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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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07TOKYO4703MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...]
2007-10-06 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO4704 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-08 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4715JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07
[...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]
2007-10-09 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4732JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 08:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 10:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES,
[...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]
2007-02-01 10:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4766JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4768JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS
[...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...]
2007-10-11 04:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4775 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO478ANRE'S HOSAKA DISCUSSES RUSSIA, CHINA ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka accompanied ANRE Director General Harufumi Mochizuki on a visit to Moscow the week of January 29 to talk to Gazprom about Japanese companies aiding the construction of a gas in [...]
2007-02-01 23:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO4784JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4800JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...]
2007-10-12 11:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4804TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2+2 TALKS IN RUSSIA
[...] "Russia's Hard Line Pronounced" Moscow correspondent Seguchi of the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (10/14): "During a 2+2 defense and foreign ministerial with the US in Moscow, Russian President Putin called for the cancellation of US plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eas [...]
2007-10-15 03:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4813 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4822JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4829 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 22:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4843JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 22:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4857JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO486YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...]
2007-02-02 06:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA
07TOKYO4863LITTLE SUBSTANCE LIKELY IN JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: The high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan, a product of former Prime Minister Abe's effort to improve relations with China, will likely take place in late November or early December, according to an official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...]
2007-10-18 09:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL ETTC KIPR JA CH
07TOKYO4879JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4884FINANCE MINISTER NUKAGA AGREES TO DISCUSS HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 05:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN JA
07TOKYO490JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4901PANEL ANALYZES FUKUDA, JAPANESE POLITICS, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese politics were two of the topics discussed on October 11 by a Jiji press panel consisting of a politician, a bureaucrat, a Chinese researcher, and a member of the media. The panelists also commented on the income gap and regional disparity issue, the [...]
2007-10-19 08:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4913JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4931JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4950 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4953ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION
[...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...]
2007-10-23 22:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO4954JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4956TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW LEADERSHIP LINEUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4967 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4971JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA
07TOKYO4976JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO500JAPAN NEGOTIATING TO RESUME ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in discussions with the Syrian Ministry of Transport and the Latakia Port General Company about entering into a technical assistance agreement to provide training and equipment to upgrade cargo handling facilities at the [...]
2007-02-02 09:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL EAID PTER SY JA
07TOKYO5002SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) met October 9 and 10 with senior Japanese Diet members. Senator Inouye told his interlocutors the U.S. Senate is working to pass a resolution to form a U.S.-Japan interparliamentary forum, which would be the official means of communication between [...]
2007-10-26 00:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OREP MARR JA
07TOKYO5003JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA:
[...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]
2007-10-26 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5025The Japan Economic Scope--October 25, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 25, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Financial News 3. Recent Major Economic Indicators 4. Public Pension Fund Goes Small Cap for Big Returns 5. GOJ's Six Fiscal Projections Point to Consumption Tax Hike Transportatio [...]
2007-10-29 00:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5028JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5031TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] "What Happened to Syria-DPRK Connection?" The Liberal Mainichi wrote (10/29): "The US has decided to slap additional sanctions on Iran for its continued uranium enrichment.... The US has also claimed that Iran has been supplying arms to the Taliban and to Shiite militias in Iraq. However, Iran [...]
2007-10-29 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5032 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5034NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...]
2007-10-29 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5039JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5043 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5045JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5063JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5070 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5073DAS CHRISTENSEN, DIET MEMBERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. Prospects for improved Japan-China ties under new Prime Minister Fukuda, the role of Japan against the backdrop of growing U.S-China cooperation, and contentious issues in Japan-China relations were the focus of EAP DAS Tom Christensen's discussions with senior lawmakers from Jap [...]
2007-11-01 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO5074USMARFORPAC COMMANDER GOODMAN AND MOFA SHARE DPRI
[...] (C) The maturing U.S.-Japan security alliance is critical to peace and stability in the region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) senior officials told Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Ambassador during October 30 office calls. MOFA V [...]
2007-11-01 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH KN
07TOKYO5082JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5101DAS CHRISTENSEN'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH ASIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Japan and China are both working hard to find common ground, MOFA's Asian Affairs Deputy Director General told EAP DAS Tom Christensen October 21. Although many conflicts remain, including territorial disputes, the two countries are seeking to develop a "mutually beneficial rela [...]
2007-11-04 22:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AADP
07TOKYO5106JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5116JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5126 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5130JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/07
[...] (Omitted (by the Yomiuri Shimbun)) 2. The bill is to expressly stipulate basic principles for Japan to invoke its right to self-defense under the Constitution of Japan and participate in collective security measures under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter. Japan is to play a leading ro [...]
2007-11-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5137NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...]
2007-11-07 07:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO5138OZAWA WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION TO CRITICAL REACTION
[...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa has withdrawn his resignation letter as leader of Japan's largest opposition party, bringing further uncertainty to an already unpredictable political situation. DPJ executives mounted a frantic campaign over the past several days to woo Ozawa back to the party, but [...]
2007-11-07 09:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5139 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5140JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5173 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5175JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5176The Japan Economic Scope--November 8, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 8, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents 3. EisMAP and Fostering Sustainable Development in the Asia/Pacific Region Politics 4. Deja vu...D(PJ)eja -Vu 5. Unlikely to Get into Business School 6. Secretary of Defense Rob [...]
2007-11-09 03:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5182TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO520The Japan Economic Scope - February 2, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. High Pathology Avian Influenza in Japan 4. Abe Urges Early Listing of Japan Post Corporation Stock 5. USG Urges Postal Privatization Committee to Get Serious About Level Playing Field 6. ANRE's Hosaka Discusses Russian, Chinese Energy Issues 7. Machimura [...]
2007-02-06 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5202 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5217JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5219KOMEITO LAWMAKER ANALYZES OZAWA'S STRATEGY, DIET
[...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa may have dealt his own DPJ a lasting body blow, Komeito Lower House Diet member Otohiko Endo told the Embassy on November 8, but his resignation and return have opened the door for policy discussions with the ruling coalition. Endo, a senior member of the Komeito, do [...]
2007-11-13 05:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5222 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5227JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5240JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5244 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5258JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5267 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5270RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...]
2007-11-16 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH
07TOKYO5272JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5277TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US-JAPAN SUMMIT
[...] "Solid Alliance Must Be Maintained" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri argued (11/19): "Prime Minister Fukuda and President Bush in their first summit agreed to reinforce the US-Japan alliance. Each hoped to ease the doubts of the other, which, if unaddressed, could undermine the bilateral [...]
2007-11-19 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5290 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5294JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5298 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5303S/P GORDON DISCUSSES CHINA/TRILAT POLICY PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary. Japan's primary foreign policy planning official, Deputy Vice Minister Kawai, held wide-ranging discussions November 16 on Afghanistan, Iraq, China, the Six-Party Talks, regional architecture, economic and trade policy, and other issues with visiting S/P Director Gordon. Japan pro [...]
2007-11-20 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5310JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 04:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5320 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5329FUKUDA-ROH SUMMIT FOCUSES ON DPRK
[...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met November 19 with ROK President Roh Moo-hyun, and the bulk of their conversation was focused on the DPRK. PM Roh underlined the importance of dialogue and generosity in dealing with the DPRK and explained that Kim Jong-il desires a security guarantee from th [...]
2007-11-26 06:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO5335FUKUDA-WEN SUMMIT SETS OUT HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY,
[...] (C) During their November 20 meeting in Singapore, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offered to Premier Wen Jiabao to visit China "as soon as possible," which could be late this year or early next year depending on the Diet's schedule. Chinese President Hu Jintao will also visit Japan next year, mos [...]
2007-11-26 08:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5336HIGH-LEVEL JAPAN-BURMA CONTACTS IN SINGAPORE
[...] (C) During separate meetings November 20 and 21, PM Yasuo Fukuda and FM Masahiko Koumura called on their Burmese counterparts to take steps to promote democratization and human rights and to begin a "substantial" dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They also urged the Burmese authorities to conti [...]
2007-11-26 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5337 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5338JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5343JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS
[...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...]
2007-11-27 05:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VM CB LA JA
07TOKYO5345 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5347KOMEITO THINKING ON DIET ROADBLOCKS, OEF BILL,
[...] (C) Summary: Senior leaders of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito and its Soka Gakkai religious support group offered insights on Japan's current Diet impasse and the outlook for the next Diet session, prospects for the OEF refueling bill, and relations with the DPRK, during recent meetings wi [...]
2007-11-27 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN JA
07TOKYO5350JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5355READOUT OF US-JAPAN TRADE FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An array of bilateral trade issues were addressed and policy discussions on FTAs held in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Trade Forum in Tokyo on October 18. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler led the U.S. delegation, while Director General for Economic Affa [...]
2007-11-28 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD JA
07TOKYO5364JAPAN INCSR PART I
[...] Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics effo [...]
2007-11-29 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JA
07TOKYO5365JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5369TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING
[...] "Implementation of Agreement Not in Sight" The liberal Asahi's report from Annapolis said (11/29): "President Bush announced during the Annapolis meeting on Wednesday an agreement of 'common understanding' between the Israelis and Palestinians to end their conflict and establish a Palestinian [...]
2007-11-29 04:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO537JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY PROJECT: AN EFFORT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Historians from Japan and China will meet a second time in March to address differences in how they view their shared history. Neither side expects to resolve contentious issues, but hope to narrow gaps in understanding, according to Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the J [...]
2007-02-06 04:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
07TOKYO5376 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5377JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...]
2007-11-29 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA
07TOKYO5388JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO540 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-02 23:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5410JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5425 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5429JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5439 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5444JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5456INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]
2007-12-05 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5458JAPAN AND VIETNAM AIM FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet's November 25-29 state visit to Japan was aimed at developing the two countries' "strategic partnership," with a strong focus on assisting infrastructure development, improving Vietnam's investment environment, raising bilateral trade and expanding polit [...]
2007-12-05 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VM JA
07TOKYO5463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/5/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5465JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5475AMBASSADOR URGES DEFENSE MINISTER TO FINALIZE HNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the rapid conclusion of a new Host Nation Support (HNS) agreement during a December 5 meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The Ambassador noted that ambiguities in past understandings on HNS, and unilateral efforts by Japan to reduce its financial co [...]
2007-12-06 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5476CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 10:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
07TOKYO5477TAIWAN, EAST CHINA SEA MAJOR TOPICS DURING
[...] (C) The Taiwan UN referendum is an extremely "sensitive and serious issue," and Japan should not support it and must take care not to send the wrong message to Taiwan's independence forces, President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior officials told FM Koumura during his [...]
2007-12-06 23:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON CH JA
07TOKYO5481JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5491ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...]
2007-12-07 07:02:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA
07TOKYO5492TENTH U.S.-JAPAN COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 07:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PTER TRGY KGIC IAEA
07TOKYO5493 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/07
[...] Fund management organizations of Diet members and candidates for the Diet 2. Political organizations represented by Diet members and others and their branches in electoral districts 3. Political organizations recommending Diet members and others Political funds auditors (tentative name) regi [...]
2007-12-07 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5496The Japan Economic Scope--December 7, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Bilateral Dialogs 3. Sub Cabinet Meetings Taking Place in Tokyo 4. Megaports Discussions Continue in Tokyo 5. Chukeiren Vice Chairman Frustrated With China; Favors FTA 6. Japan-Chi [...]
2007-12-10 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO55 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5504JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5510 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5530 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5532MISSING TEXT SOURS CHINA-JAPAN ECON DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Potentially exacerbating impressions many have here regarding the ability to work with China, Japanese media December 9 carried reports noting the Chinese text of the December 1 Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) communique dropped language found in the Japanese ve [...]
2007-12-12 09:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA CH
07TOKYO5536WHALING: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY JAPAN NOT TO KILL
[...] (C) Summary: International Whaling Commission (IWC) Chairman Dr. William Hogarth and IWC Vice Chairman and Japan Fisheries Agency Deputy Director General Akira Nakamae, came to a tentative agreement for Japan to delay killing any humpback whales until after the June 2008 IWC annual meeting. [...]
2007-12-12 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA
07TOKYO5537JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5539KYRGYZ PRESIDENT PAYS LOW-KEY VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev paid a low-key visit to Tokyo November 14-16 during which he met with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the Emperor, and Minister of Administrative Reform Yoshimi Watanabe, whose father, former Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe, was the first senior l [...]
2007-12-13 01:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KY JA
07TOKYO5549 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5559JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5569DIET EXTENDED; PASSAGE OF OEF REFUELING BILL ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has approved extending the Diet session to January 15. The move puts the ball into the opposition court to complete deliberations on the OEF refueling bill and put the matter to a vote in the Upper House. The DPJ has stalled Diet deliberations on the bill for we [...]
2007-12-14 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5570The Japan Economic Scope--December 13, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Japan Post, Privatization 3. Japan Post Insurance Submits New Product Applications 4. Bill to "Review" Postal Privatization Passes Upper House 5. Japan Post Insurance Contract Sales [...]
2007-12-14 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5573JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5589 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/07
[...] Realize peace of mind and affluence: Expand medical services areas offered by nurses and midwives to reduce the burden of doctors. Introduce a direct contract method between authorized child-care centers and users. Ease standards for admission to child-care centers. Establish a school teacher-r [...]
2007-12-17 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5591JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5592TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA
[...] "Putin Rein to Continue" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Moscow correspondent Seguchi wrote (12/18): "With President Putin's official announcement on Monday that he will assume the premiership under President Medvedev, a new political system is in the making, under which Putin will con [...]
2007-12-18 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO560JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5603JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5604TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] "U.S. Approach to Iran Facing Impasse" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent reported (12/19): "President Bush expressed support on Monday for the Russian provision of nuclear fuel to an Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr by saying that Tehran no longer needs to [...]
2007-12-19 02:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5611 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5615JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5619TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH KOREAN
[...] "Good Opportunity for Improving Regional Coordination" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/20): "ROK President-elect Lee has not yet clarified his diplomatic stance. Judging from his previous comments, Lee apparently plans to uphold the basic tone of his predecessor's soft line toward North Ko [...]
2007-12-20 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5625NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's December 12-14 visit to Tokyo major topics of discussion included Afghanistan and the promotion of closer contacts between NATO and Japan. De Hoop Scheffer raised the subject of helicopter airlift but received no substantive [...]
2007-12-20 07:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO JA
07TOKYO5626INITIAL JAPANESE REACTIONS TO SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese MOFA officials are pleased by the election of Lee Myung Bak as South Korea's next president and are hopeful that relations between Tokyo and Seoul will improve during his administration. They expect him to focus primarily on improving the South's economy and believe he [...]
2007-12-20 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SK JA
07TOKYO5627 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5633JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5641The Japan Economic Scope--December 21, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 21, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents International Assistance 3. Japan to Provide Humanitarian Protection Assistance in Chad 4. Japan Increases Donation to International Development Association Taxation 5. Ruling Pa [...]
2007-12-21 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5648 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 05:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5652TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5653JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 03:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5655DNSA PRICE ENGAGES JAPANESE ON DOHA, BEEF, CHINA,
[...] (C) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price directly engaged Japanese politicians, business figures, and officials in Tokyo December 5 - 7 on the margins of the U.S./Japan Sub-Cabinet meetings and stressed the need to avoi [...]
2007-12-26 05:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KGHG EAGR ETRD SENV JA
07TOKYO5658JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5668 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5670PM FUKUDA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's 27-30 December visit to China is expected to produce positive visuals, but little in terms of substantive deliverables. PM Fukuda will highlight the common cultural and economic interests between the two countries, visiting a Japanese factory in Tianj [...]
2007-12-27 10:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5671JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5678SUB CABINET MEETINGS, DEC. 6-7, U.S. URGES MORE
[...] (SBU) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price led a deputies-level team from USTR, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and State for the U.S.-Japan Economic Sub-Cabinet Dialogue meetings on December 6-7 in Tokyo. The over-a [...]
2007-12-28 06:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ETRD JA
07TOKYO569MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks at a Turning Point" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/8): "...The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions will resume today in Beijing. Because of past disappointments with North Korea, there is no predicting what will result from this round of talks. However, rema [...]
2007-02-08 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5690JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5694 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 04:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO582I/O SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA DVM Kawai told IO A/S Silverberg on January 25 that Japan would contest Iran for the 2009-10 UNSC nonpermanent Asia slot. A/S Silverberg recalled Washington's positive experience working with Japan during Tokyo,s last tenure on the UNSC. She applauded Japan's approach on UN [...]
2007-02-08 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC JA
07TOKYO597AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 08
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from February 02 to 08 -- Update on AI Outbreak in Shintomi, Miyazaki - 2. On February 3, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed that the avian influenza outbreak in the town of Shin [...]
2007-02-09 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
07TOKYO605MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS IN BEIJING -
[...] There were no immediate TV commentaries on the latest developments at the six-party talks. 2. "Formal Deal Expected Today at Six-Party Talks" On the Tuesday 7 a.m. news program of quasi-governmental broadcaster NHK-TV, correspondents Yui and Hioki reported from Beijing: "As A/S Hill, the ch [...]
2007-02-13 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO61JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO619 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO643 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO645The Japan Economic Scope - February 9, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Inbound FDI Negative for 2006, Japan Likely to Miss Five-Year FDI Target 4. Keidanren Chairman Visits Australia, Wants an FTA 5. Japanese Reaction to U.S. WTO Subsidy Case Against China 6. The New Reg Reform Council Launched 7. EMIN Meets Niigata and Kan [...]
2007-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO646MEDIA REACTION Q SIX-PARTY TALKS IN BEIJING -
[...] "Six-Party Talks Accord: First Step Toward North Korea's Denuclearization" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (2/14): "... Although efforts by US, Japanese, Chinese and other negotiators in dealing with their North Korean counterparts are understandable, we want to reconfirm that [...]
2007-02-14 08:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO650JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO659A/S SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan views positively recent steps taken by the United States to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process and is hopeful that progress will be made, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda told visiting Assistant Secretary for International [...]
2007-02-15 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KPAL IS IR LE SU JA
07TOKYO661JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT PASSAGE OF "COMFORT WOMEN"
[...] (C) The Abe government is moving ahead on several fronts to counter the proposed sense of Congress resolution condemning Japan for its treatment of World War II "comfort women." MOFA Asian Bureau Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa told us February 13, he had been asked to relay that the [...]
2007-02-15 10:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KS CH JA
07TOKYO692 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO695JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador in Charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq Gotaro Ogawa visited Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar January 24-31. Ogawa reports he found all four countries to be deeply concerned about the lack of stability in Iraq, critical of United States policy, a [...]
2007-02-16 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SA QA TU SY JA
07TOKYO697VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]
2007-02-17 03:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO7JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO701JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO702JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO704MEDIA REACTION - CHENEY VISIT/SECOND ARMITAGE
[...] "Strategic Cooperation Among US, Japan, and Australia Needed" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (2/20): "Vice President Cheney will arrive in Japan this afternoon and meet with Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Aso on Wednesday before leaving for Australia.... Cheney's vi [...]
2007-02-20 02:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO708AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]
2007-02-20 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
07TOKYO722JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO748The Japan Economic Scope - February 16, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations at the ACCJ 4. Fourth Quarter Real GDP Grew 4.8 Percent; Up 2.2 Percent in CY2006 5. Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota on GDP News 6. Japan Post Privatization: Level Playing F [...]
2007-02-22 05:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO752JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 05:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO762DIET ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The 2007 Diet convened on January 25 and will run 150 days to June 23 during which it will consider a number of economic bills with potential impact on this summer's Upper House election, particularly those designed to bolster PM Abe's "Second Chance" initiative to close a perce [...]
2007-02-22 23:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB EINV ETRD JA
07TOKYO763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO779MEDIA REACTION - CHENEY VISIT - TOKYO
[...] "Cheney-Abe Meeting: Did PM Abe Show 'Assertive' Diplomacy?" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/23): "During talks with visiting Vice President Cheney Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Prime Minister Abe promised Japan's continued support for Iraq. However, if he h [...]
2007-02-23 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO784 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO8HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE HEALTH
[...] (U) Summary: On December 7, Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Alex M. Azar II met in Tokyo with Japanese Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Hakuo Yanagisawa. Meeting just prior to the Global Health Security Initiative Ministerial, they discussed the recent World He [...]
2007-01-04 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI EAGR JA
07TOKYO807 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO827GOVERNMENT COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NEW NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) During a February 27 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Japan's National Security Advisor Yuriko Koike provided Dr. Crouch with an advanced copy in Japanese of the "Report (draft) by the Council to Strengthen the National Security Function of the Prime Minister's [...]
2007-02-27 13:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC PINS JA
07TOKYO856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO859JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO879JAPAN MOVES TO WEAKEN 1993 KONO APOLOGY ON
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is directing efforts to pursue World War II historical issues, including "comfort women," LDP Diet member Yasuhide Nakayama told Embassy Political Minister Counselor Meserve on February 28. The Japanese government actions are in response to the U.S. congressi [...]
2007-03-01 09:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO894POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: FOLLOWING THE MONEY
[...] (C) Japan Post,s to-be-privatized insurance and banking entities need to focus on risk management and their asset/liability term mismatch (as much or more than they are focusing on new products) if they are to have a successful initial public offering (IPO). This was the principal conclusion [...]
2007-03-02 08:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETRD PREL JA
07TOKYO903JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO910The Japan Economic Scope - March 2, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 3. Upper House Member Running for Reelection Predicts Win for DPJ 4. Russian PM Fradkov Visits Japan 5. MAFF Sounds the Alarms About Free Trade 6. An Intelligent Diet Debate on [...]
2007-03-05 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO929MEDIA REACTION Q DPRK - TOKYO
[...] "Japan and US Should Work Together to Resolve Abduction Issue" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/6): "...Difficult negotiations are expected over the abduction issue at Japan-DPRK working-group talks to be held Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. Japan needs to maintain its basic position of [...]
2007-03-06 02:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO957LTG EIKENBERRY VISIT: JAPANESE AID, RING ROAD, PRTS
[...] (C) In a thirty-minute meeting on March 2, LTG Karl Eikenberry thanked Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Cooperation Bureau Director General Koro Bessho for Japan's leadership in Afghanistan, telling him that Japan's contributions have been decisive in the success of operations there [...]
2007-03-07 02:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID JA AF
07TOKYO958MEDIA REACTION Q US-DPRK Talks in New York -
[...] "US, DPRK Still Far from Normalizing Relations" New York correspondent Takashi Sakamoto of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (3/7): "The first session of two-day working group talks on US-DPRK normalization was held at a hotel in New York, marking the first such talks under the Bush [...]
2007-03-07 03:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO967PM ABE TAKES BACK FIRST OF "FAILED" POSTAL REBELS
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe's abrupt decision to allow postal rebel Seiichi Eto to rejoin the LDP for the purpose of running in the July Upper House election has the potential to further weaken his public support, reopen divisions within the party, and strain relations with ruling coalit [...]
2007-03-07 07:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO973IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO, AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program, but will not agree to suspend enrichment activities as a precondition to talks, Iran's DFM for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi told his Japanese hosts March 2. According to MOFA contacts, FM Aso and DFM Yabun [...]
2007-03-07 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO977JAPAN, AUSTRALIA BACK CLOSER TRILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Australian defense and diplomatic officials endorsed a U.S. proposal for an Assistant Secretary-level Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),and called for an ambitious, "results-oriented" agenda for the new body focused on "early deliverables", dur [...]
2007-03-07 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO985JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TORONTO81ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...]
2007-03-07 09:54:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
07TRIPOLI1026ABDALLAH YEHIA IS "UNQUESTIONED LEADER" OF SLA/UNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Three SLA/Unity representatives visiting Tripoli said December 9 that Abdallah Yehia is the unquestioned leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity branch and that SLA/Unity is open to an agreement with the newly-formed United Revolutionary Front (URF),though serious [...]
2007-12-10 14:47:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07TRIPOLI1053U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 08:55:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALBTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1055LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING
[...] (SBU) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal penalties. [...]
2007-12-23 09:34:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT PHUM AL ABLD ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN PREL LY
07TRIPOLI1066QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 11:53:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY
07TRIPOLI170LIBYA: AISHA GADHAFI IN THE BLACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite claiming to be a charitable NGO that provides disaster assistance in sub-Saharan Africa and support to Libyan women while promoting traditional Islamic values, Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gadhafi's Wa'atassemo Charity Society is primarily an outlet for Gadhafi's oldest daughter [...]
2007-02-19 16:47:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON LY
07TRIPOLI421QADHAFI'S CALLS FOR AFRICAN AND MUSLIM UNITY RESONATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In two recent public appearances -- a March 27 Al Jazeera interview and a March 31 speech to Tuareg tribal leaders in Agadez, Niger -- Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi continued his long drift away from the Arab world and worked to portray himself as a distinctly African leader. Sp [...]
2007-05-02 09:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI426DRAMATIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HIV INFECTIONS AND MEDICS TRIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Libya's newspapers, all government controlled, continue to run dramatic statements about the source of HIV infections in Libya. The press articles consistently blame the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses, along with foreign intelligence services including the CIA and Mossad, f [...]
2007-05-03 11:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV BU LY
07TRIPOLI474LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...]
2007-05-18 14:34:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BU LY
07TRIPOLI641QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...]
2007-07-26 15:20:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY
07TRIPOLI664LIBYA, FRANCE CONCLUDE "VERY GENERAL" CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (S) Summary: According to French diplomats, a civilian nuclear deal concluded between Libya and France during President Sarkozy's visit to Tripoli constitutes only a "very general" framework for future cooperation, with no clear financial commitment from the French side and little expectatio [...]
2007-08-03 12:38:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG MNUC ECIN EINV ETRD KPWR FR
07TRIPOLI964LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ARB III NOTIFICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:42:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPHUM PINR PREL PTER LY
07TUNIS102DAS CARPENTER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL
[...] (C) During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with six leaders of Tunisian civil society. In a wide-ranging two-hour discussion, several common themes emerged: -- critiques that the United States, rhetoric was falling behind it actions in [...]
2007-01-23 15:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
07TUNIS1044MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN
[...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]
2007-08-03 08:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS105MINISTER JOUINI: UNITED STATES AND TUNISIA NEED TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During Ambassador's January 16 courtesy call on the Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC),Mohamed Nouri Jouini discussed the way forward for the US-Tunisian economic relationship. Ambassador asked Jouini what he wanted out of the relationship over the n [...]
2007-01-24 10:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS1068THE TUNISIAN SECULAR STATE: A MODEL FOR THE MUSLIM
[...] (C) Following independence in 1956, Tunisia has witnessed the development of a largely secular system of government that maintains a strict separation of mosque and state. Former President Bourguiba implemented policies that, building on Tunisia's secular leanings, established Tunisia as one o [...]
2007-08-07 14:59:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL PTER KDEM TS
07TUNIS1085SCENESCETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Jerry Costello and accompanying members of CODEL Costello to Tunis from August 18 - August 20, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural reso [...]
2007-08-10 14:53:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EWWT TS
07TUNIS1095FRENCH AMBASSADOR,S VIEWS ON TUNISIAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) French Ambassador Serge Degallaix told Ambassador Godec August 8 that the French Government believes the GOT is making progress on democracy and human rights, albeit slowly. Degallaix also said: -- President Sarkozy's visit to Tunisia was excellent, but major changes in French policy vis--v [...]
2007-08-14 15:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PTER FR TS
07TUNIS111POLITICAL FSN SENTENCED UNDER QUESTIONABLE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. HALFAOUI [...]
2007-01-25 18:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS112TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...]
2007-01-25 18:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1136CODEL COSTELLO PROMOTES OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) During a August 18-20 visit to Tunisia, the 11 members of CODEL Costello were warmly welcomed by GOT officials, who were eager to highlight Tunisia's economic success and express their enthusiasm for the recently founded Tunisia caucus. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi focused on the e [...]
2007-08-21 16:30:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
07TUNIS1159SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...]
2007-08-22 15:36:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS
07TUNIS1171TUNISIA: GUBERNATORIAL AND RCD CHANGES; CABINET
[...] (C) The last several days in Tunisia have seen a reshuffle of governors, as well as the appointment of six new secretaries-general of the ruling Constitutional Democratic SIPDIS Rally (RCD) party. Most observers here expect a cabinet reshuffle will soon follow. One informed contact specula [...]
2007-08-24 15:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1202SCENESCETTER FOR ECONOMIC DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, DAS Holly Vineyard, Elizabeth Hopkins, Paul Burkhead, and Alex Severens to Tunis from September 9 - 12, 2007. After a productive roundtable with the GOT and private sector on a US-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement and a series of Ambassador [...]
2007-08-30 16:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EAIR KIPR BEXP EFIN TS
07TUNIS1224CABINET RESHUFFLE HIGHLIGHTS BEN ALI FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Following recent reshuffles of officials in the ruling party and regional governors (Ref A),President Ben Ali made a minor reshuffle to his cabinet on September 3. Five new ministers were appointed (for Public Health; Tourism; Trade and Handicrafts; Communications Technologies; and Women, [...]
2007-09-05 14:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETTC SOCI TS
07TUNIS1249ECONOMIC DELEGATION SPURS GOT ACTION
[...] (C) During a September 9-12 visit to Tunisia, the interagency economic delegation headed by EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble stressed the US commitment to strengthening the bilateral economic relationship and the need for concrete action. Meetings with Minister of Development and International Coope [...]
2007-09-14 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAIR EINV BEXP TS
07TUNIS1263MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]
2007-09-18 09:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS1273MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 3: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since MEPI's launch in 2002, we have learned a great deal about public-diplomacy efforts towards reformers in the Arab world. Building trust and name recognition has required on-the-ground engagement by posts and the MEPI Regional Office. The primary challenges have been iden [...]
2007-09-19 09:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1280MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 4: SMALL GRANTS - THE SECRET
[...] (SBU) The MEPI Small Grants program is a highly effective tool for promoting democratic reform from the ground up in the Arab world. Small Grants allow us to respond quickly to opportunities as they emerge, have an immediate impact at the grassroots level, and link up with groups the USG often [...]
2007-09-20 09:05:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1286TUNISIA: US BUSINESSES BRIEF ECONOMIC DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) During the September 9-12 visit of an interagency business delegation (reftels),EEB PDAS Dibble met with representatives from a cross-section of US businesses currently operating in Tunisia to discuss the business climate in general and the issues that impede their operations. PDAS Di [...]
2007-09-21 06:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS1293TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY
[...] (C) Even non-French-speaking observers of Tunisian politics use the phrase, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" to describe the country in recent years. As we review our democratic reform strategy, despite some minor achievements, our two main objectives remain promoting increased free [...]
2007-09-21 14:30:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS132AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) During a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari, Ambassador focused on Tunisia's record on political freedom and human rights, noting that these issues would be a key component of a broader strategic dialogue between the United States and Tunisia. [...]
2007-01-30 07:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1345THE WAY AHEAD IN THE MAGHREB
[...] (S) On Friday, September 14, we (Ambassadors Ford, Godec and Riley) met in Tunis to review developments in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, assess US policy, and chart a way ahead. While our three countries are different in important ways, they all face a difficult challenge from extremists and [...]
2007-10-03 15:44:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL ECON KPAO KMPI PINS PTER SCUL XI
07TUNIS1353DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]
2007-10-05 14:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1489THE PNG'ING OF SUHA ARAFAT: MANY RUMORS, FEW FACTS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOT's decision last summer to revoke Suha Arafat's Tunisian citizenship, which had only been granted less than a year earlier, made international headlines. Since the appearance of the official register notice on August 7, the chattering class in Tunisia has not ceased to specul [...]
2007-11-16 17:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI PINR TS
07TUNIS1496SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]
2007-11-21 06:25:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1497SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]
2007-11-21 06:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1503EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE
[...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]
2007-11-21 16:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1521MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM FOR A 2008 TIFA COUNCIL
[...] (U) After a recent series of government and private business delegations that have traveled between Tunis and Washington, it is time for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in early 2008. In order to be most effective, we believe such a meeting should be held in Tunisia, [...]
2007-11-27 11:39:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON BEXP TS
07TUNIS1532CODEL INOUYE PROMOTES US-TUNISIAN TIES
[...] (C) During their November 25-26 visit to Tunisia, Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens were warmly welcomed by Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane and MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui. The GOT officials, who apologized President Ben Ali was unavailable to meet the Senators on a S [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV OREP ECON PTER MASS TS
07TUNIS1545ABBAS STOPS IN TUNIS TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stopped in Tunis on November 29 and 30 to brief the GOT, Palestinian leaders and the diplomatic corps on the Annapolis conference and next steps for the peace process. According to Palestinian Ambassador Salman al-Harthy, Abbas came to Tunisia in order [...]
2007-11-30 16:11:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS TS
07TUNIS1548TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]
2007-12-03 14:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1556EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]
2007-12-05 16:24:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1581GOT INTERESTED IN ASSISTANCE WITH SERVICES AND FRANCHISING
[...] (SBU) During a December 10 meeting, Ministry of Commerce Director of Domestic Trade Mohamed Laouini told EmbOffs that the GOT has drafted a revised services law. The legislation will also address the regulation of franchises, which are currently limited in Tunisia. Laouini shared the draft l [...]
2007-12-17 12:27:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON TS
07TUNIS1597SOUTHERN TUNISIA'S ENCOMIUM TO BEN ALI
[...] (C) During a December 10-13 trip to the southern cities of Djerba, Medenine, Zarzis and Tataouine, with a stop in Sfax, Ambassador Godec met with a wide-range of government officials, community leaders, and private business people, who were generally effusive in their praise of President Ben A [...]
2007-12-21 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS192MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANES AND TRAINS AND MARITIME
[...] (C/NF) During Ambassador's January 29 courtesy call on Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport, discussion ranged from modernization of Tunisia's transportation infrastructure to the Minister's desire for a stronger relationship with US counterparts. The Minister expressed GOT interest in Op [...]
2007-02-07 13:10:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON TS
07TUNIS203IRAQI AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH MFA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Iraqi Ambassador Ghazi Tahar Khaled expressed his frustration with Tunisian bureaucracy and the GOT's (and other Arab governments') refusal to follow through on their statements of [...]
2007-02-09 10:01:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS226Beywatch: YOUNG TUNISIAN MEN ASK: "IS THE MARRIAGE VISA
[...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: This cable is a look [...]
2007-02-14 08:05:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD SOCI CVIS TS
07TUNIS230FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]
2007-02-14 16:14:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS246UNION LEADER HIGHLIGHTS SHARED VALUES, DISILLUSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's February 16 courtesy call, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Secretary General Abdessalem Jerad stressed the shared values between Tunisia and the United States. Jerad explained that the UGTT membership is representative of all political, economic and s [...]
2007-02-22 07:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM KDEM ECON TS
07TUNIS248TUNISIAN-LIBYAN COOPERATION ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 20th meeting of the Libyan-Tunisian High Commission, held in Tripoli on February 18, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee Mahmoudi Baghdadi signed three agreements aimed at improving cooperation between the two [...]
2007-02-22 10:24:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD ELAB TS LY
07TUNIS257ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT
[...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS
07TUNIS259MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC
[...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...]
2007-02-26 11:12:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS272CONGRESSIONAL STAFF VISIT: GOT HONES ITS MESSAGE
[...] (C) Increasingly focused on its public face, the GOT has begun to advertise its success story for US policy- and opinion-makers through familiarization visits. The GOT is also targeting its message to attract foreign assistance dollars. During a February 19-25 visit of a group of ten Congres [...]
2007-02-27 14:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS29AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's December 15 courtesy call on Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, Morjane highlighted the strong bilateral relations between Tunisia and the United States. Morjane noted the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on US goals in the region, but stressed tha [...]
2007-01-04 16:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PINR KPAL TS
07TUNIS329COMMERCE MINISTER: LET'S TALK SPECIFICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 7 the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts (MOC) Mondher Zenaidi. The Ambassador commended the Minister for the progress made in the campaign against counterfeit products and raised several specific issues that discourage greater US [...]
2007-03-09 16:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON TS
07TUNIS389TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: I HAVE A DREAM -- DEFERRED
[...] (S) Fifty years after independence, Tunisia's freedom deficit is impeding its political, economic and social modernization. For years, Tunisia was a model for Arab and African countries. Tunisians took pride in having established many of the political institutions of a modern democracy and s [...]
2007-03-28 14:40:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS409TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: EYES ON THE PRIZE (PART II)
[...] (S/NF) Tunisia is ready for freedom. But Tunisia today is also a country at risk, near a key crossroads. As reftel described in detail, Tunisia could go either way -- further down the road of repression, lack of freedom, and greater instability and extremism; or it could begin to embrace -- [...]
2007-04-02 16:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS47SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS CARPENTER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome your visit on January 10-12, 2007. The Tunisian security services' December 23 and January 3 operations against a reported group of armed Salafists form the immediate backdrop to your visit. Although much about the gr [...]
2007-01-05 18:06:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV OVIP KDEM TS
07TUNIS516TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...]
2007-04-24 15:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS
07TUNIS53PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS SALAFIST THREAT IN
[...] (S) Summary: Minister of State and Special Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia today told the Ambassador with "quasi certitude" that the Tunisian security services had finished their operations against the armed Salafist group (reftels),which had been planning to target the US and British embassie [...]
2007-01-08 18:56:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS54COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVEALS FEW
[...] (S) In a January 9 courtesy call, Minister of Interior and Local Development Rafik Belhaj Kacem revealed few new details about the recent Salafist threat in Tunisia (reftels). After initial introductions, the Ambassador broached the subject of the recent threat, underscoring the USG's concern [...]
2007-01-09 17:36:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS573VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]
2007-05-09 10:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS574VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...]
2007-05-09 10:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS59MAKING SENSE OF THE RECENT THREAT IN TUNISIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the absence of credible, publicly available information, the rumor mills will continue to crank out speculative blather about the true nature of recent security threats. While person-on-the-street reactions will be reported septel, this cable will summarize what we have learn [...]
2007-01-10 15:11:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV TS
07TUNIS591SFAX FACTS: TUNISIA'S BUSINESS CAPITAL WANTS
[...] Ambassador conducted a familiarization tour of the southern governorate, and second largest city, Sfax from April 4-8. The visit included economic/commercial, public affairs, and humanitarian components. Interlocutors at every stop pressed for increased collaboration and assistance from the [...]
2007-05-11 18:00:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD KPAO SCUL TS
07TUNIS605BLUE LANTERN CHECK: TUNISIAN MOD LICENSES
[...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. As instructed in reftel, on May 15 PolMilOff conducted a post-shipment end-use check on applications 05-998131 and 05-991008 for the export of F-5 aircraft spares to the Tunisian Ministry of National Defense (MND). PolMilOff met [...]
2007-05-16 10:00:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MARR TS
07TUNIS615SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]
2007-05-17 13:25:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNOTRA PREL MARR TS
07TUNIS619FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...]
2007-05-18 12:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS621PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...]
2007-05-18 15:50:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS648SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...]
2007-05-24 12:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS67TERROR THREAT IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED, WHY AND
[...] (S) Over a two-week period in late 2006 and early 2007, the Government of Tunisia conducted operations against a significant terrorist group, killing 12 and arresting 15. At least two GOT security personnel were killed and three wounded in the operations. The "Salafi" terror group, accordin [...]
2007-01-12 10:36:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS698CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 12:07:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS699BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER
[...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...]
2007-06-05 12:11:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS710CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM,
[...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...]
2007-06-06 12:37:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS722SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT
[...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...]
2007-06-07 14:36:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS
07TUNIS753TUNISIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CHAMBER OF ADVISORS
[...] (C) In a June 8 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Chamber of Advisors President (and ruling RCD party Treasurer) Kallel focused on the necessity of taking an offensive posture in combating Islamic extremism. He noted that Tunisia had made great strides in promoting economic development, unive [...]
2007-06-13 15:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ELAB SOCI TS
07TUNIS758CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES REFORM AGENDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's June 7 courtesy call, Central Bank (BCT) Governor Taoufik Baccar emphasized the importance of the BCT in shaping GOT economic policy and outlined his agenda for reform. Baccar is currently pursuing reform in three main areas: monetary policy, banking, and cu [...]
2007-06-15 13:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS774TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...]
2007-06-18 13:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS78722ND JMC FOCUSES ON COUNTERTERRORISM NEEDS, AFRICOM
[...] (S) During the May 22-23 US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission meetings in Tunis, participants reiterated the importance of the two countries' strategic partnership and strong bilateral mil-to-mil relationship and sought ways to advance cooperation. The Tunisian co-chair, Minister of National [...]
2007-06-19 13:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETMARR PGOV PREL MASS TS
07TUNIS797TUNISIA: FM ABDALLAH EBULLIENT OVER US TRIP;
[...] (C/NF) An extremely grateful Foreign Minister Abdallah asked to see the Ambassador on June 19 to convey his pleasure over his recently concluded trip to the United States (Ref A). No less than six times in the course of the 30-minute meeting, Abdallah expressed appreciation for the warm recep [...]
2007-06-20 16:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS OVIP TS
07TUNIS83LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's request for input on labor programming needs in the region. Tunisia has a strong labor history pre-dating independence, and unions are active across all sectors and throughout Tunisia. The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),the sole labor confederation, is [...]
2007-01-17 15:12:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID ECON EIND ETRD TS
07TUNIS839BEN ALI GIVES INDEPENDENT NGO CASH GIFT
[...] (C) In early June, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues, received a TD 50,000 (approximately US $40,000) gift from President Ben Ali. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have [...]
2007-06-26 14:01:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS84DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah on January 11. DAS Carpenter briefed Abdallah on the President's January 10 speech on Iraq. Abdallah stressed the importance of rooting out te [...]
2007-01-17 15:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS841RCD VP LAUDS PARTY INFLUENCE, BEMOANS OPPOSITION
[...] (C) In a June 25 courtesy call with the Ambassador, ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party Vice President Hamed Karoui argued that the party was behind much of Tunisia's political, social and economic progress. The Ambassador noted that while social and economic achievements are n [...]
2007-06-26 14:15:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ECON EINV TS
07TUNIS869REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...]
2007-07-02 13:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ETRD KDEM TS
07TUNIS938AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LOYAL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with three opposition party leaders: Mohamed Bouchiha (Secretary General of the Popular Unity Party or PUP),Mongi Khamassi (Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress or PVP),and Mondher Thabet (Secretary General of the Liberal Social Party or PSL). [...]
2007-07-16 09:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS949TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION,
[...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]
2007-07-16 16:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS984FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS
[...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]
2007-07-24 15:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07ULAANBAATAR112Third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States State Department held the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI) on January 29 at Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen [...]
2007-02-21 07:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD MASS MARR PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR125U.S.-Involved Tender Dispute: Winning Twice Is Not Enough
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: L-Systech, a Mongolian-South Korean JVC, supported by an American consultant and vending U.S.-produced solar power equipment, saw its winning of an US$8 million Government of Mongolia solar-power equipment tender frustrated by the improper and perhaps illegal behavior [...]
2007-02-26 09:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR150AMBASSADOR MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Enkhbold on March 6 to follow up on the phone call the previous evening between President Bush and President Enkhbayar, and to state our hope that we will receive an early and positive response on our request that Mongolia send an 8th rot [...]
2007-03-06 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL MASS IZ MG PL
07ULAANBAATAR157Mongolia and GSP: An undiscovered Country
[...] SUMMARY: Less than half a percent of Mongolia's exports to the U.S. came in under GSP in 2006, partially because over 90% of Mongolian exports to the U.S. are textiles. However, in other cases, Mongolian goods eligible for GSP treatment simply don't take advantage of it. The Ministry of Indu [...]
2007-03-08 03:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR159USG Trade-Related Assistance to the GOM
[...] SUMMARY: In the upcoming bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, Mongolia continues to ask for trade-related technical assistance. USAID is already providing extensive help in a number of areas, including trade policy and negotiations, creation of a single window for [...]
2007-03-08 05:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID PREL EMIN ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR164Mongolia Customs
[...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...]
2007-03-10 03:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR165 Scenesetter for TIFA Talks
[...] (SBU) The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks have become an important part of our overall bilateral relationship since 2004. During the third annual round of talks on March 12, the U.S. delegation will need to fend off Mongolia's efforts to get the U.S. to agree by the end [...]
2007-03-10 06:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EINV PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR193Finance and Foreign Ministers lobby AUSTR Stratford for
[...] (SBU) Summary: During March 12 calls on Foreign Minister Enkhbold and Finance Minister Bayartsaikhan, Assistant US Trade Representative Timothy Stratford gently deflected calls for USG movement on a Free Trade Agreement but affirmed MCC's commitment to reaching a Compact with Mongolia. Althoug [...]
2007-03-27 06:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR212Keep the USAID Mongolia Mission Open
[...] (SBU) I was extremely distressed to learn that consideration is being given by USAID Washington to save $334,000 in FY 2008 by removing the mission's sole U.S. Direct Hire USAID officer and closing the USAID Mission in Ulaanbaatar. I rely on the USAID Mission not just for on-the-spot program m [...]
2007-04-10 04:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON AMGT MG
07ULAANBAATAR22Ambassador, Mongolian FM Discuss Bilateral Issues.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Enkhbold exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues over lunch on January 4. Topics included the North Korean refugee situation in Mongolia, U.S efforts to help Mongolia develop its military peace-keeping capacity, the pr [...]
2007-01-16 08:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MG EAID PGOV
07ULAANBAATAR228MONGOLIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD (AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preliminary figures for 2006 from the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) Statistics Office show that Mongolia is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Reaching US$2.7 billion in 2006, nominal GDP increased 8.4%. Mongolia has averaged 7% growth in GDP since 2002 (a low base poin [...]
2007-04-17 04:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR234MP Reviews Muslim Issues with Charge
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 18 meeting with Charge, MP Sairaan Kader invited the Embassy to participate in a meeting of the Mongolian Muslim Society in Ulaanbaatar next month. Sairaan, a supporter of moderate, secular Islam elected from a largely Kazakh Muslim region in Mongolia's far west [...]
2007-04-19 08:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM SCUL KPAO MG SA
07ULAANBAATAR265Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...]
2007-05-07 22:13:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR267New Minister of Industry and Trade Seeks U.S. Help on
[...] (U) This an action cable for USTR. See action requested in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Ts. Davaadorj invited Charge over to press for a favorable reply to Mongolia's request for a five-year extension of its export tariffs on cashmere. He also [...]
2007-05-08 05:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EMIN KNNP EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR268Western Snapshots Part 2 of 3: Bayan Ulgii - Home to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Bayan Ulgii (BU) aimag (province) in Mongolia's far west April 24/25. BU is home to Mongolia's largest ethnic minority group: Moslem Kazakhs make up 92% of the aimag's 100,000 citizens. Several BU interlocutors stressed that they are "calm, moderate, secula [...]
2007-05-08 05:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR276Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the third annual round of TIFA talks held in Ulaanbaatar on March 12, Mongolian trade representatives continued to lobby for a roadmap towards an FTA with the U.S. and requested USG support on joining APEC. Rather than a roadmap, AUSTR Stratford instead recommended focusing o [...]
2007-05-11 05:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR281Snapshots of Mongolia's West Part 3 of 3: Uvs' Future
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Ulaan Gom (UG),the capital of Uvs aimag (province) April 27/28. Uvs Governor Togoo said the best business prospects are sea buckthorn production, cashmere, agribusiness, tourism, and mining, but unemployment is high and nearly 30% of the population lives belo [...]
2007-05-15 02:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR285Mongolia Undecided on UNHRC Vote, But Mulling Belarus
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia cast its vote for Slovenia and Bosnia, and to not vote for Belarus to join the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (SBU) Enkhtsetseg responded that Mongolia ha [...]
2007-05-16 04:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC MG BO
07ULAANBAATAR286Mongolia Mulling Iraq's Community of Democracies
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 06:04:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM EAID PGOV MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR287Mongolia Endorses U.S. Proposal in ARF on UNSCR 1540
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia support the three ARF initiatives the United States tabled in Helsinki in late March. Enkhtsetseg expressed appreciation for receiving copies of the revis [...]
2007-05-16 06:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PTER ARF MG
07ULAANBAATAR288Mongolia Not Sure of OSCE Counterterrorism Conference
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 06:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP
07ULAANBAATAR297Turbulence Ahead for Mongolia's Airline Sector?
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The General Director of Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) dismissed reports that Aero Mongolia is suffering serious financial difficulties, despite a series of safety related incidents an [...]
2007-05-23 05:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR300Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports the March 12 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and Mongolia which concentrated on specific U.S. concerns about Mongolia's trade and investment climate. Speaking first with an advance outline of the U.S. presentation, the Mo [...]
2007-05-24 07:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR310Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June
[...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...]
2007-05-29 06:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR327MCC Issues Briefer for Assistant Secretary Hill's June
[...] (SBU) The following draft bullets and talking points are provided in preparation for Assistant Secretary Hill's planned visit to Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Background: -- After three years of false starts and sometimes emotional give-and-take with MCC, there is very strong optimism that a Compact [...]
2007-06-12 00:09:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR335Trade and Economic Issues Briefing for Assistant Secretary
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's economy grew 8% in 2006 (yielding GDP of US$2.7 billion) and is projected to reach 7.5% in 2007. Mining (copper, coal and gold),cashmere, tourism, and small retail trade were the primary economic drivers, coupled with high world commodity prices. Mining prospects im [...]
2007-06-12 23:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR336Mongolia Scenesetter for A/S Hill
[...] (SBU) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. You will be the most senior solo State Department visitor to Mongolia since Jim Kelly in October 2004; Kelly visited to inaugurate the first session of the "Comprehensive, Bilateral, Global, Regional Issues" (CBRGI) d [...]
2007-06-12 23:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR349A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...]
2007-06-18 04:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR376Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Payne
[...] (U) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit, and to the initiation of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's program of exchange with the State Great Hural. The historic 2005 visits of Speaker Hastert and the President and First Lady underlined the increasing [...]
2007-06-25 09:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR382Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq
[...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]
2007-06-27 08:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR392MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENT, FM SEND JULY 4 CONGRATULATORY
[...] (U) Post received letters to President Bush from President Enkhbayar and to Secretary Rice from Foreign Minister Enkhbold on July 5 dated July 4 offering congratulations on the U.S. July 4 holiday. Copies have been sent via email to the desk. Americas, Middle East and Africa DG Jambaldorj conf [...]
2007-07-05 08:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR400FOREIGN MINING COMPANY, ENVIRONMENTAL NGO REPS DISCUSS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A June 22 Embassy-organized lunch brought together environmental and social NGO and mining company representatives active in Mongolia to discuss issues of transparency and stakeholder engagement. Participants agreed that responsible mining and transparency should be encouraged in [...]
2007-07-09 08:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR418TRAGIC CRASH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HELICOPTER SAFETY.
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The crash of a Mongolia Border Forces Russian-built MI-8 helicopter that claimed the lives of 15 firefighters has led to renewed focus on the safety of the country's dwindling helicopter fleet, [...]
2007-07-18 06:07:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR424VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...]
2007-07-20 05:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR428MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]
2007-07-24 05:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07ULAANBAATAR429CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...]
2007-07-24 08:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR433 VISIT OF JAPANESE CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Crown Prince of Japan Naruhito paid his first-ever visit to Mongolia July 10 to 17 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relationships between the two countries. Although purely ceremonial, the visit was a very important, corner-turning moment in the context of Japanes [...]
2007-07-26 00:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SOCI EMIN EINV MG JP
07ULAANBAATAR437US DELEGATION THANKS MONGOLIA FOR ITS CONTINUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 22-24 visit to Mongolia, NEA DAS Ambassador Lawrence Butler and Peter McVety, Office of the Secretary of Defense,s Director of Coalition Affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan, met July 23 with senior government officials including the President, Foreign Minister, Chief [...]
2007-07-27 08:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID MG IQ
07ULAANBAATAR454ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...]
2007-08-07 00:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU
07ULAANBAATAR459MONGOLIAN GOVT SEEKS UPDATES ON PENDING BILATERAL
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See actionS requested in para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian Foreign Ministry Americas Deputy Director General Mounkhou invited the DCM to the Ministry on August 8 to requestupdates on several pending bilateral agreements ahead of President Enkhbayar's anticipa [...]
2007-08-09 08:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV MARR MG
07ULAANBAATAR479MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...]
2007-08-24 06:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS
07ULAANBAATAR489Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]
2007-08-28 05:56:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR494Mongolia's President Visits Kazakhstan, Bolsters Ties
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian President Enkhbayar's August 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan produced several cooperative agreements, firmed up already solid bilateral relations, and convinced at least some of the visiting Mongolians that development through authoritarianism is undesirable. One agreement, [...]
2007-08-29 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG KZ
07ULAANBAATAR499Meeting with Mongolian Deputy Minister of Trade and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mongolia's Vice Minister for Industry and Trade, Sodbaatar, met with DCM on August 24 to discuss a number of issues, including cooperation on the U.S.-Mongolia trade relationship through the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process, which the GOM hopes will lead qu [...]
2007-08-31 08:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR512MONGOLIAN GOVT SUMMONS AMBASSADOR, SEEKS CLARITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Mongolian Government summoned the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a September 10 meeting and asked for a formal USG response to the GOM's request for a specific date for the proposed October summit between Presidents Bush and Enkhbayar. M [...]
2007-09-10 07:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR56MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...]
2007-02-01 06:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR602CHINA WELCOMES WESTERN INVESTMENT IN MONGOLIAN MINING BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chen Shan, Economics professor at CASS, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told visiting Ulaanbaatar Econ/Coml Chief that China welcomes western involvement in Mongolia's mining sector but says anti-foreign (read: anti-Chinese?) sentiment is forcing the Chinese to rethin [...]
2007-10-22 06:05:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR622PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF
[...] (SBU) President Enkhbayar told the Charge' he was very pleased with the results of his October 22-30 visit to the U.S. and particularly his meetings with President Bush and other senior USG officials as well as the historic signing of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Account Compact. Enkhbayar [...]
2007-11-01 00:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR637MONGOLIA'S INCOMING PM OUTLINES NEW GOVERNMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's ruling party chief Bayar, who is almost certain to become Prime Minister this month, indicated in a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador that he is "fully committed" to continuing Mongolian participation in the Iraq Coalition. Bayar, elected Chairman of the ruling Mon [...]
2007-11-07 07:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR642Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...]
2007-11-13 08:28:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM
07ULAANBAATAR654MONGOLIAN MEDIA FOCUSES ON PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22-29 U.S. visit by President Enkhbayar and the Presidential Summit meeting resulted in extensive local press coverage. The $188 million rail component of the $285 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact gained considerable coverage, and the broader [...]
2007-11-21 02:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV MARR CVIS OEXC OIIP OPRC
07ULAANBAATAR670 HIV/AIDS in Mongolia: Crisis in the Making?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia retains its reputation as a country with a low rate of HIV infection, but testing among at-risk populations remains at a low level, and experts fear that official figures do not tell the whole story. To date 41 HIV/AIDS cases have been officially recorded (involving 35 M [...]
2007-11-30 09:05:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PINR PREL MG KHIV
07ULAANBAATAR693IOM'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MONGOLIA INCREASING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charles Harns, Regional Representative for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),called on the DCM and E/P Chief on December 13, described IOM's increasing activity in Mongolia and said the country had informed the IOM of its intention to join the organization in Jun [...]
2007-12-14 09:01:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM ECON MG KN
07ULAANBAATAR694MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT "SUPPORTIVE" OF REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar on December 14 and conveyed formal POTUS and SecState requests (reftels) that Mongolia deploy a ninth rotation of troops to Iraq. President Enkhbayar replied in a positive manner, noting that he would take the request to the [...]
2007-12-14 10:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR703MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
[...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]
2007-12-20 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]
2007-12-27 00:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR85Parliament Fires Controversial Trade Minister
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the State Great Hural (SGH, Mongolia's parliament) voted to sack controversial Minister of Industry and Trade B. Jargalsaikhan. Although many in and out of government -- particularly in the mining community -- greeted the ex-minister's dismissal with unconcealed g [...]
2007-02-07 22:22:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR89MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...]
2007-02-08 23:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG
07UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA/IRAN: SETTING A STANDARD OF FULL DISCLOSURE
[...] (S) Summary: P3 Ambassadors and German Charge discussed October 24 the inauspicious Jalili-Laranjani-Solana meeting and reviewed Mission-proposed criteria for evaluating a "positive outcome" as defined by the September P5 1 Ministerial statement (ref a). All agreed on the need to set factual [...]
2007-10-29 08:47:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA705IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 DIVERGE AS RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE
[...] (S) Summary: P5 1 Ambassadors could not come to agreement in a November 20 meeting on any common approach in the November Board on Iran. The EU3 and the U.S. downplayed the work plan as a tool and focused concerns on the Agency's diminishing knowledge of the current Iranian nuclear program a [...]
2007-11-21 15:41:00UNVIESECRETKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07USEUBRUSSELS1276U.S.-EU MEETINGS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. US-EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) troika consultations, held February 12 in Brussels, included discussion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Central American gangs. The U.S. delegation consisted of WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, USEU Deputy Pol [...]
2007-04-16 17:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EUN MX DR GT CO VZ NI BO ES
07USEUBRUSSELS1502EU TELLS PRESIDENT ISAIAS HE IS KEY TO STABILITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: European Commissioner Louis Michel met May 4 with Eritrean President Isaias to stress Eritrea's role in promoting regional peace and stability. Michel delivered a harder message during a separate one-on-one meeting in which he expressed EU displeasure with Eritrean violations o [...]
2007-05-07 05:08:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN EAID BE FR IT NL UK
07USEUBRUSSELS1537NO EU UNITY GOING INTO REVIEW OF COMMON POSITION
[...] (C/NF) EU and member state officials told visiting WHA DAS Madison and Cuba Coordinator McCarry May 2-3 that the EU has not yet reached consensus on what parts of its Common Position on Cuba will be renewed in June. Contacts agreed on the need for Cubans to decide their future with encouragem [...]
2007-05-08 17:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID EUN BR CU
07USEUBRUSSELS1879U.S. AND EU FIND COMMON GROUND IN ANNUAL
[...] (U) The U.S. and the European Union (EU) held their annual Strategic Dialogue on humanitarian issues May 3 in Brussels, discussing common concerns and programming in Africa and Asia, as well as thematic issues including the United Nations humanitarian reform process, protection of international [...]
2007-06-07 15:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS1890GERMAN PSC AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF
[...] (C) Summary: German PSC Ambassador (and current presidency chair of the EU Political and Security Committee) Clemens Von Goetze warned that Turkish refusal to allow NATO-EU dialogue on the EU Afghan police training mission was not only endangering the mission itself but risked damaging the Tu [...]
2007-06-08 11:37:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EUN TU CY
07USEUBRUSSELS2000TURKS MAINTAIN THEIR CONCERNS OVER ESDP ARE
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Mission to the EU, Ankara's treatment and status within ESDP represents a serious problem, and their list of demands does not constitute a bargaining ploy related to other political issues. They stress the EU has committed itself to a number of initiative [...]
2007-06-18 14:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EUN TU
07USEUBRUSSELS283(U) READOUT ON EU HIREP SOLANA'S JAN 19-21 MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to EU Council Middle East Director Christian Jouret, Solana's Middle East visit resulted in good, in-depth discussion with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, though there were clear differences on both the pace and scope of possible negotiations. Solana met with Isra [...]
2007-01-26 17:08:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL XF LE SY IS EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS2984DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 13:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3050EU TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS TURKEY'S ESDP CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary. The EU has proposed a series of nine steps designed to address Turkey's concerns over its role within the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The steps envisioned consist largely of broader and more frequent consultations. More meaningful changes in Turkey's status wi [...]
2007-10-02 13:41:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU
07USEUBRUSSELS3178HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 15:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS3189CHANGES IN EC MINE ACTION FUNDING
[...] (U) USAID Special Assistant delivered demarche contained in reftel to Laura Figuori of the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations, Security Policy Unit. Figuori was a member of the now dismantled operational unit which managed mine action funding. 2. (SBU) Accordi [...]
2007-10-19 07:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHDP SOCI PARM EAID EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS3343EU-EGYPT ENERGY FORUM AND ARAB GAS PIPELINE
[...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RECENT EU-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST ENERGY CONFERENCE IN SHARM EL SHEIKH, MISSION CONTACTED EU COMMISSION OFFICIALS IN DG RELEX (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) AND DG TREN (ENERGY) WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. EU-AFRICA-ENERGY CONFERENCE ------------------ [...]
2007-11-15 15:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEPET EUN XF XG
07USEUBRUSSELS3417WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS,
[...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...]
2007-11-29 15:23:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG EPET SENV EU
07USEUBRUSSELS3488EU TREATY OF LISBON - THE ROAD AHEAD
[...] (SBU) When EU leaders clink champagne glasses over the Treaty of Lisbon on December 13, the mood will be celebratory. Do not be deceived, however: in many ways, the real work and political maneuvering will be just beginning. Over the next year, the member states and institutions will have the [...]
2007-12-12 11:31:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07USEUBRUSSELS3511U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary. The EU Police Mission in Afghanistan is deeply interested in working closely with the U.S. The EUPOL mission was delayed in its deployment by internal procurement difficulties, but these have been resolved and vehicles and equipment should be delivered by January. The EUPOL mis [...]
2007-12-14 16:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN AF
07USEUBRUSSELS90EU POLITICAL UNIT UNWILLING TO PRESS ALGERIA ON
[...] (C) Refugee Officer delivered talking points (Ref A) on Jan. 11 to Manfredo Fanti, Deputy Head of Unit for the Mahgreb at the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX),urging the EU to press the Government of Algeria and Polisario to allow UNHCR to conduct a cen [...]
2007-01-11 17:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM AG BE
07USNATO101NATO/MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI HEARS ALLIES' CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Macedonian PM Gruevski told NATO's North Atlantic Council on February 14 that he was committed to implementing the reforms necessary to secure a membership invitation from NATO at its 2008 Summit. Allies offered solid support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic course, but expressed [...]
2007-02-15 16:47:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL PGOV MK
07USNATO109NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...]
2007-02-22 13:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL WEU RU
07USNATO111AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...]
2007-02-23 08:38:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO112AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...]
2007-02-23 12:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA
07USNATO113UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...]
2007-02-23 12:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO REL PTER QA XF
07USNATO131QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...]
2007-03-01 18:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR QA XF
07USNATO138NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...]
2007-03-02 17:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO139NATO-QATAR TALKS FAIL, ALLIES PACKING BAGS TO LEAVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 17:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS QA
07USNATO140NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES STILL GRAPPLING WITH MEANING
[...] (S/NF) Allied PermReps and the Russian Ambassador sought to clear the air from the Munich Conference in the Feb. 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). The Russian delegation has stated repeatedly that Putin's speech in Munich gives us a road-map for future frank discussions at the NRC. Poland, UK, an [...]
2007-03-02 18:18:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL RU
07USNATO148NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING
[...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...]
2007-03-07 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS GG
07USNATO150AU PSC COMMISSIONER DJINNIT ADDRESSES THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a disappointing March 2 address to the NAC, African Union Peace and Security Council Commissioner Said Djinnit said the AU "highly appreciated" support received from NATO, including assistance with airlift, capacity building, and "important" lessons learned training, and wel [...]
2007-03-07 17:23:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS NATO PREL AU SU UN
07USNATO152NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 7, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: PermReps and SYG discussed apparent failure to pre-brief the NAC on Operation Achilles, launch with many parties expressing frustration and disappointment. SYG promised to take this issue of poor communication up with SACEUR. The SHAPE Operations Director MG S [...]
2007-03-08 07:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO165AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...]
2007-03-14 11:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK
07USNATO170IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...]
2007-03-15 15:54:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ
07USNATO172NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO188RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...]
2007-03-22 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR BO UZ
07USNATO228ARMENIA'S IPAP IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BRINGS HIGH
[...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Sargsyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian told NATO Permanent Representatives that the first year's implementation of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO had yielded benefits far beyond the security sector. They credited the IPAP process [...]
2007-04-04 14:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AR
07USNATO229U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07USNATO237RFG - OSLO NRC MINISTERIAL TASKING AND 2007 NRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 16:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS
07USNATO250RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD APRIL 19 & 20 PLENARY
[...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on April 19 and 20, will consider the International Staff (IS) draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan and endorsement of the capability package (CP) for logistics information system services. The Board will hear status repo [...]
2007-04-16 11:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO252NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...]
2007-04-17 09:55:00Mission USNATOSECRETMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO265MISSILE DEFENSE: A/S ROOD CONSULTS WITH CZECH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the April 19 meetings at NATO HQ on Missile Defense (reftels),Assistant Secretary Rood briefed his Czech, Polish, French and German counterparts on his April 17 meetings in Moscow and the U.S. offer of Cooperation across the full spectrum of missile defense act [...]
2007-04-23 17:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL CZ PL RU
07USNATO268REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GREEK AMENDMENTS LINKING
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations among NATO Allies over the text of the 2006-2007 report on Macedonia's progress under the Membership Action Plan (MAP) hit an impasse April 24 over Greek amendments that link the dispute over Macedonia' [...]
2007-04-25 12:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO GR MK
07USNATO270NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...]
2007-04-25 15:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL PTER AF
07USNATO274USNATO RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MOD NATO PERSPECTIVES
[...] (C) We appreciated receiving reftel and congratulate Embassy Tel Aviv and EUCOM for engaging with the MOD on the subject of Israel's cooperation with NATO. That engagement showed that there is apparently some confusion amongst GOI officials about the nature of its relationship with NATO. We [...]
2007-04-27 13:48:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL IS
07USNATO29NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 17, 2007
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The NAC agreed to invite UN, EU, World Bank, Japan, and South Korea to January 26 Foreign Ministerial session on Afghanistan with troop contributors and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta. The SYG will invite Afghan Minister of Defense Wardak to Seville meeting of [...]
2007-01-19 08:20:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO304ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]
2007-05-14 16:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO305ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]
2007-05-15 06:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO306ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]
2007-05-15 08:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO309NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 16, 2007
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Kosovo: During the NAC, the Turks forcefully drew a line in the sand, linking acceptance of the Transition Directive to acceptable language on NATO/EU relations and to the submission of the Technical Arrangements for NAC approval. -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Mili [...]
2007-05-16 17:47:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO316ALLIES POSITIVELY ASSESS GEORGIA'S PROGRESS, PUSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 16 meeting to review Georgia's progress in implementing reforms over the last year, Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili told the North Atlantic Council that Georgia's democratic reforms were moving ahead swiftly and that Georgia would like to move into NATO's Me [...]
2007-05-18 15:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO319DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...]
2007-05-21 08:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO324A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]
2007-05-23 06:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR XB
07USNATO337HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...]
2007-05-25 15:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO338PM BERISHA MAKES ALBANIA'S CASE FOR NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Albanian Prime Minister Berisha told a May 24 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that Albania had made tangible progress in meeting NATO's membership standards and he was confident Albania would be ready to receive an invitation to join the Alliance in 2008. Allies sent a c [...]
2007-05-25 15:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO AL
07USNATO340MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...]
2007-05-25 15:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO342REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (U) Please see request for guidance by OOB Friday in para 3. 2. (C) NATO D/ASG Bob Simmons concluded two days of talks with Qatari BG Abdullah Juman Al-Hamad May 30 on the status of NATO personnel assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase. Key issue [...]
2007-05-30 16:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR QA
07USNATO360CROATIAN PM SANADER RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies indicated strong support for Croatia's NATO candidacy during a June 6 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Croatian PM Sanader, but warned that Croatia should not lose momentum in its reform efforts. Allies focused on the need for Croatia to continue to make [...]
2007-06-11 06:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO HR
07USNATO410 NATO-UKRAINE COUNCIL MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY JULY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, the 27 members of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Ambassadorial session at NATO headquarters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership which established the NUC. Allies commended Ukraine's contributions to [...]
2007-07-11 16:02:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO UP
07USNATO448NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...]
2007-08-08 15:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF AU
07USNATO45UNSYG BAN KI-MOON PLEDGES CLOSE COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Overturning staff objections, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a strong signal of his personal commitment to strhengthen UN-NATO relations in an address to the NAC just three weeks after taking office. Both privately and with the press afterward, Ban praised the Alliance's contributio [...]
2007-01-25 17:33:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO UN MARR PREL
07USNATO457NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 22 2007
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on U.S. and UK counternarcotics strategies and noted the upcoming National Counternarcotics Conference in Kabul. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported that SHAPE will host a September conference on N [...]
2007-08-22 17:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO46NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 24, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG reported that Pakistan PM Aziz will address the NAC on January 30. The outgoing JFC-Brunssum and ISAF Operational Commander General Back presented his analysis of NATO,s efforts in Afghanistan stating that the Alliance's goals are too high. He called for mo [...]
2007-01-25 17:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO479BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At a September 4 informal discussion among NATO Perm Reps, there was significant movement towards consensus in favor of the proposed October 3-4 visit of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) t [...]
2007-09-05 16:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO484FM JEREMIC DISCUSSES THE KOSOVO CONUNDRUM AND
[...] (C) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic discussed Serbia's Partnership Presentation Document and possible ways forward on Kosovo with NATO PermReps on September 5. Jeremic was forward-leaning on engagement with the Alliance through PfP, but acknowledged Serbians' love-hate relationship to NA [...]
2007-09-06 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO SR
07USNATO506FRANCE TO ROLL OUT NATO-EU IDEAS
[...] (C) Summary: France is set to roll out informal ideas on NATO-EU cooperation (reftel) at both the EU and NATO soon, per its NATO Ambassador. End Summary. 2. (C) French NATO Permanent Representative Richard Duque told the UK and German Perm Reps and the U.S. DCM on September 18 that France [...]
2007-09-19 16:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL FR
07USNATO520NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Secretary General )- supported by U.S. and UK )- urged the Military Committee to resolve breaks of silence on the ISAF contract helicopter lift initiative; The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported he was assured of Australia,s [...]
2007-09-20 15:51:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO522NATO PERMREPS' SEPTEMBER 18 AWAY DAY
[...] (C) Summary: NATO PermReps and the Secretary General (SYG) brainstormed about goals for the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest and NATO headquarters reform at an all-day offsite on September 18. PermReps expressed no objection to the idea of a missile defense deliverable at Bucharest, althoug [...]
2007-09-21 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO
07USNATO527NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
[...] (S) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo urged continued efforts to find a long-term fix to ISAF helicopters shortfalls, and Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reminded the NAC of continuing CJSOR shortfalls. T [...]
2007-09-27 10:37:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO528ALBANIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM WINS OVER SOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with an Albanian delegation on September 25 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for the final Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. The delegation outlined its successe [...]
2007-09-27 12:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AL
07USNATO537MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM ENGENDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian delegation on September 20 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Many Allies commended [...]
2007-10-02 12:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL MK
07USNATO541FRENCH PRESENT SHORT PAPER ON PROPOSALS TO
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please respond by OOB, October 15, 2007. 2. (C) SUMMARY: France tabled a paper on NATO-EU transparency measures in an informal NATO PermRep meeting on October 2. Allies, even Turkey, welcomed the step, and undertook to study the ideas closely. PermR [...]
2007-10-04 07:27:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EUN FR
07USNATO542REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE OF HQUSEUCOM 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] This message requests USNATO support for a HQUSEUCOM 1206 proposal entitled Global Stability Operations Training Capability (GSOTC). This proposal will minimize gaps that impede foreign nation's military forces to perform efficiently in Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW),and particul [...]
2007-10-04 08:01:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN NATO
07USNATO547DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETSNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO561SECOND FRENCH PAPER ON PROPOSALS FOR STRENTHENING
[...] (C) Summary: Norway's deputy PermRep provided USNATO with a draft of a French paper on improving EU-NATO cooperation that was circulated at the EU on 1 October. This paper follows an earlier French paper on NATO-EU relations presented at NATO and provides more detail on French ideas. USNATO [...]
2007-10-16 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL EU FR XG XT
07USNATO563NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...]
2007-10-17 17:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO564NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...]
2007-10-18 06:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO569REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on October 12 and 13, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) addendum for Missile Defense Feasibility Study to address the impact of the third U.S. site; agreed to forward to Council the report on analysis of expenditures for the NATO Securit [...]
2007-10-22 05:10:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO573FORMER KFOR COMMANDER OPTIMISTS ON KOSOVO, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing KFOR Commander Lieutenant General Roland Kather (Germany),gave his final briefing to an informal meeting of the NAC in an expanded session with all KFOR troop contributing nations. General Kather emphasized that the situation in Kosovo, while currently quiet, neverthe [...]
2007-10-23 08:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MPOS KVIR
07USNATO577NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...]
2007-10-24 15:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO587NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...]
2007-11-02 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO589IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-02 17:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO596IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-05 16:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO599HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]
2007-11-07 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO60NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 31, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) provided a readout of JCMB meeting in Berlin. The International Military Staff (IMS) Operations Director highlighted the need for more troops, the poor progress on staffing of ISAF X composite HQ, and the concern that misunderstandings abo [...]
2007-02-01 15:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO615CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...]
2007-11-23 15:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO616NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...]
2007-11-23 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO62PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...]
2007-02-02 08:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USNATO623NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...]
2007-11-29 19:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO625NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...]
2007-11-30 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO632UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS
[...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]
2007-12-11 14:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07USNATO71PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL
[...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...]
2007-02-06 12:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR PK
07USNATO76MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]
2007-02-07 10:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO79NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-02-08 06:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR IN
07USNATO82NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 7, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Departing COMISAF LTG Richards highlighted NATO accomplishments and remaining challenges, including: continued force shortfall, the need for reconstruction, development and governance to keep pace with Afghan expectations, and the importance of driving a wedge b [...]
2007-02-08 13:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AF
07USOSCE258OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO
[...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]
2007-06-12 13:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OSCE PREL RS
07USOSCE331OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 5 - MOVEMENT FORWARD AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 5-6 round of negotiations on a Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI),the absence of key players limited the WG's ability to deal with unresolved issues. There was extended discussion on a Belgian proposal [...]
2007-08-01 10:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE KTIA
07USOSCE453OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT
[...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]
2007-12-06 12:21:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1010UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: On Nov. 5-6, UNGA's Third Committee addressed the Human Rights Council's Report and particularly its institution-building package. In introducing the Report, HRC president Costea (Romania) argued that the Council had made progress, faces major challenges, and should only be judged on [...]
2007-11-13 17:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1013UN- FOLLOWING DPKO RESTRUCTURING BAN MOVES TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. Summary: Following the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) earlier this year, Secretary-General Ban has now called for strengthening the SIPDIS Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Ban,s proposal c [...]
2007-11-14 19:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1015HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES UN
[...] (U) On October 24, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. She highlighted the pervasiveness of impunity for gross violations of human rights, noting a lack of will and resources to address the issue. Without elab [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NP UG
07USUNNEWYORK1018ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Rule of Law at the national and international levels (agenda item 86) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The Sixth Committee will take action on [...]
2007-11-15 13:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1020ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT DECISION AND
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft decision, conclusions paper on Administration of Justice, and accompanying cover letter (agenda item 137) contained in para 3 - 5, or substantially similar text. USUN also seeks ins [...]
2007-11-15 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1063UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MERCENARIES
[...] (U) On November 7, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Chairmen of the UN's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. Much [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1069UN - P-5 DISCUSS DPA STRENGTHENING
[...] Summary: The five permanent members of the Security Council (P-5) met at the Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) level with Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on November 21 to discuss SYG Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). [...]
2007-11-27 18:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK107SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...]
2007-02-08 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1072SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON THE REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee held its debate on the report of the fifty-ninth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) from October 29 through November 6. ILC Chairman Ian Brownlie (UK) attended sessions from October 29 through November 2 to present the ILC report to the Sixth Comm [...]
2007-11-28 13:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK108UN ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER ITS REQUIREMENT THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives from the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA),the UN Travel and Transportation Service, and UNDP met with representatives of USUN's Host Country and Legal sections on January 30 to express the UN's serious concerns regarding the USG determinati [...]
2007-02-08 19:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCVIS OFDP UN AF
07USUNNEWYORK1085GEORGIAN DFM MAJGALADZE AFFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the New York Friends of Georgia on November 28, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Majgaladze said Georgia could accept a full Geneva meeting of the Friends of Georgia that includes Russia and said the best timing would probably be in the new year. He explained [...]
2007-11-28 23:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1097UNGA/C-5: D/SYG MIGIRO ADDRESSES FIFTH COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary. The Committee on Administration and Budget of the United Nations General Assembly (Fifth Committee) met for its organizational session on October 5. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro addressed the Committee. SIPDIS She conveyed Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's priorities [...]
2007-11-30 19:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK11USUN RECEIVES "SMOKING GUN" E-MAIL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 18:28:00USUN New YorkSECRETEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK1103UNGA/C-5: OIOS REPORTS ON LACK OF UN-WIDE INTERNAL
[...] (U) The UN General Assembly Fifth Committee met in formal session on October 10 to hear introduction of several financial reports (REF). UN Undersecretary-General for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) Inga-Britt Ahlenius presented the OIOS Annual Report (A62/281/Part 1/Add. 1),covering OIOS [...]
2007-11-30 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1124BHUTAN PERM REP COMPLAINT RE TREATMENT DURING
[...] USUN received on December 3, 2007, a complaint (text in paragraph 3 below) from the Bhutan Mission to the UN protesting the treatment received by its Ambassador/Permanent Representative at Newark International Airport upon departure by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and [...]
2007-12-05 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP BH UN
07USUNNEWYORK1129CAUTIOUS BAN SEEMS TO SUPPORT OUR KOSOVO BOTTOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Coordinating and Drafting Group minus Russia plus Portugal met with SYG Ban to discuss the way ahead on Kosovo in the post-Troika period. The group laid out the likelihood of a blocked Security Council and the need to find a status solution outside of the Coun [...]
2007-12-06 00:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK113ISRAEL AND JUSCANZ DISCUSS UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK114SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: WIDE DIFFERENCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly's Open Ended Working Group on Security Council expansion and reform, meeting for the first time this year, accepted GA President Khalifa's suggestion to proceed via five separate consultations on "key issues" related to Council reform. Facilitators will beg [...]
2007-02-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1149UNSC: U/SYG ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN
[...] (U) On December 6 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia (as well as Nairobi, Kenya to meet with donors and UN staff working [...]
2007-12-11 14:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC SO SU ET
07USUNNEWYORK1152SERBIAN FM STICKS TO CALLING FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolff that Belgrade is happy with the work of the Troika, but criticized what he said were unhelpful U.S. statements during the process about independence for Kosovo. Jeremic said Belgrade wants to continue negotiations with [...]
2007-12-11 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1159MNF RESOLUTION: POSITIVE REACTION TO US/UK TEXT
[...] (C) On December 12, the Security Council met at experts level to discuss the draft UK/US resolution extending for 2008 the mandates of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Significantly, no del [...]
2007-12-13 00:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1160USE OF RECIPROCITY IN THE UN CONTEXT
[...] (C) The Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations has been seeking to sell its current office space in New York and use the proceeds of sale to purchase alternate, smaller office premises along with a new official residence. The Department denied Eritrea's requests of February 2003, [...]
2007-12-13 13:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALOFDP UN ER
07USUNNEWYORK1167IRAQI PERMREP PROPOSES CHANGES TO MNF UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Upon receipt of revised text from Washington (ref e-mail),Amb Khalilzad met with Iraqi PermRep Bayati December 13 to provide him with the UK/US revision to the resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and the IAMB (reftels). For his [...]
2007-12-14 00:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1175KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...]
2007-12-14 21:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1204KOSTUNICA: SERBIA WILL "DO MUCH MORE" THAN DECLINE
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Security Council's session on Kosovo (reported septel) Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica offered Ambassador Khalilzad a familiar mix of legalisms and ethnic nationalism in arguing against a non-negotiated solution to Kosovo's status. Kostunica said Serbia is prep [...]
2007-12-21 18:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK120962ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]
2007-12-26 16:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
07USUNNEWYORK1210UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP
[...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]
2007-12-26 16:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK1216PRINCE TURKI RAISES POTUS VISIT AND CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and current head of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, on December 26 in New York. Al-Faisal underscored that Secretary Rice should accompany President Bush on his SIPDIS up [...]
2007-12-26 20:03:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PTER UNSC IZ AF PK SA
07USUNNEWYORK1217EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]
2007-12-26 20:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK1218UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE
[...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...]
2007-12-27 12:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
07USUNNEWYORK122SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]
2007-02-12 17:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK128PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT
[...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...]
2007-02-13 17:58:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK
07USUNNEWYORK130PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION COUNTRY GROUPS APPROVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following criticism of the slow pace of Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) work expressed in separate Security Council and General Assembly debates this month, the country-specific component of the PBC has approved ambitious schedules for finalizing peacebuilding "strategies" in Sie [...]
2007-02-13 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO SOCI UNGA UN EFIN
07USUNNEWYORK131DEMARCHE: TURNING OFF THE CEIRPP UN-SPONSORED
[...] On February 14 Polmincouns delivered reftel demarche on a conference of the Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to be held in Rome on March 22-23 co-hosted by the Italian government. USUN explained to Assistant Secretary-General for Politica [...]
2007-02-14 19:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK139ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UN SIXTH COMMITTEE AD HOC
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee met on February 5, 6, and 15. Delegations discussed completion of the comprehensive convention; the proposal to convene a high-level conference on counter-terrorism; and the status of intersessional informal negotiations; and [...]
2007-02-20 19:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK155USUN DISCUSSES PROTRACTED CONFLICTS RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) On February 23, Acting Permrep Wolff met with representatives of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) at their request to discuss their initiative of a General Assembly (GA) resolution on protracted conflicts. Speaking for the GUAM, Moldovan Permrep Grigore explained the [...]
2007-02-27 19:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG MD AJ
07USUNNEWYORK161UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...]
2007-03-01 14:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK17NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR
[...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]
2007-01-12 01:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK174UNSC/IRAN: ITALIAN PR ASKS FOR EARLY OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Italian Permanent Representative Marcello Spatafora called on Ambassador Wolff on the evening of Friday March 2, to stake an Italian role in negotiations on the follow-up Iran resolution. Spatafora said that he was acting on instructions from PM Prodi, and had made the same request to UK [...]
2007-03-02 23:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IT
07USUNNEWYORK182PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...]
2007-03-06 23:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK193DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]
2007-03-12 10:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK207PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION TRIPS TO SIERRA LEONE AND
[...] The Peacebuilding Commission's efforts to draft "integrated peacebuilding strategies" for Sierra Leone and Burundi are advancing, with visits planned to both countries during the next month. Perm Reps from five UN missions (Guinea, Ghana, Jamaica, Brazil, and The Netherlands as the working gr [...]
2007-03-14 20:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO SOCI UNGA EAID
07USUNNEWYORK209PARKING ISSUES, IRS SETTLEMENT INITIATIVE, ALLEGED
[...] Summary: The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country (Host Country Committee-HCC) discussed the results of the HCC's survey of the New York Diplomatic Parking Programme (the Program) at its 232nd meeting on March 5, 2007. Missions which oppose the Program as implemented or on principl [...]
2007-03-15 12:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CVIS
07USUNNEWYORK236UN DEMOCRACY FUND BEGINS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up reftel, USUN has worked with a consultant to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and others to reassess management practices of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The UNDEF Executive Director has initiated a number of corrective steps, including a commitment t [...]
2007-03-23 18:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK24CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]
2007-01-13 00:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK253UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF UN SYSTEM
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a resumed session March 12-23, 2007, the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee discussed proposals to reform the UN's system of administration of justice, as well as a request of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for observer status in the General Assembly. [...]
2007-03-29 19:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA UNSC PREL PTER OFDP
07USUNNEWYORK270UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP
[...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]
2007-04-06 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK273RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]
2007-04-09 21:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK283WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]
2007-04-11 22:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK286CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...]
2007-04-12 12:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK312UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA
[...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]
2007-04-23 15:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK32CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT
[...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...]
2007-01-18 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK340UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31
[...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...]
2007-05-01 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK344AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his formal presentation of credentials, AMB Khalilzad met with SYG Ban Ki-Moon and his top deputies to discuss U.S. policy objectives at the UN. SYG Ban emphasized the need for strong U.S. support to move forward on UN capacity building and listed Iraq, Kosovo, Darfur and Leb [...]
2007-05-02 18:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK352KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]
2007-05-07 13:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK359UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]
2007-05-09 16:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK371CUBA FORMALLY COMPLAINS RE NGO REP'S VISA REFUSAL
[...] Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. Cuba's UN Mission Permrep, Amb. Rodrigo Malmierca, has sent a Note Verbale (text in paragraph 5 below) to USUN Host Country Affairs expressing concern for the USG's decision to deny a visa to Mrs. Fabiola Mora (DPOB 31Jan1953, Cuba),a representative of [...]
2007-05-14 19:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP CVIS UN CU
07USUNNEWYORK374IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]
2007-05-14 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK378MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...]
2007-05-15 00:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK391UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...]
2007-05-19 00:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK392UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...]
2007-05-19 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY
07USUNNEWYORK393LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...]
2007-05-19 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK405P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...]
2007-05-23 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU
07USUNNEWYORK431DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]
2007-06-01 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK433UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]
2007-06-01 19:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK441HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...]
2007-06-04 20:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK460MISSION CLEARANCE FOR DEBORAH KINGSLAND JUNE 12
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. DEBORAH KINGSLAND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF MULTILATERAL COORDINATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 12 TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA). [...]
2007-06-08 22:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF
07USUNNEWYORK469ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]
2007-06-11 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK496UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]
2007-06-19 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK50UNDP ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR AD MELKERT PROVIDES
[...] In a letter dated January 21, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert responded to Ambassador Mark Wallace's letter of January 16, 2007. In this letter, the latest in a string of formal communication between USUN and UNDP, Associate Administrator Melkert attempts to explain away USG con [...]
2007-01-24 16:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK557DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]
2007-07-09 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
07USUNNEWYORK564SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]
2007-07-11 11:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK574WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...]
2007-07-13 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM
07USUNNEWYORK58SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
[...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...]
2007-01-25 15:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR PREL
07USUNNEWYORK582MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] Summary. On July 9, 2007 the Committee on Relations with the Host Country convened its 233rd meeting to address, inter alia, Host Country travel regulations, acceleration of immigration and customs procedures, and entry visas issued by the Host Country. Briefly mentioned were New York,s con [...]
2007-07-17 11:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CVIS SY
07USUNNEWYORK597ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...]
2007-07-20 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PBTS PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK6SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...]
2007-01-09 22:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK605DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...]
2007-07-24 22:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KN JA
07USUNNEWYORK640ACABQ COMPLETES REVIEW OF SYG'S PROPOSED BUDGET
[...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) held its spring session May 15 - July 27 2007. The session primarily focused on the Secretary General's proposed budget for the biennium 2008-2009 (A/62/6). It held extensive hearings with Secretariat offici [...]
2007-08-03 22:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK667FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]
2007-08-14 15:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK719ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...]
2007-08-31 22:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UNSC ET ER
07USUNNEWYORK77UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-01-31 16:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK776MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief, Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Maureen Harrington, Vice President, Policy and International Relations, Jaroslav Dutkewych, Director, Country Relations; and Richard Biro, Chauffeur, for consultations at the UN with [...]
2007-09-21 13:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM AMGT EAID RSO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK810IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION
[...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...]
2007-10-01 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK830FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]
2007-10-08 20:10:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK851UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]
2007-10-11 13:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07USUNNEWYORK860UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2007
[...] (U) The 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 234th meeting on October 5, 2007. USUN Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. Over a dozen non-Committee Member States participated as observers. There were no requests for specific items [...]
2007-10-12 19:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UNAUS IT SU IV
07USUNNEWYORK918U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]
2007-10-25 20:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07USUNNEWYORK936UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON
[...] (U) On October 26, the Third Committee of the General Assembly heard reports from the Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; Freedom of Religion or Belief; the Human Rights of Migrants; and the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK, Burundi and the DRC. The U.S. [...]
2007-10-31 17:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNGA KIRF
07USUNNEWYORK947KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS
[...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...]
2007-11-01 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KS UN
07USUNNEWYORK949SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]
2007-11-01 21:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK953UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE
[...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...]
2007-11-02 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK969GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...]
2007-11-07 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK97KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...]
2007-02-02 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK971LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...]
2007-11-07 22:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK975UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 31, 2007
[...] Summary: At its 235th meeting on October 31, 2007, the 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country adopted the annual draft Report of the Committee summarizing Committee meetings during the previous year and including recommendations and conclusions. USUN Minister-Counselor for H [...]
2007-11-08 21:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN
07USUNNEWYORK987ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (agenda item 78) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must [...]
2007-11-09 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK989ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT OMNIBUS
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft omnibus resolution on the Report of the International Law Commission (agenda item 82) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must be t [...]
2007-11-09 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK991ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the UN Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (agenda item 79) contained in para 3, or substantially [...]
2007-11-09 19:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK992ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities and the allocation of loss in the case of such harm (agenda item 84) contained in para 3 [...]
2007-11-09 19:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK993ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Diplomatic protection (agenda item 83) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions are due in the Sixth Committee by Novembe [...]
2007-11-09 19:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07VATICAN102VATICAN: FORMER FOREIGN MINSITER TO BE ISLAM CZAR
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed former FM Jean Louis Tauran as President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the lead Vatican department for relations with non-Christian faiths, including Islam. The move restores the autonomy of a Council that Benedict had placed und [...]
2007-06-28 14:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PTER LE VT
07VATICAN111VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]
2007-07-12 16:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN119HOLY SEE STATEMENTS RAISE EYEBROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Vatican documents released last month caused consternation among ecumenists and inter-religious dialogue experts. While the Church sees these as internal matters that are fully explainable within the Catholic context, the world at large is increasingly attuned to such pron [...]
2007-08-01 14:10:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VT
07VATICAN12AFRICA ON FRONT BURNER AS POPE ADDRESSES DIP CORPS
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict placed particular emphasis on challenges facing Africa in his second annual address to the diplomatic corps. He called attention to Darfur and Somalia, and criticized an attempt "to trivialize abortion" in Africa. Benedict decried the uselessness of "armed solutions" to [...]
2007-01-10 15:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL KNNP VT
07VATICAN127HOLY SEE: LEBANESE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Lebanese ambassador to the Holy See told Amb. Rooney September 11 that the Holy See values its contacts with the US but feels US should listen more closely to Vatican views. The recent visit of the Syrian deputy PM was mishandled by the Vatican, which failed to deliver a clear mess [...]
2007-09-14 09:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
07VATICAN133HOLY SEE: CARDINAL TAURAN ON LEBANON AND POPE'S EVOLVING
[...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Tauran, the new head of Vatican interreligious dialogue and one of the Holy See's Lebanon experts, told Ambassador September 12 that Pope Benedict has changed his mind in some ways about Islam, and now sees a new basis for relations based on shared fundamental values. Ta [...]
2007-09-25 07:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
07VATICAN135HOLY SEE: BACKGROUND ON MEETING OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's point man on Sudan provided DCM September 26 with some background to the recent meeting of Sudanese President Bashir with Pope Benedict XVI; the meeting went well, according to the Vatican. End summary. 2. (SBU) DCM spoke briefly September 26 with Monsignor France [...]
2007-09-27 07:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN138A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]
2007-09-28 16:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VATICAN139HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK
[...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...]
2007-10-01 08:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT
07VATICAN147HOLY SEE REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH APEC DIPLOMATS
[...] Summary. At an October 8 diplomatic gathering, Charge drew on recent high-level USG statements to provide Holy See and other representatives with a broad view of USG activities addressing climate change and the environment. Holy See deputy FM Parolin confirmed in detail the Holy See's increas [...]
2007-10-10 16:11:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV APEC VT
07VATICAN150VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]
2007-10-17 07:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN151"A COMMON WORD" -- NEW DEVELOPMENT IN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A large and diverse group of Muslim scholars has issued a document addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders, inviting them to a theological dialogue. The document, entitled "A Common Word Between Us and You", is the fruit of long labor guided by a Jordanian i [...]
2007-10-22 15:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN165CORRECTED COPY: VATICAN-AFFILIATED INSTITUTE HAILS LETTER
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Vatican-affiliated Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies has hailed "A Common Word", the letter that 138 Muslim scholars have recently addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders inviting them to a theological dialogue, as an unprecedented an [...]
2007-11-09 08:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
07VATICAN17VATICAN: MARTINO SEES END NEAR FOR CASTRO; AMBASSADOR URGES
[...] (C) Holy See Justice and Peace Council President Cardinal Martino told the Ambassador January 16 that he had heard from contacts the same morning that Fidel Castro had peritonitis and was edging even closer to death. The Ambassador emphasized to Martino and to Holy See FM Mamberti the need for [...]
2007-01-16 17:23:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI CU VT
07VATICAN170HOLY SEE: PDAS SATTERFIELD'S MEETING WITH FM MAMBERTI ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting in Rome, NEA PDAS/Iraq Coordinator Satterfield and Holy See foreign minister Mamberti discussed Lebanon and other Middle Eastern issues. Satterfield and Mamberti agreed on the priority of supporting the democratic process in Lebanon to ensure the elect [...]
2007-11-21 09:40:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL XF VT
07VATICAN171BRIGITTINE SISTER DESCRIBES FIDEL'S HEALTH, RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary. A prominent Rome-based nun who is on good terms with Fidel Castro told Ambassador about her recent trip to Cuba, Fidel's health, improving conditions for religion in Cuba, and relations with Cardinal Ortega. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Mother Tekla Famig [...]
2007-11-21 09:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VT
07VATICAN172HOLY SEE UPSET ABOUT ISRAELI SINGLE-ENTRY VISA POLICY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Holy See is upset about new Israeli visa policies that effectively limit the ability of the Church to serve the needs of Catholics in the Holy Land. The new Israeli visa policy comes at a time when Vatican diplomats are already expressing frustration over the lack of progress [...]
2007-11-21 10:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN177VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 08:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 09:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN180HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE,
[...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]
2007-11-30 09:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN181HOLY SEE REPLIES TO LETTER FROM MUSLIM SCHOLARS
[...] (U) The Holy See has replied to the "A Common Word" letter from 138 Muslim scholars (reftel A) inviting Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to interreligious dialogue. Released by the Vatican's Press Office November 29, the response is signed by the Holy See's Secretary of State, Car [...]
2007-11-30 16:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN183HOLY SEE FRUSTRATED OVER NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is frustrated over lack of progress in reaching agreements with Israel regarding property and other rights of the Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Holy See blames the Government of Israel for the negotiations' impasse, and is now allowing Vatican officials [...]
2007-12-03 17:33:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN193CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]
2007-12-21 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN2POPE BENEDICT XVI'S STRONG WORLD PEACE DAY MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's first World Peace Day message, released in December, contains strong arguments of both religious and political nature. The 14-page document entitled "The Human Person, The Heart of Peace" follows some familiar philosophical themes, but also reflects Benedict's [...]
2007-01-03 18:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN20VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...]
2007-01-18 16:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT
07VATICAN24HOLY SEE: NEW NUNCIO TO SUDAN
[...] Pope Benedict XVI has appointed 53 year-old career diplomat, Monsignor Leo Boccardi, as papal nuncio in Sudan. Boccardi replaces Archbishop Dominique Mamberti who became Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., foreign minister) SIPDIS last September. To date, Boccardi has been serving [...]
2007-01-25 08:52:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR KISL SU VT
07VATICAN25HOLY SEE: VISIT OF VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary. Vietnamese PM Dung met Pope Benedict XVI and other senior Holy See officials January 25, the first meeting of its kind. The meeting appears to have gone well and there is hope for full diplomatic relations in the near future. The Holy See has sent a steady stream of important vi [...]
2007-01-26 14:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VT VM
07VATICAN26HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, CHINA,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of countries with visiting EUR/WE Director Allegrone on January 24. The Holy See was unsatisfied by its recent talks with Israel on a Final Agreement. Parolin sought information about the funding situation for the Palestinian Authority. He wa [...]
2007-01-29 07:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN28HOLY SEE READOUT ON VIETNAM PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Last week's meeting between the Pope and Vietnamese PM Dung went well, according to a Vatican diplomat. The initiative for the visit came from Dung, who considered the meeting very important. The GOV increasingly recognizes the value of the role the Church can play in the country [...]
2007-01-29 13:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT VM
07VATICAN29HOLY SEE: RELATIONS WITH EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) During a January 29 conversation with charge d'affaires, the Holy See's desk officer for Southeast Asia and Oceania (protect) discussed the October 2006 visit to Rome of East Timor Prime Minister Ramos-Horta, during which he met Pope Benedict XVI. The official shared his view of the gover [...]
2007-01-29 14:14:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT TT
07VATICAN30PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS IN FLUX; VATICAN CONVENES CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican convened a two-day meeting on January 19 and 20 to address its China policy. The meeting, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, sought to formulate a unified policy toward China to address the continuing challenges presented by the GoC including a spa [...]
2007-01-29 16:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN46HOLY SEE - VIETNAM: DELEGATION'S VISIT ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
[...] (S) Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told us February 26 that a Vatican delegation's trip to Vietnam next week would offer a good opportunity for progress in relations between the two sides following January's historic visit by PM Dzung to Pope Benedict. Officials told us the recent detention of d [...]
2007-02-28 15:07:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM VT
07VATICAN47HOLY SEE: NEA DAS DANIN DISCUSSES LEBANON AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Danin discussed Lebanon, Israel/Palestinians, and Holy See relations with Israel with Deputy FM Parolin on Febaruary 23. On Lebanon, Danin shared the USG analysis of the situation, and clarified USG perspective on Syria's role. Parolin emphasized the need for Christian u [...]
2007-03-01 10:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL LE VT
07VATICAN5DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]
2007-01-05 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN51VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL
[...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...]
2007-03-05 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT
07VATICAN54CARITAS IN CHINA: QUIETLY GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: A March 6-7 Vatican-hosted Caritas Internationalis meeting on China revealed that Caritas is making small but significant strides in providing support to the Chinese poor with the tacit approval of some local Chinese officials. While there will be no immediate move to establish a [...]
2007-03-12 18:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN61CHINA: POPE'S EASTER LETTER ON HOLD?
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota-Graziosi, the Vatican will not release its much-anticipated Papal letter to Chinese Catholics at Easter time, as was expected. Rota-Graziosi could not say when it would be released. The letter will purportedly address the [...]
2007-03-21 18:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN63HOLY SEE ON VENEZUELAN ASYLUM CASE OF NIXON MORENO
[...] (C) Summary. Charge raised case of Nixon Moreno with the Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin, who confirmed March 23 that Moreno is in the Papal Nunciature in Caracas. Parolin said Moreno would probably eventually go to a third country such as Canada; the GOV is presently opposed but mi [...]
2007-03-23 15:06:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM VE VT
07VATICAN65HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]
2007-03-23 17:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN68HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 07:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT
07VATICAN69LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESSES HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador pressed Holy See deputy FM Parolin on bolstering Lebanon, and Patriarch Sfeir, during an April 3 meeting. Parolin indicated that the Holy See remained unconvinced that an envoy could be effective at this time. He drew ambassador's attention to recent strong statements [...]
2007-04-04 08:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN70HOLY SEE REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAPUTO PLAN
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e. deputy foreign minister) April 3 and raised ref a points, asking for Vatican help in resisting the Plan's language on diverting HIV/AIDS funding and on abortion. Parolin rec [...]
2007-04-04 10:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN71HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM discussed the Holy See-Israel Fundamental Agreement during a meeting with Holy See deputy FM Parolin, and also discussed the Holy See's participation in a recent UN event in Rome addressing Palestinian rights. Parolin said the recently postponed plenary sessio [...]
2007-04-04 10:38:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS VT
07VATICAN72ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE STILL WAITING FOR BISHOPS
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM again discussed Zimbabwe with Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) on April 3. Pointing to the strong statements made in recent days by Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe, Ambassador urged the Holy [...]
2007-04-04 10:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT ZI
07VATICAN8VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...]
2007-01-08 14:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT
07VATICAN81HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR PRESSES VATICAN ON IRAQ
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised ref (a) points on Iraq with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (FM equivalent),Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, April 20. The Ambassador emphasized the many positive developments that have occurred in various parts of Iraq. He acknowledged that much work [...]
2007-04-26 13:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN84HOLY SEE: NEA A/S WELCH APRIL 24 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. NEA A/S Welch met Holy See FM Mamberti April 24. Welch urged Mamberti to consider sending a papal envoy to Lebanon and to press Patriarch Sfeir to be as active as possible. Welch expressed concern about the situation in Palestinian areas, the unhelpful role of Syria, and recent [...]
2007-05-04 08:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN85PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]
2007-05-06 13:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
07VATICAN86SANT'EGIDIO PESSIMISTIC REGARDING PRC --HOLY SEE RELATIONS
[...] (C) Valeria Martano of the Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community believes China-Holy See relations are stuck in neutral in the short to mid-term because the Chinese do not see a clear benefit to formalizing relations with the Holy See. China's economic clout on the international trade front tak [...]
2007-05-09 00:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH VT
07VATICAN90HOLY SEE GEARS UP FOR ISRAELIS
[...] (C) The Holy See will host a May 21 plenary session addressing issues related to the 1993 Fundamental Agreement with Israel. The Vatican still hopes for a breakthrough in the stalemated negotiations, but negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told us he feared that the Israelis would not bend on proper [...]
2007-05-18 14:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN93HOLY SEE ENCOURAGED BY TALKS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Vatican officials were encouraged by the May 21 plenary session with Israel on the Fundamental Agreement (FA) between the Holy See and Israel. While there were no major breakthroughs, officials told us that the Israelis engaged on the issues in a way they had not done before. One import [...]
2007-05-24 15:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALSOCI KIRF PHUM IS VT
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VATICAN98VATICAN-AFFILIATED NGO ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is being resent due to an error found with EACT MailReader. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S.-based Acton Institute, an NGO with significant ties to the Vatican, explored issues related to religious freedom during a March conference in Rome (for informat [...]
2007-06-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF VT
07VIENNA1036DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: APRIL 23-24 GAERC AND EU
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) points on the GAERC agenda and ref (b) points on EU Cuba policy to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on April 20. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Central Asia: There will be no decisions on Central Asia [...]
2007-04-20 12:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU AU
07VIENNA1037AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 20, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) has said he will not publish the assessment on the Austrian Eurofighter purchase by legal expert Koziol at this point. The Minister has also refused to provide the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the deal with a copy of the file, emphas [...]
2007-04-20 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1068(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]
2007-04-25 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1162DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel information requests. 2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as follows: Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2415 Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson nelsonpr@state [...]
2007-05-04 15:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR AU
07VIENNA1176AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2007
[...] Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) will be interviewed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase deal today. The committee will also demand that Darabos provide them with a copy of the expert opinion asse [...]
2007-05-07 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1182AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats says he is convinced that the Eurofighter interceptors for the Austrian armed forces will fail a major quality control test, which will be carried out by Defense Ministry officials next week. Although he did not go into detail, [...]
2007-05-08 12:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 09, 2007
[...] There are new tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government over the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter purchase. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party has criticized Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats over his handling of the [...]
2007-05-09 14:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007
[...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]
2007-05-10 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1237AUSTRIA: INITIAL BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE
[...] EconPolOff and Post's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met on May 8 with Manfred Siegl, of the Austrian Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Air Material Division. ODC and Siegl have a close working relationship and have carried out previous end-use checks for the Department of Defense "Golde [...]
2007-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AU
07VIENNA1260AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 14, 2007
[...] Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) will appear before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase today. Topping the agenda are once again the interceptor deal's tax files, large parts of which were redacted by the Finance M [...]
2007-05-14 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1270DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]
2007-05-15 09:11:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1284AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 15, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats said negotiations with EADS, the manufacturer of the Eurofighter interceptors, will continue. Speaking in Brussels at a joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers, Darabos said talks would resume in a few days. A scenario t [...]
2007-05-15 13:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1312JUNE 5 U.S.-AUSTRIA MARSHALL PLAN CEREMONY --
[...] This message contains an urgent action request in para 4. 2. Per refs, the Austrian government has proposed a memorandum of understanding to serve as the vehicle for recording consensus on the use of European Recovery Program (ERP) funds under a 1961 bilateral U.S.-Austrian agreement. It i [...]
2007-05-18 14:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL AU
07VIENNA1350AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 22, 2007
[...] The Austrian Press Agency reported yesterday that US Ambassador to Austria Susan McCaw opened the American Corner (ACI) at Innsbruck University's Institute for American Studies on Monday. Austrian Press Agency APA reported on the opening of the American Corner Innsbruck, which aims at "emphasiz [...]
2007-05-22 13:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1363AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 23, 2007
[...] The quality control test for the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will take longer than the usual testing period of two days, a spokesperson for Eurofighter told the Austrian Press Agency yesterday. This is "not unusual," however, given that it is the first interceptor earma [...]
2007-05-23 13:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1408AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 24, 2007
[...] The former head of the Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, appearing for a second time before the parliamentary inquiry into bank supervision in Austria, has claimed he cannot answer a number of questions because of memory loss following a recent heart bypass operation. Elsner faces charges of fraud and [...]
2007-05-29 11:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1414AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 29, 2007
[...] The head of the parliamentary committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces, Peter Pilz, has accused the People's Party of "blocking" the inquiry. Pilz harshly criticized as an "ultimatum to Parliament" the OeVP's demand that the committee's hearings and int [...]
2007-05-29 13:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA144Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 10:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA147Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet
[...] (SBU) President Heinz Fischer swore in the new Austrian Cabinet on January 11. The Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) each 7 ministers and three state secretaries, reflecting the closeness of the October 2006 election results (SPO with 35.3% and OVP with 34.3%). On the SPO side, [...]
2007-01-23 10:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1604IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]
2007-06-15 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1640AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 19, 2007
[...] Austria's Minister for Education, Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats, will unveil her plans for a comprehensive school system for 10- to 14-year-old students later today. During a test stage beginning in fall 2008, the comprehensive system will be introduced in five Austrian regions. How [...]
2007-06-19 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA167KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]
2007-01-24 16:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA1693AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 22, 2007
[...] As withdrawing from the purchase agreement apparently no longer seems realistic, a further reduction of the number of Eurofighter jets to be acquired is becoming increasingly likely, Austrian media say. According to a new strategy paper by the Austrian armed forces, twelve of the interceptors w [...]
2007-06-25 09:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1765AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 02, 2007
[...] Speaking on Austrian television on Sunday, President Heinz Fischer described the reduction achieved by Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from 18 to 15 Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces as a "positive result." The President also argued that a complete cancellation of the contract with E [...]
2007-07-02 13:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1798AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 06, 2007
[...] The Austrian Parliament will meet for its last session before the summer recess today. After it concluded the investigation into the purchase of Eurofighter interceptors for Austria's armed forces yesterday, Parliament will now also wrap up the inquiry into Austrian banking practices in connect [...]
2007-07-06 12:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1817AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 09, 2007
[...] The Interior Ministry's Human Rights Advisory Board has come to the conclusion that the Austrian immigration and alien laws need to be amended, as they are not in compliance with the EU's Human Rights Convention. Because the Convention is part of the Austrian Constitution, the Advisory Board ha [...]
2007-07-09 12:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA187THE GUSENBAUER GOVERNMENT'S COALITION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) On January 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the government program of the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic (SPO) and the People,s Party (OVP) to parliament. Stressing his vision of a &more social Austria,8 Gusenbauer outlined a program that primarily represents a [...]
2007-01-25 16:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1914AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 18, 2007
[...] On the third day of the bank Bawag trial, presiding judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner is expected to question the defendants on how the formerly union-owned bank incurred the vast losses of about 1.4 billion Euros between 1998 and 2000. Yesterday, all nine former bank officials, including ex-CEO Hel [...]
2007-07-19 10:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2082AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 7, 2007
[...] All Austrian median continue to report on the trial of nine former managers of bank Bawag, which has entered its fourth week. The key question is why the bank under CEO Helmut Elsner gave co-defendant and former investment banker Wolfgang Floettl hundreds of millions of dollars in additional fu [...]
2007-08-07 11:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2092AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 8, 2007
[...] All media report that former Austrian Unions Association (OeGB) boss Fritz Verzetnitsch has come under fire in connection with the bank Bawag trial currently underway in Vienna: It has been alleged that he made false statements earlier this year before the parliamentary committee looking into t [...]
2007-08-08 12:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2111OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA2204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 24, 2007
[...] The leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe),Heinz-Christian Strache, has acknowledged that he had contacts with the German neo-Nazi group Wiking Jugend, which was banned in 1994. ORF television quotes Strache as stressing that he was never a member and that he was last in touch with the group in 19 [...]
2007-08-24 12:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2216AUSTRIAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Austrian Airlines' (AUA) International Relations Manager Bernadette Strobl-Wirz confirmed to us on August 27 that AUA had temporarily suspended its regularly-scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. Strobl-Wirz said that the suspension was based on a security evaluation fo [...]
2007-08-27 09:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON AU IZ
07VIENNA2320STARTING AN IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE - AUSTRIAN REACTION
[...] Austria maintains product safety regulations for imports and cooperates closely with EU authorities, as well as the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Our Austrian interlocutors proposed focusing the product safety dialogue with EU Member States at the EU level. The GoA recommended that U.S [...]
2007-08-31 12:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO AU
07VIENNA2327AUSTRIAN DELEGATION TO ICAO
[...] Robert Boehm, Chief of Staff and Special Advisor on Aviation to Ministry of Transportation State Secretary Christa Kranzl, told the Embassy on August 31 that Kranzl would be interested in a bilateral meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters at the ICAO Assembly. 2. Below is pr [...]
2007-09-04 06:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR AORC ICAO AU
07VIENNA2366AUSTRIA'S POSITION ON IAEA ISSUES: ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. Austria supports a consensus outcome that would eliminate the Israel-specific agenda at the IAEA BoG and expects the EU to work toward this outcome. However, Austria is unlikely to raise any concerns regarding the Iran-IAEA "work plan" at the BoG. Rather, it wishes to protect I [...]
2007-09-10 16:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMNUC AADP AROC KNNP KDEM PARM PREL IAEA AU
07VIENNA2378SCENE-SETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and the rest of Embassy Vienna's team are looking forward to your visit. The Embassy's Legal Attache Office (Legat) has an excellent working relationship with its Austrian counterparts and routinely nominates and facilitates training for Austrian officials at the FBI [...]
2007-09-11 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KHLS AU
07VIENNA240AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 01, 2007
[...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the SPOe-OeVP coalition's government program in the Upper House of Parliament, the Bundesrat, yesterday. Key issues on his agenda, the Chancellor emphasized, are cutting unemployment by providing better education and training opportunities, and i [...]
2007-02-01 15:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2407(S) IRAN'S REFAH BANK CONSIDERING A VIENNA BRANCH
[...] (S) On September 12, EconUnit Chief met with Kurt Pribil, the Financial Market Authority's (FMA) Executive Director and FMA Board Member Bernd Traexler to discuss Bank Refah's interest in establishing a branch office in Vienna. Traexler said that he and other FMA officials met with a Bank Ref [...]
2007-09-13 14:40:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN PREL AU IR
07VIENNA2423NABUCCO MOVING FORWARD, BUT STILL LOOKING FOR
[...] (C) OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli told Acting DCM and EconUnit Chief on September 11 that the Nabucco gas pipeline project was moving forward, with the imminent announcement of a 6th shareholder and the appointment of an EU Nabucco Coordinator to "manage Brussels." Auli argued that Nabucco had the [...]
2007-09-17 12:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA2466AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2007
[...] The wife of Wolfgang Floettl, one of the key defendants in the trial surrounding the Bawag banking scandal took the witness stand Thursday, as one of the most closely-watched trials in recent Austrian history continues to grind on. Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhow [...]
2007-09-21 09:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2489AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...]
2007-09-26 08:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EU AU
07VIENNA2525AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 28, 2007
[...] The good economic figures have made it possible: Austria's provinces and communities will get a considerably larger share from federal tax revenues. An agreement on revenue sharing was concluded between the federal government and the provinces and communities, according to which the former wil [...]
2007-09-28 11:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2526AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 27, 2007
[...] Austrian Minister of the Interior G|nther Platter wants to avoid fixed deadlines that give asylum seekers the right to stay in Austria indefinitely and favors instead the current practice according to which each case is to be examined individually. This is his answer to the discussion about the [...]
2007-09-28 11:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2564AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 4, 2007
[...] After the latest deportations of families to Kosovo, the government rallied behind Minister of the Interior G|nther Platter on Wednesday. The OeVP ministers reiterated Platter's position that "laws have to enforced," while Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer backed up Platter's proposal that the provi [...]
2007-10-04 14:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2565AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 1, 2007
[...] After a week's hiatus, the Bawag trial will resume on Monday with more prominent politicians testifying. The first to testify is former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, followed by former Vice-Governor of the National Bank, Gertrude Tumpl-Gugerell. On Wednesday, former Minister of Finance an [...]
2007-10-04 14:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2603AUSTRIAN POSITIONS AT AND EXPECTATIONS OF 10/15
[...] (C) Summary. According to the Austrian MFA European Correspondent (EC),the WTO/DDA negotiations have been dropped from the agenda of the 10/15 GAERC. He expects only perfunctory discussion of Libya and Russia. The MEPP discussion will focus on a German proposal to develop an EU action plan [...]
2007-10-12 08:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL EUN AU
07VIENNA2639AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2007
[...] Austria is to significantly improve its handling of asylum cases, the government has said. Funds will be released to provide more staff to process applications for asylum, according to Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party (OeVP). The coalition government h [...]
2007-10-17 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2663AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 22, 2007
[...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer began a three-day official visit to Egypt at the weekend. He is accompanied by Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and a business and cultural delegation. Topping the agenda of his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will b [...]
2007-10-22 13:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2692007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR
[...] Following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, [...]
2007-02-06 12:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC
07VIENNA2718Friction in Austrian Coalition
[...] The coalition Social Democratic (SPO) and People's (OVP) parties appear to be in a deadlock over major reform projects. This, coupled with incessant sniping between Minsiters, has triggered substantial criticism by the media and the opposition parties of the coalition government's ability to c [...]
2007-10-31 08:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AU
07VIENNA2757AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 06, 2007
[...] Education Minister Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats and Science Minister Johannes Hahn from the People's Party have reached a "last-minute agreement" on the introduction of comprehensive-type "new middle schools" in Austria. The breakthrough was achieved after Schmied agreed to a so-ca [...]
2007-11-06 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2759GTMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA SEES "RATHER BLEAK"
[...] (C) DCM and Econ/Pol Counselor met 11/5 with Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer's diplomatic advisor, Bernhard Wrabetz, to review Austrian thinking on accepting GTMO detainees. Wrabetz had accompanied Chancellor Gusenbauer to the EU Summit in Lisbon on October 18-19, on the margins of which both t [...]
2007-11-07 07:19:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PHUM PREL AU
07VIENNA282AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 06, 2007
[...] The Eurofighter investigation committee has concluded that the Austrian government purchased the technically most advanced and, at the same time, most expensive interceptor planes. The version purchased was calculated to be the best deal because only new (not used) planes were considered and ma [...]
2007-02-06 14:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2838AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 21, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report that a new internet video threatening Austria and Germany has surfaced, apparently made by militants associated with the "Global Islamic Media Front" (GIMF),an al Qaeda propaganda group. The video demands that Austria and Germany withdraw their military personnel from [...]
2007-11-21 14:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2841MINORITY RIGHTS AND DIVISIVE POLITICS IN CARINTHIA
[...] (C) EconPolOff met November 17 with Dr. Marjam Sturm, head of the "Central Association for Slovenes", in Klagenfurt to discuss the situation of the Slovene minority in Carinthia province. Sturm averred that Slovenes are reasonably content in Carinthia, except for the rhetoric of certain local [...]
2007-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG AU
07VIENNA2845AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 23, 2007
[...] The opposition Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Heinz-Christian Strache has called for the resignation of Defense Minister Norbert Darabos over the latter's decision to have Austrian soldiers deployed to Chad on a peacekeeping mission. Referring to a recent internal Defense Ministry report describin [...]
2007-11-23 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2849AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 26, 2007
[...] The departure of the Austrian Army contingent's advance party to Chad will not take place today, as originally scheduled. The Commander of the Austrian unit, which will participate in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid efforts in the African state, Lt. Gen. Guenther Hoefler, said the delay was b [...]
2007-11-26 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2853AUSTRIA'S BAUMGARTEN GAS HUB AND GAZPROM INTERESTS IN
[...] (SBU) OMV Gas executives recently confirmed to Emboffs that Gazprom will become a 50% operator in OMV's Central European Gas Hub (CEGH),which is actually a web-based trading platform in operation since 2005 offering commercial, logistical, and auctioneering services to gas traders. OMV maint [...]
2007-11-27 10:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2856AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN
[...] (U) On Thanksgiving Day, Amb. McCaw had an hour-long one-on-one farewell call with FonMin Plassnik. The following is based on the readout provided to CDA Kilner. Annapolis --------- 2. (C) At the time of the meeting, Austria had not yet been invited to the Annapolis MEPP conference. Pl [...]
2007-11-27 10:50:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU
07VIENNA2876NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN FLU: GOA MOST LIKELY NOT
[...] On November 28, EmbOff conveyed reftel talking points to and discussed them with Maria Gregorich-Schega, head of the International Relations Section within the Youth and Family Affairs Department (MoH). She stated that Austria, due to a "total lack" of funds, would be "with 99% certitude" una [...]
2007-11-30 10:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAGR EAID PREL XX AU
07VIENNA2879ALBERT ROHAN ON KOSOVO, AUSTRIA, AND THE EU
[...] (C) In the run-up to Dec. 10, Charge and Pol/Econ Couns met 11/29 with former Deputy to UN Kosovo Envoy Ahtisaari to discuss Austria's Kosovo stance and Rohan's perspective on EU deliberations over recognition and the dispatch of an EU civilian mission to an independent Kosovo. 2. (C) Reg [...]
2007-11-30 13:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV AU
07VIENNA2945AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT FISCHER TO MEET ASSAD DECEMBER 17 IN
[...] (SBU) Austrian President Heinz Fischer's Chief of Cabinet, Susanne Gaugl, informed Embassy Charge December 12 that Fischer will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad December 17 in Damascus, following a visit to Austrian peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights "this coming weekend." Gaug [...]
2007-12-13 15:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV AU SL
07VIENNA2947VISIT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR AU
07VIENNA2948AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA3005SYRAIN PRESIDENT ASAD'S DEC 17 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 09:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY AU
07VIENNA306AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 08, 2007
[...] A conflict is under way between Minister for Economy and Labor Martin Bartenstein and Minister for Social Issues Erwin Buchinger about the former's proposal for a new model for elderly care. Buchinger called the Bartenstein initiative "counterproductive" and said the proposal should not have be [...]
2007-02-08 14:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA328AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 09, 2007
[...] Starting Friday, the SPOe/OeVP coalition will begin working on an extensive reform of state and government which, according to Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, will be the "core piece" of the grand coalition and is intended for completion in summer. The reform will build on reforms announced and p [...]
2007-02-09 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA350AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 12, 2007
[...] Controversies and conflicts have been dominating the climate in the SPOe/OeVP coalition since it took office a month ago. Any major issue seems to have the potential so split the coalition partners: privatization, elderly care, pension reform or environmental issues. The SPOe suspects the OeVP [...]
2007-02-12 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA370TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR'S
[...] (C) 1. SUMMARY: Bernhard Wrabetz, the Diplomatic Advisor to new Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, told DCM and visiting EUR/AGS Director Moon that the Chancellor's foreign policy will feature marked continuity with his predecessor's. Austria will continue to work through the EU and mu [...]
2007-02-13 10:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA374AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 13, 2007
[...] The infighting in the SPOe/OeVP coalition has culminated in a sharp attack by Minister for Environmental Issues, Josef Prll on Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, reproaching him for "lack of leadership qualities." Prll said the OeVP did not have the impression that Gusenbauer sees himself as the he [...]
2007-02-13 13:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA380AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS,
[...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]
2007-02-13 17:13:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA437UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE
[...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...]
2007-02-20 11:25:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU
07VIENNA478AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 23, 2007
[...] Erika Rumpold, head of public relations company 100 Percent Communications, which received over 6 million Euros to promote Eurofighters refused to answer questions at the parliamentary inquiry looking into the purchase of the planes. Committee members said Rumpold may face a fine similar to tha [...]
2007-02-23 14:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA516AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 28, 2007
[...] Eurofighter company boss Aloysius Rauen complained that his firm has been disadvantaged by details leaked to the public from an Austrian parliamentary inquiry into the purchase of 18 Eurofighter jets for use by the Austrian armed forces. Rauen said that concerns about corporate security and dam [...]
2007-02-28 14:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA532AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...]
2007-03-01 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
07VIENNA583AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2007
[...] Following a call for the introduction of a tax on kerosene by Minister for the Environment Josef Proell, Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer has also spoken in favor of such a move. It would be a "politically sensible" measure with regard to climate protection goals, and could [...]
2007-03-06 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA634AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2007
[...] The divisions in the governing coalition over inheritance tax continue. People's Party (OeVP) insists on the complete abolition of taxes on inherited wealth, but Social Democrats (SPOe) say they want a reform of inheritance taxes, after the Constitutional Court last week suspended laws relating [...]
2007-03-13 15:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA652U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS DEMARCHE
[...] On March 15, EconPol Counselor presented reftel demarche to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. We gave him copies of the Draft Air Transportation Agreement, the Draft Memorandum of Consultations and th [...]
2007-03-15 13:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU
07VIENNA688AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetl demarche on March 19 to Austrian MFA Human Rights Director Engelbert Theuermann. Theuermann said Austria is only an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, but plays an active role. He said Austria has an embassy in Zimbabwe, and therefore has followed de [...]
2007-03-20 11:00:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNSCR PREL ZI EUN AU
07VIENNA701OMV CEO: NABUCCO KEY FOR EUROPE'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) During a recent lunch with Ambassador, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer emphasized that obtaining a sufficient supply of Azeri gas is the key for the start-up of Nabucco. Without Azeri gas, OMV would have to look for other possible suppliers--Iran and Russia--that would not be good alternat [...]
2007-03-20 19:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA714AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 21, 2007
[...] The SPOe-OeVP coalition will make an effort to settle its ongoing dispute regarding implementation of Kyoto goals at today's Council of Ministers. There has been disagreement on a number of aspects of Austria's planned new climate strategy, including on the SPOe's proposals of holding a climate [...]
2007-03-21 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA756AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 23, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos met with Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen to discuss the contract to purchase 18 jets for the Austrian armed forces. The time and place of the meeting was kept secret. It is believed that the talks aimed at finding ways to reduce the cost of the aircraf [...]
2007-03-23 15:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA773AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) is still confident he has legal grounds for a cancellation of the Eurofighter purchase contract. A complete backing-out of the deal continues to be "our number one priority," he stressed on Austrian television. "Intensive negotiations" to that effect will [...]
2007-03-26 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA785AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 27, 2007
[...] Despite demonstrations of unity, cooperation between the coalition partners SPOe and OeVP has been marked by quarrels and disagreement. It is therefore hardly surprising that benchmark information on Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer's address in Parliament to present the double budget for 2007 [...]
2007-03-27 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA791(S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN
[...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...]
2007-03-27 15:01:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA807AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 28, 2007
[...] Gernot and Erika Rumpold, owners of the public relations firm which has been in charge of promoting the Eurofighter, told the parliamentary committee looking into the interceptor purchase deal that it was "not uncommon" for a press conference to cost 96,000 Euros, which the committee has called [...]
2007-03-28 14:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA856TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (U) On March 14, Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien led a delegation to Vienna to meet with officials at the Austrian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of European and International Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BACA),and Raiffeisen Ze [...]
2007-03-30 12:23:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL ECON AU
07VIENNA891AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 03, 2007
[...] Helmut Elsner, one of the chief suspects in the Bawag banking scandal, has begun rehabilitation treatment in a facility in the south of Austria after a heart bypass operation. The former CEO of Bawag is expected to remain in the clinic for at least four weeks, during which time Austrian justice [...]
2007-04-03 14:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA909AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 04, 2007
[...] Greens MP Werner Kogler says he believes a "network" connecting intermediaries and Austrian ministry officials was set up surrounding the Eurofighter purchase deal, citing specifically two members of the Defense Department's evaluation commission, who entertained close personal ties with interc [...]
2007-04-04 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA916AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 05, 2007
[...] An improvement of the legal rights of people living in same-sex partnerships in Austria could happen soon - provided the OeVP settles its intra-party disputes over the issue. OeVP secretary general Hannes Missethon suggested on ORF television yesterday that same-sex partnerships could in the fu [...]
2007-04-05 13:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA919UKRAINIAN PM YANUKOVYCH ASKS AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR
[...] (U) Austrian media has prominently reported on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yanukovych's April 5 news conference, in which he announced that he had asked Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate the political crisis in Ukraine. Austrian press reports quoted Yanukovych as pointing to Austr [...]
2007-04-06 11:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UP
07VIENNA932AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007
[...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...]
2007-04-10 12:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA960AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 12, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats says the planned mid-year delivery of the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will be delayed "until November at best." He said the required software for the navigation system from the United States should arrive by then. [...]
2007-04-12 13:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA970RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL
[...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]
2007-04-13 11:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VIENNA988AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER CHANCELLOR
[...] (C). Summary. Amb. McCaw, accompanied by DCM, recently called on OVP Parliamentary Leader (and former Chancellor) Wolfgang Schuessel to discuss a range of bilateral issues. Schuessel defended FM Plassnik's recent GAERC and Gymnich statements on missile defense, and described the SPO as "boxe [...]
2007-04-16 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
07VIENTIANE110DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL
[...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...]
2007-02-12 10:33:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE12REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...]
2007-01-08 10:31:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH
07VIENTIANE137SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07
[...] (U) Embassy Vientiane is pleased to nominate Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Europe and Americas Department Director General (DG) Southam Sakonhninhom to attend this course. Our alternate candidate is Mr. Khamvone Phanouvong, MFA Asia-Pacific and Africa Department Deputy DG. Their personal [...]
2007-02-20 10:20:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LA
07VIENTIANE139CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE
[...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...]
2007-02-20 10:34:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA
07VIENTIANE144UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...]
2007-02-22 09:29:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE154GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...]
2007-02-23 10:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA
07VIENTIANE185SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...]
2007-03-05 11:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL
07VIENTIANE219EAP/MLS DIRECTOR,S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP/MLS director Robert Rapson met with Europe and Americas Director General Southam at the foreign ministry. Both Rapson and Southam expressed general satisfaction about improving U.S.-Lao ties, despite what Southam characterized as ups and downs over the years. Raps [...]
2007-03-19 09:20:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CASC PHUM PGOV LA
07VIENTIANE259CHINESE RUBBER, SINO-LAO SCHOOLS, AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Due to what one NGO director in Luang Namtha Province described as a "gold rush" mentality, almost every village in the province is growing rubber for export to China. The Chinese have launched a "propaganda campaign" taking credit for the replacement of poppy with rubber. So [...]
2007-03-30 10:04:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAGR EINV ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SMIG KRCM PHUM
07VIENTIANE288VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...]
2007-04-06 06:32:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE290ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...]
2007-04-06 10:01:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA
07VIENTIANE312AES MOVES FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoff met March 29 with AES representatives Flora Zhao and Jasper Camacho to discuss their proposal for a run of the river hydropower project on the Mekong River. AES submitted the proposal March 29 to the G [...]
2007-04-17 09:54:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE323LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN
[...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...]
2007-04-19 10:15:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA
07VIENTIANE329NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
[...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy continues to press the Lao government for the release of the three North Korean children detained in November. They are seeking a meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has expressed hope for a [...]
2007-04-23 10:28:00Embassy VientianeSECRETCASC PREF PGOV PHUM KN KS KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE337NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY
[...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy confirmed that the three North Korean children who have been detained since November 2006 are in their custody and will leave Laos on the evening of April 25. It was the South Koreans, quiet efforts, rather than the NGO-generated flurry of publicity, t [...]
2007-04-25 09:46:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA
07VIENTIANE351PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...]
2007-04-30 08:54:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV
07VIENTIANE361 SPECIAL 301 LAO PDR 2007: GOL PLEASED WITH DESIGNATION BUT
[...] Summary: Nheune Sisavad, a senior Lao official who oversees intellectual property issues, expressed relief to the DCM that Laos is not on any Special 301 lists but said that it is important for Laos to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. He said that the National Assembl [...]
2007-05-03 10:11:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAID KIPR LA
07VIENTIANE364UNHCR'S ERIKA FELLER DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES; LAO
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of UNHCR's lead protection official, Erika Feller, haS provided insight into Hmong issues including what may happen to the 152 Hmong (plus three babies) being held in Thailand's Nong Khai Province. Unfortunately, we are concerned UNHCR may be overestimating the ability o [...]
2007-05-04 09:32:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM LA
07VIENTIANE383SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS LOOKING TO EXPAND IN LAOS
[...] (C) Summary: The Seventh Day Adventists have had an active church in Laos since 1974. There are approximately 1,250 Adventists country-wide, with the largest concentration in Vientiane Municipality. With only one church structure, most Adventists in Laos meet in house churches. While the [...]
2007-05-11 03:08:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL LA
07VIENTIANE390AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN
[...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...]
2007-05-11 08:58:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE416AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...]
2007-05-21 08:27:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF
07VIENTIANE442AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...]
2007-05-26 09:06:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
07VIENTIANE476AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN LAOS WORRIED ABOUT HMONG
[...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Hmong immigrants are resettling in northeastern Laos from Vietnam and are becoming a growing concern among local authorities trying to control one of Laos' most remote borders. The Government of Laos (GOL) has repatriated some recent arrivals but appears to lack the [...]
2007-06-06 09:51:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV SNAR LA VM XC
07VIENTIANE496ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS
[...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...]
2007-06-14 09:03:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHDP PARM EAID LA
07VIENTIANE52LAO VIEWS ON ASEAN'S CEBU SUMMITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Songkane told P/E Chief the main Lao priorities at the recent ASEAN Summits in Cebu were to reinforce support for a proposed rail extension into Laos and for Lao hydropower projects. He welcomed a proposed third bridge across the Mek [...]
2007-01-22 06:42:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ELTN ETRD LA PREL PTER SMIG
07VIENTIANE525LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]
2007-06-25 09:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE558CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES NEW FACE AT FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a cabinet reshuffle announced by the Prime Minister at the closing of the National Assembly, Finance Minister Chansy Phosikham was named to replace Somphet Thipmala as governor of Vientiane Province. Chansy's former deputy, Somdy Douangdy, became finance minister. Somphet b [...]
2007-07-11 09:45:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EFIN ENRG LA
07VIENTIANE601ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC-IMPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 09:35:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKNNP LA PARM PREL
07VIENTIANE668VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES
[...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...]
2007-08-21 10:02:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA
07VIENTIANE725MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...]
2007-09-18 10:27:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL
07VIENTIANE767MFA ASEAN OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ACTIVE LAO ROLE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge on Burma, Deputy Director General for ASEAN Songkane Luangmuninthone said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had intervened with the Burmese Foreign Minister at UN Special Envoy Gambari's request to urge the Burmese to a [...]
2007-10-12 09:48:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV LA BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE780PRIME MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ON HMONG WAIVER
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, both the Ambassador and the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with recent improvements in bilateral cooperation. The Prime Minister pressed for the lifting of restrictions on U.S. Export-Import Bank ope [...]
2007-10-18 11:06:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN CVIS LA US BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE801LAOS PRESSES FOR LIFTING OF EXIMBANK LIMITATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The prohibition on EXIM Bank operations in Laos -- based on the characterization of Laos as a Markist-Leninist country -- is out of date and does not serve U.S. interests. GOL views the EXIM ban as inconsistent with the USG's economic policy toward Laos, highlighted by Congr [...]
2007-10-30 02:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID EFIN PREL EINV LA
07VIENTIANE820BURMA IN THE LAO NEWS, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 23:46:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL PGOV KPAO LA BM
07VIENTIANE829SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...]
2007-11-09 11:10:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE836VIENTIANE FRAUD SUMMARY: Q4 FY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 10:44:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT LA
07VIENTIANE897SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING
[...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...]
2007-12-12 10:35:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE914PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO VIENTIANE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 14 visit to Vientiane, Commander of the Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating met with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and National Assembly. At the Foreign Affairs Institute, he addressed students and took questions [...]
2007-12-19 07:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHDP LA MARR MASS OVIP PREL KFLU CH
07VIENTIANE925VIENTIANE APPLICATION FOR ECA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: U.S. Embassy Vientiane requests ECA funding in the amount of $11,500 under the Performing Arts Initiative (PAI) for the Battery Dance Company (BDC) to travel to Vientiane for four days (April 19-23, 2008). The BDC will conduct an Asian regional tour with travel to South K [...]
2007-12-27 09:55:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE926LAOS: ANNUAL UXO MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 10:00:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHDP PREL LA MASS
07VILNIUS13LITHUANIA STRUGGLING TO MEET SCHENGEN REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is in a race to meet Schengen requirements by early 2008, the anticipated date of Schengen expansion. Despite a contracting and spending spree in December 2006, Lithuania will struggle to meet the early 2008 deadline for implementation of Schengen requirements at its [...]
2007-01-08 10:01:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN LH
07VILNIUS142RUSSIA: LITHUANIA'S FAVORITE ANXIETY
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's relationship with Russia continues to affect Lithuania's foreign policy and much of its domestic politics. Fifteen years after independence, Lithuania is still a teenager, struggling -- sometimes rashly -- to demonstrate its independence. Nevertheless, most Lithuani [...]
2007-02-28 10:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH RU EUN
07VILNIUS191STATE SECURITY CHIEF'S RESIGNATION: IT AIN'T OVER
[...] (C) Summary: A March 15 parliamentary vote rejected the resignation of State Security chief Arvydas Pocius, despite a previous decision by the same body that he was not capable of doing the job. Pocius remains in the job, but his position is weak and probably untenable. End Summary. 2. ( [...]
2007-03-16 15:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
07VILNIUS234HAVANA AND MADRID PRESS LITHUANIA TO ESTABLISH
[...] (C) Lithuania continues to receive pressure, both from within the European Union and from the Castro regime itself, to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. 2. (C) MFA Americas Division Director Jonas Paslauskas told CDA April 2 that Spain's AMB Fidel Lopez Alvarez demarched the GOL [...]
2007-04-04 11:53:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL CU LH
07VILNIUS271LITHUANIA: WMO SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER-FOCUSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 06:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY LH
07VILNIUS332LITHUANIA ON THE ANNUAL WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 11:18:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KFLU TBIO AORC LH
07VILNIUS340DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 11 VISIT TO VILNIUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 11, EUR DAS David Kramer provided the GOL an account of his recent visit to Belarus and delivered the message that the USG and its allies must keep pressure on Belarusian President Lukashenko until he takes concrete steps toward reform. His GOL interlocutors were skeptical [...]
2007-05-16 07:02:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LT BO UP
07VILNIUS359LITHUANIA AGREES WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 14:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR LH
07VILNIUS438(C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...]
2007-06-13 11:06:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH
07VILNIUS529LITHUANIA: PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 14:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSEP OVIP UNGA LH
07VILNIUS542SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN
[...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]
2007-08-01 08:01:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS618CAP IMPROVES LIVES OF LITHUANIAN FARMERS BUT NOT
[...] Begin summary: Statistics about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are readily available; however it is difficult to determine its direct impact on Lithuanian farmers with numbers alone. We recently visited several farms to get an understanding of the CAP,s effects in Lithuania. CAP funds [...]
2007-08-31 08:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV LH
07VILNIUS626LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON RUSSIA ISSUES AT GYMNICH
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania plans to focus on Russia for the September 7 GYMNICH meeting. FM Vaitiekunas will argue that problems of individual EU member states with Russia should be approached as collective EU problems. He will also seek to take the agenda focus off of a Partnership and Cooperat [...]
2007-09-05 10:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN LH
07VILNIUS629U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...]
2007-09-07 05:36:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALNATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS
07VILNIUS647LITHUANIA: BACKGROUND FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY. Lithuania actively promotes democracy in the "new neighborhood," especially in Belarus. Post has good relations with NGOs, but limited funding to support them. The Ambassador and Post work with NGOs, with the GOL, and in the media to promote tolerance and encourage the GOL to addre [...]
2007-09-12 13:27:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LH
07VILNIUS648LITHUANIA'S CORRUPT MEDIA HURTS EVERYONE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Some media outlets in Lithuania, newspapers especially, extort politicians and businessmen using rewards of positive coverage and the threat of negative coverage. Media corruption damages media credibility, undermines Lithuania's democratic institutions, and intimidates politicia [...]
2007-09-13 13:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KCOR LH
07VILNIUS775LITHUANIA CONSIDERS HOW TO HELP WITH THE CUBAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Head of the America's Division of the MFA, Lina Gubreviciute, on October 24. Gubreviciute told us that although Cuba is not a high-profile issue for Lithuania the MFA might be interested in cooperating on one or more of the projects in reftel. She said that t [...]
2007-10-30 12:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM CU LH
07VILNIUS786LITHUANIA WILL REVIEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points with Donatas Ziugzda and Rigale Karciauskaite of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Divison on October 26. They planned to contact Lithuania's EU representative office in Brussels with reftel information. They suggested that Lithuania cou [...]
2007-10-31 15:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM EFIN LH
07VILNIUS789AMBASSADOR CLOUD MEETS WITH NEW CHIEF OF SPECIAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 24 Ambassador met with newly commissioned Director of Special Investigations Service (STT) Zymantas Pacevicius (pat-SEV-i-chuss) to discuss the challenge of fighting corruption in Lithuania and his desire for further training opportunities. End Summary. 2. (U) Pa [...]
2007-11-02 09:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PINR LH
07VILNIUS796AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMY
[...] (U) Begin summary. In an October 25 meeting, Economy Minister Vytas Navickas told the Ambassador that the capacity of the new Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) would not be known until the environmental impact assessment was completed at the end of 2008. He expressed confidence that, despi [...]
2007-11-05 13:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON LH
07VILNIUS809LITHUANIA IMPLEMENTED FATF GUIDELINES AND WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 13:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LH
07VILNIUS828EU'S LACKLUSTER PROGRESS ON BIOTECH NOT WORRISOME
[...] (C) Begin summary. In separate meetings on November 13 and 14 we met with Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture Ministry officials to deliver reftel demarche. Our GOL interlocutors support the introduction of biotech in some cases. However, they all cited negative public opinion as [...]
2007-11-16 16:02:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD LH
07VILNIUS829LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]
2007-11-16 16:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07VILNIUS852LITHUANIA WELCOMES INFO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 12:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LH
07VILNIUS853LITHUANIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT ANY UNAPPROVED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 15:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD TBIO LH
07VILNIUS877LITHUANIAN PRIORITIES FOR THE DECEMBER 10 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania will seek to include a statement on energy security in the summit conclusions at the GAERC meeting on December 10. FM Vaitiekunas will also emphasize the importance of helping Moldova and the inadequacy of the Black Sea Energy group for the countries in the European Nei [...]
2007-12-10 13:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY LH
07VILNIUS878LITHUANIA'S GOVERNMENT UNDER STRESS
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition Conservative party has begun calling for early elections in Lithuania. The Social Democrats, who lead the minority governing coalition and who also used to have the support of the Conservatives, have been hurt by increasing inflation and allegations of poor planning [...]
2007-12-10 15:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
07VILNIUS879LITHUANIA WILL SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 15:50:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV LH
07VLADIVOSTOK125AMUR LEOPARD: WORLD'S RAREST BIG CAT AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (U) Summary: On November 8, 2007 the Consulate helped organize and host a film and lecture dedicated to the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat. The event took place at Vladivostok's Arsenyev Museum. The film, roughly translated as "Forsaken Challenge," noted that one of [...]
2007-11-16 03:51:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON RU
07VLADIVOSTOK135VISALESS IN SEATTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vladivostok Consul General Tom Armbruster's trip to Seattle last week provided a chance to encourage American companies to take advantage of an improved business climate and new opportunities in the Russian Far East. Seattle is already deeply involved in Russia through trade, [...]
2007-12-11 04:16:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON RU
07WARSAW1097FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...]
2007-05-11 15:30:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1098YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]
2007-05-11 16:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1165POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING
[...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...]
2007-05-17 14:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL
07WARSAW1218START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...]
2007-05-25 10:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1359POLAND'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR WANTS TO
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Jerzy Pomianowski, Director of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Cooperation Department (Polish AID) would like to meet with his US counterparts while in Washington June 25 and 26 for meetings with the World Bank. Pomianowski is the GOP equivalent of t [...]
2007-06-12 13:36:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PO
07WARSAW1457AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAGUE CONVENTION, MIELEC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Ziobro to discuss Hague Convention on International Child Abduction enforcement and the investigation of corruption in the privatization of the Mielec aircraft factory. Minister Ziobro promised to look into the handling of the Szuta cas [...]
2007-06-25 15:08:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV ECON PREL PL
07WARSAW1493Polish consumer e-commerce: Considerations for new
[...] Leading Polish internet players have a recipe for success in the Polish and other central European internet markets. New entrants following the lead of these players should consider online infrastructure, logistics, consumer market characteristics and online consumer behavior when making the [...]
2007-06-28 14:40:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON EINT EINV PL
07WARSAW1748POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA
[...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...]
2007-08-13 09:41:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1760POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...]
2007-08-14 15:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1786SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND
[...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]
2007-08-17 14:06:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1793MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES DELIVER DRAFT SITE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 20, Andrzej Kremer, Director of the Legal and Treaty Department, Polish MFA, delivered Poland's counter-draft of the Missile Defense basing agreement along with amplifying comments to DCM. He was careful to describe how this document fits into the broader scope of our bilateral [...]
2007-08-20 15:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1901POLISH BUSINESSMEN STAYING ABROAD WHILE KRAUZE
[...] (C) Summary: David Ensor told us that the Polish investors in his company, Mercuria Energy, are staying out of Poland while the GOP investigates Polish businessman Richard Krauze. Ensor stated that the company is afraid that during the likely upcoming election campaign that PiS will use a [...]
2007-09-06 14:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PO ES RS GM
07WARSAW1938POLAND:MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation conducted a productive third round of negotiations on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on September 6-7 in Warsaw. The two sides exchanged views on the strategic context of [...]
2007-09-13 08:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2059POLAND SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On Thursday, October 4, Andrzej Sados, Under Secretary of State for International Relations called in the SIPDIS DCM to request US support in reqeusting that the UN Security Council issue a statement condemning the October 3 attack on the Polish Ambassador to Iraq. The DCM was handed [...]
2007-10-04 15:38:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ PL UNSC
07WARSAW2136URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]
2007-10-22 14:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]
2007-10-23 14:44:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2224TUSK DESIGNATED AS NEW POLISH PM
[...] (U) Summary. President Lech Kaczynski designated Donald Tusk as Poland's next prime minister on November 9, as expected. Tusk promised to unveil his recommended cabinet tomorrow, November 10. Presidential advisor Michal Kaminski confirmed that the cabinet should be sworn into office on Fri [...]
2007-11-09 17:12:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2243ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...]
2007-11-15 16:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PL
07WARSAW2274PM TUSK WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, PM Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Polish Sejm on November 24, winning 238 votes (230 are necessary). Tusk presented his governmental expose to the Sejm on November 23, outlining an ambitious agenda that includes health sector reform, infrastructure imp [...]
2007-11-27 16:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2289MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON CHANGE IN CUBA
[...] (C) Emboffs met with Daniel Gromann, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Division, and until August 2007, Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Havana. Gromann spent six years in Havana, and was Charge for his final two years. He played an instrumental role with respect to setting up the video co [...]
2007-11-29 14:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PREL CU PL
07WARSAW231POLAND: MOE ATTEMPT TO STOP OIL TANKER LOADING
[...] (C) Summary: J&S Executives report that Minister of Economy Wozniak requested that the company not load an oil tanker during the recent Druzba oil pipeline shutoff, a request the company denied. J&S currently supplies 50% of Poland's crude, but is diversifying in Europe, the U.S. and Canad [...]
2007-02-02 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PL RS UR NO
07WARSAW2313 AMBASSADOR MEETS POLAND'S NEW AG.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dec. 3, Ambassador Ashe called on new AgMinister Marek Sawicki, accompanied by AgCounselor. As reported reftel, Sawicki is a member of Poland's minority party, PSL, in the new governing coalition with PO that came to office after parliamentary elections Oct. 21. Minister Saw [...]
2007-12-04 14:36:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
07WARSAW2361AMBASSADOR THOMAS SCHWEICH'S DECEMBER 3 MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) On 3 December, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, United States Coordinator for Afghan Counternarcotics and Justice Reform and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, briefed a roundtable of Polish government officials on the new U.S. five pillar st [...]
2007-12-12 12:33:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KNAR PGOV PL PREL
07WARSAW2369RUSSIA LIFTS BAN ON POLISH MEAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Polish and Russian Ministers of Agriculture have announced that next week the two-year old Russian ban on imports of fresh meat from Poland will be lifted, removing a major trade irritant. Thanks to strong demand, trade levels should quickly rebound. The Russian embargo on [...]
2007-12-13 14:44:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON PREL PL RU
07WARSAW2395POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]
2007-12-19 10:36:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW246DEMARCHE TO GOP ON DEPUTY PM LEPPER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Charge delivered the points from reftel to MFA Americas Director Andrzej Jarosinski, saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in the GOP's internal politics, but that we were concerned and saddened that Deputy PM and Minister of Agriculture Andrzej Lepper would receive an [...]
2007-02-05 15:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
07WARSAW247DEPARTURE OF DEFMIN RADEK SIKORSKI: RESIGNATION OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski accepted February 5 the resignation of DefMin Radek Sikorski, only hours after the MOD spokesman announced that Sikorski had submitted it. Although it will not be clear how Sikorski's departure might affect U.S. interests until a successor is named, the chang [...]
2007-02-05 16:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW258NEW DEFMIN ALEKSANDER SZCZYGLO, A LOYAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 44-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo, Head of the Presidential Chancellery and a loyal protege and confidante of President Lech Kaczynski (Ref A),will succeed Radek Sikorski (Ref B) February 7 as Poland's Minister of Defense. By acknowledging Sikorski's concerns over the control of mi [...]
2007-02-06 15:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PL
07WARSAW315POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...]
2007-02-09 13:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD
07WARSAW316POLAND-EU: FM FOTYGA REQUESTS THAT U.S. MONTHLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA officials, FM Anna Fotyga has requested that her briefing book for every GAERC include the text of the monthly U.S. pre-GAERC demarches. Fotyga has become fully engaged in Poland's relations with the EU and clearly values U.S. views, and our cooperation with MFA [...]
2007-02-09 14:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN PL
07WARSAW538 POLAND: SEVENTH ANNUAL (2007) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Daniel Gedacht (telephone: 48-22- 504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GedachtDC@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one p [...]
2007-03-06 16:18:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07WARSAW583YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK
[...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...]
2007-03-09 15:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL
07WARSAW691POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING
[...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]
2007-03-20 15:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
07WARSAW729FRONTEX: A PRIMER ON THE EU'S BORDER CONTROL AGENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Headquartered in Warsaw, the EU's external border control agency, FRONTEX, focuses on EU-level coordination of "intelligence driven operational cooperation" to strengthen security at the EU's external borders. In a meeting with Pol-Mil Officer, FRONTEX External Relations Officer [...]
2007-03-23 15:38:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KNNP KSTCPL PL
07WARSAW937POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...]
2007-04-23 13:30:00Embassy WarsawSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PL
07WELLINGTON108AS MCMURRAY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 03:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ
07WELLINGTON143Proposal for U.S. Speaker Dr. Karen Litfin to attend the
[...] Post requests U.S. speaker Dr Karen Litfin, Associate Professor, who specializes in international relations theory and international environmental politics at the University of Washington at Seattle, where she is primarily interested in the impact of science and technology on world politics. I [...]
2007-02-14 04:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP
07WELLINGTON191TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2007
[...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traf [...]
2007-03-02 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
07WELLINGTON194PM CLARK GOES TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Clark has announced to New Zealanders that she will use her March 20-21 visit to Washington to discuss key regional and world events with the President and other Senior Officials. In reality, she has a broader agenda as well: to improve the tone of her dialogue w [...]
2007-03-02 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON229GNZ PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: The March 15 PIF Foreign Ministers meeting will have a limited role for Fiji, in part to ensure that interim PM Bainimarama cannot complain that members acted behind Fiji's back. The GNZ believes the outlook is good for PIF ministers to agree that Fiji should abide by the EPG [...]
2007-03-15 18:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV FJ
07WELLINGTON272NZ AMBASSADOR HEADS TO PYONGYANG
[...] (C) Summary: During her April 3-7 trip to Pyongyang, NZ's Ambassador to North Korea, Jane Coombs, will carry a letter from Foreign Minister Peters urging the DPRK to comply with the Six Party Talks. She will also note the GNZ's willingness to contribute to the second tranche of energy assis [...]
2007-04-02 05:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KNAR NZ
07WELLINGTON304NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL TO HOST SCIENCE FELLOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the 2007 Embassy Science Fellow Program, Embassy Wellington proposes to host for three months a USG scientist with research interests in biofuels and associated renewable energy technologies. Familiarity with hydrogen, geothermal and marine (wave and tidal) technologi [...]
2007-04-15 19:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER NZ
07WELLINGTON305POTENTIAL FOR NZ FOREIGN MINISTER-GOVT SPLIT OVER NZ-CHINA
[...] (C) A source close to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, whose New Zealand First Party seriously lags in the polls, says Peters may openly voice his opposition to New Zealand's free trade deal with China in an effort to secure the loyalty of his voter base. Although the dispute could strain the [...]
2007-04-15 19:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON308DEMARCHE TO GNZ ON TOKELAU AND SWAINS ISLAND
[...] (C) Summary: As instructed Reftel, PE Couns met with Tokelau Administrator David Payton to request that the GNZ publicly reaffirm that Tokelau does not/not have claim over any American Samoan island presently administered by the United States, including Olohega, or Swains Island. Payton con [...]
2007-04-17 20:03:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON316COOPERATING WITH GNZ TO SHORE UP WEAK COOKS VESSEL
[...] (U) This contains action recommendations at paras 12-13. 2. (C) Summary: Embassy is concerned that recent Coast Guard seizures of Cook Island vessels in the Caribbean indicate that weaknesses in the Cooks' vessel registry are being exploited by organized crime. The GNZ is worried, too, hav [...]
2007-04-19 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV CW NZ
07WELLINGTON36 Scenesetter for A/S McMurray's visit to New Zealand:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. - New Zealand cooperation in Antarctic provides a terrific opportunity to strengthen NZ public understanding of the depth and significance of US-NZ scientific cooperation, an often unrecognized strength in our bilateral [...]
2007-01-10 18:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON361DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...]
2007-05-08 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON394NZDF TO PROVIDE P-3 ORION TO PSI EXERCISE
[...] (C) NZDF Director of International Defence Relations Wayne Higgins told Emboffs today that Chief of Defence Force Mataparae has approved an NZDF P-3 Orion's participation in a regional, Operations Expert Group (OEG)-led PSI exercise, to be held in Japan October 15-18. The decision was made fo [...]
2007-05-25 07:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON400EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MAY 21 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's PIF meetings in Tonga. They also exch [...]
2007-05-29 22:35:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD MARR EAGR OVIP KCMR EWWT KTIA
07WELLINGTON448GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]
2007-06-18 06:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON449GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]
2007-06-18 22:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON450GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]
2007-06-18 23:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON451GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]
2007-06-18 23:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON453GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]
2007-06-19 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON464NZ OPPOSITION LEADER JOHN KEY'S JUNE 26-9 TRIP TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A disciplined and effective performer in Parliament, National Party Leader John Key has moved quickly since taking command late last year to signal that his party is a government-in-waiting. He has managed to unseat PM Helen Clark as preferred Prime Minister in NZ opinion pol [...]
2007-06-20 06:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON489STATUS OF RECENT NEW ZEALAND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: New Zealand remains embroiled in a politically contentious battle over access to medicines and regulatory reform of its pharmaceutical industry. Recent legislation aimed at linking a proposed to create a joint Australia - New Zealand regulatory body (ANZTPA) along with stricter ma [...]
2007-07-05 06:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON51TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF ISLAMIC
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post country team has discussed the likely domestic NZ response to a potential U.S. and UNSCR designation of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). We believe there would be little if any reaction to a designation. 2. (S/NF) Post is not a [...]
2007-01-12 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN
07WELLINGTON526LABOUR GOVERNMENT ABANDONS TRANS-TASMAN DRUG BILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 07:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON560NEW ZEALAND REACTION - CORRECTING UN REFERENCES TO
[...] (C) Acting PolEcon Counselor Tom Walsh delivered demarche points (reftel) to Jo McLeod, Policy Officer in the North Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 2. 2. (C) The MFAT officials said that they have taken our recommendation under advisement but that they [...]
2007-08-05 20:03:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW AS NZ UN
07WELLINGTON566AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]
2007-08-06 21:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON567AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]
2007-08-07 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON568AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]
2007-08-07 19:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON604OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE RALLIES TROOPS, OFFERS
[...] Summary (SBU) The opposition National Party, riding high in the polls, recently held its annual conference in Auckland from August 3 - 5. The party used the conference to portray itself as a government-in-waiting and to make its case against Labour. National spokesman made it clear National [...]
2007-08-19 19:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD NZ
07WELLINGTON646YOUR VISIT AND EXPANDING US-NZ COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Since your last visit to New Zealand, we have seen an unprecedented improvement in dialogue and cooperation between the United States and New Zealand on a range of security and foreign policy objectives, culminating in the successful visit of New Zealand PM Clark [...]
2007-08-30 05:09:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL US NZ
07WELLINGTON653ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP PITCHED TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 and 24, National Security Council Senior Director William Inboden and Senior Advisor Paul Lettow from the State Department's Global Affairs Bureau briefed the U.S. proposal for an "Asia Democracy Partnership" (ADP) (reftel) to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),the Ministry [...]
2007-08-30 19:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NZ KDEM
07WELLINGTON658BGEN TOOLAN (OSD) VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary. Brigadier General John Toolan's visit marked the highest level OSD visit to New Zealand in years. The General met with the leadership of the New Zealand Defense Force and Ministry of Defense, including Chief of Defense Force (CDF) LTGEN Jerry Mateparae, Secretary of Defense Jo [...]
2007-09-04 23:03:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON68EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...]
2007-01-23 03:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM
07WELLINGTON682 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE RALPH T. BRYAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ralph T. Bryan to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from 14-21 October 2007. The purpose of this trip to Rotorua: To assist in analyzing the progress made to date in establishing the International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement and t [...]
2007-09-18 20:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON686NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETINGS
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Hill has cleared this message, which was drafted by ConGen Auckland and approved by Embassy Wellington. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's New Zealand interlocutors emphasized the need to ensure that, as New Zealand approaches national e [...]
2007-09-19 04:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PARM KNNP NZ XV AF KN FJ TT
07WELLINGTON69EAP DAS DAVIES MEETING WITH NZ FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: NZ Foreign Minister Peters met January 17 with EAP DAS Davies. Peters stressed that it is in New Zealand's interest to have a strong relationship with the United States. He also expressed appreciation for his meetings with the Secretary. Peters said he understands that New [...]
2007-01-23 04:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEAN NZ FJ BM
07WELLINGTON704EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Following the successful US-NZ Partnership Forum (reftel),ANP Director McGann visited Wellington on September 12-13 for discussions with MFAT and MOD officials covering a range of bilateral issues with an emphasis on the Pacific Islands. On Guam, McGann urged MFAT officials to [...]
2007-09-26 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NZ US
07WELLINGTON757NATIONAL'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY: NO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition National Party released its foreign policy discussion paper on October 2. National announced that the policy disputes (read: nuclear issues) of the last two decades are over, and that New Zealand needs a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs; the only differe [...]
2007-10-14 18:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON763NATIONAL PARTY DEFENSE POLICY CONTINUES LABOUR
[...] (SBU) Summary. National's recent "discussion paper" on foreign policy, trade, and defense, committed the party to continue the rebuilding of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) initiated by Labour PM Clark. National MP Wayne Mapp argued that it was Labour who began its term in 1999 by acce [...]
2007-10-16 18:46:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PREL NZ US
07WELLINGTON764U.S. Customs and Border Patrol's Assistant Commissioner
[...] Michael C. Mullen, Assistant Commissioner in the Office of International Affairs and Trade Relations at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was in Auckland, New Zealand from September 9 to 12, 2007 to attend the NZ-US Partnership Forum and to meet with his counterparts in the GNZ espec [...]
2007-10-17 18:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD NZ
07WELLINGTON769NEXT ROUND OF NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENTS TO
[...] (C) DCM recently discussed current mil-mil relations with New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MOD) CEO John McKinnon. McKinnon reported that MOD was preparing a submission to a select Cabinet committee on future deployments to Afghanistan after the current deployment cycle concludes in September [...]
2007-10-22 18:49:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETMARR MOPS PREL NZ AF US
07WELLINGTON773CHINESE GROWING INVESTMENTS IN SAMOA
[...] (SBU) Wellington based Econoff recently had a chance to serve as acting Charge' in Apia, Samoa, affording the opportunity to represent the U.S. and meet with representatives of the Samoan Government, the local business community and members of the Diplomatic Corps at a reception hosted by the [...]
2007-10-25 19:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ XV
07WELLINGTON785A/S HILL REVIEWS REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary. During an October 19 stopover in Auckland, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill met MFAT Secretary Simon Murdoch to review regional and bilateral issues. They agreed that the Pacific Islands Forum had produced good results, holding the line on elections in Fiji and RAMSI in the Solomons. P [...]
2007-10-30 00:22:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPHUM PREL KN NZ US
07WELLINGTON797 WHO SPEAKS FOR MAORI IN NEW ZEALAND?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Race relations in politically correct New Zealand remain a sensitive issue. Two different viewpoints on the rights of the indigenous Maori were on display over the weekend of October 27-28 as two minor parties, the Maori Party and the New Zealand First Party held their respecti [...]
2007-11-05 19:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON824NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director of the Americas Division, Paul Willis, to discuss the issues regarding Venezuela and upcoming developments related to the country's constitution. While recognizing that Venezuel [...]
2007-11-20 05:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NZ VE
07WELLINGTON830NZ'S TOP LAWYER THROWS OUT TERROR CHARGES
[...] (U) Summary. In a landmark decision, New Zealand's Solicitor-General ruled on November 8 that the 17 people (Maori and other activists) arrested on terrorism charges during nationwide police raids on October 15 cannot be charged under the Terrorism Suppression Act (TSA),the country's 2002 a [...]
2007-11-27 23:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON839 Ambassador Herbst Discusses Stabilization/Reconstruction
[...] (U) Summary. During a November 27 visit to New Zealand, S/CRS Ambassador Herbst met with a range of GNZ officials in the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, as well as police and NZAID representatives to discuss his office's approach to coordinating USG resources in post-conflict stat [...]
2007-12-02 22:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON842NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (S) DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams commented that New Zealand has been clear in its messages to Iran in [...]
2007-12-04 18:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR NZ
07WELLINGTON866NEW ZEALAND AND US MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a December 4-5 visit to New Zealand, OSD New Zealand Director Jessica Powers and PACOM New Zealand Desk Officer Rick Bairett reviewed US-NZ military cooperation, discussed the implementation of a new notification policy covering eight areas of mil-to-mil engagement, and [...]
2007-12-19 00:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON88PM CLARK REBUKES MINISTER FOR BROADSIDE AT US IRAQ POLICY
[...] (SBU) On January 12th, Jim Anderton, the New Zealand Government's Duty Minister at the time, launched a blistering attack on President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. PM Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters quickly disavowed Anderton's comments, and the PM removed him as Dut [...]
2007-01-26 03:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
07YAOUNDE1036CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO
[...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...]
2007-08-17 07:18:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1109CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE,
[...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...]
2007-09-10 13:47:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1143CAMEROON: PM SALUTES "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Garvey, in her initial call on Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni on September 18, told the PM that the U.S. would continue to be "open, honest and supportive" of Cameroon and would maintain its focus on strengthening democratic processes, fostering economic growth, and [...]
2007-09-18 16:22:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KMCA PHUM PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1159CAMEROON TO ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF
[...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has informed post that it will announce at the upcoming UNGA its plan to create an International School of Security Forces in Cameroon (with French support),focused on training police and gendarmes for peacekeeping operations in Africa. Cameroon is seeki [...]
2007-09-21 09:44:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CM MASS PGOV PREL
07YAOUNDE1178CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Secretary General to the President (and close Biya confidant) Laurent Esso described Cameroon's "sincere and deep" friendship with the United States and highlighted some of the country's historical challenges. While conceding [...]
2007-09-27 06:50:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM PGOV PREL KMCC
07YAOUNDE1211CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix),described serious security concerns on the border with [...]
2007-10-05 15:18:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC
07YAOUNDE1257TRADITIONAL MUSLIM LEADER SALUTES PEACE CORPS, US POLICY
[...] (U) Summary: The image of the USG among Muslims in the Mokolo Division of Cameroon's Extreme North Province is largely positive, thanks to the work of Peace Corps volunteers, US Embassy outspokenness on democracy and anti-corruption, and small-grant development efforts, according to Yacouba [...]
2007-10-22 08:25:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO PREL EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1271SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON
[...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...]
2007-10-24 15:13:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR
07YAOUNDE128U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006
[...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...]
2007-01-30 13:49:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM
07YAOUNDE1315CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...]
2007-11-06 06:21:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
07YAOUNDE1374CAMEROON'S FIU SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH US
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for INL. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) In a November 14 conversation with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, the Director of Cameroon's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said he was eager to build working relationships with USG counterparts and to begin the process of jo [...]
2007-11-21 12:49:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKTFN EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PTER CM
07YAOUNDE1428HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...]
2007-12-06 12:22:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR
07YAOUNDE1478CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE
[...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]
2007-12-19 08:58:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1479CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE
[...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]
2007-12-19 08:58:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE179CAMEROON'S DIPLOMATS: IN THE COUNTRY'S DISSERVICE,
[...] (C) The recent death of Cameroon's long-serving Ambassador to the E.U. resparked recurring public and media commentary on Cameroon's dramatically stagnant diplomatic corps. More than a dozen Cameroonian ambassadors have occupied their positions for more than 10 years, several have been in p [...]
2007-02-13 11:47:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM CVIS KCOR KFRD PINR PREL NI
07YAOUNDE227CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA
[...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A),and his final [...]
2007-02-22 13:05:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV CM KCOR
07YAOUNDE445CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...]
2007-04-09 16:25:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR
07YAOUNDE446CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS,
[...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...]
2007-04-10 06:32:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR
07YAOUNDE689CAMEROON SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO WORLD
[...] (U) In a May 22 diplomatic note, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) announced the candidacy of Mr. Antoine Marie Manga Massina for the post of Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs at the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and requested USG support for his candidacy. This mess [...]
2007-06-01 11:47:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CM
07YAOUNDE731CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE
[...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...]
2007-06-07 08:24:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALEFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM
07YAOUNDE867CLINTON FOUNDATION HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES IN CAMEROON
[...] (U) Summary. The Clinton Foundation has begun programs focusing on the provision of pediatric and second line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs through an agreement signed with the Government of Cameroon (GRC) in January 2007 and intends to launch a Gates Foundation-funded malaria component in the [...]
2007-07-09 09:18:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID SOCI TBIO CM
07YAOUNDE894CAMEROON ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR
[...] (C) Summary. With the July 22 polls just five days away, campaigning across Cameroon has intensified to a fever pitch as political elites drum up support for their candidates in the Parliamentary and municipal elections. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),largely indi [...]
2007-07-18 14:01:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KMCC EAID PHUM CM
07YAOUNDE904CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...]
2007-07-20 16:51:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE927CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...]
2007-07-26 13:51:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM
07YAOUNDE960CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS
[...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...]
2007-08-02 14:40:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV CM CT
07YAOUNDE974CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS
[...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...]
2007-08-06 12:19:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV CM CT
07YAOUNDE994CAMEROON'S UN REP: BIYA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) President Biya has instructed his diplomats to make Cameroon's positive relations with the U.S. more "visible," according to Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Martin Belinga Eboutou. Belinga called on Charge d'Affaires on August 6 to ask how Cameroon's UN dele [...]
2007-08-07 13:06:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PREL PGOV CM
07YEREVAN1000EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]
2007-08-07 10:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN1012CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...]
2007-08-09 05:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM
07YEREVAN102ARMENIA LOOKS FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD RE-OPENING
[...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with CDA, DFM Arman Kirakossian indicated that the GOAM would consider a signal from Turkey that opening the border was not contingent on a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement as "encouragement" to negotiate seriously normalization of relations between the two countries [...]
2007-01-30 13:41:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM
07YEREVAN1032TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]
2007-08-16 03:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN1089PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER, AND OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (U) President Robert Kocharian took time out from his Greek vacation to send a congratulatory message to new Turkish President Abdullah Gul. As Kocharian is abroad on a private trip, details of the message were unavailable in Yerevan. Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian sent his own letter of [...]
2007-08-31 08:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AM TU
07YEREVAN1134 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-August 2007
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Harris Radio End-Use-Monitoring inspections conducted with 100% verification; Crisis Response Survey Conducted; Developing FMF FY08 Letters of Request with Armenian MOD ; Three JCTP events conducted in Aug; Awaiting Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) to b [...]
2007-09-12 03:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1148READING THE TEA LEAVES -- AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Halfway out the door, a government insider offered a behind the scenes peek into the jockeying now underway among ruling elites to secure their places in the presumed Serzh Sargsian presidency. The leading candidates for prime minister: current DPM Hovannes Abrahamian, former P [...]
2007-09-14 06:57:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PINR AM
07YEREVAN1197CDA FINDS CATHOLICOS A CONSTRUCTIVE VOICE ON TOUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on Armenian Catholicos Karekin II September 27 to discuss the church leader's five-week visit to the United States, which begins September 30. CDA conveyed that at the moment a meeting with President Bush appeared unlikely. The Catholicos expressed disappointment, rem [...]
2007-09-28 12:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF OVIP AM
07YEREVAN1241SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]
2007-10-16 02:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1244PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN PROMISES ANSWER ON IRAQ TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initially opposed, Kocharian eventually agreed to consider DOD's request to "enhance" Armenia's contribution to Iraq. His goal, if he agreed, was to keep the change as low-profile as possible. He will get back to us in eight to ten days. He wants to check whether a new legisla [...]
2007-10-16 11:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR MASS IZ AM
07YEREVAN1247A DEEPLY SKEPTICAL KOCHARIAN AGREES TO HEAR OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian made clear to CDA his profound disbelief in Turkey's sincerity on rapprochement, but grudgingly agreed to hear out any Turkish proposal. Kocharian complained at length about past bad faith from Turkey, and said he considers talking with Turkey a lost cause for [...]
2007-10-16 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL TK AM
07YEREVAN1251DASD CAGAN RECEIVES QUALIFIED AGREEMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Cagan's Yerevan visit October 11 got positive signals from the Armenian government on doubling its Iraq contingent to 100 and taking on a new fixed-site security mission. Sargsian requested, however, that CDA Perina present the request directly to President Kocharian, who [...]
2007-10-17 06:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AM IZ
07YEREVAN1255ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] This is the latest in our periodic series of cables highlighting news of U.S. policy interest. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Ex-President Blasts Government In Quasi-Campaign Speech -- ...And Reaches Out To Old Enemies -- PM Sargsian Talks Iran and Turkey in Moscow -- Pro [...]
2007-10-17 12:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KCRM AM
07YEREVAN1257EX-PRESIDENT (AND CANDIDATE) TER-PETROSSIAN MAKES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) asked CDA to convey points on Nagorno-Karabakh to Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. LTP said he met recently with new NK "President" Bako Sahakian, and found in him a credible partner to discuss N-K settlement options. Ter-Petross [...]
2007-10-17 12:53:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPBTS PREL AJ AM
07YEREVAN1259 SANCTUARY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR ARMENIA'S
[...] (SBU) Numbering 40,000, the Yezidi minority in Armenia has found sanctuary as well as economic hardship since taking refuge in Russian Armenia in the 1830s. Based on fieldwork by Dr. Mark Yoffe, a George Washington University researcher participating in the U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Progr [...]
2007-10-17 13:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ASEC PTER PREF SMIG SOCI KWMN KIRF KFRD
07YEREVAN1268 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-September 2007
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: PAP-DIB Survey conducted; IMET graduate reception; Humanitarian Assistance events conducted with KSNG; FY08 FMF Letter of Request being finalized; One JCTP and two SPP events conducted in Sep; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) still in DoS Legal. 2. [...]
2007-10-19 12:59:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1333 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-October 2007
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Letter of Request totaling $6.8M of FMF for Peacekeeping equipment and radios requested for Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade; Review of Armenian National Military Doctrine conducted; DASD Cagan visit; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) still awaits State Dep [...]
2007-11-07 08:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1347DELIVERING MCC SCORECARD TO PM, WITH A SIDE ORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on Prime Minister Sargsian to present the MCC FY08 scorecard, and discuss its implications. He acknowledged the message that Sargsian had heard in Washington from MCC CEO Danilovich, that Armenia should not be "punished" for having graduated to a higher national income [...]
2007-11-12 14:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1359PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...]
2007-11-19 04:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM
07YEREVAN1361KOCHARIAN GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ARMENIAN TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armen Gevorkian, Chief of Staff to President Kocharian, informed CDA on November 16 that Kocharian has agreed to authorize an Armenian troop enhancement in Iraq. The additional troops, however, will not be deployed before Armenia's February 19 presidential election. Gevorkian adde [...]
2007-11-19 10:04:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AM IZ
07YEREVAN1376RENEWING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA conveyed Ref A points to the Foreign Minister, Energy Minister, and presidential chief of staff, while A/DCM conveyed to senior staff of the prime minister (Ref B). All interlocutors insisted Armenia had no intention to build infrastructure capable of exporting Iranian gas [...]
2007-11-26 14:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP IR TU AM
07YEREVAN1383THE TER-PETROSSIAN SCENARIO: A LONG SHOT, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) has become the leading opposition candidate for president. His chances of success -- whether at the ballot box or with a street protest strategy after the fact -- remain small, but he should not be dismissed prematurely. LTP enjoys unique [...]
2007-11-27 16:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1394ANOTHER BROADSIDE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON
[...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian called in CDA November 27 to renew Kocharian's visceral objections to Radio Liberty (RL) programming which, according to Gevorgian, has been "turned into a mouthpiece for (former President) Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) by the director of the RL Arme [...]
2007-11-30 09:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1420NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: INITIAL
[...] Varduhi Asaturian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Liudmila Shahinyan, Export Control Commission 3. Vahe Demirchyan, Ministry of Justice 4. Sona Avanesyan, Ministry of Justice 5. Aida Avetisyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority 6. Alexander Stepanyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Autho [...]
2007-12-13 02:48:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL AM
07YEREVAN1446 ARMENIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)
[...] (U) Headlines in this round-up: -- MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE -- CIVIL PROTEST OVER INFORMATION POLICY OF PUBLIC TV -- CONTINUING REPORTS OF MEDIA CLAMPDOWN -- THE ONGOING TRAVAILS OF GALA TV -- TER-PETROSSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION MONITORING REPORTS -- HOUSING CERTIFICATES FOR 1 [...]
2007-12-18 12:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ELAB KDEM KJUS KWMN HSTC
07YEREVAN1472 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-DECEMBER 2007
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Joint Visual Inspection for Excess Defense Article (EDA) trucks conducted; EMEDS IPR conducted in San Antonio; ARM MOD cancels EDA UH-1H helicopter request; Dec SPP event postponed until Jan 08. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 17-18 Dec 07 the ODC Chief and two repr [...]
2007-12-27 12:51:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN149ARMENIAN REPLY TO TURKEY ON COMMISSIONS STILL IN
[...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief met February 8 with DFM Kirakossian to ask whether/when Armenia would respond to the GOT's latest proposal on bilateral dialogue (i.e. the "commissions" proposal). Kirakossian noted that the recent Erdogan-Saakashvili-Aliyev meeting to celebrate their deal to build [...]
2007-02-09 12:27:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL TU AM
07YEREVAN165ANALYSTS WORRIED, GOVERNMENT UNCONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) GOAM officials' mild public statements about the finalizing of the Kars-Akhalkalki-Baku railway agreement (ref A) belie the significant resentment and frustration they feel about it. Newspapers have been abuzz with analysts' gloomy predictions of further Armenian isolation, and harsh crit [...]
2007-02-15 13:25:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG TU AM
07YEREVAN186DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEFMIN SARGSIAN,
[...] (C) During a February 16 meeting with Armenian Defense Minister Sargsian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Jim MacDougall praised Armenia's progress in defense reform, thanked Armenia for its contribution to coalition operations in Iraq, and encouraged Sargsian to consider sending a conti [...]
2007-02-22 10:27:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM
07YEREVAN192PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CONGRESS A SUCCESS, REAL
[...] (C) Prosperous Armenia (PA),the new oligarch-founded party that has taken Armenia's political scene by storm (but whose agenda is still unclear),held its long-awaited pre-election congress on February 15. The congress hall was packed, and also drew a number of sour-faced senior government o [...]
2007-02-23 11:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN194STAFFDEL TILLEMANN FOCUSES ON DEMOCRATIZATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SFRC Majority Staffmember Tomicah Tillemann visited Yerevan February 18-20, with an eye on Armenia's May elections and MCC eligibility under the "Ruling Justly" category. In a range of meetings with GOAM officials, he made clear that, despite Armenia's many friends on the Hill, [...]
2007-02-23 14:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OTRA AM
07YEREVAN21 PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN'S NEW YEAR'S EVE REMARKS
[...] SUMMARY: President Kocharian's New Year's Eve remarks reiterated his call for free and fair parliamentary elections in 2007, and for deepening Armenia's political and economic reforms, especially for competitive markets, judicial reform, and anti-corruption. He said that government-paid salari [...]
2007-01-08 11:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN250EMBASSY YEREVAN'S 2007 TIP REPORT INPUT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Armenia has made progress in its efforts to combat trafficking since the release of the 2006 TIP Repo [...]
2007-03-05 06:26:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN
07YEREVAN266KOCHARIAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF SEEKS TO EJECT NDI FROM
[...] (C) Armen Gevorgian, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff, told NDI Country co-Directors on March 6 that NDI should shut down their operations until after the May 12 elections. Gevorgian, assuming that NDI Armenia had arranged for a senior oppositionist to visit Washington in February, said [...]
2007-03-07 14:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AM
07YEREVAN323IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...]
2007-03-16 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN328IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: GOAM REPLIES TO OUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA called in CDA March 19 to present Armenia's reply to Ref A demarche (see para 5 for full text of MFA non-paper),three hours before Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad formally opened the pipeline. The most significant point in their reply is that "there is no more imp [...]
2007-03-19 12:19:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN339LOW-KEY MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE CEREMONY
[...] The March 20 Iran-Armenia pipeline inauguration ceremony, led by Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad, offered surprisingly little fodder for Armenian media. The ceremony was short. The two presidents did not deliver their prepared remarks, apparently because of bad weather at the outdoor si [...]
2007-03-20 13:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN349ARMENIA GRANTS LEGAL STANDING TO THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
[...] The Armenian Church, which counts among its fold the vast majority of Armenians both in the homeland and in the diaspora, until earlier this month had no legal standing in Armenia. A law signed March 14 by the president granted legal standing, but did not grant the Church status as the only st [...]
2007-03-23 07:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN351 NEW STAFF OF THE ANTI-TIP UNIT A WELCOME CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Four months into the staff changes that took effect in the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office in December, 2006 (reftel),Armenia's premier anti-TIP NGO, Hope and Help, reports a great new spirit of mutual cooperation with the unit's new staff. The unit's new lead i [...]
2007-03-23 13:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM HSTC AM
07YEREVAN361ARMENIA-TURKEY: PM FUNERAL AND AKTAMAR CHURCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DFM Kirakossian told us March 27 that Deputy Culture Minister's delegation to Aktamar Church opening departed by bus early March 27 in order to reach the March 29 ceremony in time. GOT offers to allow a direct air link did not arrive in time for this to be a viable option. Sep [...]
2007-03-27 12:46:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL TU AM
07YEREVAN373CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY AGREEMENT - CORRECTED TEXT
[...] (SBU) On December 7, 2006, the GOAM submitted a Diplomatic Note to the Embassy with proposed changes to the draft Civil Aviation Security Agreement initiated by the USG in August 2006 (ref A). Unfortunately, post incorrectly transcribed the text of the Diplomatic Note and the text reported in [...]
2007-03-29 12:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIT PREL KTIA AM
07YEREVAN383IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 WITH RESPECT TO BANK
[...] (C) On March 30, Pol/Econ Chief and EconOff met with Armenian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) director Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss GOAM implementation of UNSCR 1747 (ref A). We mentioned that EUR DAS Bryza has raised our Iran concerns March 28 with President Kocharian and FM Oskanian (septel [...]
2007-03-30 13:01:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PARM KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN385PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IRAN, TURKEY, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian met for over an hour with EUR DAS Bryza following the funeral of PM Margarian on March 28. On Iran, Kocharian explained that Armenia, in its precarious geopolitical situation, must carefully think through the consequences of every step it takes with it [...]
2007-03-30 13:22:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR AJ AM
07YEREVAN386ARMENIAN MEDIA, PUBLIC CRITICAL OF CEREMONY MARKING THE
[...] (SBU) Armenian media outlets varied from semi-critical to extremely critical in their coverage of the March 29 Holy Cross (Aktamar Island) Church re-opening ceremony. Most claimed that the opening was a propaganda move and berated Turkey for placing Turkish flags and a portrait of Ataturk on th [...]
2007-03-30 13:22:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
07YEREVAN409HOLY CROSS OPENING - ARMENIA MORE POSITIVE AS THINGS COOL
[...] (SBU) Following local media criticism of Turkey's decision to reopen the ancient Armenian Holy Cross Church as a museum (refs),the GOAM delegation that took part in the ceremony tried to focus on the positive aspects of the renovation. During a press conference, Deputy Culture Minister Gagik [...]
2007-04-05 11:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
07YEREVAN44ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007
[...] (U) Following is our submission per reftel for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- Foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to USD 297 million as of September 2006, according to data from the National [...]
2007-01-12 12:47:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
07YEREVAN443BOOM! EXPLOSIONS MARK THE FIRST WEEK OF ARMENIA'S
[...] (C) Early in the morning on April 12, two bombs exploded in close succession at Prosperous Armenia offices in Yerevan's Avan and Kanaker neighborhoods. President Kocharian's office quickly condemned the bombings, which caused physical damage but no injuries, and Yerevan police are investigati [...]
2007-04-12 11:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AM
07YEREVAN451IVANOV'S ARMENIA VISIT: STUMPING FOR SARGSIAN?
[...] (U) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov's visit to Yerevan April 10-11 generated many of the routine media reports about economic cooperation and and Armenia's views on NATO that typically follow Russian visits to Armenia. Ivanov's meetings with new Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian [...]
2007-04-13 11:25:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN47FONMIN OSKANIAN CONFIRMS MAY 12 ELECTION DATE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting to update the Foreign Minister on Iraq strategy (septel),CDA and Pol/Econ Chief were able to cover a range of issues, including election planning, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ambassador-designate Hoagland's nomination, Armenia-Turkish relations, and Iran. As of [...]
2007-01-12 14:11:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ IR
07YEREVAN559ARMENIA POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a basic reference to the political parties in the May 12 parliamentary race. Out of seventy-four registered political parties in Armenia only 24 parties and one bloc registered to participate in the parliamentary election, and two have since dropped out. END [...]
2007-05-04 03:09:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN564ARMENIA ELECTIONS: KOCHARIAN CONVOKES OSCE CHIEFS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 3, President Kocharian convoked all Chiefs of Mission of OSCE Member States resident in Yerevan regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections. He sought to convey to the dip corps that his administration was doing all it could to ensure an election process which should me [...]
2007-05-04 12:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN588FM OSKANIAN DEFENDS VISA REFUSAL OF TURKISH OSCE
[...] (C) CDA and the German Ambassador each protested (during a scheduled meeting with CDA and EU chiefs of mission late May 8),Armenia's refusal to grant visas to Turkey's contigent of seconded OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission short-term observers (STOs). Each associated themselves with [...]
2007-05-09 11:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM OSCE TU AM
07YEREVAN607ARMENIAN ELECTION SCENESETTER
[...] (C) The stage is set for this election to go far better than other recent polls in Armenia, but we have not, by a long shot, seen a fundamental change in political culture here, and things could still go very wrong on Election Day. We are cautiously optimistic that Armenia's parliamentary ele [...]
2007-05-11 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN661TRAFFICKING VICTIMS HELD IN GEORGIA RETURNED TO
[...] (C) Two alleged Armenian trafficking victims who had been held in a Georgian jail for six months returned to Armenia May 17, and are in the care of an active anti-trafficking NGO. Anti-trafficking activists hailed the return of Anna Harutyunyan and Lianna Krasnova as a textbook case of good c [...]
2007-05-22 11:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN KCRM HSTC GG AM
07YEREVAN677DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE "CHARTER"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 07:11:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AM
07YEREVAN723ARMENIA'S YEZIDI KURDISH MINORITY: A SMALL BUT
[...] (S) The mayors of two Yezidi Kurdish villages, spoke openly to us during a May 31 visit about the fact of PKK (KGK) presence in Armenia, telling us that wounded PKK fighters from neighboring countries receive medical treatment in Armenia. We also discussed the complicated issue of Yezidi Kurd [...]
2007-06-01 11:54:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL ASEC PTER PHUM AM
07YEREVAN764PRESIDENT NAMES NEW CABINET, A LOT LIKE THE OLD ONE
[...] (U) President Robert Kocharian named the new cabinet in a decree published late June 8; well ahead of the Constitutional deadline. The Constitution requires that the new cabinet must submit its program to the National Assembly within 20 days, i.e. by June 28. the parliament will then have fi [...]
2007-06-11 13:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN77 OPENING THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER: BUSINESSES AND
[...] On January 13 and 14 the Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG),with funding from USAID, the British Embassy, and the Eurasia Foundation, held a conference on "The Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkish Border." While the caliber of the papers was mixed, [...]
2007-01-23 06:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV ELNT PGOV PREL TU GG AM
07YEREVAN782FM OSKANIAN ON PUTIN'S GABALA STATION MISSILE
[...] (U) Several Armenian media outlets quoted Foreign Minister Oskanian's comments on the Gabala idea during his interview on Kentron television. Oskanian commented that he saw no physical danger to Armenia from the proposed project, noting that the facility would only be a radar station, not an [...]
2007-06-15 12:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KMDR AM AJ RU
07YEREVAN783CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...]
2007-06-15 12:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC
07YEREVAN788KOCHARIAN DEAD SET AGAINST ATTENDING BSEC SUMMIT
[...] (C) On June 16, Charge raised the issue of Armenia's attendance at the upcoming BSEC Summit with President Kocharian. Kocharian said that there was "absolutely no way" he would consider attending. In fact, he would have preferred that FM Oskanian also skip the event, but relented under Oska [...]
2007-06-18 09:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO OSCE TU AM
07YEREVAN81ARMENIANS REMEMBER HRANT DINK WITH VIGILS, MARCHES
[...] Bearing signs that read "We are all Hrants," in acknowledgment of similar slogans borne by protesters in Istanbul, several thousand Armenians attended a January 23 memorial gathering for slain Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink at Yerevan's Freedom Square. Event organizers, a small ad hoc [...]
2007-01-24 10:42:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV TU AM
07YEREVAN815IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE; MEDIA REPORT U.S.
[...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A demarche points to FM Oskanian June 13. CDA also emphasized the continuing diplomatic and public relations disaster that Armenia's Iran engagement represents, given the context of UNSCRs and international consensus on the need to isolate Iran. He po [...]
2007-06-22 13:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL KMDR IR AM
07YEREVAN827NATO OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON ARMENIA'S IPAP PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's special Caucasus representative found much to praise after his June 21-22 visit. Top Armenian officials affirmed strong political commitment to defense reform goals and the NATO relationship, and IPAP benchmarks are on or ahead of schedule. END SUMMARY 2. (C) TOU [...]
2007-06-27 11:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR NATO AM
07YEREVAN884NEW CHALLENGE TO RADIO LIBERTY BROADCASTS
[...] SUMMARY: Radio Liberty's Armenian Service is again in jeopardy, as the state radio service gave 30 days notice of its intent to pull Radio Liberty off the air. The notice implies that the reason is Radio Liberty's unpaid bills to the public radio service, which now amount to either $76,000 ( [...]
2007-07-10 12:36:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN888NEW CDA CALLS ON DFM KIRAKOSSIAN: RADIO LIBERTY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires met Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian for initial GOAM courtesy call, (with FM Oskanian abroad),which then delved into substance. Kirakossian said he and his minister fully agreed with us on Radio Liberty, but urged CDA to raise it at higher levels. Kirakoss [...]
2007-07-12 05:53:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HSTC KTIP AM TU
07YEREVAN896PRIME MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RADIO LIBERTY; NOT
[...] (C) CDA paid an introductory courtesy call on Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian July 12, accompanied by DCM and pol/econ chief. Sargsian joked that he had expected to get a permanent U.S. Ambassador, but failing that, he was very pleased to see CDA in Yerevan again. CDA affirmed that Washingto [...]
2007-07-13 10:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MASS EAID KDEM AM IR
07YEREVAN914FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES RADIO LIBERTY, NDI, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial call July 16, CDA renewed our concerns about forced stoppage of Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts, but mentioned that the Prime Minister's reply had been somewhat encouraging on this. He highlighted ongoing Washington concerns about Armenia's relationship with Iran, [...]
2007-07-17 13:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN926PRIME MINISTER UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sargsian hosted CDA and DCM to a private dinner July 18, for a long evening of vodka toasts and frank conversation, by way of welcome to CDA and farewell to DCM. The overarching message of the event was the Prime Minister's clear intent to sustain a close working r [...]
2007-07-20 10:15:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN93CHARGE CLEARS THE AIR ON ELECTION ASSISTANCE, MCA CRITERIA,
[...] (SBU) On January 24, the Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by the MCC Armenia Country Director, held a press conference that received wide-spread coverage. During the press conference, the Charge focused on U.S. assistance programs, including the Millennium Challenge program and the Embassy's USD [...]
2007-01-29 09:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC KMDR KPAO AM
07YEREVAN935KOCHARIAN ON RADIO LIBERY, NDI, HR CASES, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an almost 90 minute introductory call by the CDA, President Kocharian defended his positions on Radio Liberty, NDI, and human rights cases in a friendly but unbending manner. He was determined to move Radio Liberty broadcasts from state radio to a private network, but emphat [...]
2007-07-23 14:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM IR
07YEREVAN939IRANIAN FM VISIT PROMPTS WEAK DEFENSE FROM FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki was received by Armenia's president, prime minister, and foreign minister, and energy minister during his July 20 visit to Yerevan to take part in the 7th annual Armenian-Iranian inter-governmental economic commission. Armenian leaders were unhelpfully positive [...]
2007-07-24 14:13:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR IR AM
07ZAGREB1011NATO ROAD SHOW VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USNATO PermRep Victoria Nuland led an inter-agency "NATO Road Show" visit to Zagreb on November 9. President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, Foreign Minister Kitarovic and Defense Minister Roncevic all expressed confidence to the U.S. delegation that Croatia was well-prepared for [...]
2007-11-15 09:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO HR
07ZAGREB1018LITTLE IMPACT ON CROATIA-MONTENEGRO RELATIONS FROM
[...] (SBU) Discussing the 4 November arrest of Montenegrin Navy Captain Ilija Brcic, Montenegrin First Counselor Vesna Nikcevic told PolOff that she expects Brcic will eventually be extradited to Croatia where he will face a new trial following his 1993 conviction in absentia. Nikcevic claimed the [...]
2007-11-19 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR HR MW IT WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB1028ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007
[...] (U) In order to ensure broader distribution to potential readers, Embassy Zagreb is changing the format of its previous email Activity Reports to a weekly cable wrap-up of events at Post in Croatia. Today's cable is the first edition. 2. (U) President Mesic Urges Belgrade to Stop Fomentin [...]
2007-11-21 16:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1044CROATIA 2007 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] Below is post's submission per reftel of part II of the INCSR on money laundering. 2. Croatia is a middle income transition economy that is neither a financial center nor a venue of choice for money laundering activities. Tourism and services make up the largest portion of GDP. Croatian [...]
2007-11-29 07:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN HR
07ZAGREB1060ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HDZ AND HSS/HSLS GROUP: On December 3, the ruling HDZ began formal talks on a possible coalition agreement with the Croatian Peasants/Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSS/HSLS) group that holds eight parliamentarians. Initial meetings on December 3 [...]
2007-12-05 15:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT HR
07ZAGREB1062FM KITAROVIC ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) Ambassador and PolChief had lunch on December 5 with FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and State Secretary Hido Biscevic, subsequent to their return from the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, and to follow up on FM Kitarovic's bilateral meeting there with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Kitarovic and Biscevic sa [...]
2007-12-06 08:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE SR SW BE HR
07ZAGREB1065CROATIA'S FISHING ZONE - A TRAIN WRECK IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) and its 6 seats in parliament are nearly certain to be a member of any governing coalition formed after Croatia's November 25 elections. The HSS has said a primary condition for its joining any coalition is application of Croatia's Protected Ec [...]
2007-12-06 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS SENV PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1073CROATIAN RESPONSE ON KOSOVO POINTS
[...] (SBU) POL Chief on December 11 delivered reftel points to Neven Pelicaric, Assistant Foreign Minister with responsibility for Southeast Europe and relations with the EU. 2. (C) Pelicaric confirmed what we have heard repeatedly from Croatian officals; Croatia would "not be the very first to d [...]
2007-12-13 10:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR SR KO
07ZAGREB122CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AT ODDS OVER MARITIME
[...] (C) Summary: The long-standing dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over their maritime boundary flared up this week when the GOC renewed a 2001 concession to its national oil and gas company INA for exploration in the Northern Adriatic. With rhetoric that was more heated than usual in this [...]
2007-02-02 15:56:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT ENRG ECON HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB145TRADITIONAL SLAVONIAN REGION GEARS UP FOR NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With momentum building toward national elections expected in November, center-left parties in Slavonia, the traditional rural heartland of continental Croatia, seem less active and enthusiastic than those on the right. This could be the result of savvy public relati [...]
2007-02-08 15:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB149CROATIANS FULLY SUPPORTIV ON AHTISAARI PLAN FOR
[...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, DCM February 2 briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Europe Neven Pelicaric about US views on the Ahtisaari proposal on Kosovo's final status. 2. (C) Pelicaric said the GOC would fully support the Contact Group position on the issue. He felt this was an excellent [...]
2007-02-09 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB167PRESIDENTIAL SPARRING IN THE PRESS OVER ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) In a sharply worded statement February 12, Croatian President Mesic expressed "unpleasant surprise" at Italian President Napolitano's remarks at the annual February 10 Italian commemoration of ugly WWII-era massacres of Italians by Yugoslav anti-fascist Partisans. The Croatian press in [...]
2007-02-14 14:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL IT HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB178EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 January, met with Minister of Interior (MoI),Deputy Head, Border Police (BP) Directorate, to discuss the FBI Terrorism and WMD Proliferation and Coast Guard Port Security trainings scheduled for January and February respectively, along with pl [...]
2007-02-16 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI
07ZAGREB184STABILITY PACT TRANSITION ENGAGES THE SEECP
[...] (U) Summary: The February 14-15 meeting of the Stability Pact transition Institutions Working Group (IWG) in Zagreb successfully resolved most fundamental issues related to the creation of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) as the successor regional structure to replace the Stability Pact [...]
2007-02-21 06:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU
07ZAGREB189HOST COUNTRY PRACTICE SURVEY: CROATIA HAS NO EXPERIENCE
[...] The Croatian Government recognizes the obligations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. MFA does routinely notify the Embassy of the arrest or detention of American citizens, though there may be a delay of several days between the detention and our receipt of MFA's not [...]
2007-02-22 09:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCASC HR
07ZAGREB202MARCH 2 ZAGREB MINISTERIAL TO ENDORSE NEW COOPERATIVE
[...] Croatian MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic previewed for the diplomatic corps February 26 the upcoming March 2 South East Europe Cooperative Process (SEECP) Foreign Ministerial. His presentation was brief but emphasized that regional relations have matured sufficiently to permit regional [...]
2007-02-27 06:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON HR
07ZAGREB208ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2006, Croatia was ranked as tier two and Post recommends retaining that ranking for the current reporting period. The Government of Croatia (GOC) continued to improve its cooperation with NGOs to identify and ass [...]
2007-03-01 14:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
07ZAGREB243MORE COORDINATION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The recent establishment of an inter-ministerial working group on money laundering is a positive development in Croatia's weak institutional framework for tackling economic crime. The aim of the new working group, comprised of eleven different ministries, agencies and offices is [...]
2007-03-09 10:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCOR KTFN HR
07ZAGREB258CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...]
2007-03-16 10:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB259LIBYA: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Agency Alan, the MoD's arms marketing agency, has unofficially approached Post seeking guidance on conventional arms sales to Libya. Alan General Manager Ivan Nekic told PolOff February 28 that he believes the L [...]
2007-03-16 14:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC PREL LY HR ARMS CONTROL
07ZAGREB265NATO ROUNDTABLE REFLECTS ENTIRE NGO SPECTRUM
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nearly 20 local NGOs and a dozen leading academics debated the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO candidacy at a March 13 roundtable organized by DEFIMI, a scientific research NGO focused on defense and security issues which receives some government funding. Participating NGO [...]
2007-03-19 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB285Commerce DAS Dyck meets Croatian Ministers of Economy and
[...] SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Paul Dyck discussed possible investment opportunities in Croatia with Croatia's Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance. Dyck also commended Croatia for its economic progress, notably in working to resolve IPR issues. He also raised concerns e [...]
2007-03-26 05:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV HR
07ZAGREB356CROATIA REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS
[...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post supports a request from the Government of Croatia (GoC) to host Embassy Science Fellows in 2007. Post has received eight proposals from seven scientific institutions, with a commitment from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and the University of [...]
2007-04-12 15:02:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER HR
07ZAGREB395NATO OUTREACH IN HIGH GEAR, CROATIAN PUBLIC
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After a slow start, the GoC's NATO public education campaign is moving into high gear. Head of MFA's NATO Office Neven Mikec highlighted the GoC's now crowded public outreach calendar with Embassy PolOff, PAO, and DATT at April 12 joint communications working group sessio [...]
2007-04-20 16:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO KPAO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB404PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CONFIRMS PUTIN CROATIA VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Tomislav Jakic, Foreign Policy Advisor to Croatian President Mesic, confirmed in an April 23 meeting with DCM that Russian President Putin will visit Croatia June 23-24. The centerpiece of the visit will be a regional energy summit that the GOC has organized, inviting heads of st [...]
2007-04-24 14:33:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG HR RS
07ZAGREB422NEW FORWARD ON IRAQ: CROATIA'S CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While politically unable to make direct troop contributions to operations in Iraq, the GoC has offered weapons and training courses to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref C),provides police trainers to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) [...]
2007-04-30 11:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB449IRAQI MP EYES CROATIA AS POST-CONFLICT MODEL
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: An Iraqi Member of Parliament and close relative of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Ms. Ala Talabani, visited Croatia April 20-27 in search of a successful post-conflict model to further promote human rights, strengthen the role of NGOs, and develop women's rights in Iraq. [...]
2007-05-09 15:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN HR IZ
07ZAGREB46CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...]
2007-01-17 15:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
07ZAGREB507PRESIDENT'S A-3 LUNCH SCENESETTER - SANADER
[...] (C) Still enjoying the afterglow of his highly successful White House visit last October, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is very much looking forward to seeing President Bush again at the A-3 leaders lunch in Tirana June 10. The PM views his relationship with the President as key to Croatia's int [...]
2007-05-23 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR
07ZAGREB51ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT MESIC TO VISIT KOSOVO AND
[...] (C) President Mesic's Special Advisor for International Relations Budimir Loncar told the Ambassador January 17 that he will travel to Kosovo next week to have discussions with Albanian and Serb leaders. This trip, according to Loncar, resulted from a visit to Zagreb by a group of Serb mayors [...]
2007-01-18 13:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC HR
07ZAGREB524CROATIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY INAUGURATES NEW REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Chair of the South East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP),the GOC hosted a May 11 Zagreb Summit to strengthen regional cooperation by establishing a Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) under SEECP auspices to replace the Stability Pact in early 2008. Coinciding w [...]
2007-05-30 15:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB546MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY ELECTS YOUTHFUL NEW LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Zoran Milanovic is the new President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). A youthful 41 years old, this former diplomat defeated acting party president and former defense minister Zeljka Antunovic in the second round of voting by 828 to 675 votes of dele [...]
2007-06-04 15:31:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB56EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 December, Participated in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) presentation of the findings of the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Survey of Croatia. The findings revealed the presence of approximately 968,000 weapons in civilian [...]
2007-01-19 14:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI
07ZAGREB561U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...]
2007-06-08 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD
07ZAGREB565U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...]
2007-06-08 13:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR
07ZAGREB608PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO VIEWS ON KEY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a relaxed June 22 lunch in Podgorica with Charge Barnes and visiting Ambassador Bradtke, Montenegro President Vujanovic discussed bilateral, regional, and domestic issues. Vujanovic, who had just returned from the Southeastern Europe Energy Summit in Zagreb, described Rus [...]
2007-06-26 15:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR MW
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