLD BANK ANGOLA BRIDGING TWO WORLDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. World Bank Country Representative - Angola Alberto Chueca is decidedly more upbeat about prospects for successful Bank engagement in Angola than he was only three weeks ago, when he last met the Ambassador. His new-found optimism is founded on several recent developments: fi [...]
2007-12-20 18:18:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON AO
07LUANDA1271BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...]
2007-12-20 19:24:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EIND ECON AO
07LUANDA1281BRAZILIAN OIL WORKER KILLED IN CABINDA PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Armed bandits shot and killed an oil industry medic, a Brazilian national, in the restive northern region of Cabinda Province on December 26th, 2007. The incident occurred when the Brazilian and a team of Angolan workers were stopped by a group of seven armed men as they traveled from a [...]
2007-12-31 12:58:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA29ANGOLA: EX-FLEC SOLDIERS INCORPORATED INTO ANGOLAN ARMED
[...] (U) Summary: On January 6, 2007 the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) announced the conclusion of the second phase of the peace process outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace and Reconciliation, which included the full disarmament and demobilization of the Front for t [...]
2007-01-12 09:42:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF PTER AO
07LUANDA311ANGOLA'S NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER PREDICTS SHARPLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22, 2007, Ambassador Efird and Econoff called on Agriculture Minister Afonso Pedro Canga. According to Canga, this year,s heavy rains will reduce the corn harvest to about 60,000 metric tons, compared with 450,000 tons in 2006. The cassava harvest will be adequate, [...]
2007-03-28 16:46:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EAID AO
07LUANDA326U.S. AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS EXPLORE BILATERAL
[...] (U) Summary. On April 3, 2007, the Chinese and U.S. Ambassadors met to discuss potential areas for coordinated agricultural assistance to Angola. They reviewed their countries, respective engagement in agricultural assistance in Angola in an effort to find synergies for future cooperation. [...]
2007-04-09 06:14:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD AO
07LUANDA358 ANGOLA - TROOPS SHUT DOWN AMCIT-OWNED QUARRY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 27, 2007, Angolan soldiers shut down an Amcit-owned quarry near Luanda, claiming to be acting on behalf of Angola's National Reconstruction Council. Several other quarries were shut down at the same time. The Embassy has explained the potentially damaging effect on [...]
2007-04-17 12:54:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD BEXP PGOV EMIN ECON AO
07LUANDA445ANGOLAN CANDIDACY TO THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) On May 3, 2007 Embassy Luanda received diplomatic note number 40/00.13, dated April 23, 2007, from the Angolan Ministry of External Relations requesting U.S. Government support for the Angolan candidacy to the U.N. Human Rights Council which will be voted on in May 2007. 2. (U) Informal [...]
2007-05-08 14:42:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AO
07LUANDA621ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...]
2007-06-21 13:44:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO
07LUANDA622ANGOLAN ELECTION PREPARATIONS ON TRACK DESPITE
[...] Summary: A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced USG interest in seeing elections occur in 2008 and 2009 according to GRA announcements and advocated that the GRA publish an electoral calendar so that all parties can fully prepare for the elections. In Caala, Huambo province, she was positively impress [...]
2007-06-21 13:45:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM OVIP AO
07LUANDA652ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE DELAYS IN PROCESSING WORK VISA
[...] SUMMARY: AS MANY AS 200 AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ANGOLA HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT THEIR PASSPORTS FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AND MANY FOR AS LONG AS EIGHT WEEKS AS THEY AWAIT WORK VISA RENEWAL PROCESSING BY THE ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICES. THESE DELAYS ARE CAUSING HAVOC WITH 28-DAY WORK ROTATIONS USED BY [...]
2007-06-28 12:36:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MGT AFSN APER CMGT PGOV EPET AO
07LUANDA67ANGOLA: FLOODING KILLS 46, POOR SANITATION
[...] (U) Summary: At least 46 people are dead and 22 missing following heavy rains and flooding in Luanda Province on January 22, 2007. Preliminary reports show severe flooding and damage in several municipalities, but no large-scale loss of life. However, several bridges either collapsed or were [...]
2007-01-24 12:38:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TBIO CASC EAID AO
07LUANDA746ANGOLA THANKS US FOR SUPPORT TO THE UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Angola,s election to the UN Human Rights Council has proven to be a source of pride to the GRA as well as playing extensively in the Angolan press. More importantly it may provide some catalyst for Angola,s ratification of some core human rights conventions and has spurred the GRA to in [...]
2007-07-19 11:38:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN AO
07LUANDA757CAE: GOOD FOR ANGOLA AND FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES
[...] (U) Summary. The Angolan Center for Business Support (CAE),founded to help bridge the gap between Angolan small and medium sized enterprises and the oil industry, now includes support for American businesses entering the Angolan market. To Angolan SMEs it provides the full range of business [...]
2007-07-23 07:40:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON AO
07LUANDA782DEMARCHE - R/V KNORR MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 21:19:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKRVC TPHY EWWT AO WA
07LUANDA783DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 21:19:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07LUANDA784DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 21:19:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ICRC AO
07LUANDA862STRUGGLING FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANGOLAN CIVIL AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. USTDA Country Manager for West and Central Africa Pierce Davis met with Angolan Civil Aviation Agency Director Antonio Pombal on 27 July 2007. Davis found a Pombal preoccupied with INAVIC,s efforts to overcome a European Union ban on TAAG flights. Pombal hopes for immediate [...]
2007-08-20 16:44:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EAID ECON AO
07LUSAKA1246ZAMBIA OCTOBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] SUMMARY -- MWANAWASA HEADS TRADE DELEGATION TO SEATTLE -- CRITICAL FUEL SHORTAGE HITS ZAMBIA -- DIAMOND PROSPECTING VENTURE DOES NOT PAN OUT -- TRADING LICENSING ACT AMENDED -- THE ZAMBIA DEVELOPMENT ACT 2006 UNDERGOES REVISION -- NORTHERN PROVINCIAL AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION ON CARDS -- GRZ SUBM [...]
2007-11-06 06:48:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
07LUXEMBOURG162AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...]
2007-05-03 16:33:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG170LUXEMBOURG CONCERNED ABOUT CUBA'S LACK OF PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Luxembourg is concerned about the EU's lack of progress with Cuba on the subject of human rights but still favors an "open, constructive and comprehensive dialogue" with Cuba. In the past, Luxembourg has played a constructive role within the EU in finding compromises but it does [...]
2007-05-08 10:19:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CU LU EU
07LUXEMBOURG438NO RESPONSE FROM LUXEMBOURG ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 15:55:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM CU LU
07LUXEMBOURG464LUXEMBOURG: SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 14:18:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE PHUM WHA EU LU
07LUXEMBOURG480LUXEMBOURG HOLDS OFF PROPOSED VAT CHANGES
[...] SUMMARY. At the 4 December Ecofin meeting, Luxembourg won crucial concessions from other EU member states on a proposal to change how the value-added tax (VAT) on services is levied and protected its comparative VAT advantage as well as a vital revenue source. These proposed changes would ha [...]
2007-12-06 15:49:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PGOV EU LU
07MADRID100SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: GEORGE LAVDAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities & Exchange Commission: George Lavdas to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 16 to January 19. The purpose of this visit to attend the IOSCO Standing Committee 3 meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...]
2007-01-18 17:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1001MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...]
2007-05-24 17:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA
07MADRID1007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STANFORD MCCOY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stanford McCoy, Chief Negotiator for International Property Enforcement, USTR, to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 31 to June 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Global Anti-Counterfeit Summit. 2. Post will make hotel reservations per reftel. [...]
2007-05-25 10:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1008SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARY DOETSCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mary Doetsch, Regional Refugee Coordinator, to work temporarily in Madrid, Spain from June 3 to on or about August 30. 2. Post will assist per reftel and email correspondence with classified computer log-in. Dan Keller, Consul General is the point of c [...]
2007-05-25 10:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1009SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Jefrey Summers, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on June 15 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Scientific Working Group for the London Protocol at the 30th Scientific Group meeting. 2. Post und [...]
2007-05-25 10:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1010SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Jacqueline Kerby Moore to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 29 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Association of Science Parks Annual Board Meeting and the International Association of Science Parks World Conference. 2 [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1011SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ANTHONY ROSATI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Rosati, Department of Commerce, NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 4 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Climate Research Program Workshop on Seasonal Prediction. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1012SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JOHN BARNWELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Barnwell, Research Biologist, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 27 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international meeting on malaria vaccine develpment as WHO temporary advisor. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1013SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DAVIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Cindy Davis, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about June 4 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Fourth Seafood plus conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1014SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DOSEMECI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Oviedo and Barcelona, Spain on or about June 3 to June 25. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a validation study at the University of Oviedo and in Barcelona to atte [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1015SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation, William Cooke, David Edwards, and Robert Suggs from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 9 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present papers at the Meteoroid 2007 conference. 2. [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1016SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SCOTT GREATOREX
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Scott Greatorex from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1017SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as stated in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza and Madrid, Spain on May 27 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 Operations at transoceanic abort landing site and to attend meetings in Madr [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1018SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as stated in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on May 24 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 Operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1019SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: LYNNE BERESFORD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lynne Beresford, Commissioneer US Patent and Trademark Office to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 31 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Global Anti-Counterfeit Summit. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not required. [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1020SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: HUA-LU PAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hua-Lu Pan, Meteorologist from NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 4 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Meeting of the World Meteorological Organizations (WMO) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on Season [...]
2007-05-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY SP OTRA
07MADRID1021SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...]
2007-05-25 11:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL SP
07MADRID1024SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN TAMBURI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Tamburi, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 23 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to perform an inspection. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2007-05-25 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1025SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOSEPH DOMINIC
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is [...]
2007-05-25 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1026SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JONATHAN HAMMER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Jonathan Hammer, Principal Engineer, and Joseph Celio to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at an FAA conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required [...]
2007-05-25 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1028SECRETARY RICE'S TRIP TO MADRID: ADVANCE TEAM
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes Paul Watzlavick, S/ES-S Line Officer, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 27 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to provide advance support and preparation for the Secretary's visit. 2. (U) The overall control officer is Deputy Chief of Mission, Hugo Llorens [...]
2007-05-25 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OVIP
07MADRID1038MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Shaking off (at least for now) jitters of a few weeks ago, the IBEX-35 hit an all-time high on May 23 of 15,229.9 points. The market is up 7.62% so far this year. Despite fears of a housing market slowdown, even the big construction firms such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Sacyr and Acciona hav [...]
2007-05-30 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1052SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NCI GROUP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Drs. Dalsu Baris, Isis Mikhail, and Nathaniel Rothman from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Interlymph/Myeloma Consort [...]
2007-06-01 18:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1053SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NCI GROUP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Drs. Aaron Blair, Eric Engels, Qing Lan, Lindsay Morton, Mark Purdue, Geoffrey Tobias, and Sophia Wang from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend [...]
2007-06-01 18:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1054SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JAFFE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Elaine Jaffe, Acting Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on or about June 12 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present classifications on Peripheral T-cell Lymph [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1055SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NORMAN BARNES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Norman Barnes from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on June 30 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 2007 III International Workshop on Photonic and Electronic Materials. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1056SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SERGEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sergey Krimchansky from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1057SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JEFFREY LIVAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Livas and Stephen Merkowitz from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a data analysis and science team meetings of the Lisa Pathfinder project. 2. Post u [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1058SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: TIMOTHY SINK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Timothy Sink from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 1 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform annual hands-on antenna inspection of all Madrid deep space communications complex antennas generate actions on fin [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1059SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: BRIDGET
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bridget Mallon, Attorney Advisor, and Nina Olson, Taxpayer Advocate, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 16 to June 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference sponsored by the Spanish Treasury Department and mee [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1060SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/RICHARD ROSEN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Rosen, Senior Advisor for Climate Research and Kenneth Mooney Division Chief for Research Programs Division, NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 1 to June 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Climate Research Program Worksh [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1061SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: EUGENE GILBO AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eugene Gilbo, Operations Research Analyst and Gregg Fleming, Supervisory General Engineer, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, DOT to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 29 to July 6. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the 7th [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1062SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: PAUL ATKINS AND
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins and Hester Peirce to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 31 to June 1. The purpose of the visit is to attend a roundtable luncheon with the Organization for International Investm [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1063SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: YACHMETZ, MARK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Yachmetz, Associate Administrator for Railroad Development of the Federal Railroad Administration, DOT to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about June 1 to June 8. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Spanish Ministry of Transportation officials con [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1064SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC KENNETH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Dominguez, Epidemiology, DHAP/NCHHSTP, OD, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 20 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a speaker in a symposium sponsored by the Spanish Retrovirus Working Group on the virologic [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1065SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LANDGREN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Landgren, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and chair sessions on the myeloma section of the meeting at the [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1066SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. LIPSKY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for NCI group: Dr. Peter Lipsky, Cief, Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Ski Diseases, and Dr. Marc Bajenoff, Fellow, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 13 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to [...]
2007-06-01 19:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1067SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NICHOLAS SABATINI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Nicholas Sabatini, Aviation Administrator, to travel to Santander, and Madrid, Spain on June 20 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the future of the aviation safety system conference held in Santander. 2. Po [...]
2007-06-04 07:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1068SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRENT BRINGLE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Brent Bringle, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 8 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend CASA-235 enhanced zonal analysis procedure meeting. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is require [...]
2007-06-04 07:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID107SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: JOYCE WATSON,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joyce Watson, and Gail Katz, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Afairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Rota, Spain on February 14 to February 17. The purpose of this visit to conduct a regulatory/inspection of the U.S. Naval Hospital's military blood bank. 2. P [...]
2007-01-19 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA TBIO
07MADRID1075MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) A recent study on over 6,000 crewmembers who worked in 2002 to clean up the Prestige tanker oil spill off the cost of Galicia shows that thousands of the original clean-up crew are now suffering health problems that include breathing difficulties and chronic coughs. The study, is expected [...]
2007-06-04 17:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1078SPAIN: ETA ANNOUNCES THE END TO ITS "PERMANENT
[...] (C) Summary. In the early morning hours of June 5, the terrorist group ETA published a communiqu in the electronic editions of key Basque media outlets, announcing that it would end its 14-month "permanent cease-fire" beginning at midnight on June 6, and threatening to "reopen its activities [...]
2007-06-05 12:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
07MADRID108SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE JONES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Chief Scientist for Geography Bruce Jones to travel to Playa de Palma, Spain on February 10 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final editorial board meeting for the NATO CCMS book on Landscape Science and Environmental Security. [...]
2007-01-19 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP
07MADRID109SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ROBEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Pamela Robey, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 6 to February 10. The purpose of this visit is for continuation of membership on the external Science Advisory Board for Genestom, a cons [...]
2007-01-19 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID1098SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: BRIDGET
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bridget Mallon, Attorney Advisor, and Nina Olson, Taxpayer Advocate, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 16 to June 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference sponsored by the Spanish Treasury Department and mee [...]
2007-06-06 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1099SPAIN ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez June 6 to discuss the need for a united response to Russia's concerns on the CFE treaty. Sanchez said that neither he nor Deputy DG for International Security Affairs Pablo Gutierrez-Segu would be able [...]
2007-06-06 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL SP
07MADRID110SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ANASTASIOS MIHAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anastasios Mihas, M.D., VA Medical Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 10 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to participate in clinical discussions with specialists and participate in liver study conference sessions. 2. Post understand [...]
2007-01-19 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID111SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: MICHAEL MANN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Mann, Branch Chief, Bureau of Economic Analysis to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 25. The purpose of this visit is to represent the U.S. at the Interagency Task Forces on Statistics of International Trade in Services meeting. 2 [...]
2007-01-19 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP ETRD
07MADRID1110MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...]
2007-06-08 13:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1115SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEPHEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NIH staff, Stephen Chanock, Jonine Figueroa, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Lee Moore, and Debra Silverman from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Bladder [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1116SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ROBERT LORENZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Lorenz, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a regulatory inspection in compliance iwht FDA current laws and regulations and audit t [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREAS: JUDITH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith Diaz Myers and Gregory Boutin, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 18 to June 22. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 2007 BPS International Users Conference Hosted by the Banc [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1118SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MANUEL DE LA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Manuel de la Torre Juarez and Fred Vescelus from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to July 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station Post Critical Design Review. 2. Post un [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1119SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: RAGHVENDRA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Raghvendra Sahai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to La Palma, Spain on June 17 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Asymmetrical Planeary Nebulae 15th Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1120SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: JOHN SIMMONDS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Simmonds from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 25 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Delta Mission Critical Design Review for MARS global surveyor. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1121SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ALAUDIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and William Weber from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid deep space communications complex and Instituts Nacional de Tec [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1122SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DANIEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Esteban Fernandez and Scott Hensley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that n [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1123SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ADRIAN HOOKE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adrian Hooke from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 15 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1124SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: EDWARD LUERS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eduard Luers, Warren Martin, and Wallace Tai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1125SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: PAUL WEISSMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Weissmann from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Alicante, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1126SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID CRISP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Crisp from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the MARS SMART Lander Rover Environmental Monitoring System Critical Design Review. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-06-11 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ROBERT AYUSO,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologists, Robert Ayuso, Robert Eppinger, Nora Foley, Karen Kelley, and Stepthen Ludington to travel to Oviedo, Spain on or about June 8 to June 23. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the 23rd International Applied Geoc [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: URI TEN BRINK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Uri Ten Brink, Research Geophysicist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 3 to June 10. The purpose of the visit is to give a seminar at the University of Madrid as the project chief of the Project Tsunami Hazard Potential in the Caribbean. [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1129SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2A WILKINS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Frank Wilkins, Office of the Solar Energy Technology Program Team Leader from DOE to travel to Madrid, Almeria, Granada and Seville, Spain from June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to study, research and visit various CSP plants in Spain. 2. [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1130SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mauricio Ortiz, Research Fishery Biologist, and John Walter, Fishery Biologist, NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 4 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the International Co [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1131SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANTONIO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 20 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Third GTR sponsored Antiretroviral Therapy Meeting. 2. Post understands th [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1132SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JASON CARLTON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jason Carlton from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 10 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to perform annual hands-on antenna inspection of all Madrid deep space communication complex antennas generate actions on fi [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1133SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC DIANE BYERLY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 2 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy and Resistive Exercise System Preliminary Acceptance Review. 2. Post understands that n [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1134SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC SCOTT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Scott Greatorex, Philip Liebrecht and Nancy Rosenbaum from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post underst [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1135SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ROBIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robin Stebbins from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a data analysis and Science team meetings of the Lisa Pathfinder project. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1136SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ORIN SERVISS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Orin Serviss and John Waters from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Delta Mission Critical Design Review for MARS Science Laboratory REMS instrument. 2. Post u [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1137SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA CALVIN CLARK, JOSE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Calvin Clark, Jose Benavides, Andre Lamarre, and Gary Ask, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 25 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to conduct recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in acc [...]
2007-06-11 07:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1138SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRENT BRINGLE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Brent Bringle, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 9 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend a zonal maintenance working group meeting. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3 [...]
2007-06-11 07:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1150SPAIN/TIP REPORT: GOS PLEASED WITH ITS 2007
[...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to officials in Spain's Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the Ministry of Interior, Emboffs met with Angel Melchor Celada and Maria del Puy Zaton, senior advisors in the MOI section dealing with TIP and the [...]
2007-06-12 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB SP
07MADRID1179SPAIN/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III
[...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...]
2007-06-15 07:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP CU
07MADRID119SPAIN ACCEPTS RESETTLEMENT OF FOUR MIGRANTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per REF A instructions, poloff communicated to the Spanish authorities a request to resettle four Cuban migrants currently in protected status at the U.S. Naval Station on Guantanamo. Post formally relayed this request on 11/8/2006 [...]
2007-01-23 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PREF SMIG SP
07MADRID1199MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The OECD indicated this week that Spain needs a "fundamental and urgent" reform of their pension system, particularly given Spain's aging population. The OECD says that Spain is the fourth most generous of its member countries; a Spaniard with an average salary will receive approximately 8 [...]
2007-06-19 01:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1204SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES H.
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Physicists, James Churnside and Valery Zavorotny to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that Embassy assi [...]
2007-06-19 16:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1205SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to delegation from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 29 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend ATM 2007 USA/Europe R&D seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1206SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC CARL PILCHER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carl Pilcher from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Santander, Spain on July 3 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to co-direct and teach at the 2007 International Summer School in Astrobiology. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to the delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center per reftel, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 15 to August 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understandi [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC JAY ZWALLY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to H. Jay Zwally from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 14 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understanding our planet. [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1209SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC KENNETH JON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Jon Ranson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 22 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium sensing and understanding our p [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center per reftel, to travel to Moron, Spain on June 9 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1211SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: STRUBA, RUSH,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba, John Rush, James Costrell, and Daniel Brandel from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Advisory Group 11 meetings. 2. Post understands tha [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC: ARBUCKLE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Arbuckle Delegation from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 30 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 USA/Europe Air Traffic Management 2007 R&D seminar. 2. Post understands that no assista [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1213SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LANCE BENNER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lance Benner from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Alicante, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 7th workshop on Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System.. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1214SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ALAUDIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and William Weber from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex and Ingeniera y Servicios Aero [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1215SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: GARY KINSELLA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Kinsella from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 24 to July 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the MARS Science Laboratory Rover Environment Monitoring Station Instrument Delta Critical Design review. 2. Po [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1216SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LEE-LEUNG FU
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lee Leung Fu from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to June 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DANIEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Esteban-Fernandez and Scott Hensley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post und [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1218SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. KLEINER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Kleiner, Dr. Roslyn Mannon, and Dr. Allan Kirk, from the National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to La Coruna, Spain on or about June 23 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give individual presentations at the Ninth Banff Conf [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1219SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FROLOV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Vadim Frolov, Senior Researcher, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 2 to July 25. The purpose of this visit is to give a multi day seminar, participate in installation and [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID122MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Standard & Poor says as of 2007 Spain is the eighth industrial economy in the world, thereby surpassing Canada: The S & P ranking in billions of dollars follows. U.S. (13.8),Japan (4.5),Germany (3.1),China (3.0),UK (2.4),France (2.4),Italy (2.0),Spain (1.3). Spain's debt rating is [...]
2007-01-23 17:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK EFIN
07MADRID1220SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Andrew Byrd, Laboratory Chief, from the National Cancer Institute to travel to Tarragona, Spain on or about July 1 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Euromar Magnetic Resonance Conference. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1221SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA KRISTY ZIELNY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kristy Zielny, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, and Almeria, Spain on or about June 29 to July 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct regulatory inspections at these si [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1222SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARK WALDERHAUG
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Walderhaug, Associate Director for Risk Assessment, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 21 to June 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the meeting of the XVII Regional [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1223SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAY EPSTEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jay Epstein, Director, and Robin Biswas, Supervisory Medical Officer, Office of Blood Research and Review, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 18 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the meeting of the International Society o [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1224SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2A: RUECKERT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Rueckert, Office of the Solar Energy Technology Program Technology Manager from DOE to travel to Madrid, Almeria, Grenada and Seville, Spain from June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to research and visit CSP sites. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1225SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA employees; Eric Moore and Richard Waters, from DOE to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 6 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to present training on military equipment for Department of Defense customer. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1226SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: PAUL DICKERSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Dickerson, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Chief Operating Officer from DOE to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 24 to June 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 1st US EU Business Roundtable on Energy & Technology as a keynote speaker [...]
2007-06-19 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1227SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: EDWARD PUGACZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Edward Pugacz, General Engineer to travel to Seville and Barcelona, Spain on or about September 23 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the SAE 2007 Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. 2. P [...]
2007-06-20 06:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Victoria Cox, Sabrna Saunders-Hodge, Steven Lang, Paul Krois, Barry Scott, Klein Alexander, Stephanie Lucien Mondoloni, Almira Ramadani Williams, William Colon Johnson, Olga Prinzo, Joseph Celio, Brian Simmons, Elida Smith, Daniel Murphy, Ger [...]
2007-06-20 06:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1229SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Carey Fagan, Nazzareno Henry Spurio, Richard Jehlen, Diana Liang, Steven William Bradford, and Lourdes Maurice to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 24 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend the FAA/European Organization f [...]
2007-06-20 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1231SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: WENDY JO SHEMANSKY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Wendy Jo Shemansky, Senior Neuropschology Technician MIRECC Data Management, VA Healthe Care System, to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 8 to July 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Neuropsychological Society Conference. [...]
2007-06-20 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1232SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ROBERTO JOSE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roberto Jose Groszmann, MD, VA Medical Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 11 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International meeting on Therapy on Liver Diseases Conference. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-06-20 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1256SPAIN/VENEZUELA: PRESSING MFA ON NAVAL SHIP SALE
[...] (C) USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez met with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon June 21 to compare notes the major immigration issues affecting both countries. In the context of Leon's discussion of increased migration to Spain through West Africa, the DCM suggested tha [...]
2007-06-25 11:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR VZ SP
07MADRID1285WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT?
[...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...]
2007-07-02 07:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1287SPAIN: FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR ON SPANISH POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary. Former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar told the Ambassador on June 28 that he viewed with great concern the "malignant affect" that the Zapatero government's policies were having on Spain, and he was dismayed to see the Spanish nation slowly eroding as more power continued to devolv [...]
2007-07-02 11:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
07MADRID1295MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...]
2007-07-03 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: STEPHEN WALL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Wall from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 10 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 4th Limnogeology Congress Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitor [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: THOMAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Duxbury from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Space Agency High Resolution Stereo Camera Omega Working Science Meeting. 2. Post understands th [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ARMOND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armond Salazar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend Management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex and Institutes Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial. [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1300SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Fischman, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Stephen Lowe, and Alan Tanner from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1301SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC RUSSELL ENSCORE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Russell Enscore, Environmental Health Officer, CCID, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 22 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1302SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ROSEN AND SMOOT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rosen, Research Hydrologist and Joseph Smoot, Research Geologist from USGS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 6 to July 16. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present research at the International Association of Limnology confere [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1303SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MICHAEL ADAMS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Adams, Supervisory Chemist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to speak/present at the Intertech-Pira Conference on Global Food Contact L [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1304SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SHNYROVA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anna Shnyrova, Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Salamanca, Spain on or about July 2 to July 25. The purpose of this visit is to fulfill Ph.D. requirements. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1305SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BONIFACINO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Juan Bonifacino, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain on or about June 30 to July 10. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Universidad CEU-Carde [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1306SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DOUGLAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Douglas Forrest, Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Valladolid and Madrid, Spain on or about July 3 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Congress of the Spanish Physiolo [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1307SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about July 3 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera. 2. Post understands that no assista [...]
2007-07-03 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1308SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LIS DARIUSZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lis Dariusz and Gary Melnick from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 7 to July 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Heterodyne Instrument Farinfared Guaranteed Time Holders in Orion/SGR B2 Mapping Projec [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1309SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BRYAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Huneycutt from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 24 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1310SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 18 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post underst [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1311SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ANDREW BROOKS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrew Books from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to monitor and provide technical assistance to the hydraulics upgrade at the Madrid Deep Space communications complex. 2 [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1312SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: THOMAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Meehan, Simon Yueh and Shannon Brown from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 15 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post un [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1313SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LESLIE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leslie Deutsch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 14 to July 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Vanguard Workshop on New Form New Content. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1314SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mauricio Ortiz, Fishery Biologist, Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, and Guillermo Diaz, Statistician to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 4 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2007, ICCAT Atlantic Albacore Stoc [...]
2007-07-03 16:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1315SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: TONY BERNHARDT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhardt, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 8 to July 9. The purpose of this visit is to complete ETOPS North Atlantic area validation flights for FAR 121 Air Carrier Pace Airlines. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-07-05 07:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1316SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID ALAN KNORR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Alan Knorr, Group Manager to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 1 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is for introduction as new FAA Liaison Officer to the DSF. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...]
2007-07-05 07:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1317SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assist [...]
2007-07-05 07:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1318SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: STEPHEN MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Stephen Michael Slote, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 7 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend wiring systems maintenance tasks development meeting with CASA. 2. Post understands that no Embassy [...]
2007-07-05 07:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1325SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS
[...] Spain welcomes the opportunity to join the P-3 spare parts exchange program. It has delivered to Post a letter signed by the MOD Director General for Armament and Material (DGAM) providing end-use, security, and retransfer assurances related to the program. 2. For the Kingdom of Spain, Roy [...]
2007-07-05 13:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS SP
07MADRID1331SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...]
2007-07-06 14:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI
07MADRID1336SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...]
2007-07-06 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID1341MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...]
2007-07-09 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1342SPAIN: ZAPATERO RESHUFFLES DOMESTIC POLICY CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY. With an eye on issues that will be important to voters in upcoming national elections, President Zapatero announced on July 6 four changes to his cabinet. Parliamentary Vice President Carme Chacon will become the new Housing Minister. Elena Salgado, until now Minister of Health, w [...]
2007-07-09 16:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SP
07MADRID1379SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DESAI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Tres Cantos, Spain on or about July 8 to July 10. The purpose of this visit is to present a seminar and to discuss possible collaborations a [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1380SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STERN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Stern, Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 3 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Neuropsychological Society 2007 Mid year [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1381SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MATARIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Matarin, Fellow, National Institute of Aging, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 15 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1382SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RAFAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rafael Rincon and Stephen Ungar from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 19 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1383SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Zaragoza and Madrid, Spain on July 21 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the microwave scan beam landing system flight inspection and bore sightin [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1384SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1385SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC: JEDLOVEC,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Jedlovec, Jeffrey Luvall, and Douglas Rickman from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2 [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1386SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: PEGGY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Peggy O'Neill from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 22 to July 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1387SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GLAZER AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stuart Glazer and Thomas Johnson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 17 to July 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-07-13 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1388SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: EDWARD KIM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edward Kim from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1389SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: LAKESHA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lakesha Bates from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1390SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ERNESTO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ernesto Rodriguez from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1391SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: KAREN YUEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Karen Yuen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1392SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: RECCE AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Recce and Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional d [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1393SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: ROSS LUNETTA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross Lunetta, Research Physical Scientist, Office of Research and Development to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 21 to July 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA EPA OTRA SP
07MADRID1394SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: JAMES L. BISCHOFF
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Bischoff, Geologist Emeritus from USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 10 to July 26. The purpose of the visit is to participate in field work as a collaboration among an international group of paleoseismologists. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1395SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MUSTUFA BAHRAIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mustufa Bahrain to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 15 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internationa Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not r [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1396SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: DELOATCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ivan Deloatch, Staff Director from USGS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 29. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a meeting with the Global Earth Observations Implementation team. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1397SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark from NNSA, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
07MADRID1398SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ERNST,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Monique Ernst, Staff Clinician, Dr. Christian Grillon, Tenure Track Investigator, and Dr. Yun Fai Lau, Fellow, NIMH, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Fifth Wo [...]
2007-07-13 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1399SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN HICKEY AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Hickey and Ali Bahrami to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on or about July 7 to July 11. The purpose of this visit is to meet with DGAC of Spain and tour CASA facility 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...]
2007-07-16 07:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1400SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-07-16 07:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1401SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: SHAHRAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Shahram Daneshmandi, Shaun Ripple, and Patrick Morris to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to meet with EADS-CASA and Spain DGAC - Spanish Aviation Authority. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-07-16 07:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1402SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: KATHY ANOMI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Kathy Anomi Ishimaru to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft and Engine Icing International conference. 2. Post underst [...]
2007-07-16 07:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1404MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...]
2007-07-16 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1420(C) SPAIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CUBA (C-RE7-00940)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post appreciates INR's careful attention to the evolving issue of Spain's engagement with Cuba. The Ambassador and DCM, as well as Washington visitors, continue to take every opportunity to express to the GOS our disagreement with its current policy. Additional information on the relat [...]
2007-07-18 11:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PREL SP CU
07MADRID1430SPAIN/ETA: DESPITE RECENT GOVERNMENT SUCCESSES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As Spaniards settle into summer vacation mode, the government, the press, and the public continue to focus on the likelihood of a significant attack by the Basque terrorist group ETA. Since ETA broke its self-declared cease-fire on June 6, the government has showed a strong hand [...]
2007-07-20 14:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
07MADRID1438SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1439SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to the following NESDIS personnel, Pablo Clemente-Colon, Robert Rank, Xiwu Zhan, Changyong Cao, Xingian Wu, Helen Wood, Hal Bloom, Gary McWilliams, Peter Wilczynski, Nina Jackson, Karen St. Germain, Dr. Stephen Mango, Richard Fulton, Tahara Moreno, and James M [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID144SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-29 07:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL EAID SP HA
07MADRID1440MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK
07MADRID1441SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MIGUEL MARINA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Miguel Marina from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 3 to August 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in implementation activities for the Deep Space Network in the areas of tracking telemetry and command app [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1442SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain on July 31 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1443SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on July 29 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1444SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation per reftel from Langley Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1445SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: MARTHA MAIDEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Martha Maiden, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1446SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANTHONY CARRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 22 to August 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Deep Space Network Oversight Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1447SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: VONDEAK,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Vondeak, John Zuzek, and Stephen Volz from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give presentations at the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post un [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1448SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANGELO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 31. The purpose of this visit for Castillo is to attend meetings with program executives and INTA Director General as well as Embassy personnel; Geldzahler will attend a meet [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1449SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: SHAHID HABIB
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and serve as co-chair in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post under [...]
2007-07-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CFTC: REUBEN JEFFERY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Reuben Jeffery, Chairman to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 5 to February 7. The purpose of this visit to participate in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) meetings. 2. P [...]
2007-01-29 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1450SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ADAM BAILEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Adam Bailey to travel to Almeria, Spain from July 24 to August 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with Spanish scientists, observers and fishermen and to provide expertise in developing technologies. 2. Post understands that Embas [...]
2007-07-23 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1451SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: HOFSTRA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Albert Hofstra, Research Geologist from USGS to travel to Madrid and Salamon, Spain on or about August 14 to August 19. The purpose of the visit is to conduct field work on the Salamon Gold Deposit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-07-23 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1452SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MAX COLEMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Max Coleman from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 4 to September 7. The purpose of this visit is to interpret the Rio Tinto aerial survey and Geochemical results with collaborating scientists. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-07-23 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1453SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnicia [...]
2007-07-23 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN FISHER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Fisher to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 19 to October 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance [...]
2007-07-23 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1459SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: PAGE, LENCKUS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Thomas Page, Christopher Lenckus, Edward Summerhill, Tony Jones, Dave Osborne to travel to Moron, Spain on or about July 26 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign [...]
2007-07-23 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: JOHN REICH, SCOTT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Reich, Director of the Office of the Thrift Supervision, Scott Polakoff, Federal Bank Regulator, and Clarence Lee, Senior Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 22 to January 26. The purpose of this visit to attend a meeting with the Internatio [...]
2007-01-29 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1460SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: ERIC HAIGHT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Eric Haight to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...]
2007-07-23 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID147SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ ANTHONY CARRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro and James Costrell from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 24 to February 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend and meet with INTA to discuss the Deep Space Network Tracking Station. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-01-29 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID148SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: JULIE ERHARDT AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities & Exchange Commission Officials: Julie Erhardt and Len Jui to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 4 to February 8. The purpose of this visit to attend the Monitoring Group, the IOSCO Sanding Committee and chair committee meetings. 2. Post [...]
2007-01-29 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1484SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: PHILIP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Philip Stepaniak and Stevan Gilmore from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on September 16 to September 22. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense on shuttle operations medical support training. [...]
2007-07-30 08:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1485SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 16 to August 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-07-30 08:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1488SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MITCHELL RAINWATER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Mitchell Rainwater to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 26 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign governments. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assis [...]
2007-07-30 12:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1489MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The opposition Popular Party recently proposed tax cuts on the order of euros 20 billion. The budget surplus this year is euros 7 billion - Solbes says any tax cuts should amount to considerably less than this figure given future health and pension commitments. The Minister also critici [...]
2007-07-30 14:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID149SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: RICHARD JONES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Richard Jones to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 20 to February 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a station inspection and observe international flight deck procedures. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-01-29 16:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID1492SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY
[...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...]
2007-07-30 16:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL SP
07MADRID1505PROFILES OF SPAIN-BASED CUBAN GROUPS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Thanks to family ties and historical/cultural links, Madrid hosts a number of important Cuban civil society and human rights organizations. These groups influence Spanish political discourse and public opinion through participation in public events, writings in local publicat [...]
2007-08-03 08:55:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PHUM SP CU
07MADRID1510MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Both the GOS and the IMF agree on a 2007 growth forecast of 3.8% and a 2008 forecast of 3.3%. However, the GOS is somewhat less apprehensive of the possibility of overheating in 2008 and plays up increased capital goods spending and slight productivity improvements as evidence that there [...]
2007-08-03 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1512SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ALEXANDER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Alexander Voronovich to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 31 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the nineteenth International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance i [...]
2007-08-03 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID1513SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SARAH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sarah Marshall from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 31 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Science Laboratory manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-08-03 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1514SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BERT TURNEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bert Turney from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 30 to August 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Space Laboratory and high antenna manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-08-03 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1515SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: CHRISTOPHER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Owen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 15 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in phase 2 at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-08-03 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1516SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Cadiz, Spain on or about August 18 to August 24. The purpose of the visit is to meet with representatives of the International Armoring Corporation for contract delivery acceptance in support of Nonproliferation Suppor [...]
2007-08-03 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1517SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about September 22 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the Seventh International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals Superconductors and Feromagnets. 2. P [...]
2007-08-03 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1518SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JECK, HUGHES AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Richard Kahr Jeck, William Hughes, and Warren Mauldin Underwood to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the FAA/European organization for the safety air navigation coordina [...]
2007-08-06 06:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1519SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: GILBERT DACOSTA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Gilbert Dacosta, David San-Merino and Robert Barnes to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 26 to August 31. The purpose of this visit is to conduct site inspections. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...]
2007-08-06 06:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1549SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWN
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Corrine Brown, Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (HTRANS),and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 13 to August 15. The purpose of the visit is [...]
2007-08-10 15:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1555MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The Madrid exchange lost 2.59% of its value on Friday. Banks and real estate groups lost most value. What is happening in Spain is similar to what is happening in other major equities markets. The major Spanish banks continue to say they are not overly exposed to the American subprime m [...]
2007-08-13 08:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1568SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HICKS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Thomas Hicks, Majority Senior Election Counsel, House Administration Committee (HADC),and acompanying staff delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Moron and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on or about August 19 to August 22. The purp [...]
2007-08-14 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1569SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WADA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Debra Wada, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee and acompanying staff delegation per reftel (b) to travel to Madrid and Rota, Spain on or about August 21 to August 22. The purpose of the visit is to visit and t [...]
2007-08-14 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT SP
07MADRID1577SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Johnson and Timothy Ulrich, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 31 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the International Congress on Acoustic Emission Sources. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1578SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HENINGER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rebecca Heninger, Marcel Schoppers, and Arthur Thompson from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1579SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: IAN HARRIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ian Harris from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. 2 [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1580SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HARLOW
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harlow Ahlstrom from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 20 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to install data acquisition equipment on the Deep Space Station 63 meter antenna at the Madrid Deep Space Communicati [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1581SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SERVIS ORIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Servis Orin from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1582SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MARK ROMEJKO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Romejko and Joseph Wackley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 28 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Asset Management Maintenance Improvement Work Group Meeting. 2. Post unde [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1583SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1584SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERT CALVO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1585SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrea Gilbert, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 7 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to attend and speak at the 3rd International Conference on the Young Massive Star Cluster. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-08-17 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1586SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: CATHERINE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Catherine Sham and Bradford Kaufman from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Gran Canaria Las Palmas and Madrid, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to chair the International Space Station Frequency Working Group Splin [...]
2007-08-17 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1587SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: WALKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shelby Walker, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences from NSF to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 3 to September 9. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Seas Observatory Network of Excellence All Regions [...]
2007-08-17 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1588SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-08-17 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1589SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: CLIFFORD FISCUS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Clifford Fiscus, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. [...]
2007-08-17 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1590SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:BERNHARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhard, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about August 20 to August 21. The purpose of this visit is to complete North Atlantic area ETOPS validation for 121 carrier, Pace Airlines. 2. Post understands th [...]
2007-08-17 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1597SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...]
2007-08-17 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG SP
07MADRID1599SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcomittee on Foreign Operations, and accompanying delegation per reftel to travel to Seville, Spain on or about August 21 to August 23. The purpose of the visit is to RON and refuel. [...]
2007-08-20 08:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1600MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...]
2007-08-20 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID1604SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US TREASURY ALICE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alice Faibishenko, International Economist, from WHA, US Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 20 to August 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend an intensive week long Spanish language immersion program. 2. Post understa [...]
2007-08-20 15:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1643DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO SP
07MADRID167TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE
[...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...]
2007-02-01 08:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP
07MADRID1670ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY
[...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...]
2007-08-31 14:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1671SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Evans, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 24 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Complutense University of Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remind [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1672SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1673SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ROBERT SIBLE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Sible from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 5 to October 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend technical meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1674SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: HICKMAN,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glenn Podonsky, Michael Kilpatrick, and Dean Hickman from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 07 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident site a [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1675SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Nelson, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 14 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Fluorescence workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1676SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adrian Pidlusky, Craig Stinson, Utah Logan, Whitney, Creer, David Carroll, and William Kilmartin from NNSA/SLD to travel to Port of Algeciras, Spain on or about September 14 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is as the Second Line of Defense (SLD)/Me [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1677SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diego Dalvit, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 21 to September 26. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate on a research project at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1678SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Petra Huentemeyer, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 15 to September 21. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Flourescence Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1679SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Francis Pilat, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 27 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Analysis of Aggression and Terrorism. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1680SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: BHAT AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mohandas Bhat, Health Scientist, and Patricia Worthington, from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 08 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1681SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2H ANTONIO RUIZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Antonio Ruiz, Engineer, from DOE to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about September 07 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to participate on roundtable discussions on Hydrogen Safety Codes and Standards, Regulations and Education. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-08-31 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1682SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: THOMAS WATERS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Waters, Safety Engineer, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 23 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at a workshop symposia of the Universitat Politecnia de Catalunya. 2. Post underst [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SP CDC
07MADRID1683SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: RUTH PEROU
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ruth Perou, Team Lead/Research Psychologist and Susanna Visser, Epidemiologist, CCHP/NCBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 12 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Network for Mental Health Promo [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SP CDC
07MADRID1684SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: ROBERT DAVIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Davis, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 25 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of the U.S. Naval Hospital. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1685SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC:BERNHARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bernhard Schulz from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and chair a session at the 19th International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1686SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL:FARZIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Farzin Manshadi from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 12 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1687SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BRYAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Huneycutt from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 15 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1688SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 12 to September 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnici [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1689SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RICHARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard McPeters from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend a European Brewer Intercomparison follow up session. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1690SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROGER PORTER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roger Porter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Agustin and Canary Island, Spain on September 17 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1691SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: LEONE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Leone, Mark Potapczuk, and Thomas Ratvasky from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Society of Automotive Engineers Intern [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1692SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: ADDY,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harold Addy, Colin Bidwell, and Mario Vargas from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and chair the Society of Automotive Engineers International [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1693SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: FELDHAKE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glenn Feldhake, David Struba, and Wayne Whyte from NASA's Headquarters, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on September 16 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post under [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1694SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DIAN SEIDEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dian Seidel, Meteoroligst from NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 06. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1695SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA RICHARD FEELY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Feeley, from NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend and lecture at the Atmospheric CO2, Ocean Acidification and Ecological Changes Workshop. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1696SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA STEPHANE VRIGNAUD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 19 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Spanish Veterinary authorities. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1697SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA delegation: Gerald Scott, Enric Cortes, Shannon Cass-Calay, John Walter, Guillermo Diaz, Clarence Porch, Mauricio Ortiz, Eric Prince, and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid and San Sebastian, Spain on or about September 23 to October 18. The purpose of th [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1698SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: GUADALUPE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Physician from the VA Medical Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 10 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International Meeting on Therapy on Liver Diseases Conference. 2. Post und [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1699SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Laursen, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, from the Federal Reserve Board to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 3 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to present at the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1700SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AID: BARBARA ROTHSTEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Barbara Rothstein and Mira Gur-Arie from DCHA/DG to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 20 to October 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 3rd International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1701SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. CHANOCK,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Chanock, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Dr. Jim Ostell, Branch Chief, National Librry of Medicine, and Dr. Gilles Thomas, Senior Investigator, NCI, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 5 to September 9. The [...]
2007-08-31 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1703SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:PETER DEVARIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Peter Devaris, Manager to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 20 to October 7. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. 2. Post un [...]
2007-08-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1704SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:JOE ALLEN BROWNLEE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joe Allen Brownlee, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confere [...]
2007-08-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1705SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:KEVIN MORGAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Kevin Morgan Mattison, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 21 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conf [...]
2007-08-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1713SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LYNCH
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Stephen Lynch, Member, House oversight and Government Reform, and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 15 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to perform oversight of [...]
2007-09-04 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA ROLAND DRAXLER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roland Draxler, from NOAA to travel to Huelva, Spain on or about September 23 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to provide a series of lectures. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...]
2007-09-10 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1737SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA NGUYEN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nha Nguyen, General Engineer, International Policy and Harmonization, and Ms Barbara Hennessey, Phusical Scientist, Office ofApplied Vehicle Safety Research, from the National aHighway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT to travel to Sebastian, Spain on or a [...]
2007-09-10 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1738SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ROBERT MARTIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Martin Patterson, Overseas Military Coordinator, VA Medical Center to travel to Rota, Spain on or about October 1 to December 22. The purpose of the visit is to provide counseling to US military personnel regarding Veteran's Benefits. 2. Post u [...]
2007-09-10 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: WILLIAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Danchi from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 17 to September 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend Herschel proposal meetings and to attend the Herschel observations planning workshop. 2. Post und [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID174SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...]
2007-02-01 18:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP AF VZ YI
07MADRID1740SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 16 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundadry Explorer Mission pre-ship review. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: WARREN MARTIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Warren Martin from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to mas Palomas, Spain on September 17 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Anual Space Frequency Coordination Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1742SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MERINO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief of Surgical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 6 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to lecture at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1743SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. PURCELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Purcell, Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 8 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Seventh Internatio [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1744SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA VERA L. TRAINER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Vera Trainer, from NOAA to travel to Vigo, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference of the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1745SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA WILLIAM HOGARTH,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Hogarth, Kimberly Blankenbeker, and Cheri Sexton McCarty, from NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 6 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to meet wit the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna Secret [...]
2007-09-10 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID175SPANISH POLDIR ON VENEZUELA AND PRESS FREEDOMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 18:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SP VE
07MADRID1750SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:ROBERT PAUL BUSTO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Robert Paul Busto, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International [...]
2007-09-10 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1751SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:PAUL PELLICANO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Paul Pellicano, Icing Specialist to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International C [...]
2007-09-10 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1752SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:GEORGE SOTEROPOULOS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: George Soteropoulos, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confer [...]
2007-09-10 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1753SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: KAREN PEIO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Karen Peio, System Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 24 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confere [...]
2007-09-10 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1754SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:THOMAS HADLEY BOND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Thomas Hadley Bond, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engi [...]
2007-09-10 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID176COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USEU BRUSSELS AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR USEU BRUSSELS AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN GRAY TO VISIT MADRID, SPAIN Q DURING THE PERIOD 13 Q 14 MARCH 2007 Q 2 NIGHTS. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO DELIVER REMARKS AT THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SPAIN TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY CONFERENCE. 3. CONTROL [...]
2007-02-02 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMGT ALL EUN SP
07MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Representative John Boehner, House Republican Leader and accompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 16 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to visit troops and facilities [...]
2007-09-12 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1774SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...]
2007-09-13 13:34:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL SP
07MADRID1780SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BIDUSHI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bidushi Bhattacharya from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 17 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Observation Planning meeting at the European Space Agency. 2. Post understands t [...]
2007-09-17 08:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1781SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: PHILLIP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Phillip Appleton from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 20 to September 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel meeting at the European Space Agency. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-09-17 08:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1782SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: JOHN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Oldenburg from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and chair a session at the Society of Automotive Engineers International Conference. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-09-17 08:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1783SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC:WILLIAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Wilson from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Albacete, Spain on September 23 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the first International Conference on Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-09-17 08:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1784SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FCC: SANKAR PERSAUD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sankar Persaud, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission to travel to Mas Palmas, Spain on or about September 17 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Space Frequency and Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1785SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/CEN BRIAN MONSELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brian Monsell from the U.S. Census Bureau, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 19 to September 23. The purpose of the visit is to attend consultations on seasonal adjustment between the Bank of Spain and the U.S. Census. 2. Post understand [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1786SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB BOWER, DANIEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Bower, Vehicle Performance Division, from the National Transportation Safety Board, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 28. The purpose of the visit is to attend the SAE Aircraft and Engine International Icing Conference [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1787SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA CASSANDRA BARNES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cassandra Barnes, NOAA Program Analyst to travel to Murcia, Spain on or about September 23 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Marine Protected Association Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vis [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1788SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA TERESA ROWLES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Teresa Rowles, NOAA Scientist to travel to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain on or about September 15 to September 21. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the Thesis Defense and Health Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1789SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA THOMAS PETERSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Peterson, NOAA Scientist to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 19 to September 25. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Universitat Rovira I Virgil's Seminar on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1790SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. LAURA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Laura Beane-Freeman, Research Fellow, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 19 to September 22. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Formaldehyde International Science Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1791SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MARK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Rohrbaugh, Director Office of Technology Transfer, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 16 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the 13th European Congress on Biotechnolog [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1792SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. KOUPRNA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nataly Kouprina, Staff Scientist, Dr. Dmitiri Lokinov, Staff Scientist, and Dr. Teruhiko Suzuki, Visiting Fellow Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Santander, Spain on or ab [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1793SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Singleton, from NNSA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about September 23 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1794SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Funk, from NNSA to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 9th International Conference on Laser Ablation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...]
2007-09-17 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1796SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: BRUCE EMERSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Bruce Emerson Tarbert, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 19 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy ass [...]
2007-09-17 12:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1797SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID LUSKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Lusker, Supervisory, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 18 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct part 61 flight checks for two USAF pilots. 2. Post understands that no Emb [...]
2007-09-17 12:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1798SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MARGARET NANCY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Margaret Nancy Langsted, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to October 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society of Engineers 2007 Aircraft and Engine Icing International Conference. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-09-17 12:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1801MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The European Commission released growth forecasts on 9/11/07. The Commission maintained its 3.7% GDP growth forecast for Spain in 2007 compared with 2.5% for the eurozone and 2.9% for the UK. Fourteen private sector entities also maintained an average growth forecast of 3.8% for Spain in [...]
2007-09-17 15:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1808SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey and an interagency delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 20 to September 22. The purpose of the visit is to participate in consultations with host government [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1809SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. HUESTIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Marilyn Huestis, Chief, Chemistry and Drug Metabolism Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on or about September 24 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend and give the opening speech [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1810SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation: David Struba, Wayne Whyte, Brad Kaufman, Glenn Feldhake, Badri Younes, Tom Vondeak from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on September 16 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1811SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID LUSKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Lusker, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 18 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct flight checks for two USAF pilots. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is requ [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID1812SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC: TAI HUANG AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tai Huang, Reactor Engineer, and Jose March Leuba, Research and Development Staff Member, from NRC to travel to Madrid, Cofrentes, and Valencia, Spain on or about September 19 to September 26. The purpose of the visit is [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1823EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE
[...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...]
2007-09-19 16:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP
07MADRID1835SPAIN EQUIVOCAL ON RCFS REGISTRATION, BUT MAY DO
[...] (C) Charge spoke September 20 with Jose Maria Pons, Director General for North America and Europe, about the need for Spain as Chair-in-Office (CiO) to allow the registration of the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Charge expres [...]
2007-09-21 17:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER OSCE RS SP
07MADRID1838SPAIN SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL, WILL ATTEND KEY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 17:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA SP
07MADRID1839SPAIN WILL ATTEND COLOMBIA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 17:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO SP
07MADRID1844SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: TORRES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ivette Torres, Physical Specialist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the annual meeting of the International Consultative Group on Nonferrous Metal Statistics. 2. Post under [...]
2007-09-25 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1845SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: SHEDD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kim Shedd, Physical Specialist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the 20th Annual General meeting of the International Tungsten Industry Association. 2. Po [...]
2007-09-25 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1846SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Turab Lookman, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 17 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is to visit the University of Barcelona and participate in collaborative discussions on Los Alamos projects. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-09-25 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1847SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/RW: RENEE JACKSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Renee Jackson, from DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 13 to October 23. The purpose of the visit is to meet with ENRESA officials to discuss possible activities for cooperation under the USDOE/ENRESA bilateral agreement. 2. Post under [...]
2007-09-25 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1848SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: J SILVERTHORNE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jane Silverthorne, Program Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure , NSF to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about October 02 to October 06. The purpose of the visit is to attend the PGEM6 Conference. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2007-09-25 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA NSF SP ORP OTRA TPHY
07MADRID1849SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: WILLIAM LINDQUIST
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Lindquist, International Economist, Office of Europe and Eurasia, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to participate in meetings of donors in Kosovo in preparatio [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1850SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: SARA HEAP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sara Heap from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Granada, Spain on October 1 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Spectroscopy in Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1851SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DIAN SEIDEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dian Seidel, NOAA Meteorologist to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 6. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. 2. Post u [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1852SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA RICHARD FEELY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Feely, NOAA Supervisory Oceanographer to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to give an invited lecture at the Atmospheric CO2, Ocean Acidification and Ecological Changes Workshop. 2. [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1853SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. FOJO,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Tito Fojo, Senior Investigator, Medical Oncology Branch, Dr. Whoon Jong Kil, Posdoctoral Fellow, and Dr. Patrick Mansky, Director Integrative Medicine Consult Service, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 21 to September 27. [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1854SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. HOLLAND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Holland, Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to serve as part of the facult [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1855SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MURPHY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Philip Murphy, Senior Investigator and Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Innovative Chemokine-ba [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1856SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. CHENG,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Orlena Cheng, Biologist, Laboratory of Pathology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Mr. Peter Jensen, Biologist, NINDS, and Dr. Eugene Major, Laboratory Chief, NINDS, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 29 to [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1857SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. LEVENS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Levens, Chief of Gene Regulation, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Baeza, Spain on or about September 29 to October 03. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Current Trends in Biomedicine Workshops. 2 [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1858SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Hansen and Armond Salazar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 12 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend technical meetings in support of Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex operations. [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1859SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DRAIN, HALE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Tracy Drain, Amy Hale, and Benhan Jai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 13 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend the MARS Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Public Outreach Presentation to planetarium [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID186SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ANTON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anton Simeonov, Group Leader, NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 19 to February 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the attend and present at the MedChem Europe Confe [...]
2007-02-05 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID1860SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARY DOETSCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mary Doetsch, Regional Regugee Coordinator, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 1 to October 16. The purpose of travel is to work temporarily from Madrid as discussed in emails. 2. Post will arrange access to computers and embassy per reftel [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREF OTRA SP
07MADRID1861SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: LINDA BRADLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Linda Bradley, Geneticist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about October 8 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to present and attend at the Clinical Validity & Utility of Genetic Susceptibility Testing on Common Disorders M [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1862SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: DR. ALBERTO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alberto Gutierrez, Deputy Office Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, HHS, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is for program development and to attend the European Commissions Wor [...]
2007-09-25 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID187SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ DAVID STRUBA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba and Ronald Carbery from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 12 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend international meetings on the Unified S-Band. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...]
2007-02-05 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID GROSS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Comunications and Information Policy/EB/CIP/State, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 14. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the 3GSM World Congress. [...]
2007-02-05 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECPS ETRD SP
07MADRID189SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE: STEPHANIE CLARKE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Stephanie Payne, Allison Bennett and Whitney Creer to travel to Port of Algeciras, Spain on February 18 to February 22. The purpose of this visit to conduct a site visit to the Port of Algeciras to check status of operations and to meet with [...]
2007-02-05 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1890SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charles Acton, Nathaniel Bachman Boris Semenov and Edward Wright from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 21 to October 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Spacecraft Planet Instrument C-Matrix events at the E [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1891SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BEYER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patrick Beyer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 2 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a review of the Madrid Deep Space communications complex operations and development tasks. 2. Post unde [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1892SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: VAN WAGTENDONK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jan Van Wagtendon, Research Forester, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 7. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the Forest Fires: Suppression or Adaptation workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1893SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: NIELSEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jennifer Nielsen, Research Fishery Biologist, USGS to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about October 5 to October 14. The purpose of the visit is to attend and represent the American Fisheries Society as President at the International Meeting on Tagging [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1894SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA STEVEN MURAWSKI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Murawski, NOAA Scientist to travel to Alicante, Spain on or about September 25 to September 28. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Marine Protected Area meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminde [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1895SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPS PATRICIA BARNWELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patricia Barnwell, Program Manager, International Postal Development, USPS, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 29 to October 3. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Postal Development Action Group and Development Cooperation Action Grou [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC USPS OTRA SP
07MADRID1896SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Nesse, William Kilmartin and William Johnson, from NNSA to travel to Algeciras, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Port site visit and to meet with Spanish customs. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1897SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. CURTIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Curtis Harris, Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 3 to October 7. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the First International Liver Cancer Association Annual Conference. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1898SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. BUDHU
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anuradha Budhu, Staff Scientist, and Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson, Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 4 to October 8. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the First International Liver Cancer Asso [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1899SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERTO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier and Roberto Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 7 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Transponder Mission Pre-Ship review. 2. Post und [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID190SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: ETHIOPIS TAFARA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities and Exchange Commission Officials: Sherman Boone, Assistant Director, Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Roel Campos, Commissioner, and Estee Levine, Legal Adviser to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 2 to February 9. The purpose of this v [...]
2007-02-05 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID1900SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Powers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 7 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Transponder Mission Pre-Ship review. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1901SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BHANJI AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and Peter Hames from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 29 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to address and make some decisions on some critical issue facing the Madrid Deep Space Communications [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1902MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...]
2007-10-01 11:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1903SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: WILLIAM GEISER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: William Geiser, Leslie Mauney, Robert Loveland, Michael Gunning and David Levine, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Rota, Spain on or about October 18 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct certification of navigation ai [...]
2007-10-01 12:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID191SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MICHAEL MCNERNY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Michael McNerny to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 05 to March 8. The purpose of this visit is to perform surveillane of Fedex Express Line station operation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vi [...]
2007-02-05 12:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID1911SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL THOMPSON
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Mischa Thompson and Ms. Janice Helwig, Staff Advisors for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe to travel to Madrid and Cordoba, Spain on or about October 8 to October 13. The purpose of the visit is to attend and chai [...]
2007-10-02 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1914SPAIN/CT: PROPOSAL TO CREATE A SOUTHERN EUROPEAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In order to confront the sustained terrorist threat to the United States and our European allies, we must find innovative, flexible and proactive approaches to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My Mission inter-agency team has [...]
2007-10-02 15:47:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR SP
07MADRID1919SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY: BRADLEY J.
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bradley Waring, Director of Conglomerates, Office of Thrift Supervision, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 16 to October 18. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Joint Forum Working Group on Conglomerate [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1920SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Embassy Berlin Ambassador William Timken, Jr., to travel to Spain on or about October 5 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is for personal business. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA SP
07MADRID1921SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELAINE SAMSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Elaine Samson, Senior Country Officer for Spain and Andorra, to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and Andorra, Spain on or about October 8 to October 14. The purpose of the visit is for consultations. 2. Post has made reservations near the Embassy and will s [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OTRA SP
07MADRID1922SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. BURGESS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shawn Burgess, Investigator, and Dr. Ivan Ovcharenko, Investigator, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 7 to October 10. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Deciphering the Regulatory Genome: Development, Evolution and Disease wo [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1923SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA SUSAN SOLOMON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 7 to November 18. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-Seventh Session of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SENV TPHY SP
07MADRID1924SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA BIGELOW, MILLER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Keith Bigelow, Timothy Miller, Jana Yonat Swimmer, and Jason Link, NOAA Scientists to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about October 6 to October 20. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the meeting with international scientists: Tagging and Tr [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KSCA OTRA SP
07MADRID1925SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: TIMOTHY HOLTZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Timothy Holtz, Medical Officer, NCHHSTP, HHS, CDC, to travel to Madrid and Gran Canarias, Spain on or about October 23 to October 27. The purpose of the visit is to attend the bimonthly Green Light Committee meeting of STOP TB. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1926SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: FREDERICK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Frederick Angulo, Deputy Branch Chief, CCID/NCZVED, HHS/CDC, to travel to Segovia and Madrid, Spain on or about October 16 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is to present at the MedVetNet meeting on Microbial Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance. [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ETRD OTRA SP
07MADRID1927SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: JOHN SIMMONDS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Simmonds from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 15 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to transit through Madrid for a meeting in Munich. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1928SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as listed in reftel from NASA Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on October 14 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-120 Operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as listed in reftel from NASA Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on October 11 to October 27. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-120 Operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1930SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANTHONY CARRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 3 to October 12. The purpose of this visit is to support the Space Communication Navigation Study Group. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID1931SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: SILVERSTEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alison Silverstein, Consultant to DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 1 to November 2. The purpose of the visit is to articulate international group research focus - renewable energy smart grid demand side management. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1932SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: JENNIFER OWEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jennifer Owen, Senior Advisor, Legislative Affairs from DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 8 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a congressional staff tour on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable [...]
2007-10-03 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID1936SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL O'MALIA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Scott O'Malia, Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and accompanying Staffdel to travel to Madrid, Seville, Port of Algeciras and Granada, Spain on or about October 6 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is [...]
2007-10-04 14:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1937SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: LISA EPIFANI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lisa Epifani, Assistant Secretary for CI, from DOE, to travel to Spain on or about October 6 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a congressional staff tour on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to review [...]
2007-10-05 08:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID194SPAIN: TELEFONICA'S VIEW OF VENEZUELA AND REST OF
[...] DCM, accompanied by ECONOFF, met February 5 with Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez, President of Telefonica International, to discuss Chavez's telcoms (e.g., CANTV) nationalization threats and their potential impact on Telefonica's Venezuela operations/investment. Alvarez-Pallete said that Tel [...]
2007-02-06 11:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN ETRD PREL
07MADRID1943SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Nesse, William Kilmartin , Lindsay Guthrie, and William Johnson, from NNSA to travel to Algeciras, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Port site visit and to meet with Spanish customs. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-10-06 08:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID195SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL,
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegation; Ambassador Mark Dybul, Kristin Pugh and Robert Mayes, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee [...]
2007-02-06 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID1952SPANISH DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY ONCE AGAIN
[...] (SBU) On October 9, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for North American Affairs Fernando Prieto presented a nonpaper to desk officer Elaine Samson and EconOff reinforcing the GOS' desire to obtain broader access to the Odyssey import documents into the U.S. and requesting that the U.S. conduct [...]
2007-10-10 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK
07MADRID196SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF ROBERT M. GATES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation traveling with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to travel to Seville, Spain on or about February 7 to February 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the USNATO Defense Ministerial meetings. 2. Contro [...]
2007-02-06 12:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID1963SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: PAUL RICHARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Paul Richard Durrence, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 15 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct recertification inspection of CASA to comply with the airbus special exemption. 2. [...]
2007-10-11 15:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID197SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...]
2007-02-06 14:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
07MADRID1977SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED
[...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...]
2007-10-16 17:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON
07MADRID1987EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...]
2007-10-18 17:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU
07MADRID1998MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) The index closed on October 18 at 15,501 points, its highest level ever, despite lingering fears of the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis. Analysts say that the good results posted by Telefonica, Santander, BBVA, Iberdrola, Endesa and other energy companies, plus the U.S. Fed's intere [...]
2007-10-22 08:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV
07MADRID2020SPAIN/OSCE: INTRODUCING PHILIP REMLER AS CANDIDATE
[...] (C) In an October 22 meeting at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria "Pepe" Pons (who is the focal point for OSCE issues during Spain's chairmanship),EUR DAS David Kramer introduced Philip Remler as the U.S. candidate to head [...]
2007-10-23 15:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL SP
07MADRID2021SPAIN: INL ACTING A/S SCHWEICH BRIEFS SPANISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 9 visit to Madrid, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intelligence Center Against Organized Crime (CICO). [...]
2007-10-23 16:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2026EMBASSY MADRID UPDATED CONTACT INFO
[...] (U) Updated contact information follows, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all section heads at Embassy Madrid. American Embassy Madrid (IVG Prefix: 559) Regular Hours: 09:00-18:00 (GMT 2:00) Embassy Switchboard: (34) (91)587-2200 Embassy After H [...]
2007-10-24 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2034EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-25 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2035COUNTER-TERRORISM: DCM'S OCTOBER 25 CONVERSATION
[...] (S) DCM met October 25 with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho and congratulated him on the Guardia Civil's October 23 arrest in Burgos of six suspected Islamic terrorists from the self-proclaimed "al-Ansar" group. The six are accused of fund raising, recruiting terrorists [...]
2007-10-25 16:49:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PTER SNAR SP
07MADRID2045MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (SBU) In meeting with Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Director for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel, USTR Director for EU Affairs, David Weiner emphasized President Bush's personal engagement on Doha matters, and that the USG does see a possibility for a successful conclusion of the [...]
2007-10-29 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV
07MADRID2046EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID -
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-29 15:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2049SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hector Lorenzana, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 18 to November 25. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate with Complutense partners and to participate in a discussion at the Universidad Politecnica. 2. Post understands t [...]
2007-10-30 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2054SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES RECOMMENDED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 16:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG
07MADRID2066SPAIN/INCSR: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM EFIN SP
07MADRID2078SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR SENIOR ADVISOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Farah Pandith, EUR Senior Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 6 to November 14. The purpose of the visit is to attend and conduct Muslim outreach meetings. 2. Post will assist with meetings and logistics as requested [...]
2007-11-07 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA SP
07MADRID2090SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PEARSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Pearson, Professional Staff Member, and accompanying delegation to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 10 to November 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Intergovernmental panel on climate change. 2. Post wi [...]
2007-11-08 16:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID21ETA ATTACK: POLICE FIND SECOND BOMB, RESCUERS FIND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Basque police located a second vehicle containing explosive material in Vizcaya on January 4; they believe the vehicle had been abandoned by ETA. President Zapatero visited the airport bombing site and expressed his continued resolve to achieve an end to violence in Spain. Z [...]
2007-01-05 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV SP
07MADRID2102SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rajat Sapra, Masood Hadi, and Kenneth Sale, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about November 21 to December 02. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the European conference on Synthetic Biology: Design, Programming and Optimis. [...]
2007-11-14 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2118SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Arthur Rodgers and Keith Nakanishi, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 24 to December 04. The purpose of the visit is to attend a meeting at the Institute of Earth Sciences in Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...]
2007-11-15 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2131SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Jones, Staff, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 30 to December 02. The purpose of travel is in conjunction with matters of concern to the committee. [...]
2007-11-19 11:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID2140SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Otto Anatole Von Lilienfeld-Toal, from NNSA to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about December 4 to December 09. The purpose of the visit is to establish and continue a variety of collaborations with leading experts. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2007-11-20 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2142SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. We realize much of your time will rightly be occupied by the OSCE ministerial, but we are certain that when you engage on bilateral issues, you will find the Spanish keenly interested in what you have to say. The country is absorbed with [...]
2007-11-20 18:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID2145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 25 to December 02. The purpose of travel is to attend the Organization on Security Meeting and the 15th OSCE Ministerial Council [...]
2007-11-21 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID2150SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS
[...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...]
2007-11-23 18:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSP ECON OREP PREL
07MADRID2155MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER
[...] (U) There is much media speculation that Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes will run for a parliamentary seat, perhaps as the number two to President Zapatero in the Madrid area. (Comment: Getting Solbes to stay, and to run, is all about shoring up the PSOE's centrist and center [...]
2007-11-26 13:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP
07MADRID2159DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref a demarche November 23 to MFA Secretary of State for Iberoamerica Trinidad Jimenez and the Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo. Drawing also on information provided by WHA/AND concerning Chavez' ties to Iran and increased narcotics trafficking fro [...]
2007-11-27 14:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE SP
07MADRID2160SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the USOSCE delegation on reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 26 to November 30. The purpose of travel is to attend the OSCE Ministerial Council. 2. Kevan Higgins is the point of contact and can be reached at embassy [...]
2007-11-28 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/GAC BRITISH ROBINSON
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegate British Robinson, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee meetings. 2. Hotel reservations ha [...]
2007-02-09 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID2179ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...]
2007-11-30 14:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE
07MADRID2180SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Eric Alderson, Leslie Carroll, Mark Ekman, Adrian Pidlusky, and Richard Lucero, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona and Valencia, Spain on or about December 01 to December 09. The purpose of the visit is to perform a port visit under the Se [...]
2007-11-30 16:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2188SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) What is the nature of investments (and names, if known) that host country businesses have in Cuba? Information on Spanish foreign investment in Cuba is limited, in part because Spanish compan [...]
2007-12-04 08:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL SP CU
07MADRID2194SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA241/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armando Alcaraz, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 07 to December 12. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Temporary Working Group Sampling and Analysis meeting. 2. Post [...]
2007-12-04 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2200SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA241/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armando Alcaraz, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 07 to December 12. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Temporary Working Group Sampling and Analysis meeting. 2. Post [...]
2007-12-05 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2203A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH SPANISH DG PONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Fried and Spanish Director General for Europe and North America Pepe Pons met briefly on November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. The Spanish received our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its [...]
2007-12-07 06:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID2207OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN
[...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...]
2007-12-07 12:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK
07MADRID2225U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...]
2007-12-11 16:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID2232SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA22/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Adam Bernstein, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 16 to December 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the High Pressure Xenon Detectors workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-12-13 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID2235SPAIN WANTS MORE COMPENSATION IN BANKING OR
[...] Summary: Spain recognizes that the U.S. has made a serious offer to resolve the WTO internet gambling case. However, Spain is looking for more compensation in banking or insurance. Moreover, as Spain appears to be relatively liberal on internet gambling, the public order argument for maintai [...]
2007-12-14 09:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTRO SP
07MADRID2237SPAIN SUPPORTING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS IN
[...] (U) Poloff spoke with Fernando Fernandez-Arias, Spanish Deputy Director General for Human Rights, on December 12 regarding upcoming UNGA plenary votes on Third Committee country specific resolutions. Poloff thanked Fernandez-Arias for Spain's support and leadership in gaining approval for th [...]
2007-12-14 12:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNGA SP
07MADRID2238SPAIN/ISLAM: GOS SURVEY FINDS MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Spain released its second annual survey of first generation immigrants of Muslim faith on December 11. The results, which generally described a tolerant and fairly content Muslim population in Spain, closely corresponded with those of the 2006 survey. Eighty-t [...]
2007-12-14 12:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KIRF KPLS SP
07MADRID2240DCM HOSTS CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY DISCUSSION
[...] (U) Summary. On November 14, the DCM along with various sections of the Embassy hosted an interagency group of key representatives from Spain's civil aviation security sector. The DCM expressed the Embassy's appreciation for GOS security efforts and pledged to continue and increase dialogue an [...]
2007-12-14 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSP ECON PREL ICAO EAIR AORC
07MADRID2242SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, Member of the House armed Services Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Rota, Spain on or about December 17 to December 18. The purpose of travel is to study the reconstruction eforts in Iraq. [...]
2007-12-14 12:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2243SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR-CORRECTED
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, Member of the House armed Services Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Rota, Spain on or about December 17 to December 18. The purpose of travel is to study the reconstruction eforts in Iraq. [...]
2007-12-14 12:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID226SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR SUSAN MCCAW
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Susan McCaw for personal travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about February 11. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passports coming to S [...]
2007-02-09 18:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT SP
07MADRID2265POLITICAL STRATEGIES DEVELOP FOR MARCH GENERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As we head into the holidays, the polls continue to suggest a close race in the March general election, with President Zapatero and the Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE) perhaps enjoying a slight lead over Mariano Rajoy and the Partido Popular (PP). Recent conversations with key [...]
2007-12-18 13:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID2277FAVORABLE SPANISH REACTIONS TO USG ROLE IN BALI
[...] (U) Spanish officials and commentators have praised the USG's role in contributing to the success of last week's UNFCC conference in Bali. Environment Minister Christina Narbona told reporters that the U.S. had taken a "very important step" toward reducing future emissions, and she valued the [...]
2007-12-20 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV SP
07MADRID2282AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH SPAIN’S CELEBRATED AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador met on December 14 with Judge Baltasar Garzon, a high-profile investigative magistrate in Madrid's powerful National Court (Audiencia Nacional). Garzon was upbeat in his comments and said that he has a good understanding of U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism policy, even t [...]
2007-12-21 12:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
07MADRID2294SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...]
2007-12-21 15:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR
07MADRID2297SPAIN: DCM COMPARES NOTES WITH MOD SEC-GEN LUIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Spanish Ministry of Defense Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta reviewed the past year in U.S.-Spanish cooperation and addressed ongoing issues at their December 19 meeting. Saying it helped to have helpful counterparts, Cuesta agreed 2007 had [...]
2007-12-26 06:58:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID2298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator Joseph Lieberman, and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about January 10 to January 14. The purpose of travel is for matters pertaining to the authorizing committee. 2. Mark Marrano is the point of contac [...]
2007-12-26 11:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Spain on or about January 7 to January 9. The purpose of travel is to meet with high-level off [...]
2007-12-26 11:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2301CODEL MARTINEZ (JANUARY 4-12)
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes Senator Mel Martinez, and accompanying delegation travel to Madrid, Spain on or about January 10 to January 11. The purpose of travel is for matters pertaining to the authorizing committee. 2. Political Counselor William Duncan is the point of contact and can be r [...]
2007-12-28 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
07MADRID2302SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Codel Martinez to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on the allegedly frosty U.S.-Spain relation [...]
2007-12-28 12:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL SP
07MADRID2306REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWNTURN RAISES UNEMPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. As commonly predicted, housing sales and construction in Spain have steadily decreased this year, with sales of new and used homes down by almost 20 percent since the first quarter of 2007. Real estate developers are taking the brunt of this downturn, while other players have h [...]
2007-12-28 18:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON SP PREL
07MADRID246MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes lays out a mostly rosy scenario for Spanish economy and says Spain does not share the same economic vulnerabilities as the U.S.: While speaking to a packed 1/24/07 Europa Press event, Solbes was mostly upbeat but acknowledged that Spain needs to improve its producti [...]
2007-02-13 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID256SPAIN DEMARCHES CHINA ON MINUSTAH MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID266SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: ENRIQUE PAZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Enrique Paz Argandona, Senior Service Fellow, NCEH, CDC, HHS to travel to Valencia and Madrid, Spain on February 14 to February 17. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Forum "Public Health: New demands and challenges. Proposals for the futur [...]
2007-02-14 15:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID267SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on March 3 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 Operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. [...]
2007-02-14 15:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID273SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. EDWARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edward Trimble, Senior Investigator, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, NIH to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain on March 1 to March 3. The purpose of this visit is to give a speech at the Sixth International Symposium on Advanced Ovarian Cancer. [...]
2007-02-15 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID274SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragosa, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 Operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site [...]
2007-02-15 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID275SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: GUILLERMO DIAZ,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Guillermo Diaz, Gerald Scott and John Watson to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 18 to February 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Sub-Committee [...]
2007-02-15 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID276SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alan Perelson to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 15 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to chair a scientific session at an international conference on HIV dynamics and evolution. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...]
2007-02-15 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID277SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Steven Dazeley and Robert Svoboda to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 2 to March 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at CIEMAT-Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales. 2. Post understands tha [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID278SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Joines, Eric Moore, and Luc Murphy to travel to Rota, Spain on March 2 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support to Department of Defense customer. 2. Post understands t [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID279SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Michael John Murphy, and Philip Alexander Pincosy to travel to Tarragona, Spain on April 13 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Symposium on Ballistic. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID280SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: MICHAEL CAMERON,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Michael Cameron, Peter Boveng, John Bengtson, and Roderick Hobbs to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on or about February 24 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the "Workshop to Develop Monitoring Plans for Ar [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID281SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: MARCIA KALISH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Marcia Kalish, Microbioligist, COGH, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid and Segovia, Spain on or about April 16 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop and co-organize and session chair for the 14th International Workshop on HIV Dynamics an [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID282SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: MATTHEW
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Matthew Kuehnert, Epidemiologist, NCPDCIP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 4 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to facilitate U.S. Government input into the European Union Standards and Training as representative on Vigilance and Surveill [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID283SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: ALISON FULLER AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities and Exchange Commission Officials: Alison Fuller, Assistant Chief Counsel and Susan Olson, Senior Counsel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 27 to March 2. The purpose of this visit to attend the annual IOSCO Standing Committee m [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID284SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN BYERLY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to John Byerly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Afairs, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about February 20 to February 24. The purpose of this visit is to be a panelist and a [...]
2007-02-15 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR ASECARP EUN SP
07MADRID312MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) A Financial Times survey shows over two thirds of Spaniards would like a return to the peseta: The FT also found similar majorities against the euro in France and Italy, but a smaller majority opposed to the euro in Germany. Majorities in all these countries thought the euro was good for [...]
2007-02-22 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO
07MADRID318SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 11:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP
07MADRID324SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. RAFAEL DE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Rafeal de Cabo, Investigator, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH to travel to Cordoba and Seville, Spain on March 11 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at the University of Cordoba and to particip [...]
2007-02-22 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID325SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alan Burns to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 14 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Atomic Force Microscopy BioMed Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2007-02-22 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID326SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Paul Demmie to travel to Tarragona and Barcelona, Spain on April 15 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd International Symposium on Ballistics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...]
2007-02-22 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID327SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ELISE KOHN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Elise Kohn, Section Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on March 2 to March 3. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Advanced Ovarian Cancer Therapy Update Symposium. 2. P [...]
2007-02-22 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID328SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. JACQUES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jacques Normand, Director, AIDS Research Program, Office of the Director National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on February 18 to February 25. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Drug Abuse/HIV re [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID329SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC SHAHID HABIB
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA employee Shahid Habib from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid Spain on March 17 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend, participate and serve as a session chair at the World Meteorological Organization Secu [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID330SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: CHESTER KOBLINSKY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Chester Koblinsky to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 17 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Conference Secure and Sustainable Living. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID331SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: SUE MOORE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Sue Moore to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about March 3 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Workshop to Develop Monitoring Plans for Arctic Marine Mammals. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID332SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE DIANA BROWN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USOSCE Deputy Political counselor Diana Brown and Political Economic Officer Robert Carlson to travel to Zaragosa, Spain on or about March 12 to March 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the OSCE Preparatory Conference for Economic and Envir [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ASEC OSCE OTRA SP
07MADRID338SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER
[...] (C) Summary: Over lunch, the DCM and MFA State Secretary for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez engaged in a review of the situation in Latin America. Jimenez sees the region as emerging from a very dynamic political and electoral season in 2006. Spanish objectives in 2007 are to help manage th [...]
2007-02-23 12:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP
07MADRID339SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: LARRY LA VERN KING
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Larry La Vern King to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 20 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a line station inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...]
2007-02-23 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID341SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Bette Korber to travel to Valencia, Spain on April 16 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Dynamics and Evolution conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...]
2007-02-23 18:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID345SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Gordon Michael McKay to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 27 to February 28. The purpose of this visit is to perform an international check airman inspection on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...]
2007-02-26 09:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID36SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH: DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, NIH to travel to Palma de Majorca on January 22 to January 26. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Twenty-Third International Papilloma Conference. 2. Post understands th [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID37SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH: DR. SCHILLER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Schiller, Senior Investigator National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 14 to January 17. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Twenty-Third International Papilloma Conference. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID38SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: IRENE PEDERSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Irene May Pederson, Overseas Military Coordinator, VA Central Office to travel to Rota, Spain on January 15 to June 04. The purpose of this visit is to provide counseling to U.S. Military personnel regarding Veterans Benefits available upon separation from [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID39SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC, DOMINIC
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dominic Benford from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, Spain on January 20 to January 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Goddard-Institut De Radioastonomie Millimetrique Superconducting Millimeter Observer Collaboration P [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID40SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/BNLEE: MENDEZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Emilio Mendez, Director, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory EENS to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 13 to January 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Awards Ceremony of the Spanish Research Prizes. 2. Post [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID403SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: JEFFREY STUART
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Jeffrey Stuart to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 11 to March 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend Bilateral meetings with Saudi partners at the World Meteorological International Conference on Social and Economic Benefits o [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID404SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. JUDITH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Judith Rapoport, Senior Investigator, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH to travel to Cordoba, Spain on March 21 to March 26. The purpose of this visit is to receive the Castilla del Pino Award for achievement in psychiat [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID405SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ROBERT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Jensen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 15 to March 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend and serve as a speaker at a meeting of the European [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID406SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. SHYAMAL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shyamal Peddada, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Valladolid, Spain on March 25 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to lecture, and meet with international experts at the University of Val [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID407SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing site. [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID408SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing site. [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID409SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS: DR. EDGARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edgard Espinoza, Deputy Director at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory to travel to Baeza, Spain on March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Sixth Masters course on CITES management at the Andalucia Inter [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID41SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: THIELER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Thieler, Research Geologist, USGS to travel to Malaga, Spain on January 15 to January 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Scientific Planning Discussions at the First Meeting on Climate Change Regional Impacts: Andalus [...]
2007-01-10 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
07MADRID410SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: KELLY, REED,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; General Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmoshphere, Michelle Reed, Advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Jennifer Lewis, Program SIPDIS Analyst, Lixion Avila, Senior Hurricane Specialist and Dr. Ro [...]
2007-03-05 13:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID411SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:FLIGHT INSPECTION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employees: Michael Ryder, Thomas Page, Wiliam Hoffman, Kenneth Holloway, and Marvin Pittman, to travel to Rota, Spain on or about March 19 to March 20. The crewmembers will be certifying navigation aids for the Department of Defense. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-03-05 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID412SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:DONALD WAYNE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: William Hughes, Technical Center and Donald Gallagher, Mathematician, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Working [...]
2007-03-05 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID422HOST NATION SENSITIVITY TO USAFE MANPOWER
[...] (S/NF) Reftel is EUCOM request for Embassy Madrid's assessment of host nation sensitivity to USAFE's planned manpower reductions at the Spanish air base at Moron. We are responding in these channels to underscore that the country team has an interest in trends regarding US military presence [...]
2007-03-06 12:25:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
07MADRID426SPAIN: NO SURPRISE CUBA VISIT IN THE WORKS
[...] (C) At an unrelated meeting with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2, DCM raised the topic of a possible visit to Cuba of Foreign Minister Moratinos, and he noted that he had told Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez that such a visit could [...]
2007-03-07 09:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP CU
07MADRID43SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: FLORES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, John Flores to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 19 to January 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend CASA 295 SFAR-88 meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2007-01-10 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID440SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ ADOLFO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adolfo Figueroa-Vinas from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 21 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the University of Alcala de Henares. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requir [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID441SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ STEPHEN AMBROSE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Ambrose from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 17 to March 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Meteorological Organization Sustainability Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID442SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. SUSAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Swedo, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH to travel to Cordoba, Spain on March 22 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Childhood Onset of Adult Psychiatric Disorders meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID443SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: RODERICK HOBBS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Roderick Hobbs and Peter Boveng to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about March 3 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Pan Arctic tracking of Beluga Whales Coordination meeting and the First International Workshop o [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID444SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CM:NANCY BUTTE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nancy Butte, from Baylor College of Medicine to travel to Valencia, Spain on May 8 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Stable Isotopes in Paediatric Nutrition and Metabolism meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID445SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NETL: SARKUS AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel Thomas Sarkus, Jeffrey Hoffman to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 10 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a due diligence trip of the Futuregen Technical Committee, Pertinent to Screening Suitable Technologies and Equip [...]
2007-03-08 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID446SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Robert Barry, Ian Harris, Manuel de la Torre, Rebecca Heninger, Joseph Kahr, Orin Serviss, and Richard Welch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 4 to March 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend Pr [...]
2007-03-08 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID447SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Piszczor from NASA's Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 10 to March 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Fourth International Conference on Solar Concentrators for the Generation of Electricity o [...]
2007-03-08 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID448SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:ROBERT BONANNI AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: Robert Bonanni, Civil Engineer, and Alvin Lee Logan, Electronics Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 16 to March 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Panel [...]
2007-03-08 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID490SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Tom Little to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 21 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings at the Associacion de Normalizacion y certificacion Headquarters (AENOR). 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-03-15 18:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID491SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC KEITH TUCKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA's Keith Tucker from NASA's Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 7 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Structural Technical Interchange meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...]
2007-03-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID492SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Randel Lindemann and Jun Liu from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 18 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend a technical interchange meeting to support upcoming critical design review for M [...]
2007-03-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID493SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Alaudin Bhanji, and David Recce from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 16 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Ingenieria Y Servicios Aeroes [...]
2007-03-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
07MADRID494SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS: ROBERT GABEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Gabel, Chief for Division of Scientific Authority, at the National Fish and Wildlife Service to travel to Baeza, Spain on March 13 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Sixth Masters course on management access, Conservation [...]
2007-03-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID495SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARGARET ANNES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Margaret Annes, and Cynthia Lee, Investigators, Division of Field Investigations, Office of Regulatory Affairs to travel to Boecillo, Valladolid and Burgos, Spain on March 17 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to conduct drug inspections and audit d [...]
2007-03-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID510MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Visits to Spain in January 2007, primarily from Britain and Germany, but increasingly from France, Italy, and Scandinavia, were up 4 percent over January 2006. According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, tourism volume to the Canary Islands fell slightly, but increased in C [...]
2007-03-19 11:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EIND ECON EFIN ETRD SENV TBIO SP EINV UK
07MADRID520SPAIN/IRAQ: SOCIALISTS FIRE UP ANTI-WAR RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary. In a volatile political climate leading up to regional/municipal elections in late May, the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) and far left political allies have ramped up criticism of the war in Iraq, in part to counteract opposition Popular Party (PP) attacks on the Zapatero Government's [...]
2007-03-21 12:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Roberts, Chief, Biochemical Pathology, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 3 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar at Hospital Universitario de la Princesa. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID522SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. CHEN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Daofen Chen, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),NIH and Dr. Leonardo Cohen Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about March 23 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID523SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS: DAVID ATKINS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Atkins, Medical Officer, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality to travel to Bilbao, Spain on April 14 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at a workshop for local scientists. [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID524SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: DAVID
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Cummings, Chemist, and Christopher Joneckis, Senior Advisor for Chemistry Manufacturing, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 25 to March 29. The purpose of this vi [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID525SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Jones and Eric Moore to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 20 to April 30. The purpose of this visit is to provide support and cross training to current contractors for the Deparment of Defense. 2. P [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID526SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS:FIERSTEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith E. Fierstein, USGS, research geologist to travel to Tenerife, Spain on March 21 to March 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Density Currents and Topography workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID527SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: LAWRENCE BUCKLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Lawrence Buckley to travel to Cadiz, Spain on or about March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the International Symposium on Parameterisation of Trophic Interactions in Ecosystem Modeling. 2. Po [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HOLMGREN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Miguel Holmgren, Chief, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, NIH to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about March 28 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar at Hospital Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2007-03-21 13:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID545SPAIN/CUBA: FM MORATINOS PLANNING TO VISIT HAVANA
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo informed DCM on March 23 that Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos plans to visit Cuba, though no date has been fixed. Sandomingo (strictly protect) shared this with the DCM during a readout of the March 17 visit to Mad [...]
2007-03-23 17:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
07MADRID546GOS ACKNOWLEDGES US CONCERN ABOUT IRAQ WAR COMMENTS
[...] (C) The combination of the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the fervor of the Spanish campaign season led to a brief flurry of anti-US rhetoric from public figures associated with the government. As reported in reftel, magistrate Baltasar Garzon wrote an op-ed on March [...]
2007-03-23 17:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID547SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIAL SHERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Securities & Exchange Commission: Sherman Boone, Assistant Director to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 26 to March 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Issue Mapping Sub-Committee of the Technical Committee of the IOSCO meeting [...]
2007-03-23 18:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID548SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL CORTNEY DELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DRL Officer Cortney Dell to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain on March 25 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a Visitors Program for Young North American Opinion Leaders. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is requi [...]
2007-03-23 18:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM SP
07MADRID556SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Lewie Gasaway and Jason Piller to travel to Cadiz, Spain on April 09 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is in support of the Material Protection, Control, and Accounting Program. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID557SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 17 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to speak at La Caixa Foundation Science Museum Drug Addiction Lecture. 2. Post understands tha [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID558SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC EARL FORD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Earl Ford, Team Leader, Epidemiology and Analysis, Division of Adult and Community Health, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 24 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Second International Congress on "Prediabetes" and [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID559SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA PAULA TROST,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paula Trost, Julie Bringger, Malgorzata Mikolajczk, Investigators, International Biologics Group, Office of Regulatory Afairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, and Barcelona, Spain on April 14 to May 5. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a regulatory insp [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID560SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FERRE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 13 to April 23. The purpose of this visit is to discuss ongoing research collaborations. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID561SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. DOO AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Drs. Edward Doo, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH and Dr. Jose Serrano, NIDDD, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 10 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Eu [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID562SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.COMBS AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Drs. Combs, Staff Scientist, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH and Dr. Robert Balaban, Scientific Director, NIH, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about April 9 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to [...]
2007-03-26 17:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID564MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP
07MADRID568SPANISH FM WILL ONLY ATTEND SECOND HALF OF GYMNICH
[...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 28 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the Gymnich. Fernandez-Arias said that Foreign Minister Moratinos would miss the first two sessions on the Balkans and the European Neighborhood Poli [...]
2007-03-28 14:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI SP
07MADRID571SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: MICHAEL DEANE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Michael Deane, Senior Policy Advisor to the AA for Water and the Administrator on Infrastructure Finance to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about March 31 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Water Conference. 2. Post un [...]
2007-03-28 17:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SENV SP
07MADRID572SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC WALID HENEINE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Walid Heneine, Ph.D., Distinguished Consultant, CCID/NCHHSTP/DHAP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, and Segovia, Spain on April 17 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 14th International HIV Dynamics and Evolution Conference. 2. Post und [...]
2007-03-28 17:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID573SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel S. Gnanakaran to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 16 to April 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the HIV Dynamics and Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2007-03-28 17:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID596SPAIN ON TAKING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SP
07MADRID598SPAIN/KOSOVO: UN RESOLUTION KEY TO SPANISH TROOP
[...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria PONS Irazazabal on March 29 to discuss Spain's support for the Ahtisaari Plan's proposals for Kosovo. Pons told DCM that Spain is committed to supporting the EU common position and strongly supports the [...]
2007-04-02 15:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU SP
07MADRID60MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Greenpeace Spain recently posted its calendar year (CY) 2006 environmental report card for Spain. In its analysis, posted to their Website (http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/),it announced that one of the most important developments in Spain during CY 2006 was a reduction in biotechnology [...]
2007-01-12 13:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK
07MADRID612SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: TALA HENRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Tala Henry, Toxicologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 15 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the OECD QSAR Expert Group - Steering Group and Ad Hoc meeting [...]
2007-04-04 13:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SENV SP
07MADRID613SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: BRADLEY BARR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Bradley Barr, Senior Policy Advisor to travel to Almeria, Spain on or about May 5 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Protected Areas Categories Summit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID614SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: LORI SCHWACKE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Lori Schwacke to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 9 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Pollution 2000 Phase II Workshop sponsored by the International Whaling Commission. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID615SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: ROBERT EVANS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Robert Evans to travel to Madrid and Tenerife, Spain on or about April 22 to May 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on problematic ozone time series and attend the Science Advisory Group meeting in Tenerife. 2. Post [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID616SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: GUADALUPE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to VA personnel; Guadalupe Garcia Tsao, Physician, VA Medical Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 11 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID617SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA EDWIN MATTHEWS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edwin Matthews, Pharmacologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 16 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Organization Ad Hoc Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID618SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: CUCCHISSI AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA DELEGATION as listed in reftel, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 13 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Antenna Calibration and Measurement Equipment Training for Deep Space Communications [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID619SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: THOMAS DUXBURY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Personnel: Thomas Duxbury from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 2 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Mars Express Science Operations Working Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID620SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: KARTIK SHETH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Personnel: Kartick Sheth from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Tenerife, Spain on April 21 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Pathways Through an Elective Universe Conference. 2. Post understands tha [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID621SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA DELEGATION as listed in reftel, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Bilbao, Spain on April 6 to April 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend a quality and design review for MARS Science Laboratory's high-gain antenna and the Rover [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID622SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC),KEITH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Keith Tucker, from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 8 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Structural Technical Interchange meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID623SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. PALMER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sarah Palmer, Staf Scientist, HIV Drug Resistance Program (DRP),National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH; Dr. Zandrea Ambrose, Research Fellow, DRP, NCI, NIH, and Dr. Frank Maldarelli, Staff Clinician, DRP, NCI, NIH to travel to Segovia, Spain on or about [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID624SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR.
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shyamasundaran Kottilil, Clinical Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 12 to April 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Associati [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID625SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN WILBUR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Wilbur, Senior Investigator, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 23 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to take part in a workshop on Natural Language Processing. 2. Post understands [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID626SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JACQUELINE KATZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jacqueline Katz, Branch Chief, COGH/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona and Zaragosa, Spain on April 7 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the IX National Congress of Virology at Zaragoza University Centre for Prionic Disea [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA SP
07MADRID627SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Joines, George Leroy, and Eric Moore to travel to Rota, Spain on April 20 to April 30. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support and cross-training to current contractors for the Departme [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID628SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Thomas Leitner to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 17 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to chair a session at the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Dynamics Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-04-04 13:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID629SPAIN: CUBA TRIP RESULTS NOT YET CLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos said that his April 2-3 visit to Havana, during which he met with Raul Castro and other government leaders, has opened a new stage in Spain-Cuba relations. Moratinos had two principal objectives for the trip: re-engagement with the Cuban governm [...]
2007-04-04 15:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SP CU
07MADRID630MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Financial Times Columnist Martin Wolf says "The pain in Spain will follow years of rapid economic gain" - but he argues the pain may still be years away. Wolf addresses the issue of whether current account deficits matter inside a monetary union. His answer: "no, because there cannot be a [...]
2007-04-04 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP
07MADRID635DCM OBSERVES MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY AT MARBELLA MOSQUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Costa del Sol in Andalucia, the DCM toured Marbella's beautiful Rey Abdelaziz Al-Saud Mosque and, at the prompting of Imam Alla Bachar, gave impromptu remarks to the assembled congregation of approximately 50 believers on March 31. Alla Bachar gave a sermon [...]
2007-04-04 16:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID64SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: GERALD ANKLEY AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gerald Ankley, Research Toxicologist and Joe Tietge, Biologist to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 26. The purpose of this visit for Mr. Ankley is to co-chair the Madrid OECD meeting, and Mr. Tietge will be presenting at this meeting. 2. [...]
2007-01-12 15:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID640SPAIN/CUBA: ENGAGING MEMBERS EU TO REINFORCE
[...] (C) Summary. As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting [...]
2007-04-09 16:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID649SPAIN/CUBA: ENCOURAGING EU MEMBERS TO HOLD FIRM ON
[...] (C) As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting Spanish p [...]
2007-04-10 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID65SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: DAVID ZILKOSKI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Zilkoski, Director National Geodetic Survey to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 18 to January 23. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spain integrated ocean observations system partners to discuss common issues and potential partnership. 2 [...]
2007-01-12 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID650SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JOHN WATERS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Waters from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 7 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend a critical design review for the MARS Science Laboratory Mission. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. WILLIAM LAU
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. William Lau, Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 22 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second BioCreative Challenge Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HINNEBUSCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alan Hinnebusch, Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 19 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to present a talk at the Centre for Genomic Regulation. 2. [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID653SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Dennis Baum to travel to Tarragona, Spain on April 14 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 23rd International Symposium on Ballistics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID654SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: JOE NABHOLZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA Official; Joe Nabholz, Senior Biologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 14 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical advice to the OECD about their development of [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SENV SP
07MADRID655SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY: JONATHAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Treasury personnel; Jonathan Jones, Senior Financial Economist, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 15 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the Risk Modeling and Management Group, A Subgroup of the Basel C [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID656SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIAL GEORGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Securities & Exchange Commission: George Lavdas to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 7 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing Committee no. 2 meeting. [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID657SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: TERESA ROWLES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Teresa Rowles, Fishery Biologist and Margaret Krahn, Supervisory Research Chemist to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on or about April 9 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Special Workshop organized by t [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID658SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: BERESFORD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lynne Beresford, USPTO Commissioner to travel to Alicante, Spain on April 22 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the office of Harmonization for the Internal Market. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Vis [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID659SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: LISA MAZZUCA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lisa Mazzuca from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain on April 21 to May 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Pathways through an Eclectic Universe conference. 2. Post understand [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID66SPANISH PROPOSAL FOR NCIS/OSI AGREEMENT
[...] (C/NF) As previewed in reftel, MOD has proposed a radically shorter, less detailed draft agreement that would govern the actions in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Although only OSD can fully evaluate the text that MOD t [...]
2007-01-12 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
07MADRID660SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MOSELEY AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Samuel Harvey Moseley and Bernard Rauscher from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 22 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Spectrometer Science Team meeting. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID661SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MICHAEL MEYER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Meyer from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 11 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the critical design review of the Spanish contributed REMS instrument. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID662SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DE LA TORRE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Manuel de la Torre Juarez and Claire Quinto from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 8 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend a critical design review of the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Instrument f [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID663SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JACK FISHMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jack Fishman from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Puerto De La Cruz, Spain on April 23 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Ozone Scientific Advisory Group meeting. 2 [...]
2007-04-10 17:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID67SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: THOMAS WEATHERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, Thomas Weatherman to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain on January 24 to January 26. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a recertification inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-01-12 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID686SPAIN APPRECIATIVE OF MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEFING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of ongoing USG efforts to engage the Spanish government on missile defense, Missile Defense Agency deputy director Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly met with MOD and MFA officials, as well as opinion leaders and an influential opposition member of Parliament, on March 30. [...]
2007-04-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID687SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...]
2007-04-13 10:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID692MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes, Central Bank Chief Ordonez and Secretary of State for Economy Vergara traveling to Washington this weekend to campaign for bigger IMF Quota: Spain's IMF quota share is 1.41%, below Belgium's 2.13%. The Spaniards are aware that China, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Bra [...]
2007-04-13 16:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID7SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: MOODY AND MARTIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Moody, and Deborah Martin, Research Hydrologists to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 30 to February 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the International meeting of fire effects on soil properties and will also conduct [...]
2007-01-03 17:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP
07MADRID707SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...]
2007-04-18 15:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ
07MADRID717MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) In what was billed by the GOS as the first annual "State of Economy" message, Zapatero praised the performance of the Spanish economy and released a report. He deliberately did not choose parliament as the venue for delivering the message as he reportedly wanted to avoid criticism from th [...]
2007-04-19 17:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID723SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID RECCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Recce from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 20 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a technical review of the Madrid deep space communications center commercial power project. 2. Post un [...]
2007-04-20 08:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID724SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: COMPTON TUCKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Compton Tucker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Mallorca, Spain on May 8 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Symposium on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2007-04-20 08:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID725SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: CRAIG ALLEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS personnel; Craig Allen, Research Geologist to travel to Seville, Spain on or about April 27 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the 4th International Wildland Fire conference, conduct fieldwork, attend various meetings, and [...]
2007-04-20 08:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID726SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Herbert Van de Sompel to travel to Barcelona, Spain on May 7 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to present and attend the European Library Automation Group conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...]
2007-04-20 09:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID727SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alon Daniel to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 27 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Police Advisors to discuss the American University's research project on nuclear smuggling. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-04-20 09:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA SP
07MADRID728SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain on or about May 6 to May 19. The purpose of this visit is to serve as faculty at CIEMAT in Madrid and at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. 2. P [...]
2007-04-20 09:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: CILIA DE COCK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Cilia de Cock and Carlos Costa, USAID Consultants to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 8 to May 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Nut & Dried Fruit Annual convention. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-04-20 09:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV SP
07MADRID730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: GEOFFREY TOON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Geoffrey Toon from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Tenerife, Spain on April 27 to May 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change Infrared Working Group Meeting. 2. Post under [...]
2007-04-20 09:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO: JAYETTA HECKER,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to GAO personnel; Steven Cohen and Matthew Rosenberg, (the others are listed in case of substitution) to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 23 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a review of public-private partnerships in the constructi [...]
2007-04-20 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID741VENEZUELAN RCTV OWNER MARCEL GRANIER IN SPAIN
[...] (C) As described in ref A, DCM talked with MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez on April 12 about the possibility that the GOS would act discreetly to encourage Hugo Chavez not to close RCTV. Based on that conversation, Jimenez, who was aware and concerned about the closu [...]
2007-04-24 08:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SP VZ
07MADRID75SPAIN ON URGING BRAZILIAN PSI PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 18:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP EWWT PHSA BR PO SP
07MADRID750SPAIN AND US SIGN NCIS/OSI REGULATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As required by the 2002 revision of the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC),Spain and the US have signed regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Defense Minister Alon [...]
2007-04-25 14:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
07MADRID783SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: THOMAS MARTIN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOC personnel; Thomas Martin and Maisha Cryor, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 13 to May 19. The purpose of this visit is to verify questionnaire responses in the antidumping duty review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain. 2. Post un [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD SP
07MADRID784SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: BRIAN REHM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brian Rehm from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 19 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to upgrade the Science Instrument Development Unit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID785SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA BILL TACKETT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Bill Tackett, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 5 to May 11. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a regulatory inspection of a medical device. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID786SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Chief, Physical Biochemistry Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, NIH to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 15 to May 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a Federation of European Biochemical Societies wor [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID787SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KASTNER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Daniel Kastner, Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 5 to May 9. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present in the 21st European Immunog [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID788SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KUNOS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Kunos, Scientific Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 26 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend a presentation at the Second International Congress on Pre [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID789SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JONGELING
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andre Jongeling from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 19 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to take part in training at the Madrid Deep Space Network Complex. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID790SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MERINO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief of Surgical Pathology, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture at a meeting of the Spanish Society of Pahotlogy. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID791SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nasa delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or around May 5 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend atlas inner stage meetings with Construccionnes Aeronauticas. 2. Post understands th [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID792SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: BUCK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Buck from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 1 to June 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual antenna inspection of all complex and metrology antennas. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID793SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: WITKOWSKI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mona Witkowski from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 8 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual antenna inspection of all complex and metrology antennas. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID794SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Andrew Brydon to travel to Vigo, Spain on May 21 to June 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID795SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Christopher Mauche to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 4 to June 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the SMM-Newton: The Next Decade workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bea [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID796SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/BPA: REDING
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Jerry Reding to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 24 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Primary International Forum of Overhead Transmission Lines. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID797SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Whitney Creer, Allison Bennett, Craig Stinson, Stephanie Clarke, Cody Hostick, Adrian Pidlusky to travel to Algeciras, Spain on May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit as the second line of defense Megaports Initiative Program team is to [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID798SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/INTEL: DAY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE/INTEL personnel: Christopher Day to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 24 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to increase knowledge of LNG and industry contacts. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminde [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID799SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: MICHAEL HARRISON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOC personnel; Michael Harrison and Peter Scholl, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 6 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to verify questionnaire responses in the antidumping duty review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain. 2. Post [...]
2007-04-27 17:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD SP
07MADRID8SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNVIE AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes UNVIE Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 10 to January 11. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Iran Public Diplomacy outreach discussions with Senior Level GOS officials and the media. 2. The [...]
2007-01-03 17:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT SP
07MADRID801SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOANNE TILLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joanne Tilley, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 11 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance of Boeing suppliers. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is req [...]
2007-04-30 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID802SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN TAMBURI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA: John Tamburi, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 23 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to perform an FAA inspection. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bear [...]
2007-04-30 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID803SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RONALD GLEITER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Ronald Gleiter, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 6 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend a working group session. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2007-04-30 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID815SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA TANYA JOHNSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to VA employee: Tanya Johnson, Overseas Military Coordinator to travel to Rota, Spain on or about May 19 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to assist U.S. military personnel. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-05-03 06:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID859ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]
2007-05-10 13:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID862SPAIN/CUBA: VISIT OF WHA DAS MADISON
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 meeting with visiting WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison, MFA Director General for Ibero America Javier Sandomingo defended Spain's decision to ramp up contact with the Castro Government, though he acknowledged that Spain "made mistakes" in the course of FM [...]
2007-05-10 16:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID867SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Gary Varnado to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to June 3. The purpose of this visit is to support the International Atomic Energy Agency by serving as a trainer/instructor to representatives of the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. 2. Pos [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID868SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Whitney Creer, Allison Bennett, Craig Stinson, Stephanie Clarke, Cody Hostick, Adrian Pidlusky, Dennis Torres-Mendoza and Dung-Zoom Le to travel to Algeciras, Spain on May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit as the second line of defense [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID869SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV DECORPO,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DHS personnel: James Decorpo, Joe Foster, Lilia Ramirez from the Science and Technology Directorate to travel to Toledo, Spain on May 5 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to participate in NATO meetings on prediction detection of improvised explosive [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SP
07MADRID870SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: KENNETH CARPENTER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Carpenter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 26 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the First Network for UV Astronomy conference on Space Astronomy. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID871SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: RICHARD MUSHOTZKY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Mushotzky from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 3 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the X-ray Multi Mirrow working group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID872SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JEFFREY CERRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Cerro from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 25 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 66th Society of Allied Weight Engineers International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering. 2. Po [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID873SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron and Zaragoza, Spain on or about May 25 to June 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Microwave Scan Beam landing System flight inspection at the Transoceanic Abo [...]
2007-05-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID874SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on or about May 27 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landin [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID875SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on or about May 24 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing sitethe At [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID876SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 11 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Atlas Inner Stage meetings with construcciones Aeronauticas. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID877SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA: JOHNSON, MERRIE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Forest Service Personnel; Merrie Johnson, Director, Paulette Ford, Research Ecologist, and Jason Steinmetz, Forestry Technician-Dispatch Coordinator to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 12 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Wild [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV SP
07MADRID878SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HEE-YONG
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Hee-Yong Kim, Lab Chief, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH; to travel to Salamanca, Spain on or about May 19 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give the Porcellati lecture at the European Society for Neurochemis [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID879SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PAVLAKIS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Pavlakis, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH; Mr. Yakob Habtesion, Health Specialist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH; and Dr. Lanling Zou, Biologist, NIH to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID880SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KLINMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Dennis Klinman, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about May 22 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Third International Conference on DNA Vaccines. 2. Post understan [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID881SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MATTSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Mattson, Senior Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 18 to May 21. The purpose of this visit is to present the opening lecture at the 17th Annual European Society of Neurochemistry Meeting. 2 [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID882SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: FRANKLIN MOORE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Franklin Moore, Agriculture and Trade, Office of Environment and Science Policy to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 13 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a CGIAR Alignment Forum, Executive Committee-12 meeting. [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV SP
07MADRID883SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ZHU
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS personnel; Zhi-Liang Zhu, Research Physical Scientist to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 13 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the 4th International Wildland Fire conference, conduct a presentation, and discuss r [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID884SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOI: CLARK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Lisa Clark from the Bureau of Land Mangement to travel to Seville, Spain on May 13 to May 17. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 4th Annual International Wildland Fire conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY SP OTRA
07MADRID885SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/FE KIGHT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Office of Fossil Energy: Gene Kight to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Power Gen 2007 Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID886SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Gary Varnado to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 8 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International conference Meteoroids 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID887SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: PHIL ROURK AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Phil Rourk and Beatriz Cascos de Zacapa form USAID Export Promotion Program to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 12 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to promote exports of Salvadoran products to the European market. 2. Post [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV SP
07MADRID888SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: GEORGE VOELLMER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Voellmer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on May 22 to June 7. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID889SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MAX COLEMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Max Coleman from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Seville, Spain on May 27 to May 30. The purpose of this visit is to continue interpretation activities of the Rio Tinto results. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID890SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DOMINIC BENFORD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dominic Benford from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on May 28 to June 8. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at the Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID891SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: EDWARD WOLLACK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edward Wollack from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on June 1 to June 14. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at the Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID892SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: RANDAL KOSTER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Randal Koster from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 2 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the World Climate Research Programme/Climate Observation and Prediction of the Earth Sys [...]
2007-05-11 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID893SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NICHOLAS WHITE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nicholas White from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 2 to June 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the XMM-Newton: The Next Decade Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors [...]
2007-05-11 12:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID894SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DOUGLAS DARRYL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Douglas Darryl Tilford, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Seville, Spain on May 11 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance on Boeing suppliers. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assis [...]
2007-05-11 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID895SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRUCE CONZE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Bruce Conze, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 6 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to perform surprise A380 noise tests. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...]
2007-05-11 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID896SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RICHARD YHAP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Richard Yhap, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to May 27. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance on Continental Airlines substantial engine maintenance contractor, Iberia. [...]
2007-05-11 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
07MADRID900SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Dale Klein, Chairman US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend bilateral meetings with the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, tour the Equipos Nucleares facility in Cantabria, and [...]
2007-05-11 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY SP OTRA
07MADRID907MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY CLOS HOSTS AMBASSADOR AND AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR WORKING LUNCH Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Joan Clos hosted the Ambassador and an executive group from the American Business Council (ABC) for lunch May 10. The ABC groups the largest U.S. investors [...]
2007-05-14 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID924SPAIN: VISIT OF INL DAS MCCAMPBELL; OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Madrid to attend the 25th-annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),INL DAS Christy McCampbell on May 7 met with senior officials in Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID-equivalent Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). During her [...]
2007-05-16 17:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PREL SP
07MADRID947SPAIN ON FUTURE OF RCTV
[...] (C) Though not an action addressee on ref A, Post continues to press the GOS to use high-level contact with the BRV to support Venezuelan press freedom, specifically RCTV. As described in ref B, Post helped arrange meetings for RCTV owner Marcel Granier with National Security Adviser Carles Ca [...]
2007-05-18 13:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP VZ
07MADRID951SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: LESLIE DEUTSCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leslie Deutsch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Escorial, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requir [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID952SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: PHILIP LIEBRECHT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Philip Liebrecht from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Operations Advisory Group. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID953SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JAMES COSTRELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Costrell from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID954SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES BURKHOLDER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Burkholder, Research Chemist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on May 20 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to paticipate in a site visit to Fundacion de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY SP OTRA
07MADRID955SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USG: ELIZABETH KIM,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USG personnel; Elizabeth Kim, Craig Vogt, Anhar Karimjee, Roza Guillaume, Thomas Fredette, Joseph Wilson Todd Bridges, Jeff Summers, and Jennifer Winston to travel to La Coruna, Spain on or about June 18 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend t [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID956SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Kevin Boyack to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID957SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Castrillo Boixo to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 6 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Biennial Pedro Pascual Benasque Center for Science Workshop on Quantum Information. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID958SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Alberto Roura Crumols to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to July 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in collaborations on an ongoing research project related to the stability of De Sitter Spacetime in Semiclassical Gravity and its impli [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID959SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SIMON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Simon Metenou, Research Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 29 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to coordinate the development of vaccines against Malaria in Pregnancy an [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID960SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FRANCIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 25 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to serve as speaker at the Jimenez Diaz Memorial Lecture. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID961SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BARRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Barry Horwitz, Senior Investigator, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 27 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk and chair a session at the Workshop on Brai [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID962SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AMAR KLAR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Amar Klar, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, Spain on or about May 21 to May 27. The purpose of this visit is to meet faculty and give talks at the Centro Nacional de Biotechnologia in Madrid and Centr [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID963SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ARAI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 23 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to present a lecture at the EuroPCR 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID964SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA STEVEN GENDEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Gendel, Microbiology and Stephano Luccioli, Medical Officer Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 28 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Approaches to Risks [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID965SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA GREGSON JOSEPH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregson Joseph, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 1 to June 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EuroPCR 07 Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID966SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA ASHLEY BOAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ashley Boam, Branch Chief, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 21 to May 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EuroPCR 07 Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requi [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID967SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: AKBAR SULTAN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Akbar Sultan and Karlin Toner from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 28 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Seventh USA/Europe ATM Research and Development Seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID968SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JOSEPH NUTH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Nuth from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 9 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Meteoroids 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID969SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NURIA CALVET,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nuria Calvet from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Villa Franca del Castillo, Spain on or about May 28 to June 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Observing Time Allocation Committee meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID970SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SUSAN WELCH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Welch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid Spain on May 27 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex Design Review. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID971SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID STRUBA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid Spain on June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Interagency Operations Advisory Group 11 meetings. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...]
2007-05-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TSPA
07MADRID981MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Spanish economy grew by 4% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The composition of the growth (exports, domestic demand, construction etc.) will be released in the next couple of weeks. Analysts will be looking [...]
2007-05-21 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID984RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...]
2007-05-22 15:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE SP RS
07MADRID99SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: KEVIN ANDERSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kevin Anderson, Special Assistant for International Affairs to travel to Valencia, Spain on January 18 to January 25. The purpose of this visit to attend a meeting of the Accord Implementation Group (AIG) of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS [...]
2007-01-18 17:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
07MADRID9993RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...]
2007-05-24 15:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS
07MANAGUA1021ANOTHER CONVERGENCIA MEMBER QUESTIONS ORTEGA,S
[...] (C) Summary: Azucena Ferrey, a former Contra and longstanding Christian Democrat currently associated with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political ally Convergencia, tells us that a number of Convergencia members are disillusioned with the Ortega administration. Ferrey, who di [...]
2007-04-23 14:34:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1036LIBERAL MAYORS REJECT ALEMAN, PLEDGE TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: A group of mayors from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) meeting with leaders of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) strongly rejected any role for convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman in the Liberal unification process. The mayors plan to form local commissions ahead of th [...]
2007-04-23 23:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA106ORTEGA BLAIMS "NEO-LIBERALISM" FOR NICARAGUAN
[...] (U) Summary: New Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega assumed office on January 10 singing the praises of his Bolivarian "twin" Hugo Chavez and proclaiming the failure of "neo-liberalism." Ortega repeated his campaign promises to alleviate poverty through national and regional "unity," joining [...]
2007-01-17 17:40:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1067ORTEGA,S FIRST 100 DAYS -- AUTOCRATIC TRENDS DRAW
[...] (C) Summary: In its first 100 days, President Ortega's government was characterized by a blur between party and state; autocracy and secrecy; dependency on Chavez; disregard for law and human rights; the dismissal of thousands of government employees; and, a pointed effort to financially "sta [...]
2007-04-25 22:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM NU SNAR IR
07MANAGUA1097NICARAGUAN POLICE CHIEF SHARES VIEWS ON POLICE ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Police Chief Aminta Granera is committed to counternarcotics and enforcement efforts as well as ensuring public safety, although she has no faith in the Nicaraguan judicial system and receives little assistance from other government agencies. During meetings with Emboffs, Graner [...]
2007-04-27 23:05:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR SNAR
07MANAGUA1183MADRIZ - ORTEGA PROMISES REMAIN UNFULFILLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing higher gas prices, no new jobs, and political favoritism, the citizens of Somoto and Totogalpa, Madriz spoke to the Ambassador of growing dissatisfaction with President Ortega's administration. While local opposition leaders are talking, they have not unified or capitali [...]
2007-05-08 16:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM ECON PGOV PINR NU
07MANAGUA1207NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT ON PROSPECT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconCouns and Econoff met with Property Superintendent Mireya Molina on April 25 to stress the importance of accelerating resolutions for confiscated and expropriated American citizen properties in Nicaragua. As of the date of that meeting, the Office of the Property Superintend [...]
2007-05-09 21:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1230NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: APRIL
[...] (U) Summary: In April of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have b [...]
2007-05-11 22:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1265NICARAGUA: NICARAGUA'S COASTAL LAND LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in Nicaraguan beachfront property investments, including many investments by American citizens. Land laws do not discriminate between foreign and domestic owners, but investor uncertainty in the face of a history of tang [...]
2007-05-15 22:28:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA127AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...]
2007-01-18 17:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU
07MANAGUA1310AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 21:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NU
07MANAGUA1311GON RESPECTS VENEZUELAN DECISION TO CLOSE RCTV,
[...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the demarche points on press freedom contained in refetel. The Ambassador expressed concern that the imminent closure of Venezuelan television channel RCTV is an act that violates the OAS' Inter-American Convention on H [...]
2007-05-22 21:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL NU VE
07MANAGUA1318FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS GON ENDORSEMENT OF
[...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Nicaraguan government's (GON) position vis a vis North Korea (DPRK),specifically noting our concern over President Ortega's recent public remarks virtually endorsing the DPRK's efforts to become a nuclear power, a p [...]
2007-05-23 15:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KGIT XE NU
07MANAGUA1327TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVES ABILITY OF NEWLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several years of planning, a vetted unit has been created in Nicaragua to investigate high-profile financial, corruption-related, narcotics and transnational crimes. The unit has been initially funded by illicitly acquired assets of corrupt former Nicaraguan officials t [...]
2007-05-23 23:12:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV OPIC KCOR PGOV SNAR KCRIM KJUS NU
07MANAGUA1356NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...]
2007-05-29 20:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1359NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...]
2007-05-29 21:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA140CENTAM AMBASSADORS CONCERNED ABOUT NICARAGUA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Central American ambassadors in Nicaragua were startled by the populist rhetoric and procession of infamous guests surrounding the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega (reftel),but maintain a cautious optimism that regional and international agreements will constrain the Orteg [...]
2007-01-18 23:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1409NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MAY 2007
[...] (U) Summary: In May of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have bee [...]
2007-06-04 19:40:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1431NICARAGUA: FACING CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING CASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on illicit cash couriers to representatives of the Nicaraguan inter-agency Anti-Terrorism Working Group (ATWG). ATWG representatives responded that cash couriers are an issue of growing concern in Nicaragua, but current laws and the [...]
2007-06-05 20:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL NU
07MANAGUA1528NICARAGUA: 2007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT
[...] (U) This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will e-mail comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 15 per reftel request. Property Confiscation Claims ----------- [...]
2007-06-15 21:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC NU
07MANAGUA155 EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...]
2007-01-19 21:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1562CHINANDEGANOS CONCERNED ABOUT ORTEGA, OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The politically active citizens of Nicaragua's north-western department of Chinandega are concerned about President Ortega's centralization of government and attempts to establish local citizens' councils. Members of the private sector note that economic activity is generally dec [...]
2007-06-21 16:26:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON KDEM MCC NU
07MANAGUA157REGIONAL AMBASSADORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON ORTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassadors to Nicaragua from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia are concerned that the authoritarian tendencies and lack of experience of many officials in the Ortega administration, combined with the "destabilizing" influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, may nega [...]
2007-01-19 22:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1588USG COMMITMENT TO GOOD RELATIONS WITH SANDINISTAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 29-June 1 meetings in Managua, WHA/CEN Office Director John Feeley reaffirmed with senior FSLN leaders that USG policy is to pursue productive and positive relations with the Ortega government. At the same time he communicated that President Ortega's increasingly anti-US [...]
2007-06-26 19:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1621FIVE PILLARS OF FSLN STRATEGY
[...] (C) A document leaked to the press recently revealed that the FSLN has readied a plan called the "Five Pillars of the Revolutionary Project" to be formally announced on the July 19 celebration of the 28th anniversary of the Somoza overthrow. The 5 Pillars are: direct democracy and civilian po [...]
2007-07-02 16:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1622ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...]
2007-07-02 17:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON NU
07MANAGUA1661NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE 2007-FIVE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: In June of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved five Embassy-registered property claims belonging to one American citizen, the first resolutions in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citiz [...]
2007-07-05 20:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1663ALN DEPUTY SUBJECT OF FSLN/PLC WITCH HUNT
[...] SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputy Alejandro Bolanos Davis' seat in the National Assembly hangs by a thread. Led by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) magistrates, the Nicaragua Supreme Electoral Counsel (CSE) voted to strip Bolanos of his seat over supposed citizenship irregu [...]
2007-07-05 22:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1689NICARAGUA: SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Secretary of State issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 1994/1995. Between August 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the Government of Nicaragua resolved 34 Embassy-registered claims for 18 U.S. citizens. While [...]
2007-07-10 16:37:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1720ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF "CUADERNO SANDINISTA, NO.1"
[...] (SBU) Summary. "Cuaderno Sandinista No. 1," a propaganda piece produced by the FSLN Department of Political Education, claims to outline a new plan of reconciliation and national unity for Nicaragua. The plan is anchored by three pillars: improving the well-being of citizens, equitable econom [...]
2007-07-13 20:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL NU
07MANAGUA1750NICARAGUAN PUBLIC SEES COUNTRY ON WRONG PATH WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan public opinion has continued to sour on President Daniel Ortega, with his approval rating taking a 60-point nose-dive from a positive 51 percent job approval rating in February to a negative 10 percent approval just four months later, according to the latest CID-Gallu [...]
2007-07-18 21:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ECON NU
07MANAGUA1771NICARAGUA AND THE IMF HAVE A PRGF AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The IMF and GON have almost completed a three-year Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement. After finalization of some budgetary numbers, the PRGF will go before the IMF Board in October. Characterizing the agreement as "plain vanilla," IMF ResRep Humberto Arbulu Neir [...]
2007-07-23 14:47:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NU
07MANAGUA1783ZERO HUNGER- NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega has held several splashy ceremonies promoting his Hambre Cero (Zero Hunger) program, which aims to end hunger in Nicaragua within five years by offering standardized packages of livestock and other goods to families living in extreme poverty. The program has com [...]
2007-07-24 21:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1817UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN NICARAGUA
[...] (S) On July 26, per reftel instructions we met with Foreign Ministry Director General for the Americas Orlando Gomez and urged that Nicaragua not continue business as usual with Iran. We also highlighted Nicaragua's requirements under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, especially the prohibitions under [...]
2007-07-30 17:12:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPARM PREL KNNP IR NU
07MANAGUA182HUMAN RIGHTS NGO TERMS ORTEGA GOVERNMENT "WORST
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the Permanent Human Rights Council (CPDH) believe that the turn the Ortega government has taken since it assumed power is the "worst-nightmare scenario." They recently warned the Ambassador that President Ortega will not leave office for at least ten years unless Nic [...]
2007-01-23 18:37:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA1825NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 23:06:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAGUA182662ND UNGA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NO DETAILS YET FROM
[...] (U) On July 26, POLOFF met with Orlando Gomez, Director General of the America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) to deliver points as directed in REFTELs. Gomez responded that while the Foreign Minister had recently raised the issue of whether to attend UNGA with Presiden [...]
2007-07-30 23:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP PREL OVIP UNGA SOCI TSPL NU
07MANAGUA1846NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2007
[...] (U) Summary: In July of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 679 registered [...]
2007-08-06 14:04:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1847NICARAGUA: NEW TRADE MINISTER TAKES PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) New Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Orlando SOLORZANO Delgadillo says he will focus on areas of common interest between Nicaragua and the United States, including trade and economic integration. He mentioned several specific areas of concern regarding CAFTA-DR, inclu [...]
2007-08-06 16:18:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA1865PROPOSED U.S. TOBACCO TAX WOULD JEOPARDIZE JOBS
[...] (SBU) In an August 2 meeting with he Ambassador, representatives of the Nicaraguan cigar industry voiced concern that a proposal to increase cigar taxes in the United States will snuff out growth in their sector. They warned that the tax would jeopardize the jobs of 15,000 direct employees and [...]
2007-08-08 16:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA18662006 REPORT ON THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) The newly-published 2006 Report on Political Culture of Democracy in Nicaragua presents important data on the long-term patterns of public opinion regarding democracy, corruption, economic well-being, and the effectiveness of national vs. municipal government. Produced under USAID auspices, the [...]
2007-08-08 17:40:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1873EMBASSY MANAGUA ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA
[...] (C) Due to recent political changes in Nicaragua, it remains to be seen whether the GON will continue to cooperate with the U.S. on broad high-level security policy. Even so, day-to-day operational cooperation remains strong, particularly with the National Police and the military. We believ [...]
2007-08-08 23:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PREL XK
07MANAGUA1904CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER IN NICARAGUA ON HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Monsignor Bernardo Hombach, Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Granada offered his assessment of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, citing a corrupt judicial system, a government run on political patronage, and illegal narcotics trafficking as the gravest challenges facin [...]
2007-08-13 22:49:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1922NICARAGUA: FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Despite President Ortega's increasingly anti-capitalist rhetoric, the GON has not significantly changed economic policy vis a vis the previous administration. As a result, the financial sector has remained stable. The exchange rate continues on its 5% crawling peg and foreign res [...]
2007-08-15 20:47:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1947QUESTION: "SHOULD YOU BUY REAL ESTATE AND RETIRE IN
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: For two years, Grace Brunton occupied a one-of-a-kind job at Embassy/Managua, that of Economic Officer-in-charge of helping American citizens obtain settlements from the Nicaraguan government for property expropriated during Sandinista rule in the 1980s. Despite t [...]
2007-08-20 20:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1952NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT SEIZES EXXON FUEL STORAGE
[...] (C) Summary: After close of business on August 17, local police showed up at Esso/Nicaragua's Corinto I fuel storage facility located at the Port of Corinto and on a judge's order seized the facility. Exxon officials believe that the pretext for the seizure was a tax issue involving the exem [...]
2007-08-21 00:28:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD EPET NU
07MANAGUA196FM SANTOS CLAIMS OIL CONCESSIONS WILL MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos informed us that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will facilitate the opening of oil exploration concessions on the Atlantic Coast that have been stalled for legal reasons. Santos also used the occasion to request assistance for the milit [...]
2007-01-24 19:37:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NU
07MANAGUA1963FEAR AND LOATHING ON NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC COAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Our contacts on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast ("costenos") support the Ambassador's non-combative engagement strategy with President Ortega's administration. With many households almost wholly dependent on remittances from family members working in the U.S., costenos are fearful of [...]
2007-08-22 13:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1987IRANIAN ASSITANCE TO NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: From July 31 to August 5, an Iranian technical delegation headed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian visited Nicaragua to follow-up on assistance promises made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two government will meet again in November in the first meeting [...]
2007-08-27 21:10:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON PGOV CVIS NU IR
07MANAGUA2000NICARAGUAN ECONOMY COASTING - BUT STRAINS ARE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Second Economic Roundtable reviewed the performance of different economic sectors and painted a picture of an economy coasting on the achievements of the Bolanos administration, early signs of a slowdown, and increasing strains between the GON and businesses. The [...]
2007-08-30 14:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ETRD EPET EINV NU
07MANAGUA2001BOLANOS-DAVIS CASE: SILENCING CRITICS MADE EASY
[...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Alejandro Bolanos-Davis met with us on August 24 to give us his reaction to his seemingly permanent expulsion from the National Assembly, the next moves in his case, and his overview of Nicaraguan politics. Bolanos-Davis is convinced that the Ortega regime will not [...]
2007-08-30 14:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2003BRAZIL AND NICARAGUA: I SAY ETHANOL, YOU SAY HYDRO
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva's August 7-8 visit to Nicaragua was the first by a Brazilian head of state in over 100 years. While Lula's focus for the visit was ethanol and business opportunities that take advantage of CAFTA, Ortega tried to interest the Brazilians in p [...]
2007-08-30 16:04:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON PGOV NU IR
07MANAGUA2008NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009),Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...]
2007-08-30 19:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU
07MANAGUA2009NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009),Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...]
2007-08-30 19:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU
07MANAGUA202SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, in a meeting at Sandinista Party Headquarters, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with then SIPDIS President-elect Daniel Ortega a new regional health-care training initiat [...]
2007-01-25 14:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2021NICARAGUA: DOLE PITCHES NEMAGON SETTLEMENT TO
[...] (C) Dole Food Company President and CEO David DeLorenzo met with President Ortega on August 28 to deliver a new proposal for the settlement of health claims related to the pesticide Nemagon. DeLorenzo reports that Ortega was receptive to the proposal, which would include payments to affected [...]
2007-09-04 16:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEINV SENV SOCI ELAB NU
07MANAGUA2024MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...]
2007-09-05 01:11:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2025MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...]
2007-09-05 01:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2031NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2007
[...] Summary: In August 2007, the first month of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,515 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 656 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolve [...]
2007-09-05 22:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2032MANAGUA SITREP 2: HURRICANE FELIX AFTERMATH,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Today we were able to make our first on-the-ground assessment of damage to Puerto Cabezas. Lack of potable water and adequate shelter are the most severe problems. Structural damage in Puerto Cabezas is extensive, but was mostly to building roofs; aside from a hospital, few structure [...]
2007-09-06 01:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2117MANAGUA SITREP 7: U.S. RELIEF TOPS USD 1.4 MILLION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, U.S. SH-60 helicopters carried out 13 relief flights and delivered nearly 26,000 pounds of relief materials as well as medical and security personal. The morning of September 14, two JTF-B CH-47 Chinook helicopters will arrive in Managua and begin operations. [...]
2007-09-14 01:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2148MANAGUA SITREP 8 (FINAL): SUMMARY OF RELIEF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. military assets concluded emergency relief operations on September 17. Assets flew a total of 136 sorties and transported some 595,000 lbs of relief supplies and materials over a 10-day period. On September 17 the Government of Nicaragua (GON) disaster team (SINAPRED) clos [...]
2007-09-19 23:20:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2152Nicaraguan Port Authority signs grant with USTDA
[...] (U) Summary: On August 23, the National Port Authority (EPN) signed a $510,000 grant agreement with the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for technical assistance in drafting a National Ports Law. The new law will allow, for the first time, public-private investment in the country [...]
2007-09-20 16:06:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2169CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY? TAIWANESE PRESIDENT VISITS
[...] (C) Summary: On Aug 26-28, President Chen Shui-ban of Taiwan visited Nicaragua as part of an effort to retain Nicaragua's diplomatic recognition of his country. For the Nicaraguans, the visit was an opportunity to secure more assistance and foreign investment. Throughout the visit, Chen repe [...]
2007-09-21 19:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG TW NU
07MANAGUA2189Nicaragua supports Strauss-Kahn for IMF Director
[...] (U) On September 20, the Nicaraguan Central Bank informed post of the GON's support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn as candidate as Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),by sending us a press release. 2. (U) Below please find the full text of the Nicaraguan Central Bank mess [...]
2007-09-25 16:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU
07MANAGUA2203SWEDEN ENDS COOPERATION WITH NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, the Embassy of Sweden announced that the country will end its foreign assistance program in Nicaragua as part of a global strategy that aims to focus its international aid to countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. Members of the Nicaraguan National Assembly and in [...]
2007-09-25 23:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2212NICARAGUA: TEXTILE/APPAREL UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The textile and apparel sector continues to grow in Nicaragua as firms take advantage of CAFTA-DR market access, relatively low wages, and geographic proximity to the United States. The sector added 6,000 new jobs in 2006, and exports to the United States grew from $525 million to $697 [...]
2007-09-26 23:18:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX PREL NU
07MANAGUA2223SUBJECT: NICARAGUA: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Eight months into Daniel Ortega's term as president, his socialist rhetoric continues to worry potential and current investors in Nicaragua. Beginning on the day of his inauguration, Ortega launched into anti-capitalist, anti-neoliberal, and increasingly anti-American rhetoric, i [...]
2007-09-28 23:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV NU
07MANAGUA2233NICARAGUAN FM SANTOS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE:
[...] (U) On Tuesday, September 25, we received, under cover of a Foreign Ministry (MINREX) diplomatic note, a letter to the Secretary from Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos. The letter thanks the U.S. for assistance rendered during Hurricane Felix and, citing the internal displacement and [...]
2007-10-02 19:27:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ODPC PREL PREF CVIS NU
07MANAGUA225ATMOSPHERICS OF ORTEGA INAUGURATION: CHAOS AND POPULISM TRUMPS SECURITY AND PROTOCOL
[...] (C) Summary: The inauguration of President Daniel Ortega on January 10 projected an odd image of disorder, amateurism, and unceremonious conduct, where populism trumped protocol, and security was virtually non-existent. Heads of state, royalty, ministers, and other dignitaries from over 64 co [...]
2007-01-25 22:36:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2255NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT IGNORING BUDGET SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: At an October 2 meeting donors providing direct budget support to Nicaragua expressed frustration over repeated brush-offs from the government since the Budget Support Group's (BSG) annual performance review in July. BSG members believe the government is assuming that donors will [...]
2007-10-04 18:20:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2286NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: In September of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Nonetheless, one claimant informed the Embassy that she recovered her property. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property c [...]
2007-10-09 14:05:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2295NICARAGUA: CRIMINALIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC ABORTION
[...] (U) Summary: Women's rights organizations, human rights NGOS, and physicians have reacted sharply to the Nicaraguan National Assembly's vote to include in the country's new Penal Code the criminalization of therapeutic abortion. Opponents of the criminalization of all forms of abortion have [...]
2007-10-10 22:23:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KWMN NU
07MANAGUA2324ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES LEAD ON PROPERTY CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials told Econoffs in a September 27 monthly meeting on property issues that new administrative procedures for resolving property disputes formally incorporate Attorney General Estrada in the process. They assert these revised procedures will streamline [...]
2007-10-15 16:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2351 Persuading Nicaragua to Create an FIU
[...] (U) Summary: Speeches delivered by the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Superintendent of Banks Victor Urcuyo, and Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) President Willie Zapata at the opening ceremony of an Embassy-hosted financial investigation training seminar sparked renewed public debate and [...]
2007-10-17 22:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PGOV SNAR ECON NU
07MANAGUA2366 MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM disaster declaration. The US Ambassador to Nicaragua requests authority for $50,000 for immediate disaster response. Funds will be programmed with local partners to meet the most urgent needs. Programming details will follow. See Para 7 2. (U) Summary: A [...]
2007-10-19 23:41:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2367NICARAGUA: BIOFUELS PANEL AT CCAA CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Nicaragua joined the ethanol market in 2007, when Nicaraguan Sugar Estates (NSE) started sending shipments of sugar cane ethanol to Europe. NSE hopes to double that volume in 2008 when expanded facilities come on line. Other sugar producers have moved to take advantage of world demand fo [...]
2007-10-22 18:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR EINV ECON NU
07MANAGUA2368BUSINESS SECTOR PRIVATELY EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE
[...] (C) Summary: On September 19, the Ambassador hosted his third Economic Roundtable with representatives of the private sector. While economic indicators are generally positive, some participants questioned whether economic growth can be sustained given power shortages and a deteriorating inve [...]
2007-10-22 19:01:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EINV PREL PGOV ETRD NU
07MANAGUA2372OCTOBER FLOODS: USG INITIAL RESPONSE
[...] Summary. Preliminary reports by Nicaraguan authorities indicate that 20,266 people have been affected by floods, mostly in the northwest of the country, but scattered over other regions as well, with 8 known deaths and two missing persons. There are no known U.S. citizen casualties. The floods have [...]
2007-10-22 22:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2373THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REHABILITATION OF ARNOLDO
[...] (C) There is a nascent, subtle process underway in Nicaragua that represents a serious threat to the future of democracy in the country and, by extension, U.S. interests: the public rehabilitation of former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman. Polling data consistently shows that Al [...]
2007-10-23 15:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA2376NICARAGUA: PROPERTY DISPUTE EXPOSES FSLN INFIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute over valuable coastal property at Amarillo Beach may be shedding light on political intrigue and infighting among senior FSLN officials. An internal rift appears to have contributed to the September 20th dismissal of Property Superintendent Mireya Molina. While Attorn [...]
2007-10-23 20:01:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2384RAINS STOP; FLOOD RECOVERY CONTINUES
[...] Subject: The persistent heavy rains that flooded Nicaragua the past weeks have let up, and relief is starting to flow to victims of the October flooding. President Ortega called together a meeting of donors on October 23 to urge for international assistance in response to the second natural [...]
2007-10-26 16:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR EAID KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2393Nicaragua: Government Back in the Microfinance Business?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly has approved two bills creating a National Development Bank (NDB). A state-owned institution, the NDB will operate as a first story financial institution providing small loans to both urban and rural Nicaraguan producers. The GON will provide USD 8 million [...]
2007-10-29 21:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2399IAAC/WALKER: NICARAGUA NON-COMMITAL; 63RD
[...] (U) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Mario Barquero, the new Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, soliciting Nicaragua's support for David Walker's candidacy for the IAAC. Barquero offered no comment on Walker's candidacy, but took a [...]
2007-10-30 19:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA NU
07MANAGUA2422NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: OCTOBER 2007
[...] Summary: In October of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 657 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 677 r [...]
2007-11-05 15:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2428NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH CBERA REPORT
[...] As requested in reftel, the following is post's input for the Seventh Report on Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Statistical Information ----------------------- 2. Population (2006, estimate): 5,457,000 (Nicaraguan National Statistics and Census Office) Real GDP per Capi [...]
2007-11-05 21:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON ELAB PGOV NU
07MANAGUA244SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH SALVADORAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Salvadoran President Tony Saca a new regional health-care training initiative; Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program; bilater [...]
2007-01-29 14:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2443NICARAGUA LOOKING FOR BALANCE ON WTO ISSUES
[...] (SBU) On November 6, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on the risk to World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha negotiations presented by ongoing Argentinean and Brazilian efforts to avoid cutting tariffs on industrial goods, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General fo [...]
2007-11-07 19:38:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL WTO NU
07MANAGUA2446CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AIMED TO PERPETUATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Constitutional reform is the hot political topic of the moment in Nicaragua. The Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) are privately negotiating a major overhaul of the Nicaraguan body politic, focused on creating likely t [...]
2007-11-07 22:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA245SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Guatemalan Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade a new regional health-care training initiative; the Guatemalan Government's (GOG [...]
2007-01-29 14:34:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2455NICARAGUA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA),the Superintendent of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (SIBIOF),and the Nicaraguan Central Bank (BCN). At each meeting Econoff left FATF and U.S. Treasury advisory notices concerning Iran, as well as the n [...]
2007-11-09 15:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ECON NU
07MANAGUA246 SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH HONDURAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007 the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya a new regional health-care training initiative; Honduras' petroleum dependency; resolving the need [...]
2007-01-29 14:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2466THE CITIZEN COUNCILS' GROWING SHADOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's Citizen Power Councils (CPC) continue to penetrate Nicaraguan society, increasing fear among civil society leaders. Over the past month, cases have been reported in which the CPCs have incited civil unrest, demanded CPC membership in exchange for emergency aid [...]
2007-11-13 18:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
07MANAGUA247SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PANAMANIAN VICE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Panamanian Vice President Samuel Lewis and Health Minister Camilo Alleyne a new regional health-care training initiative. Alleyne reit [...]
2007-01-29 14:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2479GON SLOWLY REACHING OUT TO BUDGET SUPPORT DONORS
[...] (C) Summary: The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of donor countries providing direct budget support (i.e. cash transfers for development purposes) to Nicaragua, told the Ministry of Finance (MHCP) on October 4 that it could not confirm funds to support the 2008 National Budget without bett [...]
2007-11-19 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2490NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY BE RESTORED FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Marisol Maria Castillo Bellido has requested that her nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored as soon as possible to visit her mother who will shortly undergo brain surgery in Miami. Post has information that she [...]
2007-11-23 18:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2495IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? HEALTH MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: On November 6, Nicaragua's Minister of Health, Dr. Maritza Cuan, tendered her resignation in what appears to have been a palace coup engineered by Vice-Minister Guillermo Gonzalez. Over the prior several weeks, Cuan had come under increasingly public and high-level criticism, inc [...]
2007-11-23 23:20:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV TBIO PARM MASS NU
07MANAGUA2497NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nicaragua was $771 million in 2006, an increase of $215 million from $555 million in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 totaled $755 million, up 20.7 percent from the previous year. In 2006, U.S. imports from Nicaragua were $1.5 billion, a 29.2 percent increas [...]
2007-11-26 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON NU
07MANAGUA2523NICARAGUA RESPONSE: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN
[...] (U) On November 29, we delivered REFTEL non-paper to Dr. Juan Jose Amador Velazquez, the Director General for Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health (MINSA). On Novermber 30, we delivered the non-paper to Dr. Mario Jose Gonzalez Herrera, Chief of the Department of Epidemiology at the Ministry [...]
2007-11-30 23:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID TBIO PREL NU
07MANAGUA2532NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Nicaragua under President Ortega, in contrast to the past three administrations, is establishing closer relations with Cuba. We expect Nicaragua to vote more consistently with Cuba. The trading relationship between the two countries has increased, but continues to be insignifica [...]
2007-12-06 18:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU NU
07MANAGUA2540DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 21:19:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NU
07MANAGUA2541NIE ON IRAN: NICARAGUA SUPPORTS PEACEFUL USE,
[...] (C) On December 4, we delivered the non-paper and talking points per reftel to Director General for American Affairs, Orlando Gomez; Director General for Asia, Africa and Oceana, David McField, and Acting Director General for International Organizations, Mario Barquero Baltodano at the Ministry [...]
2007-12-07 21:21:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM NU
07MANAGUA2543CERD ELECTION: NICARAGUA WILL FAVOR PROSPER;
[...] (C) On December 4, we delivered a copy of the diplomatic note and of Pierre-Richard Prosper's CV to Orlando Gomez, Director General for American Affairs; David McField, Director General for Asia, Africa and Oceana; and Mario Barquero Baltodano, Acting Director General for International Organiz [...]
2007-12-08 00:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA NU
07MANAGUA2544NICARAGUA: IRANIANS AND LIBYANS WELCOME -- NO
[...] (C) According to a November 28 circular memo sent to all airlines operating out of Managua's international airport, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) now will allow all Libyan and Iranian passport holders (diplomatic, official and regular) to enter Nicaragua without visas. The GON states that [...]
2007-12-08 00:59:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETCVIS IR LY NU PREL PTER VE
07MANAGUA2549NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2007
[...] In November of the 2007-2008 waiver year, an American citizen claimant informed us that the GON had resolved two claims in 1999 that were still registered as active cases in the Embassy's Property Office database. 2. Since January 1995, the GON has resolved 2,518 Embassy-registered property [...]
2007-12-10 22:40:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2567NICARAGUA RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CASH COURIER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 20:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC NU
07MANAGUA2577FRAUD SUMMARY - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) The following is Managua's quarterly report on the fraud situation at post for the fourth quarter FY 07. Headings follow reftel information requests. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS In the last few months Nicaragua has been impacted by natural disasters, political instability and rising oil [...]
2007-12-12 22:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC CPAS CMGT PREL PTER XK NU
07MANAGUA2581NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT REJECTS CLAIMS FOR A
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 29 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials gave Econoffs a list of 8 American citizen claims allegedly resolved and 18 claims rejected for "lack of evidence." Property Superintendent Yara Perez repeated assert [...]
2007-12-13 20:42:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2593 CENTRAL AMERICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: NICARAGUA
[...] (U) Please find attached Post's updated assessment of Nicaragua's current and medium-term security needs as requested in reftel. A Chance to Build on Success ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past year, Nicaragua achieved its highest level of annual narcotics seizures to date [...]
2007-12-14 15:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PINS SNAR NU
07MANAGUA2618NICARAGUA: CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE - DECEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a follow-up to an October 10-15 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inspection, the Embassy hosted a roundtable with airline representatives on December 5. While the TSA inspection was suc [...]
2007-12-20 21:25:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2621Educating Nicaraguans on FIU Operations
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, Embassy Managua held three separate seminars to educate members of the media, GON, and the private sector about the role and operation of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to dispel fears that the FIU would become another law enforcement tool which the GON could [...]
2007-12-20 21:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PGOV SNAR NU
07MANAGUA2654NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY DRAFT IPR ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Managua hosted an intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop, led by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT),to facilitate the drafting of a best practices IPR enforcement manual by Government [...]
2007-12-31 17:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON USTR NU
07MANAGUA2656NICARAGUA: RAISING AWARENESS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) Summary: Post marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 to December 10, by engaging with women's rights organizations, universities, civil society, the media, and the Nicaraguan pol [...]
2007-12-31 20:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KWMN KCRM NU
07MANAGUA268ORTEGA VICTORY CATALYST FOR CHAVEZ IN RAAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Ortega, with backing from his Venezuelan counterpart Chavez, is consolidating power on Nicaragua's resource-rich Atlantic Coast. Miskito leaders believe Ortega and Chavez are conspiring to control the region's base of timber, minerals, and possibly oil, and that Chavez's comm [...]
2007-01-30 18:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV ECON NU VE
07MANAGUA269RIZO: PLC AND ALN UNDERESTIMATED ONE ANOTHER TO
[...] (C) Jose Rizo, the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) presidential candidate in the November 2006 race, acknowledged to PolCouns on January 23 that he had miscalculated the strength of rival Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Eduardo Montealegre, while Montealegre had also underest [...]
2007-01-30 18:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA295CONSERVATIVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ALN...
[...] (C) Summary: Conservative National Assembly deputy Alejandro Bolanos, one of the leading Conservative Party voices in Nicaragua, recently confided to poloff that the Conservatives will continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, Bolanos [...]
2007-01-31 17:23:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB KDEM NU
07MANAGUA318NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW CENTRAL BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on January 29, new Central Bank President Antenor Rosales Bolanos told the Ambassador that the government intended to pursue prudent macroeconomic policy as a way of sending the right signals to investors. The government's objective is to find ways to channe [...]
2007-02-02 20:02:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV NU
07MANAGUA327NICARAGUA: WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE HAMPERS TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A 2006 World Bank study characterized Nicaragua's infrastructure as the least developed in Central America. Nicaragua,s poor national road network compounds the challenge of bringing products to market and presents "the greatest obstacles to export led economic growth." At ti [...]
2007-02-05 19:19:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR ECON EIND EINV NU
07MANAGUA331CONVERGENCIA DEPUTIES HAVE INDEPENDENT AGENDA FROM
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly deputy Augustin Jarquin recently told us that the non-Sandinista deputies in the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus have developed an independent legislative agenda. The deputies -- a mix of Liberals, Conservatives, Resistance leaders, and indigenous representatives [...]
2007-02-05 21:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA341NICARAGUA: TOURISM SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary: Statistics from the National Ports Company (EPN) and the Institute of Tourism (INTUR) paint an attractive picture of the tourism industry in Nicaragua. Tourists spent 30% more in 2006 than they did in 2005, and new investment in the sector totaled $60 million. The election of Sa [...]
2007-02-06 19:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA355NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial introductory meeting with new Minister for Development, Trade, and Industry Horacio Manuel Brenes Icabalceta, the Ambassador touched on CAFTA and U.S. trade capacity building programs, the Millennium Challenge Account, and WTO trade issues. Also discussed were rece [...]
2007-02-06 23:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EAGR WTO MCC PINR NU
07MANAGUA357ORTEGA ACTIONS TEST TRIPWIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With less than one month in office, President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) lawmakers have already touched off a number of our tripwires and placed opposition parties and civil society, international financial institutions (IFIs),and [...]
2007-02-07 14:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KDEM MARR NU PARM PINR PREL PTER
07MANAGUA385MISKITO COMMUNITY COMMITTED BUT FRACTURED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff talked with political and civil society leaders in Puerto Cabezas, Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) about the situation there and their views on the Ortega Administration. Leaders of the Moravian church, the historical bedrock of the indigenous Miskito community, admitte [...]
2007-02-09 21:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM KIRF PGOV PINS PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NU
07MANAGUA396NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Ariel Bucardo Rocha to introduce himself and discuss bilateral cooperation and growing bilateral trade. Existing bilateral cooperation centers upon U.S. Department of Agriculture animal and plant health pro [...]
2007-02-12 19:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON SENV PINR NU
07MANAGUA401MANAGUA MAYOR EYES AMBASSADORIAL POSTING IN ROME,
[...] (C) Summary: Managua Mayor Dionisio Marenco confirmed to the Ambassador that he may become Nicaragua's Ambassador to Italy, although the timeline is unclear. The Sandinista (FSLN) mayor, who is interested in establishing sister city relationships with U.S. cities, will also consider the Wisc [...]
2007-02-13 19:04:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL ECON EPET EINV IR
07MANAGUA404LIBERALS FINALLY OPPOSE FSLN - WILL IT LAST?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's previously divided Liberal parties jointly passed two resolutions in the National Assembly opposing actions by the Sandinista Front (FSLN) administration to change the official government seal and attribute powers to citizen councils that are reserved for government [...]
2007-02-13 21:47:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM KDEM NU
07MANAGUA436 SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes members of CODEL Nelson to Nicaragua February 18 to 20. With the return of Daniel Ortega to the presidency and changes in the National Assembly, your visit comes at a most propitious time. The United States remains committed to supporting Nicaragua's democratic an [...]
2007-02-15 23:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SMIG SNAR NU
07MANAGUA444BOLANOS TO SECRETARY LEAVITT - DEMOCRACY IS NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 10, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with outgoing President SIPDIS Enrique Bolanos his plans for a virtual presidential library, his future role in the National Assembly and his [...]
2007-02-20 13:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
07MANAGUA452NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TOURISM INSTITUTE
[...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador called on new Tourism Institute (INTUR) Executive Director Mario Salinas Pasos to introduce himself, outline USAID activities in the tourism sector, and discuss Salinas' plans. Salinas told the Ambassador that INTUR is in the midst of defining tourist markets for [...]
2007-02-20 21:30:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV EAID ECON PINR NU
07MANAGUA453NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Pablo Fernando Martinez Espinoza on February 7 to introduce himself and discuss transportation and infrastructure issues in Nicaragua. The Ambassador explained that the Millennium Challenge Corpora [...]
2007-02-20 21:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR EIND EPET ECON ETRD PINR NU
07MANAGUA463NICARAGUA NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) After careful consideration of several potential candidates for Secretary Rice's Women of Courage Award, Post nominates Zoilamerica Narvaez Murillo for this distinction. Despite the repeated denial of due process in the national courts, Zoilamerica has persevered in her quest for justice [...]
2007-02-21 20:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO NU
07MANAGUA487RE-MOLDING THE CONTRAS INTO A POLITICAL FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Convergence (Convergencia) leader and lawmaker Elia Galeano believes that the Resistance movement will continue to be ineffective as a political force in Nicaragua without robust political and leadership training. She proposes transforming an association of ex-combatant [...]
2007-02-23 21:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA493ALN SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM, PREPARE
[...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is in debt from its campaign commitments and urgently needs funding to maintain its momentum, enable leader Eduardo Montealegre to emerge as the uncontested leader of the opposition, and prepare for the 2008 municipal elections. The ALN plan [...]
2007-02-24 00:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA494NICARAGUA: AMERICA'S COMPETITIVENESS FORUM
[...] (U) At the earliest opportunity after the inauguration of the new president and the seating of a new cabinet, the Ambassador met the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Development Horacio Brenes Icabalceta about attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta on June 11-13 (refs A and [...]
2007-02-26 12:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB SOCI OAS KSUM NU
07MANAGUA495NICARAGUA: CAFTA Update
[...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...]
2007-02-26 12:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU
07MANAGUA496NICARAGUA: CAFTA Update
[...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...]
2007-02-26 12:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU
07MANAGUA522NICARAGUA: CAFTA UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan exports to the United States during the first year of CAFTA performed extremely well. Total exports to the United States increased 29.2%, growing from $1.18 billion in 2005 to $1.53 billion in 2006. The Nicaraguan government separates free trade zone exports and gener [...]
2007-02-27 00:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON BEXP NU
07MANAGUA530FOREIGN MINISTER TRIES TO DOWNPLAY ANTI-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samuel Santos appears perturbed by threats against U.S. local residents, tourists, and journalists in Nicaragua's San Juan del Sur area. He has requested details of the incidents and will speak with the mayor of the town about the concerns. Santos informed us t [...]
2007-02-27 17:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA539CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER EDUARDO
[...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) leader Eduardo Montealegre advised Senator Nelson that President Ortega is struggling against competing interests within the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and may find governing more difficult when he is unable to comply with his cam [...]
2007-02-28 15:59:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OVIP NU
07MANAGUA541CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SANTOS
[...] (C) Summary: In Senator Nelson's meeting with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos, he impressed upon Santos his desire to establish sincere and positive relations with the new Ortega government and the Nicaraguan people. The Senator commented that Venezuelan President Chavez' lack of s [...]
2007-02-28 17:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA542CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT MORALES
[...] (C) Summary: In Senator Nelson's meeting with Nicaraguan Vice President Jaime Morales, he noted his commitment to fostering friendship between the American and Nicaraguan peoples and good relations between their two governments. Morales sought the Senator's support for TPS renewal for Nicara [...]
2007-02-28 17:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA544 NEW CRIMINAL CODE IN THE BALANCE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In January 2007, the new leader of the National Assembly's Justice Commission requested USG help to garner approval of a draft Criminal Code, created with USAID support, which had languished since 2001. The Embassy strongly supports passage as it is critical to Nicaragua's inv [...]
2007-02-28 22:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU
07MANAGUA577ALN MUST EMBRACE LOCAL LEADERS TO WIN BATTLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputy Ramiro Silva believes that the ALN must work with local Liberal elected officials in order to win the battle for Liberal leadership with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and consolidate opposition forces. Silva holds ALN leader Eduar [...]
2007-03-02 23:22:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA583THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT 60 DAYS OUT - AND OUR
[...] (C) Summary: The FSLN administration is fast reverting to its improvisation, secrecy, and centralization of the 1980's, forging an operating style more appropriate for a revolutionary junta than a modern, democratic state. President Ortega appears determined to consolidate his power, circumve [...]
2007-03-05 22:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NU PHUM PINR PREL KCOR
07MANAGUA585OVERVIEW OF MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Within two weeks of his January 10 inauguration, President Daniel Ortega had appointed all his ministers save one, the Minister of Defense. Political opposition leaders have characterized the new ministers as "nobodies" who exercise virtually no authority or influence. Instead, [...]
2007-03-06 15:50:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL PINR
07MANAGUA591AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Summary: In February of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. Since January 1995, Embassy-registered property claims of 654 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 682 registered property claims belon [...]
2007-03-06 22:19:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA626NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT PAYS COURTESY CALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mireya Molina Torres was officially instated as the new Property Superintendent on January 25, 2007, replacing Alfonso Sandino. In an unexpected courtesy, Molina paid an introductory call to the Embassy's Property Office days before. Molina stressed to Emboffs that her goal is t [...]
2007-03-08 21:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA632NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING GLOBAL
[...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Brennan and Russian counterpart Valeriy Bobrov delivered the joint reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz, Acting Foreign Minister in Foreign Minister Samuel Santos' absence. Coronel, who recently returned from an [...]
2007-03-09 20:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAGUA635 Civil society holding Ortega's feet to the fire on
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Using international anti-corruption conventions, Nicaraguan civil society has organized to make sure the Government of Nicaragua complies with international commitments. Nicaraguan civil society has presented its own assessment of compliance, developed its own performance monitoring [...]
2007-03-09 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR NU
07MANAGUA637NICARAGUA-VENEZUELA AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of ALBA agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Agreement on Technical Cooperation in the Areas of Health and Medicine. The agreement sets out a general [...]
2007-03-09 23:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OSCI EAID ECIN NU VE
07MANAGUA640NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA AGREEMENT ON ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Ministers of Foreign Relations also signed an Agreement on Energy Cooperation and Petrocaribe. The agreement sets forth a schematic fo [...]
2007-03-09 23:11:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EAID MCC NU VE
07MANAGUA641NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA LETTER OF INTENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Venezuelan Corporation for Agricultural Services and Supply (LA CASA) and the Director General of Nicaraguan National Supply Company (ENABA [...]
2007-03-09 23:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA642NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA LETTER OF INTENT ON A
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Venezuelan Corporation for Food Marketing (MERCAL) and the President of Cooperative of Agricultural Services of Nicaragua (NICARAOCOOP) sig [...]
2007-03-09 23:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA643NICARAGUA - VENEZUELA MOU FOR THE SALE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a series of Bolivarian Alternative agreements between Nicaraguan and Venezuela signed on January 11, 2007, the President of the Cooperative Enterprise for Agricultural Services (NICARAOCOOP) and the President of the Petrochemical Corporation of Venezuela (PEQUIVEN) s [...]
2007-03-09 23:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID NU VE
07MANAGUA700NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF LABOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Minister of Labor Jeanette Chavez Gomez admitted that the Ministry faces some complex problems. While in favor of increasing the minimum wage, she emphasized the need for a cautious, balanced approach to adjusting the mini [...]
2007-03-16 17:21:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB KDEM PGOV PINR NU
07MANAGUA701NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 17:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER UNGA NU
07MANAGUA726ORTEGA FOLLOWS CHAVEZ' LEAD IN CONFRONTING U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Nicaragua on March 11 to use the country as a platform to criticize the United States and the Central American leg of President Bush's recent trip. Chavez' trips to Nicaragua have inspired President Daniel Ortega to abandon his pre-ele [...]
2007-03-20 15:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU VE
07MANAGUA781Nicaragua's first export of ethanol, Ortega may not be
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Nicaragua exported ethanol for the first time, sending 3 million liters (793,000 gallons) valued at $2 million to the Netherlands. Grupo Pellas plans to increase production of ethanol from 100,000 to 400,000 liters per day by the end of 2008. If Nicaragua appro [...]
2007-03-23 19:30:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EPET ENRG SENV PREL VE NU
07MANAGUA784CENTAM CHIEFS OF MISSION BEWILDERED BY ORTEGA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Central American COMs in Nicaragua agree that the Ortega administration is pursuing a "double discourse" in foreign and economic policy, which makes predicting a future trajectory difficult. They have also been perturbed by protocol irregularities, including a delay in the accred [...]
2007-03-23 20:51:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON KDEM NU XK
07MANAGUA788NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Energy and Mines Emilio de Jesus Rappaccioli Baltodano on February 14 to introduce himself and discuss energy issues in Nicaragua. Rappaccioli summarized recent changes to energy sector governance, including the creation of the Minist [...]
2007-03-23 21:06:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN TBIO SENV EINV PINR VE NU
07MANAGUA791ORTEGA DESIRES CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Magda Enriquez, the Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Office, believes President Ortega sincerely desires constructive relations with the United States, but she concedes that some Sandinista party hardliners object. While she acknowledges that Ortega consider [...]
2007-03-26 21:20:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL UNGA IZ IR
07MANAGUA796NICARAGUA'S 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting period, the Nicaraguan government continued its efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) mainly in the areas of prevention and detection, while progress in victim assistance and prosecution of traffickers was limited and overal [...]
2007-03-27 21:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF NU
07MANAGUA800NICARAGUAN POLICE URGE DONORS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT
[...] (U) The Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting of donor nations on March 23, 2007. The meeting, which included remarks by Eva Zetterberg, Swedish Ambassador to Nicaragua and chair of the donor group, was attended by countries who provide support to the Nicaraguan National Po [...]
2007-03-27 23:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM NU PGOV PINR SNAR
07MANAGUA815EEB A/S MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF ORTEGA'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met several members of Ortega's economic cabinet. Central Bank President Rosales requested USG assistance in getting better terms from the IMF during upcoming negotiations on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). MFA Vice Minister Coronel [...]
2007-03-29 21:12:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD EAGR PGOV NU
07MANAGUA820EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER AND
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 27 visit, A/S Sullivan received messages of concern from Nicaragua's main opposition leader and members of Nicaragua's American Chamber of Commerce. Both expressed concern over Ortega's recent moves to divide and conquer the business community. They also call [...]
2007-03-29 22:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV EINV ETRD NU
07MANAGUA826AMBASSADORS PRIVATELY WARN ORTEGA INTERMEDIARIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Spain, Germany, and the United States recently warned Ortega administration officials during a private meeting that President Ortega's contradictory statements and actions regarding foreign affairs, press freedom, and investment could damage the economy and bila [...]
2007-03-30 17:20:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EINV NU GM SP
07MANAGUA839EEB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ORTEGA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, A/S Sullivan met with President Ortega and members of his cabinet at FSLN headquarters. The entire ninety minute meeting was covered on live television. A/S Sullivan delivered a positive message centered on the U.S. strategy of Total Economic Engagement (TEE * [...]
2007-04-02 14:39:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PRGOV ETRD NU
07MANAGUA862AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: MARCH 2007
[...] (U) Summary: In March of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims -- indeed no claims have been resolved since Daniel Ortega's January 10 inauguration. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging t [...]
2007-04-03 19:59:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA871NGO GIVES ORTEGA A FAILING GRADE ON HIS FIRST 60 DAYS
[...] (U) Summary: After a legal, economic and political analysis of the Ortega administration's first sixty days, Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN),an influential civil society organization, gave the government a failing grade. Analysts attacked the government's numerous decrees and legislative initi [...]
2007-04-03 21:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU
07MANAGUA873AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS PROGRESS: MARCH 2007
[...] (U) Summary: In March of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims -- indeed no claims have been resolved since Daniel OrtegaQs January 10 inauguration. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy- registered property claims bel [...]
2007-04-03 22:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA889NICARAGUA: MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL, S.A. INVESTMENT PROPERTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24 2007, a band of armed men forcibly assumed control of a strip of land owned by Marina Puesta del Sol, S.A. in the department of Chinandega. Ostensibly, the man behind the invasion is Mr. Jerez Lacayo, who has asserted ownership by virtue of a debt incurred by the s [...]
2007-04-09 20:28:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA914NICARAGUAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Three days after signing a series of cooperation agreements with Venezuela, Nicaragua played host to Islamic Republic of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 14. In a southern barrio of Managua, Ortega informally presented Ahmadinejad to the public in a two-hour event [...]
2007-04-11 15:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PTER EAID EFIN EINV ETRD EPET
07MANAGUA915FSLN CAUCUS CHIEF DEFENSIVE ON SENSITIVE ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Embassy officials and INR analysts met with Edwin Castro, head of the FSLN Congressional caucus on 21 March. Castro was defensive, almost to the point of being hostile, and dodged a number of questions on FSLN policy issues regarding constitutional reforms and trade, [...]
2007-04-11 15:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NU
07MANAGUA935NICARAGUA: TRADE MINISTER BRENES ON WTO CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On March 26, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated March 16 from Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Horacio Brenes addressing the WTO case against U.S. agricultural subsidies, as filed by Canada and joined by Nicaragua and other countries. In [...]
2007-04-12 19:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTO NU
07MANAGUA955FORMER MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN HOPES TO UNITE FORCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin told Embassy officers and INR analysts that he is focusing on the municipal elections and uniting forces opposed to President Daniel Ortega during a meeting on 23 March at his residence. Jarquin re [...]
2007-04-16 15:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NU
07MANAGUA957NICARAGUAN JUSTICE SYSTEM AT RISK, ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Embassy officials and INR analysts met with Ivan Lara, the Solicitor General for the Criminal Division on 21 March. According to Lara, the Nicaraguan justice system is deteriorating. He highlighted the enormous pressure to politicize the Solicitor General's office and judiciary, and the [...]
2007-04-16 15:49:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NU
07MANAGUA964NICARAGUAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS WARN CHOICE IS
[...] (C). SUMMARY: Leading members of the Women's Autonomous Movement of Nicaragua recently met with Embassy officers to discuss the need to encourage women within civil society to defend Nicaragua's democracy, promote development, and stop the slide toward authoritarianism and "legal dictatorship" [...]
2007-04-17 18:56:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM KWMN PDEM PHUM PREL NU
07MANAGUA965NICARAGUA: HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited Managua on March 26-27, 2007 to sign a Letter of Intent with Minister of Health Maritza Cuan on the establishment of a regional health-care training center in Panama. Secretary Leavitt met with President [...]
2007-04-17 20:01:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALTBIO EAID PREL OSHA OTRA NU
07MANAGUA983NICARAGUA: MISSTEPS BY NEW AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 28 meeting with Econoffs and the TSA representative for Central America Victor Guardia, country managers and security directors from American, Continental, TACA, and Delta airlines hesitated to criticize new administrators at Empresa Administradora de Aeropuertos Int [...]
2007-04-19 15:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER EIND ECON NU
07MANAMA1010IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 10:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1021IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 12:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1084ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW PROGRESSING IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA1103DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT, COMMERCE MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 13:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON BA
07MANAMA121CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sampson February 4 that Bahrain has been and will continue to be a close friend of the United States, and he expressed his pleasure that the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was being implemented. He said he would accomp [...]
2007-02-08 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ELAB BA ECTRD
07MANAMA13AMBASSADOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) The Ambassador January 4 called on new Deputy Prime Minister Jawad Al Arayedh and discussed local politics, the democratic reform process, and legal reform. Al Arayedh said the political climate had improved since Shia political society Al Wifaq boycotted the King's December 15 address to [...]
2007-01-04 15:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA POL OFFICIALS
07MANAMA151BAHRAIN: SPRING 2007 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING
[...] Embassy Manama wishes to nominate Mr. Mohammed Al Khawaja to attend PE 220: FSN Economic Training from April 30 - May 11, 2007. A) Name: Mohammed Al Khawaja, FSN 9/2 B) Date of Birth: September 2, 1981 C) Nationality: Saudi D) Passport Number: 300101 E) Agency: State F) Po [...]
2007-02-15 14:18:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD BA
07MANAMA152AMBASSADOR AND PM HAIL RECORD TRADE LEVEL IN 2006
[...] (U) The Ambassador told Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa February 14 that 2006 full-year statistics for bilateral trade between the United States and Bahrain had just been posted, and total trade volume reached over $1.1 billion, an increase of more than 45 percent over 2005 [...]
2007-02-15 15:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT ECTRD
07MANAMA169BAHRAIN: BFIF FY07 PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy Manama welcomes EB's offer to provide BFIF funding to enhance commercial advocacy efforts. In view of the August 2006 implementation of the U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Post emphasizes the importance of commercial training, providing commercial services to businesses se [...]
2007-02-22 13:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BA
07MANAMA184SCENESETTER FOR MARCH VISITS OF BAHRAINI CROWN
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa will both visit Washington in early March. Shaikh Khalid will arrive first for meetings beginning on March 1 and he plans to remain in the Washington area for more than a week until the [...]
2007-02-27 11:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA190BLOCS IN THE NEWLY-ELECTED BAHRAINI PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) The two rounds of parliamentary electQ conducted November 25 and December 2 brought in a Sunni majority (23 of 40 seats),15 of whom are members of two Islamist political societies: Al Asala (Salafi),with eight seats, and Al Minbar (Muslim Brotherhood),with seven seats. Four of the ei [...]
2007-02-28 14:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR BA POL
07MANAMA221CUSTOMS AND PORTS DIRECTORATE REITERATES REQUEST
[...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. 2. The Embassy received a letter from President of Customs, Ports and Free Zones Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, in which he requested specific technical assistance training. As he mentions, his letter follows verbal discussions (ref [...]
2007-03-07 15:01:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BA BILAT ETRD
07MANAMA224AMBASSADOR AND COR FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AL
[...] (C) Recently-elected Council of Representatives (COR) First Deputy Chairman Ghanem Al Buainain told the Ambassador March 5 he is willing to cooperate with Shia representatives in the COR despite his suspicion of their community,s links to Tehran. Al Buainain listed areas his Al Asala (Salafi) [...]
2007-03-08 10:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA POL
07MANAMA27BAHRAIN REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON
[...] (C) In the Foreign Minister's absence, the Ambassador January 11 met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa to discuss the President's policy address on Iraq. Drawing from reftel background information, the Ambassador stated [...]
2007-01-11 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA291BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 14:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MANAMA3REACTIONS TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION BREAK ALONG
[...] (C) Reactions in Bahrain, a Shia majority country with a Sunni ruling family, to Saddam's December 30 execution followed predictable lines. The government has issued no official statement about the execution. Two small Baathist political societies condemned the trial and execution and opene [...]
2007-01-03 13:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION
07MANAMA319FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE,
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador April 4 that he had praised the Arab peace initiative in a recent interview because it was an attempt to get outside "the bubble of historical conflict" over Israel. There will be a meeting of the Arab League peace initiative action comm [...]
2007-04-04 15:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA IS IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA356KING HAMAD DISCUSSES REGIONAL AFFAIRS WITH NAVCENT
[...] (C) King Hamad told NAVCENT/FIFTH FLEET Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff April 11 that Bahrain was proud of the long-term U.S. naval presence and was happy to work with the United States in the Combined Maritime Force to defeat common enemies. The King expressed concern about threats from Iran [...]
2007-04-15 14:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA386BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief April 24 delivered reftel demarche concerning the April 30 - May 11 NPT PrepCom to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened closely to the information on the U.S. position on the issues [...]
2007-04-25 10:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP ENRG BA ROW
07MANAMA39BAHRAIN TO HOST IRAQ TRADE SHOW IN MARCH
[...] Bahrain's Ministry of Industry and Commerce, in cooperation with Iraq's Ministry of Trade, will sponsor the first "Gulf Iraqi Expo 2007" in Manama, Bahrain March 24-26, 2007, at the Bahrain International Exhibition Center. The event will feature an exhibition, conference, and sector-specific [...]
2007-01-17 09:32:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EINV ETRD BEXP BA IZ REGION ECTRD
07MANAMA391ISLAMIC AFFAIRS U/S DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Fareed Al-Muftah, a strong promoter of moderation in Islam, told the Ambassador he welcomes further cooperation with the USG on a variety of programs planned in the coming months. He outlined efforts he is undertaking to revise religious education i [...]
2007-04-26 14:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV BA HUMRIT
07MANAMA408BAHRAIN MAJORITY GULF AIR STAKE TO CLEAR THE WAY
[...] (C) The GOB is set to increase its stake in Gulf Air from fifty to eighty percent, with possible plans to fully acquire and privatize the carrier. However, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa suspects that Gulf Air partner Oman may have lingering reservations about ceding joint [...]
2007-05-03 09:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PREL BA REGION ECTRD
07MANAMA412ARAB NATIONALIST CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) A three-day Arab nationalist conference in Bahrain was marked by the comments of an Iraqi cleric calling for closer coordination between the insurgency and Al Qaeda, and the showing of a supposed "documentary" on violence in Iraq that had a subtitle reading, "This is what happens to Sunnis [...]
2007-05-06 08:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION
07MANAMA446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...]
2007-05-17 09:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA454GULF IRAQI EXPO GATHERING SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. Iraqi DCM Ahmed Agha accompanied by Baghdad and Amman-based I-Vision Group CEO Murtada Aldin, called on the Ambassador May 13 to brief him on the Gulf Iraqi Expo (GIX). The GIX is set to take place November 1-3, 2007, at the Bahrain Exhibiti [...]
2007-05-21 09:48:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EINV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD
07MANAMA504US-BAHRAIN BUSINESS COUNCIL COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) A trade delegation of 12 American companies organized by the newly-established U.S.-Bahrain Business Council (USBBC) traveled to Bahrain May 29-31 in a successful visit that included calls on senior Bahrain officials and meetings with a broad range of the Bahrain business community. The d [...]
2007-06-04 09:54:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD BA ECTRD
07MANAMA534PRO-GOVERNMENT COMMENTATORS CRY FOUL OVER CNN
[...] (C) A June 1 report by CNN reporter Hala Gorani on poverty in Bahrain caused an uproar among Bahraini pundits, who accuse the program of stoking sectarian tensions. Gorani said on the air that while the piece was supposed to cover poverty, "it almost immediately became obvious that this was [...]
2007-06-11 14:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAO BA POL
07MANAMA600MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS DESCRIBES
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al Baharna told the Ambassador June 27 that his recent two-day visit to Iran was introductory and came about as a result of his late 2006 appointment as minister. While in Tehran, he discussed next steps for a bilateral commission and the p [...]
2007-06-27 15:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EPET BA IR REGION
07MANAMA666OIL MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS EXPLORATION PLANS, LOOMING
[...] (C) Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Mirza briefed the Ambassador July 11 on the strong interest shown by international oil companies in pursuing exploration tenders in Bahrain. Mirza hoped that offshore exploration would lead to discoveries of gas, which could ease a looming gas shortage that [...]
2007-07-18 05:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL BA ECTRD REGION
07MANAMA667CROWN PRINCE, AMCHAM DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (C) In a June 11 meeting with the local AmCham board of directors, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman noted the range of commercial development taking place in Bahrain and applauded the Ambassador's assistance in implementing the FTA, which he hoped would benefit Bahraini businesses in the US. He bel [...]
2007-07-18 09:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB PGOV BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS
07MANAMA669FUTURE OF BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR'S PARTING THOUGHTS
[...] (S) Bahrain faces numerous challenges as it attempts to deal with transitional issues of economic development and political reform. Because the country's Sunni-Shia sectarian divide so dominates the local landscape, the path forward is potentially more treacherous for Bahrain's leadership than [...]
2007-07-19 06:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ETRD ECON BA POL OFFICIALS
07MANAMA7CROWN PRINCE AND CNO DISCUSS REGIONAL THREATS
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mullen discussed on December 27 the U.S.-Bahrain relationship and regional threats including Iran and Iraq. The CP praised the United States for providing stability and security in the region and asked about the statu [...]
2007-01-04 05:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ASEC BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA873KING HAMAD LOOKS TIRED, BUT OTHERWISE WELL;
[...] (C) During his audience with the Ambassador to present credentials, King Hamad looked tired, but bore no visible signs of impairment. The audience took place around five p.m. His voice was raspy and he appeared fatigued, as one would at the end of a long day. He favored his right side, mo [...]
2007-09-12 13:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR PGOV PREL BA
07MANAMA93SHIA COMMEMORATE ASHURA WITH LARGE, ORDERLY CROWDS
[...] (C) An estimated 100-150,000 people crowded into downtown Manama the evening of January 29 to participate in or observe processions commemorating the Shia holiday of Ashura. By all accounts, events were peaceful and orderly. Sermons and speakers in the run-up to the holiday called for the un [...]
2007-02-01 16:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
07MANAMA96ARREST OF PROMINENT ACTIVISTS SPARKS CLASHES
[...] (C) Clashes between protesters and police broke out February 2 in Shia areas of Bahrain following the early morning arrest of three political activists, two of whom are well known oppositionists Hassan Mushaima and Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja. Demonstrators burned tires and threw stones at police, [...]
2007-02-04 15:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL
07MANAMA968FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MANILA104 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN P. HUGHES, UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] Embassy Manila warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy; Col. Christopher Krisinger, Senior Advisor; and Ms. Katherine D. Balls, Special Assistant, for their January 24-27, 2007 visit to the Philippines. 2. Le [...]
2007-01-10 09:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OTRA KPAO CH RP
07MANILA1073 The 2007 Philippine Senate Race
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The nationwide May 14 elections for all members of the lower house of Congress and for virtually all governors and local officials also include the races for twelve seats in the 24-member Senate. Predictions vary widely, with the Administration boasting it will win [...]
2007-04-03 08:51:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RP
07MANILA1188SCENESETTER FOR PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR RONALD A. TSCHETTER
[...] Director Tschetter: We deeply appreciate your visit, which will mean a lot to our Peace Corps volunteers and to Philippine authorities who are offering extraordinary support in the search for Julia Campbell. Karl will be at the airport upon your arrival and give you the latest on the search. [...]
2007-04-16 09:35:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID RP
07MANILA1279 INVITATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI
[...] Under cover of an April 12 letter to the Ambassador, Philippine House of Representatives Secretary General Roberto P. Nazareno forwarded the original versions of letters to U.S. House Speaker Pelosi dated March 2 and March 28 from Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. The Philippine C [...]
2007-04-20 07:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP OVIP RP
07MANILA1281FILIPINOS MOURN LOSS OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
[...] Philippine government senior officials, politicians, and media on April 20 widely expressed condolences over the tragic death of Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell (reftels). President Arroyo, members of her Cabinet, as well as numerous Congressmen and Senators issued statements not only vo [...]
2007-04-20 08:26:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC ASEC RP
07MANILA1284STAFFDEL MIXTER FOCUSES ON MILITARY, KILLINGS, AND PEACE
[...] (U) Summary. During an April 11-15 visit, Staffdel Mixter -- a bipartisan staff delegation from the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs comprised of Cobb Mixter, Melissa Adamson, and Dennis Halpin -- met with high-ranking Philippine military officials regarding U.S.-Philippine military co [...]
2007-04-20 09:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP MARR RP
07MANILA1370 What's Next For the Roxas Bill?
[...] (SBU) With Congress now in recess, the Roxas pharmaceutical bill will not pass before the May elections, and may not pass at all. Despite initial worries that the bill would contravene TRIPS in several respects, Post's engagement with Roxas and other legislators helped to secure several amendme [...]
2007-04-30 08:02:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON RP
07MANILA1467PHILIPPINE MID-TERM ELECTIONS PRIMER
[...] Summary. The 2007 mid-term Congressional elections will take place on May 14, along with provincial and local elections. (The next Presidential election is not until 2010.) Embassy will field observers throughout the country, in coordination with other Embassies and Philippine civil society [...]
2007-05-07 09:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RP
07MANILA1521WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 14 PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Philippine democracy faces both familiar and new challenges in the mid-term elections on May 14, even without the dramatic element of a Presidential campaign. U.S. interests remain focused on the success of democratic processes. The outcome of the elections will not in any mean [...]
2007-05-11 06:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RP
07MANILA159SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL AMBASSADOR
[...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! The Manila Mission has developed a dynamic program for your January 23-26 visit including many opportunities for you to meet with groups of employees and individuals, as noted in the schedule submitted to your office. ----------------- Mission Community - [...]
2007-01-12 09:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID AMGT OTRA RP
07MANILA1608SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A warm welcome again to the Philippines! As you arrive, the Philippines will still be focused on recent mid-term election for the Senate, House, and provincial positions. Final national results will not be available until as late as June 14. In the counter-terrorism realm, t [...]
2007-05-17 06:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER ECON RP
07MANILA1647 COMMENTS FROM U.S. ELECTION OBSERVERS
[...] (U) 83 volunteers - including Locally Engaged Staff and American officers, specialists, and spouses, as well as the Ambassador and DCM - from throughout the U.S. Mission in Manila took part as officially accredited observers to the Philippine mid-term elections on May 14 (reftels). Their pre [...]
2007-05-18 09:31:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RP
07MANILA1673 USTR Reviews IPR Progress, Economic Openness
[...] (SBU) Summary. AUSTR Barbara Weisel and USTR Director for Southeast Asia David Katz warned GRP officials that intellectual property rights protection must continue to improve if the country is to avoid a return to the Priority Watch List. They told Philippine officials and businessmen that an [...]
2007-05-22 06:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON RP
07MANILA1822 MEMORIAL DAY AT MANILA'S AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS
[...] We enhanced this year's Memorial Day ceremony at the American Cemetery, expanding our guest list, attracting media coverage, inviting the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to make remarks, and offering a reception for U.S. and Filipino veterans after the laying of wreaths. [...]
2007-06-03 23:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL RP
07MANILA1823 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN ILOILO
[...] Summary. During a May 21 visit to Iloilo City and Guimaras Island, the Ambassador focused public attention on U.S. programs benefiting the region. She toured a national mango research center and local mango festival, visited a Peace Corps environmental education program, and kicked off ECA/C's [...]
2007-06-03 23:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID SCUL PREL RP
07MANILA1930REWARDS FOR JUSTICE PAYOUT A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE
[...] (U) Summary. In a June 7 Rewards for Justice ceremony on Jolo Island, Ambassador awarded four Filipino citizens their shares of a total US$10 million reward for providing information that led to the successful Philippine military operations against the top two leaders of the terrorist Abu Say [...]
2007-06-08 10:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC CASC RP
07MANILA2078 AMBASSADOR CELEBRATES PHILIPPINE SUCCESS IN RURAL BANKING
[...] Summary. The Ambassador helped celebrate the one millionth loan granted by banks participating in the USAID-funded Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) Program. Since its launch in 1997, the Program has worked with 330 bank branches to disburse more than $250 million to over 375 [...]
2007-06-21 08:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN RP
07MANILA2104AMBASSADOR'S ZAMBOANGA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS ROBUST
[...] SUMMARY: During a May 31 and June 1 visit to Zamboanga City, the Ambassador attended the opening of the 2007 Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) Exercises and presided over the donations of a USAID-built suspension footbridge and 42,000 textbooks. She attended a business and gover [...]
2007-06-22 08:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR EAID RP
07MANILA214PRESIDENT ARROYO PRAISES U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo effusively thanked Ambassador Kenney for U.S. help during the recent Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group leader Abu Sulaiman. She called ongoing counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo a "triumph" in the war on terror. She [...]
2007-01-18 09:33:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP
07MANILA2233PACOM COMMANDER KEATING CALLS ON PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) President Arroyo warmly congratulated and welcomed PACOM Commander Admiral Keating during a meeting at the Presidential Palace June 28. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo, Defense Secretary Ebdane and Chief of Staff General Esperon also participated, together with Ambassador Kenney, DC [...]
2007-07-02 08:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MCAP PINS PTER MASS RP
07MANILA2343PHILIPPINES: FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT
[...] (U) MissionQs Foreign Labor Trends Report follows below. Per reftel guidance, the report is divided into four sections: I) Summary; II) Foreign Investment Potential; III) Directory of Labor Contacts; and IV) Key Sources. Points of contact on labor issues are Labor Attache Mario Fernandez ( [...]
2007-07-11 08:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM RP
07MANILA2359 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN BICOL
[...] (U) Summary. During a July 4 visit to Legaspi City and the Bicol region, the Ambassador focused public attention on Philippine-American Friendship Day, the Fourth of July, and U.S. programs benefiting the region. Joined by Admiral Crowder, the Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, the day's [...]
2007-07-12 08:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MARR RP
07MANILA241CONFIRMED DEATH OF ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADER
[...] (C) DNA testing by FBI laboratories, in consultation with Philippine experts, confirmed on January 19 that a corpse recently uncovered on Jolo Island in the course of the ongoing "Operation Ultimatum" by the Armed Forces of the Philippines was that of Khaddafy Janjalani, the leader of the te [...]
2007-01-20 05:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS MCAP PREL CASC RP
07MANILA2422AMBASSADOR ENGAGES MILITARY, CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL LEADERS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 5 and 6, the Ambassador, JUSMAG, DAO and Commercial Counselor traveled to Davao, Mindanao. The visit highlighted the "one Mission" approach to Mindanao with military, commercial and public diplomacy outreach in the heavily-Muslim region where safety and security threats continu [...]
2007-07-19 06:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC RP
07MANILA243 PRESS GUIDANCE ON DEATH OF TERRORIST LEADER KHADAFI
[...] (U) At the instruction of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Esperon confirmed to the media on January 20 that FBI laboratories, working together with Philippine experts, had confirmed that a corpse uncovered in December on Jolo Is [...]
2007-01-20 06:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS KPAO PREL RP
07MANILA2589THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting July 31 on the margins of the ASEAN summit, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and Deputy Secretary Negroponte agreed on the importance of continued progress in the Six-Party Talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. A nuclear-armed North Korea was inimical to [...]
2007-08-01 12:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN ETRD PREL RP
07MANILA2591 Muslim Mindanao Welcomes Ambassador and USS Peleliu
[...] Summary: Ambassador led a multi-agency team to Cotabato City and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for two days of positive interaction through outreach and partnership activities. Ambassador spoke at a regional Islamic summit and at a poverty reduction forum organized by the Mu [...]
2007-08-01 14:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MARR RP
07MANILA2596THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer discussed U.S. involvement in Iraq and Secretary Rice's attendance at the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meetings in Sydney during an August 1 meeting o [...]
2007-08-02 04:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS AU IZ APEC
07MANILA2602DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH THAI FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte encouraged Thailand to return to democracy by holding national elections by the end of 2007 as intended, during an August 1 meeting with Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram on in Manila, site of this year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Nity [...]
2007-08-02 06:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALETRD MY PREL RP TH ASEAN EXBS
07MANILA2603THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Seri Syed Hanmid Albar said that Malaysia will most likely send peacekeeping troops to Darfur, during an August 1 meeting on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. GOM also is committed to change in SI [...]
2007-08-02 06:22:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN MY
07MANILA2645COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL REYES, AUGUST 23-25,
[...] (U) Embassy Manila welcomes and grants country clearance to the Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Representative Silverstre Reyes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for an August 23-25 visit to the Philippines. Control officer is Political Counselor Tom Gibbon [...]
2007-08-06 09:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH TH VM RP
07MANILA2677GRP Committed to Market-Determined Foreign Exchange Rate
[...] (U) In a variety of public fora, Philippine Central Bank Governor Amando Tetangco has said the GRP remains committed to a flexible, market-driven foreign exchange rate policy. Although the GRP has undertaken measures to assist affected sectors, he rejected capital controls and calls from expo [...]
2007-08-09 05:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV RP
07MANILA268NSDD 38 - U.S. Department of Defense, Department
[...] The Chief of Mission hereby approves the Department of the Navy's Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) request to add the following direct-hire full-time permanent (DHFTP) position in Manila. With this additional position NCIS will have an authorized position level in the Philippines of [...]
2007-01-24 03:34:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AODE ABLD ASEC KSPR RP
07MANILA2705THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: During August 1 bilateral discussions at the ASEAN Reg Forum (ARF),Deputy Secretary Negroponte noted China's role in the rece passage of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1769 r peacekeeping in Darfur, but encouraged China to move forward with a res on Iran's [...]
2007-08-10 06:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS CH
07MANILA2707THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SINGAPORE FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo des the United States' role in the region as a quiet balancing force, inter only as necessary and offering symbolic support for ASEAN, during a bil meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte at the ASEAN Regional Forum (A August 1 m [...]
2007-08-10 06:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS SN
07MANILA2708 THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH CANADIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Deputy Minister Leonard Edwards reiterated Canada's interest in maintaining the fluidity of the U.S. Q Canada border, during an August 1 bilateral meeting with the Deputy Secretary at ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in Manila.. In particular, Canada wants to use travel do [...]
2007-08-10 07:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL
07MANILA272COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PHILIP MATTHEW INGENERI
[...] Embassy Manila warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Philip Matthew Ingeneri, Philippines Desk Officer, to travel to Manila and Mindanao on official visit from January 31 to February 9, 2007. The Mindanao portion of the trip is contingent upon the security situation at the time of t [...]
2007-01-24 06:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC RP
07MANILA2827SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES
[...] (SBU) Chairman Reyes and Members of the Delegation, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. Your visit comes at a time when the Philippine military is still mourning the loss of soldiers in Mindana [...]
2007-08-17 09:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL EAID RP
07MANILA2860PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) As requested (ref a),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and encouraged participation in and feedback on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP). 3. (C) Melanie Diano, desk officer covering U.S. affairs at DFA's [...]
2007-08-22 10:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RP
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