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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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06KABUL5665PRT/QAL-E NOW: NGOS VIEWS ON SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security in Badghis provincial capital of Qal-e Now has always been considered good and to-date there have been no insurgency related incidents there. While attacks in Badghis are currently rare, the security situation is tenuous in many districts. NGOs have limited or changed [...]
2006-12-04 07:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR AF
06KABUL5666PRT/QAL-E NOW: REBUILT AIRSTRIP IMPROVES LIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Spanish PRT recently upgraded the Qal-e Now airstrip to increase the Spanish Military's ability to support and supply the PRT during the upcoming winter months. The project was conducted by the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI),which trained local staff [...]
2006-12-04 07:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5667PRT/QAL-E NOW: SPANISH ROAD: PART OF RING ROAD?
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 07:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ELTN AF
06KABUL5733PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS
[...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...]
2006-12-07 10:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5734KHOST SECURITY AGREEMENT NOT LIKE MUSA QALA:
[...] (C) Summary: Governor Jamal underlined that the November 23 Khost Security Resolution was "totally different" from the Musa Qala agreement, and that there was nothing in the resolution that would limit the operation of ISAF/Coalition forces or Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He asked [...]
2006-12-07 10:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR MOPS NATO EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL5771PRT Jalalabad: NEWS FROM TANGI RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: There was both good and bad news in the Tangi Returnee settlement this week. It began with the delivery of the signed letter of intent to grant the land to the Returnees. The excitement was dampened at the end of the week when two young members of the community were gravely inj [...]
2006-12-11 01:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5778PRT/QAL-E NOW: SPANISH ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) is working on a road between the provincial capital, Qal-e Now, and the Sabsak Pass, on the border between Herat and Badghis Provinces. The Spaniards plan to complete work on the first 30 kilometers by the end of the year a [...]
2006-12-11 07:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ELTN EAID AF
06KABUL5809PRT/KUNDUZ: BAGHLAN GOVERNOR'S BIG TALK NOT YET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four months into his term as Governor of Baghlan Province, Sayed Ekramuddin Masomi outlined his ongoing plan of engagement with district leaders to stop narcotics-related activities, control corruption, pursue the Disbandment of Armed Groups (DIAG) process, and bring security to [...]
2006-12-12 03:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5810PRT/PANSHJIR: KABUL-PANJSHIR RELATIONS PART I: THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Relations between the valley province of Panjshir and the capital city of Kabul have evolved this past year. Panjshiris in the central government maintain their prominence, although the sacking of Abdullah Abdullah as Foreign Minister this spring caused some resentment in the [...]
2006-12-12 03:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5814PRT/SHARANA: A LOOK AT AN AFGHAN BORDER DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Barmal, one of Paktika Province's five districts bordering the tribal areas of Pakistan, has been the scene of a great deal of insurgent activity since coalition and Afghan forces established an Afghan government presence in April 2005. Government influence in Barmal, a distri [...]
2006-12-12 06:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5816PRT HERAT: LOCAL REACTIONS TO THE GOA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to the Attorney-General,s ongoing anti-corruption campaign is overwhelmingly positive in Herat. Heratis see this as the beginning of a groundswell against corrupt practices and a climate of backdoor dealing that has been pervasive in the past. Key figures have not yet [...]
2006-12-12 08:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
06KABUL5825AN EMOTIONAL KARZAI LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) President Karzai broke into tears during his December 10 speech launching Afghanistan,s Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. While recounting the atrocities suffered by the Afghan people over the past 30 years, he noted that Afghans had suffered at the hands of both terro [...]
2006-12-12 16:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS AF
06KABUL5841PRT BAMYAN: SINGAPORE CONSIDERS PROVIDING
[...] (SBU) Following internal discussions between Singapore and New Zealand, a four person military delegation from Singapore visited PRT Bamyan the week of November 26. The delegation came to explore the feasibility of pursuing the Singapore government,s stated interest (to the New Zealand governm [...]
2006-12-14 01:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5843PRT/PANSHJIR: WOMEN'S AGENDA ADVANCING, DESPITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PRT is working to create opportunities for the women of Panjshir to improve their levels of education, as well as their economic mobility and access to health care. A weak Director of Women's Affairs, however, represents a major stumbling block. The PRT strategy has been [...]
2006-12-14 03:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5852PRT/KUNDUZ: INTEL CHIEF TRYING HARD, LACKS CAPABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghlan National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief reports most of his employees and other GOA appointees in the districts are unqualified and untrained, have poor or no infrastructure, and cannot be removed by provincial authorities because they are appointed from Kabul, ofte [...]
2006-12-14 11:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL5864PRT/SHARANA: GOA WEAKNESS IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Naka district, a remote district in Northeast Paktika province, came under control of insurgent/Taliban forces in early summer 2006. Irregular contract police forces recruited by Paktika,s Governor Ekhpulwak regained control of the district later the same month. To date, no re [...]
2006-12-16 11:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5876PRT JALALABAD - CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPPIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a December 2 meeting with PRT Commander, PRT Officer, and Maj. Richard Schwaiger, Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Serzai pledged his continued commitment to make Nangarhar free of poppies and terrorism, but he lamented that some Nangahar officials still encourage poppy cultiva [...]
2006-12-17 07:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5880PRT/HERAT: IRAN INVITES PROVINCIAL COUNCIL TO
[...] (U) Members of the Herat Provincial Council participated in an Iranian version of the USG's International Visitor (IV) program when they were invited by the Iranian Government to Mashad, the nearest major Iranian city to Afghanistan. Officially, they were invited by the Islamic Council of the [...]
2006-12-17 08:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR AF IR
06KABUL5889SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...]
2006-12-18 11:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
06KABUL5891PRT/PANSHJIR: KABUL-PANJSHIR RELATIONS PART II:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several events this year have attracted GOA officials from Kabul to Panjshir, but there is no steady flow of central government visits. Since his election, President Karzai has yet to visit the province. The Panjshir Governor, although appointed by the GOA, operates more as a [...]
2006-12-19 04:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5918STRIVING FOR AN AFGHAN-LED DONOR STRATEGY - "FROM
[...] We share the concern about the importance of demonstrating tangible progress. 2. We appreciate the commitment for an Afghan-led approach consistent with the priorities of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the COMPACT. 3. We agree with the importance of ensuring consistency wi [...]
2006-12-21 03:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PREL AF
06KABUL5928PRT/CHAGHCHARAN: FOOD SHORTAGE IN WESTERN
[...] SUMMARY: (U) World Food Program (WFP) and Afghan government officials alike recognize the current vulnerability to food shortages faced particularly ) though not exclusively ) by Afghanistan's western provinces. The onset of winter is now exacerbating the effects of the lengthy drought. Ba [...]
2006-12-23 07:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
06KABUL595PRT/HELMAND HELMAND WOMEN PROVINCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-11 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL5952PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR
[...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...]
2006-12-26 09:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5955PRT/FARAH: THE CONFUSED STATE OF THE FARAH JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Farah Province is beset by misunderstandings and disparities regarding the court system, the number of judges, and even current cases. Record-keeping in handwritten notes is haphazard at best. Judges and prosecutors understand there is a process that includes delineated time [...]
2006-12-26 10:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KRIM SOCI AF
06KABUL596PRT/HELMAND HELMAND GOVERNOR DISCUSSES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-11 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL5973PRT BAMYAN - GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bamyan Provincial Justice Conference (PJC),held in the provincial capital November 20-21, brought together Afghan leaders and experts to find the means to improve justice in Bamyan. Stakeholders discussed their concerns in break-out sessions on police, prosecutors, judges [...]
2006-12-27 13:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL5982PRT/ASADABAD: TALIBAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO
[...] (C) The murder of two female teachers on December 9, along with three of their family members, was the first direct attack on education in Kunar in recent memory. This, and an increasing number of night letters in Kunar,s main towns, has created an increased climate of fear in the province. G [...]
2006-12-28 08:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5986PRT/NURISTAN: INAUGURATION OF PRT NURISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan was officially inaugurated at Qala Gush in Western Nuristan on November 19. The Qala Gush site is the larger of two temporary PRT sites in Nuristan Province conducting Civil Affairs activities (the other being near Kamdesh in the eastern pa [...]
2006-12-28 14:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID MARR AF
06KABUL611ISAF TRANSITION COULD DECREASE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A FACTOR COMPLICATING THE HAND-OVER OF U.S. PRTS TO ISAF IN THE PHASE III TRANSITION IS THE DIFFERING VIEWS AMONG THE NATO MEMBERS ABOUT THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY CIVILIANS AND BY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN THE PRT CONTEXT. CURRENTLY, AT EACH COALITION-LED PRT, THE U.S. SPENDS AN [...]
2006-02-12 06:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEC ECON AF
06KABUL662PRT/KABUL: PROVINCIAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A joint GOA - Coalition effort to address key problems in Zabul, Paktika, and Helmand Provinces could be a template for bringing greater stability to the southeast and help preclude an effective spring offensive by anti-government forces. In a series of meetings starting in [...]
2006-02-13 06:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC SNAR KCRS AF
06KABUL693PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND: SAID ABAD SCHOOL
[...] (SBU) Summary: School officials in Said Abad told PRToffs on February 11 that despite threats from "those opposed to education" they were determined to keep the co-educational school open. According to the provincial education office, over the past 16 months 18 schools throughout Helmand Pro [...]
2006-02-15 13:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EID PREL AF
06KABUL725ISAF RESPONSE TO ANTI-CARTOON RIOTS: "RESTRAINT,"
[...] Summary: Last week,s cartoon-related demonstrations, several of them violent and with loss of life, provide an opportunity to assess ISAF,s capability and willingness to respond to violent confrontations in its current areas of responsibility (RACs North and West, and Kabul). In Maimana, the [...]
2006-02-17 11:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF
06KABUL735PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND PROVINCE:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thirteen Mousa Qala district elders, including their Provincial Council representative, are frustrated by the lack of basic services in their district. Despite repeated requests to the provincial government over a several year period, they complain that there is little power [...]
2006-02-20 06:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID AF
06KABUL8SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. On 28 Dec, the Governors and Police Chiefs of Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces met with key Regional Command (RC) South commanders and staff. Security dominated the agenda. Many Taliban are migrating to Pakistan for the winter but RC South and the governors all want to ke [...]
2006-01-02 10:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF PK
06KABUL806PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA's Afghan Eradication Force (AEF) will participate in Helmand's opium poppy eradication campaign, due to commence within the next 10 days. Helmand Governor Daud and Prosecutor Sattar Khan cited "constitutional requirements" to provide specific alternative development [...]
2006-02-24 14:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL838QALAT VISIT: FOCUS ON SECURITY, POLICE, AND ROADS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Neumann traveled to Qalat, Zabol Province, on February 12 where he met with the Governor, Chief of Police, and local leaders. Discussion focused on security and development. Governor Arman emphasized the need for road building as an engine for improving both security and econ [...]
2006-02-27 06:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV EAID PREL AF
06KABUL852PRT/GHAZNI - GOVERNOR CONSIDERS SUPPORTING NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghazni Governor Sher Alam, frustrated by his inability to maintain security in several of Ghazni's Pashtun provinces and perhaps also desiring to re- institute a security network that is loyal to him, has in recent weeks created or talked of creating informal armed forces outsi [...]
2006-02-27 10:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL865PRT/KABUL - AFGHANS REACTION TO LONDON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Afghanistan to the London Conference has been largely positive, with a surprisingly high percentage of the population having heard of the results and impressed with the USD10.5 billion in pledges. Significant skepticism remains, however, on the part of Afghans wh [...]
2006-02-28 08:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL874PRT/LASHKAR GAH - NAW ZAD PROSECUTOR SAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Helmand's northern Naw Zad district suffers from both a lack of governance and security. District leadership appears to be engaged in drug trafficking. According to the district's prosecutor, after four years citizens are running out of patience and their loyalty to the gove [...]
2006-03-01 15:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KJUS PTER AF
06KABUL875PRT/LASHKAR GAH - CITIZENS SEE BOOTS ON THE
[...] (SBU) As the PRT continues its transition to the UK, an advance group of British soldiers has begun dismounted patrols in Helmand Province's capital, Lashkar Gah. Early indications appear positive. Up to the arrival of the UK troops, there have been no such patrols, as US forces use mounted [...]
2006-03-01 15:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PTER AF
06KABUL9PRT/TARIN KOWT: URUZGAN PREPARES FOR SPRING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRT Tarin Kowt is helping Uruzgan Province plan and prepare to avert a replay of last year,s devastating spring floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Along with a number of concrete local projects, the PRT has focused on building the local administration,s respo [...]
2006-01-02 10:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SENV AF
06KABUL962PRT/LASHKAR GAH - SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Engineer Daud told PRToffs on February 28th that adequate security is a prerequisite to successful poppy eradication. Strong coordination is needed among the Afghan National Police (ANA)and Afghan National Army (ANA). To minimize alienation of the local popula [...]
2006-03-06 15:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL963PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Daud told visiting Combined Forces Command/Afghanistan Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Major General Wilson on March 4th that he is concerned over eradication security and the apparent lack of provisions for the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National [...]
2006-03-06 15:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KHARTOUM1015DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE?
[...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...]
2006-04-28 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1117AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...]
2006-05-11 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1122SUDANESE VP TAHA SAYS NO DECISION YET ON UN
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Sudanese VP Taha told CDA Hume that Sudan had not yet decided on whether to accept transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. The Government of Sudan is committed to the Darfur Peace Agreement, and it is ready to take concrete steps, such as expanding delivery o [...]
2006-05-13 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF EAID PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1150 Darfur Peace Agreement: Seizing the Opportunity
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To ensure a lasting and just peace, the USG must move quickly to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and help the African Union (AU) establish its institutions. The DPA outlines some ambitious timelines and requires AU action in almost all areas. The security provisions [...]
2006-05-15 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1151DEMARCHE TO VP TAHA ON FM LAM AKOL'S STATEMENT TO
[...] (C) On May 15 CDA Hume called VP Taha concerning the statement earlier in the day by FM Lam Akol to the AU Peace and Security Council. Hume said that the USG is committed to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and was troubled by Lam Akol's attempt to deny or minimize any [...]
2006-05-15 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1207D-DAY+5: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge Meets with AU Ambassador -- Meeting with SAF Operations Chief -- Lawyers Arrested in Nyala -- Pronk Calls Donor Meeting ----------------------- [...]
2006-05-22 12:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1285SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM1367SUDAN/DARFUR: FM LAM AKOL ON IMPLEMENTATION, THE
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lam Akol told Charge and USAID director on June 7 that, within the context of trilateral consultations among the GNU, UN, and AU, discussions would now proceed on a transition to UN peacekeeping. Sudan had always said there could be role for the UN after a peace agreement w [...]
2006-06-09 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU PGOV
06KHARTOUM1475SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]
2006-06-22 18:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1667SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...]
2006-07-15 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1852GNU ADVISOR DETAILS HISTORY OF TROUBLED BILATERAL
[...] (C) On August 3, Charge Hume briefed Yahya Hussein Babiker on the Washington visits of First Vice President Kiir and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minawi. He also noted USG efforts to convince Chad to end support to rebels operating along the Chad-Sudan border (reftel),as well as [...]
2006-08-03 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM241A/S FRAZER AND NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Integrating Eritrea into the international community through promoting productive Eritrean engagement to resolve the crisis in Darfur could also produce forward movement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen told A/S [...]
2006-01-31 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET ER SU AU
06KHARTOUM2531SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH SALAH GHOSH: WILLINGNESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, Sudanese intelligence chief Salah Ghosh said that the Sudanese government would never accept a UN force but was willing to work with the USG to find a solution to the Darfur crisis. He indicated that such discussions could include e [...]
2006-10-22 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER SU UN
06KHARTOUM430SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM431SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 10:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM605SUDAN'S RESPONSE: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A UN
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche on March 7 to MFA Department of the Americas Acting Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim. Rejecting the premise of the message, he offered several reasons why Sudan instead seeks to continue the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS): -- AMIS is n [...]
2006-03-08 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM674SUDAN: MFA DISCUSSES UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 15 discussion, MFA Acting Americas Director Abd Elghani said that ending the Darfur conflict through a political settlement was Sudan's priority, not finding a role for another UN peacekeeping force. He urged the U.S. to work with Sudan to push for a peace agreeme [...]
2006-03-16 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM719AN RX FOR AMIS
[...] (C) Improving African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) performance in the transition period with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will require physical support from the donor community and structural evolution at AMIS. There are dozens of options for the international community and for AMIS, [...]
2006-03-22 10:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM953UN A/SG ANNABI: SUDAN TO DEFER UN ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 19 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN A/SG for PKO Annabi said that Sudan had indicated it would not permit a UN assessment team to visit to plan a peacekeeping transition from the AU to the UN until after a Darfur peace agreement was reached. Sudan feels u [...]
2006-04-20 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KIEV1036UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]
2006-03-16 15:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1062UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]
2006-03-17 15:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1081UKRAINE: MOROZ AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY: ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Most of the attention on the failure of the "Maidan" coalition to form a coherent, effective government team in office in 2005 justifiably focused on the bitter falling out of the two main Orange parties, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and Yuliya Tymoshenko's eponymous bloc ( [...]
2006-03-20 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ETRD PARM NATO
06KIEV1107UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...]
2006-03-22 15:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KIEV1123UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON NATO, JOB SECURITY
[...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko said that he was in the process of reorganizing his general staff to meet the NATO "J-System" requirement. He added that he hoped a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine could be approved at the next NATO defe [...]
2006-03-23 14:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR NATO
06KIEV1154UKRAINE: MARCH 26 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- CAN
[...] (C) Summary: The March 26 parliamentary elections are lining up to be judged free and fair, despite flaws. The campaign was marred by none (or very, very few) of the Kuchma government behavior that seriously eroded confidence in how the fall 2004 presidential elections would be conducted. Ad [...]
2006-03-24 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD
06KIEV1261UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS
[...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]
2006-03-30 14:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1282UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]
2006-03-31 16:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1354UKRAINE: MFA DIRECTOR BELASHOV ON BLACK SEA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting called at his request, MFA Military-Technical Cooperation and Arms Control Department Director Volodymyr Belashov asked us for the USG position regarding the Turkish-sponsored Operation Black Sea Harmony, [...]
2006-04-05 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MOPS PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1445UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH: STABLE
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh told Ambassador that a stable majority coalition in Parliament (Rada) and the formation of a new government had to happen quickly in order to address critical economic issues. In order [...]
2006-04-11 15:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV UP
06KIEV1481UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND CODEL FRIST DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko discussed Rada majority coalition possibilities, bilateral U.S.-Ukrainian issues, and his vision for Ukraine's future April 13 with a delegation led by Senator Majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and including Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC). [...]
2006-04-13 17:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1530UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH TO CODEL FRIST: ORANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told CODEL Frist and Ambassador April 13 that the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) bloc needed to form a coalition with his Party of Regions in order to overcome the east-west split within the country. A union of the previous ruling coalit [...]
2006-04-14 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD NATO OREP PINR US UP
06KIEV1587UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO'S OUR UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. For several weeks in the wake of the March 26 elections in which it was soundly defeated by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU) bloc leaders offered primarily positive public commentary, with reservations, about the formation of an Orange Rada majority coalition a [...]
2006-04-20 14:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
06KIEV1639UKRAINE: DNSA CROUCH'S NATO-THEMED DINNER INCLUDES
[...] (C) At an April 19 NATO-themed dinner in honor of Deputy National Security Adviser Crouch, Defense Minister Hrytsenko and Foreign Minister Tarasyuk politely disagreed over the attitudes toward NATO of PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko, the Socialist Party, and Party of Regions. They also disagreed [...]
2006-04-26 08:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1662UKRAINE: RADA MAJORITY COALITION TALKS RESUME;
[...] (C) Summary: After a ten-day hiatus, coalition negotiations between President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine, the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists resumed April 25, deputy Socialist Party leader Iosyp Vinsky told Ambassador April 27. Our Ukraine's Roman Zvarych, Tymoshenko (standin [...]
2006-04-27 16:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1693UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S
[...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...]
2006-04-28 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1698UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S ZVARYCH ON AGREEMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department chief Roman Zvarych confirmed that, in ongoing Rada majority coalition negotiations between Our Ukraine (OU),Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists, two documents had been signed April 25, one on co [...]
2006-04-28 13:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM UP
06KIEV1851UKRAINE: UPDATES FROM BEZSMERTNY AND TYMOSHENKO -
[...] (C) Summary: A downbeat and cynical Roman Bezsmertny and a more relaxed Yuliya Tymoshenko separately assessed the current stated of play in coalition negotiations with Charge May 11-12; their characterizations largely tracked, though not completely. Both said that Yushchenko's attitude toward [...]
2006-05-15 08:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1913UKRAINE: FORMER NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's May 17 farewell call on outgoing National Secretary and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh, who has resigned in order to take up a seat in the new parliament (Rada),Kinakh detailed Ukrainian thinking on Transnistria, Belarus, and the deteriorating Ukraine- [...]
2006-05-17 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1937UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON COALITION TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko opined to Ambassador May 18 that Orange coalition prospects were growing as President Yushchenko was resigning himself to ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's return to the prime ministership. He agreed with Ambassador's listing of honest government o [...]
2006-05-19 12:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MARR NATO BO UP
06KIEV1940UKRAINE: KINAKH AND FM TARASYUK ON COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassadorial farewell calls May 17 on outgoing National Security Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh and Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, Kinakh and Tarasyuk, both of whom lead minor parties that contested the March 26 elections as part of President Yushchenko's O [...]
2006-05-19 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1992UKRAINE: FAREWELL CALL ON PM-HOPEFUL TYMOSHENKO ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his farewell call on PM-aspirant Yuliya Tymoshenko May 24, the day prior to the opening of the new parliament (Rada) May 25. Tymoshenko said she and her team had stayed up "all night" analyzing the completely new coalition proposal Our Ukraine (OU) had sprung on [...]
2006-05-24 14:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1994UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]
2006-05-24 15:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KIEV2039UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]
2006-05-26 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2166UKRAINE: CODEL BLUNT'S 5/29 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) During a May 29 meeting with CODEL Blunt, President Yushchenko characterized Ukraine's economic growth as "strong" and predicted that a new Orange coalition government would be formed "in a couple of days." Negotiations over top leadership positions had begun May 29 and should be complet [...]
2006-06-05 09:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON CASC KOCI
06KIEV2190UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]
2006-06-06 16:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]
2006-06-07 17:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2208UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS
[...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...]
2006-06-07 17:44:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP
06KIEV2247UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]
2006-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2281UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAYS COALITION TALKS ARE
[...] (C) Yuliya Tymoshenko told DCM on June 12 that talks on forming an Orange coalition were deadlocked over Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz' insistence on being made Rada Speaker. Tymoshenko had tried to reason with Moroz, but he was dug in, knowing that this would be his "political swan [...]
2006-06-12 20:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RS UP
06KIEV2297UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's June 13 presentation of a copy of his credentials, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc could not accept Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Moroz as parliamentary speaker, despite Moroz' insistence that this was his condition f [...]
2006-06-13 16:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AMGT PGOV PINR UP
06KIEV2329UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT
[...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]
2006-06-15 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2331UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER ZVARYCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Ukraine (OU) negotiator Roman Zvarych updated DCM June 14 regarding ongoing OU-Party of Regions talks on forming a Rada (parliament) majority coalition, trying to put a positive spin on OU's possible about-face. An Orange-Blue coalition could be in place by June 20, since dif [...]
2006-06-15 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI MARR ETRD UP
06KIEV2358UKRAINE/ROMANIA/BLACK SEA FORUM: FRIENDLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and Romania have enjoyed markedly warmer relations post-Orange Revolution, according to Romanian Embassy counselor Stanciu, with Romanian President Basescu visiting Kiev three times. MFA Romania desk officer Popyk told us three areas continued to be irritants in the bi [...]
2006-06-16 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2359UKRAINE: ORANGE-BLUE COALITION TALKS ALLEGEDLY
[...] (C) A coalition agreement between the Party of Regions and Our Ukraine (OU) could be reached tonight (June 16),according to Regions MP and de facto shadow foreign minister Leonid Kozhara. In a conversation with DCM, Kozhara dismissed OU's public distinction between "consultations" and "negot [...]
2006-06-16 16:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2403UKRAINE: ANOTHER RADA SESSION ENDS WITHOUT A
[...] (C) The Rada (parliament) held two short sessions June 20 but adjourned until June 21 without forming a majority coalition. Before the morning session, Our Ukraine (OU) MP Roman Zvayrch claimed to us that talks with OU's Orange partners were deadlocked over Yuliya Tymoshenko's refusal to acce [...]
2006-06-20 15:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2451UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) In a letter dated June 19, received by the Embassy June 22, MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov transmitted the Government of Ukraine (GOU)'s proposed agenda for the July 11-12 U.S.-Ukr [...]
2006-06-22 12:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UP
06KIEV2461UKRAINE: COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES FINALLY
[...] (C) Nearly three months after the March 26 elections, Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU),and the Socialist Party (SPU) finally created a parliamentary majority of the "Coalition of Democratic Forces" mid-day June 22 by presenting a coalition agreement with the signatures of 239 [...]
2006-06-22 17:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2477UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]
2006-06-23 12:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2500UKRAINE: REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH ON NEW
[...] (SBU) In a lengthy June 23 meeting with an American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych claimed that anti-Semitic violence was infrequent in Ukraine and repeated the Soviet-era canard that such violence primarily occurred in "radical" western oblasts. Y [...]
2006-06-26 14:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2526UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]
2006-06-29 13:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]
2006-06-29 17:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2589UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]
2006-07-05 15:06:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV2590UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]
2006-07-05 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2855UKRAINE: THE POLITICAL CHESS GAME: VIEWS FROM THE
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with key deputy party leaders from Our Ukraine (OU),Regions, and the Socialists over the week of July 17-21 revealed a complicated political chess game underway in Ukrainian politics. Regions' Volodymyr Makeyenko and Socialists Mykola Rudkovsky and Yaroslav Mendus [...]
2006-07-21 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2932UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]
2006-07-28 08:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2962UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's relations with NATO in the context of ongoing domestic political roundtable discussions and fading chances for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) invitation at the Riga Summit were discussed in EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Kramer's July 28 meetings with Actin [...]
2006-07-31 14:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3021UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]
2006-08-03 13:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3029UKRAINE: TALE OF TWO VIKTORS: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES
[...] (C) Summary. In another last minute decision crucial to the political future of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the procedures required for dissolution of the Rada (parliament) August 2, only to agree in the middle of the night instead to endorse Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovyc [...]
2006-08-04 06:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV3041UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]
2006-08-04 14:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV3130UKRAINE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? "ORANGE" MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, who repeatedly vowed publicly in July that he would never serve under Viktor Yanukovych, revealed his continuing ambivalence in an August 11 press conference to explain why he had remained Interior Minister in Yanukovych's government, stating that [...]
2006-08-11 14:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3185UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]
2006-08-16 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV333UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]
2006-01-25 15:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3332UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]
2006-08-29 10:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV336UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]
2006-01-26 08:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV3371UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...]
2006-08-31 15:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP
06KIEV3463UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]
2006-09-08 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3464UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]
2006-09-08 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3489UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...]
2006-09-11 14:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP
06KIEV3553UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine-NATO relations was a primary theme in EUR Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings September 6-7 with FM Borys Tarasyuk, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and PM Viktor Yanukovych. Holdover "orange" Ministers Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko have been the two staunchest advocates [...]
2006-09-18 12:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3569UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU
[...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...]
2006-09-18 14:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP
06KIEV3570UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO MIFFED ON MAP? KIEV'S REACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the positive dynamics of PM Yanukovych's September 14 visit to NATO HQ (ref A),Yanukovych's declaration that Ukraine was not ready for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) drew swift public complaints from FM Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko September 15, followed by [...]
2006-09-18 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3674UKRAINE: NEW PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador September 19 that he was ready to engage with the U.S. to ensure that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anti-Corruption Project was a success and was eager to get started [...]
2006-09-22 14:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UP
06KIEV3755UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER
[...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]
2006-09-28 14:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV382UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]
2006-01-30 15:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV3862UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]
2006-10-05 07:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3905UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]
2006-10-10 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3923UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES?
[...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]
2006-10-12 14:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV520UKRAINE: LOOKING TOWARD AND BEYOND THE MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: A majority in the new Rada elected by the March 26 parliamentary elections will select a new Prime Minister, who will take the lead on forming a new Cabinet (with the exception of Defense and Foreign Ministers). Poll results have for months consistently suggested that at least t [...]
2006-02-07 15:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV553UKRAINE: YOU TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND I'LL TAKE THE
[...] (C) Summary: Circus-like farce impinged on serious statecraft at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) the morning of February 9. President Yushchenko delivered an hour-long "State of the Nation" address to the Rada, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year since his inauguration an [...]
2006-02-09 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
06KIEV589UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION PROVINCIAL SNAPSHOT:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The north-central province of Chernihiv offers a snapshot of the changed Ukraine and of the fluid political dynamics between the 2004 Presidential contest and the upcoming March parliamentary (Rada) and local elections. In 2004, Chernihiv witnessed heavy administrative resource [...]
2006-02-14 13:10:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
06KIEV604UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]
2006-02-15 13:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL NATO
06KIEV641UKRAINE: REGIONS' BOSS YANUKOVYCH ON WTO, ELECTION
[...] (C) Party of Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador on February 15 that Ukraine had to coordinate its WTO entry with Russia and said that President Yushchenko would be making a "huge mistake" if he formed an "Orange Coalition" with ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko before or after the March p [...]
2006-02-16 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON
06KIEV965UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]
2006-03-14 09:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIGALI1187RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]
2006-12-12 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI277AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR
[...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...]
2006-03-23 13:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI410GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN
[...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...]
2006-05-02 10:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KINSHASA37DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMIS REHAT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Jacques Djoli, the new chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the crisis in Darfur required continued attention and security assistance from the African Union and other interested parties. 2. (SBU) [...]
2006-01-09 10:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU CG
06KINSHASA586CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]
2006-04-15 14:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]
2006-04-15 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA658DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]
2006-04-27 11:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KRAKOW266BIO OF CANDIDATE FOR MINISTER IN POLISH MFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG met with Krzysztof Szczerski, Vice Director of the Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Szczerski confirmed what we had heard--that he is being considered for a high position in the Polish MFA and that he will kn [...]
2006-12-13 15:51:00Consulate KrakowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
06KUWAIT1790KUWAIT TELLS DOD-STATE-NSC TEAM GCC CONSENSUS
[...] (C) Summary: In May 14 meetings with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled and MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, a senior State-Defense-NSC team (DOD PDUSD Henry, State PM A/S Hillen, and NSC Senior Director Doran) reiterated the U.S. commitment to Gulf security, outlined the U.S. Gu [...]
2006-05-19 17:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3392KEY ISSUES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5 VISIT OF KUWAITI
[...] (S/NF) Status of Bilateral Relations: Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah's September visit is his first official U.S. trip since becoming Amir in January. As Prime Minister, he last visited the United States in July 2005. Kuwait, a major Non-NATO ally since 2004, has strongly supported coa [...]
2006-08-21 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KU SCENESETTER
06KUWAIT3837CORRECTED COPY. INVITATION TO 2006 USNATO/USEU
[...] Embassy Kuwait will send Political Military Affairs Officer DeWitt Conklin to attend the Pol-Mil Conference in Brussels on October 4-6, 2006. Post requests assistance with accomodation and ground transportation. Requested participant information is: Name: DeWitt C. Conklin Title: Politic [...]
2006-09-26 05:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGE MARR NATO KU
06KUWAIT4557NATO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MEETING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 04:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PTER KU
06KUWAIT4617KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERROR FUNDING, IRAN, IRAQ, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 09:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4625KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]
2006-12-11 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4628KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 09:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4632KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 10:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4633KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 10:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4634KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 10:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4652NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]
2006-12-13 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT4677KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 13:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT998NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]
2006-03-21 13:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KYIV4021UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]
2006-10-18 10:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4138UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE HAMPERED BY DISORGANIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko has begun to respond to attempts by the Yanukovych/Regions team to tip the balance of power in its favor. He has brought in a more professional senior team to the Presidential Secretariat and taken steps to counter policies he does not support. However, the [...]
2006-10-30 15:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4187UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]
2006-11-03 17:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4229UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]
2006-11-09 14:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4295UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]
2006-11-17 12:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4298UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO ON YUSHCHENKO,
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Hrytsenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that President Yushchenko's remote style interfered with his effectiveness, that PM Yanukovych was the most reasonable of the Regions' team in office and that the U.S. was right to seek to work with [...]
2006-11-17 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4299UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]
2006-11-17 15:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO
[...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]
2006-11-17 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4302UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S
[...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]
2006-11-17 16:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4313UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]
2006-11-20 15:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4407UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS
[...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]
2006-11-30 12:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4413UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING -
[...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]
2006-11-30 15:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4425UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS
[...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]
2006-12-01 14:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY:
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]
2006-12-01 16:33:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4489UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S
[...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]
2006-12-07 15:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4491UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK'S LEGAL LIMBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Tarasyuk called in EU and NATO ambassadors and charges December 7 to confirm his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He reported that he had filed a suit to block the Rada's move to dismiss him on the basis of three procedural errors. The court would hold [...]
2006-12-07 16:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KYIV4537UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]
2006-12-11 16:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4679UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]
2006-12-29 13:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF
[...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]
2006-12-29 13:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06LIBREVILLE677AFRICAN LEADERS MEET BASHIR IN CHINA
[...] (C) On November 10, immediately upon the Gabon delegation's return from the China-Africa summit, Ambassador Walkley met with Foreign Minister Jean Ping for a read-out regarding discussions concerning Darfur/Sudan. Ping said that on October 12, Abdoulaye Wade -- identifying himself as the Coor [...]
2006-11-13 12:35:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU GB
06LIMA3571GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS
[...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narco [...]
2006-09-08 15:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA3572GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS
[...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narc [...]
2006-09-08 16:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PGOV SNAR PE
06LISBON1089PORTUGAL: NATO RESPONSE FORCE: WITH THE U.S. IN
[...] (C) P/E officer delivered reftel demarche June 6 to MFA's Director of Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real. Corte-Real thought that the MOD had the lead on this issue and said he would forward it immediately. When pressed for his opinion, he said that Portugal was already participating in [...]
2006-06-08 14:49:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR PO
06LISBON1315PORTUGUESE FM RESIGNS, NEW MOD AND FM SWORN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Diogo Freitas do Amaral resigned on June 30, citing health reasons. MOD Luis Amado was named to become the next Foreign Minister, and Amado was replaced by Nuno Severiano Teixeira, the former director of the Institute of National Defense. Both men were sworn in on [...]
2006-07-03 17:13:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PO
06LISBON1565TFLE01: PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado told the Ambassador on July 27 that the extraordinary EU meeting on the Middle East planned for August 1 must devise a common EU position and avoid divisions with the United States. He said Hezbollah must be disarmed and an international force deplo [...]
2006-07-27 16:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
06LISBON1768FM AMADO TRAVELS TO MIDDLE EAST IN EFFORT TO RAISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: FM Luis Amado will be traveling to Libya, Cairo and Amman the week of August 21 as part of Portugal's effort to play a larger role in the international arena, particularly in the Middle East, in the run-up to its EU Presidency during the latter half of 2007. Minister Amado pl [...]
2006-08-21 13:02:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO EG JO LY
06LISBON2134PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA,
[...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]
2006-09-26 15:50:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LISBON2266US-PORTUGAL BILATERAL COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: Portugal hosted the semi-annual meeting of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission on October 3 to discuss ongoing bilateral cooperation items as well as coordination on international military engagements. The U.S. delegation noted Portugal's military contributions worldwide, incl [...]
2006-10-12 14:21:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR ETRD PO
06LISBON2361VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) DCM Adrienne O'Neal contacted the Foreign Minister's Chief of Cabinet Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes per reftel to inform him that, although the U.S. appreciates Portugal's interest in hosting the NATO summit and that Lisbon is an attractive option for a NATO summit overall, that the U.S. [...]
2006-10-20 11:17:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPO PREL MARR
06LISBON2366SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]
2006-10-20 17:13:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LISBON2719PORTUGAL TO BE VOICE OF MODERATION IN EU ACCESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 17:48:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN NATO PO TU
06LISBON933PORTUGAL: NOT READY TO PRESS ON SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) On May 22, Polecon Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Russian Affairs Officer Ana Paula Moriera. While she acknowledged that Russia had been practicing a creeping influence policy, Moriera said the EU and OSCE messages urging restraint were probably sufficient given the sensitivities [...]
2006-05-24 13:33:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL OSCE PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA101SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO?
[...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...]
2006-02-15 03:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV
06LJUBLJANA14SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...]
2006-01-06 07:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO
06LJUBLJANA202SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON ALLIED SUPPORT TO ENGAGE
[...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on April 3 to MFA Security Policy staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek responded that Slovenia had no opposition to the beginning of an Intensified Dialogue (ID) with Georgia, but cautioned that Georgia should not be lumped in the same category as [...]
2006-04-03 04:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA221SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]
2006-04-12 00:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RU SI
06LJUBLJANA252SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...]
2006-04-25 21:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA272SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]
2006-05-05 05:05:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA32 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY: - THE IFF (S3-B-UAK) AND TALON RADIO (S3-B-UAJ) FMS CASES ARE NEARING COMPLETION. - PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE 8-WEEK DEPLOYMENT LOGISTICS MTT SCHEDULED FOR THIS SPRING. - ODC CHIEF WILL VISIT OUR STATE-SIDE SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAM POINTS OF CONTACT FROM 30 JANUARY TO 3 [...]
2006-01-19 05:12:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
06LJUBLJANA322SLOVENIA CONSIDERING FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] (C) On May 24, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's NATO Department Head, Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek said that the MFA and MOD had sent a proposal to the government (cabinet) for Slovenia to donate 50,000 Euro to the Trust Fund for NTM-I. Cimpersek stressed that this was stil [...]
2006-05-24 22:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS SI
06LJUBLJANA323SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] (C) On May 24, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's NATO Department Head, Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek thanked us for the demarche and said MFA would consider delivering a demarche to the Government of Kyrgyzstan regarding use of the Manas airfield. Post will follow up to deter [...]
2006-05-24 22:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA329SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]
2006-05-25 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA34SLOVENIA: PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK SEEKING TO MAKE A
[...] (C) Summary: At a lunch January 13, President Drnovsek, accompanied by Presidential Advisor and former FM Ivo Vajgl, outlined for COM his proposals to galvanize international assistance for Darfur (reported reftel),his ideas on how to resolve the long-simmering Slovenian-Croatian border disp [...]
2006-01-19 08:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA346SLOVENIA: LTG ALBIN GUTMAN NAMED NEW CHOD
[...] (U) On June 1, Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec named Lieutenant General Albin Gutman as the new Chief of Defense, to replace Major General Ladislav Lipic. The appointment officially became effective on June 2. 2. (U) Gutman,s military career began in Slovenia,s Territorial Defense Force, [...]
2006-06-02 05:48:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA349SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON NATO RESPONSE FORCE:
[...] (C) On June 2, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Department Head Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek, and on June 5 to MOD NATO/EU Department Head Aljosa Selan. Although Slovenia's resources are currently being stretched by a new set of NATO Force Goals (issued in March 2006),Cimpersek and [...]
2006-06-05 03:21:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA354SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Polecon Chief discussed reftel points with EU Correspondent at the MFA, Peter Grk on June 7. Grk said Slovenia was supportive of the transition from OHR to an EU Representative in Bosnia and agreed with developing a timeline which would have the transition completed in mid-2007. The GOS [...]
2006-06-07 05:21:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL SI
06LJUBLJANA359SLOVENIA: DAS PEKALA AND DEPUTY FM CERAR DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 24 meeting with EUR DAS Mark Pekala, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minster Bozo Cerar outlined some goals for the Center for European Perspective (CEP) and described the priorities of the Government of Slovenia (GOS) for its presidency of the European Union in the first hal [...]
2006-06-09 03:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA402SLOVENIA: PM JANSA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Janez Jansa is nearly half-way through his first term in office. In that time we have enjoyed a much closer bilateral relationship with the Government of Slovenia (GOS) than with the previous, center-left government. He is a true believer in NATO and strong promo [...]
2006-06-28 03:40:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA414SLOVENIA: COM AND PM JANSA MEET PRIOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 23:00:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA42 Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to
[...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...]
2006-01-20 07:56:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA483SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE GUTMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 20 July COM paid a courtesy call on the new Chief of Defense (CHOD) of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Lt. General Albin Gutman. Gutman, returning to the CHOD position for the second time, was well prepared and talked at length about the entire slate of U.S.-Slovenia militar [...]
2006-07-26 04:49:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALSI
06LJUBLJANA522SLOVENIA: DESPITE OPPOSITION PROTESTS, NEW IRAQ
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week leaders from the opposition parties Liberal Democracy (LDS) and Social Democrats (SD) hoped to take advantage of the slow news cycle as well as this week's scheduled deployment of Slovenia's second rotation of instructors to NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I) for a quic [...]
2006-08-14 15:21:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA54SLOVENIA: GOS AND ITF CONSIDER CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOS is currently exploring the idea of sending civilian reconstruction personnel to Herat, Afghanistan, where 29 members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) are currently stationed as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) within the ISAF mission. The reconstruction o [...]
2006-01-25 07:44:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREF PHSA SI
06LJUBLJANA553SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]
2006-08-24 14:42:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETNATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA608SLOVENIA: THE BRUISED AND BATTERED REPUTATION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec has had a rocky few months battling for respect and support from the media, fellow ministers, and the general public. A series of MoD missteps, from the controversial tender for purchase of 8x8 armored vehicles, to a budget fight, and sexual ha [...]
2006-09-21 09:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA611SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]
2006-09-21 12:01:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA612SLOVENIA: SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES BACKGROUNDER
[...] (U) In preparation for the Secretary of Defense's visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006, and his bilateral discussions with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, please find below a current summary of Slovenia [...]
2006-09-21 12:02:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]
2006-01-31 03:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA646DAS DICARLO ENGAGES ON REGIONAL ISSUES IN LJUBLJANA
[...] (C) Summary: In October 3-4 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Bozo Cerar, and chief international affairs advisor to the Prime Minister, Andrej Rahten reiterated Slovenia's support for the work of both the UN Special Negotiator Ahtisaari and the Contact [...]
2006-10-13 12:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SI YI SR
06LJUBLJANA66SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 07:48:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI
06LJUBLJANA710SLOVENES: KEEP THE DOOR TO NATO OPEN
[...] (C) COM spoke with MFA State Secretary (and soon to be Slovenian Ambassador to NATO) Bozo Cerar on October 26 and delivered reftel points regarding NATO enlargement and the Riga Summit. To COM's comment that the US would be supportive of Croatia's bid in 2008, Cerar reaffirmed Slovenia's supp [...]
2006-11-03 05:17:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA725SLOVENIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE MORE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 12:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA743GOS HEARS PITCH ON BLANKET END USE RETRANSFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy Ljubljana delivered reftel diplomatic note asking the Government of Slovenia to consider joining the USG's blanket end use retransfer and security assurance program. A copy of the diplomatic note will be faxed to PM/RSAT on November 16. 2. (C) PolMilOff followed up on the diplo [...]
2006-11-16 12:50:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMASS SI
06LJUBLJANA745SLOVENIA: SATISFIED THAT IT IS PULLING ITS WEIGHT
[...] (SBU) On November 15 PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek, a staffer in the NATO Office of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolMilOff also acknowledged Slovenia's long-standing commitment to Afghanistan, praising the 54 troops Sloveni [...]
2006-11-17 05:49:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS SI
06LJUBLJANA761SLOVENIA BALANCES INTERESTS IN KOSOVO/SERBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 09:44:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA770SLOVENIA ON BOARD WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia supports the US positions on Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE. According to Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations, Damjan Bergant, it will be difficult to get everything we hope for during negotiations, but worth the effort to try. While [...]
2006-12-01 12:14:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS NATO OSCE SI
06LJUBLJANA774SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRAQ A BIG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 14:33:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA786SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...]
2006-12-07 12:56:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA822SLOVENIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BOARD WITH U.S.ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A SHORT ONE HOUR LUNCH DECEMBER 19 WITH COM ONE-ON-ONE, SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI'S WAY FORWARD ON KOSOVO, SAYING HE HAD ARGUED AT THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO DELAY INTRODUCING THE PLAN ONCE SER [...]
2006-12-20 15:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA96SLOVENIAN DEPUTY FM MOVING THE BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with COM, Deputy FM Bozo Cerar expressed a strong interest iour Democracy Agenda and how Slovenia might adapt this approach to foreign relations. Cerar's interest led to a deeper discussion of a number of bilateral and multilateral topics. On UN reform, Ce [...]
2006-02-13 02:19:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LONDON1735(C) SUDAN: UK IN SYNCH ON UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO SU UK
06LONDON2020(C) SUDAN: UK PUSHES RE-HATTING AND SENSITIVITY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Gregor Lusty March 17. Lusty said the UK agrees with those points and is also pressing appropriate African states to support quick action on re-hatting AMIS as a UN operation. He said the UK stresses the importanc [...]
2006-03-17 17:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI NATO SU UK
06LONDON7206(U) S/CRS HERBST MEETS WITH DFID AND FCO OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met in London October 5 with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In both meetings, the two sides updated each other on their respective efforts to improve coordination of the civilian [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID UK
06LONDON8039(C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...]
2006-11-21 17:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK
06LONDON8074(SBU) AFGHANISTAN: HAJJ TRANSPORT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 16:53:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAIR AF
06LUXEMBOURG343NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER LUXEMBOURG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 13:21:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO LU
06LUXEMBOURG582LUXEMBOURG'S CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ISAF
[...] (U) Luxembourg will soon send its eleventh small contingent of soldiers to Afghanistan in support of the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF). The nine soldiers - all volunteers - will serve a four-month stint with the Belgian troops guarding the airport in Kabul. Thei [...]
2006-11-03 15:57:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV MOPS PREL LU
06LUXEMBOURG641LUXEMBOURG'S PM ON THE NATO SUMMIT
[...] (C) During an 11 December meeting the Ambassador and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker discussed the NATO Summit, the NATO Response Force (NRF),and the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The Ambassador expressed her appreciation to the PM for Luxem [...]
2006-12-14 13:08:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PM LU
06MADRID1037SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON NATO ISSUES
[...] (U) Poloff discussed reftels with MFA Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs Manuel Acerete and his deputy on April 24. Acerete had previously accepted some of the information, but lacked instructions on how to respond. Following are his responses. 2. (C) On Georgia's [...]
2006-04-25 15:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR SP
06MADRID1080SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: CANDIDACY OF IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 11:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL UNHRC SP
06MADRID1261SPANISH GOVERNMENT DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Citing barely 50 percent public approval for Spanish participation in ISAF, the GOS took the offensive on May 18, holding a high visibility public discussion of its efforts in Afghanistan. GOS speakers, including the Defense and Foreign Ministers, hammered on several key justifi [...]
2006-05-19 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF SP
06MADRID1459SPAIN PRESSES KYRGYZSTAN ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 16:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL SP AF KG
06MADRID1490AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on June 8 to review bilateral relations and to discuss regional issues of joint interest, including developments in Peru, Bolivia, Iran, Syria, and North Africa. Regarding the CIA flights issue, Vice President de [...]
2006-06-09 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1526SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...]
2006-06-13 17:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1564SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]
2006-06-16 13:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1577SPAIN ON NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 12:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL
06MADRID1656SPAIN TAKES POSITIVE VIEW OF US CANDIDATE FOR NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 15:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MARR PREL SP
06MADRID1743SPAIN TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] After consulting with Canadian DCM, Emboffs delivered PRT conference invitations on June 26 to the Foreign Ministry Director General (DG) for Asia and Pacific, the Spanish aid agency AECI DG for Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, and Defense Ministry DG for Policy. Separately, Emboffs reached [...]
2006-07-07 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC NATO SP AF
06MADRID1748SPANISH MOD DEMONSTRATES INTENT TO CONTINUE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The day after standing beside the Ambassador during the Ambassador's July 4th speech, Defense Minister Alonso sat down with the Ambassador to talk at length about Asian security policy, Alonso's planned fall visit to Washington, NATO, Spanish politics, and bilateral defense is [...]
2006-07-07 15:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID1834SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. There is intense public interest and curiousity in Spain regarding what will happen in post-Fidel Cuba. While both the US and Spain clearly share the common long-term objective of a democratic Cuba, it is also clear that we have divergent views on how to achieve that objective. [...]
2006-07-20 15:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
06MADRID1962SPAIN ON SYRIA/HIZBALLAH AND POSSIBLE TROOP
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD Director General for Defense Policy told poloff on August 3 that, although Spanish FM Moratinos has said that it is "very premature" to talk about troop contributions before there is a UNSC resolution, Spain is likely to contribute 800 or more troops to an internationa [...]
2006-08-03 13:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR LE SY SP
06MADRID2159SCENESETTER FOR DASD FATA VISIT TO MADRID
[...] (C/NF) Embassy Madrid, implementing Secretary Rice's US-Spain strategy, has worked with considerable focus over the past year to put the Spain-US relationship back onto a productive footing. As an important player not only in NATO but also in Latin America, the Middle East, and increasingly a [...]
2006-08-30 11:24:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL SP
06MADRID2242SPAIN ON NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 11:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO SP
06MADRID2261SPANISH MILITARY ON CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS, NATO/RIGA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dan Fata discussed the NATO Riga Summit, Defense Minister Alonso's upcoming meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld, current Spanish deployments, and the NCIS/OSI issue with top Spanish military and defense leaders on Sept 5-6. Fata praised Spain' [...]
2006-09-11 13:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
06MADRID2335SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NCIS/OSI,
[...] (C/NF) Charge paid an introductory call on MOD Secretary General for Policy Admiral Francisco Torrente on September 15. Charge told Torrente that the US deeply appreciates the hospitality and use of Spanish bases, as well as the strong foundation that the military-military relationship provides to [...]
2006-09-15 16:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP LE AF
06MADRID2380DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN -
[...] (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deploye [...]
2006-09-22 12:12:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP
06MADRID2641SCENESETTER FOR SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER ALONSO
[...] (C/NF) When you meet with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso on October 23, you are meeting a man who is vastly different from his predecessor. Whereas ex-Minister Bono is a lifelong politician and rival of President Zapatero, Alonso is a judge and lifelong friend of Zapatero. Bono [...]
2006-10-18 15:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
06MADRID2870SPAIN SUPPORTS CONTINUED EU, NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 2 and to Russia and Eastern Europe Desk Officer Iago Gil Aguado on November 8. Fernandez-Arias told Emboff that Ukraine is the most important non-EU European nation as far as Sp [...]
2006-11-13 14:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS SP UP
06MADRID2871SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 8 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the November 13-14 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement with the United States on most topics, but he singled out [...]
2006-11-13 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2910SPAIN ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN ISSUES FOR RIGA
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on the need for increased commitment to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan to MOD Policy Director ADM Francisco Torrente on November 17. DCM emphasized that while the US appreciates Spain's solid contribution in the west, NATO faces a strong challenge in the [...]
2006-11-17 18:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO SP
06MADRID2956SPAIN: ACTIVE SUPPORT ON TURKEY/EU; WILL SEEK
[...] (C) DCM met with Alberto Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, on November 24 to discuss the future of Turkish accession into the EU. DCM asked Navarro if Spain would be an active supporter of Turkey at the December European Council and also asked what role France and [...]
2006-11-27 16:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL NATO SP
06MADRID3059SPANISH MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NATO RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. MOD Policy Director Torrente told DCM on December 12 that President Bush's remarks had helped make the NATO Riga Summit more successful than he'd expected. He said that the Summit had achieved important political ends related to future expansion and the Alliance's commitment to [...]
2006-12-19 11:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID3066SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ON CUBA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a December 1 meeting, Spanish National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana told WHA A/S Tom Shannon and the Ambassador that he would discuss a possible EU statement on the future of Cuba with President Zapatero and Foreign Minister Moratinos. END SUMMARY. 2. (C/NF) A/S To [...]
2006-12-19 17:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP CU
06MADRID3082USOSCE AMB FINLEY CONSULTS SPAIN ON ITS OSCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USOSCE Ambassador Finley discussed Spain's plans for its upcoming OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office with Spanish OSCE Task Force Director Lopez Jorrin and his team on December 15. Finley and Lopez Jorrin discussed the importance of focusing the next OSCE ministerial on a few key issues [...]
2006-12-21 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE SP
06MADRID499SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Spanish Ministry of Defense (MOD) acting Director for Policy (DIGENPOL) Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez told a visiting GAO team and Emboffs on February 17 that the mil-to-mil relationship is strong overall but that there are some "details" that the allies need to resolve. He emphasized tha [...]
2006-03-01 07:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID779SPAIN: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 10:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP UN
06MANAMA1253BAHRAIN: NATO-MIDDLE EAST SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho at Shaikho's request July 9 to discuss the NATO-Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC). Shaikho explained that, following recent internal GCC discussion on the topic, he had been task [...]
2006-07-10 13:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA REGION ROW
06MANAMA138BAHRAIN: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In contrast with its size, Bahrain makes an invaluable contribution to U.S. security objectives in the Gulf region by hosting and providing support to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet and the Naval Support Activity. In 2004 Bahrain was an important coalition partn [...]
2006-01-30 14:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP PREL BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA180FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN: WE'RE WORRIED AND NEED
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador February 7 that Bahrain supported the IAEA referral of Iran to the UN and suggested involving India more directly in the issue to apply greater pressure to Iran. Shaikh Khalid, who had visited Tehran January 28-29, stated that Foreign Mi [...]
2006-02-08 09:32:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MARR PARM BA IR REGION OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA1827SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' OCTOBER
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your October 31-November 1 visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at an important moment in promotion of the freedom agenda in Bahrain, with parliamentary and municipal elections to be held November 25 and December 2. Of the 221 candidates standing for election to parliament, [...]
2006-10-22 15:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL PGOV OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1915FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]
2006-11-13 12:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION
06MANAMA1972KING, NAVY SECRETARY DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (S) King Hamad told Secretary of the Navy Winter November 26 that Bahrain's relationship with the U.S. Navy was fundamental to the stability and prosperity of the country and region. The Navy has been an ambassador and liaison between the two countries and Bahrain has benefited from joint ex [...]
2006-11-28 10:47:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA243AMBASSADOR AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS FTA AND IRAN
[...] (C) In their February 19 meeting, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador that he would deliver a speech at the February 27 conference on the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),at which Commerce Secretary Gutierrez also will speak. The CP said the government was still considerin [...]
2006-02-20 10:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD OVIP BA IR ECTRD REGION OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA442DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR
[...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]
2006-03-20 05:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA530SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S APRIL 8
[...] (C) We warmly welcome Under Secretary Joseph's April 8 visit to Bahrain. The visit comes during a period of high-level bilateral engagement, which the Bahrainis seek and appreciate. In the past six weeks, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and State Department Counselor Zelikow came to Bahrain (R [...]
2006-03-29 14:22:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PARM PTER BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA755BAHRAIN: NATO-MIDDLE EAST SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 11:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA ROW OFFICIALS
06MANAMA758SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER
[...] (C) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your May 8 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors are most concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to deal with Iran. The Bahraini government is deeply suspicious of Iran's nuclear program and [...]
2006-05-01 13:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA818CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING
[...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with Crown Prince Salman May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, building up defenses in the Gulf, and the situation in Iraq. The CP said the GCC leaders were far more cooperative towards each other than i [...]
2006-05-09 11:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA873SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-BAHRAIN MILITARY CONSULTATIVE
[...] (SBU) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Long, we warmly welcome you and the U.S. Delegation to the 13th Annual U.S.-Bahrain Military Consultative Committee (MCC) 23-24 May. We have requested meetings with the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahrain [...]
2006-05-18 14:08:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA899INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH CROWN PRINCE SALMAN
[...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with Crown Prince Salman May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, the threat posed by Iran, direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran, a declaratory secur [...]
2006-05-23 09:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA REGION IR
06MASERU128SUDAN: ENSURING THAT THE AU REQUEST A UN RE-HAT OF AMIS
[...] (C) On March 8, Ambassador raised with Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki points concerning the need for a clear request from the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting March 10 on rehatting of the AMIS contingent in Darfur. As previously indicated refs (B) and (D),the FOM [...]
2006-03-09 12:25:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO SU LT
06MASERU6LESOTHO'S POSITION: REHATTING AMIS REQUEST WITH THE AU
[...] (U) Ambassador engaged GOL Minister of Foreign Affairs January 6 on issue of rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). We acknowledged the positive role AMIS has played and emphasized the importance of raising its rehatting during the January 12 meeting of the Peace and Security Co [...]
2006-01-10 11:04:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO LT
06MEXICO1889SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico is the essential partner in U.S. homeland defense, and while the Mexican Navy (Marina) has been an enthusiastic player, the Mexican military (SEDENA) has only recently begun to acknowledge the benefits of cooperation. This visit marks the opportunity to realign our ow [...]
2006-04-10 19:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL MX
06MINSK1099EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 06,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Milinkevich as Campaign Aide for Local Candidates (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Opposition Activist Jailed for 2005 Bombings in Vitebsk (para. 3) - Opposition, [...]
2006-10-06 12:20:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK1116EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 16,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Opposition Parties Agree on Campaign Cooperation (para. 2) - Authorities Approves Election Deadlines, Restrict Media (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Lower Chamber [...]
2006-10-17 03:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1187EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]
2006-11-09 13:51:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1235LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]
2006-12-01 14:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1245EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 4, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Meets Bush, Faces Two Months in Jail (para. 2) - Union of Left-wing Parties Favors Election Boycott (para. 3) - Youth Activists Attempt to Demonstrate Durin [...]
2006-12-05 13:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1248KOZULINA APPROACHES AMBASSADOR TO HELP END
[...] (C) Ambassador recently meet with Irina Kozulina, wife of hunger striking imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Kozulina relayed to Ambassador Kozulin's request that the U.S. raise the GOB's human rights violations at the UN Security Council. She also asked t [...]
2006-12-05 13:06:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1270Prison Cannot Stop Pro-Democratic Activists
[...] (C) Former political prisoners and the friends and family of opposition activists currently in jail gathered December 7 at Ambassador's residence. The event marked the second occasion in recent months that the Embassy has hosted a reception for these champions of democracy. The attendees desc [...]
2006-12-12 12:00:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1272EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 8, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Nomination Stage in Local Elections Over (para. 2) - Ten Members of BPC Withdraw From Local Elections (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Urges G8 Leaders [...]
2006-12-12 13:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1273OPPOSITION UNITED ON KOZULIN, DIVIDED ON
[...] (C) Through a series of demonstrations on World Human Rights Day (December 10),the Belarusian democratic forces demonstrated unity in supporting hunger striking imprisoned former opposition candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Opposition leaders also expressed gratitude for Congress' recent passage [...]
2006-12-13 09:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK149EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 10, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Officer Punished For Illegal Seizure On February 9, the district prosecutor in Svetlagorsk disciplined a police officer for illegally seizing equipment and print material f [...]
2006-02-13 11:00:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK173STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]
2006-02-16 14:45:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK208EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]
2006-02-27 14:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK370EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]
2006-04-03 09:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK381GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION?
[...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...]
2006-04-07 09:46:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK443BELARUS, RUSSIA, S-300S AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent British journal recently wrote that Moscow might be selling S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, using Belarus as a middleman to hide the sale. Although all three governments have denied such a sale, on April 21 Minsk received its first delivery of Russian S-3 [...]
2006-04-24 13:41:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD ETTC MARR IR BO
06MINSK501NOVAK POST-ELECTION RESULTS MIRROR THOSE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK659CSTO Castigates NATO And Its Neighbors
[...] Summary: The Russian Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 20 gave a press conference in which he ridiculed NATO and opined that its military installations in Eastern European countries were part of a military agenda in Russia's backyard. He stated CST [...]
2006-06-21 12:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BO
06MINSK666NATO Materials Seized from Local Deputies
[...] The Lithuanian Embassy, NATO POC in Minsk, informed post on June 21 that they sent a group of twelve elected members of local government councils to NATO headquarters in Brussels for an informational visit June 15-16, organized by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division. Upon their return to Minsk on [...]
2006-06-22 10:55:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PHUM BO
06MINSK682 Media Focuses on Lukashenko and Putin at CSTO-EAEC Summit
[...] SUMMARY: On June 23, the heads of state and foreign ministers of countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) met in Minsk for the organizations' tandem summits. Belarusian media coverage focused heavily on statements by [...]
2006-06-28 13:38:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK857CHARGE EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH LATVIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 12:33:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK924Nomination for 006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL Conference,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 07:23:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDAMT MARR NATO PREL BO
06MINSK95EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - January 31, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. GOB Deems Defamatory Documentary "Not Discriminatory" On January 14, the Prosecutor General's Office ruled the controversial documentary about gypsies in Belarus that aired [...]
2006-02-01 05:45:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK963EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]
2006-09-05 10:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MOSCOW10230RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]
2006-09-14 07:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10324RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS PROTEST MILITARY COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) followed through September 14 on its promise to demonstrate against military cooperation with NATO and the U.S., including the now-postponed Torgau '06 exercise (reftel). According to media reports, demonstrations took place in Moscow, Saratov, Omsk, Yar [...]
2006-09-15 13:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10438RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY
[...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]
2006-09-19 12:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10439RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]
2006-09-19 12:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW105WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]
2006-01-11 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW10607RUSSIA PREEMPTS SAAKASHVILI UNGA SPEECH: UNOMIG
[...] (C) Summary: Convoking the Friends of Georgia on September 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed concern over the deteriorating status of Georgian-Abkhazian relations, passed draft language on an UNOMIG resolution that condemns -- sharply and at length -- GOG operations in t [...]
2006-09-21 16:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
06MOSCOW1083RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV REJOINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Nemtsov, erstwhile co-leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS),will head an SPS committee charged with forging a permanent alliance among democratic opposition forces. News of the appointment came January 28, just a day before GOR officials charged Nemtsov's former busi [...]
2006-02-03 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW10986"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]
2006-09-28 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW10990NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]
2006-09-29 07:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11029RUSSIAN REACTS TO ARRESTS OF SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly encouraged restraint in a September 29 telephone conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. Karasin responded that he appreciated U.S. responsiveness and welcomed Tbilisi's decision to permit joint patrolling of the Kodori Gorge. The MFA confir [...]
2006-09-29 15:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW11107RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ON GEORGIA TO STAY FOR NOW
[...] (C) Following President Putin's October 1 comments that Georgia's arrest of Russian officers was an act of "state terrorism," new measures targeting Georgia are being enacted. As of October 3, flights between Georgia and Russia have been halted for "recertification." Ferry service between So [...]
2006-10-03 13:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW11315RUSSIA-GEORGIA: NO LET-UP
[...] (S) Russian officials continue to reject relaxation of economic sanctions. About 150 Georgians have been deported. Police document checks have intensified. Georgians here on work permits are seeking other citizenship. However, official actions in Moscow hit ethnic Georgian Russian citizens [...]
2006-10-09 10:54:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL MARR ETRD UNSC GG RS
06MOSCOW11582GEORGIA UPDATE: OCTOBER 16
[...] (C) Deportations of undocumented Georgian nationals continue. Round-ups have slowed in Moscow, but picked up in St. Petersburg. Russian and Georgian officials continue to trade insults and veiled threats. Harassment of ethnic Georgians may have peaked thanks to a backlash from Russians of m [...]
2006-10-16 15:36:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL MARR ETRD PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW1171RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]
2006-02-08 08:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11729RUSSIA-GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (C) DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador called on Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin October 6. Karasin said Russian patience with Georgia was at an end, and catalogued Russian views of the worsening relations, culminating with the arrest of Russian soldiers immediately after NATO offered Georgia Intensi [...]
2006-10-19 09:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW12257GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S
[...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]
2006-11-02 14:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12457RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]
2006-11-15 15:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12473RUSSIA WELCOMES CONSULTATIONS ON U.S. MISSILE
[...] (S) Oleg Burmistrov, Chief of the Political-Military Section of the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, told us 13 November that Moscow appreciated the 3 November visit of Undersecretary of Defense Stephen Cambone, who briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov [...]
2006-11-16 15:08:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR MCAP PARM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12528A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN,
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]
2006-11-20 13:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12549A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DFM TITOV ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with DFM Titov, A/S Fried made clear that the U.S. intended to move forward on Kosovo quickly after UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari presented the sides with his proposal after the Serbian parliamentary elections. He stressed that putting off the status decis [...]
2006-11-21 11:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI RS
06MOSCOW12666RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]
2006-11-28 16:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW12711CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]
2006-11-30 13:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12752RUSSIAN POSITION ON CFE, ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) The Chief of the Conventional Arms Control Division in the Foreign Ministry's Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, Anton Mazur, told us 28 November that we could expect "little or no change" in the GOR's approach to Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) issues at next week's OSCE [...]
2006-12-01 15:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PREL RS
06MOSCOW12819KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]
2006-12-07 07:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12897AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5
[...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]
2006-12-12 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MOSCOW12914RUSSIA: KIRIYENKO REVIEWS TEHRAN VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Rosatom Director Kiriyenko provided his impressions from his recent trip to Tehran. He said Foreign Minister Mottaki had been full of bluster, claiming to be unafraid of sanctions and unconcerned about the United States. Mottaki had [...]
2006-12-13 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL ETRD RU IR UN AORC
06MOSCOW12942RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]
2006-12-15 13:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12966RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...]
2006-12-18 14:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR MD RS
06MOSCOW18NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. NSC Senior Director Thomas Graham met December 21 with Modest Kolerov, who was named several months ago to run a new Kremlin directorate dealing with Russia's ties to its neighbors. Kolerov rejected the notion that the U.S. and Russia should engage in a dialogue on Russia's nei [...]
2006-01-09 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW192006 DEFENSE BUDGET AND PROPOSED DEFENSE REFORMS -
[...] (C) Summary. On December 27 President Putin signed a defense budget of 666 billion rubles (23 billion dollars) for 2006, a nominal increase of nearly 26 percent. It is not clear, however, what if any impact on Russian military capability that allocation towards defense will have. The highe [...]
2006-01-09 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MOSCOW2070SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]
2006-03-02 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2974RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]
2006-03-24 06:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW3035AFTER THE ELECTION: MOSCOW VIEWS ON BELARUS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Russia's embrace of President Lukashenko's victory in the March 19 Belarus election reflects official Moscow's strong preference for stability in Minsk and its belief that the status quo offers the best chance for that stability. Contacts close to the Belarusian opposition in M [...]
2006-03-27 05:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3202AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...]
2006-03-29 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS
06MOSCOW3388RUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV
[...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, democratic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov: -- Strongly condemned the falsified election results in Belarus, where the people faced a "catastrophic situation"; -- Suggested that negotiations to form a new government in Ukraine would be prolon [...]
2006-03-31 13:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW3457MFA PROPOSAL ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN
[...] (SBU) MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov recently delivered to the DCM a nonpaper suggesting ways the U.S. and Russia, within the context of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),can cooperate more closely in the fight against narco-trafficking in Afghanistan. [...]
2006-04-03 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF RS
06MOSCOW3510RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...]
2006-04-04 10:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW5492GEORGIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON CIS WITHDRAWAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian Deputy PM Baramidze told the Ambassador May 23 that he expected Georgia to leave the CIS in a matter of months. Negotiating bilateral agreements with the non-Russian members of the organization would be a priority; it would be important to protect the interests of Georg [...]
2006-05-24 14:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW5532RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S
[...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]
2006-05-25 13:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5645CHECHNYA: THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR
[...] (C) Introduction: Chechnya has been less in the glare of constant international attention in recent years. However, the Chechnya conflict remains unresolved, and the suffering of the Chechen people and the threat of instability throughout the region remain. This message reinterprets the history of [...]
2006-05-30 09:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS
06MOSCOW5742RUSSIA WANTS TO SEND OBSERVER TO BLACK SEA FORUM
[...] (C) We discussed reftel May 25 with MFA Romanian Section Chief Igor Inyushkin. He agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared common interests in the Black Sea region and appreciated Washington's endorsement of existing regional institutions, underlining Russia's hope that Moscow would be able t [...]
2006-05-31 13:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS RO RS
06MOSCOW6341PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS: PRELIMINARY READOUTS
[...] (C) Georgian DCM Shugarov and Russian MFA Caucasus conflicts division chief Dvinyanin gave us preliminary readouts of the June 13 discussion between Russian President Putin and Georgian President Saakashvili in St. Petersburg. They had received brief telephone readouts from their respective su [...]
2006-06-14 12:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR GG RS
06MOSCOW6535RUSSIAN MFA ON PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA notetaker at the June 13 meeting between Presidents Putin and Saakashvili said the discussion was a constructive start to dialogue. He stressed several times that Russia was not a party to any of the frozen conflicts, and that it was the South Ossetians and Abkha [...]
2006-06-20 12:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW6608G-8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS/SENIOR GROUP JUNE 14
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Moscow June 14, G-8 Political Directors/Senior Group Members discussed outstanding issues relating to the St. Petersburg Summit statement on nonproliferation, including sensitive technology transfers, the U.S.-India agreement, and how to deal with the DPRK and Iran. [...]
2006-06-22 09:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW7385RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME"
[...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]
2006-07-12 11:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7863GEORGIA-RUSSIA: PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI MEETING OFF, LEAVING LITTLE CLARITY AND MUCH SUSPICION
[...] (C) Georgian President Saakashvili will not meet President Putin in Moscow at the July 21-22 informal CIS Summit. Both sides agreed to announce they would set up a special meeting in the near future. In a bid to improve the atmosphere Georgian DFM Antadze, meeting with Russian DFM Denisov July 19, [...]
2006-07-21 14:40:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW861NGOS CHILLED BY SPY ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Five days after Russian television aired accusations by the Federal Security Service (FSB) that four UK diplomats and a Russian were caught spying and that one of the diplomats was directly involved in transferring funds to Russian NGOs, the fallout continues. The State Duma den [...]
2006-01-27 16:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW9018RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU?
[...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...]
2006-08-18 14:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW9823RUSSIAN MFA ON HELICOPTER INCIDENT IN SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) Summary: Following the September 3 firing on a Georgian military helicopter over South Ossetia, the Ambassador contacted DFM Karasin to highlight the danger posed by the incident and to urge Russia to use its influence with the South Ossetians to prevent its repetition. Karasin acknowl [...]
2006-09-06 13:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GG RS
06MOSUL46NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER
[...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]
2006-04-14 12:39:00REO MosulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MUNICH114MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES
[...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...]
2006-02-23 16:28:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM
06MUNICH838PREVIEW OF THE 43D MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY
[...] (U) The 43d annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world is set to take place February 9-11, 2007 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations an [...]
2006-12-08 11:54:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM NATO GM
06MUSCAT1169TFLE01: IRAN MOVING TO BECOME REGIONAL POWER SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: Oman supports the P5 1 incentive package (reftel) to Tehran and has communicated its recommendation to the Iranian government that it accept the offer, according to the Sultan's Special Advisor for Cultural Affairs and frequent "special envoy" of Sultan Qaboos to Iran, Abdul 'Az [...]
2006-07-30 12:42:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MU IR KNNP
06MUSCAT1561MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...]
2006-11-06 10:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1600SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P.
[...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...]
2006-11-15 14:11:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
06MUSCAT1670SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...]
2006-12-06 14:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON
06MUSCAT229SMALL STEP IN NATO-OMAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi shared an update on Oman-NATO relations with Pol/Econ Chief. (Note: Oman and Saudi Arabia are the only two GCC states not to have joined the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). E [...]
2006-02-19 12:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR XF MU
06MUSCAT455OMAN ASSURES DUTCH ON NATO RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) In a March 21 confidential memo, acting "Allied Contact Point Ambassador" to Oman, Dutch Ambassador Annelies Boogaerdt, shared with Charge her readout of a March 15 meeting she conducted with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran a [...]
2006-03-25 03:51:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER MU
06MUSCAT603MFA REAFFIRMS PSI INTEREST, TAKING IRAN SERIOUSLY
[...] (U) This is an action request for T, ISN - please see para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Clarifying FM Bin Alawi's April 9 conversation with visiting U/S Robert Joseph, the MFA's Chief of International Organizations on April 16 reiterated to the Ambassador Oman's interest in parti [...]
2006-04-16 12:07:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR MU
06MUSCAT618SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FM YUSUF BIN ALAWI
[...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will be in Washington, DC, approximately April 20-25 for meetings with Secretary Rice, Secdef Rumsfeld, USTR Portman and other Administration and Congressional officials, optimally to include Vice President Cheney. Secretary Rice la [...]
2006-04-17 12:50:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MNUC KPAL PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT955MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL'S TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS,
[...] SUMMARY: Daily newspaper "Oman" condemns Israel's targeted assassinations and questions U.S. motives for humanitarian intervention, "Al-Watan" supports Palestinian "self defense." Gadfly columnist Essa al-Zedjali of "The Times" calls democracy a guise for U.S. interests. Limited coverage of [...]
2006-06-12 13:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI5036INDIA SUSPENDS PAKISTAN PEACE PROCESS INDEFINITELY
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA and the Pakistani High Commission laid out their positions in separate meetings with Poloff on July 17 and 18. The GOI is convinced that Pakistan is behind the Mumbai bombings, but is not yet prepared to abandon the India/Pakistan peace process or to make clear public a [...]
2006-07-18 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6584MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...]
2006-09-21 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7870FS MENON TELLS USDP EDELMAN INDIA WILL EMPOWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 15 November meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, visiting Under Secretary of SIPDIS Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, outlined the reorganization of the Department of Defense (DOD) Policy Office, noting the addition of an Assistant Secretary for all Asia incl [...]
2006-11-20 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI7885U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]
2006-11-21 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8003INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...]
2006-11-28 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP
06NEWDELHI8268U/S BURNS AND INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 8 meeting, Undersecretary Burns and Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt discussed: -- the civil-nuclear cooperation initiative: U/S Burns briefed DS Dutt on the current status and assured Dutt that the final bill is fully consistent with the July 18 and March 2 [...]
2006-12-11 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI8273BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...]
2006-12-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI8276MUKHERJEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR CIVILIAN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee t/ld Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on December 8 he appreciated the Bush Administration's efforts to negotiate language for the civilian nuclear legislation that was favorable to India, and said Indian officials were preparing to address their remaining c [...]
2006-12-11 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8278U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...]
2006-12-11 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI8387INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...]
2006-12-18 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN
06NICOSIA533DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE EU IN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 7 to relevant action officers at the MFA. Charalambos Hajdisavvas, who handles the Middle East portfolio in the Political Affairs Division, stressed EU support for Syria's continued isolation and highlighted the EU's decision to freeze its prop [...]
2006-04-10 13:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD
06OSLO101A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]
2006-01-31 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO ENGR
06OSLO1060CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 10:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE
06OSLO1228PRT EFFECTIVENESS CONFERENCE: INTERIM NORWEGIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 13:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAF NATO PREL NO
06OSLO132NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]
2006-02-08 16:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO1344NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ
[...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]
2006-10-31 16:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1495NORWAY: PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENT ON SENDING FORCES
[...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with DCM and P/E Couns, Thorbjorn Jagland, Parliamentary President and senior Labor Party statesman, reviewed Norway's debate over sending forces to southern Afghanistan. Jagland has very publicly favored sending more troops, and is optimistic that the GON will rec [...]
2006-12-11 15:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV AF NO
06OSLO1496NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...]
2006-12-11 16:27:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL
06OSLO1524U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH,
[...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...]
2006-12-21 06:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO
06OSLO184REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY
[...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...]
2006-02-17 13:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG NO
06OSLO352NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...]
2006-03-22 11:39:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENGR RU NO
06OSLO383NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
[...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...]
2006-03-28 09:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
06OSLO406NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
[...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...]
2006-04-03 14:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO
06OSLO426NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO
[...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...]
2006-04-04 14:08:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO
06OSLO448SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS
[...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...]
2006-04-06 14:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO497DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 21:35:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO498RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 21:35:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO
06OSLO512NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 15:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO59AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM STOERE
[...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere January 13, the FM said that maintaining close ties to the United States was a top priority and noted that the U.S. is "Norway's most important ally." FM Stoere is keen to promote even closer cooperatio [...]
2006-01-17 10:37:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NO
06OSLO615SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17
[...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...]
2006-05-11 14:49:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO
06OSLO627NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS
[...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...]
2006-05-15 12:58:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO683NORWAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I TRUST FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 10:54:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MOPS NO
06OSLO72AMBASSADOR´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...]
2006-01-23 12:52:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO
06OSLO725NATO RESPONSE FORCE: PRESSING FOR PLEDGES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 12:53:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO NO
06OSLO756(S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT
[...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...]
2006-06-09 14:24:00Embassy OsloSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO810REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING-US SPONSORED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 11:49:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NO
06OSLO828INVITATION DELIVERED-AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL
[...] (U) On June 26 we delivered the PRT Conference invitation to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section. We were joined by Lisa Stadelbauer, Canadian Counselor for Political Affairs. Nergaard thanked us for the invitation and noted that she would forward the information t [...]
2006-06-28 13:56:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO847NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 15:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO863AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT)
[...] (U) On July 10 we delivered reftel points and PowerPoint template to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section, and Sigurd Marstein, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Defense. Marstein informed us that Col. Axel Olsson will represent the MOD. All intended electronic com [...]
2006-07-10 11:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO902CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 14:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OSLO996CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS
[...] (C) On August 11 we met with Lars Loken, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Per reftel c, Loken stated that Norway has made a "firm decision" to approve 31 artillery pieces for the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) entitlement transfer involving Norway, [...]
2006-08-11 11:48:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OTTAWA1245CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...]
2006-04-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL CA
06OTTAWA137CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...]
2006-01-17 22:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR AF CA NATO
06OTTAWA28CANADA: "YES" TO UN RE-HATTING BUT "NO" TO NATO
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on 6 January to Wendy Gilmore, Director of the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada. After noting the value of regular weekly conference calls with DOS, UK and EU counterparts, she characterized the GoC's immediate efforts prior to the January 12 meeting as [...]
2006-01-05 19:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CA SU UNSC NATO
06OTTAWA3229218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD
[...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]
2006-10-25 20:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3253CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...]
2006-10-27 17:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI
06OTTAWA3264CANADA SEEKS AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS AT RIGA, GOC WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canadian thinking on NATO enlargement tracks with U.S. policy. The GOC will seek consultations in Washington in early-to-mid November to discuss the broad range of topics on the Riga Summit agenda, including enlargement. Canada will continue to press its NATO allies to burd [...]
2006-10-30 15:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL CA
06OTTAWA3439DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...]
2006-11-20 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MARR CA
06OTTAWA3458CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND
[...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...]
2006-11-24 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA
06OTTAWA3536CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...]
2006-12-05 21:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CA
06OTTAWA3564AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]
2006-12-08 18:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR AF CA
06OTTAWA5392006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 12:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA5632006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]
2006-03-02 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06PARIS1068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1130GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]
2006-02-23 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1141MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1199MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq GWOT - Guantanamo -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 12:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1235MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS12362/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]
2006-02-28 11:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1264MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1289FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...]
2006-03-01 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06PARIS1306MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1339MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 11:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1430MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1431SUDAN/AMIS: FRENCH SHARE U.S. VIEW
[...] (C) MFA Sudan deskoff Jerome Robert on March 7 confirmed that France shared the U.S. position on transforming the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a UN operation. "We agree with you 100 percent on the need to turn AMIS into a UN mission," Robert stated in response to reftel demarc [...]
2006-03-07 11:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1455FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...]
2006-03-07 15:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS1468MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran UN Reform
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 11:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS147MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-10 13:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1507MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 11:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1510SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]
2006-03-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS1529MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Human Rights Report
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1573MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Milosevic Death -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Justice -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1637MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS166PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]
2006-01-10 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1670MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Israel -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 11:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1711MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. National Security
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1720FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU
[...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]
2006-03-17 15:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1750MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Third Anniversary of
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS179MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Bush Iraqi Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1799MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1832MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1863MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1891MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ETA Cease-Fire
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1938MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1976MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Demonstrations Against French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 11:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2027MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 13:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2060MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2067DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]
2006-03-30 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2100MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS212MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Guantanamo Israel
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-12 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2152MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2187MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 11:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2195THE FRENCH ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON ENGAGING
[...] (C) Using reftel points, pol/mil officer sought on April 3 MFA support for NATO to begin Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions with Georgia. MFA DAS-equivalent director for NATO/ESDP issues, Nicolas Niemtchinow, received our points, but declined any substantive comment, indicating that [...]
2006-04-04 13:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR GG FR NATO
06PARIS2226MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Saddam Trial Moussaoui Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 11:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2252A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]
2006-04-06 10:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2253MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2313FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...]
2006-04-07 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN
06PARIS232MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Transatlantic
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2343MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2406MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Oil For Food Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2437MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Afghanistan Italy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2476MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Chad
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2522MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran China Israel Suicide
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2592FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS'
[...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]
2006-04-19 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2607MEDIA REACTION REPORT ran China Rising Oil Prices
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 12:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2665MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Jaafari Guantanamo
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2684FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]
2006-04-24 17:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2721FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL
[...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]
2006-04-25 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS2848MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO Expansion
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2889MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East Bolivia -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2923MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS296MEDIA REACTION REPORT - New Chilean President - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-17 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2979MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 09:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS31MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3152LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS321MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 12:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3269MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3455MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Montenegro Olmert to Washington
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3487FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]
2006-05-23 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS351MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-19 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3540MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3631MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3668NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3677MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3721USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]
2006-06-05 10:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS3722MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Palestine - Hamas -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3776MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Iraq Elections in Peru
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS379MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iranian President in Syria -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3844MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3870FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]
2006-06-08 09:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL FR CFE
06PARIS3872MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3902MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Death of Zarqawi Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3940MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3979MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Iraq - Camp David Talks
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4033MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 12:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4046NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH
[...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]
2006-06-14 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4053MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4094U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4117MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Afghan Violence
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS413MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Bin Laden Video
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4183MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Diplomacy - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 12:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4214FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA
[...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]
2006-06-19 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4221MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit Saddam Trial North
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 09:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 09:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4305MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4342MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA - Terrorist Finance Tracking
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4415MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4441U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]
2006-06-27 15:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4449MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4482MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Surge of Violence in
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS452MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 11:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4521MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4525FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 11:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4557MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4596MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4628MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4651MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 09:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Operation Summer Rain
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4724MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Death of Chechen Rebellion
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 10:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4760MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Terrorist Attacks in Bombay - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 11:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4795MEDIA REACTION REPORT - P5 + 1 Meeting in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4817FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]
2006-07-17 05:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4825MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - G8 Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4864MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iran -G8 Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4913MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4944MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4966MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4970EMBASSY PARIS PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2006 USNATO/USEU
[...] Amembassy Paris designates the following officers to participate in the USNATO/USEU POl-MIL Conference to be held October 3-6, 2006 in Brussels. -- Gus Recinos -- Pol/Mil Officer -- 10/29/52: -- TSI -- Tel: (33) 1 4312 2198; fax: (33) 1 4312 2663, email: recinosg@state.gov -- Arr [...]
2006-07-21 12:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT MARR NATO PREL
06PARIS4986MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5014TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]
2006-07-24 18:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5020MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 11:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5067MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 10:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5080MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5116MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5163MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Israeli Attack on Cana -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5185MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5216MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS526MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5289MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5311MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli - Lebanese Conflict:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5360MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 11:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5386MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5409MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 10:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5423EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]
2006-08-10 16:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS5440MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5512MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5555MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 08:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5574MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 11:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5595MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5625MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - EU-25
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS563TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD
[...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]
2006-01-27 18:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5666MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS568MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Elections Aftermath
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5713MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France's Commitment
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 12:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5744MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5763LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS
[...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]
2006-08-28 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5769MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5811FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]
2006-08-29 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5815MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5837FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]
2006-08-30 15:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS5851MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5865FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]
2006-08-31 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS5885MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq, Elections and 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS59MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5964MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mexico - Aftermath of Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5974FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE
[...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]
2006-09-06 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS5990MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6020MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global War on Terror - Fifth
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6095MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6125MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6153FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA
[...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]
2006-09-13 15:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6166MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6172FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]
2006-09-14 11:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO FR
06PARIS6179EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]
2006-09-14 14:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS618MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Afghanistan - London
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6194MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 09:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and the West - Pope Benedict
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS645MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6845CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...]
2006-10-17 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR
06PARIS685MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6896FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...]
2006-10-19 14:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR
06PARIS7024SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...]
2006-10-25 17:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG
06PARIS7057EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]
2006-10-27 08:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7086SERBIA PUSHING FRANCE TO REOPEN SAA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: (S) Serbian Senior Presidential Advisor Vuk Jeremic held talks in Paris at the MFA and French Presidency on October 25-26 to push for a reopening of EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations with Serbia, lay out President Tadic,s vision for elections, and plead for [...]
2006-10-27 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV UNMIK YI FR
06PARIS7101FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO
[...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...]
2006-10-30 09:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR
06PARIS7104AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH
[...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...]
2006-10-30 11:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS715EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 07:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS718EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS719EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7213 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S
[...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...]
2006-11-03 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS728MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 12:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7328 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT
[...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...]
2006-11-09 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7340FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM
[...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...]
2006-11-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP FR
06PARIS738S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...]
2006-02-03 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR
06PARIS7508APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]
2006-11-22 13:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06PARIS7636 MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE
[...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...]
2006-12-01 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7666U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]
2006-12-05 08:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7699DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS:
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]
2006-12-07 11:54:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7705 EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]
2006-12-07 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7755A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...]
2006-12-12 13:05:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY
06PARIS7770A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...]
2006-12-12 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS7847S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]
2006-12-20 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7885FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]
2006-12-21 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR
06PARIS7904S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND
[...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]
2006-12-26 11:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR
06PARIS7928THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...]
2006-12-29 14:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO
06PARIS8MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS840MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS846DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...]
2006-02-09 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR
06PARIS854DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE
[...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]
2006-02-10 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS862MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING
[...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...]
2006-02-10 11:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS91MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS953EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]
2006-02-14 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS955EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...]
2006-02-14 17:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR
06PRAGUE1053CZECHS SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO, EU
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs agree with the U.S. position on Kosovo and Serbia on every material point. While the Czechs support the status talks, they are pessimistic about the outcome: Serbs will never willingly agree to an independent Kosovo. Czech MFA officials plan a visit to the Balkans the w [...]
2006-08-30 12:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU EZ
06PRAGUE1054CZECHS PREPARING LETTER OF INTENT ON NATO'S
[...] (C/NF)DATT delivered reftel talking points to MOD Defense Policy and Strategy Division Deputy Director Radomir Jahoda on August 29th. Jahoda reiterated the Czech Ministry of Defense support for the Strategic Airlift initiative. He said a Letter of Intent was currently awaiting signature by Depu [...]
2006-08-30 12:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE1100CZECHS REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF U.S. POSITION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech Government is hesitant to use its upcoming meetings with Serbia to deliver a tough message on ICTY compliance because it is hearing mixed messages on how significant ICTY compliance will be i [...]
2006-09-11 05:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EZ
06PRAGUE1106DAS PEKALA IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE THE MAIN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Missile defense dominated discussions in Prague during DAS Mark Pekala's meetings. Pekala explained in public and private that a USG decision on MD site(s) in Central Europe should come in the fall; that the MD assets have no offensive capability; and that the USG welcomes a v [...]
2006-09-11 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EZ
06PRAGUE112CZECH OPINION ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff Feb 2 conveyed reftel points to Tomas Szunyog MFA Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe. Szunyog responded that the Czechs had been following the issue with concern for some time. Additionally, he knew that concern was growing both in the EU and in NATO. Vladimir Muller, Dep [...]
2006-02-02 14:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EZ PREL UP RS
06PRAGUE1134CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the September 15 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq),the Balkans, and Africa. The Czechs support sanctions for Iran, although they hope for international consensus. On Palestine, the Czechs will urge the EU to issue GAE [...]
2006-09-14 15:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE1142CZECH PARLIAMENT MAKES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly 15 weeks after the June 2-3 general election, the Czech parliament has finalized committee assignments. The Social Democrats (CSSD),which came in second in the election behind the Civic Democrats (ODS) arguably took the best assignments. The smaller parties have fewer c [...]
2006-09-15 13:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1167AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]
2006-09-22 11:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1173CZECH REPUBLIC: 2007 DRAFT BUDGET PUTS EURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: For the first time since joining the EU, the Czech Republic will miss its Maastricht convergence program target for the budget deficit, thanks to legislation passed in the run-up to the June 2006 general elections that significantly increases social spending. Compared [...]
2006-09-25 10:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV PREL MARR EZ
06PRAGUE1296AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 16 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas, Necas expressed his support for strong transatlantic ties as a fundamental foreign policy pillar for the current government, and lamented the Czechs [...]
2006-10-18 06:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1306AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH CZECH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy October 17. Topics discussed included missile defense, U.S. assistance for Czech defense reform, and Czech aircraft manufacturer AeroVodochody. Sedivy, just a month in the job, displayed an interest in [...]
2006-10-19 14:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1331MISSILE DEFENSE: VISIT OF DASD BRIAN GREEN TO
[...] (C) Summary and comment: DASD Brian Green made a well received presentation on 19 October to a Czech Foreign Ministry co-sponsored conference on missile defense. Both supporters and opponents of possible Czech participation in a U.S. missile defense system attended the event. Following the con [...]
2006-10-24 15:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1340AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]
2006-10-26 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1343CZECH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech Government has given L-159 subsonic fighter manufacturer Aero Vodochody permission to begin discussions about Venezuelan financing for the production of a new version of the L-159, which would have no U.S. content. This decision by Czech authorities stems from heavy d [...]
2006-10-26 14:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR VE
06PRAGUE1350U.S. COMPANY BUYS MANUFACTURER OF VERA-E PASSIVE
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Representatives of Rannoch Corporation, a Virginia-based company specializing in air traffic control (ATC) technology, purchased Czech company ERA A.S. on October 26. The new owners plan [...]
2006-10-30 12:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP
06PRAGUE1373CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 3 courtesy call on Czech Foreign Minister Alexandr (Sasha) Vondra, the primary topics were visa waiver and missile defense. FM Vondra expressed skepticism for the visa roadmap, but agreed to co-host the next Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) [...]
2006-11-06 08:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ
06PRAGUE1376CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Ambassador Graber paid courtesy calls on the heads of the upper and lower chambers of the Czech legislature on November 1. The two men, through from rival political parties on opposite sides of the political spectrum, shared similar views on foreign policy issues of interest to [...]
2006-11-06 13:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1379CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY During an October 30 courtesy call by Ambassador Graber, former Prime Minister and current Chairman of the Social Democrats (CSSD) Jiri Paroubek said U.S.-Czech ties were very good, "with the exception of a few minor issues, such as visas." Paroubek called himself "a friend of the [...]
2006-11-06 15:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1398CZECH MFA SOLICITS INFORMAL U.S. OPINION ON FOUR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Government is considering granting permission for Czech export companies to begin to negotiate sales of several radar and similar systems to Indonesia, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Vietnam. If future applications are made for export licenses for the VERA, the Czech MFA inten [...]
2006-11-09 12:04:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP NI EC ID VM
06PRAGUE1423CZECHS ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) DCM raised reftel points with Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy on November 15. Pol-Econ Counselor also discussed November 16 with Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Both stressed Czech commitment to success of Riga summit and success for NATO's mission in Afghanistan. To that [...]
2006-11-16 16:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG EZ
06PRAGUE1448CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA
[...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...]
2006-11-29 14:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ
06PRAGUE1450SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]
2006-11-29 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1487CZECH PARLIAMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR
[...] On November 5th the Czech Chamber of Deputies approved a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007 (Note: Reftel provided full details of the plan. End note). The legislation now goes to the President for signature. 2. The bill approved by the lower chamber, and previo [...]
2006-12-06 15:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1491CZECHS ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the December 11-12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Balkans, the Middle East, Afghanistan, China, and Turkey. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these regions/countries. At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs will support (1) ICTY compliance and th [...]
2006-12-07 16:09:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PRAGUE1505CZECHS PLAN INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ISAF: MILITARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On December 20 the Czech government is likely to formally adopt a plan to create a Czech PRT at Pol-e-Khomri, Afghanistan, to take over from Hungary in 2008. Many of the details such as civilian component, financing, and partners still need to be worked-out, but the Czechs will [...]
2006-12-13 11:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS AF NATO
06PRAGUE1510CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Czech authorities said that the increased production of opium in Afghanistan will not change the character of Czech operations in Afghanistan. Ministry of Interior officials doubt that the increased production would have a negative impact on Czech society as [...]
2006-12-14 07:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPINR EAID EUN SNAR AF EZ
06PRAGUE154CZECH REPUBLIC'S ROBUST HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: 2005 was a big year for Czech humanitarian assistance with a record total disbursement of USD 8.5 million, up from USD 2.2 million in 2004. In addition to the humanitarian assistance budget, the MFA has discretionary authority to allocate up to about USD 200,000 per proje [...]
2006-02-14 09:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EZ PREL
06PRAGUE1543CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ
[...] Summary. This is the first in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions (military, security, democracy promotion, development assistance, and humanitarian aid) in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003 and provided tr [...]
2006-12-22 08:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MASS IZ EZ
06PRAGUE166CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005-2006 REPORT ON ALLIED
[...] The following information is provided in response to reftel. Note that one dollar equals approximately 23 Czech crowns (CZK). 2. General Assessment. The Czech Republic is a close ally of the United States, operating in support of U.S. objectives both in Europe and farther afield. The Czechs [...]
2006-02-15 13:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE225CZECHS WILL SEEK U.S. HELP TO CREATE PRT IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA hopes to have joint agreement with a reluctant MOD by the end of May to field a Czech-led PRT mission in Afghanistan. Approval for the mission would fall to a post-June-election government, but keeping to the May target would protect the mission from political tamperi [...]
2006-03-02 16:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE283CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER ON VERA-E, AFGHAN PRT, AND
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met March 14 with Czech Defense Minister Karel Kuehnl to present the letter from SECDEF Rumsfeld on the positive results of U.S. testing of the VERA-E passive surveillance detection system. Afghanistan and missile defense were also discussed. Kuehnl welcomed the SECDEF' [...]
2006-03-17 15:51:00Embassy PragueSECRETAF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER ETTC KSTC MASS
06PRAGUE284CZECH GREENS: A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent weeks the Czech Green Party has, for the first time ever, jumped above 5% in opinion polls, indicating that the party could enter parliament in the June 2-3 general election. A fifth party in the new parliament would change the calculations for the forming a new gover [...]
2006-03-17 16:02:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE285CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...]
2006-03-17 16:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU
06PRAGUE309CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
[...] (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A. On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs support travel restrictions for Belarusian President Aleksandr Luka [...]
2006-03-24 17:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
06PRAGUE343CZECHS SUPPORT NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Poloff April 04 discussed reftel demarche concerning NATO "Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions" with Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Balek said the Czech Republic welcomed the idea of Intensified Dialogue for Georgia with a single caveat -- t [...]
2006-04-05 05:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL GG EZ
06PRAGUE360CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: SUPPORTIVE,
[...] (S) Summary: The Czech Republic may be a good candidate to host ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors and/or a BMD radar. However, Czech involvement in the project will be contingent on careful handling of the issue in the domestic political arena. The too-close-to-call Jun [...]
2006-04-07 05:42:00Embassy PragueSECRETMARR PREL PL EZ UK RS
06PRAGUE425CODEL DAVIS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: TRANSATLANTIC
[...] (C) Summary. On April 21, 2006, a delegation of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives met with Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek and President Vaclav Klaus. Both leaders stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Czech relations; Representatives expressed strong appreciation for thes [...]
2006-04-24 16:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS EUN EZ
06PRAGUE432CZECHS SUPPORT NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed reftel demarche concerning the NATO "Global Partnership" initiative with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova said the Czech Republic welcomed the initiative and had no significant concerns relating to the conte [...]
2006-04-25 15:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE433CZECHS OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ADAPTED CFE TREATY
[...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed the rumored CFE roadmap initiative for the Sofia NATO Ministerial with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova shared that the Political Counselor at the German Embassy will call on the MFA April 25 to discuss "a C [...]
2006-04-25 15:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RS EZ
06PRAGUE434CZECHS AGREE THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE IS INEVITABLE
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic agrees that independence for Kosovo is an inevitability. The GOCR believes UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari must make more rapid progress if he is to have any chance of completing his work within the envisaged timeframe. They believe the hope of EU accession wi [...]
2006-04-25 15:18:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE473SCENESETTER FOR MAY 10 U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS
[...] (SBU) The objective of the May 10 Political-Military talks is to strengthen and nurture the Czech Republic's already-strong transatlantic instincts, and achieve forward momentum on key areas of mutual concern. While the entire range of topics for discussion will advance this agenda, the talks [...]
2006-05-04 17:28:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE505SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]
2006-05-11 14:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE508CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...]
2006-05-12 08:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06PRAGUE540CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (SBU) Czech FM Cyril Svoboda called in the Ambassador on the morning of May 19 to discuss the recently approved Senate amendment to immigration reform legislation that would extend the visa waiver program (VWP) to Poland, but not to the Czech Republic. Svoboda, who faces re-election in two wee [...]
2006-05-19 13:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS PGOV EUN PL EZ
06PRAGUE544U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS A SUCCESS
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with the Czech Republic took place in Prague on May 10. Discussions were productive and the mood positive. Highlights included: -- GWOT AND CZECH OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS (paras 5-7): The Czechs intend to maintain their 100 military police presence i [...]
2006-05-22 13:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE549CZECH ELECTIONS: ODS, THE WOBBLY FRONT RUNNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polls have consistently shown that the center-right, pro-U.S., pro-business Civic Democrats (ODS) are likely to receive more votes in the upcoming June 2-3 general election, and consequently more seats in the next parliament, than any other party. However, ODS leadership of the ne [...]
2006-05-23 13:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE571CZECHS CONTRIBUTE 50,000 EURO TO NATO TRAINING
[...] (U) MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy Vaclav Balek informed Poloff that in response to NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer's appeal, the Czech government on May 17 approved a donation of EUR 50,000 (USD 70,625) to support the NTM-I Trust Fund. These funds follow a Czech donation [...]
2006-05-26 13:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PREL EZ IZ
06PRAGUE591CZECH ELECTIONS: THE SHORT, BRUTISH, NASTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the June 2-3 election only a day away, political pundits are still waffling on their predictions and a significant number of voters remain uninspired and unsure of whom to support. The choices made by this large block of still undecided voters, as high as 25% according to s [...]
2006-06-01 10:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE602CZECHS VIEW RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA WITH
[...] (C) Poloff May 31 delivered reftel demarche on Russian action in South Ossetia to Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Division. Balek replied that the Czechs had drawn similar conclusions. According to Balek, the EU is currently discussing how to address its approach, perh [...]
2006-06-02 13:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EZ GG RU
06PRAGUE666SEPTEMBER 2006: EUR ENTRY LEVEL CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) Embassy Prague is pleased to announce it will host an Entry Level (EL) Conference September 6-8, 2006. The Conference will focus on transformational diplomacy tradecraft and career development. All EL generalists and specialists from EUR are welcome and encouraged to attend, especially ELs [...]
2006-06-15 16:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA AFSI EZ
06PRAGUE667SEPTEMBER 2006: EUR ENTRY LEVEL CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) Embassy Prague is pleased to announce it will host an Entry Level (EL) Conference September 6-8, 2006. The Conference will focus on transformational diplomacy tradecraft and career development. All EL generalists and specialists from EUR are welcome and encouraged to attend, especially ELs [...]
2006-06-16 06:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA AFSI EZ
06PRAGUE719CZECH REPUBLIC: COALITION AGREEMENT REACHED
[...] (U) The Civic Democrats (ODS),Christian Democrats (KDU- CSL),and the Green Party (SZ) signed a coalition agreement and finalized ministerial nominations late June 23. ODS, which won the largest number of votes in the June 2 - 3 election, will hold 10 posts including that of the Prime Minist [...]
2006-06-26 14:36:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE737CZECH REPUBLIC: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GOVERNMENT FOR
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The center-right coalition that will take office perhaps as early as next week, pending resolution of Lower House leadership negotiations, will be generally positive for U.S. interests in the Czech Republic. Although the date of a vote of confidence in the Topolanek [...]
2006-06-28 15:52:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE744CZECHS SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. ON KOSOVO STATUS
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black visited Prague May 23-24 to meet with Czech government officials to discuss the status of Kosovo. The Czech MFA predicts an independent Kosovo (but ackno [...]
2006-07-01 09:00:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ
06PRAGUE755PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]
2006-07-03 15:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE757CZECHS REQUEST VISIT OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE
[...] (U) Action request in para 9. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Czech officials have extended an invitation, effective immediately, for the U.S. to begin surveying potential missile defense (MD) sites within the Czech Republic. They are grateful for U.S. patience in delaying the arrival of the survey tea [...]
2006-07-05 07:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE803CZECHS: WE ARE LIKELY TO OFFER A BASE, WITH NO
[...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Czech Deputy FM Pojar and his Political Director briefed the Ambassador July 13 on their strategy to manage political and public opinion regarding the possible basing of a U.S. missile defense (MD) site in the Czech Republic. They stressed that the GOCR would not/not [...]
2006-07-14 12:31:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE806CZECHS ON JULY 17 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: At the July 17 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East and the Balkans. The Czechs are strong supporters of USG policy in both regions. Of particular note, outgoing Czech FM Cyril Svoboda plans to take a tough stand in support of Israel during the debate on the [...]
2006-07-14 12:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG
06PRAGUE823AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CZECH PM ON MISSILE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met July 20 with Czech PM Jiri Paroubek to discuss the Czech candidacy to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) site. Paroubek was well prepared, sharing his opinion that the fall Senate and mayoral elections would make political handling of the MD issue more difficu [...]
2006-07-20 12:21:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MASS MARS EZ
06PRAGUE934CZECH PUBLIC DEBATE ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since reftel report on July 19, Czech media coverage has intensified, with a steady stream of editorials and news coverage about a potential siting of a U.S. missile defense facility in the Czech Republic. Pro-MD commentators continue to make the arguments that an MD [...]
2006-08-11 08:44:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE95VERA-E SYSTEM: CZECH MOD HARDLINERS WANT TO TALK
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 13 and 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. In a significant change from previous practice, the Armaments Division of the Czech Ministry of Defense has broken its silence towards the U.S. on its views about sales of the VERA-E passive surveillance dete [...]
2006-01-27 17:21:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE96A CZECH PRT IN AFGHANINSTAN? CURRENT THINKING IN
[...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Vaclav Balek (please strictly protect),Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department Jan 27. Balek shared that he had attended a recent meeting where FM Svoboda had approved a proposal from the working level that the Czechs should lead a Provincial Reconstruct [...]
2006-01-27 17:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE966CZECHS CONSIDER TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL;
[...] (C) Poloff and Army Attache met with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara, and Czech MOD Deputy Director of the Defense Policy Department, NATO and EU Section, Lt. Col. Petr Cech, on August 16 to discuss the possibility of Czech troop contributions to UNIFIL. Kara said the Czechs ar [...]
2006-08-16 14:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE EZ
06PRETORIA960SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]
2006-03-08 13:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06PRISTINA1057KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...]
2006-12-11 10:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1088KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE
[...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...]
2006-12-20 09:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA282RETURNS AND MISSING PERSONS FOREVER LINKED IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Many ethnic Albanians from parts of Kosovo that were subjected to violent ethnic cleansing during the war do not give much thought to the return of their ethnic Serb neighbors, and they doubt that any of the Serbs want to come back. For these Albanians any reconciliation with [...]
2006-03-29 14:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYICTY KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PREF PREL SI YI
06PRISTINA286 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...]
2006-03-31 07:51:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA299KOSOVO STANDARDS DELIVERABLE: PROPERTY RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) have created the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) as a quasi-judicial forum for resolution of private real estate disputes. The KPA will replace the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD),the independent agency that [...]
2006-04-04 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA333VISIT OF SENATOR VOINOVICH TO KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In meetings with Prime Minister Agim Ceku and President Fatmir Sejdiu during his March 24 visit to Kosovo, Senator George Voinovich urged the new leaders to reach out to Kosovo Serbs and to show them and leaders in Belgrade that Kosovo's government is serious about creating a K [...]
2006-04-19 15:23:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA338UNMIK FACILITATES OUTREACH TO NORTH KOSOVO SERBS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19 UNMIK hosted the first meeting of the Mitrovica Focus Group to encourage engagement between northern Kosovo Serb leaders and the international community. The regional CCK representative, the mayors of the three northern Serb-majority municipalities and the UNMIK adv [...]
2006-04-21 13:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA352KOSOVO PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONTINUES MINORITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the first ever visit by a Kosovo President to Decani Monastery, President Fatmir Sejdiu toured the grounds and church on Orthodox Easter Sunday, and then discussed the protection of Kosovo's Serbian Orthodox heritage sites with Bishop Teodosije in Serbian. Other visitors in [...]
2006-04-26 13:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA369KOSOVO: TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 77 (JI-4) DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On April 28 E/P Deputy Section Chief delivered reftel talking points and background information to Robert Jordan, the new head of UNMIK's Advisory Unit on Security in the Office of the SRSG and Deputy Head Jared Rigg. Jordan promised to check the name against the Banking and Payments Au [...]
2006-05-02 15:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER EFIN PREL CVIS KVPR KSEP YI
06PRISTINA397 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR NULAND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Nuland to visit Pristina May 11, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representatives to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Chief Dion Bivens, who can be reached [...]
2006-05-10 09:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT NATO OTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA480FUNDING FOR MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS IN KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the recent confrontation between police and families of the missing in Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa demonstrates, missing persons remains a volatile issue in Kosovo (Ref A). The USG has helped fund both UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the Kosovo oper [...]
2006-06-05 16:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA481KOSOVO: EU FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Union has developed a draft discussion paper for an International Civilian Mission in Kosovo (ICM) that would form the basis for implementation of the final status settlement. The plan calls for a much smaller footprint than UNMIK's current presence, and places heav [...]
2006-06-06 13:23:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA519KOSOVO: KFOR RE-ESTABLISHES PERMANENT PRESENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13 the French contingent in charge of Multi-National Task Force-North (MNTF-N) reactivated a former Belgian KFOR camp in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavic. The camp will be manned by different national contingents on two-week rotations, beginning with the Fren [...]
2006-06-16 17:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA539KOSOVO'S NEXT UN ADMINISTRATOR: THACI WEIGHS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition party leader Hashim Thaci requested a meeting June 19 with COM to convey his concern that current UNMIK economic pillar head, Joachim Rucker, is rumored as a leading candidate to fill the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) position from which curren [...]
2006-06-22 17:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA576KOSOVO: NEGOTIATION TEAM RECEPTIVE TO POST-UNMIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to an invitation from President Fatmir Sejdiu, COM and Torbjorn Sohlstrom, the head of the EU mission in Kosovo, briefed the Kosovo negotiating team July 5 on initial thinking on a post-status, post-UNMIK international civilian mission. They stressed that any future [...]
2006-07-07 16:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA587TENSIONS BUILDING OVER NORTHERN KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As all concerned enter the Kosovo final status home stretch, the north of Kosovo is increasingly coming into focus as the area where preferred status outcomes potentially collide. UNMIK officials say they have credible reports that Kosovo Serbs in the north are attempting to rei [...]
2006-07-12 18:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA612 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...]
2006-07-21 12:08:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA728KOSOVO: UNMIK KPC COORDINATOR OFFERS THOUGHTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Coordinator Major General Chris Steirn (UK) offered COM his thoughts on the future establishment of a Kosovo defense force in a meeting September 1. Not surprisingly, Steirn argued that a future Kosovo security force was needed, both to avoid [...]
2006-09-02 13:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA846KOSOVO: PM CEKU "LOOKING TOWARDS STATUS" WHILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku briefed Pristina liaison office heads October 5 on his plans over the next several months for managing Kosovo Albanians' expectations for, and Kosovo Serbs' fear of, final status. Ceku said that implementation of Standards for Kosovo, particularly [...]
2006-10-06 16:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]
2006-11-03 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06QUEBEC41BLOC QUEBECOIS INTERNALLY DIVIDED OVER AFGHANISTAN
[...] (c) Summary: A Bloc Quebecois (BQ) MP told CG March 22 that Bloc members fiercely debated BQ leader Gilles Duceppe's decision not to object in the coming parliamentary session to Canada's military presence in Afghanistan. Discussion within the party on Afghanistan is not yet closed. Other pri [...]
2006-03-28 14:58:00Consulate QuebecCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON PGOV CA
06RABAT1283MOROCCO: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES ON NATO'S
[...] (C) Poloff met July 3 with MFA Bilateral Affairs officer Karim Halim to deliver reftel talking points on engaging Mediterranean Dialogue countries on NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center. Poloff stressed the July 5 NAC plus 7 meeting as an opportunity for Morocco to provide its vie [...]
2006-07-03 18:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MO
06RABAT1763COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER
[...] Embassy Rabat requests country clearance be granted to Political Officer Ian McCary October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of attending the USNATO POL/MIL conference. Traveler information is as follows: Name: Ian McCary Title Deputy Political Counselor DOB: 10/11/68 TS clearance SIPDIS Ph [...]
2006-09-21 15:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MO OTRA MARR
06RABAT177CODEL DUNCAN MEETS WITH MINISTER DELEGATE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a January 24-26 visit to Morocco, Codel Duncan met with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri and toured the Port of Casablanca on January 25. Fassi Fihri underscored Morocco's desire for fostering dialogue with the U.S. Congress and, by extension, [...]
2006-02-03 10:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP MO
06RABAT1986SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...]
2006-10-23 16:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO
06RABAT2023MOROCCO AND THE NATO-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION CENTER
[...] (C) Embassy would like to take this opportunity to remind US Mission to NATO that, in addition to countries mentioned ref A, Morocco has also expressed tentative interest in hosting the NATO-Middle East Cooperation Center. Should other potential host countries decide in the end not to host th [...]
2006-10-31 14:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL MARR MO
06RABAT215SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD
[...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...]
2006-02-09 14:03:00Embassy RabatSECRETMARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT50REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]
2006-01-10 17:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT505STAFFDEL PHELAN AT MOROCCAN MFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Staffdel Phelan met senior Moroccan MFA officials, including Bilateral Affairs Director Amrani, to discuss Western Sahara, reform, FTA, MCA and other issues of mutual interest. Phelan emphasized the need for a concrete, practical Western Sahara autonomy proposal that could se [...]
2006-03-21 17:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP MO
06RABAT557SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA, MIGRATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 20, Spanish Ambassador Planas Puchades told Ambassador Riley that Spain continued to encourage Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan for the Western Sahara. He dismissed alleged splits within the Polisario, suggesting the recently emerged faction "Line of Martyrs [...]
2006-03-29 14:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL SNAR
06RABAT607MFA DISCUSSES NATO AND THE UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) At an April 4 meeting with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, the DCM discussed the GOM's understanding of its relationship with NATO. Amrani, who just returned from a positive experience at a NA [...]
2006-04-05 12:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR MO
06RABAT816SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...]
2006-04-28 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT971NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDY IN MOROCCO
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of National War College (NWC) students and faculty, led by Commandant Major General Teresa Marne Peterson and Deputy Commandant Ambassador Marcelle Wahba, visited Morocco May 13-18, [...]
2006-05-19 18:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO MARR MO MOPS PGOV PREL
06REYKJAVIK102 ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT
[...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]
2006-03-23 17:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK107ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]
2006-03-29 11:16:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK118ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...]
2006-03-31 18:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK120 ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]
2006-04-03 18:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK125ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue (ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation head [...]
2006-04-05 10:20:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GG IC
06REYKJAVIK130 ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]
2006-04-11 16:05:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK140APRIL 2006 DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS: ICELAND'S RED
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Icelandic Government personnel and the first three meetings of a bilateral working group managing base closure issues offer indications of GOI expectations for the EUCOM briefing 4/26 in Reykjavik. Although the Icelandic leadership understands the classifie [...]
2006-04-24 11:28:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK143ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL
[...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...]
2006-04-25 10:48:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK1504/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]
2006-04-27 19:43:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK158 ICELAND DEFENSE: FM HAARDE DEFENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a 4/29 parliamentary briefing on bilateral defense talks earlier in the week, FM Haarde continued to emphasize that the U.S. and Icelandic governments are moving forward constructively to develop new defense arrangements in preparation for the upcoming closure of Naval Air S [...]
2006-05-03 17:19:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK206ICELAND: TAPPED OUT ON TRUST FUND FOR NTM-I
[...] (SBU) Post passed ref A talking points on pledging additional funds to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq to Icelandic MFA officials May 24 and discussed them with Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9. Gudjonsson expressed surprise that Washington would be demarching Reykjavi [...]
2006-06-09 15:58:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IC
06REYKJAVIK207NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 16:42:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK210 Iceland Appoints First Female Foreign Minister;
[...] (U) Summary: Outgoing PM Asgrimsson and incoming PM Haarde announced 6/10 results of their talks regarding a new Icelandic cabinet to take office 6/15: current Minister of Industry and Commerce Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, an international relations neophyte, will become Foreign Minister. Haarde [...]
2006-06-13 07:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK312 Iceland: Progressive Party Elects New Leadership; Clears
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 19 congress, the Progressive Party (PP - the minority member in Iceland's ruling conservative coalition alongside PM Haarde's Independence Party),replaced former PM Asgrimsson as party chair with Minister of Industry and Commerce Jon Sigurdsson. Party rank and file [...]
2006-08-30 17:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR EAGR IC
06REYKJAVIK357 Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]
2006-09-27 07:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359 Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]
2006-09-27 18:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK364ICELAND DEFENSE: TECHNICAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE U.S. BASE SIGNED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister signed the bilateral "Technical Agreement" on the closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),as well as an agreement amending the classified annexes to the 1951 U.S.-Iceland defense agreement, at 1236 GMT on 29 September. The last U.S. military p [...]
2006-09-29 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EAIR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK40 Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]
2006-10-26 17:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401 Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]
2006-10-26 17:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK428 Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first
[...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]
2006-11-21 18:34:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431 ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]
2006-11-27 11:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452 ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]
2006-12-21 07:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK62 ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 16:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC NATO NPG IC
06REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND TO MAKE NEW DONATION TO NTM-I
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 15:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK91 SUMMARY OF ICELANDIC MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH US
[...] Summary: Ambassador held a March 16 marathon of interviews with seven media outlets (reftel A) to explain reasons behind the U.S. Government's decision to realign Naval Air Station Keflavik and withdraw its four F-15 fighters and search and rescue helicopters by the end of September 2006. The [...]
2006-03-17 18:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK93 MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S.
[...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]
2006-03-20 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK97MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL
[...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]
2006-03-22 15:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIGA1056TWO LATVIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] SUMMARY. The deaths of two Latvian soldiers in Iraq December 27 has topped all news in Latvia in the aftermath. Despite nearly 80 percent public opposition to the mission, senior officials have clearly stated that Latvia will remain in Iraq. Opposition political leaders, and even some membe [...]
2006-12-29 15:38:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG
06RIGA202LATVIA'S RULING COALITION IN DEADLOCK OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Since Transport Minister Ainars Slesers's March 15 dismissal for his alleged involvement in a vote- buying scandal in the city of Jurmala (reftel),Latvia's governing coalition has been unable to appoint a successor due to the tough stance taken by the coalition's senior member, [...]
2006-03-24 15:31:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA246LATVIA TO CONTINUE WITH MINORITY GOVERNMENT AS
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis now leads a minority government. The New Era party, the governing coalition's largest, left the government April 7 in the culmination of a three-week government crisis characterized by competing claims of corruption and government malfeasance. New Era lef [...]
2006-04-07 15:41:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL LG
06RIGA496(C) LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance from Washington agencies. See para 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In a letter to Ambassador Bailey, the GOL has presented a request for USG assistance with air security for the period of the NATO Summit in Riga, November 28-29, 2006 (see para 4 below). In making this [...]
2006-06-26 10:49:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS ASEC NATO LG
06RIGA519AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the security situation in Iraq; energy security; Latvian-Russian bilateral relations; the NATO Summit; the recent visit of Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the U.S.; and Russia's desire to [...]
2006-07-03 07:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG ECON WTO RS LG
06RIGA523LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]
2006-07-05 14:43:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA526LATVIA LOOKS TO MAJOR INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor. Their recently published development cooperation policy plan for 2007, envisions a roughly four-fold increase in development assistance, focused on Georgia and Moldova, with additional assistance to Ukrain [...]
2006-07-06 07:54:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PGOV GG MD LG
06RIGA534Latvian response to North Korean Missile Launch
[...] Pol/econ chief delivered ref A points to Signe Jansone, A/S-level official at the MFA responsible for Asia. Jansone said that Japanese charge had been in just prior to make similar points. Latvia shares our concern on the launches and fully supports the NATO (ref B) and EU statements on the [...]
2006-07-07 13:48:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN LG
06RIGA535Afghanistan PRT Conference: Latvia
[...] (U) Ambassador Bailey and Canadian Ambassador Poulin jointly delivered ref A invitation to Latvian MOD Slakteris July 5. Slakteris pledged to send a representative to the conference in Budapest, but given the minister's trip to Washington the following week, it might be at a rather low level. [...]
2006-07-07 13:49:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AF LG
06RIGA633SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...]
2006-08-08 09:02:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG
06RIGA653LEBANON/LATVIA/UNIFIL: POLITICALLY TOUGH, VERY
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief and DATT delivered reftel points to Kaspars Ozolins, MFA A/S equivalent for security policy, and Signe Jansone, MFA A/S equivalent for the Middle East, on August 16. Ozolins, while noting Latvia's support for UNSCR 1701, stressed that Latvia's military forces are currently [...]
2006-08-16 15:02:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL UN LE LG
06RIGA699BORIS YELTSIN'S VISIT TO LATVIA
[...] (C) Summary: Boris Yeltsin's visit to Latvia to mark 15 years since the restoration of independence is viewed by GOL officials as another positive sign in relations with Moscow. Originally a private visit, both Latvian and Russian sources agree that it was upgraded at the request of President P [...]
2006-08-31 10:39:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU LG
06RIGA719LATVIA FIRM ON NEED FOR FULL SERBIAN COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 05:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SR LG
06RIGA732(C) SECOND REQUEST ON LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C/NOFORN) Ref A relayed request from Latvian MOD Slakteris, on behalf of GOL, for USG to provide air security assistance for the NATO Summit to be held in Riga November 28 - 29. To date, post has received no formal response from Washington. [...]
2006-09-12 14:14:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL ASEC KTIA NATO LG
06RIGA762The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections
[...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]
2006-09-21 04:17:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA792WHAT'S AT STAKE IN LATVIA'S ELECTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: While Latvia's parliamentary elections October 7 are unlikely to bring about a major near term change in foreign policy, the elections merit USG attention for two reasons. First, they will give us indication of whether Latvia will continue to press forward on efforts to strengt [...]
2006-09-29 05:45:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA799SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO
[...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]
2006-10-02 14:09:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA822LATVIA EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 11:02:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PGOV NATO AF LG
06RIGA823LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: LITTLE CHANGE BUT SOME SURPRISES
[...] Summary: Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections provided an endorsement for the current minority government of PM Aigars Kalvitis. The three parties in the current coalition won 51 seats in the 100 seat Saeima (parliament),although they will likely invite in a fourth party to add to the [...]
2006-10-10 11:05:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM LG
06RIGA836SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETINGS WITH GOL OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's visit to Latvia provided an opportunity to discuss economic growth and job creation, relations with Russia and the recent Latvian elections with senior governmental officials. All interlocutors noted the challenge for Latvia of the out migra [...]
2006-10-13 14:10:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA847LATVIAN MFA ON BELARUS AND GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: Belarus has dropped the charges against the Latvian diplomat accused in July of distribution of pornography and transferred the evidence to Latvia under the bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty. While this should allow some stabilization in the bilateral relationship, includ [...]
2006-10-17 11:09:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID BO GG RU LG
06RIGA923SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] (C) Mr. President, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Soviet [...]
2006-11-06 16:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP PRESIDENT LG
06RIGA938LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY
[...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 58-41 on November 7 to approve a new center-right government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis of the People's Party. The new government took office immediately after the vote. The four-party coalition consisting of the People's Party (TP),[...]
2006-11-13 15:04:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PINR LG
06RIGA945SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]
2006-11-20 09:07:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06ROME1005EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS
[...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...]
2006-04-04 04:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT
06ROME1023ITALY: SLOW DOWN ON ID FOR GEORGIA
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on April 4, MFA NATO Office Head Gianni Bardini told polmiloff that Italy considers it premature to invite Georgia into Intensified Dialogue (ID) with NATO at the April 13 meeting between Georgia and the Allies. Bardini said that, while Italy is open to think [...]
2006-04-04 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GG IT NATO
06ROME1182ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP -
[...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...]
2006-04-19 15:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO EUN
06ROME119IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...]
2006-01-12 17:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
06ROME1221ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...]
2006-04-24 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT
06ROME1246ITALY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Italy, a co-sponsor of the Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) proposal, is fully on board with the concept but concerned about presentation. Italy believes the SCC must be fully co-sponsored with participating Middle East countries and does not favor launching it at t [...]
2006-04-26 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR IT
06ROME1261ITALIAN POLITICIANS REACT WITH GRIEF AND
[...] (C) Italian politicians reacted with grief, solidarity, and condemnation April 28 following the killing of three Italians and a Romanian in Nasiriya. PM Berlusconi said he was deeply grieved by the deaths and center-left leader Prodi called it a tragedy for all of Italy. One center-left party [...]
2006-04-28 05:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1308ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]
2006-05-03 08:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1410ITALY: GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
[...] (SBU) Senator for Life Giorgio Napolitano May 10 was elected Italy's 11th President of the Republic by a simple majority in the fourth round of voting. The center-right opposition, led by caretaker PM Silvio Berlusconi, did not support Napolitano's candidacy. Two of Berlusconi's coalition al [...]
2006-05-10 16:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT
06ROME1450GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY
[...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]
2006-05-12 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1518ITALY'S COMMUNIST CHAMBER LEADER WELCOMES USG
[...] (C) Communist Renewal leader Fausto Bertinotti May 17 warmly welcomed his first official contact, as Italy's new Chamber of Deputies president, with the US Ambassador. He initiated an animated discussion of Italy's economic problems, and expressed cautious optimism that the new government co [...]
2006-05-18 10:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PGOV
06ROME1555COESPU: ITALIAN PROPOSALS FOR NEXT CANDIDATE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Italy recommends inviting Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro (SaM),and South Africa to participate in the Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (COESPU) in Vicenza. In addition, Italy looks to the U.S. [...]
2006-05-23 07:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
06ROME1580ITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER PARISI TELLS AMB. GOI
[...] (C) In the Ambassador's May 23 introductory call on new Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisi, Parisi stressed themes of friendship with the U.S., a desire to consult closely on all issues and to deal with the most sensitive ones frankly and away from the press. He assured the Ambassador of [...]
2006-05-23 15:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS IZ AF IT
06ROME1590ITALY: NEW UNDERSECRETARY TO THE PM CALLS
[...] (C) Ambassador paid an introductory call May 23 on the new Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Enrico Letta (nephew of Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta). Letta, a 1988 IV grantee and VP of Aspen Italy, has a very positive view of the U.S. and said he considers Italy's relationship with the U.S. e [...]
2006-05-24 15:43:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL NATO MOPS IZ IN IT
06ROME1603ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON DARFUR ACCORD, NOT EXPECTING
[...] (C) Poloff met with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, May 11 to deliver Reftel A points encouraging Italy to restrict the issuance of visas to members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM); and May 24 to deliver Reftel B points outlining issues for follow-up to the [...]
2006-05-26 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SOCI PINS SU IT
06ROME1625ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ,
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...]
2006-05-31 14:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT
06ROME1680IRAQ: ITALY CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS: FULL PRT
[...] (S) PolMilCouns met June 5 with Italian Defense Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Amerio said DefMin Parisi was at a two-day meeting of all Italy's ministers where Iraq was being discussed, and it was unclear what would come out of those discussions. That said, according to Amerio [...]
2006-06-06 09:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL NATO MOPS IZ IT
06ROME173SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI
[...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]
2006-01-18 16:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME1741AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLANS INCREASED ISAF ROLE
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Undersecretary Gianni Vernetti and other officials told the Embassy that Italy intends to increase its military presence in Afghanistan with more special operations forces, more troops for the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Forward Support Base (FSB),a new Trea [...]
2006-06-12 13:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
06ROME1753IRAQ: ITALY HASN'T CLOSED THE DOOR ON PRT YET
[...] (S) Senior Italian diplomatic advisors told visiting Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq (S/I) Barbara Stephenson June 9 that Italy will withdraw all of its troops in Iraq before the end of 2006, but plans to remain engaged in reconstruction efforts. They were pessimistic about Italy continuing to [...]
2006-06-13 14:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1755ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO
[...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...]
2006-06-13 15:21:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO
06ROME1757SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM
[...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...]
2006-06-13 16:44:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF
06ROME1823AFGHANISTAN: ITALY INCLINED TO SUPPORT DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 10:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR AF IT
06ROME1851ROME VISITS HIGHLIGHT BALKAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In separate visits to Rome June 20 by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo and Romanian FM Razvan Ungureanu raised the issues of Italian-Romanian cooperation in Iraq, Romanian entry into the EU and Kosovo. Italian FM D'Alema told Ungureau that Italy supported Romanian entry into the EU i [...]
2006-06-22 15:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT SR YI RO
06ROME1856ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...]
2006-06-23 09:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME1879EUR/WE DIRECTOR ALLEGRONE'S VISIT TO ROME
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment. In meetings with senior Italian political party advisors, journalists and officials in Rome June 20-23, Allegrone heard many of the new Prodi government,s multiple, often conflicting policy voices, especially on Iraq and Afghanistan. Many said this cacophony w [...]
2006-06-27 07:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME2013KOFI ANNAN VISITS ITALY TO TALK AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] Summary. (C) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Rome July 11-12 for meetings with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, PM Romano Prodi, FM Massimo D'Alema, President of the Senate Franco Marini, President of the Chamber of Deputies Fausto Bertinotti, and center-right leader Silvio Berlu [...]
2006-07-14 16:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UN AF SU IT
06ROME2076SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE
[...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Cole. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. 2. U.S.-Italy relations traditionally have been strong regardless of the party in power. The Center Left's April 9-10 election victory should not significant [...]
2006-07-21 09:12:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME239IRAQ: ITALY-US-UK TRILATS, JANUARY 19, 2006
[...] (C) Summary. Italy confirmed it will lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar, for which it would provide its own security, and the UK previewed its plans for a PRT in Basra. U.S.-UK-Italy agreed on the concept for the PRTs as providing capacity-building for local authorities. [...]
2006-01-26 08:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC PGOV IZ IT
06ROME2436ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES
[...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...]
2006-08-31 08:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT
06ROME2637VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]
2006-09-19 09:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2863ITALY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Smith. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. Summary: A Traditionally Strong Bilateral Relationship --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. U.S. - Italy relations traditionally have [...]
2006-10-12 16:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OREP PREL PGOV AMGT IT
06ROME2871ITALIANS WANT TO CONTACT GROUP DISCUSSION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Serbian president Boris Tadic visited Rome on October 10 and 11 to meet with Italian President Napolitano, PM Prodi, FM D'Alema, and MOD Parisi. Tadic expressed his hope that Serbia could become part of PfP, the EU and eventually NATO but noted that Serbia had experienced signif [...]
2006-10-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICTY SR YI IT
06ROME2961EGYPT SEEKS DETAILS ON FRENCH OFFER FOR MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. Under instructions from Cairo, Egyptian DCM Abu Bakr Hefny Mahnoud, called on Pol M/C Pearce and Poloff on October 24 to ask for information on a French-led initiative, in which the Italians along with several other Mediterranean countries participated, to increase military - m [...]
2006-10-25 14:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF ZP NATO IT
06ROME2982ITALYASKS FOR HELP ON URS LOGISTICS,
[...] (C) Summary. PolMinCouns met with Italian Iraq Task Force coordinator De Martino on October 27 to deliver reftel points and discuss Italian URS logistics. De Martino told PolMinCouns that Italy would be represented at the October 31 Iraq Compact Meeting in Kuwait by the Italian Ambassador to [...]
2006-10-27 15:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NATO IZ IT
06ROME2984ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]
2006-10-27 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME3006GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY COMPLAINS OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Georgian Ambassador to Italy, Zaal Gogsadze, told poloff that he has been unable to get the GOI to focus on the tensions building in Georgia. Gogsadze stated that the GOI has become fixated on the Putin-inspired idea that Georgia is pushing for an armed confrontation. Whi [...]
2006-11-02 08:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV GG RU IT
06ROME3167ITALY SCENESETTER FOR DNSA ELLIOTT ABRAMS
[...] (U) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democratization Strategy and Deputy Assistant to the President Elliott Abrams. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for the visit. Country Clearance sent REFTEL A. Summary [...]
2006-11-22 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF AF IR IZ LE IT
06ROME3170ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT
[...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...]
2006-11-24 12:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT
06ROME3214ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...]
2006-12-01 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT
06ROME3272D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]
2006-12-12 11:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME3279D'ALEMA MAXIMUS
[...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...]
2006-12-12 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
06ROME3312ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON ISG RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSE
[...] (C) Summary. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the MFA's Iraq Task Force, says many of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations, such as embedding coalition members inside police, military and institutional structures, have already been tried and found to be difficult to implement. Other rec [...]
2006-12-15 18:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT
06ROME342ITALY: CENTER-LEFT ASPIRES TO CRAFT MORE EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: If Italy's center-left coalition (the Union) wins this spring's national election, center left leaders are prepared to reorient Italy's foreign policy toward the EU, favor multilateral initiatives over bilateral or unilateral ones, and tone down Italy's relations with the US. R [...]
2006-02-06 11:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
06ROME371ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]
2006-02-08 10:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME461PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]
2006-02-15 12:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME501ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]
2006-02-17 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT
06ROME502ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]
2006-02-18 10:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME506TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-20 10:24:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME556ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]
2006-02-23 09:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME584ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON
[...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]
2006-02-24 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME607IRAQ: ITALIANS FAVOR EXPANDED NATO TRAINING ROLE
[...] (C) Summary. Italy strongly supports an expanded NATO training role in Iraq, which it believes will help both to increase the political legitimacy of international efforts in Iraq and to encourage broader participation in those efforts. With Italian elections in April and a tight budget, Ital [...]
2006-02-28 08:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR MASS MOPS PINS IZ IT
06ROME699 BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: FRANCESCO OLIVIERI, WTO
[...] (U) In January, the Italian Government appointed Francesco Olivieri as Special Adviser on WTO issues to Deputy Productive Activities Minister (Foreign Trade Minister) Adolfo Urso. Olivieri had been Ambassador to the Italian Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [...]
2006-03-07 09:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL PGOV IT
06ROME724ITALIAN LEFT LEADER: BRIDGE TO WASHINGTON IS
[...] (C) A prominent Italian center-left leader says it's time for European states to realize the days of individual state relations with the US are over. Massimo D'Alema, president of the Democrats of the Left (DS),Italy's largest center-left party, said transatlantic relations remain important [...]
2006-03-09 06:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME768ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]
2006-03-10 18:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME794AIR NAVIGATION COMMON CHARGING SCHEME, ITALY
[...] A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Achille Vinci Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Transportation Pietro Lunardi. A/ECMIN simultaneously delivered a letter from the Ambassador to Lunardi, which reiterates reftel talking points. Vinci Giacchi said the Ministry would need to [...]
2006-03-14 10:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO EUN AVIATION FAA
06ROME839ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...]
2006-03-16 16:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME85ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF
[...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...]
2006-01-10 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME863ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF
[...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...]
2006-03-17 17:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME864ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS?
[...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...]
2006-03-17 17:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME904IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS
[...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...]
2006-03-22 15:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME933ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...]
2006-03-27 12:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP
06ROME996The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...]
2006-04-03 08:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR413SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...]
2006-02-17 17:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA
06SANTIAGO1172MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO130CHILE: GOC UNWILLING/UNABLE ON ARTICLE 98;
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and GOC officials conducted a digital video conference (DVC) on January 18 to explore ideas towards managing relations after Chile ratifies the Rome Statutes creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Rad [...]
2006-01-20 16:09:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CI
06SANTIAGO1909MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 13:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SAOPAULO1005SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, NATO ROLE,
[...] "Relapse In Afghanistan" Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (9/18): "Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan is a kind of garden of delights. The US intervention was successful. The hated Taliban regime was deposed and replaced by a government that acquired le [...]
2006-09-18 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO766MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ; SAO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 13:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO800MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; GLOBAL
[...] "Peacekeeping Force" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/25) opined: "The proposal of an international force made up mainly of European troops to be sent to the South of Lebanon is praiseworthy.... That seems to be the best way both for an immediate ceasefire and to ensur [...]
2006-07-25 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SARAJEVO1149AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPURIOUSLY CLAIMS ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: On May 10, Amnesty International (AI) issued a report on the global arms trade. In the report, AI erroneously alleges that hundreds of thousands of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and associate ammunition were clandestinely shipped from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to Iraq [...]
2006-05-22 17:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1275BOSNIA: BIH OFFICIALS UNHAPPY OVER NEWS OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Bosnian leaders, particularly those from Bosniak Muslim parties, were unhappy and apprehensive about the news, delivered per reftel, that the U.S. troop presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would be diminished in the coming months and the U.S. presence at Eagle Base, Tuzla, [...]
2006-06-05 11:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL BK NATO
06SARAJEVO1329BOSNIA: STATE COURT ORDERS WAR CRIMINAL ZELENOVIC
[...] (U) On June 9 an international judge at the BiH State Court ruled that accused war criminal Dragan Zelenovic should be transferred immediately to The Hague for trial. The State Court based its ruling on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictment, the INTERP [...]
2006-06-09 17:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL RS BK
06SARAJEVO1473BOSNIA: HARRIERS HIT POLITICAL TARGET
[...] (SBU) Two U.S. AV-8B Harrier jump jets assigned to the USS Iwo Jima visited Sarajevo on June 26 as part of a coordinated Embassy-NATO HQ effort to increase the visibility of U.S. bilateral engagement with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Ambassador and NATO HQ Commander Brigadier General We [...]
2006-06-30 12:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1747BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AND RS PM DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 16th meeting on July 26 and is close to an agreement on the basic model, but without Republika Srpska (RS) input, because the official RS representative is an observer-only. Prior to the meeting, the Ambassador discussed police reform [...]
2006-08-03 17:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO1751RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...]
2006-08-04 11:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]
2006-08-07 08:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1776RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL),Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...]
2006-08-07 08:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALUNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK
06SARAJEVO1826BOSNIA: A ROUGH SEMESTER AHEAD AS NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Our tranformational diplomacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina will confront a number of challenges over the next months: -- The Kosovo final status talks, as did the Montenegro referendum, will provide Bosniaks and Serbs, in particular, additional means to radicalize the political [...]
2006-08-10 18:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1916BOSNIAN ELECTIONS - THIS TIME THEY COUNT
[...] (U) This is the second in a planned series of election-related telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since 1996, Bosnia has been generally successful in forging a democratic process under close supervision of the international community. However, this year's elections, in our judgment, the country's [...]
2006-08-21 11:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO1982BOSNIAN PRESS "BREAKS" STORY OF EAGLE BASE CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) On August 30, nearly one month after the BiH Council of Ministers publicly announced the U.S. decision to vacate Eagle Base in Tuzla, the daily newspaper Oslobodjenje ran an "exclusive" front page story under the headline "American Army to Leave Bosnia by the End of the Year." Despite th [...]
2006-08-30 16:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR OPDC PREL NATO BK
06SARAJEVO2072BOSNIA - EMBASSY WINS TACTICAL VICTORY ON
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The Embassy succeeded in persuading the Parliament Collegium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Law, with its problematic provision for reapplication for citizenship, off the House of Representatives' agenda until after the Octo [...]
2006-09-08 07:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER SMIG PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2259AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. To focus public attention on continued U.S. engagement in Bosnia after the announcement of the Eagle Base drawdown, Ambassador and emboffs traveled September 14-21 to headquarters of the BiH Armed Forces' (AFBiH) three new multi-ethnic brigades and the training center for the AFBi [...]
2006-09-27 06:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2638SENIOR EUFOR COMMANDERS QUESTION DEFENSE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. We met with senior EUFOR commanders October 16 to discuss EUFOR drawdown plans and the future of the EUFOR mission in Bosnia. During the discussions, the Deputy EUFOR commander (DCOM) and EUFOR chief of staff expressed skepticism at the pace of defense reform in Bosnia, and ques [...]
2006-10-20 18:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2699BOSNIA - DAS DICARLO PROBES NEWLY ELECTED BOSNIAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 before the Peace Implementation Council (PIC),DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met separately with the outgoing Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency and leader of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic; Republika Srpska (RS) PM and leader of the Alliance of Indepe [...]
2006-10-27 15:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2717BOSNIA AND NATO: THE CASE FOR PFP MEMBERSHIP
[...] (S) Summary. As we approach the NATO Riga Summit, we think that the time is right to consider admittance of Bosnia to the Partnership for Peace (PfP). With the implementation of defense reform legislation, Bosnia has met the technical requirements for PfP membership. Bosnia has made substan [...]
2006-10-31 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2782BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC VOWS TO DEFEAT U.S.-BROKERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met separately October 30 with outgoing Bosniak Tri-Presidency member and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic and Bosniak President-elect and Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic. Tihic, despite eroding party discipline, still asserts SDA party [...]
2006-11-08 12:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2907DEMINING: ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND MALFEASANCE IN
[...] (S) In response to the August arrest of Radomir Kojic, a prominent figure in the demining community, we have begun to receive allegations of fraud and abuse in humanitarian demining work in Bosnia. There are reports that demining operations throughout Bosnia may suffer from large and systemic [...]
2006-11-17 10:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
06SARAJEVO2908SILAJDZIC HAS POTENTIAL TO SCUTTLE AFGHAN
[...] (C) Newly elected Bosniak member of the Tri- Presidency Haris Silajdzic removed the decision on the Bosnian arms and ammo donation to Afghanistan from the presidency agenda for its November 14 session. The move effectively blocks the donation in the near term, and is line with Silajdzic's cri [...]
2006-11-17 10:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2996BOSNIA: POST-ELECTION MOD SHAKE-UP COULD FURTHER
[...] (C) Many contacts within and outside the Ministry of Defense tell us that it is unlikely Minister of Defense Nikola Radovanovic will keep his post in a new government. The departure of Radovanovic, a Serb, may also lead to a strong push to replace the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lt. [...]
2006-11-27 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3058BOSNIA: PFP DECISION HAILED AS A HISTORIC MILESTONE
[...] (SBU) Bosnian leaders and the general public hailed the decision to offer Bosnia an invitation into the Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit as an historic event, noting Bosnia's clear progress in integrating into Euro-Atlantic structures. The decision could serve as an impetus t [...]
2006-11-30 15:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3115BOSNIA MOVING FORWARD IN JOINING PFP
[...] (SBU) Bosnia received its formal invitation from the NATO Secretary-General to join the Partnership for Peace on SIPDIS December 7. Tri-Presidency members plan to travel to Brussels December 14, where Presidency Chairman Radmanovic will sign the Framework Document. With the help of NATO HQ [...]
2006-12-08 17:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3159DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS FUTURE, PFP,
[...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion, Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic said he did not want to continue in his post in the next Bosnian government. The minister cited his fatigue and general exasperation with the political process as reasons for his wish to the leave the ministry. Despite Rad [...]
2006-12-14 14:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3187BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...]
2006-12-18 14:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3188BOSNIA: PIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS STRESS POLICE AND
[...] (C) Summary: During its December 6-7 meeting in Brussels, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board emphasized the need for Bosnian leaders to achieve concrete progress on a wide reform agenda including constitutional, and police reform. EUR DAS Rosemary [...]
2006-12-18 14:08:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO3249BOSNIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This cable contains Embassy Sarajevo's submission to the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism, as requested in Ref. A 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina's law enforcement organizations continued their good counterterrorism cooperation with the United States, within the limits of current institutional c [...]
2006-12-26 10:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR PREL PGOV
06SARAJEVO829BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR HIGH REP VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling's April 19-21 visit to Washington will be an opportunity to review his first three months in office. CSS (his staff's abbreviation, not used in speech) sees himseslf as the antidote to former High Rep Ashdown's activist interventio [...]
2006-04-14 16:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO994BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: STRATEGY FOR THE
[...] (C) With the heat abating somewhat from last week's failure by the BiH parliament to pass constitutional amendments, we are looking ahead to next steps. Bosnia's political parties are now in full electoral battle mode; yesterday the BiH Electoral Commission announced national elections will [...]
2006-05-08 07:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SEOUL1789ROK GENERALLY UPBEAT ON STRONGER TIES WITH NATO,
[...] (C) According to officials from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the ROK was generally positive toward strengthened cooperation with NATO and eager to participate in global efforts to maintain peace and stability. The underlying concern for Seoul in assessing area [...]
2006-05-26 08:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR PINS AS JA NZ KN KS
06SEOUL1876ROK GENERALLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 08:23:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KS
06SEOUL2108INVITATION TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 08:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDAORC NATO AF XD KS
06SEOUL2220POINTS ON PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 04:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ KS
06SEOUL2351ROKG RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN PRT CONFERENCE
[...] (U) On July 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Southwest Asia and Oceania Division delivered a response declining to participate in the Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Effectiveness Conference scheduled for July 20-21 in Hungary. 2. (U) Begin text: Min [...]
2006-07-14 06:55:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALAORC NATO AF XD KS
06SEOUL327ROKG PRESS FOR UPGRADE IN STATUS IN FOREIGN
[...] (C) On January 25, poloff accompanied the OSD Senior Country Desk Director LTC Michael Finnegan and EAP/K Andrew Hyde to a meeting with MOFAT NAD III Director MIN Kyoung-ho seeking clarification on ROKG's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) discussions on the sidelines of the Strategic Partnership Di [...]
2006-01-27 05:59:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PARM PREL
06SEOUL3391DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSITION OF KOREAN-LED PRT
[...] (U) Please see action request at paragraph four. 2. (U) On October 2, POL-MIL Chief delivered reftel points regarding transition of Korean-led PRT in Afghanistan to NATO/ISAF command to Kim Jeong-seop, Director of International Policy Team, Ministry of National Defense. Identical non-pape [...]
2006-10-02 08:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL UNAUS KS AF
06SEOUL3922SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...]
2006-11-14 05:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SEOUL875AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 14 LUNCH WITH KIM GEUN-TAE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Kim Geun-tae, a senior member of the Uri Party and a presidentiaQhopeful, told the Ambassador March 14 that U.S. and ROK officials needed to manage more effectively public portrayals of differences in Seoul's and Washington's approaches to the North Korea nuclear issue. He [...]
2006-03-17 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
06SHANGHAI7043SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON SCO AND RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast to scholars in Beijing (Reftel),Shanghai SCO scholars told visiting EAP Poloffs in November 1-3 meetings that is unlikely that the SCO will accept new members in 2007, especially Iran. They expect China to continue to promote multilateral economic cooperation within [...]
2006-11-13 09:10:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH RS UZ TI KZ KG TX
06SKOPJE1017MACEDONIA: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In his October 17 meetings with GOM officials and opposition party leaders, EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh noted the need for improved inter-ethnic dialogue and continued implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, a vigorous and non-partisan fight against crime and corruption, [...]
2006-10-24 05:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE1037MACEDONIA: EUR DAS DICARLO'S OCT 23-24 MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) During meetings with high-level GOM officials in Skopje October 23-24, EUR DAS DiCarlo underscored the need for the government to build consensus with the opposition to gain buy-in for key legislative and reform initiatives, for redoubled efforts to implement the reforms required for NATO [...]
2006-10-30 10:22:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MK
06SKOPJE105MACEDONIA & NATO MEMBERSHIP: DEFENSE REFORMS ON
[...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Macedonia is in its 7th MAP cycle and has made significant progress in meeting its defense reform goals, but still falls short in terms of meeting political and economic MAP criteria. To be considered a strong candidate for NATO membership by mid-2007, with a view to rece [...]
2006-02-02 07:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MASS MK
06SKOPJE1095MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT,
[...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC,s assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new government,s man [...]
2006-11-16 12:09:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE1096MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT,
[...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC's assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new governmentQs mandat [...]
2006-11-16 14:02:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE1097MACEDONIA: REDUCING ISAF CAVEATS
[...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on filling ISAF force shortfalls and reducing caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on November 16. Acting DATT delivered the same points to MOD Elenovski on November 14. Both interlocutors informed us that the GOM intends to remove before t [...]
2006-11-17 06:50:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE1100MACEDONIA: RULE OF LAW VICTORIES -- WIRETAP LAW
[...] (U) Macedonia recently scored two major victories in strenghtening rule of law and fighting organized crime. On November 15, after months of preparatory work by the former and current governments, and heated parliamentary and public debate, the parliament passed the Law on Monitoring Communic [...]
2006-11-20 15:34:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE1112MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT ELIMINATES MOST CAVEATS ON
[...] (SBU) The GOM approved in a closed government session on November 22 the elimination of five of seven caveats currently in force for Macedonian troops supporting ISAF operations in Afghanistan (reftel) and Macedonian soldiers serving in Iraq. Of the two remaining caveats, one prohibits Macedon [...]
2006-11-24 13:57:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE1120MACEDONIA: US-EU EFFORT BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER
[...] (C) After weeks of U.S. and EU coaxing, the leaders of the four main parties in Macedonia met on November 27 for their first substantive talks on legislative and policy priorities since the new government took office in late August. The party leaders outlined some of their key priorities and [...]
2006-11-28 15:10:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE1139MACEDONIA WELCOMES NATO SUMMIT STATEMENT,
[...] (SBU) In a telcon November 30, MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski told P/E Chief the GOM was delighted with the NATO Summit statement at Riga announcing, inter alia, the Alliance's intent to "extend further invitations to those countries who meet NATO's performance based standards..." The gover [...]
2006-12-01 16:18:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO MK
06SKOPJE1157MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO
[...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]
2006-12-08 15:52:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1165MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO
[...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]
2006-12-13 09:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1174MACEDONIA: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK --
[...] (SBU) Leaders of Macedonia's four main parties (government and opposition) met December 13 behind closed doors, with U.S. and EU facilitation, in their second meeting to discuss how to move forward on Macedonia's main Euro-Atlantic integration reforms (reftel). Three of the four parties reach [...]
2006-12-18 13:13:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE118MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, NATO
[...] (C/NF) PM Buckovski told the Ambassador February 1 that parliamentary elections likely will be held in late June/early July, and that he expects the opposition to use rough campaign and electoral tactics in trying to replace his government. On Macedonia's NATO accession prospects, he agreed th [...]
2006-02-06 18:11:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MK
06SKOPJE152MACEDONIA: FURTHER REACTION TO GOVERNMENT REQUEST
[...] (C) Summary: Although ethnic Albanian parties have publicly objected to the Macedonian government's decision to "continue preparations" for the return of four unindicted war crimes cases to domestic jurisdiction (reftel),key leaders in coalition partner DUI privately tell us the party did not [...]
2006-02-15 15:12:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ICTY MK
06SKOPJE234MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH VISIT
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the government and opposition are gearing up for this summer's parliamentary election, the actual date of which has yet to be determined. Amid the clamor of mutual recrimination and mudslinging of the "pre-campaign," which already is underway, your visit is an excell [...]
2006-03-10 14:14:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OREP AMGT ASEC MK
06SKOPJE251MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...]
2006-03-14 16:13:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK
06SKOPJE289MACEDONIA CHURCH DISPUTE: MOC PATRIARCH DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted strongly to recent revelations that the Serbian government funds an affiliate of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Macedonia, calling that support an intrusion into Macedonia's domestic affairs. The MOC also has opposed intern [...]
2006-03-30 07:57:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF MK
06SKOPJE310SEN. VOINOVICH DISCUSSES NATO, KOSOVO NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior Macedonian officials on March 25, Sen. George Voinovich encouraged Macedonia to make further progress on NATO-related reforms, discussed Kosovo final status issues, and thanked Macedonia for its military support of coalition operations in Iraq and Afghani [...]
2006-04-05 07:20:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE330MACEDONIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO IRAQ EFFORT
[...] (U) Deputy Senior Advisor on Iraq Robert Deutsch and his State and DoD team visited Skopje April 5-6 to thank GOM officials and parliamentarians for Macedonia's support for international efforts in Iraq, and to discuss developments in Iraq. (NOTE: Macedonia currently has 40 troops deployed to [...]
2006-04-11 16:37:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MK IZ
06SKOPJE373U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S KOSOVO STATUS
[...] (C) During April 13 discussions in Skopje with U.S. Special Representative on Kosovo Talks Frank Wisner, Macedonian leaders focused on the unresolved issue of the delineated but not yet demarcated Kosovo-Macedonia border as the only open issue between Skopje and Pristina, and said they would t [...]
2006-04-20 10:01:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK KS
06SKOPJE38MACEDONIA'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT NOMINATED AS
[...] (SBU) The GOM has nominated Speaker of Parliament Ljupco Jordanovski as Macedonia's next ambassador to the United States. A long-time parliamentarian, Jordanovski is meticulous, hard-working, and a consensus builder. He is widely-respected as an administrator and has presided over an ambitio [...]
2006-01-17 08:31:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE383U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) During a tete-a-tete meeting April 13 in Skopje, President Crvenkovski gave Amb. Wisner his assessment of Serbian President Tadic as "pragmatic" in dealing with Kosovo status issues, while characterizing Serbian PM Kostunica as unlikely to compromise and more likely to walk out of the stat [...]
2006-04-21 16:34:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KS MK
06SKOPJE420MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 5,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With parliamentary elections scheduled for July 5, governing and opposition parties are building their campaign platforms around common themes of economic development, NATO and EU integration, and education. Despite their stated intent to run issues-based campaigns, however, the [...]
2006-05-05 11:56:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MK
06SKOPJE451MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) During separate meetings May 4, the Ambassador told DUI and DPA leaders Ali Ahmeti and Arben Xhaferi, respectively, to refrain from importing K-Albanian "muscle" to assist them during upcoming parliamentary elections. She reiterated the USG position on Macedonia-Kosovo border demarcation [...]
2006-05-12 06:00:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE457MACEDONIA: FURTHER PROGRESS ON NATO MAP-RELATED
[...] (U) The Macedonian Parliament recently adopted several judicial and defense reforms that demonstrate further progress in meeting Macedonia's NATO MAP requirements. On May 5, the parliament amended the Law on Defense, formally ending conscription. The amended law will make the Army of the Rep [...]
2006-05-15 15:58:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE484MACEDONIA: CAVEATS FOR TROOPS SERVING WITH ISAF
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on ISAF caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski and to NATO Head of Sector Marjan PopAngelov on May 16. DATT delivered the same points to CHOD MG Stojanovski on May 15. Our interlocutors assured us that Macedonia would maintain its policy of [...]
2006-05-19 14:33:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF MK
06SKOPJE497MACEDONIA: POLITICAL LEADERS EXPECT INDEPENDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial Macedonian reaction to the May 21 Montenegro referendum on independence has been generally positive, with most interlocutors welcoming the development as contributing to bolstering regional stability. It is encouraging that harder-line eAlbanian parties, such as opposi [...]
2006-05-23 15:46:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE500MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 13:11:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALKG MARR MOPS PREL AF MK
06SKOPJE594MACEDONIA: WITH US-EU PRODDING, ETHNIC ALBANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EU Special Representative (EUSR) Fouere convoked the leaders of ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA for a meeting June 20 to express grave concerns over recent violent incidents related to the campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections July 5. They noted that [...]
2006-06-21 11:34:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE596MACEDONIA: AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 20-day official campaign season for Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections began June 15, with a total of 31 parties competing in the country's six electoral districts. The parliament on June 12 amended the criminal code to stiffen penalties for violations of the electo [...]
2006-06-22 14:19:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MK
06SKOPJE625MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CALMS; AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) An unspoken agreement to cool things down has taken hold in Macedonia after a handful of campaign-related incidents, some of them violent and most of them between competing ethnic Albania parties DUI and DPA, occurred at the beginning of the official parliamentary elections campaign on Jun [...]
2006-06-30 13:31:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE640MACEDONIA VOTES: OPPOSITION WINS IN GENERALLY CALM
[...] (SBU) The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party emerged as the clear winner in Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections, with the ethnic Albanian DUI party (governing coalition) consolidating its lead over rival eAlbanian opposition party DPA. The elections were considered to have "largely met intern [...]
2006-07-06 15:50:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE648MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]
2006-07-07 13:58:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE649MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]
2006-07-07 13:58:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE668MACEDONIA: MAJOR TIP TRIAL REFLECTS SOLID
[...] (U) Macedonia's largest-ever trial for trafficking in persons continued on July 6 with the testimony of the star witness for the prosecution. The witness, who initially was charged as a co-conspirator in the case, reached an immunity deal with the prosecution in exchange for his testimony aga [...]
2006-07-14 12:07:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE669MACEDONIA: VMRO-DPMNE LEADER BEGINS BUILDING A
[...] (C) Recent Macedonian parliamentary election winner (reftel) and VMRO-DPMNE leader Gruevski is engaged in trying to build a broad-based inter-ethnic governing coalition to help ensure stability as he pursues an economic reform agenda and continued implementation of NATO and EU integration refo [...]
2006-07-14 12:50:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE696MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RE-RUN OUTCOME
[...] (SBU) Parliamentary election re-runs in 29 polling stations (representing less than one percent of Macedonia's 3,000 polling stations) generally were well conducted, although international monitors noted some serious irregularities in some stations. The voting gave one additional MP seat to r [...]
2006-07-20 15:41:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MK
06SKOPJE779MACEDONIA: YOUNG TECHNOCRATS DOMINATE NEW
[...] (SBU/NF) Prime Minister-designate Gruevski's proposed cabinet lineup, which the parliament is likely to approve on August 25, is comprised of mostly young technocrats without extensive bureaucratic experience. That bodes well for a fresh start, with Gruevski likely to exercise greater control [...]
2006-08-17 14:39:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MK
06SKOPJE816MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Parliament easily confirmed on August 26 the new government and work program of VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization -- Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity) leader and now Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski's work program focuses on economic develop [...]
2006-08-28 16:14:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE880MACEDONIA: GOM LEADERSHIP ON NATO MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate calls on PM Gruevski and FM Milososki September 15, the Ambassador urged the GOM to move quickly to implement NATO membership reforms, show concrete anti-corruption results, and restart political dialogue with the ethnic Albanian opposition. She restated the USG posit [...]
2006-09-18 13:34:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE888MACEDONIA: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH ADRIATIC
[...] (SBU) Although you will be meeting with the A-3 foreign ministers as a group on the margins of the UNGA in New York on September 22, we believe you can reinforce some key themes we have been underlining with the newly-elected GOM should you have an opportunity for a brief pull-aside with newly [...]
2006-09-20 14:31:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR UNGA MK
06SKOPJE900MACEDONIA: SUCCESSFUL CONVICTION IN ORGANIZED
[...] (U) On September 14, a Macedonian court convicted four defendants from an international organized crime ring on drug smuggling charges. The trial was presided over by a chamber of five judges, including two professional judges, one of whom is the chief presiding judge, and three "lay judges," [...]
2006-09-25 13:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE913MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran [...]
2006-09-27 14:27:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ
06SKOPJE983MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S VISITTO SKOPJE,
[...] (U) Your visit comes at the right time, two months into the new VMRO-DPMNE-led government of PM Gruevski, to deliver the following core messages to the government and opposition: Government: --Need broad consultations and consensus-building with DUI and opposition parties on key legislatio [...]
2006-10-18 14:30:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MK
06SOFIA1165BULGARIAN RESPONSE: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 14:15:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BU
06SOFIA1170BULGARIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUES STATEMENT IN
[...] (U) Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following public statement supporting UNSCR 1701 on August 16: Begin text of unofficial translation: Bulgaria supports unanimously-adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which calls for a full cessation of hostilities, deployment [...]
2006-08-17 07:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO KPAO UN UNSC BU
06SOFIA1216BULGARIA ON BOARD FOR NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A talking points to Zlatin Krystev, acting head of the MFA's International Security Directorate on August 24. After conferring with MOD colleagues, Krystev reconfirmed Bulgaria's commitment to the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed previously, adding that "there is no sugge [...]
2006-08-29 13:56:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1273SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two issues dominate Bulgaria's political scene and calendar: a final verdict on EU accession, framed by the September 26 European Commission report on Bulgaria's readiness for membership; and Bulgaria's October 22 Presidential election. Seized by these two overlapping events, t [...]
2006-09-08 12:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK KPKO SR YI EU BU
06SOFIA1291BULGARIA: FM KALFIN WILL ATTEND SECRETARY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 12:09:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO OPDC UNGA BG
06SOFIA1316BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...]
2006-09-14 15:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1330BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAMAS, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Bulgaria's plans to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah following the formation of a "national unity" government in the Palestinian territories, Charge' cautioned deputy Foreign Minister Faim Chaushev, stressing the steps Hamas would have to take in order to legi [...]
2006-09-18 15:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL XF AF IS LE SY IZ IR LY BU
06SOFIA1369BULGARIA,S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PARVANOV HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Incumbent Georgi Parvanov, a consistent supporter of moderate, pro-U.S. policies, looks poised to win re-election, if not on October 22 then in a second-round run off the following week. The conspicuous absence from the line-up of the charismatic Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov has d [...]
2006-09-25 15:11:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BU
06SOFIA1370BULGARIA,S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PARVANOV HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Incumbent Georgi Parvanov, a consistent supporter of moderate, pro-U.S. policies, looks poised to win re-election, if not on October 22 then in a second-round run off the following week. The conspicuous absence from the line-up of the charismatic Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov has d [...]
2006-09-25 15:15:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BU
06SOFIA1491BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]
2006-10-26 13:54:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1499INCUMBENT PARVANOV SCORES LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN BULGARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent President Georgi Parvanov scored a decisive victory against extreme nationalist Volen Siderov in the October 29 run-off, becoming Bulgaria's first president re-elected since communism collapsed. The former Socialist leader captured 75.9 percent of a weak turnout, an u [...]
2006-10-30 12:41:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BU
06SOFIA1521BULGARIA: REFORM-MINDED PRIME MINISTER DETERMINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A feisty and confident Prime Minister Stanishev told the Ambassador Nov. 2 that his government would not let up on reforms. He looks to speed up structural changes, improve government ministries' efficiency and effectiveness, and keep up public support for reform. The Prime [...]
2006-11-03 13:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA1542BULGARIA/GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA, FM KALFIN PREVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. By hosting the Friends of Georgia on November 9, Bulgaria seeks to send a message of support to the GoG while at the same time urging the Georgians to "stop giving Russia excuses to crack down." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin and EUR DAS Bryza agreed that both objectives would [...]
2006-11-08 14:52:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE GG RU BU
06SOFIA1560B-A OIL PIPELINE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS; BULGARIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY Greek and Bulgarian officials described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza progress on the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline during his November 3 visit to Sofia. The Greek consortium plans to transfer most of its shares to international private sector participants, including Chevron, [...]
2006-11-14 10:04:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06SOFIA1573CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]
2006-11-17 14:37:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1597BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO SHED CAVEATS ON THE ROAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the lead-up to the Riga Summit, the GOB supports nearly every item on the U.S. agenda, but continues to struggle with a shortage of funds, equipment, and "capabilities" as it looks toward elimination of national caveats and more demanding missions overseas. Bulgaria's commitme [...]
2006-11-22 09:59:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1655BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO DISCLOSE COMMUNIST-ERA FILES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament passed groundbreaking legislation on December 6, to open up the files of the former communist secret services. Under the law, adopted after heated debate, all senior officials in the Presidency, Parliament, government, the Judiciary, academia, mass media, [...]
2006-12-11 15:17:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BU
06SOFIA167BULGARIA 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] (U) General Assessment. Since joining NATO in April 2004, Bulgaria has maintained its defense spending at 2.6% of GDP and made substantial troop contributions to overseas missions. Following national elections in June 2005, the incumbent National Movement for Simeon the Second (NMSS) was for [...]
2006-02-01 07:18:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP NATO PREL BU
06SOFIA1692BLUE LANTERN, APPLICATION 05-050020397:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, Poloff met with TEREM Executive Director Mariyan Yovchev on December 18 and spoke with MoD Arms Control Director Nikola Mihaylov on December 19. Post believes this transaction to be legitimate and has no information to recommend against its a [...]
2006-12-21 06:58:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC BU
06SOFIA1695BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT DROPS "SILENT DIPLOMACY;"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death sentences passed by a Tripoli court on five Bulgarian nurses Dec. 19 triggered mounting outrage in Bulgaria as politicians, NGOs, the public and the press lashed out at Libya for holding a deeply politicized trial and called for international support. Over the course o [...]
2006-12-21 13:33:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1718BULGARIA'S FIRST EU BUDGET CONTINUES FISCAL DISCIPLINE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament approved the 2007 state budget on December 19 - Bulgaria's first as a full EU member state. It is a fiscally disciplined plan with an expected surplus of 0.8 percent of GDP (well above the Maastricht requirement of a 3 percent deficit or better for Euro entry.) This co [...]
2006-12-29 12:21:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI BU
06SOFIA215SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of the most influential personalities in the current government, and is almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelings among Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to be among the most popular public officials in the coun [...]
2006-02-10 16:00:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KCOR BU
06SOFIA372BULGARIANS DISCUSS IRAQ, JOINT BASES,
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) EUR DAS Mark Pekala met March 9-10 with Bulgarian officials to discuss, inter alia, Bulgaria's follow-on mission in Iraq, ongoing negotiations on the use of Bulgarian military b [...]
2006-03-14 11:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON KCRM KDEM LY IZ BG
06SOFIA394BULGARIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BASING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told Ambassador on March 15 that Bulgaria remains committed to a successful conclusion of the basing negotiations, although additional consultations between the ruling coalition's party leaders are necessary. Following these consultations, accordi [...]
2006-03-16 13:56:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR PGOV PREL KPAO RU BU
06SOFIA395BULGARIA REACTS TO THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate March 13. Konstantinova said the GOB did not have an official position on the initiative, but it supported adherence to all non-proliferation regimes to which it is a party [...]
2006-03-16 14:39:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN BU
06SOFIA454BULGARIA: NEGOTIATING TEAMS AGREE ON BASING TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An interagency negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis reached agreement "ad referendum" with the GOB on all articles of the Defense Cooperation Agreement March 23. The U.S. team preserved USG red lines in all areas including freedom of action (or [...]
2006-03-28 08:19:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA553BULGARIA: NEW CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Purvanov has appointed Lieutenant General Zlatan Stoykov to be Bulgaria's new Chief of the General Staff. Stoykov is a strong supporter of increased U.S./NATO engagement as well as Bulgaria's continued participation in OIF and ISAF. From the U.S. point of view, he is [...]
2006-04-19 12:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA601BULGARIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (SBU) The Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kalfin signed the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) April 28 at a ceremony at the Council of Ministers. After the ceremony, the Embassy and the MFA exchanged diplomatic notes using cleared text from Ambassador Loftis referencing the NATO- Ru [...]
2006-04-28 13:17:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA638BULGARIAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF BASING
[...] (U) Since the signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Sofia April 28, Bulgarian political leaders have stepped up their support of the accord. In a May 6 article in the Bulgarian daily "24 Hours," Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov, the most popular politician in Bulgaria, added his voi [...]
2006-05-08 15:31:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA661BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALISTS REAPING WHAT THEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist party Ataka is reeling from self-inflicted wounds just one year after its founding. A recent scandal steming from the erratic behavior of several Ataka members following a highway accident has contributed to a sharp decline in the party's support and led [...]
2006-05-10 11:47:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PINR SOCI RU BU
06SOFIA719BULGARIA SCENESETTER FOR MAY 25-26 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has sought to play a positive and constructive role in helping to bring about a successful outcome to the talks regarding Kosovo's future status. Sofia has maintained a balanced approach to the talks and avoided favoring one side or solution over another. However, the [...]
2006-05-19 14:27:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KRKO SR BU
06SOFIA737GREECE AND BULGARIA TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
[...] (C) The GOB is finalizing a plan with Greece to train approximately 30 Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria this summer. Yordan Bozhilov, MOD Director for International Cooperation, told Poloff May 23 that the two-week training course will be held at the Bulgarian military academy in Veliko T [...]
2006-05-25 14:22:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL GR IZ BU
06SOFIA743BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...]
2006-05-26 10:14:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU
06SOFIA746BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Parliament ratified the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Bulgaria and the U.S. May 26 by an overwhelming majority. The ruling socialist-led coalition and the right-wing opposition parties came together in support of the agreement. Only the ultra-nationalist Ataka par [...]
2006-05-26 12:54:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA774BULGARIA TO CONTRIBUTE 60,000 EUROS TO NTM-I TRUST
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Rumen Kamenov in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate June 1. Kamenov said that the GOB will contribute 60,000 euros to the NTM-I trust fund this year, a 50 percent increase from last year. The MFA and MOD will formally authorize this [...]
2006-06-02 08:56:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS IZ BU
06SOFIA783BULGARIA OFFERS ITS SUPPORT ON KOSOVO TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In May 25 meetings with Ambassador Wisner, Bulgaria's prime minister and foreign minister emphasized Sofia's firm support for Ahtisaari's efforts to negotiate a final status for Kosovo and acknowledged that independence was the most likely outcome. Apart from continuing to encour [...]
2006-06-05 07:18:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KRKO SR BU
06SOFIA83BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 08:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA848BULGARIA CAUTIOUS ON BLACK SEA HARMONY
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The GOB's impression of the June 5 Black Sea Forum in Bucharest was generally positive. While at the forum, the Bulgarian delegation received a draft bilateral agreement from Turkey to join Operation Black Sea Harmony ( [...]
2006-06-16 10:58:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR MOPS RO TU BU
06SOFIA90BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT.
[...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]
2006-01-23 10:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06SOFIA968ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING
[...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]
2006-07-11 12:06:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06STATE109375IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]
2006-07-02 05:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06STATE141362IRAQ: GUIOANCE FOR U.S.-POLAND BILATERAL
[...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with Poland on August 31 in Warsaw to discuss Poland's leadership of the Multinational Division - Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq. The purpose of the talks is to convey the outlines of t [...]
2006-08-28 19:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
06STATE190845REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR
[...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...]
2006-11-22 21:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT
06STATE196230IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE
[...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]
2006-12-07 02:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE197404INSTRUCTIONS: BELARUS POLITICAL PRISONER
[...] (SBU) Action Request: USUN is instructed to raise the issue of the hunger strike of Belarus political prisoner Kozulin under "other matters" during the Security Council,s informal consultations on Monday, December 11, and to make a statement to the press following the consultations, drawing [...]
2006-12-11 14:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC BO
06STATE25359NON-PAPER ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs four and five. 2. (S) The Department is concerned about reports in other channels that link several foreign branches of the Kuwaiti NGO, Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to terrorist organizations. The Department requests that [...]
2006-02-16 03:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETKTFN PGOV PTER KU
06STATE61225UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]
2006-04-18 15:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE83673ALLIED SHARING AND SIPRNET
[...] (U) This is an action message. As a part of the continuing war on terrorism and in response to recommendations of the 9/11 and the WMD Commissions, the Congress and the President have mandated a number of changes in the way information is to be shared, within the federal government, between t [...]
2006-05-23 22:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNAMGT AOMS PINR ACOA KCCP
06STOCKHOLM1421SWEDEN'S 9/17 ELECTION: ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES
[...] (c) Sweden's 9/17 parliamentary election remains a neck-and-neck race (ref A),too close to call. All seven parties currently in parliament appear likely to reach the 4 percent threshold; no newcomers are likely to qualify. This means that the most likely outcomes are either a return of Pri [...]
2006-09-07 14:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM1489SWEDEN'S SEPTEMBER 17 ELECTIONS
[...] (c) Swedes go to the polls September 17 to elect a new parliament that will decide their government for the next four years. The race has been the tightest Sweden has seen in decades, with opinion polls see-sawing, but mostly giving a slight lead to the opposition "Alliance for Sweden" over [...]
2006-09-15 14:00:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM1501SWEDEN'S ELECTIONS: CENTER/RIGHT ALLIANCE FOR
[...] (c) Sweden voted Social Democrat Prime Minister Goran Persson out of office September 17, giving the mandate to Moderate Fredrik Reinfeldt and the center/right Alliance for Sweden. Reinfeldt is the big winner, with his Moderate party earning a larger vote total than his three Alliance allies [...]
2006-09-18 13:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM1632SWEDEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, MAKES POLICY
[...] (c) Fredrick Reinfeldt, who was formally elected Prime Minister by the Swedish parliament on October 5, named his cabinet and gave the new government's statement of policy on October 6. Ministers from Reinfeldt's Moderate Party will lead about half the ministries, including many of the key o [...]
2006-10-06 14:41:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM224SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION
[...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...]
2006-02-17 16:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM913UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A DEAD HEAT; LEFT
[...] (sbu) Recent opinion polls show the Social Democrats (SDP) and their Green and Left support parties have closed the gap with the opposition alliance; the parliamentary elections now look to be a dead heat. The Green and Left parties have claimed the right to a more influential role within a [...]
2006-06-21 12:23:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
06TALLINN1001ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND
[...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]
2006-11-08 12:24:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TALLINN1049ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S TRAVEL TO
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome you to Tallinn as part of the President's historic visit on November 27-28 (Ref A). Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner with whom we share many common values. The timing of the visit is excellent - President Toomas Hendri [...]
2006-11-21 13:54:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TALLINN1056ESTONIAN ACCEPTS U.S. DIP NOTE ON AIR
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Embassy Tallinn received the following note verbale from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in answer to our revised diplomatic note on air security for the President's visit November 27-28(reftel): Begin Text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Estonia [...]
2006-11-22 12:08:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN1065ESTONIA: TURKEY-EU ACCESSION PROCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 14:28:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEUN NATO EN
06TALLINN1067ESTONIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 11:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS EU NATO OSCE MO GG RU EN
06TALLINN1084ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES'S TRIP TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, President Ilves's Foreign Affair Advisor, Sven Jurgenson, briefed us on Ilves's recent trip to Georgia. While in Tbilisi, Ilves emphasized to Georgian President Saakashvili the need for the GOG to reduce tensions with Russia and take a more pragmatic approach to E [...]
2006-12-07 09:18:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG EN
06TALLINN1085 RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...]
2006-12-07 10:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV RS EN
06TALLINN1086ESTONIA: BIOS OF PRESIDENT ILVES?S ADVISORS
[...] (SBU) Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has surrounded himself with trusted, experienced advisors he has known for most of his political career. For the most part, these officials gained experience in the early days of re-independence, and comprise some of the most thoughtful and well c [...]
2006-12-07 14:14:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV EN
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