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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| 07PANAMA1898 | POTENTIAL SEISMIC RISKS MAY THREATEN PANAMA CANAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The historical view that Panama does not experience earthquakes was wrong, geological experts employed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) told EmbOffs. These experts said emerging geologic research suggests that Central Panama -- including the Panama Canal and Panama City area -- [...] | 2007-12-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV AMER EWWT ELTN TPHY PM |
| 07PARAMARIBO176 | TRIAL TENSIONS RAMP UP AS BOUTERSE AND SANTOKHI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite reports that the murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse may not go forward in April 2007, tensions over the trial have been increasing. Members of Bouterse,s National Democratic Party (NDP) issued a series of press statements which many, including Minister [...] | 2007-04-10 19:37:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO636 | GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME AND OPPOSITION TRADE [...] (C) Summary. "At very short notice, violent confrontations can be expected in Suriname," Dutch Embassy interlocuters relayed to EmbOffs during a late evening meeting at the Dutch Embassy on December 6. This information was from a "reliable source," the Dutch DCM said, who had also indicated [...] | 2007-12-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL NS |
| 07PARIS1075 | FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French),combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...] | 2007-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY |
| 07PARIS1418 | France Telecom's Transformational Strategy [...] (SBU) On March 30, France Telecom (FT) executives told us that FT had to expand into new areas, both geographically and functionally, since telecom services were minimally profitable in France. FT emphasized that value-added services delivered through broadband and mobile telephony would be th [...] | 2007-04-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS147 | Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE [...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...] | 2007-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR |
| 07PARIS1946 | IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...] | 2007-05-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR |
| 07PARIS2154 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] (U) This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Telecom Policy Gets a New Home (para 2) -- Fourth Mobile License (para 3) -- High Speed Internet Success in France (para 4) -- Alcatel-Luc [...] | 2007-05-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS261 | FRANCE: TSA BRIEFS DATA PRIVACY AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: TSA provided an extensive briefing on U.S. aviation security arrangements to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) in a meeting January 12. Because of the current risk that the CNIL may wish to review all U.S. airlines' aviation security practices regarding implementation of [...] | 2007-01-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR |
| 07PARIS3181 | OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...] | 2007-07-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PARIS525 | OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...] | 2007-02-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS805 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...] | 2007-03-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS809 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...] | 2007-03-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS830 | OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...] | 2007-03-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PESHAWAR169 | NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...] | 2007-03-13 13:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID PK AF |
| 07PHNOMPENH668 | CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...] | 2007-05-15 04:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV CB |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE1831 | HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...] | 2007-11-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN393 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH [...] Tobago Land License for Foreigners 2. Far East Co-operation in Trade & Investment 3. GOTT committed to FTAA 4. Fishy concerns 5. T&T gets Water Pollution Rules 6. U.S. company to build Caustic Soda plant 7. Essar Steel plant approved 8. T&T Bird Flu ready 9. VAT removed on [...] | 2007-04-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD KFLU TD |
| 07PRAGUE201 | PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...] | 2007-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
| 07PRETORIA1211 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 5, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mineral Rights Expropriation Claims Push SA to Extend Claim - Mittal Steel's New Kiln Project Draws Criticism - Wine Industry Falters in 2 [...] | 2007-04-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRETORIA3166 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Down - Vehicle Sales Down - Economic Freedom Ranking Down - Telkom To Drop Call Center Prices - Angloplat Unveils BE [...] | 2007-09-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRETORIA3891 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - MAYBE - MAYBE NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered contrary views on African diamond reserves. Some pundits expect output to increase significantly from West Africa, Botswana, Angola and the DRC, but others foresee a sustained decline in world diamond production. A [...] | 2007-11-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3928 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Competitiveness Slides - Business Confidence Hits Three-Year Low - Sub-Saharan Africa Experiences Sustained Growth - Net Reserves Up [...] | 2007-11-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRETORIA4002 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-11-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 07PRISTINA180 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...] | 2007-03-08 08:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA20 | KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...] | 2007-01-10 16:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
| 07PRISTINA261 | KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...] | 2007-04-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA273 | KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...] | 2007-04-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...] | 2007-04-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
| 07PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...] | 2007-05-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI |
| 07PRISTINA414 | KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...] | 2007-05-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA453 | KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...] | 2007-06-08 17:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA50 | KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...] | 2007-01-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
| 07PRISTINA503 | KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...] | 2007-06-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA557 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...] | 2007-07-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA593 | KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...] | 2007-07-31 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
| 07PRISTINA621 | KOSOVO: AUDITOR'S REPORT ON ASSEMBLY SEES IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly has shifted from lavish misuse of government funds in 2005 to less glaring weaknesses in procedural controls in 2006, according to an independent audit released August 9. Although the Auditor General was not satisfied with the Assembly's fiscal management in [...] | 2007-08-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA622 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA687 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...] | 2007-09-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA705 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
| 07PRISTINA706 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
| 07PRISTINA756 | KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...] | 2007-10-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA782 | KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...] | 2007-11-16 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA783 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS PROCEED CALMLY: PDK WINS BIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars went to the polls on November 17 to elect their central and local assemblies, as well as mayors in Kosovo's 30 municipalities. USOP observer teams, plus the Council of Europe mission and local NGOs, all reported technically sound balloting. KFOR, UNMIK and the Kosovo P [...] | 2007-11-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM |
| 07PRISTINA811 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...] | 2007-12-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07QUITO555 | ECUADOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 UPDATE [...] (SBU) This is an update to post's submission on Ecuador for the Special 301 review (reftel). The head of the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI),Cesar Davila, had reported that the GOE's proposed 2007 budget included funds to establish specialized IP courts (as required by Ecua [...] | 2007-03-08 19:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EC |
| 07RABAT1723 | ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT675 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: With Morocco,s next legislative election fast approaching, the Ambassador called on leaders of the three largest parties in the ruling coalition to discuss preparations for September's ballot as well party plans to increase voter participation, particularly among youth. All thre [...] | 2007-04-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 07RABAT890 | S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...] | 2007-05-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL ASEC MO |
| 07RANGOON1014 | BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...] | 2007-10-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON199 | BURMA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confusion continues to surround the reported cease-fire agreement between the SPDC and a breakaway faction of the KNU. Unlike earlier cease-fire agreements between the regime and other armed ethnic groups, the latest deal does not require the Karen faction to surrender their arms [...] | 2007-02-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BM |
| 07RANGOON901 | BURMESE PURCHASING POWER DECREASING AS PRICES RISE [...] (SBU) Summary. The sudden increase of fuel prices in mid-August triggered an immediate increase in commodity and transportation costs. Although many of these prices have fallen since their initial hike, prices are still higher than pre-August 15 levels. Only a few companies increased wages f [...] | 2007-09-19 05:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
| 07RIGA873 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...] | 2007-11-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG |
| 07RIYADH1133 | RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF [...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...] | 2007-05-29 14:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA |
| 07RIYADH1981 | PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN [...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...] | 2007-09-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA |
| 07RIYADH212 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...] | 2007-02-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA |
| 07RIYADH556 | VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...] | 2007-03-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA |
| 07ROME1158 | EGYPT-ITALY TRADE AND INVESTMENT INCREASE AS EGYPT [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Egypt are significant trade partners, with trade between the two countries dominated by Italy's export of machinery to Egypt and Egypt's export of crude oil to Italy. Italy is Egypt's largest EU trading partner, and is a leading source of foreign investment in Egypt. [...] | 2007-05-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EG IT |
| 07ROME1163 | AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS, [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...] | 2007-05-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PREL PGOV IT |
| 07ROME307 | ORAL MESSAGE: CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS TO [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message regarding Liberia's arrears to international financial institutions (ref A) to Minister of Foreign Affairs D'Alema February 8, 2007. FM D'Alema's staff acknowledged the message and stated that the FM would consider it. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2007-02-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL LI IT |
| 07ROME551 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ZF CG IT |
| 07SANSALVADOR105 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and Ministry of Defense civilian employees for participation in the Combat Stress Mobile Education Team (MET),scheduled to take place in San S [...] | 2007-01-22 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1185 | SACA COMPLETES THREE YEARS AND SIDESTEPS FMLN AGAIN [...] (U) Summary. In a June 1 speech to the nation delivered at the Legislative Assembly, President Saca marked his third anniversary of his presidency. With his trademark stirring oratory he lauded his Administration,s achievements, challenged the leftist-opposition party FMLN, and set out an am [...] | 2007-06-15 22:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET ENRG EAGR EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1342 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 2 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the second of three cables an [...] | 2007-07-11 22:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR892 | REGIONAL PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE OF FY 2007 [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, the USAID Central America Regional Program based in El Salvador (E-CAM),in close consultation with posts in region, is providing recommended regional priorities for CAFTA-DR labor activities for FY 2007. The proposals described here build upon priorities ident [...] | 2007-05-09 23:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV ES CAFTA |
| 07SANTODOMINGO1119 | EVALUATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMINICAN LABOR LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many employers in the Dominican agricultural sector regularly violate the Dominican labor code, according to several Dominican non-governmental organizations and other entities. Many of the workers in this sector are involved in the production of commodities that are exported to th [...] | 2007-05-10 21:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB ETRD PHUM SMIG KWMN DR HA |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2366 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: CANDIDATES WARM UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the presidential election only seven months away, candidates Leonel Fernandez and Miguel Vargas Maldonado are tapping into the Dominican passion for baseball. Both recently threw out ceremonial first pitches at Major League Baseball games in the United States, during trips [...] | 2007-10-19 17:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON DR |
| 07SANTODOMINGO971 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LABOR TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, this cable contains Embassy's proposals for regional and bilateral trade-related labor projects to be funded with FY2007 trade capacity funds under the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement. These proposals are in line with the priorities identified within the White Paper. The breakdo [...] | 2007-04-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELAB PHUM DR |
| 07SAOPAULO1002 | SAO PAULO CONTACTS RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING RISING HATE [...] (SBU) Brazil's image of a racially and culturally harmonious country contrasts with the reality that deeply-held prejudices and stereotypes are contributing to a rise in hate crimes. Contacts tell us that while a national movement has not yet taken root, skinhead gangs and racist websites are [...] | 2007-12-21 15:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KCRM BR |
| 07SAOPAULO161 | CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS [...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...] | 2007-02-28 13:37:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR |
| 07SAOPAULO199 | MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 11:10:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO242 | BRAZIL: USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab pointed out recently to leading Brazilian industrialists and agriculture sector representatives in Sao Paulo meetings the significance to Brazilian interests of the current Doha Round and affirmed that non-agricultural market access (NAMA) is key to [...] | 2007-03-26 15:34:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO BR |
| 07SAOPAULO754 | BRAZIL'S RIBEIRAO PRETO: SUGAR AND ETHANOL BRING PROSPERITY [...] (U) During an official visit to Ribeirao Preto, an agri-business center in northeastern Sao Paulo state, the Consul General visited a sugar mill and met with the Mayor and the President of the City Council. Once part of the state's coffee belt, the Ribeirao Preto area is now best known for it [...] | 2007-09-11 19:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV ENRG ELTN BR |
| 07SARAJEVO500 | BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM, [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...] | 2007-03-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO509 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...] | 2007-03-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK |
| 07SEOUL1230 | THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ADMIRAL YI [...] (U) Koreans on April 28 will celebrate the 262nd anniversary of Admiral Yi Sun-shin's birthday. Admiral Yi is remembered for inventing the "turtle ship" -- which was the world's first metal-armored warship -- his brilliance as a strategist and, most of all, for his 16th century victories aga [...] | 2007-04-27 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | JA KS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07SEOUL2457 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...] | 2007-08-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
| 07SEOUL333 | PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL CHUNG DONG-YOUNG: CONTENDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the American model of celebrity turned politician, former news anchor Chung Dong-young enjoyed rising star status as one of the founders of the Uri Party, a close ally of Roh Moo-hyun, and a Minister of Unification who met with Kim Jong-il. Soon after Chung's histori [...] | 2007-02-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07SEOUL97 | THE EMPLOYER STRIKES BACK: HYUNDAI SUES ITS UNION [...] (SBU) After a year during which Hyundai Motors recorded an estimated 1.8 billion dollars in lost sales due to labor disruptions, management decided to reduce the amount of year-end bonuses for its workers and only pay 100 percent of a month's salary as opposed to the typical 150 percent. Duri [...] | 2007-01-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SETION02OF02BAKU1501 | AMERICAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ECPS AJ |
| 07SHANGHAI316 | EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, East China contacts commented on top leaders in Shanghai and Jiangsu. With his recent appointment as Shanghai Party Secretary, Xi Jinping was likely out of the running for a top-level job for the next 5-10 years. Meanwhile, Shanghai Mayor Han [...] | 2007-05-25 10:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI785 | LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with high level managers of three Indian information technology (IT) companies operating in Shanghai -- Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services -- to discuss their current operations and future outlook for the China market. They expla [...] | 2007-12-11 09:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL CH IN |
| 07SINGAPORE469 | COMPETITION BODY FOCUSES ON AVIATION IN FIRST DECISIONS [...] (U) Summary: Two recent decisions of the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) brought good news to Singapore's aviation sector. The CCS announced on February 13 that it did not object to the Joint Services Agreement (JSA) between Qantas Airways and British Airways and approved on March [...] | 2007-03-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR ECON EINV SN |
| 07SOFIA505 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a V-10 meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, allies were in agreement on key issues, including NATO enlargement, the Kosovo Status process, missile defense, and energy security. All believed strongly about the need for further NATO enlargement and insisted that it be based on rea [...] | 2007-04-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
| 07STATE117348 | TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0845EDT [...] NORAD does not expect hurricane force winds in any of the main tourist areas of the Yucatan (Cancun, Cozumel, or Merida). As of 0700 EDT, Consulate Merida and Embassy Belmopan report no visible damage and no reports of Amcit injuries. ------ MEXICO ------ 2. Consulate Merida reported [...] | 2007-08-21 17:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JM MX BH KHLS |
| 07STATE118576 | US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As part of the high-level democracy dialogue between the USG and the GOAJ, in an August 3 DVC, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron, EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed media freedom, human rights, civil society, democratic elections, and rule of [...] | 2007-08-23 17:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07STATE126089 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...] | 2007-09-07 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE |
| 07STATE131146 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON DOHA NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary and action request: Negotiations on potential modalities for global reductions of tariffs on industrial goods (known as Non-Agricultural Market Access or NAMA) as part of the Doha Round in the World Trade Organization (W [...] | 2007-09-18 16:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO |
| 07STATE131452 | TUNISIA: NEXT STEPS ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFERS [...] (S) The Deputies Committee concluded on August 23 that detainee transfers to Tunisia could continue if either (a) the USG obtains directly from the Minister of Interior the same humane treatment assurances that the USG previously obtained from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia (including with respe [...] | 2007-09-18 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS TU |
| 07STATE167353 | UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS ON "NEW GLOBAL HUMAN ORDER" [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 2 and 3. 2. (U) The Department instructs USUN to delay consideration of the resolution under UN General Assembly (UNGA) agenda item 50, "New Global Human Order," entitled "The role of the UN in promoting a new global human order" (A/62/L.35),[...] | 2007-12-15 00:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AORC UN |
| 07STATE56784 | RECRUITING TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMATS FOR FIELD [...] (U) This cable is intended to advertise and recruit individuals to serve four-six month TDY tours in Darfur in support of the Embassy Political Section and Washington's foreign policy objectives in Sudan. S/CRS personnel, with stop-gap support from Embassy political officers, have manned Post [...] | 2007-04-27 16:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AU CJ HO SOCI SU US |
| 07STATE94546 | POTENTIAL DPRK PURCHASE OF CURRENCY PRODUCTION [...] (S) Action Request: Washington requests Post to draw from paras 7-12, as appropriate, in stressing to UK officials the U.S. warning that the DPRK may seek currency production equipment and technology from British companies for the production of U.S. counterfeit currency. Request that para 12 [...] | 2007-07-06 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KH KS UK |
| 07STATE98429 | RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) Action Request: Washington agencies request Embassy Tokyo to deliver the nonpaper in para 4 to Japanese MFA, METI, MOF, and NPA officials. Agencies would also appreciate embassy's efforts to follow up on NPA's offer to obtain information from Komori (ref A) and to reiterate our request (r [...] | 2007-07-16 16:46:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KN JA |
| 07SUVA466 | CDR PACOM 9/17-18 VISIT TO TONGA: MILITARY BONDS; [...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's visit to Tonga reinforced strong mil/mil bonds and accented long-standing close bilateral relations. The Admiral thanked Tonga leaders for a second deployment of Tonga Defense Service (TDS) troops to Iraq. TDS Commander BG Uta'atu said Foreign/Defense Mi [...] | 2007-09-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TN |
| 07TAIPEI2130 | DUELING UN RALLIES: MOSTLY SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and KMT on September 15 hosted competing rallies in Kaohsiung and Taichung, respectively, that aimed to promote Taiwan's entry into the UN and their party's separate UN referenda. Led by all the DPP's top leaders, the party faithful turned out in moderate numbers to [...] | 2007-09-17 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 07TAIPEI2498 | Taiwan Pharma: Patent Linkage Going Nowhere [...] (SBU) Taiwan lacks a patent-linkage notification requirement and allows generic-drug licensing before patent expiry, practices that foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers claim allow local generic drug makers to infringe on patent-holders' rights and, in some cases, result in the Bureau of Nation [...] | 2007-11-19 07:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR TW |
| 07TAIPEI2588 | BURGHARDT VISIT: KMT PRESID. CANDIDATE MA [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, AIT Chairman Burghardt delivered a personal message from Secretary Rice to KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou. The U.S. respects and supports Taiwan's continued democratic development, which has been made possible by U.S. efforts to foster cross-Strait stabili [...] | 2007-12-11 09:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 07TAIPEI2590 | AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND DPP PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh on December 10 told AIT Chairman Burghardt that he is optimistic the DPP-proposed UN referendum will pass on March 22, because a majority of the people on Taiwan support greater participation in international organizations. Hsieh said he [...] | 2007-12-11 10:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW |
| 07TALLINN117 | ESTONIA: NEW OFAC IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED ? [...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division in MFA?s Policy Planning Department - the office responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. There was no immediate response. GOLDSTEIN [...] | 2007-02-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EN |
| 07TALLINN121 | ESTONIA'S STANCE ON ILLEGAL CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division of the MFA's Policy Planning Department - which is responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. 2. (U) Estonia's main legal instrument in the fight against terrorist financing and illeg [...] | 2007-02-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER EN |
| 07TALLINN128 | REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR ESTONIAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Action Request ? please see para (6). 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Charge on February 28, Reimo Pettai, MFA?s Director for International Cooperation/External Policy urged the USG to support Estonia?s bid for OECD membership during the current enlargement discussions. Pettai cited five [...] | 2007-03-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OECD ECON EN |
| 07TALLINN583 | SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...] | 2007-09-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TASHKENT1206 | COURT SUSPENDS ACTION AGAINST FINCA FOR ONE MONTH [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Tashkent City Economic Court postponed further legal action in the Foundation for International Community Assistance's (FINCA) ongoing tax case for one month. The court initially heard oral arguments on the State Tax Committee's petition to declare FINCA bankrupt. Inste [...] | 2007-06-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1447 | POPULAR WEEKLY CLOSED BY UZBEK AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The Uzbek Agency for Press and Information closed the popular Uzbek Islam-oriented weekly Odamlar Orasida (Among the People) on July 30 for alleged violation of media laws. The Uzbek authorities, unsurprisingly, did not outline the specific breaches of the law. 2. (C) Launched in Februa [...] | 2007-08-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KPAO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1761 | ESTABLISHED CONTACT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN BISHKEK [...] (C) At an Embassy event on October 9, dissident academic and human rights contact Tashpulat Yuldashev told poloff that he planned to flee Uzbekistan in the next few days and seek political asylum with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bishkek. He requested that polo [...] | 2007-10-12 00:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV UZ KG |
| 07TASHKENT1817 | GOU PROVIDES WRITTEN REBUTTAL TO EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy event on October 9, MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev provided, at Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov's request, the Ambassador with a written GOU rebuttal to recent public statements made by EU officials criticizing human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. The re [...] | 2007-10-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1822 | MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON [...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...] | 2007-10-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2162 | HIGH-LEVEL GOU ATTENDANCE AT BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, representatives of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Government of Uzbekistan (GOU),American and British Embassies, and the Asian Development Bank took part in a border project dedication ceremony at Hayraton checkpoint on the Uzbekistan-Afghan [...] | 2007-12-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT842 | FINCA ON THE RUN IN TAX CASE [...] (SBU) On April 24, Uzbekistan's Supreme Economic Court rejected what likely will be the Foundation for International Community Assistance's (FINCA) final appeal in its ongoing tax dispute with the Government of Uzbekistan (reftels). The court took less than an hour to uphold previous rulings t [...] | 2007-04-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT971 | YANUKOVYCH'S TASHKENT VISIT MARKS GRADUAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian Ambassador discussed with Charge and Poloff the recent visit to Tashkent of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. He characterized the Ukraine-Uzbekistan relationship as complicated, particularly since the Orange Revolution, and said that Ukraine is approachin [...] | 2007-05-17 00:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PRGOV ECON PINR UP UZ |
| 07TBILISI2560 | Georgia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008 [...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Marina Tabukushvili, artist, civil society activist, and chairman of the Georgian NGO TASO. Nominee is willing to be considered for the award and agrees if selected to travel to Washington DC. Biographical data requested in reftel [...] | 2007-10-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN GG |
| 07TBILISI303 | OSCE PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) OSCE officials shared with us several interesting bits of news and analysis about South Ossetia during a recent visit to Tskhinvali. Head of Mission (HOM) Roy Reeve said Russian officials had told him in Moscow that the South Ossetian decision to declare Georgian Deputy State Minister for [...] | 2007-02-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG |
| 07TBILISI304 | SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON RUSSIA, UKRAINE, REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Nino Burjanadze was positive on the recent rapprochement with the opposition (septel). She outlined steps the Parliament is planning to strengthen property rights and offer amnesty for privatization violations committed by ordi [...] | 2007-02-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA1292 | PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to a request by the GOH, Ambassador Ford met with Honduran President "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez and proposed Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arturo Reina. Zelaya used the first part of the meeting to offer another explanation for his trip to M [...] | 2007-07-31 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PREL HO |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA1484 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States and Honduras are generally good. President Zelaya considers himself a friend of the United States, and Honduras generally supports U.S. positions on major international issues, including the War on Terrori [...] | 2007-08-30 21:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR EAID ECON EFIS ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA509 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-03-22 22:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA584 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
| 07TEGUCIGALPA585 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
| 07TELAVIV1665 | DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS [...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...] | 2007-06-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS |
| 07TELAVIV1727 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2435 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV2454 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited official Israeli assessments according to which Syria does not believe PM Ehud Olmert's public statements of reassurance that Israel has no intention of attacking S [...] | 2007-08-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3187 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07THEHAGUE1152 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In the June 5 WEOG meeting, the facilitator for consultations on this issue (Luis Garcia, Spain) announced that, in light of the May 25 Note by the DG on the Technical Secretariat's initiative in this area, he had asked the SIPDIS Vice-Chair for the Industry Cluster to cancel the June 13 [...] | 2007-06-15 12:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1413 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S.-CHINA [...] (S) On June 25 and 28, chemical weapons (CW) experts from the United States and China held bilateral discussions on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) compliance issues on the margins of the 49th Session of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council in The Ha [...] | 2007-07-27 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CH CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1851 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) ACTION ITEMS -- see paragraphs 31 and 69. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Executive Council 50 approved the OPCW's zero nominal growth budget for 2008, in a newly productive spirit of getting things done after the large agenda of unfinished business it inherited from the previous s [...] | 2007-10-04 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE1977 | NETHERLANDS/CASH COURIERS: DUTCH ANTI-CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch implemented on June 15 cross-border reporting requirements for travelers carrying currency in excess of 10,000 euros. GONL deployment of dogs at road checks and key air and sea ports to interdict cash smuggling had already been catching some 30 cash smugglers annua [...] | 2007-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1998 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Twelfth Conference of States Parties (CSP -12) approved a series of decisions to intensify action on Article VII implementation, to continue consultations on specific measures to implement Article XI, and to continue work on the action plan on universality. The Iranian price for allo [...] | 2007-11-16 14:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LY PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE504 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) What promised to be an uneventful EC-48 on March 13-16 turned into a lengthy session that previewed important, upcoming issues. Iran's tactics have focused the minds of delegations on how to keep Iran from delaying work at future EC sessions. The handling of the Albanian destruction is [...] | 2007-03-21 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE807 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the May 16-20, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Silvio Gutkind, Branch Chief, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH. The purpose of the travel is to serve as an organizer and chair a panel discussion on "Molecular Markers of Prognosis [...] | 2007-05-01 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA OTRA NL |
| 07TIRANA1054 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 7 - 14, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] | 2007-12-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SCUL AL |
| 07TOKYO1224 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CYNTHIA CARRAS, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 21-June 20, 2007 TDY to Japan by Cynthia Carras, Presidential Management Fellow, Office of the Secretary of Defense. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)32 [...] | 2007-03-20 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1354 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAJOR TREVOR ROSENBERG [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 15-May 7, 2007 TDY to Japan by MAJ Trevor Rosenberg. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...] | 2007-03-28 07:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1355 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAJOR TREVOR ROSENBERG [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 15-May 7, 2007 TDY to Japan by MAJ Trevor Rosenberg. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...] | 2007-03-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1360 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO1361 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EOYANG AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 5 -7, 2007 visit to Japan by Staffdel Mieke Eoyang, Donald Viera, Fred Fleitz, and Laurence Hanauer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached [...] | 2007-03-28 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS CH JA |
| 07TOKYO1391 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO1526 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PDASD JIM SHINN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by PDASD Jim Shinn, Suzanne Basalla, Jason Hamm, Rick Weir, and Jordan Winkler. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 H [...] | 2007-04-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1589 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROFESSOR JAMES CLAD [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 13-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Professor Clad. 2. (U) Control Officer for your visit is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3) [...] | 2007-04-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1645 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HUGH DESANTIS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 24-29, 2007 visit to Japan by Mr. Hugh Desantis. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5340 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6832 Mobile phone: 81-90-4168-4950 [...] | 2007-04-13 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO1689 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 02:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO1742 | MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY ON IRAQ COMPACT DELIVERED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso told Ambassador and Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari that his agreement to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow on May 3 precludes his participation in the Compact meeting. However, he suggested that if Lavrov were to propose moving their meeting [...] | 2007-04-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ RS JA |
| 07TOKYO1762 | FM ASO'S PARTICIPATION AT COMPACT MEETING SEEMS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission, following up on Ambassador's April 18 telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Aso (ref A),met April 20 with MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda to reiterate the Secretary's oral message urging FM Aso's attendance at the [...] | 2007-04-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JA |
| 07TOKYO1793 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...] | 2007-04-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA |
| 07TOKYO184 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO 1718 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw, Deputy, Politica [...] | 2007-01-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO2081 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD THOMAS MAHNKEN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 22-25, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Thomas Mahnken, Paul Martin, Stephen Dinauer, and Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home pho [...] | 2007-05-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO210 | CORRECTED COPY: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRILATERAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. Notional schedules for each event will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the delegation to the January 24 Tril [...] | 2007-01-17 22:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP JA PARM PREL |
| 07TOKYO2144 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OSD DASD JOHN HILL AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-19, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD John Hill, Maj. Jason Perry, and Maj. Leo Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Trevor Rosenberg. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3 [...] | 2007-05-14 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO2171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-16, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Cynthia Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6837 Mobile phone: 81-90-5430-0384 F [...] | 2007-05-15 02:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL CH TW JA |
| 07TOKYO2251 | The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...] | 2007-05-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO2451 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD BRIAN GREEN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 4-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Brian Green, LT COL Brian Bohannon, Suzanne Basalla, Steve Rosenkrantz, Michael Viland, Thomas J. Roth, Jeff Dillemuth and COL Sutton. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. [...] | 2007-06-01 05:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO2505 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD JAMES C. CLAD [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 6-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD James C. Clad. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile phone [...] | 2007-06-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO2601 | The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Northern Japan's Biotech Crops Regulatory Regime: an In- depth Look 4. KIAC Chairman Welcomes Asian Open Skies Policy of GOJ 5. KIX Criticizes JAL for Cancelling LA Routes [...] | 2007-06-08 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO2766 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WAE JAMES A. PIERCE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for WAE James A. Pierce to Japan for TDY support to the Political Section from June 26-August 31, 2007. 2. (U) Point of contact will be Political Minister-Counselor Mike Meserve. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5330 Hom [...] | 2007-06-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO2852 | JAPAN'S POLICE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST [...] (S) FINATT, DHS/ICE, and LEGATT met with National Police Agency (NPA),Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, Assistant Director and Police Superintendent Tomoaki Onizuka June 21 to share ref C information. Onizuka confirmed that NPA was both able to access Interpol's June 2006 Orange A [...] | 2007-06-25 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA |
| 07TOKYO3312 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HELVEY AND BRENDAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 29-August 1, 2007 visit to Japan by David Helvey and Brendan Kelly. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)32 [...] | 2007-07-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO3420 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE BRITTING, ANGELA ENG, [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 26-August 6, 2007 visit to Japan by Political Officers Jane C. Britting, Angela K.Eng, and Kristin R. Willey. 2. (U) Control officer for the Tokyo visit will be Political Officer Mary Wilson. She can be reached at Office ph [...] | 2007-07-26 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JA |
| 07TOKYO346 | The Japan Economic Scope - January 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. New Regional Economic Initiatives 4. Keidanren Board Plays Same Old Tune on Triangular Mergers 5. Ambassador Attends American Airlines Ceremony at Narita 6. Central Japan Outlook for 2007 -- Optimistic but Wary 7. Regional Economic Integration: Kyushu Bu [...] | 2007-01-25 02:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO3855 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JASON HAMM [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-24, 2007 visit to Japan by John Hill and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobil [...] | 2007-08-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4010 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS SHUBERT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-22, 2007 visit to Japan by Thomas Shubert. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: [...] | 2007-08-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4044 | ABE'S NEW CABINET GETS BOUNCE IN POLLS BUT REMAINS [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sagging poll numbers have received a boost with careful choices for his new Cabinet that included former and current Cabinet members and several Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction heads. That said, concerns remain about the fate of the Anti-terrorism bill, [...] | 2007-08-30 07:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4167 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 Mobile phon [...] | 2007-09-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO43 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...] | 2007-01-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA |
| 07TOKYO4371 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA AND DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-26, 2007 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja and David Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81 [...] | 2007-09-19 06:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO456 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THY M. NGUYEN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 06 - May 03, 2007 visit to Japan by Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Foreign Affairs Officer Thy M. Nguyen. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached [...] | 2007-02-01 03:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO458 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JOHN GEIS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 02 -05, 2007, visit to Japan by OASD, East Asia John Hill and John Geis. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: [...] | 2007-02-01 03:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4599 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAN VAUGHN AND KEFF CARTER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9-12, 2007 visit to Japan by Dean Vaughn and Keff Carter. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 [...] | 2007-10-02 00:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO498 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES ZUMWALT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 11-19, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/J Director James Zumwalt. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...] | 2007-02-02 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5205 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON HAMM [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 12-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: 81 [...] | 2007-11-09 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5359 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5487 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOINT GUAM PROGRAM OFFICE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 8-10, 2007 visit to Japan by JGPO delegation members Lynn Hicks, James Cannon, Lou Cariello, Wesley Ishuhizu, John Gamez, Scott Forrest, William Taylor, David Demoske, Thomas Cole, Matthew Gagelin and David Bice. 2. (U) Co [...] | 2007-12-07 04:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5689 | The Japan Economic Scope--December 28, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 28, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Japanese Government Moves 3. Personnel Shuffle at MOFA? 4. Reg Reform is Back 5. Japan Halts Plans to Start Hunting Humpback Whales Planes and Trains 5. Rail Improvement Cut in [...] | 2007-12-31 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO57 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 20-31, 2007 visit to Japan by Mr. Mark Little, Ms. Nelsie Alcoser, and Ms. Erika Prochaska. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the Tokyo portion of [...] | 2007-01-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGAO OTRA KS JA |
| 07TOKYO583 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DPRI DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 4 -17, 2007 visit to Japan by the DPRI Delegation. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home ph [...] | 2007-02-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO760 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOT A. MARCIEL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 26-27, 2007 visit to Japan by Office Director Scot A. Marciel. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...] | 2007-02-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL RP JA |
| 07TOKYO761 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/MLS DIRECTOR ROBERT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 11-12, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5340 H [...] | 2007-02-22 09:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL TH BM LAS VM CBC KS JA |
| 07TOKYO825 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROANE AND WIRKKALA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 03-17, 2007 visit to Japan by INR/B Jamie Roane, Biographic Officer and Tiara Wirkkala, Political Officer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be re [...] | 2007-02-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PINR JA |
| 07TOKYO855 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G/SENK SENIOR ADVISOR WHITON [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 03-05, 2007 visit to Japan by Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can [...] | 2007-02-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PHUM JA |
| 07TOKYO859 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TRIPOLI474 | LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...] | 2007-05-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BU LY |
| 07TUNIS1248 | TUNISIAN ACTIVIST CLAIMS OFFICE FIRE IS ARSON [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting, attorney and political activist Ayachi Hammami told PolOff he believes the fire that ravaged his office on August 31 was deliberately set by representatives of the government. Hammami speculated that the attack was prompted by his drafting a report on the T [...] | 2007-09-13 18:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 07TUNIS140 | TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Tunisia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 16 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 21 -- Expropriation and Compensation 22 -- Dispute Settlement 26 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 33 -- Right to Priv [...] | 2007-01-30 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS |
| 07TUNIS1425 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...] | 2007-10-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
| 07TUNIS193 | UPDATE ON PROPOSED DETAINEE TRANSFER [...] (S/NF) Post provides an update on latest efforts to obtain necessary assurances related to the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As instructed in Ref B, Post has repeatedly engaged the GOT in an attempt to obtain confirmation of assurances related to the transfer of T [...] | 2007-02-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
| 07TUNIS203 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH MFA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Iraqi Ambassador Ghazi Tahar Khaled expressed his frustration with Tunisian bureaucracy and the GOT's (and other Arab governments') refusal to follow through on their statements of [...] | 2007-02-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TS |
| 07TUNIS259 | MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC [...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...] | 2007-02-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
| 07TUNIS461 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OFFERS GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President Abdelaziz Ben Dhia offered the most extensive and comprehensive assurances we have received to date on the repatriation of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. These assurances includ [...] | 2007-04-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
| 07ULAANBAATAR265 | Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...] | 2007-05-07 22:13:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG |
| 07UNVIEVIENNA194 | IAEA/IRAN: HEINONEN'S VIEWS ON IRAN'S DECISION TO [...] (S) Summary: IAEA DDG for Safeguards Heinonen on March 26 said that the IAEA had received no notifications (orally or written) from Iran concerning media reports that Iran was canceling advance design notification under the Subsidiary Arrangements to its Safeguards Agreement. Such a step, he [...] | 2007-03-26 13:39:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA IR KNNP |
| 07UNVIEVIENNA742 | IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED AMBASSADORS REGROUP POST-NIE [...] (S) In the aftermath of the Iran NIE our priority in Vienna has been to maintain IAEA and Board member government pressure for full disclosure of Iran's past activities and compliance with UNSC requirements. Like-minded Ambassadors shared concerns about the NIE and next steps on Iran in a Dec [...] | 2007-12-07 13:56:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | IAEA AORC PARM KNPP IR |
| 07USNATO113 | UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...] | 2007-02-23 12:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO REL PTER QA XF |
| 07USNATO188 | RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...] | 2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR BO UZ |
| 07USNATO19 | EAPC PLAYS A FULL HOUSE: FIRST MEETING AT 49 ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nuland provided the January 10 Ambassadorial Session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) with a meaty preview of President Bush,s address on the way forward on Iraq, based on an oral briefing provided by the NSC. EAPC Ambassadors welcomed the gesture to bring real [...] | 2007-01-16 12:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
| 07USNATO250 | RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD APRIL 19 & 20 PLENARY [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on April 19 and 20, will consider the International Staff (IS) draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan and endorsement of the capability package (CP) for logistics information system services. The Board will hear status repo [...] | 2007-04-16 11:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
| 07USNATO324 | A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...] | 2007-05-23 06:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR XB |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1008 | ICJ PRESIDENT SAYS UNEQUAL JUDGE SALARIES VIOLATE [...] SUMMARY: President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Rosalyn Higgins delivered the ICJ's annual report to the General Assembly on November 1. Higgins reviewed ICJ action on key cases and criticized UNGA resolution 61/262 (Conditions of Service and Compensation for Officials other t [...] | 2007-11-13 12:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1017 | ACTION REQUEST: UPDATED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee draft resolution on Measures to eliminate international terrorism (agenda item 108) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. This action request supersedes the request for instru [...] | 2007-11-15 13:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1018 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Rule of Law at the national and international levels (agenda item 86) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The Sixth Committee will take action on [...] | 2007-11-15 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1089 | GERMAN MISSION RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | GM OFDP UN |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1105 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: CLIMATE CHANGE, UNEP, [...] Summary. Four resolutions were adopted by consensus during the November 30 session of the UN General Assembly's Second Committee. Per Ref A on the climate change resolution, the U.S. requested a vote on a budgetary paragraph, which lost 160-2 (U.S. and Japan),and the U.S. joined consensus [...] | 2007-11-30 21:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECIN UNGA UNEP |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1131 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIXTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1141 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREDICTABLY TIGHT-LIPPED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a December 5 open briefing to the UNSC and closed consultations with member states that followed, departing UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to his written report to the Council and declined to provide more [...] | 2007-12-10 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1172 | FIFTH COMMITTEE REACTS TO SOBERING MESSAGE ON THE [...] Ambassador Mark Wallace addressed the Fifth Committee (Administration and Budget) during informal consultations on the proposed program budget (PPB) for the biennium 2008-2009 on December 10. Ambassador Wallace stated that the budget, in reality, is well beyond the Secretary General's initial [...] | 2007-12-14 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1185 | LEBANON: TRIBUNAL COSTS RISING WHILE FUNDS STILL [...] (C) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel convened a meeting of major donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) on December 18. Although Michel pressed for the Management Committee to be set up immediately, donors could not adopt [...] | 2007-12-19 20:22:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1195 | OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES [...] SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) C [...] | 2007-12-20 19:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1210 | UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP [...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...] | 2007-12-26 16:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX |
| 07USUNNEWYORK157 | UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE 2007 FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF [...] Summary: The UNDP/UNFPA Joint Executive Board First Regular Session for 2007 took place on January 23-26. Opening the UNFPA segment, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid announced that UNFPA,s financial situation had achieved record highs in total core income, number of donor countries, and [...] | 2007-02-28 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KUNR KWMN UNDP UNFPA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK161 | UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...] | 2007-03-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 07USUNNEWYORK212 | UN DPA ON SYG BAN KI-MOON'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A/S SILVERBERG AND DAS DANIN MET WITH UN DPA MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARCH 13 TO DISCUSS THE SYG'S FORTHCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1701 REPORT. SYG BAN KI-MOON PLANS TO MEET WITH SARG PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD ON THE MARGINS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETI [...] | 2007-03-15 23:31:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS |
| 07USUNNEWYORK240 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 07USUNNEWYORK241 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 07USUNNEWYORK264 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA [...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...] | 2007-04-04 16:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW |
| 07USUNNEWYORK32 | CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT [...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...] | 2007-01-18 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK77 | UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-01-31 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
| 07USUNNEWYORK797 | SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...] | 2007-09-27 01:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
| 07USUNNEWYORK840 | UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...] | 2007-10-09 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK932 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH [...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...] | 2007-10-30 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK989 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT OMNIBUS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft omnibus resolution on the Report of the International Law Commission (agenda item 82) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The text of all draft resolutions must be t [...] | 2007-11-09 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK994 | ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on Measures to eliminate international terrorism (agenda item 108) contained in para 3, or substantially similar text. The texts of all draft resolutions must be tabled b [...] | 2007-11-09 19:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA |
| 07VIENNA1270 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...] | 2007-05-15 09:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU |
| 07VIENNA1996 | LATEST TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRIA [...] After strong growth over the past 10 years, total telecom sales in Austria declined slightly in 2006 due to downward pressure on prices in the mobile phone sector and a significant drop in demand in the fixed-wire phone segment. Austrian mobile phone operators will implement the EU Roaming Re [...] | 2007-07-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD USTR AU |
| 07VIENNA2565 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 1, 2007 [...] After a week's hiatus, the Bawag trial will resume on Monday with more prominent politicians testifying. The first to testify is former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, followed by former Vice-Governor of the National Bank, Gertrude Tumpl-Gugerell. On Wednesday, former Minister of Finance an [...] | 2007-10-04 14:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO AU |
| 07VIENNA891 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 03, 2007 [...] Helmut Elsner, one of the chief suspects in the Bawag banking scandal, has begun rehabilitation treatment in a facility in the south of Austria after a heart bypass operation. The former CEO of Bawag is expected to remain in the clinic for at least four weeks, during which time Austrian justice [...] | 2007-04-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PAO AU |
| 07VIENNA909 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 04, 2007 [...] Greens MP Werner Kogler says he believes a "network" connecting intermediaries and Austrian ministry officials was set up surrounding the Eurofighter purchase deal, citing specifically two members of the Defense Department's evaluation commission, who entertained close personal ties with interc [...] | 2007-04-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PAO AU |
| 07VIENTIANE618 | DANCING WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff accompanied Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, along with a group of senior diplomats, on a 36-hour set-piece "study tour" of two districts in Sayabouri province. Thanks to a focus on export crops, primarily corn, the districts appear to be doing well [...] | 2007-08-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID SENV LA |
| 07VILNIUS340 | DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 11 VISIT TO VILNIUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 11, EUR DAS David Kramer provided the GOL an account of his recent visit to Belarus and delivered the message that the USG and its allies must keep pressure on Belarusian President Lukashenko until he takes concrete steps toward reform. His GOL interlocutors were skeptical [...] | 2007-05-16 07:02:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LT BO UP |
| 07WARSAW1430 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...] | 2007-06-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PL |
| 07WARSAW1549 | INITIAL POLISH REACTION TO AMBASSADOR SWING [...] Per reftel, Pol External Chief provided bio and press announcement of Amb. William Swing's IOM candidacy on July 9 to Dariusz Manczyk of MFA International Organizations Department, and also briefed Manczyk orally on the U.S. position regarding current DG McKinley's independent candidacy. Manc [...] | 2007-07-10 16:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG PL |
| 07WARSAW1786 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND [...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...] | 2007-08-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL |
| 07WARSAW2011 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Beata Baranska, MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, providing her with a copy of the draft resolution and reviewing orally with her reftel talking points. Baranska said she would immediately forward to her colleagues in New York and Geneva the dra [...] | 2007-09-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PL |
| 07WARSAW2395 | POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...] | 2007-12-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS |
| 07WARSAW735 | Polish e-commerce: Challenges, but Solid Fundamentals. [...] Poland's e-commerce sector appears to be doing well although some challenges remain in the level of internet access, business IT investment, and government e-commerce initiatives. The business-to-consumer segment of the market has already reached 4 billion zloty ($1.4 billion) annually, while [...] | 2007-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
| 07YAOUNDE128 | U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...] | 2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM |
| 07YEREVAN1032 | TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...] | 2007-08-16 03:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU |
| 07YEREVAN1383 | THE TER-PETROSSIAN SCENARIO: A LONG SHOT, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) has become the leading opposition candidate for president. His chances of success -- whether at the ballot box or with a street protest strategy after the fact -- remain small, but he should not be dismissed prematurely. LTP enjoys unique [...] | 2007-11-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM |
| 07YEREVAN1416 | ARMENIA: NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN WORST FORMS OF [...] (SBU) In 2007 there were no significant developments to report with respect to worst forms of child labor in Armenia. As previously reported (ref B),Armenia has adopted all international agreements on children's rights, as well as a list of occupations considered hazardous for children. Both [...] | 2007-12-12 05:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM |
| 07YEREVAN1420 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: INITIAL [...] Varduhi Asaturian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Liudmila Shahinyan, Export Control Commission 3. Vahe Demirchyan, Ministry of Justice 4. Sona Avanesyan, Ministry of Justice 5. Aida Avetisyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority 6. Alexander Stepanyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Autho [...] | 2007-12-13 02:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL AM |
| 07YEREVAN571 | VAYOTS DZOR REPUBLICANS STRONG FOR ELECTION DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Embassy pre-election trip to the sparsely-populated Vayots Dzor province on 27 April found an electoral calm much attributed to the popularity of the Republican marzpet (governor) headquartered in Yeghanadzor and the relatively favorable image he exudes of the Republican Par [...] | 2007-05-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
| 08ABUDHABI718 | PRODUCTIVE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI [...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the "International Conference of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the World" March 23-24, 2008, in Abu Dhabi. Jurists from 32 countries attended the Conference, which focused on relations between federal and local judicial systems; twenty-first [...] | 2008-06-17 04:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS AE |
| 08ABUJA1063 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF RESIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Within days of the one year anniversary of President Yar'Adua's inauguration, the resignations of two of his key staff members, Chief of Staff General Abdullahi Mohammed and Principal Secretary to the President Steve Oransanye, were announced. Both men also served under former P [...] | 2008-06-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1275 | NIGERIA: IMPASSE ON TEMPORARY IMPORT LICENSES [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of the previous Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and sustained advocacy with NCS by the Mission, it appears that U.S. companies operating in Nigeria providing oil services to the major oil production companies have received approvals [...] | 2008-07-03 07:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL EAID ETRD NI |
| 08ABUJA2049 | DRL DAS KRILLA DISCUSSES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES WITH GON [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL DAS Krilla met in Abuja with representatives of the offices of the President and Vice President and separately with international oil company (IOC) representatives to discuss the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the potential for their wider implementatio [...] | 2008-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EPET PGOV EINV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2129 | OCTOBER SITREP ON NIGERIAN POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS [...] (U) Per reftel A action requests, U.S. Mission provides this first in the new series of sitreps on the Nigerian government's polio eradication efforts. We suggest this sitrep be read in conjunction with refs C and D, which have previously reported on the Mission's efforts on the polio epidemic [...] | 2008-10-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA23 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...] | 2008-01-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI |
| 08ABUJA2309 | NIGERIA: NEW POLIO CASE IN LAGOS [...] A World Health Organization (WHO) contact informed ESTHOff that a positive test for a single Type I polio case was reported on November 20-21 in Ali Mosho, a district within Lagos. The WHO contact coordinates polio vaccine efforts in Nigeria and has well-established ties to Nigerian public hea [...] | 2008-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2481 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE FOR AU PSC DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche urging African Union Peace and Security Council members to ramp up pressure on the Mauritanian junta to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the African Union Division E.T.P. Josakweker on December 18 both orally and by diplomatic note. Josakweker had no [...] | 2008-12-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML NI |
| 08ABUJA876 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN PARENTS REJECT VACCINES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Poloff and PolSpecialist spoke with Dr. Muhammad Kabir, professor of community medicine at Bayero University in Kano, and Bashir Sanusi, community health specialist with the Kano State Ministry of Health, on April 16. Two themes clearly emerged: 1) despite the recent outbreak of [...] | 2008-05-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI TBIO KISL KOCI NI |
| 08ACCRA1420 | GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated stra [...] | 2008-11-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08ACCRA1421 | GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated strat [...] | 2008-11-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08ACCRA1565 | GHANA OIL AND GAS PRIMER - UPSTREAM OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ghana's offshore oil discovery was among the largest worldwide in 2007. As a result of the 2007 find, Ghana attracted increased interest from international oil players seeking offshore concessions. As the latest potential oil producer on Africa's western coast, the Government of [...] | 2008-12-16 07:41:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV GH |
| 08ADANA17 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 09:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
| 08ADANA28 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 06:49:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
| 08ADANA32 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 05:51:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
| 08ADANA53 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 08:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
| 08ADDISABABA105 | ETHIOPIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested in Reftel, post is pleased to submit the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Ethiopia. Begin Text: 2. Openness to Foreign Investment 2006/2007 HIGHLIGHTS -- In a bid to curb increasing food prices the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) levied a 10 percent surtax on selected import [...] | 2008-01-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KTDB USTR OPIC ET |
| 08ADDISABABA1054 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ASSESSES SECURITY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
| 08ADDISABABA1415 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS MAY 20 EXPLOSIONS ON [...] (U) On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 The Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the May 20 incident in which a public transport mini-van experienced a bombing resulting in casualties. The following EAC members were present: DCM, USAID, PAO, MGT, GSO, ORA, MSG, OBO, CLO, USAU, P [...] | 2008-05-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC ET |
| 08ADDISABABA2531 | COMMERCE VISIT PUNCTUATED BY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT DOING [...] (U) U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Holly Vineyard's August 17-20 visit to Ethiopia highlighted an economy offering significant opportunities as well as great challenges. While the Ethiopian economy has shown significant growth in recent years, business and developm [...] | 2008-09-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL ET |
| 08ADDISABABA3050 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) in response to the possible threat of a terrorist attack in Ethiopia. Members present include: COM, DCM, CLO, CON, MGMT, PAO, DAO, OBO, POL/ECON, RSO, [...] | 2008-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 08ADDISABABA3083 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS CONTINUED THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the continued heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). Ambassador remarked that the security arrangements are unprecedented. Ambassador and staff will meet again with the police and security, a [...] | 2008-11-12 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 08ADDISABABA46 | ETHIOPIAN DEPLOYMENT PLANS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Defense Minister Kuma Demeksa and Chief of Military Staff, General Samora Yonus reiterated to Ambassador messages from the Ethiopian Military (ENDF) to the Embassy Defense Attache's office that as many as 1,500 Ethiopian troops will be prepared to deploy to Darfur within 15 days, but r [...] | 2008-01-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL EAID ET |
| 08ADDISABABA463 | (S) ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES [...] (S) On February 21 the Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Embassy's security posture in light of developments in the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute (Refs A, B and C). The EAC reviewed tripwires but did not take any new action (REF D). DCM, RSO, CO [...] | 2008-02-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER CASC ET |
| 08ADDISABABA699 | PRC/ETHIOPIA: PRC OPEN TO TRADE AND AGRICULTURE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with PRC Embassy counterparts opportunities for coordination and collaboration on trade and agriculture, particularly the participation of Chinese companies in the newly-formed American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia. PRC interlocutors explained that, despite a re [...] | 2008-03-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO CH ET |
| 08ADDISABABA89 | DEFENSE OFFICIALS REQUEST MORE MILITARY AID [...] (C) In January 3 and 4 meetings with Ambassador, DATT, ORA Chief, and P/E Chief, Defense Minister (DefMin) Kuma Demeksa and Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD) Gen. Samora Yonus respectively argued for more U.S. military assistance to Ethiopia to focus more on in-country training to develop Ethiopia [...] | 2008-01-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EAID ET |
| 08ADDISABABA929 | EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW [...] (S) The Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 3 to review the Embassy's security posture following the March 18 designation of Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist organization FTO) (Ref A),Ethiopia's continued military involvement in Somalia, developments on [...] | 2008-04-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV ET |
| 08AITTAIPEI1578 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 7 on the violent clashes between pro-Green supporters and police on Thursday night; on the short meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairma [...] | 2008-11-07 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08AITTAIPEI704 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU'S INAUGURAL SPEECH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant news reporting and editorial coverage May 21 to President Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration ceremony and his inaugural speech Tuesday, in which he emphasized that both sides across the Taiwan Strait will resume dialogue based on the " [...] | 2008-05-21 12:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08AITTAIPEI806 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08ALGIERS1003 | RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...] | 2008-09-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG |
| 08ALGIERS1067 | WATER: SECURITY THAT OIL CANNOT BUY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria faces urgent challenges in managing its water resources and huge opportunities exist for U.S. companies in the sector, Minister of Water Resources Abdelmalek Sellal told the Ambassador on September 29. Sellal said he was satisfied with equipment, such as pumps, purchase [...] | 2008-10-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS1148 | BLACK MARKET CURRENCY TRADE GAMES GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: While key members of the Algerian government feel immune to the global economic crisis (reftel),Algeria's currency black market is integrated into the world economy in ways the state never has been. On October 13, black market currency traders suspended transactions across the en [...] | 2008-10-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS1220 | MYSTIC SUFI: BOUTEFLIKA'S ISLAMIC GAMBIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As he did prior to his 2004 reelection, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has begun raising the profile of Algeria's Sufi religious schools -- the zaouias -- both as a tool for political mobilization and to counter Islamic extremism with a moderate, homegrown alternative. Within Isl [...] | 2008-11-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL AG |
| 08ALGIERS1279 | NEW TELECOM MINISTER IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Post and Telecommunications Hamid Bessalah laid out for us an ambitious internet and telecom agenda that includes requests for U.S. engagement and assistance as well as opportunities for U.S. investment. Bessalah is a first-time minister who assumed his post in the Jun [...] | 2008-12-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD AG |
| 08ALGIERS1282 | UNDER THE TLEMCEN SUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fertile farming region that is home to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a disproportionate number of his ministers and advisers, the western wilaya (province) of Tlemcen appears at first glance to be a step ahead of other Algerian cities in reviving its economy and education [...] | 2008-12-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR MO CN AG |
| 08ALGIERS143 | STALE BUT NOT YET ROTTED: AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN [...] SUMMARY: Algeria's agriculture sector has been stagnant for years because of a combination of factors that includes decades of Soviet-style government agrarian policies, underdeveloped industrial transportation systems, drought, and terrorist activity that disrupted business and distracted g [...] | 2008-02-09 06:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AG |
| 08ALGIERS220 | ALGERIA FY 08 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION: Embassy Algiers submits the following request for FY 08 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) in support of commercial outreach outside of Algiers. The U.S.-Algeria commercial relationship has grown dramatically over the past 3 years -- from USD 11.5 billion [...] | 2008-02-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP KIPR ETRD AG |
| 08ALGIERS221 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...] | 2008-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS333 | JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER: TROUBLE WITH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy surrounding Christians and alleged Evangelical Christian proselytizing in Algeria continues (refs A, B). In late February Hugh Johnson, a retired American Methodist minister who has lived and worked in Algeria for 45 years, was suddenly ordered to leave the count [...] | 2008-03-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG |
| 08ALGIERS385 | BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR: ALGERIA'S HOUSING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A housing shortage across Algeria is one of the worst economic problems facing the country. To help ease the shortage, in 2004 President Bouteflika launched an ambitious plan to build more than one million new housing units by the end of 2009. The program has fallen far short [...] | 2008-04-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS388 | ACCUSED JOURNALISTS SOBERED BUT UNBOWED BY [...] (C) On March 26 Pol/Econ Chief and PAO visited the Algiers offices of the French-language daily El Watan to discuss the press defamation case against El Watan Director Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari (ref A). Editor-in Chief Zine Cherfaoui and Amari told us that the paper was able [...] | 2008-04-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS434 | INTERIOR MINISTER CRITICIZES NGOS AS UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Speaking during a parliamentary session held April 9, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni stated that "international NGOs coming to Algeria are neither helping nor building the country." He asked MPs why they would work with such NGOs since they only came to Algeria for money. Zer [...] | 2008-04-20 16:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
| 08ALGIERS449 | SECURITY UPDATE: AQIM NOT GETTING STRONGER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to information collected from press reporting, the number of terrorist attacks remained approximately the same in March 2008 compared to previous months but there appear to have been fewer casualties. The majority of these March attacks have been attributed to Al-Qaeda [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | ASEC PTER AG |
| 08ALGIERS490 | RIOTING IN WESTERN ALGERIA - THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN [...] (U) Algerian independent newspapers reported on April 28-29 that the city of Chlef, the capital of the province in western Algeria with the same name, suffered from two days of major rioting on April 27-28. According to these press reports, the trial of a community activist who had been fig [...] | 2008-04-30 08:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS492 | MORE GOVERNMENT VENOM DIRECTED AT NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algerian political figures continue to attack foreign NGOs working in Algeria. The April 27 press featured the head of the government's Human Rights Commission blaming Al-Jazeera TV and foreign NGOs for "threatening the country's national reconciliation program." Meanwhile, rh [...] | 2008-05-01 06:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
| 08ALGIERS523 | PROFILES OF ALGERIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] SUMMARY: Since April 11, 2007, eleven suicide bombers have carried out attacks across Algeria. Through press reports, we have been able to piece together biographical vignettes of most of the bombers, which offer an insight into their motivations and socioeconomic circumstances. What stands o [...] | 2008-05-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL AG |
| 08ALGIERS625 | JUDGE DEFERS DECISION IN HIGH-PROFILE RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30 Habiba Kouider, an Algerian who converted to Christianity approximately four years ago, was charged in the western Algerian town of Tiaret with illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. On May 27 the Tiaret court delayed giving a final verdict in the case, choosing [...] | 2008-05-30 17:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS661 | MOUNTING SOCIAL DISCONTENT DRIVES LATE MAY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's two biggest cities, Algiers and Oran, suffered prolonged street violence in late May at the hands of angry youths for whom disappointing soccer results were the final straw that pushed them into the streets. Parts of Algiers had to shut down each night May 20-22 due to [...] | 2008-06-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI AG |
| 08ALGIERS683 | ALGERIA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While official Algerian government reaction to the 2008 TIP report was negative, press coverage was surprisingly light, with much of it critical of Algeria's inability to get itself out of Tier 3 status. The Justice minister and our MFA interlocutor both rejected the report and [...] | 2008-06-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG |
| 08ALGIERS773 | ALGERIA FREES UP PUBLIC LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algeria has moved to free up industrial and commercial property for private development by auctioning parcels of land in the growing community of Blida, near Algiers, a move Industry Minister Abdelhamid Temmar called a "micro-revolution." The newly-formed National Agency for Lan [...] | 2008-07-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON AG |
| 08ALGIERS787 | THE HARRAGA: GIVE ME DIGNITY OR GIVE ME DEATH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the desolate beach of Sidi Salem, in the eastern suburbs of Annaba, a dozen young Algerian males alternate between kicking a soccer ball and working on several small, unmarked wooden boats. Each week, several boats leave from this beach, filled with a cross-section of frustrated you [...] | 2008-07-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI AG |
| 08ALGIERS800 | CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...] | 2008-07-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
| 08ALGIERS848 | BOUTEFLIKA LASHES OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a speech to local officials on July 26, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stunned his audience by admitting that his government's economic policies have failed and blaming that failure on both foreign influence and mismanagement at all levels of government. The president scol [...] | 2008-08-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON SOCI AG |
| 08ALGIERS926 | THE TROUBLED MARRIAGE OF BOUTEFLIKA AND OUYAHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The initial fanfare surrounding the June 23 return of Ahmed Ouyahia to the prime minister's chair has given way to a period of uncertainty and rumored tension between Ouyahia and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The atmosphere has observers suggesting that Ouyahia was not Boutefl [...] | 2008-08-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG |
| 08ALGIERS983 | REGIONALISM TRIUMPHS OVER LOGIC IN CHOICE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 24 proclamation by Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi that Tlemcen will be the 2011 "Islamic Capital" was met with widespread cynicism, and appeared to continue a trend of western Algerian regionalism trumping common sense. Many were puzzled by the declaration, since al [...] | 2008-09-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI AG |
| 08AMMAN149 | JORDANIAN ELITES WELCOME PRESIDENT,S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of President Bush's visit to Israel and the West Bank, Jordanian officials and observers have voiced what ranges between cautious optimism and tempered pessimism that the revitalized peace process will bear fruit this year. Officialdom has voiced the gre [...] | 2008-01-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
| 08AMMAN1725 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 2: [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second cable of a four-part series examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two will examine the isolation of the camps [...] | 2008-06-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREF JO |
| 08AMMAN1753 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 4: [...] (SBU) Note: This is the fourth cable of a four-part series examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two examined the isolation of the camps - h [...] | 2008-06-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAL KISL KREF JO |
| 08AMMAN2161 | AMMAN EAC ON 17 JULY 2008 [...] (SBU) CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 July 2008 to review the Mission's security posture in light of a shooting incident that occurred last night at Al Hashimiyah Square in Amman. All agencies and sections were represented. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC on the event [...] | 2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER JO |
| 08AMMAN2381 | AFTER IRAQ VIST, JORDAN'S KING TO PUSH PEERS TO [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the senior officials who accompanied him to Iraq on August 11 consider the visit a success, and one that will lead to intensified bilateral contacts. The King also hopes to use the example he has just set to convince other Arab leaders to follow suit. Our cont [...] | 2008-08-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EPET IZ JO |
| 08AMMAN2424 | JORDANIAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH HAMAS AND THE MUSLIM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Jordanian media outlets have reported in recent weeks that Lieutenant General Mohammad Dahabi, the head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),has held a series of separate meetings with members of the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political party [...] | 2008-08-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO |
| 08AMMAN2457 | FORWARD MOMENTUM, BUT IRAQ STILL A BITTER PILL FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordanian officials have conveyed to us their satisfaction with the recent mutual measures between Jordan and Iraq to improve strained ties. Most notable have been the King's August 11 trip to Iraq, which made him the first Arab leader to do so since the fall of Sadda [...] | 2008-08-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR JO |
| 08AMMAN2490 | PLANS FOR INCREASING COMPETITION IN JORDAN'S MOBILE PHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Jordan has risen to 4.8 million and represents an 84% penetration rate with possible room for growth. Jordan is currently served by four incumbent providers who view amenities as new ways to generate revenue. The Telecommunications Regu [...] | 2008-08-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV TINT JO |
| 08AMMAN257 | JORDANIAN CONDEMNATION OF AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials up through King Abdullah and the Queen have reacted with dismay - and portions of the public (egged on by the Islamic Action Front) more angrily - to the intensification of Israel's "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The government has condemned Israeli policies and d [...] | 2008-01-23 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
| 08AMMAN2782 | BROADBAND COMPETITION STILL SLUGGISH BUT FUTURE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 21% of Jordanians use the internet but only 3% of the population subscribes to an internet service. Jordan is currently served by 20 internet service providers (ISPs) which resell service from Jordan Telecom Group/Orange (JTG). Jordan's broadband service remains expe [...] | 2008-10-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 08AMMAN3013 | JORDAN'S ISRAEL WATCHERS LIKE LIVNI, SEE HER LOSING [...] (C) Summary: The political tumult in Israel has grabbed the attention of Jordan's Israel-watching cadre. Most of our contacts - largely supportive of, if pessimistic about, the peace process - were pleased Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had won leadership of the Kadima Party (particularly given [...] | 2008-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 08AMMAN3022 | Jordan 2009 National Trade Estimate [...] Per reftel, below is the text of Jordan's 2009 National Trade Estimate, also sent, as requested, to USTR as a Microsoft Word document. 2. Begin Text: TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Jordan was $261 million in the first 11 months of FY 08, a decrease of $248 million fr [...] | 2008-11-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN JO |
| 08AMMAN3079 | Jordan Media Reaction to Obama Election [...] Summary: nearly all columnists and editors writing in the Jordanian press today welcomed the election of Senator Obama as the next U.S. President, with the dominant theme being that he would bring very positive change to an America allegedly tarnished by the bush presidency. Following are exc [...] | 2008-11-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 08AMMAN3327 | JORDANIAN MEDIA JOIN BANDWAGON HAILING SHOE THROWER [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's media over the past two days have focused, like their counterparts in other Arab countries, on the shoe throwing incident against President Bush in Iraq. Daily newspapers carried front-page coverage of the incident, with an enormous number of editorial commentary, cartoons, a [...] | 2008-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
| 08AMMAN3389 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
| 08AMMAN3390 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
| 08AMMAN391 | THE RIGHT OF RETURN: WHAT IT MEANS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate over what it means to be Jordanian. Though our GOJ interlocutors insist that the theoretical option of return remains, they are now more engaged with the issue of compensation, both for individua [...] | 2008-02-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL JO |
| 08AMMAN535 | AS NEW POLITICAL PARTY RULES LOOM, JORDANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In April, a new law regulating political parties will come into effect in Jordan. This law will require parties to broaden their membership in return for (still theoretical) financing, in the hope that Jordan's irrelevant political formations will become national political play [...] | 2008-02-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV JO |
| 08AMMAN655 | DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...] | 2008-03-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 08AMMAN688 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO EVENTS IN GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: JORDANIAN MEDIA FOCUSED WITH INCREASING INTENSITY THIS PAST WEEKEND ON EVENTS IN GAZA INVOLVING CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND PALESTINIAN MILITANTS. COVERAGE OF EVENTS HAS COMPETED WITH THE KING'S U.S. VISIT FOR PRE-EMINENCE ON THE FRONT PAGES, AND HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY GRA [...] | 2008-03-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
| 08ANKARA1132 | TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE BARRELS TO CONCLUSION [...] (c) Summary: It is increasingly expected in Turkey that the Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban a range of its leaders, especially PM Erdogan. In the wake of a ruling that could occur this autumn or possibly sooner, the AKP plans to re-form [...] | 2008-06-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US TU |
| 08ANKARA1190 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-06-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1191 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-07-01 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1193 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1194 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT COUNTERSTROKE AGAINST DEEP [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 1, Turkish police arrested up to 24 individuals associated with the so-called "Ergenekon gang," under investigation for conspiring to topple the government. Among those arrested are two retired four-star Army generals: Hursit Tolon, former First Army Comman [...] | 2008-07-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 08ANKARA1217 | TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN? [...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...] | 2008-07-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1227 | TURKS PLAY THE WAITING GAME AS AKP CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary. Following oral arguments last week, the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) enters its final phase. Once the Constitutional Court's rapporteur completes his assessment of the evidence, including a non-binding recommended ruling, the chief justice [...] | 2008-07-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1310 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS DATE FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court will begin deliberations July 28 on the closure case pending since March against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is expected to take several days to produce a verdict, although the Court is not required to rule by any date certain [...] | 2008-07-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1337 | ERGENEKON INDICTMENT STILL MURKY BUT PROCESS ALONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court decided July 25 to accept the indictment filed in the Ergenekon case and proceed to prosecution (ref A). The 2,500 page indictment has clarified little about the case. Some Turks see the indictment as a courageous step toward bringing Turkey's stat [...] | 2008-07-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1597 | TURKEY ENTHUSIASTIC ON EVE OF GUL VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Turkey is abuzz only two days ahead of a now-confirmed visit by President Gul to Yerevan September 6 to attend a Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier. Viewing the visit as a powerful Turkish contribution to promoting peace and stability in the Caucasus and to solving the Na [...] | 2008-09-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU |
| 08ANKARA1651 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: On the ropes in its Constitutional Court closure case, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) is staging "awareness-raising" walks, and reaching out to any who will listen to garner much-needed support. In his September 16 oral defense on behalf of the party, DTP Chairman Ah [...] | 2008-09-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1660 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1676 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...] | 2008-09-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1824 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1871 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1984 | TURKEY: MOVIE DEPICTING "REAL" ATATURK EVOKES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's current box-office leader "Mustafa" is stirring emotions due to its portrayal of the modern Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts. After opening to sold out shows and rave reviews, hard-line Kemalist critics launc [...] | 2008-11-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA2005 | OBAMA SPELLS HOPE FOR TURKEY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: An array of Turkey's most prominent human rights defenders hailed the election of Barack Obama as the beginning of a new era for the advancement of human rights in Turkey and the world. In the eyes of these activists, the European Union's ability to influence the GOT [...] | 2008-11-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA2086 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN SHIFTS INTO NATIONALIST GEAR [...] (C) Summary: Islamist columnist Fehmi Koru's November 6 comment that Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2002 as an "Obama-like personality but came to resemble President Bush" drew an aggressive reaction from Erdogan and generated a groundswell of commentary. Many who had once supported [...] | 2008-12-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA211 | TURKEY: ACADEMIC CONVICTED FOR INSULTING ATATURK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA2118 | TURKISH INTELLECTUALS APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: 275 intellectuals have signed a petition apologizing for the "great disaster" suffered by Armenians in 1915. The apology has prompted considerable debate in Turkey, with some criticizing the authors for not calling on the state to apologize and others arguing that the apology, w [...] | 2008-12-16 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU |
| 08ANKARA2177 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA2195 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA285 | TURKEY: ANKARA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES HOW TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA309 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA315 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...] | 2008-02-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA336 | BUSINESS GROUPS WARN GOT ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three major business organizations warned the government on February 21 about rising unemployment and slowing industrial activity. The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB),Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) and Turkish Clothing [...] | 2008-02-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD TU |
| 08ANKARA341 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA342 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA343 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA356 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA396 | LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF [...] This is an action request. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidate for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on this candidate in appropriate databases (DRL/PM/EUR/INR) and [...] | 2008-02-29 11:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA423 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA436 | TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA503 | TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS CREEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish academics and civil society activists are voicing frustration at the slow pace of EU membership-related reforms. They charge the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is putting its "pet projects," such as lifting the headscarf ban at universities, ahead [...] | 2008-03-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA513 | THE STATE STRIKES BACK: CLOSURE CASE FILED AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment: The closure case filed March 14 against PM Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is a body blow to Turkey's political and economic stability. Turkey's entrenched secular establishment establishment has chosen to try to fight the AKP where the inept pol [...] | 2008-03-17 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA59 | TURKEY'S PLANS TO AMEND CONTROVERSIAL "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: Divisions in Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have delayed plans by at least a week to introduce amendments to controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness"). Four main amendments are under discussion: changing "insulting [...] | 2008-01-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA611 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA700 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA714 | TURKEY: RULING PARTY STILL WORKING OUT "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: As a bill to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness") inches its way toward the floor of Turkish Parliament, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members remain divided on the key issue of who should review cases to [...] | 2008-04-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA746 | TURKEY: CHP CONVENTION TO AFFIRM BAYKAL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Few expect great change to come from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) regular general convention, April 26-27. Deniz Baykal's iron grip on internal party processes virtually assures his reinstatement as chairman, and any changes to the Administrative Board will lik [...] | 2008-04-22 07:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA781 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA797 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA818 | TURKEY: CHP PARTY CONGRESS SERVES UP MORE OF SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. A predictable and lackluster Republican People's Party (CHP) convention April 26-27 re-elected Deniz Baykal as chairman and cleaned house of his opponents, further strengthening his sclerotic hold over a party that does not want him, but cannot fight him. The convention declarati [...] | 2008-04-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA833 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) AMENDS "ARTICLE 301" [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following an all-night session and two years of heated debate, Turkey's parliament voted 250-65 to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing "insulting Turkishness") at 5 am April 30. The bill, which requires that the Justice Minister authorize [...] | 2008-04-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA885 | TURKEY: AKP'S PRELIMINARY DEFENSE TARGETS Chief PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted its preliminary defense against the party closure case charging AKP with being a center of anti-secular acts on April 30, two days ahead of deadline. The 98-page defense condemns what it portrays as a contradictory, anti-dem [...] | 2008-05-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANTANANARIVO137 | COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...] | 2008-02-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN |
| 08ASHGABAT1075 | TURKMENISTAN: CABINET MEETING FOCUSES ON STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to announcing that Turkmenistan's People's Congress will meet on September 26 to review and approve the draft constitution and talk briefly about the situation of South Ossetia, President Berdimuhame [...] | 2008-08-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB EPET CH JO TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1232 | VETTING REQUEST FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTER NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following 72 nominees for the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training program taking place in Ashgabat from September 15-26. The DEA will be conducting the second w [...] | 2008-09-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1335 | TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRIES OF ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 30, the Minister of Economy and Development and the Minister of Agriculture told U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck that Turkmenistan ap [...] | 2008-10-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1359 | TURKMENSITAN'S RESPONSE TO LONDON PLENARY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note, dated September 29, 2008, addressed to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of countries-participants of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Begin Text: [...] | 2008-10-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON KNNC TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1386 | SECURITY CHIEF BECOMES TURKMENISTAN'S FIFTH GENERAL [...] (U) An October 20 presidential decree conferred the military rank of general-major on Minister of National Security Charymyrat Amanov (formerly a colonel). The decree noted Amanov's "conscientious performance of military duties" and his "personal contribution to the strengthening of Turkmeni [...] | 2008-10-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1481 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY ADMITS DELAYS DUE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry (MOEI) Yarmuhammet Orazgulyev told USAID on November 6 that the Ministry's specialists are struggling with the financial calculations to determine repayment ti [...] | 2008-11-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1505 | TURKMENISTAN: MARY PARLIAMENT CANDIDATES HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 14 meeting with the mayor and deputy mayor of the city of Mary revealed a reluctance to discuss substantive matters regarding the local election. One local candidate declined to explain his campaign platform because -- although the election is about a month away -- h [...] | 2008-11-21 05:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND SOCI TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1527 | TURKMENISTAN: TRAVEL BAN FOR ORAZOV FAMILY [...] (C) On November 14, Svetlana Orazova, sister of opposition activist Khudayberdiy Orazov, who is resident overseas, met with poloff to discuss the family's continuing inability to depart Turkmenistan. Orazova said at present, her husband, Ovez Annayev, is in immediate need of medical care fo [...] | 2008-11-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1560 | TURKMENISTAN: SERAHS CANDIDATES/OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, poloff visited the town of Serahs, located in Ahal Welayat (province) on the Iranian border, and met with local officials and two candidates in the upcoming Mejlis elections. Both candidates for the 32nd electoral district seat appeared genuinely motivated by a de [...] | 2008-12-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TX IR |
| 08ASHGABAT1642 | TURKMENISTAN'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS SHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) contractor and information and communications technology senior sector expert, Diane Landau, discussed a USTDA-sponsored study tour to the United States for Turkmen officials that will take place in the spring for representatives from [...] | 2008-12-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND SCUL TINT TX |
| 08ASHGABAT317 | TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a World Bank-sponsored anti-money laundering workshop, international and regional experts focused on the need for innovation, information technology, annual reviews, and international contact networks in discu [...] | 2008-03-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SNAR RS TX |
| 08ASHGABAT32 | TURKMENISTAN: BUREAUCRATIC INTRIGUE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A little digging behind the "technical problem" explanation for the postponement of a visit revealed bureaucratic maneuvering within Turkmenistan's Ministry of Health. A deputy minister stepped in it by extending an invitation that had not been cleared by his boss. Now, colleagu [...] | 2008-01-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI TX |
| 08ASHGABAT373 | TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT EVANGELICAL GROUP BRINGS [...] (C) The AmCit Evangelical group, Friends of the Turkmen, has returned to Ashgabat for its semi-annual visit. This time the group included one of the officials from the International Foundation, the DC-area organization that does the administrative work for the 2009 National Prayer Breakfast [...] | 2008-03-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KIRF TX |
| 08ASHGABAT389 | TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...] | 2008-03-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX |
| 08ASHGABAT429 | TURKMENISTAN: THE FEMALE "STREET NINJAS" OF ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Every day, an army of Turkmen women, in bright orange traffic vests and with their heads and faces wrapped in scarves, descend on the capital's streets and public sites to carefully sweep away Ashgabat's omnipresen [...] | 2008-04-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI SNAR KWMN TX |
| 08ASHGABAT469 | TURKMEN-AFGHAN ENERGY DIALOGUE - PROTOCOL A BREAKTHOUGH ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Following intensive meetings on April 8-9, officials from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) and Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) signed a landmark agreement to supply additional 3 [...] | 2008-04-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
| 08ASHGABAT478 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA RESPONDS AFFIRMATIVELY TO PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP KSTC PARM TX |
| 08ASHGABAT497 | TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-TURKISH DIALOGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following working-level meetings with counterparts at the Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA),USAID requested meetings on April 16-17 with two Deputy Ministers of Health and Medical Industry to identif [...] | 2008-04-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
| 08ASHGABAT533 | USAID ECONOMIC GROWTH PROGRAMS WARMLY RECEIVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: April 16-22, a delegation led by USAID/CAR Economic Growth Office Director met with major Turkmen counterparts to discuss the status of USAID's Economic Growth programs in Turkmenistan. The Ministry of Energy and [...] | 2008-04-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG TX |
| 08ASHGABAT55 | TURKMENISTANL: AHAL TEKE TRIBE DOMINATES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Examination of background information that is available on government leadership reinforces the widely-held notion that President Berdimuhamedov's Ahal Teke tribe dominates the senior levels of government. Members o [...] | 2008-01-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TX |
| 08ASHGABAT745 | TURKMENISTAN: TREASURY DELEGATION ENCOUNTERS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of four U.S. Department of the Treasury assistance advisors representing public finance and management, economic policy, and banking visited Ashgabat June 2-6 to evaluate possible areas of technical cooperation with Turkmenistan. The delegation met with various governm [...] | 2008-06-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN TX |
| 08ASHGABAT765 | TURKMENISTAN: ICITAP TRAINING SUCCESSFUL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 2-13 Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) course for Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) investigators and forensic experts went very well, with another crop of very motivated and hard-working Turkmen investigato [...] | 2008-06-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM TX |
| 08ASHGABAT780 | TURKMENISTAN: RELATIVE OF OVERSEAS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allowed to depart Turkmenistan for heart surgery in Moscow in May 2007, Ovez Annayev, brother-in-law of exile opposition leader and former Central Bank Chairman Khudaiberdy Orazov, is not being allowed to return to Moscow following a short trip home earlier this month to see his [...] | 2008-06-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM OSCE TX |
| 08ASHGABAT79 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT USUALLY NOT IMPRISONING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little solid information exists about the fates of former ministers and deputy ministers President Berdimuhamedov fired during his first year in office. The one official whose arrest (for corruption) Post was able to confirm -- former Minister of Railroads Orazberdy Hudayberdiy [...] | 2008-01-16 07:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TX |
| 08ASHGABAT824 | TURKMENISTAN: EU RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: An EU delegation met for nine hours with Government of Turkmenistan officials on June 24, discussing steps the government could take to improve civil, religious, media, and other rights in the country. In the course of the meeting, the delegation also passed an EU-vetted list o [...] | 2008-07-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EU TX |
| 08ASHGABAT856 | TURKMENISTAN: BTRP-CTR-GPP DISCUSS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16-17 June, Turkmenistan,s Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Health and Medical Industry (MOHMI) received introductory presentations from a U.S./Canadian delegation on the Department of Defense,s Biologica [...] | 2008-07-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS TX |
| 08ASHGABAT933 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...] | 2008-07-23 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX |
| 08ASHGABAT972 | TURKMENISTAN VOWS NOT TO BLOCK HDIM AGENDA [...] (SBU) On July 28, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov met with Charge to deliver Turkmenistan's reply to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting demarche contained Ref. A. He made the following points: -- Turkmenistan appreciates the language noting positive developments in [...] | 2008-07-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TX |
| 08ASHGABAT995 | TURKMENISTAN: DETERMINING CULTURAL HISTORY IN A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cultural identity is illusive in Turkmenistan, due in large part both to Soviet Russification efforts and the inability of Niyazov's Ruhnama to provide a believable and cohesive history. President Berdimuhammedov [...] | 2008-07-31 08:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL TX |
| 08ASMARA334 | OLF CLAIMS TO BE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Daawud Ibsa, believes his organization's support among Ethiopia's largest ethnic group bodes well for the OLF's chances in the event of fair elections in Ethiopia. He complained to the ambassador June 19 that PM Meles has failed [...] | 2008-06-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PGOV KDEM ER ET |
| 08ASTANA1021 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MAY [...] Kazakhstan will conduct an operational-tactical exercise "Atom-Antiterror- 2008" in Almaty on June 6 under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. This exercise is targeted to improve interaction between state bodies in order to prevent and localize a possible terror [...] | 2008-06-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
| 08ASTANA1107 | KAZAKHSTAN - CHANGES MADE TO RELIGION LAW [...] (C) The Mazhilis passed on first reading a revised text of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law. Some of the most problematic provisions were removed from this latest version, though at the same time, new provisions were added which raise concerns. The amendments must go through a second [...] | 2008-06-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ |
| 08ASTANA1111 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIP REPORT DELIVED [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice Elvira Abilkhasimovna Azimova. A copy of the Kazakhstan narrative and non-paper were provided. The Ministry of Justice was complimented for [...] | 2008-06-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRIM KZ |
| 08ASTANA1527 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, AUGUST 4 - AUGUST 15, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Protest at Nur Otan Office -------------------------- 2. On August 1, approximately 100 [...] | 2008-08-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
| 08ASTANA1850 | KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] (C) The Mazhilis will hold its second reading on a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law on September 24. The latest text is an improvement over the June version that was passed at the first reading, although it still includes several problematic provisions. Civil society and r [...] | 2008-09-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
| 08ASTANA2070 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ANNOUNCES MAJOR STEPS TO DEAL WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev announced on October 13 major steps the government will take to deal with the global financial crisis. The Samruk state assets holding company and Kazyna Sustainable Development Fund will be m [...] | 2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
| 08ASTANA2388 | KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Kazakhstan's parliament adopted the amendments to the religion law, and the legislation is now before President Nazarbayev for signature. While the draft is a marked improvement over the origina [...] | 2008-12-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
| 08ASTANA2398 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...] | 2008-12-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
| 08ASTANA2452 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 5 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADERS CHARGED WITH CRIME 2. On December 1, the Interior Ministry charged Azat party leader Bulat Abilov with "concea [...] | 2008-12-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KIRF KZ |
| 08ASTANA2561 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...] | 2008-12-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
| 08ASTANA367 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 19 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- WTO accession: updates and comments -- Socially Responsible Business in Kazakhstan -- New Special Economic Zone -- Inflation in January -- Energy Minister Proposes Oil [...] | 2008-02-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ |
| 08ASTANA498 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 25 - March 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. --------------------------------------------- - True Ak Zhol Changes Name, Shuffles Leadersh [...] | 2008-03-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
| 08ASTANA611 | KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...] | 2008-03-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
| 08ASTANA769 | AMBASSADOR OPENS AMERICAN CORNER, MEETS WITH KEY [...] (C) The Ambassador attended the official opening of the eighth American Corner in Kazakhstan on April 8 at the Aktobe branch of the Republican Science Technical Library. While in Aktobe, he also held meetings with oblast (regional) and city officials, NGO's representatives, and local businessm [...] | 2008-04-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KZ |
| 08ASTANA829 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Poloff met on April 25 with officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to inform them that Kazakhstan will not be listed on the 2008 Special 301 Watchlist. Ministry officials were very pleased to hear this news. They sought clarification of several of the d [...] | 2008-04-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KZ |
| 08ASTANA848 | KAZAKHSTAN - UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE PLANS [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 29 with MFA Asian Cooperation Department Advisor Yerzhan Kalekenov to discuss Kazakhstan's assistance plans for Afghanistan and its participation in the upcoming Afghanistan support conference in Paris. 2. (SBU) As previously reported, Kazakhstan allocated [...] | 2008-04-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV KZ AF |
| 08ASTANA867 | KAZAKHSTAN: OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no high profile dissidents from un-free nations living in exile or seeking asylum in Kazakhstan. 2. (SBU) In the course of my work, I do, however, regularly meet with leading Kazakhstani democracy and human rights activists, including Yevgeniy Zhovtis, [...] | 2008-05-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
| 08ASTANA992 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Stockholm International Compact with Iraq (ICI) ministerial meeting to MFA Americas Desk head Talgat Kaliyev on May 20, and discussed the issue a second time with Kaliyev on May 27. Kaliyev assured Pol-Econ Chief on May 27 that Kazakhstan [...] | 2008-05-27 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL IZ KZ |
| 08ASUNCION384 | MAJORS LIST SUBMISSION [...] Below find Post's submission on the Government of Paraguay's cooperation on counter-narcotics as requested in reftel A. ------------------------- Cultivation/eradication ------------------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to reduce the cultivation of marijuana in Paraguay, and to focus e [...] | 2008-06-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PA |
| 08ATHENS1347 | GREECE/IRAN: FM BAKOYANNIS INSTRUCTS THAT ADVISORY [...] (S) DepPolCouns discussed ref A points on Greek interactions with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. He later informed us that FM Bakoyannis had agreed to the requests and that an advisory would be [...] | 2008-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
| 08BAGHDAD135 | NINEWA CHRISTIANS DISCUSS NINEVEH PLAIN GOALS WITH [...] (C) At the Ninewa PRT, Christian leaders representing parties including the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) and the Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) expressed general consensus to CODEL Wolf (Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)) January 3 on forming a Christian, self-governed [...] | 2008-01-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KIRF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD1918 | DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...] | 2008-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2203 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, NSC Senior Director McGurk and DASD Kimmitt, Foreign Minister Zebari provided a readout of the previous day's visit of Turkish PM Erdogan, called the postponement of King Abdullah's visit a big disappointment but no [...] | 2008-07-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ TU JO |
| 08BAGHDAD2724 | SINIORA/ABDULLAH: A TALE OF TWO VISITS [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's August 20 visit to Baghdad ran longer than expected and focused on economic (trade, investment, and reduced-tariff oil sales) rather than political issues. Meeting with the Secretary on August 21, a clearly pleased Prime Minister Maliki praised th [...] | 2008-08-25 06:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2773 | GOI MAKES FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MEK CAMP; IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A GOI team led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim and including an MFA official made its first visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf on August 18 to prepare for a transfer of security responsibility. The team toured Camp Ashraf and heard from MEK members that [...] | 2008-08-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2945 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9),RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...] | 2008-09-12 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3419 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-10-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3532 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...] | 2008-11-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3556 | ICRC VISITS MEK; PM LEGAL ADVISOR ON MEK LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: ICRC officials met with EmbOffs on November 4 to discuss their second visit to Camp Ashraf, during which they noted the Mujahedin el-Khalq (MEK) members' desperation over the impending transfer of security authority. The ICRC team delivered letters from family to some members, [...] | 2008-11-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREF IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3651 | KARBALA RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND STRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: The imams of the al-Husayn and al-Abbas Shrines are the most-senior religious figures in Karbala. They were appointed by Iraq's highest Shi'a authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who delegates the selection of imams at other mosques and husayniyahs to a committee. Except at [...] | 2008-11-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3796 | GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...] | 2008-12-04 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD699 | PRT WASIT: WASIT'S MODERATE ALTERNATIVES [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. Poor performance from elected representatives and the likely demise of the closed list system may open the door a crack to Wasit independents. At least three small self-described &technocrat8 groups are seeking to organize, educ [...] | 2008-03-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAKU38 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),President Aliyev said he was confident about winning the October Presidential election, due to his government's accomplishments and the opposition's inability to introduce fresh faces. Aliyev said Azerbaijan is [...] | 2008-01-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
| 08BAKU496 | KOREAN COMPANIES FACE CHALLENGES IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the press has reported that South Korean companies are winning major construction and transportation deals, the Baku-based Director of the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation Yong Seog Kim reports that Korean companies are facing problems in concluding the [...] | 2008-05-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EFIN ETRD AJ |
| 08BAKU9 | AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARGUE PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, eight of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists said GOAJ pressure against government critics is rising, with the GOAJ relying on political charges such as espionage, libel, and terrorism to silence or intimidate critics. T [...] | 2008-01-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 08BAKU968 | AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: LIMITED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Local legal experts state the Azerbaijani judiciary has little independence in cases touching on the GOAJ or Azerbaijani elites' financial and political interests. In a political culture that favors personal relations and closed-door meetings over transparent processes and unif [...] | 2008-10-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ |
| 08BAMAKO168 | MALI'S INPUT ON WEST AFRICA ICT CONFERENCE [...] In response to reftel, Embassy discussed the upcoming West Africa ICT conference in Accra with Dr. Mamadou Diallo, Telecommunications Specialist at the Ministry of Communications, who also attended the last ICT conference in San Francisco. He stated that mobile phone technology is the fastes [...] | 2008-02-19 07:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ECON ML |
| 08BANGKOK1613 | RTG HACHET MAN TAKES AXE TO MEDIA, BUT WOUNDS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) Embattled Prime Minister's Office Minister Jakrapob Penkair suffered another blow when the Democrat Party filed a motion on May 21 to impeach him. Jakrapob, the bete noir of the media, has been accused of abuse of power and lese majeste. This is the latest chapter in a series of running [...] | 2008-05-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH |
| 08BANGKOK3700 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW THAI PM ABHISIT ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and political counselor, met new Thai PM Abhisit Vejjavija late December 18 to congratulate him and lay the groundwork for our engagement with the next Thai government in advance of the rollout of the new Cabinet. Abhisit said his most urgent task w [...] | 2008-12-19 06:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TH |
| 08BASRAH40 | SAFA AL SAFI ON COALITION FAILURES, GOI FUND FOR BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Acting Justice Minister Safa al-Safi met with CMOC and REO Basrah Directors in Basrah on April 24. Safi roundly criticized Coalition reconstruction efforts as ineffective and corrupt. He showed little understanding of the PRT role or a provided list of past projects. Sa [...] | 2008-04-29 15:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KJUS ECON EAID IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH62 | IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iranian investment in Basrah province appears to be limited as Tehran focuses on influencing Basrah's political and security environment. Basrawis suspect Iranian front companies exist, but given their clandestine nature and the use of Iraqi intermediaries have difficulty [...] | 2008-06-22 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELTN ENRG EPET ETRD PARM PBTS PGOV |
| 08BEIJING1069 | MAINLAND TAIWAN EXPERTS DISCUSS ELECTIONS, FUTURE [...] (C) Two senior PRC Taiwan experts predicted this past week that Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Ma Ying-jeou will win Taiwan's March 22 presidential election with a margin of 5-10 percentage points because of his effective campaigning and widespread discontent over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's [...] | 2008-03-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 08BEIJING390 | WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC; CENTER [...] (C) China's worst snowstorm in 50 years continues to wreak havoc across southern and central parts of the country. Although some transportation networks over the past two days have started to return to normal, hundreds of thousands of travelers remain stranded and millions of residents face ha [...] | 2008-02-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH |
| 08BEIRUT1360 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND JUMBLATT'S PSP [...] (C) Druze opposition leader and Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan sponsored a September 15 "reconciliation" meeting at his home for representatives from rival Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's bloc and Hizballah aimed at easing tension prior to the re-launching of the National Dialogue. Ju [...] | 2008-09-16 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
| 08BEIRUT1427 | LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED [...] (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commissi [...] | 2008-10-02 12:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE |
| 08BEIRUT1582 | LEBANON: BOUTROS HARB URGES INDEPENDENT LIST, EVEN [...] (C) March 14 MP Boutros Harb, on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, expressed hope that the "Lebanese message" would be well-understood by the new U.S. administration. During his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Harb said March 14 had agreed to reach a unified position on cand [...] | 2008-11-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
| 08BEIRUT1615 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH ON INDEPENDENT BLOC [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh discussed ongoing negotiations for election blocs and contentious cabinet atmospherics during dinner with the Ambassador on November 8. Jumblatt said he planned to offer his own national defense strategy during the next National D [...] | 2008-11-10 19:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
| 08BEIRUT330 | LEBANON: EPCA EXTENSION, DELICATE BANKING BALANCE [...] (C) U.S. Treasury DAS Andrew Baukol's visit to Beirut on February 25 was dominated by two recurring themes: the expired IMF Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) must be replaced, and the normally robust Lebanese banking system might be more sensitive to increased security risks than politi [...] | 2008-03-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 08BEIRUT407 | LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] (U) On March 7 and 10, a four-member Embassy panel conducted interviews with short-listed applicants for this summerQs MEPI Student Leaders Program. Ten principal candidates and four alternates were selected based on their qualifications for the program and interview performance. The ten pri [...] | 2008-03-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KPAO LE |
| 08BEIRUT409 | LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] (U) On March 7 and 10, a four-member Embassy panel conducted interviews with short-listed applicants for this summerQs MEPI Student Leaders Program. Ten principal candidates and four alternates were selected based on their qualifications for the program and interview performance. The ten pri [...] | 2008-03-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI KPAO PREL LE |
| 08BEIRUT502 | PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON POLICE BASIC CADET TRAINING [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 21, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees i [...] | 2008-04-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
| 08BEIRUT542 | LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...] | 2008-04-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
| 08BEIRUT57 | LEBANON: UNDERSTANDING MICHEL AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) While his support has dropped since its 2005 peak, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun remains the most popular Christian political leader in Lebanon. His polling numbers remain high in spite of actions that could have diminished his support, particularly among Lebanese Christians. [...] | 2008-01-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM LE |
| 08BEIRUT693 | LEBANON: FACEBOOK - YOUTH GO ONLINE TO OPPOSE [...] Summary: Facebook, a social networking site, is one online medium Lebanese youth have used to react to the political instability and violence plaguing the country since May 7. Many have made their opinions public by posting comments on their profiles, changing their profile pictures to patrioti [...] | 2008-05-15 12:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL AINT KPAO LE |
| 08BELGRADE1108 | SERBIA: EX-RADICALS TOUT OPENNESS AND CHANGE AT FOUNDING [...] (SBU) At the founding congress of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),newly elected president Tomislav Nikolic and his deputy Aleksandar Vucic emphasized themes of open dialogue and change in tackling Serbia's political challenges. Seeking to appear moderate and to distance themselves from t [...] | 2008-10-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SR |
| 08BELMOPAN103 | BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF [...] Gaspar Vega was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to cabinet on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography. Address as: Minister Vega, Mr. Minister Full Title: The Honorable Gaspar Vega POB: San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District 2. Education: Vega graduated f [...] | 2008-02-20 21:37:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR BH |
| 08BELMOPAN188 | BIO -- BELIZE: John Briceno, [...] John Briceno was elected to be the Opposition Party Leader at the People's United Party (PUP) leadership convention on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Following is his biography. AKA: Johnny Briceno; or Juan Briceno Address as: Hon. John Briceno DOBP: July 17, 1960, Orange Walk Town, Belize [...] | 2008-03-31 22:12:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR BH |
| 08BELMOPAN505 | BELIZE: MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND TITLES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge and POLOFF met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega on December 3, 2008. Vega said he was working hard to eliminate the backlog of over 5,000 land transfer and title cases inherited from the previous government. He estimated it will t [...] | 2008-12-04 22:36:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET BH |
| 08BELMOPAN63 | BELIZE: ELECTION COVERAGE PLAN [...] Summary: Post has prepared a plan to cover 22 of the 31 constituencies in Belize for the general elections taking place this Thursday, February 7, 2008 (reftel A). In total, 16 election observers from U.S. Embassy Belmopan will travel throughout the country. Each observation team is expecte [...] | 2008-02-06 19:29:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BH |
| 08BERLIN1006 | MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...] | 2008-07-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
| 08BERLIN1295 | GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...] | 2008-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
| 08BERLIN811 | JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...] | 2008-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG |
| 08BISHKEK353 | Kyrgyz Government Requests Results of Shooting [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 8, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note requesting that the Embassy provide the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 2006 shooting of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivano [...] | 2008-04-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 08BOGOTA1988 | AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...] | 2008-05-30 19:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO |
| 08BOGOTA2051 | COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...] | 2008-06-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
| 08BOGOTA2064 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez June 2. The Deputy and Fernandez noted a "growing bilateral relationship" between the USG and GOU, due in part to recent bilateral economic and science and technology agreements. Fernandez discussed Uruguayan at [...] | 2008-06-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EC UY CO |
| 08BOGOTA2930 | CIVAIR COLOMBIA: RESPONSE TO SANCLEMENTE LETTER [...] (SBU) On August 12 Econoff met Fernando Sanclemente, Director of Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority and provided Sanclemente with a copy of the July 30 Robl letter and orally delivered talking points per reftel. Sanclemente said he would review the Robl letter to see if it could be the basis [...] | 2008-08-12 20:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CO |
| 08BOGOTA3094 | DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...] | 2008-08-25 19:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
| 08BOGOTA3277 | DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...] | 2008-09-03 20:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
| 08BOGOTA442 | USG ASSISTS COLOMBIAN LABOR PROTECTION EFFORTS [...] Summary: The USG, through USAID and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL),supports GOC efforts to improve labor rights and enforcement. Programs include assistance for a new risk-based labor inspection system, extending the oral justice system to labor cases, outreach on labor rights, strength [...] | 2008-02-04 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID KJUS ECIN ECON ILO CO |
| 08BOGOTA4527 | USG FUNDED LABOR PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Government supports the labor sector through eleven projects, including: one by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL),three by the Department of Labor (DOL),and seven by USAID. The $27 million in funding over the 2001-2011 time frame support projects t [...] | 2008-12-22 20:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
| 08BOGOTA918 | COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO 2008 IAGGA REPORT [...] The GOC continues to make progress on fighting corruption and increasing accountability and transparency. In the past two years, the GOC took significant steps to reform its criminal justice system, increase transparency in public expenditure, modernize public procurement, and ensure account [...] | 2008-03-07 23:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM CO |
| 08BOGOTA937 | COLOMBIA MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ACCUSATORY [...] Summary: On January 1, 2008, Colombia initiated the final phase of a four-year, phased implementation of its new Criminal Procedure Code which introduces an accusatory criminal justice system. Implementation of the new system, which began on January 1, 2005, has largely been viewed as a succ [...] | 2008-03-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
| 08BOGOTA940 | COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...] | 2008-03-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
| 08BRASILIA1000 | USDA UNDER SECRETARY KEENUM CO-CHAIRS 3RD U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Mark Keenum, USDA Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services co-chaired the 3rd U.S.-Brazil Consultative Committee on Agriculture in Brasilia May 19-20, 2008 which was successful in expanding bilateral dialogue and in nudging the agricultural trade agenda with Br [...] | 2008-07-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD BR |
| 08BRASILIA640 | DOROTHY STANG'S KILLER'S FREED ON APPEAL -- TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, also known as Bida, was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and naturalized Brazilian citizen, on May 6, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction. On May 15, 2007, Moura, a Brazilian rancher, was sentenced to [...] | 2008-05-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR PREL PHUM |
| 08BRATISLAVA249 | Slovak/Euro parity revalued for an unprecedented second [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the request of the Slovak government the European Union revalued the Slovak koruna's central parity rate by 17 percent to 30.126 against the Euro from May 29. This is the outer edge of the previous parity of 35.44 set in March 2007, and creates a new band of 25.60-34.64 SKK/E [...] | 2008-05-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
| 08BRIDGETOWN102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SONJAI REYNOLDS-COOPERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Education Officer, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A February 13 - 17, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative-Barbados, James Goggin, at tel. 1-246-227-4395 or 227-4118, fax. 1-24 [...] | 2008-02-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
| 08BRIDGETOWN122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ARRIETA FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to YA-02 Felix Arrieta, USN, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN134 | ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS [...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...] | 2008-03-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC |
| 08BRIDGETOWN317 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON FRASER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Fraser, Regional Legal Advisor, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A May 19 - 21, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Barbados, Mansfield Blackwood, Senior Technical Officer at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fa [...] | 2008-05-15 20:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
| 08BRIDGETOWN42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...] | 2008-01-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN436 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL GRANTED TO GILMORE PLUS TWO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, LCDR Bryan Ullmer, USCG and LCDR Matthew Colmer, USCG for travel to Dominica July 20 - 22, 2008. The purpose of this mission is to conduct port discussions with port officials IAW the U.S. Maritime Tra [...] | 2008-07-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA DO XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN48 | BRIDGETOWN: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown has also contributed to programs aimed at indigenous populations in the Eastern Caribbean. 2. (U) Through the Ambassador's Democracy Fund, Embassy Bridgetown administered a grant to the Carib Territory of Dominica in 2005 for the amount of $15,0 [...] | 2008-01-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PGOV PREL XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN507 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USG DEL TO CEP IGM [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dave Hermann (State/OES),Elizabeth McLanahan (NOAA),Patrick Cotter (EPA),Matthew Burton (State/L),Timothy Lattimer (State/EST REO San Jose),and Ed Kruze (NOAA) to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from September 7-14, 2008 to attend the 13t [...] | 2008-08-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN57 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMALLS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sheila Smalls, Florida Parole Commission, for travel to Barbados February 04 to February 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the State Partnership Program (SPP) Barbados Subject Matter Exchange (SMEE). 2. Embassy points of cont [...] | 2008-01-31 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN63 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...] | 2008-02-01 18:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE |
| 08BRIDGETOWN78 | ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...] | 2008-02-06 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC |
| 08BRIDGETOWN79 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...] | 2008-02-06 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN80 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...] | 2008-02-06 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
| 08BUCHAREST961 | ROMANIA: BURGEONING BUDGETARY BLUES [...] (SBU) As negotiations among the political parties over the shape of a new coalition government enter their second week, the economic news in Romania is a study in contrasts. Eurostat announced on December 5 that Romanian GDP growth reached 9.1 percent in the third quarter (July-September),th [...] | 2008-12-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RO |
| 08BUDAPEST492 | NABUCCO: PARTNER NATIONS LOSING PATIENCE WITH ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A gathering of Nabucco Consortium member countries, together with potential supplier states Azerbaijan and Iraq, at an Ambassador-hosted luncheon on May 9, revealed continuing concern on old themes: the ability of Caspian nations to supply gas; Turkey's intentions, whether transit [...] | 2008-05-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1158 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR HOSTS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MACRI AND [...] Summary: On August 8, Ambassador hosted a roundtable for Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri to present his plans for developing a technological park in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Present at the roundtable were country representatives of major U.S. IT companies IBM, Cognizant, EDS, [...] | 2008-08-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BEXP EINV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES322 | ARGENTINA DISCUSSES SHIFT IN POLICY TOWARD ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez announced this week that the GoA intends to redirect its counternarcotics efforts away from the pursuit of drug users in order to make more resources available for investigating and prosecuting drug traffickers. He argues that Argentina's co [...] | 2008-03-13 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES533 | NGO FAIR AT AMBASSADOR WAYNE4S RESIDENCE [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL NGO FAIR AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 8. MORE THAN 60 NGOS FROM ACROSS ARGENTINA GATHERED AT THE AMBASSADOR'S HOME IN BUENOS AIRES, WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM EMBASSIES, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC COMPANIES, F [...] | 2008-04-23 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KSUM AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES775 | ARGENTINA DISAPPOINTED WITH TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Per refs A and B, the Ambassador met June 3 with Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez to share an embargoed copy of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Minister Fernandez thanked the Ambassador for sharing the report, and immediately launched into a discuss [...] | 2008-06-04 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES786 | ARGENTINA: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews with GOA officials, International Labor Organization representatives, and union and NGO leaders, as well as a review of media articles, some companies in Argentina's apparel industry appear to use forced and child labor in their production chain. It is diffi [...] | 2008-06-06 20:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PHUM PGOV ECIN ECON SOCI AR |
| 08CAIRO100 | EGYPTIAN STOCK MARKET PLUNGES [...] (U) Following a decline of 2.1% on January 20, Egyptian stocks had their weakest day in 18 months on January 21, when they plunged 4.2%, the largest one-day decline since July 2006. The sell-off continued January 22, with the CASE falling another 3.29% toward the end of trading. The three da [...] | 2008-01-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EG |
| 08CAIRO2320 | EGIS CHIEF "NOT OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador that he was "not optimistic" about prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, due to continuing differences between Hamas and Fatah and the difficulty in maintaining the continuing "calm" between minimalist Hamas a [...] | 2008-11-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 08CAIRO244 | EGYPTIAN HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Egypt's Supreme Court of Administrative Justice ruled in a case brought by Christian "re-converts" that the government must issue identification documents listing their religion as Christianity. The ruling reversed an April 2007 decision by the Cairo Court of A [...] | 2008-02-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV EG |
| 08CAIRO2453 | UPDATE ON DEPORTATION REQUEST: CASE OF IYAD AHMAD [...] (SBU) Econ-Political MinCouns has raised the case of Mr. Badawi with Egyptian Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Amin Meleika on three occasions: November 13, November 23, and November 30. On November 13, MinCouns orally explained the background of the case and asked if Egypt would allow Mr. [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL CVIS PTER EG IS |
| 08CAIRO555 | O TV: A RISING STAR IN THE ARAB MEDIA MARKET [...] (U) Summary: On March 16, A/IO met with Yasmine Abdullah Attia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Egyptian youth entertainment channel O TV, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on January 31, 2008. In slightly more than one year, O TV has rocketed into the top 10 most watched ente [...] | 2008-03-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECPS KPAO XF EG |
| 08CARACAS349 | THE COLOMBIAN PATIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 11, news services were reporting rumors that FARC directorate member Milton Jesus Toncel was being treated at a medical clinic in the town of Rubio in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira for a wound to the face. Guardia Nacional Operations Chief Juan Carlos Hidalgo lat [...] | 2008-03-12 21:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO VE |
| 08CARACAS690 | BOLIVARIZING THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: The politicization of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) Foreign Ministry is nearly complete. Only fifteen of ninety-seven ambassadorships at Venezuelan Embassies are currently filled by career professionals, according to a local media study. Foreign Minister Maduro an [...] | 2008-05-20 18:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL VE |
| 08CARACAS870 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (C) As requested, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) delivered information in paragraphs four and six of reftel and copies of the Treasury Department Press notice to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) MFA officials declined to schedule a meeting for June 18. Instead CDA [...] | 2008-06-19 19:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL VE LE |
| 08CHENNAI322 | ANDHRA PRADESH ANTI-MAOIST STRATEGY SUCCESSFUL, BUT TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state Andhra Pradesh, which was once a hotbed of Maoist activity, has made substantial progress in quelling the leftist insurgency within its borders. The state's success can be attributed to improved governance, both in terms of more effective policing and the [...] | 2008-09-23 04:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON PHUM ASEC IN |
| 08CHENNAI55 | POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: Police officials in the South India state of Karnataka arrested two individuals on January 9 who have since made statements suggesting that they are involved in plotting terror attacks in India. At least one of the suspects claimed to have received training at a Lashkar-e-Tayyib [...] | 2008-02-14 08:50:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN PK BG NP SA IN PINR |
| 08CHISINAU1246 | MOLDOVA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Moldovan government continued to manage its counterterrorism strategy based on M [...] | 2008-12-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MD |
| 08CHISINAU1257 | LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS RELIEVE PRESSURE ON PRO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Audiovisual Coordinating Council decided on December 19 to extend the broadcasting license of PRO TV and 11 other media outlets to an undetermined date after the upcoming elections. The decision recognized that any action taken against these media would be viewed as politic [...] | 2008-12-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MD |
| 08CHISINAU175 | MOLDOVA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions in ref A, which requests post's contribution to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Moldova mostly were undertaken by NGOs and international organizations (IOs),primarily because [...] | 2008-02-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM PREF MD |
| 08CHISINAU466 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Transnistrian (TN) "president" Igor Smirnov took advantage of the April 30 meeting, the first with an American Ambassador to Moldova since 2001, to declaim Transnistria's Russianness and separateness from Moldova, to expound on Transnistrians' distrust of Moldovan President Voroni [...] | 2008-05-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MD |
| 08CHISINAU730 | IRI/NDI CRITICIZED IN MOLDOVAN PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government-controlled television and press gave long play July 3 and 4 to a story critical of IRI and NDI. In response to these articles, Embassy convened a meeting July 8 with representatives of both organizations. Embassy plans no public statement at this time, but IRI (whi [...] | 2008-07-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MD |
| 08COLOMBO1049 | SRI LANKA: TERRORISM TRIAL OF JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial on terrorism charges of journalist J.S. Tissainayagam has entered a critical phase. The testimony in the case has not gone well for the government, with the officer who took Tissainayagam's confession conceding errors. The Judicial Medical officer who examined Tissa [...] | 2008-11-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL CE |
| 08CONAKRY252 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 13 [...] (C) As of 14:00, Conakry remains quiet and calm. Embassy has received no reports of gunfire or criminal activity. Local businesses and gas stations remain closed. There is very little traffic on the roads. Earlier this morning, between 150 and 250 women were peacefully demonstrating in fro [...] | 2008-05-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV |
| 08CONAKRY274 | TEACHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's teachers' unions continue to threaten a possible labor strike, which could begin as early as June 10. Such a strike has the potential to spark civil unrest, as it did in a similar situation in 2006, especially among the country's students. It is not yet clear whether [...] | 2008-06-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
| 08CONAKRY34 | FSN NOMINATION FOR ECONOMIC TRAINING [...] Pursuant to REFTEL Embassy Conakry Embassy Conakry nominates the following Foreign Service National (FSN) for the Spring 2008 FSN Economic Training class to be held April 7- 18, 2008 at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia. 2. Name of FSN: [...] | 2008-01-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD GV |
| 08CONAKRY604 | GOG DEMANDS MORE DONOR SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A meeting between the GoG and the international community on elections quickly deteriorated into a heated inter-agency debate about elections funding, with harsh criticism aimed at the absent Minister of Finance. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Political Affair [...] | 2008-10-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
| 08CONAKRY768 | GOG PUSHES ELECTIONS TO END OF MAY, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a hastily convened meeting with the donor community, Prime Minister Souare seemed eager to convince the international community of the GoG?s commitment to hold legislative elections as soon as possible. At the same time, the GoG distributed a draft elections planning t [...] | 2008-12-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
| 08COTONOU294 | BENIN FEEDBACK ON UNICEF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on UNICEF, a valued partner in development. The UNICEF program in Benin is effective and coordinates closely with the USG, the Government of Benin (GOB),and international donors. 2. UNICEF Program in Benin: Overall, the UNICEF [...] | 2008-05-20 04:33:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID UNICEF UN BN |
| 08DAKAR1432 | SENEGAL MEETS DEADLINE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Senegal's Finance Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, has been scrambling to meet the prior actions and find new financing to cover the country's internal debt in advance of the IMF Board's judgment on the country's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) second review, scheduled for December 19. [...] | 2008-12-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KCOR FR SG |
| 08DAKAR588 | CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING IN GOS SALE OF [...] (S) Senior Senegalese and IMF officials have confidentially shared with us their concerns that the government, apparently with President Abdoulaye Wade's blessing, is preparing to enter into a privately negotiated, potentially corrupt deal to sell the government's holdings in Sonatel, Senegal [...] | 2008-05-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SN |
| 08DAKAR688 | SENEGAL: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] (U) The majority of working children can be found in agriculture, livestock herding, hunting, fishing, domestic service, sewing and weaving activities, transportation, construction, as well as in automobile repair shops, restaurants, and hotels. Children also work in hazardous conditions in ro [...] | 2008-06-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG |
| 08DAKAR778 | SUDATEL SHOULD BRING A NEW DYNAMIC TO SENEGAL'S ICT [...] SUMMARY: According to sources from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Telecommunications, Sudanese telecommunications company Sudatel should begin its business operations and ICT infrastructure investment in Senegal in October 2008. Though Sudatel claims to be an independent, private firm, j [...] | 2008-07-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EFIN ECON PGOV SG |
| 08DAMASCUS453 | SARG BEMOANS INADEQUATE IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute discussion, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley briefed Syrian Deputy FM Faisal Mikdad on his mission to assess Iraqi refugee assistance needs and programs. Foley acknowledged that Syria had borne a large economic and social burden in host [...] | 2008-06-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
| 08DAMASCUS761 | SYRIAN ARTISTS DEMAND RETURN OF ARTWORK ON DISPLAY AT U.S. [...] On October 29, a letter was delivered in person to the American Cultural Center by Syrian artist AbdulJabbar Weis, with whom the mission has previously had a cordial relationship. The letter was written on behalf of five artists who have works on display at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in [...] | 2008-10-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SY |
| 08DAMASCUS863 | GUEANT AND LEVITTE TO SARG: GOOD JOB, BUT WORK [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Nicholas Suran briefed us December 1 on Claude Gueant and Jean-David Levitte's November 30 visit to Damascus. After stops in Doha and Jeddah, the two Elysee advisors delivered an oral message to President Asad from President Sarkozy, urged Syria to make good [...] | 2008-12-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IR FR IZ SY |
| 08DARESSALAAM282 | ICTR: CLOSURE, LEGACY AND BRINGING FUGITIVES TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Clint Williamson from the Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI) visited the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania from April 5 to 8. He discussed the Tribunal's completion strategy and urged all concerned to remain efficient and fo [...] | 2008-05-05 03:23:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TZ |
| 08DHAKA1298 | REFORM-MINDED GRANDEE OF FARIDPUR FACES TOUGH RACE [...] (C) The race for the Parliament seat representing the Faridpur district capital is a showdown between three high-profile candidates in which party allegiance is being sorely tested. It pits a close in-law of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the Awami League candidate versus the Jamaat-e- [...] | 2008-12-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
| 08DHAKA1344 | CHITTAGONG GODFATHER FACES TOUGH RE-ELECTION [...] (C) One of the earliest and biggest targets of the Caretaker Government's drive to clean up government is back on the campaign travel in a tough fight to hold onto his Parliament seat in Chittagong District. Salauddin Quader (SQ) Chowdhury, the parliamentary affairs adviser to former Prime Min [...] | 2008-12-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
| 08DHAKA211 | ISLAMIST GROUP OVERACHIEVER AMONG POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: A recent USG interagency visit to southern Bangladesh to assess Cyclone Sidr damage found the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami as active in providing relief as the two main secular parties of Bangladesh, if not more so. Jamaat has a multifaceted relief program that involves [...] | 2008-02-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BG |
| 08DHAKA348 | IN RURAL BANGLADESH, WHERE HAVE THE TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: Islamic terrorists are visible no longer in a corner of western Bangladesh, where they initially were embraced as effective vigilantes against violent leftist gangs that preyed upon rural communities. The vehemence with which local people now denounce the Islamic extremists sugges [...] | 2008-03-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PINR PTER BG |
| 08DJIBOUTI1000 | GODJ KEEPS COSTLY FORCE ON BORDER WITH ERITREA [...] (C) Summary: The Djiboutian Government maintains some 2,000 troops -- 40 percent of the country's total military assets -- on its desolate northern border with Eritrea. Since May, the GODJ has built protective berms, a new logistics base, a new communications tower, and an upgraded observat [...] | 2008-12-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ ER MOPS PBTS PREL |
| 08DJIBOUTI1018 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING:DJIBOUTI THREAT [...] (SBU) On December 17, 2008 at 11:15 AM Embassy Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss recent threat information. The EAC was led by Ambassador Swan and in attendance were RSO, ORA, POL, MNGT, PD, IMO, CON, USLO, CCE and members of CJTF-HOA security. 2. (S/NF) GRPO [...] | 2008-12-17 17:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC DJ MOPS PTER SO |
| 08DJIBOUTI1032 | DJIBOUTI: SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES REGION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18-21 CODEL in Djibouti, Senator Feingold discussed Djibouti, Somalia, and regional concerns with top GODJ and Somalia officials. In meetings with President Guelleh, Foreign Minister Youssouf, and members of Djibouti's civil society, the Senator focused on the s [...] | 2008-12-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PHSA PTER PHUM EAID ECON KCOR |
| 08DJIBOUTI436 | DJIBOUTI EAC: IMPLICATIONS OF SOMALIA AIR STRIKES [...] (C) On May 5, 2008, Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss possible security implications in Djibouti from a U.S. air strike in Somalia that killed al-Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayrow. The EAC was led by DCM and attended by RSO, ORA, USLO, CJTF-HOA CCE, PD, POL/ECON, IMO, [...] | 2008-05-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC DJ MOPS PTER SO |
| 08DJIBOUTI516 | EAC: MILITARY CLASHES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, June 11, Embassy Djibouti convened 2 meetings of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss military clashes that occurred between Djibouti and Eritrea on the Ras Doumeras border on Tuesday, June 10. The meeting was led by Chargee d'Affaires Kathleen List and attended b [...] | 2008-06-11 18:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC DJ MOPS SO |
| 08DJIBOUTI545 | DJIBOUTI STARTS PLANTING FOR "GREEN REVOLUTION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with rising global food prices, a near-total dependence on imported food, and resulting high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity (reftel),the GODJ has recently encouraged creative small-scale agricultural projects as part of Djibouti's overall food security strategy [...] | 2008-06-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID SENV PGOV SOCI KPAO DJ |
| 08DJIBOUTI613 | SOMALIA: ARS CHAIRMAN OPENS DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ARS moderates led by Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed are meeting in Djibouti from July 19-24 to follow up on talks held under the auspices of the UN SRSG for Somalia in May, and expect to issue a communique tomorrow. On the eve of the conclusion of this ARS General Assembly, [...] | 2008-07-23 16:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ ER ET |
| 08DJIBOUTI953 | DJIBOUTI -- DAILY SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 11/30/08 [...] Djibouti delegation holds talks with President Rayaale, cabinet ministers (Turkish Weekly) 2. Urban farmers exporting fruit, vegetable to Djibouti (Walta Information Center, Ethiopia) 3. Yemen, Djibouti discuss coordinating efforts to combat piracy (Yemen News Agency) 4. Yemeni-Dji [...] | 2008-11-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA |
| 08DOHA72 | QATARI RESIDENTS PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR [...] (U) Summary: Thousands of Qatari residents marched in a peaceful rally in support of the people of Gaza January 25. The rally was organized by the Qatar Central Municipal Council (CMC) and the office of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the Muslim scholar and preacher. This was the first public appearance [...] | 2008-01-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL EFIN EAID PTER GZ IS QA |
| 08DUBLIN51 | IRELAND -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Dublin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement submission. 2. The text of the submission follows. BEGIN TEXT ---------- IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),[...] | 2008-01-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EI |
| 08DUSHANBE1409 | WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS POLICY [...] (U) This is a resubmission of 08 Dushanbe 1408 with a subject heading. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tajik officials have continued to impose limitations on personal conduct as part of the government's restrictive religious policy. Officials have also continued to crack down on religious groups that t [...] | 2008-11-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI |
| 08DUSSELDORF43 | LIFE IN PRISON FOR "SUITCASE BOMBER" IN LANDMARK DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a landmark December 9 decision, the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court sentenced Youssef Mohamad El-Hajdib, aka the `suitcase bomber' of Cologne, to life imprisonment for attempted murder in an undetermined number of cases in connection with a failed terrorist attack on two [...] | 2008-12-09 16:43:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KISL KPAO KVPR KCRM LE GM |
| 08DUSSELDORF9 | GERMAN COURT REJECTS SCIENTOLOGY APPEAL AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: The Higher Administrative Court in Muenster rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology (COS) of Germany February 12 to end surveillance of the Church by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC). The court found that COS maintained "ambitions against Ge [...] | 2008-02-21 14:31:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PGOV GM |
| 08FREETOWN305 | APC AND SLPP RE-LAUNCH UNITY RADIO [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, of the All People's Congress (APC)-led government officially re-launched the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)) Unity Radio 94.9. The Ministry of Information and Communication had closed the radio station on May 8 (Ref [...] | 2008-06-27 19:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR SL |
| 08FREETOWN489 | Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...] | 2008-10-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL |
| 08GABORONE909 | BOTSWANA REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO RIVER BASIN ACCORDS [...] Summary: Botswana hosted September 15 a USAID-sponsored regional meeting under the aegis of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on river basin organizations (RBOs) for relevant GOB ministries and departments, and representatives from the four RBOs of which Botswana is a member. At [...] | 2008-10-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV SOCI EAID BC |
| 08GENEVA158 | UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: GEARING UP FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council passed a major hurdle to getting its new Universal Periodic Review mechanism underway when it selected "troikas" on February 28 for the first two tranches of country reviews. This came after disagreements over the selection process were finally resolved, [...] | 2008-03-02 10:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA256 | OIC POWER PLAY DOMINATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh session of the Human Rights \ Council, which ran March 3-28 with an April 1 extension, \ highlighted the power of the Organization of the Islamic \ Conference (OIC) in that still evolving body. The session's \ defining moment came in the closing minutes of its last \ sche [...] | 2008-04-04 15:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA684 | COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON THE PROMOTION AND [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 38 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. [...] | 2008-08-12 13:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
| 08GENEVA926 | WMO Audit Committee Read Out [...] Summary. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Audit Committee (AC) met at WMO headquarters October 20 - 21, 2008 to report on the status of implementation of audit recommendations generated by the Internal Oversight Office (IOO) and the UN Joint Inspection Unit. A representative from NO [...] | 2008-11-05 13:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIN WMO UN ECOSOC |
| 08GUATEMALA1526 | BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
| 08GUATEMALA1593 | PRESIDENT COLOM REPLACES TOP MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, in a pointed political message to the military, President Alvaro Colom announced the replacement of the Minister of Defense and the four other most senior military leaders. The changes took the military and local media by surprise, but President Colom had informed [...] | 2008-12-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PTER MCAP PREL PINR MOPS GT |
| 08HALIFAX28 | VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS [...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...] | 2008-04-21 12:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA |
| 08HANOI1010 | QSCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON ETRD VM |
| 08HANOI1088 | THIRD ANNUAL JAC GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. During the third annual Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange/dioxin, JAC members reviewed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on Agent Orange-related issues over the past year, discussed ongoing remediation and health projects, and provided recommendations for future activities, [...] | 2008-09-22 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
| 08HANOI1120 | AMBASSADOR, HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSS CHURCH LAND DISPUTES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting the Ambassador September 30, Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet noted improvements in the Church's ability to recruit seminary students and assign priests, but voiced dismay over ongoing land disputes. The Ambassador assured the Archbishop of active U.S. support for [...] | 2008-09-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM |
| 08HANOI1125 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK KIMMITT AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit for the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue will be an important milestone in the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to [...] | 2008-10-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
| 08HANOI1162 | AGRICULTURAL ACCESS IS ENOUGH TO SWAY VIETNAM IN TRADE DEAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam and Japan broke an impasse in their free trade negotiations, with Japan yielding on some of Vietnam's demands for preferent [...] | 2008-10-10 04:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM |
| 08HANOI1173 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT PATRICK [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Kennedy: Ambassador Michalak and Mission Vietnam look forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral relationship, and the need to adequately support it with the construction of a New [...] | 2008-10-15 06:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ABLD VM |
| 08HANOI1258 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Cat Tien National Park. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral environmental relationship, especially as we seek to build on the progress made duri [...] | 2008-11-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM |
| 08HANOI1332 | AGENT ORANGE: DESPITE OBSTACLES, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Environmental Task Force (ETF),set up under the U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and its contaminant dioxin (JAC) (Reftel),the United States and Vietnam made substantial progress towards developing a remediation work plan for Da [...] | 2008-12-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
| 08HANOI1342 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAUCUS, DEC 16-20, 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...] | 2008-12-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM |
| 08HANOI1350 | CZECH REPUBLIC DETAILS DIOXIN CLEANUP EFFORTS AT FORMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Emboffs, David Jarkulisch, Commercial and Development officer at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, detailed November meetings between Czech technical and development experts and their Government of Vietnam (GVN) counterparts to negotiate dioxin rem [...] | 2008-12-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
| 08HANOI1417 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Michalak met with Director of the External Relations Department at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Lieutenant General Pham Thanh Lan, December 18 to discuss MIAs (both U.S. and Vietnamese),U.S. support for demining activities, Agent Orange remediation activities, and [...] | 2008-12-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 08HANOI147 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US-VN DIALOGUE GROUP ON AGENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, Ambassador Michalak met with the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange-Dioxin (Dialogue Group). Formed by the Aspen Institute, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Dialogue Group made its second visit to Vietnam to observe containment measures at the [...] | 2008-02-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
| 08HANOI160 | CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS: DIFFERENT LOCATION, SAME ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: While there has been apparent progress in defusing the dispute over the former Vatican residence in Hanoi, another dispute has arisen at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi where the GVN's approval of construction of a state-owned sewing factory on the disputed property triggered a wave of pro [...] | 2008-02-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM |
| 08HANOI194 | VIETNAM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE 2008 SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2008. One year after acceding to the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has continued efforts to put in place an effective legal regime to [...] | 2008-02-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD VM |
| 08HANOI225 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead, especially after bad weather in China forced the la [...] | 2008-02-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM |
| 08HANOI306 | VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) Your visit is a good opportunity to encourage Vietnam to continue the process of opening to the world and reforming internally. Vietnam's national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic and governance reform, and will be attentive to what you have to say. You [...] | 2008-03-17 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR |
| 08HANOI33 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the year ahead, which with focused effort should bring a further deepening in the bilateral relationship. While the relationship is broadening and [...] | 2008-01-10 06:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP VM |
| 08HANOI37 | FORD FOUNDATION GRANTEES HOST AGENT ORANGE DISABILITY FORUM [...] (U) Summary. On December 18, the Ford Foundation funded a national disabilities workshop focusing on Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminant dioxin. Various speakers highlighted the need for collective Government of Vietnam (GVN) and international support for the disabled suffering from war leg [...] | 2008-01-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
| 08HANOI370 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT: VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART II OF III [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. It is for official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable supplements Ref A and highlights the overarching health-related challenges facing Vietnam. We are proud [...] | 2008-04-01 01:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM |
| 08HANOI508 | DHHS SECRETARY LEAVITT FOCUSES ON PRODUCT SAFETY, INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Hanoi, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt successfully advocated for the United States and Vietnam to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on product safety in preparation for the upcoming visit to the United States by Vietnamese Pr [...] | 2008-05-05 06:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM |
| 08HANOI535 | AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...] | 2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM |
| 08HANOI588 | MOST RECENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK RECEDES [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials report that Vietnam's most recent outbreak of severe acute diarrhea is winding down. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) again responded promptly and effectively, victims from northern provinces that traveled to other parts of the country infected other people, dem [...] | 2008-05-20 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM |
| 08HANOI614 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Kramer: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to human rights in strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead. Overall, the U.S.-Vietnam re [...] | 2008-05-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM |
| 08HANOI677 | VIETNAM REQUESTS ENVIRONMENTAL DELIVERABLES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, the Minister and Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) detailed to the Ambassador priority issues for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) during the upcoming visit to Washington by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Both officials high [...] | 2008-06-09 02:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI731 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. VISIT OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Prime Minister views his June 24 White House meeting as an opportunity to confirm to all -- including those who hate us -- that the United States will remain a big part of Vietnam's future. In particular, he will celebrate our remarkable economic partnership, built on [...] | 2008-06-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR VM |
| 08HANOI88 | SOY SAUCE WAR: HCMC PROVINCIAL AIDS COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Newspaper reports highlighting corruption investigations of HCMC Provincial AIDS Committee (PAC) Vice Chairman Le Tran Giang have focused attention on his conduct but seem unlikely to lead to his dismissal. Dr. Giang has the political backing of HCMC People's Committee Vice Cha [...] | 2008-01-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID SNAR KHIV VM |
| 08HANOI934 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY, AUG. 21 to 24, 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...] | 2008-08-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM |
| 08HANOI944 | Harassment of Protestants in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa Province [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, post has received reports of three separate incidents of harassment by local authorities of two Full Gospel Church congregations in Thanh Hoa Province to the south of Hanoi. While post has yet to independently confirm the reports, the sources are reliable and [...] | 2008-08-14 08:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL VM |
| 08HANOI965 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STEPHEN [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that is gathering momentum in the wake of the Vietnamese Prime Minis [...] | 2008-08-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
| 08HARARE1119 | DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR CHOLERA [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 15). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Beginning in August 2008, cholera outbreaks have spread to affect 9 of the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe. A breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure has exacerbated Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, and the nation's c [...] | 2008-12-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 08HARARE1129 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] As of December 15, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 18,413 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 978 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.3 percent. Humanitarian organizations consider a CFR over 1 percen [...] | 2008-12-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
| 08HARARE1134 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] As of December 18, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 20,896 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,123 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.4 percent. According to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) [...] | 2008-12-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
| 08HARARE1137 | ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART HEALTH AND WASH ASSESSMENT [...] The current cholera outbreak inZimbabwe began in August 2008. The outbreak resuled from a lack of access to clean water and non-unctional sanitation systems, largely due to the crrent regime's lack of maintenance, allowing forthe rapid spread of cholera through the country nd across borders, c [...] | 2008-12-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI |
| 08HARARE366 | COCA COLA, HAMMERED BUT IN ZIMBABWE TO STAY [...] (U) Coca Cola is in Zimbabwe for the long haul, but the company and its bottlers are plagued by the problems of labor retention, access to foreign exchange, sugar procurement, punitive price controls, and power and water outages. A senior executive believed that the technical state of the bot [...] | 2008-04-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ASEC ZI |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY136 | TWO DISSIDENTS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON, POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Political dissidents Truong Quoc Huy and Hang Tan Phat were both sentenced to six years in prison and three years probation for "propagandizing against the Government" on January 29, 2008. Huy, a member of Bloc 8406, has been in custody since his August 2006 arrest during the height of t [...] | 2008-02-01 06:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM VM |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY451 | GVN SENTENCES THREE MORE HCMC POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three democracy activists from the Bach Dang Giang (BDG) group have been sentenced to two to five year jail terms in HCMC. The three were found guilty by the HCMC People's Court on April 25 of violating Article 88 of the GVN criminal code by "propagandizing against the state." [...] | 2008-04-28 10:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY689 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...] | 2008-07-28 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY692 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...] | 2008-07-29 09:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY753 | EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the GVN's goal of ethnic minority development in the Central Highlands, ethnic minorities continue to lag behind their Kinh counterparts in education, and as a result in almost every other economic enterprise. Due to cultural, historical, and pedagogical obstacles to edu [...] | 2008-08-21 08:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON VM |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY815 | BLOGGER DIEU CAY CONVICTED FOR TAX EVASION [...] (C) Blogger "Dieu Cay" (whose real name is Nguyen Van Dai) and his wife were tried today in HCMC on tax evasion charges in a HCMC district court. Cay was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and fined $48,000, or twice the amount prosecutors claimed he owed in back taxes. His wife received a one [...] | 2008-09-11 09:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 08HONGKONG1070 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT WING FAT TRADING CO/SHENZHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 08:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 08HONGKONG1221 | PANDEMIC PLANNING: HONG KONG RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Consulate General Hong Kong appreciates the updated pandemic planning guidance and clarifications in reftel A, and submits the following response regarding Hong Kong and Macau preparedness and pandemic planning. Post is taking/has taken the following actions: 2. (SBU) Consulate Emplo [...] | 2008-07-07 01:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PINR CH HK |
| 08HONGKONG819 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ACETONE SOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 02:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI1 | SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1, [...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...] | 2008-01-16 08:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC PGOV PINR |
| 08ISLAMABAD1384 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/28/08 [...] (U) Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the past two weeks up to March 28, 2008. ODRP FATA Activities -------------------- 2. (SBU) CCMR Contact Group: The [...] | 2008-04-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD1528 | PROFILE: PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Foreign Minister. Qureshi is a polished and pro-western politician from Punjab; however, he is a longstanding political rival of newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani. Qureshi is a relative newcomer [...] | 2008-04-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 08ISLAMABAD191 | AMBASSADOR PATTERSON MEETS WITH CARETAKER FINANCE MINISTER [...] SUMMARY. In a January 4 meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance Salman Shah, Ambassador Patterson inquired about the state of Pakistan's economy following the violence after Bhutto's December 27 assassination and raised commercial advocacy issues, coalition support funds, anti-money launderi [...] | 2008-01-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID |
| 08ISLAMABAD1931 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD1934 | ANP'S KHAN LOBBIES FOR SWAT AGREEMENT; DISAVOWS [...] (C) Summary: Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) Lynne Tracy met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad May 23 to discuss the peace agreements being negotiated in Swat and in South Waziristan, separately. Khan was emphatic that the ANP would only take responsibility for [...] | 2008-05-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 08ISLAMABAD1970 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD2000 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-31 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD2515 | COALITION SECURITY MEETING: FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: PM Gilani chaired a seven hour meeting of coalition partners on July 23 to discuss the security situation. It produced a predictable statement affirming the GOP's three-pronged strategy of political engagement, economic development and force when needed. The public accent was o [...] | 2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 08ISLAMABAD2940 | AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...] | 2008-09-06 05:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL |
| 08ISLAMABAD3139 | SEPTEMBER 20 MARRIOTT BOMBING: EFFECT ON LOCAL BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Marriott hotel bombing on September 20 caused significant damage to an office building directly adjacent to the hotel, which contained primarily information technology (IT) companies, including local offices of some large American and multinational corporations. Other busin [...] | 2008-09-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3183 | TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...] | 2008-10-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 09, 2008 [...] "Military Seeks Politicians' Support to Fight Militants; Opposition Dissatisfied" "Dawn" (10/09) "The military took elected representatives of the nation into confidence on Wednesday about the worsening situation in FATA, NWFP and Balochistan and the U.S.-led 'war on terror' during a joint [...] | 2008-10-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3248 | PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE [...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...] | 2008-10-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3332 | LASHKARS FORMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE AWAKENING [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In various agencies within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and parts of the Northwest Frontier Province, local communities are raising homegrown security forces to fight militants, known as lashkars. These lashkars are fully supported logistically by their lo [...] | 2008-10-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
| 08ISLAMABAD3337 | FATA TRIBES SIGN PEACE ACCORD FOR KURRAM AGENCY [...] (C) Summary. On October 17, Border Coordinator met with Munir Khan Orakzai, Member of the National Assembly from lower Kurram agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Area, to discuss the recent peace agreement brokered during a three-day jirga held in Islamabad in which he participated. A [...] | 2008-10-22 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3419 | FATA UPDATE - 24 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military operations in Bajaur continue, but Inspector General Frontier Corps MG Tariq Khan says his forces are making good progress. They have cleared most of the main towns and the main road, and say they have taken the town of Lowi Sam, although attacks by militants c [...] | 2008-10-30 02:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD357 | START UP OF NEW USAID OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY: The relationship between the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and traditional tribal structures in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is under increased pressure because of the spread of fundamentalist extremism, foreign terrorist involvement, PakistanQs military activities in [...] | 2008-01-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3627 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military and Frontier Corps have made progress in clearing the main north-south corridor in Bajaur and forces are poised to move into Mohmand Agency to begin operations. The latest attack on the Salarzai tribe served to underscore the need for adequate post-conflict se [...] | 2008-11-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3903 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 22, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD391 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have exper [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD392 | AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have experience [...] | 2008-01-26 03:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3944 | FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, [...] (C) Fighting decreased slightly in Bajaur during the second week of December because of the Eid holiday. Consulate contacts claimed that security forces were consolidating their gains in Bajaur during the week and had secured the road all the way to Nawagai, the town at the border of Bajaur a [...] | 2008-12-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD822 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/22/08 [...] (U) This cable covers this week's developments in USG programs in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its border with Afghanistan. 2. (C) FATA Briefings --------------------- The Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, ODRP Chief, and the Deputy Director of USAID [...] | 2008-02-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD872 | POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAH MEHMOOD [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With hi [...] | 2008-02-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
| 08ISLAMABAD9 | PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...] | 2008-01-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD932 | FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK |
| 08ISTANBUL199 | CUKUROVA MEDIA SAYS U.S. BEARS IMAGE BURDEN OF [...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 meeting, Consul General and senior management and editors from the Cukurova Media Group discussed US-Turkey relations. The media representatives identified Kurdish Northern Iraq as a major source of negative public opinion about the U.S., as well as a more "conte [...] | 2008-04-22 17:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ISTANBUL487 | GULEN MOVEMENT AFFILIATES PLAN TURKISH-ARMENIAN [...] Summary. Gulen-affiliated organizations are planning a multi-cultural event April 2-5, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California, titled "Anatolian Cultures & Food Festival/ Discovering Turkey." The festival will inform the local community about Anatolian Culture and the contributions to it of (among o [...] | 2008-09-10 13:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU AM GR |
| 08ISTANBUL611 | NO QUICK END IN SIGHT FOR ERGENEKON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: Because of the peculiarities of the Turkish judicial system, the Ergenekon trial of 85 defendants suspected of plotting to overthrow the Turkish state is expected to last at least a year, and perhaps much longer. End Summary. 2. (U) We recently interviewed three prominent la [...] | 2008-12-15 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
| 08JAKARTA1174 | PAPUA -- GOI PLANNING FOR CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Indonesian official told Congressman Faleomavaega that President Yudhoyono supported the idea of the Congressman's returning to Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesian legislators have also invited Mr. Faleomavaega to Papua and plan to press the GOI that they, to [...] | 2008-06-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA1243 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY 2008 [...] According to Tri Widayati, Director of Ozone Protection of the State Ministry of Environment (MOE),most operators of industrial-size chilling/air-conditioning units will have replaced those units with new ones that use environmentally friendly Freon, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) 123 [...] | 2008-06-26 01:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA1380 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008 [...] On June 7, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation released 25 orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Bukit Batikap protected forest, Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan. According to BOS, the orangutans were victims of palm oil plantation expansion. BOS Communication Manager Nina Nuraisyah st [...] | 2008-07-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA1509 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...] | 2008-08-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA2016 | U.S. ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MISSION [...] (SBU) This telegram is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains business sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Twenty-six U.S. company leaders from the ASEAN Business Council used high-level meetings to address company-specific issues with some success. The [...] | 2008-10-31 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ID |
| 08JAKARTA2181 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008 [...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...] | 2008-12-01 04:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA2182 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008 [...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...] | 2008-12-01 04:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA307 | PROPOSED NORTHERN TRANS-KALIMANTAN HIGHWAY UNDERMINES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has strong reservations about a proposed Northern Trans-Kalimantan Highway (NTKH),which is the focus of an AsDB technical assistance grant for a pre-feasibility study. The economic rationale for the road is weak, and we support the USG decision to express several reservat [...] | 2008-02-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA548 | ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Jakarta co-hosted a reception on March 14 with National Geographic (NG) and Indonesian television network ANTV at the Ambassador's residence. More than 200 guests from the media, government, civil society, and the private sector attended. The event, titled "Celebrate Indo [...] | 2008-03-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ID |
| 08JAKARTA566 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2008 [...] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) praised Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the January 30 Congressional Record for his engagement on forestry and orangutan protection. President Yudhoyono highlighted the link between orangutan protection, forest conservation, and the reduction of gre [...] | 2008-03-19 00:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JAKARTA664 | THOMAS FRIEDMAN EXPLORES PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN [...] (U) Summary: On a visit to Indonesia in late March to conduct research for his upcoming book, author Thomas Friedman traveled to North Sumatra to look at efforts to protect the environment (reftel). Accompanied by the Ambassador, USAID officers, NGO representatives and the owner of a local en [...] | 2008-04-03 00:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA883 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- MORE JI CONVICTIONS; BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news, five members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya (JI) have been convicted of terrorism and sentenced to prison. Also, the three Bali bombers on death row continue to attempt to postpone their execution date by pressing for another appeal [...] | 2008-05-05 05:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 08JAKARTA889 | POOR HEALTH RESULTS FROM 2007 DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary Demographic Health Survey (DHS) results provide evidence of poor performance of the recently decentralized health system in Indonesia and slowed progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDG). There is no evidence of continued reduction of child death risk over [...] | 2008-05-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KLFU AMGT PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA890 | INDONESIA'S SINAR MAS FORESTRY GROUP ON NGO PARTNERSHIPS, [...] (SBU) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its Indonesian fiber supplier, Sinar Mas Forestry (SMF) wants to collaborate with environmental NGOs to improve the management and conservation value of its concessions, according to Fergus MacDonald, General Manager of Conservation Management. He points out t [...] | 2008-05-06 01:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA90 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2007 [...] Three Jakarta junior high school students won a video news competition on November 22 with a five-minute documentary on a mangrove forest in Pulau Rambut, Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The short film focused on the forest as a wildlife habitat and protector against coastal erosion. The competiti [...] | 2008-01-16 05:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 08JERUSALEM2263 | HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...] | 2008-12-18 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS |
| 08JERUSALEM546 | SETTLERS RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 26 visit PolOff verified that settlers maintain a presence at Homesh settlement, which was evacuated in 2005. PolOff met 5 youths and a rabbi at Homesh who said they had re-established the yeshiva there. PolOff saw no IDF presence at the settlement. END SUMMARY 2 [...] | 2008-03-27 16:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
| 08JERUSALEM657 | PA STRIKE ENDS; FAYYAD PLEASED WITH OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) came to an agreement with its employees' unions on April 14 to end months of labor disputes that had resulted in intermittent public sector strikes. The two sides agreed that the strikes would end in exchange for a promise to pay salary arrears wit [...] | 2008-04-16 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG |
| 08JERUSALEM689 | SETTLERS CONFIRM PLAN TO BUILD NEW UNITS IN ELKANA [...] (SBU) Responding to press reports of new construction planned in Elkana and Ariel, YESHA contacts said the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved tenders on April 17 for 52 units in Elkana and 48 in Ariel. These contacts said the Elkana development involves converting 52 "cubiot" caravans [...] | 2008-04-21 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PBTS IS |
| 08KABUL1492 | CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian security and development efforts in Afghanistan are substantial and noteworthy. Canada is a leading troop contributor. Its troops are placed in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces, where they suffer frequent casualties. Canada is also a major donor, with Afghanistan represe [...] | 2008-06-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM AF CA |
| 08KABUL2779 | Kunar Preparing for Influx of Refugees from Bajaur [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: An estimated 180 Afghan families living in Pakistan have fled into Afghanistan's Kunar province after Bajaur Agency issued an October 3 order directing all Afghans to leave within three days. Kunar Province's Dep [...] | 2008-10-17 03:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD EFIN AF PK TI |
| 08KABUL566 | KUNDUZ DAIRY FACTORY LOOKS FOR BUYER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kunduz dairy factory, the largest example of private investment in the city since the fall of the Taliban, is contemplating a sale to a local investor. The USD 8 million factory has never been used due to high input costs, low market price for dairy products and limited dema [...] | 2008-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON AF |
| 08KAMPALA19 | UGANDA'S BORDER FEELS IMPACT OF KENYA'S UNREST [...] Summary: EconOff traveled to Malaba, Tororo District and to Busia, Busia District on January 3 to monitor border developments and to potentially assist Amcits seeking shelter in Uganda. Immigration and customs officers reported no violent disturbances along the border, but noted that hundred [...] | 2008-01-07 04:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG |
| 08KAMPALA58 | UPDF ACTIVITY IN KENYA HIGHLY UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU has strongly rejected press reports and Orange Democratic Movement allegations that Ugandan forces are active in Kenya. The US Mission in Uganda has seen no evidence of any GOU involvement in western Kenya; to the contrary, the GOU appears to be treating border issues [...] | 2008-01-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV UG |
| 08KARACHI627 | ETHNIC VIOLENCE SHAKES KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Up to 50 people have been killed in violent ethnic riots between Pashtuns and Mohajirs since November 27. While the specific action that sparked sporadic attacks is unclear, the ruling Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) movement has been warning for months of the increased 'taliba [...] | 2008-12-03 14:10:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI PK |
| 08KATHMANDU1116 | NEPALESE FORCES DEPLOYING TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Due to the Government of Nepal's (GON's) closure October 6-10, and post's own closure October 6-9, post has been unable to contact any high-level host government counterparts to assess the GON's readiness to make good on its previous pledge to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...] | 2008-10-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU NP |
| 08KATHMANDU308 | NEPAL: WORLD BANK PLANS PAYMENTS TO MAOIST [...] (C) On March 12, the World Bank Country Director for Nepal, Susan Goldmark, briefed the Ambassador on the World Bank's proposal to provide approximately USD 40 million in International Development Association (IDA) funding to the Government of Nepal (GON) for payments to Maoist combatants and [...] | 2008-03-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
| 08KHARTOUM1292 | GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...] | 2008-08-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU |
| 08KHARTOUM1295 | GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...] | 2008-08-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU |
| 08KHARTOUM421 | UNAMID WILL BRING SECURITY BUT NOT A PEACE DEAL, SAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur needs security before traditional leaders can play any role in tribal reconciliation, an indigenous NGO leader and Darfur expert told emboff in two separate meetings in El-Fasher on March 19. Contacts emphasized that the Government of Sudan's recent push for tribal rec [...] | 2008-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
| 08KHARTOUM463 | NORTH DARFUR'S ARABS: PLAYING THE VICTIM, WANTING A SEAT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, Darfur's northern Arab tribal leaders told emboff that they are victims that should be included in any negotiations on Darfur's future. In separate meetings the week of March 23, UN staff, local NGOS, and leaders from other ethnic groups emphasized that many of D [...] | 2008-03-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
| 08KHARTOUM646 | SUDAN AGREES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Sudan agreed to release long-delayed NEC containers beginning the morning of April 29 with all in country released by the end of the week. The Sudanese are also clearing up any remaining UNAMID shipment backlog in anticipation of a continuing dialogue with the US, the MFA's Under [...] | 2008-04-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | SU ASEC ABLD AMGT PGOV PREL |
| 08KIGALI758 | TWO CONVICTED, TWO ACQUITTED, IN 1994 REVENGE [...] (U) On October 24, a Rwandan military court sentenced two army captains to eight years in jail for the murder of 15 Catholic clergy and lay brothers, including several bishops, in June 1994 near Kabgayi, a Catholic church complex. Two other officers, a general and major, were acquitted by the [...] | 2008-10-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
| 08KINSHASA758 | Chairman's summary of September 1, 2008 Special [...] Introduction Representatives of the signatories of the Nairobi Communique of 9 November 2007 met on 1 September 2008 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to assess progress made in the implementation of the Communique. This was the fifth meeting at Special Envoy level [...] | 2008-09-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 08KINSHASA946 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 20:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
| 08KOLKATA37 | BIHAR SEES A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN POLIO CASES IN 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Compared to 2006, the state of Bihar saw a significant rise in polio cases in 2007 of nearly 43 percent. Because of the increase in the number of cases, UNICEF and the Bihar Public Health Department, following Indian Expert Advisory Group on Polio guidelines, have stepped-up their [...] | 2008-01-30 07:27:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV SENV PGOV IN |
| 08KOLKATA99 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - CONNECTING BURMA AND INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project linking the landlocked states in Northeast India with Sittwe port in Myanmar holds the promise of making Mizoram an economic gateway, and providing India with access to international trade routes via the Bay of Bengal. The tentative ste [...] | 2008-03-19 12:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV PGOV ETRD EWWT EPET IN BM BG |
| 08KUALALUMPUR494 | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) [...] (U) At the Seventh Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VII) in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 26-29, 2008, delegates adopted a revised Program Structure to bring the Sub-Commission in line with IOC priorities and IOC and UNESCO planning and budget [...] | 2008-06-12 04:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID TPHY ECON PREL IOC |
| 08KUALALUMPUR774 | MALAYSIA'S 2009 BUDGET: CARING FOR THE POOR AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29 Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled to Parliament a populist expansionary 2009 budget proposal designed to garner public support for the ruling coalition government. Billed as a "caring" budget during hard economic times, it increases the government's opera [...] | 2008-09-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV MY |
| 08KUALALUMPUR915 | UMNO COALESCING AROUND NAJIB; ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Parliament reconvened on October 13 after a six week recess, with initial discussion focused on the 2009 budget rather than opposition moves to bring down the government. Despite speaking for four and a half hours on the opening day, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim did not [...] | 2008-10-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MY |
| 08KUWAIT808 | U/S JARALLAH: IRANIAN WHEEDLING, IRAQI DAWDLING, [...] (C) During their July 15 meeting, Ambassador chided MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah over Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi's public criticism that USG policy toward Iran was "provocative," noting that now is not the time for irresponsible rhetoric. Al-Jarallah characterized as "ve [...] | 2008-07-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL PBTS KU |
| 08KYIV1047 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...] | 2008-05-29 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP |
| 08KYIV109 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...] | 2008-01-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | UP PGOV PREL GG |
| 08KYIV1144 | UKRAINE: NATO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been no official launching ceremony, but a combination of recent NATO-related Presidential decrees, Cabinet adoption of a multi-year Euroatlantic information campaign, and passage of amendments to the 2008 state budget have given critical mass to Ukraine's NATO informa [...] | 2008-06-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV1356 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAFE, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE FAILS [...] (C) Summary. In a nail-biting vote, Prime Minister Tymoshenko was given a reprieve after Party of Regions' resolution of no confidence in the Cabinet failed, garnering only 174 votes. After a lengthy diatribe from Regions MP Azarov, Tymoshenko gave an impassioned defense of her government's [...] | 2008-07-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV1461 | UKRAINE: GOU SIGNALS INTEREST IN TRILATERAL BYPASS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Deputy Energy Minister Volodymyr Makukha signaled interest to DAS Matthew Bryza on July 24 in a possible EU/USG/GOU project to boost gas transit capacity through Ukraine in exchange for increased transparency in Ukraine's energy sector by constructing the Bohorodchany-Uzhgorod bypass pipe [...] | 2008-07-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP |
| 08KYIV1630 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...] | 2008-08-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
| 08KYIV1672 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, Deputy Presidential Secretariat Head Andriy Kyslynskiy publicly accused PM Tymoshenko of colluding with Russia in exchange for Moscow's support of her expected run for the presidency in 2009/2010. On August 21, acting head of the Security Service of Ukr [...] | 2008-08-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UP |
| 08KYIV1804 | ORANGE COALITION CRISIS: NO SIGN OF RECONCILIATION [...] (C) The Orange coalition has shown no movement toward reconciliation since the September 2 vote by President Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" party to withdraw. PM Tymoshenko, reportedly surprised by Our Ukraine's sudden exit, expressed willingness to meet with Yushchenko to try and work out a deal [...] | 2008-09-11 17:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV1860 | ORANGE COALITION ENDS; CLOCK STARTS ON NEW [...] (C) As expected, on September 16 Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk announced the termination of the Orange Coalition, starting the 30-day clock on formation of a new coalition and, failing that, providing the option for President Yushchenko to call new elections. With parties continuing to jockey for ad [...] | 2008-09-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV192 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHES AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko is moving forward with his plans to further amend the constitution in an effort to clarify poorly written articles, but constitutional experts are not convinced that this process will succeed. Yushchenko issued a decree in late December 2007 forming the Nat [...] | 2008-01-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV194 | UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR HEARS THAT ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In Kyiv meetings with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) January 15-16, President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko, opposition representatives and local business leaders all discussed the importance of energy issues for Ukraine. President Yushchenko talked in detail about ways to transport Cen [...] | 2008-01-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON PGOV UP |
| 08KYIV1943 | RADA UPDATE: COALITION TALKS INCONCLUSIVE; DROP [...] (C) Negotiations continue between President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) to re-form the Orange coalition in conjunction with potential new partner, the Lytvyn Bloc. This would avoid early elections, a goal PM Tymoshenko appears st [...] | 2008-09-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV1966 | TYMOSHENKO CALLS YUSHCHENKO'S BLUFF [...] (C) On October 1, PM Tymoshenko announced that her BYuT faction would accept all Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) ultimatums and conditions in order to form a three-party coalition, keep orange forces together, and avoid early elections. At the same time, Tymoshenko predicted Yushc [...] | 2008-10-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV200 | UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED HEARS ABOUT FRAGILE [...] (C) Summary. In A/S Fried's meetings with top Ukrainian leaders, all dominated by discussions about Ukraine's pending request for a NATO MAP (septel),the internal political subtext was fragility, distrust, and creeping dissatisfaction from all parties about the current government and its pos [...] | 2008-01-31 06:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV2024 | PARTY OF REGIONS APPEARS UNITED FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) The Party of Regions appears united around the upcoming election challenge. Fundraising and organizing for the pre-term election started in early September. Deputies will soon start heading to the oblasts for campaigning. Regions expects to increase its share of Rada seats by focusing i [...] | 2008-10-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2112 | TYMOSHENKO BLOC IN EFFORT TO REUNITE ORANGE CAMP; [...] (C) President Yushchenko announced on October 20 the suspension of his decree dissolving the parliament, but still called for early parliamentary elections December 14. Yushchenko also called on the Rada to pass a package of legislation to combat the worsening economic situation and to amend t [...] | 2008-10-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2166 | ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION PASSES FIRST READING; [...] (C) Rada faction leaders on October 29 broke a legislative impasse by agreeing to consider IMF required anti-crisis legislation before President Yushchenko's early election amendments package. The anti-crisis package passed, drawing unanimous support from the Prime Minister and President's bl [...] | 2008-10-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2174 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...] | 2008-10-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2188 | UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...] | 2008-11-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP |
| 08KYIV2191 | RADA PASSES FINAL ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION: [...] (C) On October 31 the Rada passed compromise anti-crisis legislation, a critical step towards Ukraine's receipt of a $16.5 billion IMF assistance package (Ref A). PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) voted with a majority of Lytvyn Bloc MPs to pass the le [...] | 2008-11-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP |
| 08KYIV2211 | TYMOSHENKO CONTINUES TO PUSH ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko continues to push for a renewed Orange coalition. She believes President Yushchenko will block any new coalition and maintain his pursuit of early parliamentary elections in the hope of reaching a deal with the Party of Regions (Regions) to secure a second term i [...] | 2008-11-07 07:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2289 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...] | 2008-11-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2354 | UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...] | 2008-12-02 05:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP |
| 08KYIV2414 | UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL POL UP |
| 08KYIV2440 | PARTY OF REGIONS GEARS UP TO OPPOSE NEW COALITION [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions appears resigned to the new three faction coalition led by PM Tymoshenko's bloc, announced December 9. Regions contacts note that even if the parties are able to sign a coalition agreement, they lack a solid voting majority in the Rada. Regions MPs expressed l [...] | 2008-12-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 08KYIV2464 | UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...] | 2008-12-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2538 | UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...] | 2008-12-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV299 | UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...] | 2008-02-07 05:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP |
| 08KYIV303 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...] | 2008-02-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
| 08KYIV334 | UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER YEKHANUROV PICKS UP THE [...] (C - REL NATO) Summary: New Defense Minister, and former Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov is an experienced bureaucratic insider with close ties to President Yushchenko who will be an ardent supporter of Ukraine's request for a NATO MAP and movement toward European standards and interoperabili [...] | 2008-02-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP |
| 08KYIV386 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIDENT ABOUT MAP AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, President Yushchenko made the case that Ukrainians are ready for MAP and closer ties with NATO, providing polling data showing that only a small portion of the population wanted a referendum on membership in NATO now. In response [...] | 2008-02-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
| 08KYIV408 | UKRAINE: REGIONS PROPOSES PACKAGE TO UNBLOCK RADA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Rada failed to open as scheduled on February 21 with Regions continuing to blockade the rostrum. However, opposition leader Yanukovych proposed an end to the blockade in exchange for positive Rada consideration of ten legislative initiatives. A parliamentary rou [...] | 2008-02-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
| 08KYIV453 | UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH PUSHING FOR NEW COALITION, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 25 meeting, Party of Regions leader Yanukovych reiterated to the Ambassador all his old points about Ukraine's relations with NATO not requiring a MAP at this juncture, then proceeded to lay out three scenarios for the Rada, all of which would change the current [...] | 2008-02-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV527 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...] | 2008-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UP |
| 08KYIV606 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Kyiv provides a historic opportunity to acknowledge the democratic transformation that has occurred in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution and to encourage further steps to consolidate reform and bring Ukraine fully into Europe. You will encounter intense interest i [...] | 2008-03-21 13:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP |
| 08KYIV706 | UKRAINE/MTCR/WASSENAAR: SYRIAN MILITARY ENGINE [...] (S-REL UP) We provided ref A talking points April 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos during an previously planned meeting. Belokolos said he would distribute our information regarding Motor Sich's contract to overhaul Syrian military aircraft engi [...] | 2008-04-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM ETTC MARR MTCRE PREL SY CH UP |
| 08KYIV756 | UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED - [...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...] | 2008-04-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV771 | UKRAINE: CRACKS IN THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the President, Prime Minister, OU-PSD, and BYuT all say they want the democratic coalition to last, public infighting, growing distrust, and mutual recriminations are making the tenuous majority even shakier. An April 16 spat erupted over the vote for the President's law [...] | 2008-04-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV832 | UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. With early Kyiv mayor and city council elections scheduled for May 25, and 150 candidates already declared, the race to control the capital city is being seen as an early showdown in the run-up to the presidential elections in late 2009/early 2010. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BY [...] | 2008-04-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV873 | UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL GAME HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and adviser to the Prime Minister Zadorozhniy separately described to the Ambassador that BYuT-Regions collaboration on a new constitution was a reality that would move along quickly and that cooperation between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymo [...] | 2008-05-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV902 | UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING, BUT ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Cracks in the coalition appeared to widen May 12-13 as the two sides faced off in the Rada and in public comments from President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. Privately, Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that coalition was de facto dead, because the President had set hi [...] | 2008-05-13 16:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV951 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...] | 2008-05-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP |
| 08KYIV954 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO GETS HIS CABMIN LAW [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko won a tactical victory on May 16, when Prime Minister Tymoshenko's faction in the parliament backed down after a week's stand-off and agreed to vote for the new law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which the President has been pushing for since December. Yushchen [...] | 2008-05-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV960 | UKRAINE: COALITION TOGETHER FOR NOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary. For now, Ukraine's fragile coalition is holding itself together -- barely-- for a variety of reasons and in spite of the public bickering and threats, and could continue to muddle along for weeks or months. All parties are reluctant to return to expensive and time-consuming new [...] | 2008-05-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08KYIV97 | UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR MEETS NEW GOVERNMENT; [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's plan to request a MAP at the April NATO Bucharest Summit dominated discussion during visiting Senator Richard Lugar's January 15 meetings with President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and opposition representatives. Yushchenko expressed the strong hope that Ukraine's request [...] | 2008-01-16 13:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
| 08KYIV975 | UKRAINE: KYIV MAYORAL ELECTION REMAIQHIGHLY [...] (C) Summary. With the May 25 elections for the Kyiv mayor's office and city council drawing nearer, heated accusations of cheating and sabotage among the major players are increasing as all prepare for the vote, the outcome of which is still unpredictable. Also troubling, a majority of mem [...] | 2008-05-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 08LAGOS244 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MILITANTS LEARN NON-VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary: U.S. scholar Dr. Bernard LaFayette led training in the principles and practice of nonviolence for 600 Niger Delta militants; the training was sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through Nigeria's Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN). Sheriff Mulade, Nationa [...] | 2008-07-10 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS3 | NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AS IMPLEMENTED IN LAGOS [...] (U) Summary: The Lagos state government presently has no specified office overseeing procurement; each ministry or agency executes its own annual budget. The Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget acts as a "due process" office; it monitors and evaluates contracts and projects to ensure that [...] | 2008-01-03 13:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS322 | NIGERIA: GGESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Subcommittee on Sustainable Development (SSD) of the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) met on July 14 in Akwa Ibom (AI) State. Participants for the State Government, international oil companies, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and banks agreed to provi [...] | 2008-08-11 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS409 | PIRACY SLOWLY KILLING NIGERIAN COASTAL FISHING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NOAA EPA FWS NI |
| 08LAGOS434 | NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...] | 2008-11-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS448 | NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...] | 2008-11-14 09:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS464 | NIGERIA: NGO BRINGS URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 07:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI NI |
| 08LAHORE261 | REQUEST FOR FIRE INSPECTION TEAM ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Post requests OBO/OM/FIR send a team of cleared Americans to inspect and repair Post's malfunctioning System 3 Fire Alarm. 2. (S) Over the past two months Post has experienced a series of problems of increasing severity with the System 3 Fire Alarm, the panel for which is located in t [...] | 2008-09-04 10:18:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ABLD ACOA |
| 08LAPAZ1024 | BOLIVIAN MAY DAY GAS NATIONALIZATIONS [...] (C) President Morales announced on May 1 the next step in "consolidating the nationalization" of the hydrocarbon sector begun two years ago. In a series of decrees, the government mandated the acquisition of a 50 plus 1 percent shares of the three capitalized companies of Andina, Chaco, and [...] | 2008-05-02 22:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL |
| 08LAPAZ1322 | BOLIVIAN MINING: COOPERATIVE CHALLENGES [...] Summary: On May 29 and 30 Emboff traveled with representatives of mining cooperatives, at their invitation, to visit cooperative mines and separation plants in north Potosi (note: As of June 9, this region is impassable due to road blockades by cooperatives, private miners, and treatment facil [...] | 2008-06-11 20:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BO |
| 08LAPAZ1657 | BOLIVIA: ELECTORAL COURTS CHANGE RECALL RULES [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation offered to the diplomatic corps on August 1, National Electoral Court President Jose Exeni announced that the National Court and seven of nine Departmental (state) courts had agreed to modify the rules for revocation of the prefects: now more than 50 percent will [...] | 2008-08-01 19:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL |
| 08LAPAZ2035 | EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/18-CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG, formed by agreement of EAC on 9/17) met 9/18 to discuss contingency planning for a low probability but high risk event: President Evo Morales is removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG core will consist of RSO, ORA, DEA, MG [...] | 2008-09-19 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER CASC BL |
| 08LAPAZ2083 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/23 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, GSO, ECOP, DEA, NAS, USAID, ORA, DAO, MSG, MILGRP, IPC, MED, SSAT, and others) met September 23 at 1600 to discuss the current situation in Santa Cruz, where government supporters (some armed) have surrou [...] | 2008-09-24 17:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL |
| 08LAPAZ2422 | IRANIAN BANKING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On November 7, EconOff delivered Iranian Banking Demarche (reftel) to Maria Mendoza, Head of the Americas Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The demarche was given orally along with a white paper in Spanish. Mendoza took issue with the "casual nature" of the white paper. She [...] | 2008-11-12 14:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BL |
| 08LAPAZ2543 | UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...] | 2008-12-05 23:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL |
| 08LAPAZ661 | BOLIVIAN MINING: CONFLICTIVE "COOPERATIVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: As high world mineral prices encourage the re-opening of areas previously considered "mined out", Bolivia's cooperative miners have regained political street power. Various estimates suggest that up to 100,000 miners work in cooperatives, semi-socialist organizations that are [...] | 2008-03-25 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV ELAB BL |
| 08LIMA1338 | PERU 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The following is an updated version of post's submission (ref A) for the State Department's 2008 527 Report (ref B). The updates are to Claimant D's cases. 2. (U) Begin text. The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a [...] | 2008-08-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE |
| 08LISBON886 | LISBON-MADRID JOINT COUNTRY TEAM [...] This is a joint message from Embassies Lisbon and Madrid. 2. SUMMARY: On March 25, the Country Teams of Embassies Lisbon and Madrid met to discuss law enforcement issues, counter-terrorism, common multilateral challenges, military cooperation strategy, and cost savings measures, as well as [...] | 2008-04-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BMGT SP PO |
| 08LJUBLJANA23 | EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA MEETING FINDS COMMON [...] (C) At the January 11 U.S. - EU Troika meeting, A/S Fried and EU Presidency, Council, and Commission representatives generally found common ground on Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Burma. On Iran, the EU advised that even a weak UNSCR would help pave the way for stronger EU sanctions. The [...] | 2008-01-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY ECON ENRG SI |
| 08LONDON1777 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND SUBMITS RENDITION [...] (S/NF) Foreign Office Director for Defence and Strategic Threats Simon Manley informed Poloff July 2 that the Foreign Office would submit Foreign Secretary Miliband's written statement on rendition to Parliament July 2, for entry into Parliamentary records July 3. Manley said the statement (see [...] | 2008-07-03 11:28:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UK |
| 08LONDON2035 | IMO: FLAG STATE IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE - [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 16th Session of the Flag State Implementation Sub- Committee (FSI 16) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by eighty members, three associate members, one state n [...] | 2008-08-05 11:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK TU JA |
| 08LONDON2451 | UK PM GORDON BROWN REASSERTS HIS LEADERSHIP AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE, BUT DAVID CAMERON LOOMS REF: A. LONDON 2163 B. LONDON 2010 C. LONDON 623 D. LONDON 1991 [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Gordon Brown succeeded in reestablishing his authority at the Labour Party's Fall Conference in Manchester September 20-24, cutting the Conservative Party's lead in half in post-conference polling and buying himself some time against a serious leadership challenge. Brown [...] | 2008-09-25 16:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
| 08LONDON331 | IRAN: UPDATE ON UK'S APPEAL OF MEK DE-LISTING [...] (C) Summary. The FCO told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) the UK's Court of Appeals will decide in mid-February whether to hear HMG's appeal of a 2007 order to de-list the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) and, if it hears the case, will also decide the merits of the appeal. Even if HMG loses this stag [...] | 2008-02-01 16:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR UK |
| 08MADRID1351 | SPAIN: IPR PIRACY GETTING MORE ATTENTION [...] (SBU) In addition to IPR-related developments reported in ref A, the Ministry of Culture recently unveiled a new IPR enforcement manual, prepared in concert with law enforcement agencies and rights-holders' organizations. Meanwhile, the country's largest copyright management society has come [...] | 2008-12-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCRM KIPR SP |
| 08MADRID137 | SPAIN: CHARGE DISCUSSES IPR, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, [...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Spanish Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez-Hernandez (Deputy Justice Minister equivalent) that focused primarily on our pending request to extradite alleged Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar (SEPTEL),the Charge also raised USG concerns on intellectua [...] | 2008-02-11 08:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KOCI KIPR ETRD ECON KIRF KJAN CVIS |
| 08MADRID212 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Second Vice President and Economy Minister Pedro Solbes debated Madrid PP parliamentary candidate Manuel Pizarro, who has the prestigious position of being number two on the Madrid list behind party leader Mariano Rajoy, on 2/21/08 on the Antenna 3 TV station. The debate lasted an hour an [...] | 2008-02-25 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EFIS EIND EINV ENRG SENV |
| 08MADRID405 | LISBON-MADRID JOINT COUNTRY TEAM [...] This is a joint message from Embassies Lisbon and Madrid. 2. SUMMARY: On March 25, the Country Teams of Embassies Lisbon and Madrid met to discuss law enforcement issues, counter-terrorism, common multilateral challenges, military cooperation strategy, and cost savings measures, as well as [...] | 2008-04-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BMGT PO SP |
| 08MADRID407 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...] | 2008-04-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP |
| 08MADRID526 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...] | 2008-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
| 08MADRID659 | SPANISH POLICE ARREST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) According to the website of the Spanish Interior Ministry and press reports, Spanish National Police on the morning of June 10 arrested eight individuals in Barcelona, Castellon, and Pamplona during an operation aimed at an alleged Islamic terrorist cell that reportedly had been recruiting [...] | 2008-06-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
| 08MADRID879 | MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...] | 2008-08-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP |
| 08MANAGUA1315 | NICARAGUA'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - HOW THE [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing political violence, significant institutional hurdles, and an aggressive FSLN campaign machine working against them, Nicaragua's democratic opposition may well score several key victories in the municipal election on November 9. Polls continue to point to unusual [...] | 2008-10-27 20:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NU |
| 08MANAGUA1389 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING - MANAGUA [...] (SBU) AmEmb Managua's EAC convened on 11/17/2008 to discuss recent events surrounding the municipal elections that were held on 11/9/2008. Members in attendance were AMB (Chair),DCM, RSO, POL, ECON, ORA, DAO, MILGRP, DEA, PAO, MGT, CONS, IMO, HU, GSO, and USAID. 2. (SBU) The following sub [...] | 2008-11-17 23:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR CASC NU |
| 08MANAGUA989 | REPORTER INJURED IN POLITICAL SCUFFLE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Partisan violence erupted on the afternoon of July 30, 2008 resulting in gunshots and a wound to the leg of pro-Sandinista Channel 4 News reporter, Antenor Pena Solano. Edgardo Cuarzema, the local-level Political Secretary for the Sandinista national Liberation Front (FSLN) and [...] | 2008-07-31 23:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC NU |
| 08MANAMA336 | SOME POTENTIAL NEW LEADERS IN BAHRAIN'S CHIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL BA |
| 08MANILA1818 | HEALTH AND POPULATION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the July 11 World Population Day ceremonies in Manila, many civil society and legislators have expressed their opinions on the country's need and ability to extend family planning services more widely. There has been a vigorous public debate, extensively [...] | 2008-07-31 07:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | RP |
| 08MANILA1860 | ALL DETERMINED TO MOVE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged Philippine, Malaysian, and NGO leaders, gathered in Kuala Lumpur for the signing of a key agreement with Philippine Muslim insurgents, to keep the peace process moving forward after the Philippine Supreme Court temporarily halted the formal signing. Overc [...] | 2008-08-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
| 08MANILA2051 | PEACE PROCESS AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The events of the last few weeks -- the Supreme Court's cancellation of the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on territory, the fighting in various parts of central Mindanao, the government's declaration that it would no longer sign the MOA irrespective of the Supreme [...] | 2008-09-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP |
| 08MANILA2163 | MARINE CASE UPDATE: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CUSTODY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The case of U.S. Marine LCpl Daniel Smith, whom a trial court found guilty of rape, remains under appeal. Separate from the substance of the case, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments September 19 regarding whether the Philippine government erred in transferring custo [...] | 2008-09-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 08MANILA2323 | MARINE JUDICIAL CASE: CONTINUED CLOSE COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Renewed high-level judicial and political focus on the rape case of Marine Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith has underscored the profound importance of this issue both for LCpl Smith's future and for U.S.-Philippine military and diplomatic ties. Strenuous U.S. government efforts over [...] | 2008-10-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP |
| 08MANILA2338 | HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST MILF PEACE DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a significant setback for the Arroyo administration, the Supreme Court on October 14 ruled by an 8-7 majority that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was unconstitutional. The issu [...] | 2008-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP |
| 08MANILA2559 | VISIT TO PROVINCIAL CAPITAL SHOWCASES U.S. ROLE IN A [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Kenney's November 7 visit to Bacolod, the provincial capital of Negros Occidental, showcased the continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of the Philippines. The Ambassador presided at the swearing-in ceremony of 65 new Peace Corps Volunteers, visi [...] | 2008-11-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP |
| 08MASERU41 | LESOTHO SHIELDED FROM SA ELECTRICITY CRISIS, BUT ENERGY [...] Summary: Unlike many countries in the region, Lesotho's domestic hydropower capacity and low energy needs shield much of the nation from the effects of South Africa's current electricity crisis. The Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC) feels confident that it can continue a steady power sup [...] | 2008-02-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV LT |
| 08MEXICO104 | SCEENSETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CUELLAR TO [...] Welcome to Mexico City and Matamoros. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve [...] | 2008-01-16 19:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX |
| 08MEXICO1063 | THE GOM'S FEDERAL POLICE REFORM PLANS AND [...] (U) On February 27, Emboffs met with Hector Sanchez from the Public Security Secretariat's (SSP) Office of International Relations to learn more about the GOM's police reforms and SSP's restructuring plans. This cable outlines the seven goals/guidelines that constitute SSP's "bible" for where the [...] | 2008-04-09 19:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
| 08MEXICO1104 | MEXICO SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. Turning the page on Mexico's endemic corruption problem is an essential component of President Calderon's efforts to combat organized crime. The Public Administration Secretariat (SFP),created by the Fox administration is at the center of efforts, coordinating a network of IG [...] | 2008-04-11 22:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR MASS KCRM SNAR MX |
| 08MEXICO1838 | RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...] | 2008-06-16 22:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
| 08MEXICO1840 | RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION [...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...] | 2008-06-16 22:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
| 08MEXICO1889 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON SIGNS CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 8:30am, President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa signed the decree promulgating constitutional reforms for criminal justice and public safety. The amendments must now be published in the official gazette, and will become effective 30 days after publicat [...] | 2008-06-20 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
| 08MEXICO1916 | MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) with its $72 million budget was created in the wake of demands and pressure on Mexico's government to investigate crimes of the "dirty war" and with a mandate to investigate, report and recommend measures to address human rights [...] | 2008-06-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08MEXICO206 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH MEXICAN-BASED U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with a group of Mexico based executives for U.S. companies to discuss the economic situation in Mexico. The leaders were pleased with the Calderon Administration's performance. They believed energy reform would be less extensive than needed to stem Mexico's de [...] | 2008-01-25 21:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV MX |
| 08MEXICO2160 | SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF, [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico remains key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. With the recent signing of Merida Initiative funding, we are poised to significantly expand counter drug cooperation [...] | 2008-07-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
| 08MEXICO2353 | SUBJECT: MILITARY JUSTICE -- AND JUSTICE REFORM-- [...] (C) Summary: Stung like most Mexicans by the U.S. Senate's (now abandoned) dictate that it divest itself of prosecutorial authority over soldiers accused of human rights abuses, Mexico's military remains reluctant to cede this territory to civilian prosecutors. Procedures are in place to i [...] | 2008-07-31 22:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
| 08MEXICO2470 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico remains key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Although President Calderon has made great strides in taking on Mexico's drug cartels and improving public [...] | 2008-08-12 21:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
| 08MEXICO2498 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR SPECTER'S VISIT TO MEXICO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: improving security and the rule of law, attack [...] | 2008-08-14 18:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON OREP MX |
| 08MEXICO2657 | GOM PROPOSES NEGOTIATING BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Summary: During bilateral consultations under the Western Gap Treaty and the Treaty on Maritime Limits, the Government of Mexico (GOM) formally proposed opening negotiations with the United States (USG) on an agreement to regulate the exploitation of transboundary - both maritime and land [...] | 2008-08-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX |
| 08MEXICO2692 | MX #2008-250, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management Course, September 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...] | 2008-09-04 20:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX |
| 08MEXICO2753 | PRESIDENT CALDERON DELIVERS HIS "STATE OF THE [...] Summary. President Calderon presented the written version of an annual report on the &state of the union8 to Congress on September 1. Over prior decades, Mexico's president would deliver this report orally to Congress. Over the summer recess, however, Congress passed legislation that amen [...] | 2008-09-09 21:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB |
| 08MEXICO3146 | OAXACA: MORE OF THE SAME, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: On 7-9 October, Poloff visited Oaxaca state and met with a representative from civil society, the President of the State Human Rights Commission, and various government officials, including Governor Ulises Ruiz. Two years after the unrest in 2006, the rift between human rights or [...] | 2008-10-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08MEXICO3537 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City. With the imminent roll out of the Merida Initiative you are coming at an excellent time to discuss our bilateral law enforcement agenda and your visit will accentuate the importance we place on Mexico as a partner in the war on drugs and [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
| 08MEXICO609 | JESSICA LEWIS AT LOS PINOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Affairs staff member Jessica Lewis visited Mexico for two days February 20-22 to discuss elements of the Merida Initiative with GOM contacts, independent security analysts and representatives from rights organizations. With her official interlocutors, Lewis di [...] | 2008-02-29 20:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
| 08MEXICO721 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 08MEXICO81 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B. [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...] | 2008-01-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR OVIP MUKASEY MICHAEL MX |
| 08MINSK262 | BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is the submission by Embassy Minsk for Part One of the 2008-2009 INCSR. Please note that post is operating under extreme conditions with only five American staff. Please direct any questions about this report to EUR/UMB. 2. Summary: Belarus remains a transit route for traff [...] | 2008-12-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS BO |
| 08MONTERREY558 | NUEVO LEON CASE STUDY: GRAFTING ORAL TRIALS ON TOP OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon was the first Mexican state to experiment with oral trials, but the reform effort has stalled because of limited implementation. The respected NGO Renace conducted an empirical study of how the oral trials reform has fared in Nuevo Leon. Renace found that ora [...] | 2008-12-17 16:03:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM MX |
| 08MOSCOW1513 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
| 08MOSCOW1516 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION GRAPPLES WITH AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Carnegie analyst Masha Lipman argues that the success of Putin's authoritarian model of development has challenged Russian liberal assumptions that more democracy and better civil society are the engines of future growth. Based on recent conversations, many in the traditional l [...] | 2008-05-30 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
| 08MOSCOW1564 | RUSSIA ON KOSOVO/EULEX; BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko noted "immediate and serious" concerns with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's proposal to Belgrade regarding EULEX, with an MFA statement highlighting FM Lavrov's June 2 telephone conversation with Ban underscoring the n [...] | 2008-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
| 08MOSCOW1705 | EXPERTS ON MEDVEDEV'S PRESIDENCY, ONE MONTH ON [...] (C) One month into the job, Medvedev has fulfilled all of the essential functions as president: he has initiated legislation, signed laws, engaged with foreign leaders, and traveled to regional stops to promote his policies. Although most analysts here see Putin as still "large, and in charge, [...] | 2008-06-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 08MOSCOW2170 | NASHI SUMMER CAMP 2008: SEX, THUGS, AND THE ROC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kremlin-sponsored Nashi youth group may not enjoy the same prominence under Medvedev, but its fourth annual summer conference at Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast reinforced continued and significant Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) sponsorship. Billed as an "Innovation F [...] | 2008-07-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS |
| 08MOSCOW2181 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITE OR SEEK KREMLIN COVER? [...] (C) Summary: While an informal convocation of opposition leaders, engineered by former PM Kasyanov, fueled rumors of a united opposition movement, recent conversations suggest that Russia's mainstream liberal parties seek accommodation or "constructive" relations with the Kremlin. Following [...] | 2008-07-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM RS |
| 08MOSCOW2261 | UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...] | 2008-08-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI |
| 08MOSCOW2308 | WHAT DOES THE MECHEL INCIDENT MEAN? [...] (C) The Mechel incident (Ref A) has been a sobering initial test of the new administration's management of the economy. On the heels of the TNK-BP dispute, Mechel unleashed precipitous stock market losses and struck a blow to previously bullish sentiment on Russia's investment climate. Opti [...] | 2008-08-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
| 08MOSCOW2655 | RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...] | 2008-09-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG |
| 08MOSCOW2917 | DOES RUSSIA WANT THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post understands that the Department is considering the future direction of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC),in consultation with ISTC international partners. Key local contacts over the past month have indicated that although powerful forces would like to [...] | 2008-10-02 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP TBIO TSPL MNUC EAID TRGY PGOV OSCI |
| 08MOSCOW339 | LOWER PROFILE FOR KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Recent Kremlin steps to rein in the United Russia-affiliated youth movement Nashi suggest that GOR neuralgia about a possible Orange Revolution has faded. With the Kremlin now confident that operation successor has been successfully launched and will encounter no opposition, Nas [...] | 2008-02-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
| 08MOSCOW3546 | SCENARIOS FOR RUSSIAN POLITICS IN ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. An INDEM survey of top analysts suggests that the economic crisis has shifted elite opinion on Russia's course over the coming year, with a growing expectation that the Medvedev-Putin tandem will either muddle through or accelerate existing trends toward a "Pinochet" model - a d [...] | 2008-12-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI EFIN |
| 08MOSCOW3573 | UNITED TO FLY DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON TO MOSCOW BY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Oracio Marquez, United Airlines' Manager for International Regulatory Affairs, confirmed to Embassy Moscow's FAA Attache that United would start direct, non-stop flights as of March 29, 2009 between Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Moscow's Domodedovo International A [...] | 2008-12-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV ECON RS |
| 08MOSCOW3641 | ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...] | 2008-12-16 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
| 08MOSCOW3657 | FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS SEEK COVER AS GOR DITHERS ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the looming January 1, 2009 deadline for the possible end of a tax exemption for recipients of some grants from foreign non-commercial organizations, the GOR has yet to come up with the criteria and procedures for such donors to apply for inclusion on the list of foreign [...] | 2008-12-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID RS |
| 08MOSCOW3775 | Medvedev's Anti-Corruption Package: Two Views [...] (SBU) Summary: Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova praised President Medvedev's anti-corruption bill that was signed into law on December 25 as an "extremely valuable" first step, while recognizing the deep flaws in its content and how it was promulgated. Arguing that waiti [...] | 2008-12-31 11:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR SOCI EAID RS |
| 08MOSCOW378 | PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN" [...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...] | 2008-02-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
| 08MOSCOW567 | RUSSIA'S SAMARA OBLAST - WHAT ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: For most in Samara oblast, the coming Presidential election is a "non-event," with nearly all interlocutors seeing the campaign as already decided. Excepting the ubiquitous posters and banners calling for people to head to the polls this Saturday, there was little evidence in th [...] | 2008-02-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
| 08MOSCOW587 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND [...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...] | 2008-03-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UP RS |
| 08MOSCOW603 | MOSCOW'S REACTION TO POLITICAL UNREST IN ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA issued a statement on March 3, expressing regret for the unrest in Armenia and support for Kocharian's efforts to reach a peaceful settlement. MFA officials characterized the February 19 presidential elections as free and fair, and told us that although Russia would con [...] | 2008-03-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM RS |
| 08MOSCOW813 | YOUNG RUSSIA TAKES AIM AT CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the GOR should "correct" the situation faced by the un-registered Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology in Russia (COS),the COS has been under investigation by the Ministry of Internal Af [...] | 2008-03-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PINR SOCI RS |
| 08MUMBAI572 | ELECTION IN MADHYA PRADESH: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS DIM [...] (U) Summary: Voters went to the polls in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on November 27, just 12 hours after terrorists launched a series of coordinated attacks on Mumbai. Though the Congress Party's internal calculations on the day prior to polls showed that both the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party(BJ [...] | 2008-12-05 12:46:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM ECON IN |
| 08MUSCAT188 | OMANI TOURISM PROJECTS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) OMRAN, the government's tourism investment company, continues to play a crucial role in the planning of several prominent, integrated resort complexes throughout the Sultanate. While most projects are located in Muscat, OMRAN's efforts will bring the potential economic benefits of the tou [...] | 2008-03-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL MU |
| 08MUSCAT348 | ONE YEAR LATER: THE STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH- [...] (C) Summary: One year after a May 2007 strike at the Port of Salalah, Oman's largest transshipment facility, contacts suggest that there remains a high degree of distrust between the port's management and its workers. Management has adopted polices to protect itself from future labor unrest, [...] | 2008-05-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
| 08MUSCAT380 | GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON PARTIAL OMANTEL SALE [...] (U) On May 18, state-owned Arabic daily "Oman Daily Observer" confirmed reftel report that the government is likely to select a consortium of financial advisors, including Citibank and JP Morgan, to prepare majority state-owned Omantel for a sale of an undetermined amount of its stock to a str [...] | 2008-05-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV MU |
| 08MUSCAT431 | ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...] | 2008-06-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU |
| 08MUSCAT432 | ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...] | 2008-06-14 02:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU |
| 08NAIROBI1 | U.S. Government Statement on Kenyan Elections [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-01 07:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI1019 | KENYA'S MUSLIM GROUPS COMPETE FOR INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the dust is starting to settle from December's presidential election, Muslim advocacy groups in Kenya are trying to maximize their influence with the new coalition government and with Kenya's traditionally fractured Muslim community. The upstart National Muslim Leaders' [...] | 2008-04-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1041 | KENYA'S CABINET SWORN IN: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) Ending weeks of contentious in-fighting between President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),Kenya's expanded cabinet was sworn in today, April 17, with much pomp and ceremony. As announced by the President on April 13 (see [...] | 2008-04-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1170 | UPDATE ON COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION [...] As a result of the Kofi Annan-led mediation efforts to end Kenya's post-election crisis, Kenya's political leaders agreed to form a Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence (Violence Commission) and a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). The Violence Commission is pre [...] | 2008-05-07 06:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1227 | EXPANDED KENYAN CABINET MIGHT COST EXTRA $600 MILLION A [...] (SBU) The new 92-person Kenyan Cabinet represents 42% of Parliament and is the largest, most expensive in Kenya's history. The Grand Coalition Cabinet and government could cost Kenyan taxpayers up to $5.82 billion/year, about $594 million more than the previous one. This extra cost is probably [...] | 2008-05-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KE |
| 08NAIROBI126 | NAIROBI JANUARY 11 EAC MEETING AND SECURITY WRAP-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 11 January 2008 to review and discuss Post's security posture in the aftermath of the announcement on December 30 of the results of a "seriously flawed" presidential election. Trip [...] | 2008-01-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KE |
| 08NAIROBI13 | KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...] | 2008-01-02 21:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI1301 | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION CHAIR PUZZLED BY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Emboffs recently met with Independent Review Commission (IREC) Chairman Judge Johann Kriegler to discuss IREC's top-to-bottom review of Kenya's electoral system and the bungled 2007 presidential elections (ref A). The Commission has a two-part mandate: (1) to assess and [...] | 2008-05-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1320 | PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT [...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...] | 2008-05-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1384 | KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...] | 2008-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1422 | ODM MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER KILLED IN [...] On June 10 at approximately 1400, Minister of Roads Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Office of the Vice-President Lorna Laboso, were killed when their light aircraft crashed into the side of a hill near Narok (Rift Valley Province) during bad weather. Two other peo [...] | 2008-06-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAIR KE |
| 08NAIROBI1461 | KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR PM ODINGA'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. The June 16-19 visit of Prime Minister Odinga will highlight U.S. support for the coalition government, bolster the authority of the office of the Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the government, and provide us an important opportunity to press for results on institutiona [...] | 2008-06-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KE US |
| 08NAIROBI1480 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL NELSON [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Nelson. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Lorrai [...] | 2008-06-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI1500 | COALITION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES VISION 2030 MEDIUM [...] On June 10, President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, and Vice President Musyoka launched the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) of Vision 2030, Kenya's ambitious development blueprint outlining economic, political, and social reforms and goals. Although it was drafted well before the post- electio [...] | 2008-06-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1579 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...] | 2008-06-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1692 | MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...] | 2008-07-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY |
| 08NAIROBI1698 | GOK BILL OUTLINES ROADMAP TO NEW CONSTITUTION [...] The Ministry of Justice recently published the Constitution of Kenya Review Bill of 2008, outlining the process for writing and adopting a new constitution. The new constitution could take as long as 24 months to enter into force, not the 12 months agreed at the Kofi Annan-led mediation eff [...] | 2008-07-11 04:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1725 | Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy [...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...] | 2008-07-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE ZI |
| 08NAIROBI1726 | Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech [...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...] | 2008-07-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI1732 | SOMALIA - FURTHER NUTRITIONAL DECLINE [...] Increased levels of malnutrition and food insecurity have deepened the humanitarian crisis across Somalia. Chronic emergency levels of malnutrition are exacerbated by rising food prices, below-normal April-June (gu) rainfall, poor rainfall distribution, market disruptions, protracted conflict [...] | 2008-07-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
| 08NAIROBI1815 | PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (U) CODEL Price has cleared on this cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In separate meetings held on July 3, CODEL Price heard from both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that constitutional reform is one of the Grand Coalition Government's top priorities. Prime M [...] | 2008-07-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KBIO KE ZI |
| 08NAIROBI185 | PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA [...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...] | 2008-01-17 04:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI186 | PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA [...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...] | 2008-01-17 04:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI1892 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUGUST [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Rachel [...] | 2008-08-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI1961 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...] | 2008-08-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE |
| 08NAIROBI198 | KENYA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT COMPOSITION - A [...] (SBU) Unlike Kenya's contentious presidential election, the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively smoothly and with a clear and credible outcome. With 207 of 210 constituencies reporting (3 constituencies will be re-run),Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won 99 of the 207 [...] | 2008-01-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI199 | KENYA: DID KIBAKI REALLY STEAL THE ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's hotly contested December 27 presidential election has been controversial on a number of levels, and many observers still question who actually won. When we looked at any and all available data to try to answer that question, we found evidence of rigging on both sides an [...] | 2008-01-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI200 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: WORKING FOR A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. With strong support through the Secretary's calls and A/S Frazer,s recent visit, we are continuing intensive efforts to facilitate dialogue between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga in order to achieve a political resolution of the post-electoral crisis. If achieved, this will b [...] | 2008-01-17 19:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI2158 | Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...] | 2008-09-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI235 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE SPEAKER OF [...] (C) I met with the new Speaker of the Parliament, Kenneth Marende, on January 18 to congratulate him on his election and to discuss the role he can play to help resolve the election crisis. 2. (C) I briefed Marende on U.S. efforts to assist in resolution of the crisis. Marende noted that i [...] | 2008-01-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI239 | KENYA,S ELECTORAL CRISIS -- PUSHING KIBAKI-ODINGA [...] (C) Summary. In the lead-up to Kofi Annan,s expected arrival January 22, we have continued to press for President Kibaki and Raila Odinga to use that opportunity for a face-to-face meeting and to launch a meaningful political dialogue. Achieving that would go a long way towards calming tensio [...] | 2008-01-22 17:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2551 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: [...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B),Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...] | 2008-11-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2667 | KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...] | 2008-11-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA |
| 08NAIROBI2696 | PARTIES SCRAMBLE TO COMPLY WITH POLITICAL PARTIES [...] Kenya's notoriously disorganized political parties are scrambling to comply with a series of administrative, organizational, and financial requirements imposed by the Political Parties Act (the Act) before the December 31 deadline. The Act aims to bring much-needed order to Kenya's party sys [...] | 2008-12-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2710 | GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL [...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...] | 2008-12-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE |
| 08NAIROBI2747 | GOK PREPARES TO OUST ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] On November 27, the Cabinet approved a draft constitutional amendment which will disband the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and remove all 22 current ECK commissioners. If, as expected, Parliament approves the measure before it recesses on December 18, the ECK will be replaced by an Int [...] | 2008-12-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2768 | PRESIDENT SIGNS TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION [...] On November 28, President Mwai Kibaki signed into law the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Act (the Act). The Act creates a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to establish a complete record of violation of human and economic rights from the time of Kenya's independence in [...] | 2008-12-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KE |
| 08NAIROBI277 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN [...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...] | 2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI278 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM HOLDS MOSTLY [...] The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on January 23 held public funerals in Nairobi, Kisumu (Nyanza Province),and Kakamega (Western Province) for victims of Kenya's post-election violence. These deaths were all alleged by ODM to be the result of police action, and not civilian on civilian vi [...] | 2008-01-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI309 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM MP SLAIN - VIOLENCE [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement MP for Embakasi (Nairobi),Melitus Were, was murdered by two gunmen as he was driving up to his home just after midnight on January 29. In the current crisis, the perception that this is a politically-motivated killing has taken hold. Were was a L [...] | 2008-01-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI310 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY [...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...] | 2008-01-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI312 | KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...] | 2008-01-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI331 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Security and the Orange Democratic Movement's Secretary General. Begin text. SIPDIS Hon. Prof. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Prof. Anyang Nyong'o ODM Secretary General Dear Sirs: [...] | 2008-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI339 | KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...] | 2008-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI356 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: SECOND OPPOSITION MP [...] On January 31, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District, Rift Valley) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kisii). The police maintain this was a "crime of passion," with C [...] | 2008-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI370 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND [...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...] | 2008-02-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI384 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...] | 2008-02-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI495 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI496 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI518 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] | 2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
| 08NAIROBI547 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY [...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...] | 2008-02-26 05:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI574 | KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...] | 2008-02-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI585 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: ODM CALLS OFF [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) announced that it was calling off nationwide demonstrations planned for February 28 to protest the lack of progress in the negotiations to resolve Kenya's ongoing political crisis. The announcement was made by ODM leader Raila Odinga after h [...] | 2008-02-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI598 | Kenya's Mayoral Elections Show ODM Strength, [...] Summary: On February 25, Kenyan city councils nationwide held mayoral elections. Comporting with the sordid tradition of such elections in Kenya, tales of blatant vote-buying and graft abounded on all sides. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won a plurality of council seats nationwide du [...] | 2008-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI601 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 [...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...] | 2008-02-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI682 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill of 2008. This proposed constitutional amendment will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008 A Bill for an Act of [...] | 2008-03-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI693 | TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...] | 2008-03-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI706 | MOUNT ELGON CLASHES: KENYA'S ARMY STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, Kenya's military deployed to Mount Elgon, which has been the center of a violent land dispute since 2006. Previous efforts by the police to quell the violence have been unsuccessful. The settlement of the post-election political dispute between President Kibaki and [...] | 2008-03-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KE |
| 08NAIROBI762 | KENYA: SAFARICOM IPO GETS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: With all elements of the new Kenyan coalition government in agreement, Kenya's Minister of Finance has given the green light for the launch on March 28 of the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the country's history. The government will sell to the public $770 million in [...] | 2008-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI763 | KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] | 2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI786 | KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS [...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c),which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...] | 2008-03-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI824 | FORMING KENYA'S CABINET PREDICTABLY CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Disagreement over the size and composition of President Kibaki's cabinet has delayed the final step needed to form Kenya's coalition government. Forming a cabinet was never expected to be a neat or easy exercise, according to our political contacts, so this delay comes as no surprise. [...] | 2008-03-26 10:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI869 | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION SET TO BEGIN REVIEW [...] As part of their historic February 28 power-sharing deal, the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed to form an Independent Review Committee (IREC) to undertake a top-to-bottom review of Kenya's flawed 2007 elections. Commissioners and a Chair, South African [...] | 2008-03-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI893 | COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...] | 2008-04-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI906 | MT. ELGON: MILITANT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: In the early morning hours of March 30, police arrested the 80-year-old traditional spiritual leader for the Soy subclan, Jason Psongoywo, in Eldoret. Psongoywo is reportedly one of the top leaders of the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),the Mt. Elgon-based militant group agains [...] | 2008-04-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | MOPS PHUM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI960 | RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...] | 2008-04-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NEWDELHI1008 | CONGRESS TINKERS WITH CABINET, NO DRAMATIC CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled the second tier of his cabinet on April 6, inducting seven new Ministers of State. (Note: Minister of State is approximately the Deputy Secretary level in the USG. End Note.) Six of the seven are Congress MPs while the seve [...] | 2008-04-07 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO IN |
| 08NEWDELHI2137 | INDIA WELCOMES BHUTANESE PM ON FIRST TRIP ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. Bhutan's first democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) Jigmi Y. Thinley visited India July 14 - 17. The four-day visit to Delhi marked Thinley's first trip abroad after assuming power in April. Thinley met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh and other officials to continue the dialo [...] | 2008-08-05 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG |
| 08NEWDELHI2838 | AMBASSADOR URGES NSA NARAYANAN TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought to bolster U.S.-Indian counter-terrorism cooperation in a November 3 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan. Pointing to the string of terrorist attacks in India this past year, the Ambassador said that they were intensifying and increasingl [...] | 2008-11-04 08:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PGOV IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3009 | MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...] | 2008-11-28 00:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER |
| 08NEWDELHI314 | CONTRACT FARMING HAS LIMITED USE THUS FAR FOR ORGANIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contract farming offers farmers a stable and profitable way to sell to agro-businesses, and is gaining popularity as a means of cutting out middlemen in the agricultural supply chain. A number of companies are successfully sourcing agricultural products directly from farmers f [...] | 2008-01-31 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL |
| 08NEWDELHI8 | SCENESETTER PART II: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) Mr. Secretary, this is the second scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on U.S.-India collaborations in life sciences, health sciences, and public health. The third companion cable will provide information on the regulatory environment for drugs, vacc [...] | 2008-01-02 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN |
| 08NIAMEY408 | NIGER: FIGHTING IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (U) The GON's long awaited offensive against the MNJ has apparently begun. There have been reports of fighting in several locations in the north. As is usually the case, the GON and MNJ provide contradictory reports of events, particularly regarding casualties. Much has been made of the MNJ [...] | 2008-04-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS NG |
| 08NICOSIA125 | G/TIP VISITOR SEES FIRST-HAND CYPRIOT EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Official Jennifer Donnelly visited Cyprus January 31 - February 2 to evaluate RoC efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) on the island. In her meetings, Donnelly acknowledged government successes, such as the recent passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislation an [...] | 2008-02-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
| 08NICOSIA146 | TURKISH CYPRIOT BUSINESS; ISOLATION OR [...] (SBU) For decades, maintaining the global (except for Turkey) non-recognition of the "TRNC" has been among the ROC's top foreign policy goals. This, of course, is the inverse of a key objective of the "TRNC;" to achieve even incremental international recognition for its "institutions." There i [...] | 2008-02-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CY |
| 08NICOSIA224 | CYPRUS: WATER SUPPLY APPROACHING CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus is in for a long, hot, and, worst of all, very dry summer. On March 24, the GOC announced emergency measures to deal with a dwindling water supply. A shortfall of around 16.7 million tons of water over the next year is expected to be made up through a combination of me [...] | 2008-04-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CY |
| 08NICOSIA264 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Following is our response on the impact of rising food/agricultural commodity prices in Cyprus, keyed to Ref A questions. DEMAND: Cyprus has an open, prosperous economy and continues to enjoy an abundance of imported foods and agricultural commodities sufficient for the needs of both [...] | 2008-04-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CY |
| 08NICOSIA985 | ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION FAVORS GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a property-related lawsuit with potentially great precedent value, European Court of Justice Advocate General Julianne Kokott on December 18 opined that a judgment of a court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced in other EU member states, even where it re [...] | 2008-12-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU |
| 08OTTAWA1341 | LIBERAL PARTY WOES [...] (C) Summary. The predicted resignation of Liberal leader Stephane Dion, perhaps very soon, will not solve the party's problems, which are financial, geographic, substantive, and perhaps generational. The likely continued disarray within the party -- even with possible a new leader -- must [...] | 2008-10-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
| 08OTTAWA191 | JANUARY 31 END OF ORAL DECLARATION CREATES FEW [...] (U) Summary: The situation along the U.S.-Canada border following the January 31 implementation of the requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens show proof of citizenship (rather than simply making an oral declaration) was similar to that reported in reftel concerning the southern border. [...] | 2008-02-06 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KHLS CA |
| 08OTTAWA211 | INCHING TOWARD A SPRING ELECTION? [...] (C) Summary. Chances of a spring election are on the upswing, with upcoming confidence votes on Afghanistan, the crime bill, and the budget. Polling numbers do not look like either major party would have any realistic hope of forming a majority government any time soon, however, and the res [...] | 2008-02-08 22:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF CA |
| 08OTTAWA269 | NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] | 2008-02-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
| 08OTTAWA309 | WTO DEMARCHE ON U.S./EC TAFT PROPOSAL - CANADA'S [...] On February 29, EMIN presented reftel demarche to Balsharan Rakhra, Trade Policy Officer, Technical Barriers and Regulations Division, DFAIT. He had arranged to make the presentation jointly with his EU Mission counterpart, but she was absent due to illness. At the end of his oral presentati [...] | 2008-02-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO ECON CA EUN |
| 08OTTAWA379 | CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...] | 2008-03-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO EC CA |
| 08OTTAWA635 | THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...] | 2008-05-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA |
| 08PANAMA119 | PANAMA POST: 5TH EDITION -- THE POST-CARNIVAL [...] (C) Panama's four-day Carnival celebration may have turned most of Panama City into a ghost town as Panamanians headed to the interior, the beaches, or Transismica, one of the city's main thoroughfares, to celebrate, but politics did not stop. The Panama Post was able to button hole one Pan [...] | 2008-02-08 18:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 08PANAMA623 | GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...] | 2008-07-28 20:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR |
| 08PANAMA813 | PANAMA: PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE, ASK FOR HELP [...] (C) Panamanian Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez told the Ambassador October 10 that she wanted to create an infrastructure to facilitate prosecutorial collaboration among Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and the U.S. to send a strong message to international criminal organizations that they we [...] | 2008-10-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR PM |
| 08PANAMA881 | DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...] | 2008-11-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PM |
| 08PARAMARIBO37 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH IMAGERY PROJECT [...] (C) The Republic of Suriname and AmEmbassy Paramaribo welcome Global Hawk and/or U2 over flight of Suriname for the purpose of imagery mapping and would welcome an expanded mission to map additional areas in the interior of the country. This would be of greatest use to the Ministry of Defense [...] | 2008-02-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PGOV NS |
| 08PARIS1325 | THALES PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK [...] (SBU) On July 10, Thales Alenia Space President/CEO Reynald Seznec and Thales Group Senior VP for EU and NATO cooperation met with Econ Mincouns and Econoff in response to Embassy's letter relaying DTCC request for information (reftel). They previewed their pending written response, leaving a [...] | 2008-07-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 08PARIS1369 | OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...] | 2008-07-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 08PARIS1672 | FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...] | 2008-09-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR |
| 08PARIS1708 | FRENCH READOUT OF EU MISSION TO MOSCOW AND NEXT [...] (C/NF) Summary. On September 10, Political M/C met with Damien Loras, Advisor to President Sarkozy on Russia and the Caucasus, who provided a readout of President Sarkozy,'s September 8 trip to Moscow and the reasoning behind the provisions in the final agreement on Georgia. Despite the dif [...] | 2008-09-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GG RU FR EU |
| 08PARIS1769 | FRENCH WARILY BACK CONTINUED UN-LED TALKS ON [...] (C) France supports in principle a continuation of the UN-led talks on Western Sahara but was not prepared to commit to another round until it was clearer how the talks would proceed according to Nathalie Loiseau, PDAS-equivalent in the MFA's NEA who responded to Ref B demarche on September 1 [...] | 2008-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNSC FR MO AG WI |
| 08PARIS406 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety of the United States. Our CI/KR report is therefore negative. [...] | 2008-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
| 08PARIS78 | FRANCE TO INVOKE SAFEGUARD CLAUSE AGAINST MON 810 [...] (SBU) On the evening of January 11 the office of the Prime Minister issued a press release initiating the safeguard clause against MON 810 in France until a reevaluation of this variety occurs at the European level. The GOF justified this action by applying the precautionary principle, which i [...] | 2008-01-14 17:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD KPAO EU FR |
| 08PARIS92 | CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE - ICE [...] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests the assistance of the Regional Security Offices in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo in support of a Human Trafficking / Forced Child Labor investigation involving young females trafficked to the U.S. from Togo and Ghana. Three targets have be [...] | 2008-01-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS PHUM FR XY |
| 08PARIS959 | WESTERN SAHARA: FRENCH RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR NORTH AFRICA NATHALIE LOISEAU ON MAY 16 EXPRESSED GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSED MESSAGE TO MOROCCO ON FOLLOWING UP UNSCR 1803 ON WESTERN SAHARA. --LIKE US, FRANCE IS WAITING FOR MOROCCO (ALONG WITH POLISARIO AND ALGERIA) TO DECID [...] | 2008-05-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM FR MO AG WI |
| 08PARISFR2332 | UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Begin Summary. During its week-long second ordinary meeting, the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("the IGC" or "the Committee") took decisive action on each of the items on its agenda, although two items (prefere [...] | 2008-12-29 12:12:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO USTR WIPO WTRO KIPR |
| 08PARTO20503 | (SBU) Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 2:15 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...] | 2008-02-05 23:16:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB |
| 08PESHAWAR384 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JUNE [...] (C) A brief period of detente between GOP officials and militants was disrupted in late June as militant activity surged in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). A deteriorating security situation in Khyber agency including the kidnapping [...] | 2008-07-03 11:19:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR391 | PAKISTAN'S PROSPECTS FOR CURBING MILITANCY [...] (C) Despite the presence of over 100,000 combined military/security forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and over 50,000 in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),the government has been losing space to militants since 2002. The pace of loss has accelerated over the past [...] | 2008-07-08 13:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR394 | FATA: KHYBER OPERATION TRANSITIONS TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) A military operation in the Bara area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency has given way to negotiations with tribesmen. Khyber's Political Agent (PA) has prepared a list of demands that he intends to deliver to militant leaders with whom he believes he is negot [...] | 2008-07-09 12:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR425 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JULY [...] (C) As Prime Minister Gilani traveled to the United States in late July, many locals perceived that the military strikes and operations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were tactically designed to appease the United States, but not [...] | 2008-08-06 09:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR449 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST [...] (C) Aggressive military operations in Bajaur and Swat continued into the start of Ramadan. Pakistani military sources estimate that 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters were killed in the Bajaur operation, which started on August 7. Local taliban denied that the Bajaur-based Tehrik-i Taliban d [...] | 2008-09-16 07:37:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR468 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: [...] (C) On September 6, Peshawar suffered its deadliest suicide bombing in over a year when forty people were killed, including eight policemen, 15 km south of Peshawar (ref. B). Security forces focused their most intense military efforts in Bajaur during the first two weeks of September, as oper [...] | 2008-09-24 10:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR472 | OPERATION LAUNCHED TO OPEN KOHAT TUNNEL [...] (C) The Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (IGFC) reported that security forces launched an operation in the areas surrounding Darra Adam Khel in Frontier Region Kohat on September 23 after nearly a month of more limited activity. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) office claimed [...] | 2008-09-27 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR474 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY [...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...] | 2008-09-29 05:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR477 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY [...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...] | 2008-09-29 09:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR489 | FATA: SUICIDE ATTACK IN ORAKZAI AGENCY KILLS AT LEAST 61 [...] (C) In the largest attack on a tribal jirga thus far, a suicide bomber killed at least 61 tribal elders October 10 in Orakzai Agency. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani confirmed 61 deaths so far but expected the number to grow. The tribal leaders and as many as 2000 memb [...] | 2008-10-19 19:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR496 | BOUCHER MEETS NORTHWEST FRONTIER GOVERNOR GHANI IN PESHAWAR [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province Governor Owais Ghani told Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher during an October 20 visit to his office in Peshawar that the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Area had "turned around" largely due to activation of public opinion. The public sees th [...] | 2008-10-29 11:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR504 | FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: SEPTEMBER 16 - [...] (C) NWFP and FATA residents celebrated Eid with less enthusiasm than in past years after the September 20 Marriott bombing while battles raged in Bajaur, Swat, Darra Adam Khel, and on the outskirts of Peshawar. GOP statistics released on October 10 supported the seeming sense of fear in t [...] | 2008-11-07 12:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR505 | FATA: ATTACK IN BAJAUR AGENCY TARGETS LASHKAR LEADERS AND [...] (C) In the second attack on a tribal jirga in less than a month, an explosion killed a number of tribal elders including a leader of the local lashkar (tribal militia),November 6, in Bajaur Agency. Casualty estimates range from 8 to 25 killed and scores injured. There are conflicting reports [...] | 2008-11-07 12:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR509 | NWFP: SUICIDE ATTACK AT PESHAWAR'S SPORTS STADIUM [...] (C) A suicide bomber killed at least four including a police officer and injured at least a dozen others near the main entrance of Qayyum Stadium in Peshawar as Awami National Party (ANP) Senior Minister Bashir Bilour's motorcade was leaving the stadium. Bilour left earlier in a separate vehic [...] | 2008-11-13 11:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR513 | NWFP/FATA: SENIOR LOCAL OFFICIALS ON SECURITY CONDITIONS [...] (C) In the wake of the killing of a USAID contractor, Principal Officer called on key senior local officials on November 13 to reinforce that the United States will stay engaged on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Across the board, thes [...] | 2008-11-17 09:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
| 08PESHAWAR518 | FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: OCTOBER 16 - 31 [...] (C) While fighting remained intense in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),there were some positive developments during the last two weeks of October. Security forces continued to press militants in Bajaur during late October, killing 1 [...] | 2008-11-20 07:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR531 | FATA: BAJAUR/MOHMAND -- POST-EID PLANS, BUT ARE THERE ENOUGH [...] (C) After a pause over the Eid holidays, Frontier Corps is gearing up for continuing operations in Bajaur and Mohmand. Gains in Bajaur have been hard won but remain fragile. Bajaur militants, although damaged, retain the ability to hit security forces and government supporters. Peshawar conta [...] | 2008-12-15 12:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
| 08PHNOMPENH403 | CAMBODIA PUBLIC OPINION: FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S. AND [...] (SBU/NOFORN) In a recent Cambodia public opinion poll, 87 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the United States. International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted the public opinion survey in February 2008 and found public opinion of the U.S. higher than for any other country [...] | 2008-05-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH702 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM SAR KHENG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed his appreciation efforts to expand and strengthen cooperation, and Sar Kheng's desire to maintain cooperation with the U.S. Mission. Sar Kheng stated that he still has se [...] | 2008-08-25 01:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH772 | CAMBODIA: OPEN TO "INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW," [...] (SBU) Summary: From September 2-5 a six-member U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Delegation met with Cambodian government officials, immigration and police contacts, and NGO representatives during a fact-finding visit to Cambodia. The visit was prompted by the introduction of a [...] | 2008-09-12 05:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP CB |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE1246 | NEW HAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY [...] Summary: (SBU) The Senate early September 5 voted in favor of the policy declaration of Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Following the positive vote in the Chamber of Deputies August 29, the Pierre-Louis government now officially takes office. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a mara [...] | 2008-09-05 18:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE520 | SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL [...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...] | 2008-04-01 18:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | HA KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE90 | PM ALEXIS: 2008 IS "HAITI'S PIVOTAL YEAR" [...] (C) Summary. In meeting January 16, Prime Minister Alexis termed 2008 Haiti's "pivotal year." His priorities for the period will be education and grassroots development. The PM has launched the PIC program, aimed at bringing project assistance to the communal level and is seeking USG support [...] | 2008-01-17 17:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL HA |
| 08PRETORIA1000 | MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND [...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...] | 2008-05-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI |
| 08PRETORIA2032 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 37 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves Fall on Gold Revaluations - Business Confidence Plunges Further - SA Leaps in Business-Friendly Rankings - Old Mutual CEO Qui [...] | 2008-09-15 07:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 08PRETORIA2576 | ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...] | 2008-11-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
| 08PRETORIA2707 | READOUT OF MADAGASCAR AND MOZAMBIQUE BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] SUMMARY: From August 20 - 27, 2008, Dr. C.S. Prakash, Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics, Tuskegee University, and Dr. Martin Lema, Advisor to the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture and Professor of Biotechnology, Quilmes University, travelled to Madagascar and Mozambique to lead two agricul [...] | 2008-12-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO |
| 08PRETORIA2738 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Lower - Residential Building Continues to Slow - Bill Simplifies Registration Process for New Drugs - Intelsat to Launch $250 [...] | 2008-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 08PRETORIA327 | NOTIFICATION RE AUTHORIZATION TO ENGAGE NRO [...] (SBU) DCM provided reftel notification to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director General Abdul Minty by telephone at 21:50 local (14:50 EST) on 14 February. Minty had no substantive reaction, but expressed appreciation for the information and noted he had seen the CNN coverage of [...] | 2008-02-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PREL MARR SF |
| 08PRETORIA609 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-03-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 08PRETORIA724 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2008-04-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 08PRISTINA24 | KOSOVO: COM URGES PM THACI AND PRESIDENT SEJDIU TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A day after the installation of the new government in Kosovo (reftel),COM and ICOPT head Jonsson paid a call on newly re-elected President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Thaci's two deputy prime ministers. COM and Jonsson used the opportunity to urge the government to make its top prio [...] | 2008-01-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
| 08PRISTINA312 | KOSOVO: CODEL ENGEL WELCOMES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) led a a delegation to Kosovo June 13-16 to mark the entry into force of Kosovo's new constitution on June 15. Accompanying him on the trip was Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH),who visited Kosovo for the first time, and a prominent group of Kosovar-American bus [...] | 2008-06-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR EAID KV |
| 08PRISTINA630 | KOSOVO: SERBS ACCEPT EULEX, COMMENT ON GOS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs have followed the Serbian Government's lead in accepting the deployment and presence of the EU-led rule of law mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Initial reaction to EULEX's deployment among moderate Serb leaders has been generally positive; many have already met or intend [...] | 2008-12-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
| 08QUITO1086 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE - OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 21. Puma stated that as far as she was aware, Ecuador's policy regarding its voting on UNGA resolutions with regards to Israel had not changed. Ecuador voted in favor of al [...] | 2008-11-21 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EC |
| 08QUITO1109 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - 1ST COMMITTEE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 25, but was unable reach the Directorate's Chief of Staff Marisol Nieto until December 1 (Director General has been traveling). Nieto said that Ecuador strongly supports non-proliferation, arm [...] | 2008-12-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA EC |
| 08RABAT1194 | MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...] | 2008-12-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO |
| 08RABAT496 | ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S [...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...] | 2008-05-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PBTS AG MO |
| 08RANGOON342 | BURMA: FOOD PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE, FUEL PRICES DECREASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite government efforts to reopen supply roads into Rangoon, food supplies remain limited, resulting in skyrocketing prices. Rice stocks throughout the city are almost depleted, and the few traders who still have rice sell it for approximately 40,000 kyat ($36) a bag, 67 pe [...] | 2008-05-08 11:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM |
| 08RANGOON809 | ECONOMY OF MANDALAY, BURMA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY [...] (SBU) Mandalay, Burma's second largest city, is home to approximately one million people and more than 20,000 registered businesses. It is a vibrant, bustling city, and Chinese influence is readily apparent at every turn. Mandalay is a trading center and transshipment point for jade, gems, [...] | 2008-10-17 06:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL BM |
| 08REYKJAVIK8 | Iceland: Russian activities in region a growing concern [...] (C) Summary: Russian foreign policy continues to irritate and puzzle the Government of Iceland. In the hour-long special on Russia, broadcasted by an Icelandic television channel on January 15, Russian Ambassador Tatarintsev claimed that recent Russian foreign policy moves are tied to Russia' [...] | 2008-01-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV RU IC |
| 08RIYADH1630 | ARAB LEAGUE CONVENES FIRST CONSUMER AND BRAND [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Arab League convened the first "Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum" October 19-21 in Jeddah. Over 500 attendees from both the public and private sector heard speakers on topics such as: combating counterfeit production and trade; increasing criminal prosecut [...] | 2008-10-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR KPAO ETRD EINV PGOV EU AL SA |
| 08RIYADH1657 | SAUDI INTELLECTUALS CALL FOR FAST IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of thirteen Saudi intellectuals has called a November 8-9 fast to protest the detentions of eleven individuals they claim are being held for their political beliefs. Word of the protest has spread via the Internet, with like-minded Saudis invited to join. The intellectua [...] | 2008-11-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER SA |
| 08RIYADH1780 | SAUDI REACTION TO U.N. INTERFAITH SESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi King Abdullah got what he wanted from the November 11-12 UN General Assembly session on interfaith dialogue in New York: a UN endorsement of the value of interfaith dialogue and a boost to his Interfaith Dialogue Initiative (IDI). Domestic Saudi reaction was mixed. Saudi m [...] | 2008-12-04 19:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SA UNGA |
| 08RIYADH1888 | HAJJ MESSAGES FOLLOW KING'S LEAD [...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz spoke to Muslim leaders at an Eid reception. The King called for "a dialogue of the Ummah within itself." Of terrorism, the King said Muslims themselves were responsible. "The terrorism that threatens the entire world is attri [...] | 2008-12-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER SA |
| 08SANAA1901 | SALEM HAMDAN IN YEMENI GOVERNMENT CUSTODY [...] (S) At approximately 03:54 local time on November 26, 2008, Colonel Gilberto Villahermosa, Senior Defense Representative and Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen, met the USAF C-17 at Sana'a International Airport, signed for Guantanamo detainee Salem Ahmed Salem Hamdan (ISN US [...] | 2008-11-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER YM |
| 08SANAA610 | ROYG SUPPRESSES DEMONSTRATIONS WITH TANKS AND [...] (C) The ROYG used military force including tanks, other armored vehicles and aircraft to suppress demonstrations in southern Yemen on April 1. The protests, which stemmed from an incident where military applicants from Dhale were refused enlistment, continued today, with many demonstrators arr [...] | 2008-04-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YM |
| 08SANJOSE160 | COSTA RICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the Congressional Delegation led by Congressman Jerry F. Costello. The other members of the delegation are: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL); Rep. Henry E. Brown (R-SC); Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA); Rep. Mazie Hirono [...] | 2008-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CS |
| 08SANJOSE347 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) Costa Rica has experienced rising food prices which have had minimal political impact to date. There have been no food shortages, although local price increases have been high as Costa Rica imports 100 percent of its wheat, yellow corn, and soybean consumption; 50 percent of its rice cons [...] | 2008-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CS |
| 08SANJOSE475 | REQUEST TO END FOOD STAPLE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS: [...] SUMMARY: Costa Rica,s rising food prices have had minimal political impact to date. From 2006 to 2007, wage increases kept pace with food price increases. Over the past year, that relationship changed with food price increases easily eclipsing wage increases (Ref B). Although domestic foo [...] | 2008-06-05 00:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO |
| 08SANJOSE519 | COSTA RICA RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, the Costa Rican Ministry of Labor, UN agencies and NGOs reported no new information regarding exploitative child labor (Ref B) and only sparse, anecdotal information regarding forced labor in the production of goods. Agricultural production on family farms and sma [...] | 2008-06-16 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ILO CS |
| 08SANJOSE800 | COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 1000 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 25-27 September 2008, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote Punta Burica region on the south eastern border with Panama. The Embassy coordinated the event [...] | 2008-10-07 17:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS |
| 08SANSALVADOR1333 | PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ES EWWT |
| 08SANSALVADOR774 | FRUSTRATION WITH AVILA'S FAILURE TO LAUNCH; [...] (C) Summary: On June 17 PolCouns spoke with Bobby Murray Meza, President of Agricola Industrial Salvadorena, S.A. (AGRISAL). Murray Meza expressed his disappointment with the lack of organization or strategy by the Avila campaign and noted that significant business interests have been approac [...] | 2008-06-27 19:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES |
| 08SANTIAGO1015 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 18 [...] The Association of Public Employees (ANEFE) rejected the government's salary adjustment and extended the strike for another day; The Minister of Public Works suspended six ministry officials in the VI Region for alleged bribery. U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Representatives f [...] | 2008-11-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI |
| 08SANTIAGO114 | CHILE ANNOUNCES MARKET ACCESS FOR U.S. POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, Chile opened its market to imports of U.S. chicken and turkey. In a meeting that day with the Ambassador, Minister of Agriculture Hornkohl made the announcement official. The Ambassador and Hornkohl agreed on the importance of continuing to open bilateral markets, not [...] | 2008-02-05 20:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ENRG PREL SENV CI |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1023 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...] | 2008-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1118 | INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ, AUGUST 16: [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR; please see para. 3. 2. (U) President Leonel Fernandez, who was re-elected on May 16, will be inaugurated for his next term on August 16. Embassy Protocol Chief has obtained information on the schedule for inauguration event; please see below and no [...] | 2008-07-10 20:25:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP DR |
| 08SAOPAULO227 | SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...] | 2008-05-09 09:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV BR |
| 08SAOPAULO248 | MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...] | 2008-05-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR |
| 08SAOPAULO523 | GLOBAL ECONOMY; ECUADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 11:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR |
| 08SAOPAULO606 | SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...] | 2008-11-07 18:56:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
| 08SARAJEVO1807 | BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS [...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...] | 2008-12-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
| 08SEOUL1570 | VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...] | 2008-08-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR |
| 08SEOUL2402 | DAY IN LIFE OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the second annual group wedding for four North Korean defector couples organized by a South Korean NGO. The couples were grateful for the ceremony, which they postponed because of lack of funding. Poloff also met with two of the brides to discuss their experien [...] | 2008-12-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KS KN |
| 08SEOUL881 | NORTH KOREA STRUGGLES WITH SHORTAGE OF MEDICINE AND [...] (SBU) Famine, natural disaster, mismanagement, a lack of safe drinking water, and shortages of essential drugs and vaccines have left the population of the Democratic Peoples' Republic (DPRK) vulnerable to infectious diseases, despite the existence of an adequately-trained corps of medical per [...] | 2008-04-30 01:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PINR ECON SOCI KN |
| 08STATE100758 | ACTION REQUEST: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) This is an action message for posts in all NATO capitals, USOSCE and USNATO. It follows up on discussion at the September 11 HLTF regarding appropriate CFE contacts with Russia in light of events in Georgia (discussed in detail Ref A). Posts should brief this information orally, not/not [...] | 2008-09-19 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08STATE105291 | (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON CENTRAL [...] (C) In the runup to the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly, INR/B prepared 20 biographic reports on Central Asian officials for use by senior-level policymakers. INR/B relied heavily on posts' reporting in pulling together these biographic reports. INR/B also would like to thank posts [...] | 2008-10-02 14:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KG KZ TI TX UZ |
| 08STATE109845 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "BROKERING CONTROLS IN THE UNITED STATES ON DUAL-USE ITEMS" Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),AND (H). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 20:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS NL |
| 08STATE116623 | USAID/DCHA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: This cable provides guidance to all posts concerning support from USAID/DCHA's office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) before, during, and after the occurrence of natural and complex disasters abroad in Fiscal Y [...] | 2008-10-31 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | REF SOCI EAID |
| 08STATE119513 | (U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 15:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08STATE18370 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 21:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO AR |
| 08STATE18372 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO BR |
| 08STATE18373 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
| 08STATE18374 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EG |
| 08STATE18375 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO IN |
| 08STATE18376 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO ID |
| 08STATE18377 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO MY |
| 08STATE18378 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO RP |
| 08STATE18379 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO SF |
| 08STATE18380 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...] | 2008-02-24 23:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO TH |
| 08STATE18381 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...] | 2008-02-24 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO TU |
| 08STATE18782 | NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] | 2008-02-25 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
| 08STATE1988 | 2007 SPECIAL 301 CZECH REPUBLIC OCR RESULTS [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. The USG Special 301 Committee has concluded its deliberations regarding the Czech Republic's status on the Special 301 list following the Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will announce that the Czech Republic has been pla [...] | 2008-01-08 19:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EZ |
| 08STATE24257 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request for posts in EU Member States and USEU. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 13-14 meeting of the European Council, which will bring together European heads of state and government, will include a major discussion of climate change and energy. The [...] | 2008-03-07 22:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG EUN |
| 08STATE25656 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 12:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
| 08STATE28435 | AUTHORIZATION TO VOTE TO RENEW COUNTERTERRORISM [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, the UNSC on December 10, 2007 unanimously adopted resolution 1787, extending the initial period of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate from December 31, 2007, under resolution 1535 (2004),to March 31, 2008. [...] | 2008-03-19 02:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE45358 | ENGAGING GCC+2 ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (S/NF) This demarche comes in the context of our strong push to get greater regional engagement with Iraq. This effort is not just for the sake of that country but to advance strategic regional security goals in the face of common regional challenges from Iran, Al-Qaeda, and other sources of [...] | 2008-04-29 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BA EG IZ JO KU QA SA GCC AE UM |
| 08STATE55375 | ORAL MESSAGE URGING FM KOUCHNER TO ATTEND [...] (C) This is an action request: see para 4, below. 2. (C) Per reftel State 43799, Sweden is hosting the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm on May 29. The Swedish Foreign Minister of State has requested USG support for Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's [...] | 2008-05-23 13:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID FR IZ SW EUN |
| 08STATE56861 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...] | 2008-05-28 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC |
| 08STATE66897 | SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 6, Security Council action addressees are requested to seek host government support at the highest appropriate level for the draft resolution in paragraph 7 below. USUN distributed the text to Security Council delegations on June [...] | 2008-06-22 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE68649 | BELARUS: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON INVITATIONS TO [...] (U) Summary. This is an action message. This cable clarifies Ref A guidance on invitations to Belarusian officials to July 4 events and supersedes guidance in Ref B on contacts with Belarus officials. Department regrets any confusion resulting from the two cables. Embassies that have alrea [...] | 2008-06-26 13:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP PREL BO |
| 08STATE69956 | AUTHORIZATION TO VOTE FOR RESOLUTION TO EXTEND [...] Action request: USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft resolution in paragraph 2. 2. Begin draft resolution text. The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999),1333 (2000),1363 (2001),1373 (2001),1390 (2002),1452 (2002),1455 (2003),1526 (2004),1566 (200 [...] | 2008-06-30 15:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 08STATE74151 | USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: TERMINATING [...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft UNSC resolution (text in paragraph 2),which terminates the remaining sanctions monitored by the Security CouncilSanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda. The measures contained in operative para [...] | 2008-07-10 18:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC RW |
| 08STATE7679 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...] | 2008-01-24 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU |
| 08STATE78036 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050097262 for the export of Rafael aircraft engine spare parts and related technical data [...] | 2008-07-21 14:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 08STATE93970 | LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...] | 2008-09-02 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO |
| 08STATE9486 | TALKING POINTS FOR DPA BRIEFING ON KENYA [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the January 30 DPA briefing on the situation in Kenya: Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe (or other DPA briefer) for their SIPDIS briefing today on the situation in Keny [...] | 2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM |
| 08STATE98436 | AUTHORIZE CONCLUSION OF GSOMIA WITH MEXICO [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of Defense and Mexican Navy reached agreement on the final text of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) on September 2, 2008, which will set uniform rules across the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) for handling U.S.-origin classified military infor [...] | 2008-09-15 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MX PREL PTER |
| 08TAIPEI1655 | Taiwan: Campus IPR Enforcement Improves, but Piracy [...] (SBU) Spurred by U.S. encouragement, the Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) made combatting campus intellectual property rights (IPR) violations a priority over the past 12 months, and Taiwan universities' enforcement activities have increased. Over the Plan's second six months, the Plan's requ [...] | 2008-11-26 08:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV TW |
| 08TAIPEI1748 | MA TO CODEL ISSA: CROSS-STRAIT TIES ON RIGHT [...] (C) Summary. As the new U.S. administration reviews its approach on trade issues, Taiwan hopes to work with the U.S. to put in place the building blocks for an eventual bilateral FTA, Taiwan President Ma told Congressman Darrell Issa during a December 17 meeting. Taiwan appreciates U.S. securi [...] | 2008-12-18 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD INT PGOV PINR PREL TW |
| 08TAIPEI248 | Taiwan IPR: 2008 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) In 2007, Taiwan continued to take measures to reduce intellectual property right (IPR) infringement and strengthen its IPR regime. AIT notes several positive developments over the past year, most importantly the June passage by the Legislative Yuan (LY) of a new law aimed at ending illeg [...] | 2008-02-24 04:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |