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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06MUSCAT554BIN ALAWI CONVOKES U.S., EU AMBASSADORS TO REVIEW MESHAAL VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs delivered a three-point message to visiting Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on April 3-4: Hamas must concentrate on building a viable and stable Palestinian state; must join the PLO and (implicitly) submit to previous PLO agreemen [...]
2006-04-05 14:15:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMU NOTAG
06MUSCAT555PRICING STRATEGY HARMS U.S. FIRM IN RADIO TENDER
[...] (SBU) On April 5, Econoff discussed the upcoming nationwide radio system tender with Brigadier Hajji bin Adam al-Balushi, Director of Communications for the Internal Security Services (ISS). Al-Balushi confirmed that the ISS has invited only Motorola, Thales (France),and Rhode and Schwartz ( [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMU NOTAG
06MUSCAT589EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/11/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 11 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that [...]
2006-04-11 14:45:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT590IRAN: FM SHARES NUCLEAR CONCERNS, QUESTIONS U.S.
[...] (C) In his April 9 meeting with U/S Joseph, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi argued that rather than getting sucked into divisive debates about Iran's WMD capability a la Iraq, the U.S. needs to change the tack that has led to other recent conflicts and instead seek com [...]
2006-04-11 15:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR MU
06MUSCAT60MEDIA REACTION: DEALING WITH IRAN, BERNARD'S BIAS, AND
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 15 under the title "The Iranian Nuclear File": "Escalating statements between Iranian and Western officials are not serving the goals of peace and security in a region that needs no additional problems. The Iranian [...]
2006-01-16 11:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT611MEDIA REACTION: THE QUARTET AND THE UN, IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 11:54:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT620CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MOU ON CHALLENGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 13:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM KTIA PREL MU
06MUSCAT639EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/19/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 19 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...]
2006-04-19 14:02:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT649IRAN: OMANI PUBLIC STATEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Oman's Foreign Ministry Under Secretary made a rare public statement on April 22, renewing Oman's call for a peaceful resolution of the Iran nuclear crisis, while stating for the first time that force would only be permissible if sanctioned by the UN. End summary. 2. (SBU) Per ref A [...]
2006-04-24 07:30:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC OPRC IR MU
06MUSCAT668EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/26/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 26 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...]
2006-04-26 13:03:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KCRM MU EAC
06MUSCAT670OMAN DENOUNCES DAHAB TERROR BOMBINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 13:08:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL PTER OPRC EG MU
06MUSCAT671MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON IRAN, HAMAS, IRAQ
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr reiterated to the Ambassador on April 25 Oman's paramount concern at finding a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, expressing frustration that creative solutions and confidence-building measures are not being more aggressively p [...]
2006-04-26 14:38:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MNUC IR IZ XF MU
06MUSCAT686MEDIA REACTION: DIPLOMACY AND IRAN, DAHAB POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT687SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING
[...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...]
2006-05-02 05:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU
06MUSCAT702OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) In a May 3 call on MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, Ambassador shared reftel information on the BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and urged Omani official participation. The Under Secretary confirmed Oman's participation in earlier DAD events but did not know if Oman [...]
2006-05-03 13:37:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT706SAYYID BADR PREVIEWS GCC HEADS OF STATE
[...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi assured the Ambassador May 3 that Oman supports reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has forgiven all Iraqi debt, and will consider opening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad once the security situation there has improved. He indicated that Oman would sup [...]
2006-05-03 14:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KNNP XF MU
06MUSCAT73EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/21/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 21 to review the Embassy's security posture following a January 16-20 holiday closure. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and a [...]
2006-01-23 04:18:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT733OMANI FM CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO
[...] (C) FM Bin Alawi reiterated to the Ambassador on May 9 that Oman feels obligated to support Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council as part of an OIC agreement on a slate of 13 states. The Ambassador urged Oman to reconsider and warned of USG disfavor over its decision. End summary. [...]
2006-05-09 15:01:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALUNGA OPDC PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IR MU
06MUSCAT734OMANI FM ON IRAN DISCUSSIONS, GCC SUMMIT, FTA, AND
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi summarized his recent trip to Europe, stating that while no one desires confrontation with Iran regarding its nuclear program, there is concern over Tehran's intent. Bin Alawi reported receiving a [...]
2006-05-09 16:29:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETRD IR MU
06MUSCAT781OMAN ESCHEWS DAMASCUS BOYCOTT MEET
[...] (U) As reported in regional and international media, including by the Syrian Arab News Agency, Oman was not/not represented in a four-day conference of Israel Boycott Liaison Officers that began May 15 in Damascus. 2. (SBU) A senior contact in the Foreign Ministry reiterated to P/E Chief Ma [...]
2006-05-16 11:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KBCT KIRF PHUM AL IS MU
06MUSCAT782EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD
[...] U.S. Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate Pol/LaborOff Cynthia L. Plath for the 2006 Labor Diplomacy Officer of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding support of USG labor and human rights policies in Oman. Her dedication, initiative and responsive reporting were invaluable to the [...]
2006-05-16 11:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ELAB MU
06MUSCAT792MILITARY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOMALI
[...] (C) Reflecting growing public concern over violent incidents involving infiltration by Somali and Yemeni illegal migrants across the Oman-Yemen border, the Omani army, air force, special forces and police have launched operations in Oman's southern Dhofar region that have reportedly already sw [...]
2006-05-17 13:47:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPINS PREF MOPS PREL SMIG KCRM SENV SO MU
06MUSCAT793LABOR UPDATE FOR US-OMAN FTA HEARINGS
[...] The Ministry of Manpower confirmed on May 13 that it is researching and preparing ILO-consistent legislation to meet recent labor reform commitments for ratification of the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Labor committee members and government officials assert that, in practice, the government [...]
2006-05-17 14:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT809OMAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] Government-owned Oman News Agency reported May 23 the Sultanate's official comments hailing the formation of a new Iraqi government: "Oman welcomed today the forming of the new Iraqi government, expressing its hope for the government to be able to find solutions to political issues that Iraq [...]
2006-05-23 12:54:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT841OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER: TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GCC
[...] (C) The timing is not right for an Oman-led GCC mission to Tehran, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador in a late evening meeting May 26. He predicted that such a mission, if not properly planned and timed, would entangle GCC governments in unproductive [...]
2006-05-29 12:33:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PREF IR IZ LY MU
06MUSCAT850OMAN STILL MULLING HCOC
[...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche and information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 29, encouraging Oman's subscription to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) and attendance at the June 22-23 HCOC Fifth Regular Meeting in Vienna. 2. [...]
2006-05-31 09:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MU
06MUSCAT851RARE PUBLIC PROTEST BY TEACHERS, GRADUATES
[...] (SBU) In a rare protest on May 28, approximately 200 teachers and graduates from government-operated Colleges of Education (CoE) gathered in front of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and demanded to speak with the minister, Yahya bin Saud al-Salimi, about diminishing promotions for teachers and [...]
2006-05-31 09:27:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV ELAB PINS MU
06MUSCAT852COMMERCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FTA, DESCRIBES
[...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Sultan, long impatient over the slow pace of Free Trade Agreement ratification in Congress, claims he has abandoned hope of any progress and is contemplating suspending the work of Oman's expensive advisers in Washington until prospects improve. Th [...]
2006-05-31 09:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ELAB KBCT EPET PINR IR MU
06MUSCAT858HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA,
[...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...]
2006-05-31 11:48:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
06MUSCAT859MINISTER OF MANPOWER REPORTS RAPID LABOR REFORM
[...] (SBU) In a May 31 meeting, the Minister of Manpower showed the Ambassador completed draft legislation of all labor reform commitments made to Congress by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Minister reiterated his commitment to complete the reforms ahead of time and said that it was no [...]
2006-05-31 12:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV KCRM KMPI PHUM MU
06MUSCAT868OMAN'S FM REPORTS INITIAL IRANIAN RESPONSE TO USG
[...] (C) Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi personally contacted Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani and FM Mottaki in the hours following announcement of the USG initiative toward Iran. While Mottaki was tight-lipped, Larijani offered a negative reaction to the U.S. announcement, saying that it ign [...]
2006-06-01 08:33:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC OPRC IR MU
06MUSCAT869OMAN PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTS USG INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) Per ref A assurance from FM Yusuf bin Alawi, the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a public statement June 1 welcoming the USG's May 31 proposal to open conditional negotiations with Iran (ref B). The statement, which follows, was reported by the government-owned Oman News Agency [...]
2006-06-01 08:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPRC MNUC IR MU
06MUSCAT887DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT CONCERNING IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A points on June 3 to the Foreign Ministry expressing the USG's serious disappointment with the Non-Aligned Movement statement in support of Iran's nuclear program at the Ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur. P/E Chief previewed the USG position on June 1 with the [...]
2006-06-05 11:58:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR MU
06MUSCAT904READOUT ON SULTAN'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH IRAN FM
[...] (C) Iranian FM Mottaki assured Sultan Qaboos in a June 5 meeting that Iran will give careful study to the incentive package that EU foreign policy chief Solana will deliver on June 6, as well as to the USG's May 31 offer. He offered no indication of where Tehran is leaning. Mottaki reassured [...]
2006-06-06 13:20:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC SENV PINS IR IZ MU
06MUSCAT905PORT, BORDER SECURITY A TOP OMANI PRIORITY
[...] (SBU) In the wake of recent security incidents on ships that have visited the Port of Salalah, an Omani transportation official says there will soon be significant improvements in port and border security. Oman also continues to mull the creation of a new Homeland Security-type ministry. The [...]
2006-06-06 13:41:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC ASEC PREL KHLS EWWT MU
06MUSCAT906ENHANCING ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN OMAN
[...] At a recent seminar, representatives from business, government, and academia discuss how Oman could improve its economic freedom ranking. Participant viewpoints on business regulations, free trade, and government size, among other topics, will be incorporated into an action plan for review by [...]
2006-06-06 13:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP BTIO ETRD TINT PGOV MU
06MUSCAT907TIP: OMAN DISMAYED BY TIER 2 WATCH LIST RANK
[...] (C) Following the June 5 delivery of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report to the Foreign Ministry, the MFA Under Secretary roundly condemned the U.S. text in a June 6 phone SIPDIS call with the Ambassador. Calling the report "unfair and arrogant," he accused the USG of ignoring Oman's pro [...]
2006-06-06 13:48:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV MU
06MUSCAT910MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN INITIATIVES, THE LESSONS OF
[...] State papers voiced strong support for proposed U.S.-Iran dialogue, along with concern about the possibility of military escalation. Private daily Al-Watan accuses the U.S. of insincerity for promising to hold U.S. troops accountable for alleged Iraqi massacres while failing to impose harsh s [...]
2006-06-07 10:59:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT916OMANIS GRUMBLE OVER ALLEGED USG REMARK ON STRAIT
[...] (SBU) In recent days, popular Omani on-line message board al-Sablah has featured animated and overwhelmingly negative reactions to a USG official's alleged remark about the Strait of Hormuz on the al-Jazeera television network. Allegedly responding to statements from Iran that it could close o [...]
2006-06-07 13:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KBCT EWWT OPRC IR MU
06MUSCAT942SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEATH OF ABU MUSAB AL ZARQAWI
[...] On June 9, all English and Arabic-language press carried front-page agency reports on the death of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, along with the postmortem photograph. Government-owned, Arabic- language "Oman" (circ. 38,000) headlined "Rejoicing in the United States, Europe, and Israel over Zarqawi's [...]
2006-06-11 12:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDMU NOTAG
06MUSCAT948OMAN COMMITTED TO PROTECTING IPR; SOME CONCERNS
[...] (U) The Omani government remains committed to protecting IPR, as evidenced by the recent confiscation of pirated media and the hosting of a regional IPR seminar. Omani officials welcome further technical assistance from U.S. counterparts to help improve the Sultanate's IPR regulations and enf [...]
2006-06-12 05:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR ECPS MU
06MUSCAT949RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...]
2006-06-12 08:37:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU
06MUSCAT955MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL'S TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS,
[...] SUMMARY: Daily newspaper "Oman" condemns Israel's targeted assassinations and questions U.S. motives for humanitarian intervention, "Al-Watan" supports Palestinian "self defense." Gadfly columnist Essa al-Zedjali of "The Times" calls democracy a guise for U.S. interests. Limited coverage of [...]
2006-06-12 13:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT990COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS KEY TO GULF AIR PURCHASE
[...] (SBU) Conversations with the Minister of Transportation and Communications and the Under Secretary for Civil Aviation Affairs indicate that Gulf Air's upcoming purchase of aircraft will be based on purely commercial grounds, with fuel efficiency being the top concern. While careful not to tip [...]
2006-06-19 12:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAIR ECON ETRD PREL BA MU
06NAHA103OKINAWAN EXCEPTIONALISM: THE CHINA THREAT OR LACK THEREOF
[...] (C) Summary: Despite China's rapidly expanding economic and military activities, including in waters near Okinawa, Okinawans claim they do not share America's or Japan's sense of threat from China. While many mainland Japanese officials and influentials say they recognize China as a potent [...]
2006-04-26 01:20:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS JA CH TW
06NAHA199OKINAWA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BODE WELL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 12:16:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PINS JA
06NAHA204ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the first tangible step towards building the Marine Corps Airs Station Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF),late the afternoon of September 15 the Okinawa Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB) and Nago City Board of Education officials entered Camp Schwab to begin a [...]
2006-09-19 09:39:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV JA
06NAHA209GOVERNOR'S RACE: REFORMISTS UNITE BEHIND ANTI-BASE CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of polarizing debate and a brief split, Okinawa's six reformist parties agreed to back a single candidate for the Okinawa prefectural governor's race, upper house national Diet member Keiko ITOKAZU. If all six parties remain united, Itokazu's chances for election ar [...]
2006-09-22 11:02:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA PREL MARR
06NAHA213LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...]
2006-09-25 09:01:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS JA
06NAHA214LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...]
2006-09-25 09:01:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS JA
06NAHA227SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the upcoming November 19 gubernatorial election, the reformist camp, led by candidate Keiko ITOKAZU,has made opposing the relocation of Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma within Okinawa and pushing for withdrawal of US bases from the prefecture its primary focus for the elec [...]
2006-10-16 08:40:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALJA PREL MARR
06NAHA228PAC3 SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO OKINAWA
[...] (C) Summary: The introduction of the Patriot PAC-3 Air Defense Battalion into Okinawa is a success, with the locally (in Okinawa) most difficult part, the ground movement of sensitive equipment from port and pier to its destination within Kadena AFB, completed October 13. Despite some miscalc [...]
2006-10-16 10:19:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS JA
06NAHA229OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE PLATFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: Recently both Okinawa gubernatorial candidates have announced their policy platforms, which are long on aspirations and short on details. Reformist candidate Keiko ITOKAZU declared her top issue to be opposing the relocation within Okinawa of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futen [...]
2006-10-18 08:41:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALJA PREL MARR
06NAHA238OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN: POSTER SPOT REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial race remains too close to call, and the two major candidates are engaged in a technically illegal unofficial poster campaign. The reformist parties backing the woman running as their unified candidate seem torn between self-promotion and gett [...]
2006-11-08 03:11:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR JA KN
06NAHA253HOW THE LDP MACHINE USED PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING TO WIN THE
[...] (C) Summary. In the November 19 Okinawan Gubernatorial election, conservative Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA beat his rival candidate reformist Keiko ITOKAZU by over 37,000 votes (347,303 votes to 309,985),in an election that the press was reporting as too close to call right up to election day. E [...]
2006-12-20 08:49:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALJA MARR PREL
06NAHA56GOJ TAKING HARD LINE WITH OKINAWAN OFFICIALS ON FUTENMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-elected Nago City Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro said he had a disappointing dinner March 6 with Japan Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga. Shimabukuro said Nukaga refused to discuss agreed plan to relocate a Marine air station to Nago City, deflecting conversa [...]
2006-03-07 08:33:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PINS JA
06NAHA79FUTENMA RELOCATION: NAGO MAYOR'S HIGH-WIRE ACT GETS SHAKEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: As events appear to be building toward a "final decision" by the GOJ on the specific location and configuration of the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF),the personal negotiation track between Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshik [...]
2006-03-31 00:14:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL JA
06NAHA85GOJ-NAGO AGREEMENT ON FUTENMA PLEASES CONSERVATIVES, ANGERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2006 Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro reached an agreement on a two runway, V-shaped configuration for the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF) to be constructed on the co [...]
2006-04-11 08:51:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL JA
06NAHA96OKINAWA'S NEXT GOVERNOR: POSSIBLE CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) Introduction: In the following discussion of possible candidates for governor in this November's gubernatorial election, it is worth noting that Okinawa, unlike Japan as a whole, has had a functioning two-party system since reversion in 1972. Since that time, Okinawa has seen the fortun [...]
2006-04-20 10:16:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL JA
06NAIROBI1003JUSTICE MINISTER WON,T QUESTION POLICE RAID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]
2006-03-07 07:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1019 KENYA SOMALIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY TASK FORCE
[...] Summary: On February 27, Ambassador Bellamy established an inter-agency Drought Emergency Task Force for Kenya and Somalia at post to coordinate information and both short and long-term responses to the current crisis. Post estimates that the current drought in the Horn of Africa has placed [...]
2006-03-07 11:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON
06NAIROBI1023PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...]
2006-03-07 12:33:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1032Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting U.S. FAA airport certification specialist Ed Dorsett's training for Kenyan inspectors highlighted many deficiencies at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) that will likely prevent its certification to ICAO standards until 2007. Regulator Kenya Civil A [...]
2006-03-08 05:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1048 NAIROBI INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In response to reftel, please find at para 2 Post's input for the President's report to Congress on Kenya's political and economic climate as it relates to AGOA eligibility. This text has also been sent by e-mail to AF/EPS and AF/E. In addition, please note that this mission, through USAID- [...]
2006-03-08 08:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAID PREL KE
06NAIROBI106KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT (CORRECTED)
[...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]
2006-01-10 05:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
06NAIROBI1075COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held an East African regional hearing February 27-28 on implementation of counter-terrorism (CT) legislation and its compatibility with international human rights laws. The ICJ,s ultimate goal is to make recommendations on finding the [...]
2006-03-08 12:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PGOV PINS PREL KE
06NAIROBI1077MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...]
2006-03-09 01:02:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI1090JUSTICE MINISTER WON'T QUESTION POLICE RAID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]
2006-03-09 08:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1094SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...]
2006-03-09 10:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1111IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 08:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1114AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...]
2006-03-10 12:48:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1174 KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC RESOURCES
[...] Econoff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Elijah Manyara, Director, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Manyara noted that the trade in genetic resources is an important issue for Kenya, which feels that its biological diversity has been exploited by "foreign en [...]
2006-03-15 10:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD TBIO KE
06NAIROBI1187"MERCENARIES" IN KENYA TURN TABLES ON THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Stepping out of the shadows, Kenya's "foreign mercenaries" stun Kenya with claims the opposition, not the government, tried to hire them to bankroll regime change. Following the foreigners' March 13 staged press conference, ostensibly to clear their names, the intensity of the [...]
2006-03-15 13:27:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CVIS KE
06NAIROBI1224SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING
[...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...]
2006-03-16 10:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1237MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...]
2006-03-17 10:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE
06NAIROBI1238 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...]
2006-03-17 10:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO
06NAIROBI1239 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...]
2006-03-17 11:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO
06NAIROBI1243SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED AFTER FIRING ON US NAVY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post sees no likelihood of Kenyan prosecution of those captured March 18 for armed attack against U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia. Post supports direct transfer (NOT via Kenya) of the detainees for U.S. prosecution. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Presumed Somali "pirates" enga [...]
2006-03-18 16:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHSA ASEC PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI1261SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG
[...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...]
2006-03-20 14:40:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1262POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...]
2006-03-20 15:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI1348PARLIAMENT ALREADY FLIRTING WITH A STALEMATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki kicked off the re-opening of the long-suspended Parliament March 21 by highlighting the government,s economic successes and glossing over or completely ignoring issues potentially damaging to the government. As expected, the opposition was quick to criticize the [...]
2006-03-24 14:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI135KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]
2006-01-12 06:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1363COCAINE VERIFICATION HITS A GLITCH
[...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., and United National Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) international experts, accompanied by GOK chemists, arrived at the General Services Unit (GSU) training school the morning of March 27 to begin the verification process of the one and a quarter ton of cocaine seized in De [...]
2006-03-27 15:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1438OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT
[...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]
2006-03-31 09:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI
06NAIROBI1439CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS
[...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]
2006-03-31 11:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1444 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya and Ethiopia, REDSO (Somalia, Djibouti),and OFDA/ECARO contributed to this report. FLASH REPORT 2. Early reports from an ongo [...]
2006-04-03 03:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ASEC
06NAIROBI1445 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, REDSO Somalia, Djibouti, and OFDA contributed to this report. ------------ FLASH REPORT ------------ 2. Early rep [...]
2006-04-03 03:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE SO
06NAIROBI1514OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT
[...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]
2006-04-05 11:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI1547KENYA RENEWS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally reiterated April 6 its request for U.S. support for Kenya's candidacy for a seat on the first U.N. Human Rights Council (text in paragraph 2). Ref A communicated the same informal request from the MFA and asked for Department guidance. Departmen [...]
2006-04-07 07:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA KUNR KE
06NAIROBI1561USAID/OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S KAJIADO DISTRICT.
[...] Three weeks of consistent rainfall has replenished pasture and natural water points in the Mashuru Division of Kenya's Kajiado District. The start of the long rains season should halt the decline in livestock numbers caused by recent dry conditions. Farmers have extensively planted crops an [...]
2006-04-10 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI1614CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED
[...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]
2006-04-12 11:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1635THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]
2006-04-13 11:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1637KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...]
2006-04-13 12:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1650SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND
[...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...]
2006-04-13 14:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI1651 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...]
2006-04-13 14:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1652 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...]
2006-04-13 15:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1688RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]
2006-04-19 13:02:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1697TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU
[...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...]
2006-04-19 16:40:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1705Embassy Urges Ex-Im Support for Locomotive Export
[...] Summary: Ex-Im rejection of U.S. producer NREC's application for support for sale of eight locomotives to Kenya's Magadi Soda would contradict U.S. policy to help African countries expand their foreign trade, and produce a terrible optic for the USG. Embassy questions Ex-Im's projection that [...]
2006-04-20 07:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EINV EAID ECON KE
06NAIROBI1720 CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]
2006-04-24 05:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1761COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
[...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of AA/AFR/EA Lloyd Pierson from o/a April 30 to o/a May 3, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to visit USAID Staff and Programs. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel [...]
2006-04-25 14:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE
06NAIROBI1772 DONOR COORDINATION FOR KENYA DROUGHT
[...] Donor agencies and governments, including USAID, have stepped up to coordinate efforts to respond to the current humanitarian emergency in Kenya. In regular meetings, donors share information on funding, activities, and partners in an effort to avoid overlap and gaps in programming. Meetin [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1773 USAID Assessment of Food Security
[...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1775 USAID Assessment of Food Security
[...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...]
2006-04-25 14:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1789 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEIS SHERDEL
[...] USAID/REDSO grants country clearance for the visit of Weis Sherdel from June 18 to July 21, 2006 to provide Phoenix 6.0 training and support services. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, visitor has secret security [...]
2006-04-26 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE OTRA
06NAIROBI1804 RAINS STABILIZE PASTORALIST DECLINE IN KENYA
[...] The arrival of the long rains in Kenya's Garissa and Wajir districts have stabilized the dramatic decline in pastoralist livelihoods experienced in recent months. However, humanitarian interventions remain necessary to ensure both short- and long-term recovery. Potential interventions shoul [...]
2006-04-26 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1808Drought and Oil Prices Drive Kenya's Inflation
[...] Drought-induced food price increases and rising oil prices caused Kenya's overall inflation rate in March 2006 to jump 19.4% compared to March 2005. This will exacerbate poverty in Kenya, where over half the population is unemployed and living on less than $1/day. However, underlying inflati [...]
2006-04-26 14:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KE
06NAIROBI182GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...]
2006-01-13 07:27:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1850 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] The widespread heavy rains experienced in the region during the first ten days, or dekad, of April subsided in the second dekad. During the second dekad of April, most parts of Somalia and Djibouti, northern and eastern Kenya, and the eastern half of Ethiopia, where most of the drought-affec [...]
2006-04-28 09:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI1875 USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia Humanitarian Update
[...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded Malnutrition Rising While food insecurity is chronic throughout southern Somalia, malnutr In Gedo Region, the USAID-supported Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU In Bay Region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland co [...]
2006-05-02 12:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI1881 USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia
[...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded by the effects of fifteen years of armed conflict that has destroyed public infrastructure and basic services, and stressed the population?s coping strategies. The majority of the 2.1 million drought-affected people resides i [...]
2006-05-02 13:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI1883U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...]
2006-05-02 15:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI1930USAID ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL HESS
[...] From April 7 to 13, Assistant Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (AA/DCHA) Michael E. Hess traveled to Kenya to assess the impact of drought and to view USAID interventions. AA/DCHA Hess visited drought-affected pastoralists in Mandera Dist [...]
2006-05-03 12:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI1939 MEASLES AND POLIO INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE IN
[...] Since 2005, isolated measles and polio cases surfaced in drought-affected Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Increased migration by pastoralists during the drought has raised concerns of a widespread, regional outbreak. In response, the U.N. Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization [...]
2006-05-04 10:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO KE ET
06NAIROBI1951CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...]
2006-05-05 05:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL
06NAIROBI1956 DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMALIA DROUGHT
[...] To date, donor governments and agencies, including USAID, have contributed over 87.8 million U.S. Dollars (USD) towards the United Nations (U.N.) humanitarian appeal for the drought emergency in Somalia, in addition to more than 60.0 million USD outside the appeal. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, [...]
2006-05-05 06:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI1968COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA staff, Ms. Andrea Tracy to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 10- 13, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with and support OFDA/ECARO Office on Burundi programming issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Mayfair Hotel. H [...]
2006-05-05 09:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI1987COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Drought Assessment Team Member, Ms. Ngoc Clark to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 14, 2006 to June 30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to assess drought and humanitarian conditions in drought-stricken districts in Northeast Kenya; provide rapid as [...]
2006-05-08 10:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2009COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA GIS
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA GIS Officer, Eric Sawyer to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 12-16, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide global information systems support in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Sawyer will meet with representatives of the U.N. and NGOs to discuss informa [...]
2006-05-09 11:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2034MOGADISHU FIGHTING PAUSES, AFTER INTENSE ACTIVITY
[...] (C) The United Nations Security Office reports that fighting in Mogadishu has paused, following four days of intense conflict. The UN has received reports of 100 to 150 casualties (no break out yet of dead and wounded),while press reports indicate up to 85 deaths since May 7. Estimates from [...]
2006-05-10 15:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS SO
06NAIROBI2053COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Health Officer, Ms. Zeline Pritchard to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 13-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide health and nutrition support in the Horn of Africa. Ms. Pritchard will assess health and nutrition programming. 3. Hote [...]
2006-05-11 11:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2054COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Overseas Admin Team Leader, Sydel Maher to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 25-30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to discuss with the USAID/OFDA staff and RFMC administrative and finance issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the [...]
2006-05-11 11:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2059NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER
[...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...]
2006-05-11 13:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE
06NAIROBI2068COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV
[...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team, Alvin Phillip, Sebrina Robinson, Steve Fitzgerald, Steve Tashjian, and Hung Vu from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 12, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actu [...]
2006-05-12 03:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2075KENYA STRUGGLES TO GET WIRED - THE ONGOING SAGA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Regional efforts to at last bring economically vital fiber optic connectivity to Africa's East Coast are being stymied by South African efforts to impose a monopolistic model on the planned East African Submarine System (EASSy),a 5,500 mile undersea cable that would link Durba [...]
2006-05-12 06:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
06NAIROBI2089 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] In Kenya, initial projections are that the long rains maize harvest will be approximately 25 percent higher than the average. Rapid assessments in three districts indicate a worsening food security situation and food aid beneficiary numbers increased by 81,000. In Ethiopia, the outlook for t [...]
2006-05-12 09:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI210SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME
[...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...]
2006-01-17 11:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2120RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...]
2006-05-16 07:52:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2165U.S. ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE FIGHTING IN
[...] (C) Extensive press reports, including the front-page piece in today's Washington Post, convey the misleading impression that the USG is funding warlords to fight extremists in the streets of Mogadishu as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Initial fighting in February between the Alliance f [...]
2006-05-17 13:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS SO KE
06NAIROBI2166SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED
[...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...]
2006-05-17 13:54:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO
06NAIROBI2168KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...]
2006-05-17 14:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2174 USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S SAMBURU
[...] Consistent rains over the past month have improved pasture and natural water points that are critical to the largely pastoralist population in Kenya's Samburu District. However, according to district officials, ethnic conflict and cattle theft have displaced an estimated 20,000 people in the [...]
2006-05-18 06:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO KE ET
06NAIROBI2175 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MALIK M. CHAKA,
[...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of Malik M. Chaka, Director, Threshold Program, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from o/a May 23 to o/a May 26, 2006 and a one night layover on May 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess progress in the Threshold Program, meet [...]
2006-05-18 06:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE
06NAIROBI2178COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of IRG training facilitators, Jenna Luche-Thayer and John Taber, o/a June 10, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide CTO training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed trave [...]
2006-05-18 07:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2203COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIE-CLAIRE SOW
[...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of Marie-Claire Sow, Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist from May 24th to 26th, 2006 to perform Acquisition and Assistance services for USAID/Uganda. USAID switchboard number is 254-2-8622000 and after- hour telephone number is 254-2-856-2 [...]
2006-05-19 07:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTR
06NAIROBI2219COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV
[...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team member, Betty Chung from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per r [...]
2006-05-22 03:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2348COTU Convention Generates Plenty of Public
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU) election convention was unusually calm and well-organized, partially because there was no challenger to Secretary General Francis Atwoli and his Executive Board. Presidential contender and local hero MP Raila Odinga delive [...]
2006-05-30 03:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV ECON ETRD PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2414 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-02 09:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2425SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...]
2006-06-02 11:09:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV EAID SO
06NAIROBI2438 USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S GARISSA
[...] Although long season rains improved pasture conditions and water availability in most drought- affected areas of Kenya, patchy showers in Garissa District have left many areas dry, impeding recovery efforts. Water tankering activities continue in several divisions where residents still face a [...]
2006-06-05 08:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI2443COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA/OD IO/NGO Donor Coordinator Miriam Lutz to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 08-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with implementing partners working on Somalia and to attend the Biennial Conference of the Active Learning Network for A [...]
2006-06-05 11:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2453S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President
[...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...]
2006-06-05 13:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2454SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
[...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...]
2006-06-05 13:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2455SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT
[...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...]
2006-06-05 15:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI2456SOMALIA: MILITARY AND POLITICAL ADVANCES AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although two Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Fight Against Terrorism (ARPFAT) leaders retain control of their territory, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) now controls the bulk of Mogadishu. The UIC's advance on Jowhar is further cause for concern, both because it will [...]
2006-06-06 03:10:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPINS PGOV PTER PREL KISL SO
06NAIROBI2482CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]
2006-06-06 13:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2501 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-07 11:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI2532 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...]
2006-06-09 06:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI258KENYA GETS A NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's January 16 removal of Brigadier (ret.) Boinett as head of Kenya's National Intelligence Service (NSIS) removes the USG's main ally in the counter-terror struggle and one of the few remaining true professionals at the highest level of the Kenyan Government. Boin [...]
2006-01-19 11:28:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPINS PREL PTER KE
06NAIROBI259KENYA SUBMISSION FOR INSCR PART II, MONEY
[...] Per Ref A request, below is post's submission for Part II of the INSCR Report on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Unfortunately, there has been very little change in the conditions, laws, or policies surrounding money laundering and financial crimes (and many other issues) since last yea [...]
2006-01-19 11:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR KE
06NAIROBI2594 VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU EXACERBATES
[...] In May 2006, an ongoing low-intensity conflict between warlords and factions aligned with the Islamic courts in the Somali capital of Mogadishu escalated into large-scale violence throughout the city. On June 5, the Islamic Court Union (ICU) claimed control of Mogadishu, with most of the war [...]
2006-06-14 03:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SO
06NAIROBI2616AIRPORT SECURITY INCIDENT LEADS TO EXPULSION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Airport security is optional, for those with connections to high-level government officials and their associates. This point was underscored June 8 when two Armenian "mercenaries" (reftels) assaulted security officials at Kenya's main airport, waving firearms and bypassing inspe [...]
2006-06-14 13:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2618JOWHAR FALLS
[...] (U) Action request - para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The town of Jowhar came under Islamic Court Union (ICU) control the afternoon of June 14. The UN received direct assistance from known extremist Aden Hashi Ayrow to protect the UN compound in Jowhar, an incident that makes it appear that Ayrow [...]
2006-06-14 14:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL MARR SO
06NAIROBI2640SOMALIA: ISLAMIST ADVANCES, PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Somali town of Belet Weyne was taken over by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU),apparently by fiat rather than force, the morning of June 15. This now puts the ICU in control of the entire Shebelle valley and offers enhanced connections to supplies from the Gulf. Leaders in the [...]
2006-06-15 15:35:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPINS PGOV PREL SO
06NAIROBI2654SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]
2006-06-16 14:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI2655IGAD FOREIGN MINISTERS DEBATE SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A June 13 meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers produced much debate about the ability of neighboring states to intervene in Somalia's affairs, but ended with a communique re-affirming the position that any IGAD peace mission to Somalia would involve only Sudanese and Ugandan t [...]
2006-06-16 15:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI274 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Following is the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Kenya. This information will also be transmitted to EB/IFD/OIA via e-mail and included in Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for Kenya, to be delivered through FCS channels. ----------------------------------- A.1. Opennes [...]
2006-01-20 05:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2744 GETTING TO AN INTERAGENCY 3D APPROACH TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 04:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSECDEF OSD SOLIC
06NAIROBI2755KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among African nations as a country of special interest to the United States. With substantial existing infrastructure, a well-educated work force and a diverse economy, Kenya could become East Africa's engine for economic growth. In [...]
2006-06-23 10:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2760ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Prime Minister Gedi, Assistant Secretary Frazer outlined U.S. priorities for Somalia and solicited Gedi's thoughts on the most appropriate role for the U.S. at this time. Gedi identified security needs as the top priority to enable other activitie [...]
2006-06-26 03:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS EAID SO
06NAIROBI2781SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...]
2006-06-27 03:03:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SO
06NAIROBI2782ARMENIANS IN KENYA - PASSPORTS AND OFFICIAL ID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftels describe the exploits of the Armenian "Artur brothers," Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan, who were hastily deported from Kenya after attempting to clear a colleague from Kenyan Customs and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at gunpoint. News reports stated t [...]
2006-06-27 03:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE
06NAIROBI279HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN KENYA?S NORTHEASTERN
[...] Persistent drought and underdevelopment in Kenya's Northeastern Province continues to erode humanitarian indicators. Erratic rainfall during the Sept-Nov short rains season has failed to replenish natural water points or pasture causing degradation of local livestock, the main source of food [...]
2006-01-20 07:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI2793COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA/DRM Director, Antoinette Ferrara to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 10-13, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA/ECARO staff and REDSO Mission staff. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Intercontinental Hotel. The Ho [...]
2006-06-27 06:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2794COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Field Officer, Ms. Nazik Salih to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 12-15, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in response to the Horn of Africa drought in the region. 3. Hotel accommod [...]
2006-06-27 06:25:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI284CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN
[...] (C) Summary: It is widely expected that a newspaper serial exposing in gory detail evidence of grand scale corruption in the administration of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will begin the week of January 22. If so, it will likely destabilize an already fragile administration. Kibaki appears aw [...]
2006-01-23 01:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI285Drought's Limited Impact on Kenya's Economy - So
[...] Summary: Although drought has put 2.5 - 3.5 million Kenyans in Northern, Northeastern and Coast provinces in desperate need of aid, Kenya's economy grew about 5% in 2005, and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) forecasts stronger growth in 2006. Unless the March-August long rainy season fails, to [...]
2006-01-23 01:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR EIND EFIN PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2870KENYA: SCANDAL CONTROL CROWDS OUT INTEREST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With another corruption scandal emerging, this time involving private corporations whose malfeasance may have been enriching government officials, and another ministerial tirade against the media, the government has again demonstrated its aversion to transparent, democratic gover [...]
2006-06-30 11:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL KCOR EAID KE
06NAIROBI2924COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA staff, Mr. Richard Quinby to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 8- 10, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA Principal Regional Advisor to discuss strategy and planning for USAID/OFDA activities in Northern Uganda. 3. Hotel accommod [...]
2006-07-05 13:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI2933CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their July 5 meeting with CODEL Dreier in Nairobi, opposition leaders emphasized the constraints on their effectiveness imposed by insufficient resources and limited understanding of the opposition's legitimate function. KANU party members Justin Muturi, Chief Oppositio [...]
2006-07-06 11:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3016 PROCEEDINGS FROM 19TH SEMI-ANNUAL ALNAP
[...] From June 13 to 15, 2006, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) convened its 19th semi- annual conference. The aim of the meeting was for humanitarian actors to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability, and performance related t [...]
2006-07-11 06:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3025NO UNITED NATIONS OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE IN KENYA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 10:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI315PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...]
2006-01-24 09:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3153COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Field Officer, Ronald E. Libby to travel to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 27, 2006 through August 2, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to debrief the OFDA/ECARO after 3 months in Ethiopia. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Norf [...]
2006-07-19 12:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI3173COURTS ADVANCING ON BAIDOA? POSSIBLY NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of an imminent Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) attack on Baidoa appear exaggerated. Two reports, although differing in details, link the militia movement to Rahanweyn clan disgruntlement with the Transitional Federal Government. The UN advises that the Court militia has re [...]
2006-07-20 14:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PTER KISL SO
06NAIROBI3213East African Regional Labor Reports for Host
[...] Summary: Regional Labor Officer (RLO) will send compilations of the State Department, Labor Department, ICFTU, and other reports on worker rights, child labor, and TIP for the 13 East African countries and destination countries in the Middle East and Europe to Labor Reporting Officers in the E [...]
2006-07-25 12:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3214PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULTS HAND
[...] (U) Preliminary results from the parliamentary by-elections held on July 24 give the newly formed NARC-Kenya party a lead over its rivals in three out of the five constituencies left vacant following an April plane crash in which the sitting members of parliament were killed (reftel). NARC-Ke [...]
2006-07-25 13:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
06NAIROBI3217CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY
[...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...]
2006-07-26 02:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG
06NAIROBI3220COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Health Officer, Ms. Zeline Pritchard to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to transit through Nairobi on her way to Washington. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Intercontinental Hotel. Hotel t [...]
2006-07-26 05:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI3258Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents
[...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...]
2006-07-27 13:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI3261Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents
[...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...]
2006-07-28 02:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI327NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: US ASSISTANCE UNDERWAY
[...] SUMMARY: A four-story building under construction in central Nairobi collapsed mid-day January 23, injuring 105, and killing 20, with an unknown number unaccounted for, according to on-site press reports as of January 24 afternoon. Responding to the Kenyan government's request for assistance [...]
2006-01-24 13:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT KE
06NAIROBI3270PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: PRO-KIBAKI PARTY WINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: NARC-Kenya's victory in three of five July 24 parliamentary by-elections was a much needed endorsement for the Kibaki government following several months of setbacks from November's referendum defeat and the public exposure of the massive Anglo Leasing corruption scandal. The n [...]
2006-07-28 08:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3292AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS
[...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...]
2006-07-31 13:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PTER SO
06NAIROBI3394 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 08:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI342UPDATE: NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE
[...] SUMMARY: Rescue efforts at the scene of the collapsed multi-story building in central Nairobi continue, with 14 confirmed deaths, 107 injured, and an unknown number missing. While the government announced there is little hope of finding more survivors, and that the Israeli rescue team will co [...]
2006-01-25 12:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI3441 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 14:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE
06NAIROBI3500KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]
2006-08-11 10:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI3630 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] The second stage of implementation of the Crop Crisis Control Project (C3P) was launched with a regional planning workshop in Kigali, Rwanda June 13- 15, 2006. The goal of this activity, supported by the Famine Prevention Fund, is a regionally coordinated response to the catastrophic spread of [...]
2006-08-18 10:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI37SOMALIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Post provides the text below as our submission to subject report. Embassy Nairobi POC is Somalia Watcher Michael Zorick, email: zorickmp@state.gov. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Somalia Somalias lack of a functioning central government, protracted state of violent instability, long unguarded coastl [...]
2006-01-04 12:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SO KE
06NAIROBI3726KENYAN GOVERNMENT DROPS ONE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: An almost one-year old legal case against two journalists charged with publishing an "alarming" article has been quietly dropped by the government of Kenya (GOK). But the GOK is pursuing another legal case against other journalists under the same law, despite the risk of negative [...]
2006-08-24 14:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3733QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-08-25 07:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI3778 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Overseas Admin Leader, Sydel Maher and Support Coordinator, Sarah Potts from o/a September 19- 26, 2006 to discuss outstanding administrative issues with OFDA and USAID Mission staff. Country clearance is granted subject to th [...]
2006-08-29 08:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI3836AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALIA TFG SPEAKER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 30, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Speaker of Parliament gave his view of the current situation in Somalia, emphasized the need for American involvement and "neutral" troops, and described his planned approach to anyone in [...]
2006-09-01 11:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS ASEC PREL SO KE SU
06NAIROBI3900SOMALI REFUGEES IN KENYA (C-TN6-01351)
[...] (C) The following answers are keyed to original lettered questions in reftel. A. (C) HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA RESPONDED TO THE FLOW OF SOMALI REFUGEES TO DADAAB? IS THE INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES INTO KENYA A THREAT TO KENYAN STABILITY? IF SO, HOW? The GOK continues to fulfill its [...]
2006-09-08 08:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI393NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: RESCUE MISSION
[...] SUMMARY: As U.S., Israeli and British rescue teams wrapped-up their much-appreciated operations on January 26, the Kenyan government transitioned the rescue operation to recovery, with a reported three more bodies pulled from the rubble overnight. At a January 26 remembrance ceremony held at [...]
2006-01-27 08:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI395CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...]
2006-01-27 10:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI3952Information Requested For Secretary's Initiative On Global
[...] The GOK generally recognizes the role of information Communication and Technology (ICT) in national development and the need for a national policy that promotes and facilitates private sector investment for the benefit of all Kenyans. The Kenya Communications Act (KCA) 1998 and the GOK's subse [...]
2006-09-12 14:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3973GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...]
2006-09-13 12:13:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3988 KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE - September 2006
[...] Kenya's long rains (March-June) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. 2. The asse [...]
2006-09-14 07:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
06NAIROBI4000KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA
[...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions an [...]
2006-09-14 11:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4002KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA
[...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama?s (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions a [...]
2006-09-14 11:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI401COAST PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES
[...] (C) Summary: Kenya's coastline and ports present critical vulnerabilities to terrorist infiltration and attack, as well as smuggling of goods and persons. December 13-16, an Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Assessment Team and Embassy officials met senior provincial-level representatives from [...]
2006-01-30 04:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV EWWT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI4048KENYA SUSPENDS EXPERIMENTAL SHRIMP TRAWLER OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has temporarily suspended experimental trawler operations pending a September 21 stakeholders' meeting, when an environmental impact statement on the effects of trawling for shrimp within three to five nautical miles is to be released. The decision to suspend, rather than [...]
2006-09-18 09:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4070KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...]
2006-09-19 08:38:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE
06NAIROBI4105KENYAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: "DON'T DOUBT OUR WILL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya Attorney General Amos Wako told the Ambassador on September 12 that the absence of prosecutions in major corruption cases was not for lack of will, but is a matter of capacity. The Ambassador made clear that the cloud of high-level corruption hangs heavy, shadowing some pos [...]
2006-09-20 12:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI416U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...]
2006-01-30 12:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4239WHERE'S KABUGA? DIPLOMATS URGE GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hussein Bubacar Jallow, joined by like-minded Nairobi-based chiefs of mission, delivered a strong message to the Government of Kenya urging more cooperation in apprehending Rwandan genocidaire Felicien Kabuga. Kenya's [...]
2006-09-29 14:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
06NAIROBI4263 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD QUINBY,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Program Officer, Richard Quinby from o/a October 5-11, 2006 for consultations with USAID/OFDA Senior Regional Advisor in Nairobi. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed tr [...]
2006-10-02 13:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI428SOMALIA: PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER COOPERATING, PRIME
[...] (C) Somali President Yusuf told Ambassador January 29 that he and the Speaker of the Parliament continue to work together to implement the "Aden Declaration" they signed January 5, calling for the parliament to begin work inside Somalia. The Prime Minister and two key political/clan allies ar [...]
2006-01-31 10:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4299FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...]
2006-10-05 06:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4321AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...]
2006-10-05 13:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4327KENYA'S HEAD PROSECUTOR "COMMITTED" TO ANTI-GRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenyan Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko told the Ambassador that while he is committed to prosecuting high-level corruption cases, the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Commission are slowing him down. Delivering a message closely echoing that of the Attorney General [...]
2006-10-05 14:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL KCOR PINR KE
06NAIROBI4334 COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...]
2006-10-06 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR
06NAIROBI4372 SEEING IN 3-D: USG REGIONAL COORDINATION TO
[...] (SBU) Field and Washington representatives of State, USAID, and DOD met in Nairobi in August to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism in the Horn of Africa (HOA). Participants agreed to form a regional team to serve as a point of contact among relevant USG players. They also agreed to deepen [...]
2006-10-11 13:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER SO KE ET
06NAIROBI4376Overall Inflation Climbs Again in Third Quarter
[...] After falling in the second quarter from the drought-induced March peak thanks to a good rainy season, overall inflation began climbing again in August. Since September 2005, food prices have risen 20%, which impacts the poor most heavily. Interest rates began rising in August. The Central B [...]
2006-10-11 13:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR KE
06NAIROBI4378Overall Inflation Climbs Again in Third Quarter
[...] After falling in the second quarter from the drought-induced March peak thanks to a good rainy season, overall inflation began climbing again in August. Since September 2005, food prices have risen 20%, which impacts the poor most heavily. Interest rates began rising in August. The Central B [...]
2006-10-11 14:13:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR KE
06NAIROBI4414 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Program Officer, John Augsburger from o/a October 18-25, 2006 for meetings with OFDA Regional Office, to include planning of program strategy for FY 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at [...]
2006-10-13 08:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI4420SECURITY CONCERNS PERSIST AT WILSON AIRPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Concerns about security and possible terrorism at Nairobi's Wilson Airport persist. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) notice of October 4 moving all Somalia passenger flights from Wilson to the better-regulated Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) should help, but Ke [...]
2006-10-16 03:37:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER EAIR CASC ECON KE SO
06NAIROBI4421Charterhouse Bank and Money Laundering; Still Waiting for
[...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is fighting a rearguard legal battle to keep Charterhouse Bank temporarily closed in light of convincing evidence that the bank is little more than a money laundering machine. Beyond this, however, the GOK appears to be doing little to bring the cas [...]
2006-10-16 03:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
06NAIROBI4422MONEY LAUNDERING IN KENYA: FDIC TRAINING A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan participants in the FDIC's September bank supervision regulatory training class praised the course highly and said they would apply elements to Kenya's own draft anti-money laundering (AML) bill. They suggested increased case studies, practical visits to agencies, tips f [...]
2006-10-16 04:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON KE
06NAIROBI4470 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VICTOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Victor Bushamuka, OFDA Program Officer from o/a October 24-28, 2006 to meet with OFDA/ECARO to discuss technical and administrative assistance for OFDA/Kinshasa. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the ti [...]
2006-10-16 13:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI4472AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - KENYA
[...] This message responds to ref A's request for updated information pertaining to Kenya's continued eligibility for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Country: KENYA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Population of 33.5 million in 2 [...]
2006-10-16 13:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAGOA ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4477POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...]
2006-10-17 04:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4555 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALIA COMMUNIQUE
[...] The International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Nairobi on October 19. The full text of the final communiqu follows in para 2. Post will report on the ICG meeting septel. 2. Begin text: International Contact Group on Somalia Nairobi October 19, 2006 The International Contact [...]
2006-10-23 07:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI462KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...]
2006-02-01 12:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4629TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA
[...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...]
2006-10-27 12:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH
06NAIROBI4740KENYA: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND
[...] Kenya is significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe, and, increasingly the United States. The seizure of more than one ton of cocaine in December 2004 raises concerns that international drug trafficking rings have made inroads in Kenya and may benefit from a climate o [...]
2006-11-03 12:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
06NAIROBI4741Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical. Post is concerned the proposal may instead be [...]
2006-11-05 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06NAIROBI4841KENYA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] Summary: Kenya has made minimal progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),but there are ambitious plans for the near future. Senior GOK officials acknowledge the gravity of the TIP problem in Kenya, and have expressed support for the establishment of a Steering Commit [...]
2006-11-13 11:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG KE
06NAIROBI4868SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE
[...] South central region of Somalia is the most unstable area of the country where insecurity exists primarily due to interclan fighting, tensions brought about by the spread of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and the ineffective governance of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). 2. [...]
2006-11-15 14:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE NOTAG SO
06NAIROBI4871KENYA SUSPENDS SOMALIA FLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citing security concerns, the Government of Kenya (GOK) suspended all scheduled flights between Somalia and Kenya effective November 13. In so doing, the GOK will require all charter flights to apply for clearance, providing a detailed manifest of passengers, crew, travel docume [...]
2006-11-15 14:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER PGOV KE SO
06NAIROBI494CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]
2006-02-02 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5001KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND
[...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...]
2006-11-22 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA
06NAIROBI5003KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]
2006-11-22 14:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5076DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR KENYA FLOODS
[...] Summary: The October to December 2006 rains have been exceptionally heavy throughout Kenya resulting in serious flooding in the Coast, Western and Northeastern Provinces directly affecting approximately 300,000 persons and with 23 recorded deaths so far as reported by Kenya Red Cross (KRC) a [...]
2006-11-28 13:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI5077IMF MISSION VISITS KENYA, WANTS TO EXTEND PROGRAM AND STAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF wants to remain engaged in Kenya, and has therefore temporarily extended until February 2007 its three-year, $240 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which had been set to expire this month. It hopes by early 2007 to complete the program's second revie [...]
2006-11-28 14:38:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5099WHEELING AND DEALING AS KENYA'S OLDEST PARTY SPLITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The brewing split in Kenya's KANU party boiled over on November 28 when party leaders elected from a rival faction were officially registered, ousting Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta from the party's top seat. The registration of Biwott as Chairman leaves Kenyatta legally no longer Lead [...]
2006-11-29 14:41:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5112GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA
[...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...]
2006-11-30 13:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5126THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE: KENYA
[...] Summary. The Government of Kenya (GOK),represented by the Minister for Health, Mrs. Charity Ngilu, and Mr. Jackson Kinyanjui, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance, are enthusiastic about the prospect of taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Ambassador Rannebe [...]
2006-12-01 09:34:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBN ET GH KE LI MA ML ZA
06NAIROBI5130SENATOR FEINGOLD & FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Kenya supports a UNSC resolution adjusting the Somalia arms embargo to permit an IGAD peace support mission. Tuju considers passage of such a resolution to be "a strong signal that the international community will not accept an extremist state in the region and that the CIC must [...]
2006-12-01 15:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PREL SO
06NAIROBI5145QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-12-04 07:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI5177 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHRISTINE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Christine Gottschalk, OFDA Regional Coordinator from o/a December 9-12, 2006 to meet with the OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, partners and other USG officials and meet with UN organizations regarding Northern Uganda, the Horn of Africa [...]
2006-12-06 12:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI5183SENATOR FEINGLOD TOLD OF CHALLENGES TO KENYA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Top electoral and human rights officials confided to Senator Feingold the numerous challenges facing the independence of their institutions. The Electoral Commission of Kenya highlighted the limitations on their ability to penalize electoral malpractices, while the [...]
2006-12-07 05:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5231KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...]
2006-12-11 13:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI525STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...]
2006-02-06 11:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
06NAIROBI5253REQUEST FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF U.S. CITIZEN
[...] (C) Summary: I write to request the formal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of Merlyn H. KETTERING, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Maryland, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Available evidence indicates Kettering was directly involved in several grand-scale [...]
2006-12-14 08:08:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI5261KENYAN MINISTRIES NAMED AND SHAMED IN PERFORMANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive development for government accountability in Kenya, the results of a performance evaluation of public agencies were announced on December 8. Equally noteworthy, President Kibaki insisted on the presentation of the full results, including the under-performers, duri [...]
2006-12-14 12:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5267QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-12-14 14:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI527OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...]
2006-02-06 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5282FORMER GANG LEADER'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS LEAVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a likely foreshadowing of a troubled election year ahead, a political rally in Kenya's largest slum turned violent on December 17 leaving three dead. Police had earlier denied permission for the gathering, organized by Ndura Waruinge, a feared criminal gang leader turned pas [...]
2006-12-18 13:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5304UNICEF LAUNCHES SHOCKING STUDY ON CHILD SEX TOURISM
[...] Summary: On December 19, 2006, UNICEF and the Ministry of Home Affairs launched their long-awaited joint research report on child sex tourism (CST) in four of Kenya's main beach resorts. Surveys and research indicate that up to 30% of all 12-18 year old girls living in these areas are involved [...]
2006-12-20 06:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM KCRM ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5338OTHER PARTNER CT EFFORTS IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. is by far the most significant player among donor countries seeking to assist Kenya in counterterrorism (CT) training and capacity-building. Next comes the UK, followed by Denmark, which is funding a joint UNDP/UNODC project that has the potential to produce very useful [...]
2006-12-22 09:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL XW YM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI5345 KENYA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. (SBU) The government of Kenya continued to cooperate with the United States in identifying terrorist groups operating within Kenya. However, more work remains to be done in domestic areas such as law enf [...]
2006-12-22 10:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC EFIN KE
06NAIROBI5375 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TOM ROGERS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Tom Rogers, OFDA Field Officer from o/a January 8 - March 8, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of propos [...]
2006-12-28 10:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI5376 FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU & TRADE MINISTER KITUYI
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Tuju characterized Kenya's growing relations with China as a case of "diversifying our portfolio." Trade Minister Kituyi lauded China's price and quality competitiveness in infrastructure projects. Senator Feingold spoke of the necessity of improving Africa's i [...]
2006-12-28 10:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD CH SO KE
06NAIROBI5378 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TIARE CROSS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Tiare Cross, OFDA Information Officer from o/a January 3- February 15, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Humanitarian activities. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed tr [...]
2006-12-28 10:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
06NAIROBI5399Ambassador's Discussion with CIC Foreign Secretary Addow
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 29 meeting in Nairobi, the Islamic Court (CIC) Foreign Secretary Ibrahim Addow told Ambassador Ranneberger that the CIC is willing to resume dialogue with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to find a political solution to the current crisis in Somalia. Ad [...]
2006-12-29 14:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE KM
06NAIROBI567KENYA 2006 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSAL
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post endorses the following anti-trafficking in persons project proposal aimed at improving victim care, expanding shelter capacity, supporting public awareness campaigns, assisting with victim rehabilitation and reintegration programs, and increasing government and n [...]
2006-02-08 13:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06NAIROBI59SUSPECT CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF ROCKET LAUNCHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite racy press headlines accusing him of al-Qaida ties, Embassy has as yet found no connections between al-Qaida and a Somali arrested in Kenya December 14, and charged December 28 in court, for possession of a rocket launcher and four projectile grenades. Kenyan and mission [...]
2006-01-05 10:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PARM KVPR KE SO
06NAIROBI607CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...]
2006-02-10 11:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI627KENYAN PRESS REPORTS FOILED CAIRO TERROR ATTACK
[...] (SBU) On Sunday, February 12, a leading Kenyan daily newspaper, the Nation, reported that Kenyan police arrested five individuals planning a terrorist attack in Cairo. 2. (SBU) Post has independently confirmed the arrests with high-level contacts at the Anti Terrorist Police Unit, although [...]
2006-02-13 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER KE
06NAIROBI633SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT STUMBLES TOWARD BAIDOA
[...] (C) The Somali President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament gathered over the February 11 weekend to iron out their differences over holding the first-ever session of the Somali Parliament inside Somalia. Politicians from the Haber Gedir clan met the same weekend to seek an end to [...]
2006-02-13 09:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI635MUSLIMS PROTEST IN NAIROBI OVER CARTOONS OF THE
[...] (SBU) A group of approximately 2,000 Muslim protestors held what began as a peaceful march in Nairobi February 10 to condemn the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed initially published in a Danish newspaper. The procession began immediately after the Friday prayers at downtown's Jamia Mosque and [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS ASEC SCUL KISL KE
06NAIROBI659SOMALIA: ACTIVIST MP SEES A PLOT UNDER EVERY STONE
[...] (C) Asha Haji Elmi, Somalia's most dynamic female MP, privately says she fears her life may be in danger when she attends the upcoming parliamentary session in Baidoa, but insists she will attend. Amidst swirling conspiracy theories, she claimed that all facts point to underhanded agreements [...]
2006-02-14 11:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI661CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]
2006-02-14 13:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI67 KENYA EMOP RESOURCES - WHEAT SWAP WITH KENYAN
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. To address the immediate food needs of an estimated 2.5 million drought victims throughout Kenya, particularly in eastern and northeastern pastoralist areas, while also supporting Kenya?s oversupplied maize market, post recommends USAID/FFP [...]
2006-01-06 06:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE EAGR ECON ETRD
06NAIROBI72(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]
2006-01-09 01:17:00Embassy NairobiSECRETSNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI735KENYA: 2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post provided no new commodities or services under the international narcotics and crime program to the government of Kenyan in 2005. Post's End Use Monitoring Report is as follows: 2. (U) Procedures: The Kenyan Police Service was notified of monetary resources through the 2002 ALOA c [...]
2006-02-17 06:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN SNAR KE
06NAIROBI738 AMBASSADORS' FIRST HAND LOOK AT FAMINE CONDITIONS
[...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),Ambassador Tony Hall, joined Ambassador Bellamy, the Swedish Ambassador, the Deputy U.K. High Commissioner, WFP, USAID and GOK officials including Assistant Secretary Ibrahim Maalim and District Commissioner Samuel [...]
2006-02-17 07:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI741(C) FOILED CAIRO TERROR ATTACK TURNS OUT TO BE A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 12 Kenyan press reports that Kenyan Police foiled an Al Qa'ida terrorist plot against Cairo appears to be another case of the media jumping the gun and getting the story wrong. While some suspects were indeed arrested following an information request from Interpol, n [...]
2006-02-17 07:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER EG KE
06NAIROBI744 KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE ? FEBRUARY 2006
[...] The short rains (October-December) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. USAID/Kenya E [...]
2006-02-17 13:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE EAGR EIND PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI766SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT IN BAIDOA WILL NEED --
[...] (S) Staff at the UNDP's Rule of Law and Security (ROLS) Programme believe there is reason for very guarded optimism that the Somali Parliament can meet in Baidoa -- though perhaps not as soon as February 26. Although they see the available funding for security and logistics as completely insu [...]
2006-02-21 12:08:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI799KIUNGA: A BORDER TOWN WITHOUT A BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The impoverished hamlet of Kiunga is where Kenya ends -- and Somalia and the Indian Ocean begin. Security, especially cross-border banditry by Somalis, is the prime concern of local officials. USG-provided assistance is designed to enhance security, border controls and maritime [...]
2006-02-23 09:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
06NAIROBI817QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref B reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-02-23 12:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI837CLOSING RANKS ON CORRUPTION AS CABINET GETS A PAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the number of individuals targeted for corruption investigations continues to grow exponentially, the effectiveness of these investigations is called into question. Lucrative recent increases in allowances for members of Kenya's cabinet may prove effective enticements to inst [...]
2006-02-24 10:03:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI840SOMALIA: FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU AND POTENTIAL IMPACT
[...] (S) Heavy fighting in Mogadishu February 18-21 between the Alliance to Combat Terror and militias associated with Jihadist groups was, at its heart, a conflict among sub- clans of the large Hawiye clan. Several militias associated with Islamic Courts and their founding sub-clans have expanded [...]
2006-02-24 10:10:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI869SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES IN BAIDOA IN LARGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on February 26 opened its first-ever session inside the country. MPs turned up in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa in much larger numbers than predicted. The 211 MPs reported present were easily in excess of the quorum requ [...]
2006-02-27 14:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI919 AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...]
2006-03-01 10:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER
06NAIROBI920KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]
2006-03-01 10:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NAIROBI939MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration,s respect for the rule of law. The &Standard8, despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard-hitting investiga [...]
2006-03-02 10:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI944212 (F) VISA SAO REQUEST: ALFRED GETONGA, ANURA
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nairobi hereby seeks security advisory opinions under section 212(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States of the following individuals: -- Alfred Getonga, -- Anura Perera, -- Deepak Kaman [...]
2006-03-02 11:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRETASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL PTER
06NAIROBI945MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration's respect for the rule of law. The "Standard", despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard- hitting investiga [...]
2006-03-02 11:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI946PROVINCIAL SHAKEUP INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN KIBAKI'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 27 shakeup of provincial commissioners is a thinly veiled move by the Kibaki administration to tighten its grip on key elements within the civil service. By disposing of a number of Moi-era civil servants and promoting a new guard, the government seems poised to ensure [...]
2006-03-02 11:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI950 KENYA AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE
[...] Summary: To date, Kenya has no confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, but suspect samples from flamingos, as well as poultry samples from Uganda, are being analyzed by CDC-Kenya. Kenya does have a valuable interagency AI Task Force, and a cadre of well-trained technical officials who shou [...]
2006-03-03 01:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
06NAIROBI968 HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] Summary: ------------ This is the first cable in response to reftel request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. It is formatted according to reftel guidelines. USAID Missions in Ethiopia and Djibouti contributed to this report. A regional humanitari [...]
2006-03-03 08:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON
06NAIROBI973KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...]
2006-03-03 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI974INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON PRESS
[...] (U) The pre-dawn March 2 Kenyan police commando-style raids on the Standard Media Group's headquarters, television transmission station, and printing plant, which resulted in the destruction of property, arrests and the burning of newspapers, and the disruption of newsprint and broadcasting op [...]
2006-03-03 12:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI988MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]
2006-03-06 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAPLES102LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS
[...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...]
2006-03-29 15:47:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDIT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06NASSAU1044BAHAMAS, CARICOM LIKELY TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that The Bahamas will follow CARICOM's lead on the vote for the regional representative to the UNSC. Reports from those present at CARICOM'S Heads of Government meetings in St. Kitts indicate that CARICOM will vote as a block [...]
2006-07-07 20:02:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL BF
06NASSAU1051NORTH KOREA MISSLE LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 20:23:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP BF
06NASSAU1239BAHAMAS UNGA REPRESENTATION AND RELATED QUESTIONS
[...] (U) This is in response to reftel request. The Bahamas will be represented at UNGA by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Paulette Bethel, and a junior officer to be determined. Prime Minister Christie will not attend. ---- [...]
2006-08-15 21:13:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UN BF
06NASSAU1312PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW RELATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank discussion in a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Christie expressed surprise at the Bahamian voting record in the U.N. and limited multilateral cooperation with the U.S. at the UN. The Prime Minister and Ambassador agreed that bilateral coop [...]
2006-08-28 22:36:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UNGA BF
06NASSAU1566MEDIA REPORTS ON CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Local media sources have reported the presence of at least five Cuban intelligence officers in The Bahamas. The operatives, allegedly working undercover in Bahamian retail establishments and with Havantur, are reportedly gathering intelligence regarding Cuban-Americans in Th [...]
2006-10-17 13:22:00Embassy NassauSECRETPINR PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1597NO ANTICIPATED TAIWAN PRESSURE ON BAHAMIAN
[...] (C/NF) Bahamian elections must be held no later than May 2007, and are expected sooner. Campaigning is underway without any known Taiwanese involvement. For both Bahamian political parties, the potential to open The Bahamas' tourism economy to millions of Chinese tourists, the attraction of [...]
2006-10-20 12:38:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL TW BF
06NASSAU1616RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL GUARD PARTNERSHIP FORGES
[...] Since its inception in December 2005, the Bahamas-Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) has helped forge new avenues of cooperation between the United States and the Bahamas. These SPP initiatives have supplemented Embassy efforts to build local capacity and have helped [...]
2006-10-24 21:29:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM BF
06NASSAU1659ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE SHAKEUP STARTS AT THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lt. Commander Clifford "Butch" Scavella has been named the new Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF),pushing former Commander Davy Rolle into retirement. The long-expected move is the first major step in implementing a major overhaul of the neglected and underutil [...]
2006-11-01 19:33:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PINR BF
06NASSAU1675CHURCH LEADER SPEAKS OUT ON THE NEED FOR CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In wide-ranging remarks on October 24, Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez criticized the role of money in Bahamian politics, lamented corruption in government, and called for a stronger focus on character in selection of political leaders. The remarks, witnessed by Gomez special [...]
2006-11-02 22:23:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBF PGOV PREL KCOR
06NASSAU1711HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...]
2006-11-15 15:15:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG
06NASSAU1815COMMODORE ATTACKS CORRUPTION, PROMISES TO FIRE 25
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella asserted in a December 5 radio interview that 25 percent of the roughly 1000 RBDF officers are corrupt. He has pledged to move expeditiously to deal with corruption in the force and to improve its ef [...]
2006-12-11 21:46:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP KCOR BF
06NASSAU243U.S. JOURNALISTS' ALTERCATION AT DETENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Miami-based reporter from Univision suffered injuries to the head after an altercation February 7 with guards at the Immigration Detention Center in Nassau. The incident sparked protests at the Bahamian Consulate in Miami and has prompted several Cuban exile groups to call for [...]
2006-02-10 20:01:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU BF KPAO
06NASSAU277SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant Anti-American demonstrations? - No B. Have there been Anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months? - No C. Have these demonstrations [...]
2006-02-17 13:53:00Embassy NassauSECRETASEC AMGT PTER
06NASSAU358BAHAMAS: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) A,B: There have been no substantiated reports of specific instances indicating that The Bahamas is a country of origin, transit or destination for trafficking in persons. However, general reports regarding potential trafficking, especially in the vulnerable Haitian communities, are st [...]
2006-03-02 14:29:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC BF KCRM KWMN KFRD
06NASSAU363BIRD FLU FEARS LIKELY UNFOUNDED
[...] Twenty-one wild birds, mostly flamingos, were found dead February 28 on the island of Great Inagua in the Southern Bahamas, and testing is underway to determine if the H5N1 virus, avian influenza, is to blame. Bahamian authorities are working closely with the Pan American Health Organization [...]
2006-03-02 16:09:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF
06NASSAU367 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS 2006
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL. INVESTMENT CLIMATE A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian [...]
2006-03-02 22:41:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV BF ECON
06NASSAU368FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS SUGGEST NO BIRD FLU
[...] The Bahamian Ministries of Agriculture and Health sent a surveillance team to the southern island of Great Inagua on March 2 to investigate whether a group of wild birds found dead several days ago could have been the Western Hemisphere's first cases of avian influenza or bird flu. The team [...]
2006-03-03 15:09:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL BF
06NASSAU61PM PREDICTS PLP ELECTION WIN, LAMENTS AIRPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minster Perry Christie in a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador confidently predicted that his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would win the elections he must call no later than May 2007 unless the Government makes some big mistakes between now and then. Christie also com [...]
2006-01-12 15:41:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR BF
06NASSAU616MINISTRY OF TOURISM SUPPRESSES BIRD FLU RESPONSE
[...] Environmental officials informed the Embassy April 4 that the Bahamian Government has ceased its investigation of multiple suspicious bird deaths on Great Inagua Island. In late February, the discovery sparked fears of the first bird flu cases in the Western Hemisphere (reftels b and c). Lab [...]
2006-04-06 21:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF
06NASSAU673IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH U.S. ERODE CARICOM SUPPORT
[...] DCM discussed Venezuela's candidacy for the UN Security Council with Marilyn Zonicle, MFA Acting Permanent Secretary, on April 19, conveying reftel points on Venezuela's unsuitability for a UNSC seat. Zonicle reported that the Caribbean Community's foreign minister group, COFCOR, had not mad [...]
2006-04-19 21:53:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC VE BF
06NASSAU71BAHAMAS - CRIME STATISTICS AND TRENDS
[...] (SBU) Statistics from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) just released show that during 2005 there has been a 10 per cent increase in serious crime recorded in Nassau, with increasing figures reported for murder, armed robbery, attempted robbery and unlawful sexual assaults. Serious crime ha [...]
2006-01-13 16:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
06NASSAU782MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PREVAL: VIEWS FROM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Louis Joseph, met with Poloff May 11 to discuss Haitian migration and the urgent need to create jobs in Haiti. Joseph rebuffed recent media reports of impending violence by the Haitian immigrant community on Abaco Island, Bahamas, but registere [...]
2006-05-16 16:14:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SMIG EAID HA BF
06NASSAU867BAHAMAS - 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] Post requests $20,000 under the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees to establish The Bahamas Human Rights Council. As stated in Post's 2006 Human Rights Report, "Anti-Haitian prejudice and resentment regarding continued Haitian migration were common." Beatings and other abuses against non-Ba [...]
2006-06-01 21:10:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM HA BF
06NASSAU940MALARIA OUTBREAK IN THE BAHAMAS
[...] SUMMARY: As of June 14, 2005, The Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed 16 cases of malaria on Great Exuma Island, approximately 120 miles from Nassau. An American tourist who visited Exuma has now contracted Malaria. All confirmed cases appear to hav [...]
2006-06-16 16:04:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC PREL BF
06NDJAENA1382 CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 18:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1024EASTERN CHAD/SUDAN: PERSPECTIVES FROM DPA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Peace Accord signatories and non-signatories from the Sudanese rebel movement residing in Chad continue to accuse each other of being responsible for the recent violence in Darfur. Non-signatories still continue to call for a re-evaluation of the DPA, and have noted their [...]
2006-08-08 15:41:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1025CHADIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION SURPRISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad has become accustomed to its habitual position near the bottom of most international rankings, from infrastructure to human development. However, they now find themselves at the top of the Transparency International list of most corrupt countries, tied with Bangladesh. [...]
2006-08-08 16:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1026CHAD: NEW THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: A harsh new proposed law governing the press in Chad is back in the hands of its authors - high-ranking cabinet members - after being simultaneously recalled by the government and rejected by a National Assembly commission, who qualified it as "repressive." The proposed law, [...]
2006-08-08 16:02:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1028CHAD: BORDER SITREP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the onset of the rainy season has greatly reduced vehicule movements, Chadian military forces appear to be beefing up their presence along the eastern border. On the other side of the border, Chadian rebels are reported to be reorganizing their leadership structure. Eth [...]
2006-08-09 16:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1032CHAD: DAOUSSA DEBY DENIES CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daoussa Deby, special advisor and half-brother of President Idriss Deby Itno, denied accusations by Sudanese Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi and others that the Chadians are supporting Sudanese rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Accords. He asserted that while [...]
2006-08-11 14:27:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1037CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN, DARFUR, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-term success of the recent rapprochement between Khartoum and N'Djamena will hinge on the good will of the countries' respective leaders, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. He not only denied accusations of Chad's support for Sudanese rebel movements, but accused [...]
2006-08-14 10:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1054TAIWAN DIPLOMATS BID ADIEU TO CHAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The timing of Chad's resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China was exquisitely timed to create the most humiliating situation possible for Taiwan, according to the outgoing Taiwan Ambassador. He speculated that Chad's decision was based on a desire to h [...]
2006-08-14 18:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CD TW
06NDJAMENA1055CHAD'S POLITICAL TALK: DIALOGUE OR MONOLOGUE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Making good on informal commitments voiced before the May 3rd election, President Deby's government completed a week of "political dialogue" sessions on August 2. Dubbed by the opposition parties who boycotted the sessions and the independent press as a "monologue," a "masquer [...]
2006-08-14 18:14:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1069CHAD/SUDAN: THE SUDANESE REBELS' "LONG GOOD-BYE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between Chad and Sudan, Sudanese rebels loyal to the Justice and Equality Movement and the recently-formed National Redemption Front (NRF) have been asked by the GOC to leave Chad. According to representatives of the NRF, Sudanese rebels will conti [...]
2006-08-17 16:19:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1071INSECURITY IN GUEREDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The town of Guereda, a hub for services to five Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad, has experienced escalating insecurity since July 2006. In the most recent incident, the U.S.-funded NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) suffered a major theft and violent assault on nation [...]
2006-08-18 10:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1078FRANCE ASKS WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE ON CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: France is prepared to hold President Deby to account if Minni Minawi's claims that Government of Chad (GOC) support is being channeled to Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories can be proven, the French Ambassador to Chad told us August 21. However, France is concerned that [...]
2006-08-22 15:38:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1089CHAD DELIVERS OIL ULTIMATUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, President Deby announced that the Government of Chad is instructing Oil Consortium members Chevron and Petronas to "close operations" and leave the country immediately, for alleged failure to pay income taxes. He has also announced the creation of a national c [...]
2006-08-27 12:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1094THE CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT: CAN IT HOLD?
[...] (C) Summary: Chadian officials claim that the recent Chad-Sudan agreement has the potential to improve relations between the two countries and enhance regional stability, but admit that it will be very difficult to implement. Some half-hearted measures are reported to have been taken by the [...]
2006-08-30 19:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1095CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...]
2006-08-30 19:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1096CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...]
2006-08-30 19:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1097UNHCR REVIEWS SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 11:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1113SENATOR OBAMA VISITS REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Following meetings with the African Union, UNHCR and partner organizations, and the Sudanese refugees, the message to Senator Obama was clear: a United Nations force was needed to bring security to the region. 2. (U) On September 2, Senator Barack Obama, accompanied by members of th [...]
2006-09-06 16:05:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1127SIGNS OF INSECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between Chadian government forces amd rebel groups have occured in eastern Chad, following two days of a visible military buildup by the Chadian National Army and the movements of rebel groups inside eastern Chad. There are also signs of possible infiltration by Darfur Pe [...]
2006-09-11 09:56:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1151NRF REPRESENTATIVE ON CURRENT FIGHTING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to their representative in N'Djamena, following what he claimed to be the National Redemption Front's victory in Um Sidir, the Sudan Armed forces are attempting to mount another offensive in the area, but have encountered opposition within their own ranks. SAF buildup [...]
2006-09-18 14:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1166FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...]
2006-09-21 17:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1167FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD (CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...]
2006-09-21 17:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1178CHAD OPPOSITION SEEKS INTERVENTION IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of reported heavy fighting in eastern Chad, opposition leaders called on the Ambassador to urge the international community to impose a cease-fire and force President Deby to hold a national dialogue which included the rebel factions. The Ambassador assured them of [...]
2006-09-27 14:58:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1182NEW DIRECTOR OF CHAD PRESIDENT'S CIVIL CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. The new Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet told the Ambassador that Chadian rebels in the east were effectively confined to a zone near the border and would not venture further into Chad. He spoke frankly of ongoing negotiations with the rebels and reported some success [...]
2006-10-02 11:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1183UNHCR'S SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR still remains concerned that it will not have the capacity to cope with a refugee influx, and new IDP movements should violence in eastern Chad escalate after the end of the rainy season. Chadian government representatives are absent from a number of areas where UNHCR op [...]
2006-10-02 16:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1184SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD FOLLOWING GOC-REBEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the most recent clashes in eastern Chad between GOC forces and Chadian rebels, President Deby has returned to N'Djamena and is trying to negotiate with individual rebel factions, but still appears to be reinforcing his military along the eastern front. The rebels appea [...]
2006-10-02 16:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1205CHAD: MORE TROUBLES AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The respite President Deby enjoyed after his inauguration on August 8 for another five-year term in power did not last long. Last month he had to intervene personally in campaigns to rout out Chadian rebel forces from their strongholds in eastern Chad. The failure of his offe [...]
2006-10-04 12:34:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1215CHAD REFUGEES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUDANESE
[...] (SBU) Less than 24 hours after UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative informed Charge that Sudanese refugees in camps along the northern Chad border with Sudan were in imminent danger, fighting broke out in and around the camps between Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signat [...]
2006-10-08 14:29:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1249SUDANESE REBELS CALL THE SHOTS IN CHADIAN TOWN OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The northeastern Chadian town of Bahai was revealed to be a JEM-controlled stronghold following the clash between the National Redemption Front (NRF) and Sudanese Government forces October 7-8. Following that battle, numerous Sudanese soldiers remain in Chadian custody and the [...]
2006-10-19 13:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1255CHADIAN REBELS AND INTER-ETHNIC CLASHES IN GOZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, Chadian rebels occupied the Chadian town of Goz Beida (southeastern Chad) for less than 24 hours. Able to take the town without a fight (local authorities had left the day before),the rebels reportedly departed northward. Rebels did not threaten humanitarian wo [...]
2006-10-23 14:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1259N'DJAMENA ON HIGH ALERT
[...] (U) Summary. N'Djamena is on high alert as rebel forces have moved into central Chad. End summary. 2. (SBU) With the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the dry season, rebel activity, as expected, has increased in eastern Chad. Embassy contacts are reporting that rebel forces entere [...]
2006-10-24 16:35:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1268CHADIAN REBELS PULL BACK
[...] (U) There were no reported rebel advances today (10/25). Rumors have the rebels located anywhere within the Chari Baguimi district (11,00 N; 17,00 E),as well as near Mongo (12,11 N; 18,42 E) and Am Timan (11,02 N; 20,17 E),from 200 to 400 KM from N,Djamena. Embassy sources, including a w [...]
2006-10-25 17:11:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1272CHAD DIMENSIONS OF UNSC 1706
[...] (SBU) Summary. There is an acute need for an international presence on the Chadian side of the border, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) N'Djamena. UNHCR reports a fledgling collaboration with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in implementin [...]
2006-10-26 15:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1273CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE--INTACT
[...] (U) Rebel forces continue their withdrawal, so far eluding any attempt by the Chadian National Army (ANT) to intercept them. Reports indicate that this morning they were only 90 KM from the Central African Republic and were heading toward CAR rather than directly back to Sudan, thus avoiding [...]
2006-10-26 16:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1281CHAD GENERAL KILLED IN AMBUSH BY REBELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A leading Chadian general died of his wounds after being ambushed by the rebel group Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD). Government of Chad reports of Sudanese bombing in Chad's north eastern border region were contradicted by humanitarian groups on the ground [...]
2006-10-30 13:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1297CHAD:TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 17:19:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN CD
06NDJAMENA1301MANAGING CHAD'S OIL REVENUES: 2005 REPORT CARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad's Oil Revenue Management College 2005 Annual Report presents a vivid picture of just how difficult it is to spend money well in Chad -- despite the multitude of needs. While the College continues to strengthen its ability to verify use of oil revenues, it lacks the resourc [...]
2006-11-06 08:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1307IMF-WORLD BANK TEAM PRESENTS GLOOMY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF-World Bank joint mission is facing challenges in its attempts to work with Chadian authorities to develop a medium-term expenditure framework for oil revenue management, according to the mission's team leaders. The GOC's inability to accept the realities of dwindling o [...]
2006-11-07 07:53:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1318NEW CHADIAN REBEL ALLIANCE--UFDD
[...] (C) Summary. Three Chadian rebel groups formed a new alliance in October 2006. According to its communique, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) wants to organize transparent elections and abhors taking power by force. Nonetheless, it sent an armed column into central [...]
2006-11-09 07:11:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV RREL PINR CD SU
06NDJAMENA1320BORDER TENSION BETWEEN CHADIAN AND SUDANESE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite talk of reconciliation between Chad and Sudan, the Chad/Sudan border north of the Abeche corridor appears to be the scene of continued tension between Chadian and Sudanese forces. End Summary. GOS VS GOC AT THE BORDER ------------------------ 2. (SBU) The Head of [...]
2006-11-09 14:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1327CHAD IMPOSES STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. The Chadian Government has imposed a State of Emergency on eastern, southern, and northern provinces, reportedly to combat rebel activity and to quell inter-ethnic violence. Two ministers were given extraordinary powers at the regional level to control the GOC response to rebel [...]
2006-11-14 18:20:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD
06NDJAMENA1333GOC PLANS TO PURGE GUEREDA?
[...] (SBU) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Guereda report escalating ethnic violence between Zaghawas and Tamas, and suspect the Government of Chad (GOC) is stepping up its campaign to purge Guereda of Tamas. NGOs accuse the GOC of trying to eliminate any possibility of international scru [...]
2006-11-15 15:35:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1334IDP CRISIS IN GOZ BEIDA
[...] (SBU) Goz Beida has become significantly more unstable as a result of attacks on villages which have produced a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Attempts to tally numbers of individuals and families are underway, but UNHCR staff from the town of Kou Kou-Angarana estimated that [...]
2006-11-15 16:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1339REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFERRAL: DAOUD IBRAHIM HARI
[...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena would like to refer the following refugee resettlement case. Below is the biographic information of the candidate, a description of the persecution claim, and a justification of resettlement. 2. (SBU) NAME: Daoud Ibrahim Hari DOB: 1973 POB: Musbat, Darfur [...]
2006-11-20 06:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1343CHADIAN REBEL GROUP UFDD ESTABLISHES POLITBURO
[...] In a communique dated November 12, 2006, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) named its politburo. An informal translation follows: Quote Republic of Chad Political Military Opposition Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) After consultations amon [...]
2006-11-21 08:22:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR CD
06NDJAMENA1350UN AND NGO COMMUNITY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two separate meetings on November 21, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Chad made clear that any eventual international force on the eastern border with Sudan should focus on protection of humanitarian corridors and not involve itself in Chadian [...]
2006-11-22 16:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06NDJAMENA1351NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO CHAD ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The new French Ambassador to Chad acknowledged that France's special relationship with Chad made it difficult to push for the kind of political overtures which were needed to strengthen Chad's democratic institutions; he looked to the EU troika to assist in carrying the message. [...]
2006-11-24 15:02:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALCD PGOV PREF SU
06NDJAMENA1356CHADIAN REBELS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Chadian rebels may have taken the important regional capital of Abeche and appear to have taken Biltine. Looting is reported in Abeche, though the French garrison has secured the airport and is offering sanctuary to civilians. Two major rebel groups appear to be cooperating i [...]
2006-11-25 15:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PREF CD MOPS
06NDJAMENA1357NDJAMENA EAC FOLLOW UP
[...] (C) On November 25, 2006, the EAC reconvened at 1600 to reassess the reports of the Chadian rebel attacks on Abeche and in the East. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) US Embassy EAC met previously at 0900 (REFTEL). The situation [...]
2006-11-25 16:16:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC
06NDJAMENA1358UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) The Chadian National Army (ANT) reoccupied the regional capital of Abeche this morning, 11/26, after the rebel United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD) pulled out at about 0400 hours local heading east with 180 vehicles in the direction of the Sudan border. The World Food Progr [...]
2006-11-26 16:11:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1359EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REBEL ADVANCE
[...] (C) On November 26, 2006, the N,djamena EAC reconvened at 1300 and later, 1900 to discuss the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) When the US Embassy EAC met 1300, the [...]
2006-11-26 19:40:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC
06NDJAMENA1360CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE--EVENING UPDATE
[...] (C) As of 1900 hours local, the French Ambassador reported that the UFDD rebel column which withdrew from Abeche (13,49 N; 20,49 E) this morning, 11/26, was approximately 100 KM northeast of Abeche and that the northern SCUD (RaFD) column was approximately 100 KM west of Biltine, significant [...]
2006-11-26 20:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1369UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) Mahamat Nouri, leader of the United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD),told BBC that rival rebel forces (read Timan Erdimi's RaFD/SCUD) were located in Kanem Region northeast of Moussoro (13,39 N; 16,29 E) about 200 Km from N'Djamena. The Chadian Defense Minister denied Nouri's [...]
2006-11-27 17:08:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1370N'DJAMENA EAC FOR NOV 27, 2006
[...] (C) On November 26, 2006, the N,djamena EAC convened at 1600 to assess the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) The situation remains stable for now as no confirmed mov [...]
2006-11-27 18:10:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC
06NDJAMENA1371CHADIAN UPDATE
[...] (C) There are no reports of new rebel movements today, 11/28. There are unconfirmed press reports that Mahamat Nouri's United Front for Democracy and Development rebels shot down a Chadian military aircraft northeast of Abeche with a SAM-7 missile taken from Chadian army stores in Abeche. [...]
2006-11-28 17:38:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1372N'DJAMENA EAC CONVENE FOR NOV 28
[...] (C) On November 28, 2006, the N,djamena EAC convened at 1730 to assess the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) The situation in the East is still uncertain with the re [...]
2006-11-28 17:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC
06NDJAMENA1376INTER-ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN CHAD:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inter-ethnic violence in southeastern Chad, which has its roots in historical divisions and competition for land resources, has been amplified by deteriorating relations between Chad and Sudan, according to human rights researchers groups visiting the region. While [...]
2006-11-29 14:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1379A MUZZLED CHADIAN PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Losing readership and unable to report on the real news in Chad, representatives of the francophone print media are demoralized and frustrated. While independent newspapers reach only a small Chadian elite, the censorship imposed during the State of Emergency has dealt a seve [...]
2006-11-30 08:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CD PGOV
06NDJAMENA1381CHAD 11/30 UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Chad remains jumpy about rumors of rebel activities. It appears that rebel forces have not withdrawn to Sudan. At a convocation of ambassadors on 11/28, Chad's Foreign Minister issued a statement about the state of war that exists between Chad and Sudan. Pre [...]
2006-11-30 18:07:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF CD
06NDJAMENA1382 CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 communal elections and the 2007 legislative elections will cost around $11.65 million; and it has requested financial assistance from the US, France, Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations Development Program. Th [...]
2006-11-30 18:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1383DPKO STILL FORMULATING PLAN FOR EASTERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Poloff met with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Technical Assessment Mission (TAM) on December 1 and 2, before and after a meeting between the TAM and President Deby. The TAM reported that Deby had agreed in principle to deployment [...]
2006-12-04 09:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC CD KPKO
06NDJAMENA1404UN DRAWDOWN IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN convoked donors and UN agencies to describe the deteriorating security situation in eastern Chad and steps the UN has taken to protect staff and ensure the delivery of essential services. Refugee camps in northern Chad are essentially being run by refugee committees with [...]
2006-12-07 20:10:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1405CHAD: REPORT FROM BAHAI AS UN STAFF DRAW DOWN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Typically an area of activity between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels, Bahai was eerily quiet December 5-7, as the town and nearby Oure Cassoni refugee camp prepared for the December 7 departure of United Nations essential staff. NR [...]
2006-12-07 20:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREF PHUM SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA141CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...]
2006-01-31 11:34:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1411CHAD SCENESETTER
[...] (C) Summary: N'djamena today is a tank-ringed garrison town as President Idriss Deby Itno defends his 16-year regime against increasingly emboldened rebels -- many of them from his own clan. Civil society and the opposition political parties have called for an inclusive dialogue and an end t [...]
2006-12-12 06:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA1414CHAD: MINISTER DEFENDS PRESS CENSORSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The continued censorship of the Chadian press is justified as long as Chad is in a state of war with rebel movements trying to destabilize the country, according to the country's Minister of Communication, responding to concerns raised by the Ambassador about the restrictions. [...]
2006-12-13 09:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1416CHADIAN ARMY PURSUES REBELS INTO SUDAN
[...] (C) Chadian army units crossed into Sudanese territory late on December 12 in pursuit of Chadian rebel forces, according to Acting Foreign Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor in a brief meeting held at his request with the Ambassador December 13. Doumgor said he was under instructions from Pr [...]
2006-12-13 14:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA142CHAD: ESSO FEARS STOP ORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is concerned that the World Bank's response to the Consortium's request for a waiver could prompt President Deby to ask the Consortium to halt oil production. Esso has also pointed out the possibility of an income tax windfall from the Consortium into the GOC's coffers, p [...]
2006-01-31 11:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDCD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA1423CHAD:MAJOR BATTLES FOUGHT IN EAST
[...] (C) Summary: The Chadian government has announced that Chadian rebels have been decisively vanquished in the latest round of battles in Biltine and Hadjer Marfaine and pushed back into Sudan. French Ambassador Foucher seconded the GOC's claim that the opposition had been crushed in a conve [...]
2006-12-14 15:58:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA143CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...]
2006-01-31 15:41:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1431CHADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER FLOATS IDEAS FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo told Ambassador that he is floating ideas with President Deby, the French and leaders of Chad,s political and armed opposition for a dialogue that could lead to comprehensive internal and regional peace. More flexible than the pr [...]
2006-12-18 14:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1433TENSIONS MOUNTING IN GOZ BEIDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As UNHCR prepares for the High Commissioner's visit to IDP camps near Goz Beida, there are a number of reports of Janjaweed activity in the vicinity; the Chadian military and local self-defense militia appear to be reinforcing their elements for a possible defense. UNHCR expect [...]
2006-12-18 18:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREF SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1444LULL IN CHAD REBEL ACTIVITY; GOC TRIES NEW TACK IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between Chadian rebel forces and the Chadian Army (ANT) has subsided since December 18. Reports of a rapprochement between rebel FUC (United Front for Change) leader Mahamat Nour and President Deby providing for the integration of Nour forces into the ANT have not been [...]
2006-12-22 12:20:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREF PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA210CHAD:DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST DANISH CARTOONS
[...] At approximately 0800 on February 11, 2006 a group of 3,000 Chadians gathered at the Grand Mosque, located approximately 2 miles from the U.S. Embassy, to protest the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The group proceeded to the parade ground in front of the Presidential Palace [...]
2006-02-13 14:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASCR CD
06NDJAMENA243CHAD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE GOC REVENUES, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While discussions between the Government of Chad and the World Bank over revisions to the revenue management law remain at an impasse, other developments are affecting the country's oil sector. The agreement between the GOC and the Taiwan state-owned China Petroleum Company has [...]
2006-02-17 13:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDCD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA300DARFUR/CHAD: JEM'S KHALIL SKEPTICAL ON UN FORCE
[...] (C) Summary: In February 25 conversation with Ambassador Wall, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim lamented the international community's focus on mounting a UN force in Darfur, when security, he claimed, was better than at any time since the rebellion began, even with intra-Sudan Liberation Movement/A [...]
2006-02-27 17:42:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA301CHADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, LIBYA, UN ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi expressed doubt that the ongoing Libyan mediation between Chad and Sudan or the Abuja peace talks would produce much, during a meeting with Ambassador Wall on February 27. He said that Sudanese President Bashir had called a halt to the Chadian [...]
2006-02-28 06:08:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA305CHAD: ROLE OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby's opponents are trying to capitalize on his unpopularity and a heightened level of general discontent to push for a political transition. However, since coming to power, Deby has stacked the political arena against his opponents, cleverly buying off, exploi [...]
2006-02-28 10:24:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA337CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART I)
[...] Summary. Despite severe resource constraints, the Government of Chad is taking steps to address problems of child trafficking which are commensurate with the scope and magnitude of the problem. Government officials are working on each of the elements of the Trafficking in Persons workplan t [...]
2006-03-01 16:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06NDJAMENA338CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART II)
[...] Summary: This cable represents a continuation of Embassy N,Djamena,s responses to reftel regarding Chad,s prosecution and protection efforts. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - PROSECUTION EFFORTS - - - - - - - - - - 2. (23. A) Trafficking cases are generally prosecuted using charges [...]
2006-03-01 16:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CD
06NDJAMENA339CHAD: PREPARING FOR THE AI INEVITABLE
[...] Summary. With Avian Influenza (AI) confirmed in neighboring Nigeria and Niger, we believe that it is only a matter of time before AI is found in Chad. We are fortunate that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in N'djamana is able and engaged. However Chad lacks the [...]
2006-03-01 16:45:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID AMED EAGR CD
06NDJAMENA352CHAD: UN RESREP DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Head Amaning told Misoffs March 4 that he had an encouraging meeting with President Deby March 1 in which Deby agreed that opposition participation in the upcoming elections was worth working for. While Deby refused to consider postpon [...]
2006-03-06 16:56:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM UNDP CH
06NDJAMENA360EASTERN CHAD: ABSENCE OF CHADIAN FORCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A security void caused by the repositioning of Chadian police and military forces since December is the principal factor in the increased raiding and looting in the border area south of Adre. First-hand accounts by refugees arriving from these areas and assessments by senior sta [...]
2006-03-07 15:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC UN SU
06NDJAMENA365TRANSLATION OF CHAD HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 10:56:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA39CHAD:NEW OIL LAW PROMULGATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby promulgated the amended oil revenue management law on January 11, reportedly after being shown a letter from the World Bank to Citibank requesting Citibank to block transfers to Chad's account. We understand Chad's options to include foregoing oil revenues for the [...]
2006-01-12 12:00:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA413 SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM MONITORING VISIT
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) travelled to eastern Chad from February 17 to March 2 to visit refugee camps sheltering over 200,000 Sudanese refugees from Darfur. Since January, at least 3,500 new arrivals have been registered in Gaga Camp after fleeing from ins [...]
2006-03-14 15:44:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM ASEC CH UN SU
06NDJAMENA425EASTERN CHAD: ICRC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC estimates there are approximately 20,000 Chadians displaced along the border south of Adre by raids by Arabic-speaking nomads from both sides of the border. It has no evidence of direct Sudan government involvement but assumes complicity. The principal factor in ICRC's a [...]
2006-03-17 12:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA427CHAD: UNDP CONVENES OPPOSITION AND AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNDP resrep invited hand-picked key opposition leaders for an unprecedented discussion March 16, with U.S. and French ambassadors present. CPDC members and Yorongar stated their willingness to engage in national dialogue but emphasized that the blame lay on President Deby fo [...]
2006-03-17 16:11:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA431CHAD: FRENCH VERSION OF COUP ATTEMPT, DEBY'S
[...] (C) Summary: According to the French Ambassador, the March 14 coup activity involved another member of Deby's extended clan and has made him more paranoid and less amenable to reason. The supposed coup leader, commander of an armored squadron in the presidential protective reserve force, i [...]
2006-03-20 11:41:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA441CORRECTION: CHAD: ALTERCATION NEAR PALACE SPARKS RUMORS
[...] (U) On March 22, at approximately 10:30 a.m. N'djamena time, a disgruntled deminer apparently threatened the Chadian coordinator of the High Commission for Demining (French acronym HCND) with a pistol. Shots were reported fired. The dispute may have been over salaries. The authorities were [...]
2006-03-23 09:58:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER CD
06NDJAMENA443CHAD: GOVERNMENT TROOPS TAKE ON REBELS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chadian armed forces, led by President Deby, moved against a Zaghawa rebel group on Chad's eastern border on March 20-21. Both sides claimed victory and it is doubtful that Government of Chad (GOC) action dealt a death blow to the rebels. Deby has bolstered his image -- but hi [...]
2006-03-23 14:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA453CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]
2006-03-27 12:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA463CHAD'S TROUBLES ON ELECTION'S EVE AND WHAT WE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Troubles are ahead in the run-up to the presidential elections on May 3. The opposition parties are calling for obstructing them outright as well as for a boycott. Security is under strain, but President Deby is fighting back, with resolute support from the French. The belea [...]
2006-03-29 14:56:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06NDJAMENA482CHAD: DEBY ON DARFUR, DEMOCRACY, AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: President Deby, in a meeting with Ambassador Wall March 30, said that Islamic fundamentalism and the deteriorating situation in Darfur threatened the stability of the entire Sahel region, and he asked for more forceful action from the international community. He reacted equably [...]
2006-03-31 10:30:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA492CHAD/SUDAN: FIGHTING, IDPS, AND RECRUITMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC does not foresee a major displacement of Chadian IDPs away from the border unless fighting is persistent; UNHCR is more worried. UNHCR has long suspected recruitment in the refugee camps and now has clear proof. UNHCR sees Chad as complicit and Darfur rebels as the recrui [...]
2006-04-03 18:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA526CHAD: A WARY CALM IN NDJAMENA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a sequence of events which appeared to surprise both the Chadian government as well as the French forces in Chad, rebel forces under the loose umbrella group FUC, possibly in conjunction with southern rebel group led by Djibrine Dassert, penetrated Chad's eastern border with [...]
2006-04-12 09:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CD
06NDJAMENA530CHAD: REBEL CONVOY BLOODIED LESS THAN 100 MILES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A rebel convoy of perhaps 40 vehicles moved to within less than 100 miles southeast of Ndjamena. According to the French Ambassador, Chadian armed forces engaged the convoy and largely destroyed it. A larger military threat may be looming on the eastern border. The French ar [...]
2006-04-12 19:03:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA535CHAD: GOVERNMENT SURVIVES FIGHTING IN NDJAMENA
[...] (U) Rebels reached the northeastern and eastern sections of Ndjamena during the night, and fighting erupted at dawn and lasted throughout the morning April 13, with the Chadian armed forces beating them back. Ndjamena has been quiet ever since, except for sporadic gunfire to the east. Embass [...]
2006-04-13 18:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA539CHAD: MORNING AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one hundred prisoners were displayed on the parade grounds in Ndjamena the morning after the April 13 fighting, amid government nervousness that a number of rebels had fled. The French are widely perceived to have been crucial to beating the rebels. Some senior [...]
2006-04-14 14:10:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AESC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA543CHAD: A $500 MILLION DECISION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Possibly piqued that World Bank President Wolfowitz did not contact him after the World Bank/IMF visit, and evidently needing cash immediately, President Deby has ordered Esso to stop production Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. unless it pays Chad's royalties into the Chadian Treasury [...]
2006-04-16 06:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD
06NDJAMENA547CHAD: REFUGEES, RECRUITMENT, IDPS, PRISONERS, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC accounts for 250 prisoners (of whom some are Sudanese) and 250 war-wounded from the fighting April 13. ICRC has withdrawn staff from the eastern border for the time being but affirms a continued movement of IDPs to Goz Beida. UNHCR has cut its international staff in the [...]
2006-04-16 16:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA57PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...]
2006-01-18 07:09:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA576CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]
2006-04-20 09:03:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA577CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]
2006-04-20 13:58:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA590CHAD: REFUGEE PROTECTION AND IDP PULL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ideas for immediate refugee protection are few and far between, according to those working the issue in Ndjamena. UNHCR will explore devoting more resources to paying and equipping gendarmes. The AU could be pressed to send more AMIS missions across the border. Chadian Forei [...]
2006-04-23 08:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA591DARFUR REBEL LEADER COMFORTABLY HOUSED IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim received the Ambassador April 22 at his temporary quarters in Ndjamena (home belonging to President Deby's half-brother) and expressed unhappiness at the negotiations in Abuja and, in particular, the close relationship between the Americans a [...]
2006-04-23 17:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA612CHAD: ELECTION PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chadian presidential election campaign ends midnight on May 1, with elections scheduled for May 3. From the field of 5 original candidates it appears that only four remain. Opposition groups continue to call for a "ville morte" (dead city) on May 3 and for citizens to boycot [...]
2006-04-30 13:25:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA618SLM EXCLUDED FROM ABUJA WARN OF CIVIL WAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As peace negotiations enter an extra 48-hour inning in Abuja, three Chad-based Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) representatives told the Ambassador during a May 1 meeting that their delegation had been effectively excluded from the Darfur peace talks in Abuja by the AU, which inst [...]
2006-05-01 17:52:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SU
06NDJAMENA678UN'S JAN EGELAND COMES TO EASTERN CHAD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to eastern Chad May 11, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland visited a makeshift camp for as many as 13,000 displaced Chadians driven from their villages on the border with Sudan by attacks by jandjaweed militias. Egeland urged local officials to assure securi [...]
2006-05-15 15:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA699HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CHADIAN PARTICIPANTS IN
[...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for the Special Operations Forces conference in Stuttgart from May 21-25 as of this date. --Abdallah Idriss Amir, DPOB 1 January 1966, [...]
2006-05-17 07:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
06NDJAMENA706DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE: N'DJAMENA ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi was warmly welcomed in N'Djamena, where he is consulting with the Chadian Government, SLM followers in Chad, non-governmental organizations, and the media. Minni described his meetings with President Idriss Deby as p [...]
2006-05-18 15:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA745N'DJAMENA EAC
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'djamena convened an EAC on May 24. The EAC discussed the currently security environment in N'djamena following the May 3 Chadian Presidential elections. The EAC agreed that the situation continued to be stable and reiterated recommendation (reftel) to lift Authorized Depar [...]
2006-05-24 15:00:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC CD
06NDJAMENA747EQUIVOCAL MESSAGES ON DARFUR PEACE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Key Darfur interlocutors in N'djamena explained their reasons for dissatisfaction with the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in meetings with Ambassador Wall May 24 and 25. JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim poured venom on SLM leader Minni Minawi, whom he described as "dead [...]
2006-05-25 13:45:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU CD
06NDJAMENA748IMPLEMENTING THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TROUBLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Differing reports are coming in about a clash between SLM forces near Birzamma in Sudan across the frontier from Chadian border town of Bahai. SLM leader Minni Minawi accused opponents of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of initiating the attack with some Chadian supporters [...]
2006-05-25 13:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA771 CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY
[...] (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May the official results of the 3 May presidential elections. The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast, from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7 mil [...]
2006-05-31 16:06:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA772DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: CHADIAN OFFICIALS DENY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto raised the reports of Chadian support for groups undermining the Darfur Peace Agreement with President Idriss Deby Itno on May 30 and with his close advisor, Minister of Territorial Administration General Mahamat Ali Abdullah on May 29. De [...]
2006-06-01 09:07:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA775CHAD: FRANCE CITES CHADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 29, French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Bercot made a pitch to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Yamamoto for USG efforts in the UN Security Council for sanctions against individual Chadian political and armed opposition leaders whom he called directly engaged in activit [...]
2006-06-01 14:13:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA778CHAD: PRESIDENT, OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto discussed with Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno on 30 May the pressing need for the creation of a space for political dialogue between Deby and Chad's political opposition. Opposition politicians were fulsome in their description of the barriers and [...]
2006-06-02 10:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA779CHAD: FRANCE ON POST-ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wall, French Ambassador Bercot outlined the Paris-blessed strategy for expanding a political dialogue and establishing the foundations for better economic and political governance in Chad after elections. He cautioned that the regime's ongoing effort [...]
2006-06-02 10:37:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA788CHAD: UNDP ON POST-ELECTION "FRAMEWORK"
[...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Coordinator Amaning sees a two-month window for the government and the opposition to agree to a framework for shared supervision of political and economic reforms. He was concerned that the government might succeed at co-opting [...]
2006-06-05 14:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNDP CD
06NDJAMENA789CHAD: CONTINUED INDICATIONS OF INSECURITY IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRM DAS Fitzgerald visited Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad June 1-2. Recruitment appears to be taking place in Oure Cassoni and Mile camps, and armed elements are in extremely close proximity to the Oure Cassoni camp. Humanitarian workers continue to face the threat of [...]
2006-06-05 15:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM CASC PGOV
06NDJAMENA821CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affai [...]
2006-06-09 10:58:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG KDEM CD KCRS PHUM
06NDJAMENA828CHAD: PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR "DIALOGUE" REJECTED
[...] (SBU) The Chadian President has instructed his Council of Ministers to take the initiative for a "Chado-Chadian, internal political dialogue" to allow Chadians -- not foreigners -- to take control of the political development of the country. The political opposition publicly rejected any prop [...]
2006-06-12 10:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA831PRESIDENT DEBY TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL: STOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby made an impassioned plea for UN intervention in Darfur and along Chad's border in a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) June 10. He accused Sudan of aggression against Chad and warned that Chad's collapse would spread chaos in the [...]
2006-06-12 15:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA853CHAD/DRFUR: AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS
[...] (C) UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations reported in N'Djamena that expectations of the impact of a UN PKO in Darfur are unrealistic on both sides of the Chad/Sudan border. He called the logistical challenge of standing up the force "a nightmare", and cautioned that it would be at least [...]
2006-06-19 16:47:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA862CHAD/DARFUR: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SETS LIMITS ON
[...] (SBU) France's Ambassador to Chad told UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations that there should be no illusions about using France's troops in Chad as an arm of an eventual PKO in Darfur. He stressed the need for international protection of the refugees and IDPs in Chad, made clear France [...]
2006-06-20 15:02:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA880CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM FEELING PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of Government of Chad (GOC)-instigated pressures on the Exxon/Mobil-led oil consortium in Chad has led Esso management to conclude that the GOC is once again desperate for cash. Esso feels that they will be able sort out a dispute with the government over alleged unp [...]
2006-06-27 13:20:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA893CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT
[...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...]
2006-06-29 08:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA894CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR BLAMES POLITICAL
[...] (C) The French Ambassador to Chad believes that none of the actors in Chad's political-military conflicts are willing to use dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the country's succession problem. Although he believes that the international community must keep up the pressure on all partie [...]
2006-06-29 08:44:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA906CHAD/DARFUR: NEW PATTERNS IN EASTERN CHAD'S
[...] (SBU) Human rights groups and international NGOs point to an apparent shift toward ethnically or racially motivated attacks in eastern Chad in the area bordering Darfur. The period of September 2005 through May 2006 saw numerous such attacks; the month of June has been relatively quiet. Alleg [...]
2006-07-03 14:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA908CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF
[...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...]
2006-07-04 11:39:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA929CHAD: MARAUDING YOUTH THREATEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS
[...] (SBU) A tense day of stand-off between local youths ostensibly demonstrating for employment, and humanitarian NGOs working in the Sudanese refugee camps outside the eastern Chadian town of Bahai ended July 7 with one locally engaged staff member of the International Rescue Committee injured. [...]
2006-07-10 16:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS ASEC PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA95CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON WORLD BANK AND DEBY
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging tour d'horizon, the French Ambassador in Chad defended President Deby as the only option for Chad, and affirmed that France would defend Chad's territorial integrity. France, according to Ambassador Bercot, is working to prevent Chad from becoming a failed sta [...]
2006-01-26 06:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL CD
06NDJAMENA950CHAD/DARFUR: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Chad's Foreign Minister says he proposed to Khartoum a kind of reciprocal withdrawal of sanctuary for armed groups. Sudan suggested joint Chad/Sudan patrols of the common border. Neither side gave formal responses to the other's proposals. Chad awaits a follow-on mission from Khartoum [...]
2006-07-13 16:27:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA986CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...]
2006-07-24 16:27:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA987CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...]
2006-07-24 16:57:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NEWDELHI1094UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...]
2006-02-13 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN
06NEWDELHI1095CARTOONS: GOI ISSUES STATEMENT OF CONCERN, INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslims joined in scattered protests against the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad following Friday prayers on February 10. Most denounced the offensive cartoons, while a few directed their anger into either anti-US demonstrations (encouraged by the Iranian E [...]
2006-02-13 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KISL KDEM SCUL IN DA IR
06NEWDELHI1162BJP OBEYS HINDU RIGHT IN OPPOSING IRANIAN BOMB
[...] (C) Summary: Following a week of halfhearted denunciations of the UPA government for "selling out" to the United States by voting at the IAEA to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council, the opposition BJP Parliamentary Party executive committee concluded on February 14 that i [...]
2006-02-15 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP KISL IN IR
06NEWDELHI1172RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]
2006-02-15 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI1174PRESIDENT KALAM LOOKS FARTHER EAST FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Giving new reach to India's "Look East" policy, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's January 31 to February 9 visit to Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea produced new education, defense and economic initiatives in a region whose importance to the GOI is growing steadily. Durin [...]
2006-02-15 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN ENRG KNNP ETRD ECON SOCI SCUL MASS
06NEWDELHI1175PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K
[...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]
2006-02-15 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI118EMBASSY NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) Post has published Avian Influenza pandemic tripwires from ref A) on the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS) per ref B). These tripwires apply to Embassy New Delhi and all three constituent posts in India: Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai. 2. (U) Personnel respons [...]
2006-01-06 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IN
06NEWDELHI1230INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN
[...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...]
2006-02-16 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF
06NEWDELHI1269INDIAN ARMY CHIEF DEMANDS END OF CUSTODIAL DEATHS
[...] (SBU) Custodial deaths will no longer be tolerated in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh told his field commanders on February 9. "Singh convened a meeting in Baramulla (approximately 30 miles from Srinagar) and categorically told his subordinates that custodial [...]
2006-02-17 15:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI130FM ASO INVIGORATES THE INDO-JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso's January 3-5 visit to New Delhi sent clear signals to the GOI that Tokyo wants to work past nuclear differences and build a closer strategic relationship with India. Within Japan, the Indians say, Aso has been a primary proponent of better ties [...]
2006-01-06 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ECON ENRG EPET ETRD JA IN
06NEWDELHI1320INDIA AND THE US ON NEPAL: STILL NO DAYLIGHT, WE
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran sought reassurance on February 22 that India and the US were still reading off the same page on Nepal policy, and underlined that India still sees the Maoist insurgency as the principle problem in Nepal. He requested USG action to convinc [...]
2006-02-22 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IN NP PK
06NEWDELHI1321CHIRAC VISIT PUSHES US AGENDA ON CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's February 19-21 trip to New Delhi, which focused on political, economic, defense and energy cooperation, served as a preview for President Bush's upcoming visit. In a program and agenda very similar to our President's, the GOF made progress on "soft power" issue [...]
2006-02-22 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP FR IN
06NEWDELHI1395AHLUWALIA: INDIA RESPONSIBLE NUCLEAR POWER, FAVORS
[...] (C) Summary: The civil-nuclear deal continues to be a political "hot-button," but Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia stated to Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) on February 20 that the UPA Government supports the July 18 agreement and hopes a viable separation p [...]
2006-02-24 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET OVIP IR IN
06NEWDELHI1396POSITIVE BURNS-SHARMA FEBRUARY 24 MEETING FOCUSES
[...] (C) Summary: The February 24 meeting between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Indian Minister of SIPDIS State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reflected important GOI political endorsement of the positive direction of our bilateral relationship. Sharma, well-versed in the w [...]
2006-02-24 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP OVIP CVIS EINV ENLT KFLU TBIO
06NEWDELHI1415CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...]
2006-02-27 09:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR
06NEWDELHI1445KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]
2006-02-27 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI1572RGOB REMAINS COMMITTED TO REFUGEE RETURNS
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast to Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering's comments in Ref A that the RGOB my not repatriate SIPDIS any refugees, in a February 15 meeting with Poloff, Bhutanese Second Secretary Karma Thinley (Strictly Protect) stated that Thimphu remains committed to repatriating those in [...]
2006-03-06 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI161D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC
06NEWDELHI1611INDIANS SATISFIED WITH CONTINUED INCREMENTAL
[...] (C) Indians are generally pleased with the status of Indo-Pakistan relations; as long as terrorism levels stay low and the bulk of jihadi terrorism stays in J&K, the GOI and our contacts support continued incremental progress on the peace process between South Asia's nuclear neighbors. A rec [...]
2006-03-08 03:30:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL MOPS PBTS ETRD SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI163INDO-PAK WALTZ SLOWS: BACKWARD ON RHETORIC,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 conversation with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar underlined that much of the current friction between India and Pakistan stems from ongoing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism against India, including the spectacular Diwali bombings and t [...]
2006-01-09 14:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ELTN ECIN ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI1632JIHADIS PRIME SUSPECTS IN VARANASI BLASTS;
[...] (C) Summary: A March 7 evening terrorist bomb attack at one of three main Hindu temples in the holy city of Varanasi, followed by a second blast at the city's train station, put the country on high alert, but has not yet incited a major communal backlash, which terrorist analysts say was the [...]
2006-03-08 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI1653GOI COMPARES NOTES ON NEPAL WITH PDAS CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting SCA PDAS Don Camp on March 7 that the GOI was not worried about the RNA's ammunition supplies (Refs A and B). New Delhi is "revisiting" its policies toward Nepal, but continues to stand by supporting the seven-party alliance [...]
2006-03-09 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER IN NP
06NEWDELHI1660RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]
2006-03-09 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1670A REVISIT TO INDIA'S CYBERSECURITY "CERT-IN"
[...] Poloff on February 16 briefly revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) facility (Reftel) and made the following observations: Security -------- 2. Nearly all interior doorways were secured with an infra-red badge reader, including every door that led to a room hous [...]
2006-03-10 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI1699INDIA AND AUSTRALIA SEEING EACH OTHER IN A NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on March 9 concluded a successful four-day visit to Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai and signed six agreements on a range of issues, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Defense Cooperation that will bury lingering Indo-Australian suspic [...]
2006-03-10 14:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ENRG ECON ETRD MNUC TRGY TSPL ASEAN
06NEWDELHI1738GOI HOPES FOR RESPONSE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND
[...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that India is awaiting a US response to its proposal to set up a New Delhi office of the UN Democracy Fund. The GOI also l [...]
2006-03-13 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IN
06NEWDELHI1764INDIA PONDERING A POSSIBLE EXPANDED ROLE IN SUDAN
[...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that UN representatives had informally approached him to ask about India's willingness to help with any UN peacekeeping operation in the Darfur region of Sudan, drawing on India's presence as the major for [...]
2006-03-14 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PHUM IN
06NEWDELHI1806PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL
06NEWDELHI1818LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]
2006-03-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1850GOI HOPING FOR POSITIVE BANGLADESH PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-23 visit to New Delhi, reciprocating Prime Minister Singh's visit to Dhaka in November 2005, reflects in large part Singh's sustained efforts and desire to ease long-standing bilateral tensions. Zia is expected to attend a ceremonial rece [...]
2006-03-17 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD PTER EINV PBTS IN BD
06NEWDELHI1854SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND
[...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...]
2006-03-17 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN
06NEWDELHI1953SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]
2006-03-22 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI20SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...]
2006-01-03 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR
06NEWDELHI2057BOND: CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL FACES HURDLES IN US
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) told Minister of State Anand Sharma on Wednesday, March 22 that the civil-nuclear agreement faces stiff opposition in Congress, and Americans of Indian descent should actively engage their congressional representatives and urge them to support it. Sh [...]
2006-03-24 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
06NEWDELHI2061UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING SONIA GANDHI'S
[...] (C) Summary: One day after Sonia Gandhi's surprise resignation of her Parliamentary seat, she retains the moral high ground and appears to have enhanced her stature. Press accounts relate that a coterie of Congress insiders engineered a scheme to protect Sonia Gandhi that went awry. Althoug [...]
2006-03-24 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2091INDIA DENIES FLIRTING WITH IRANIANS
[...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's questions and concern about a Defense News article detailing Indian ""training"" of the Iranian Navy in Cochin, Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told DCM and Poloff on March 27 that the visit of an Iranian Vice President to New Delhi and p [...]
2006-03-27 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET MOPS IR IN
06NEWDELHI2131HELPFUL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON U.S. TIES DEEPENS
[...] (U) A signed editorial by Sonia Gandhi in the March edition of the Congress party journal "Sandesh" praised the civil nuclear agreement as "historic" and congratulated Prime Minister Singh for "ensuring the success of President Bush's visit despite opposition from key allies (read the Left Fr [...]
2006-03-29 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI2138INDIAN ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT INQUIRY
[...] Summary: The Volcker Committee probing allegations of illegalities in the oil-for-food program had identified Indian entities including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of illegal oil allotments. In India, a special inquiry a [...]
2006-03-29 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KFIN PGOV IN IZ
06NEWDELHI2167BHUTAN INVITES NEPALESE FM TO THIMPHU TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PolCouns and PolOff on March 30 that the RGOB invited Nepalese Foreign Minister Pandey to Thimphu to expedite a solution to the refugee problem. In a welcome reversal of his previous statements to us, Tshering asserted that the RGOB position on [...]
2006-03-30 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI2171FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...]
2006-03-30 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2172INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE
[...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...]
2006-03-30 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AORC PREL UN IN
06NEWDELHI2173GOI PRIVATELY MAINTAINING PRESSURE TO DEMOCRATIZE
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Burma watcher Mohan Kumar told PolCouns March 30 that the GOI is continuing privately to push the military regime in Burma to pursue democratic reforms. Kumar elaborated on President Kalam's visit to Burma earlier this month, and indicated that discussions on democracy figur [...]
2006-03-30 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM BM IN
06NEWDELHI2227INDIA BALANCING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: India is walking a tightrope as its defense and trade ties with Israel grow, even as the Hamas victory forces a delicate accommodation of popular Indian Muslim support for the Palestinians. As an emerging global power, New Delhi recognizes that it cannot afford to alienate either [...]
2006-03-31 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IN IS
06NEWDELHI2230TAIWAN-INDIA RELATIONS LOOKING UP, BUT TRYING TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Indian Government officials maintain that China has not protested India-Taiwan ties or the establishment of the Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (TICC). New Delhi perceives that its economic future lies in the success of its "Look East" objectives, and Taiwan beckons as a dem [...]
2006-03-31 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR ETRD EAIR IN CH TW
06NEWDELHI2231SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL
[...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...]
2006-03-31 15:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER
06NEWDELHI2255SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT
[...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...]
2006-04-03 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON
06NEWDELHI2291RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]
2006-04-04 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2323INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]
2006-04-05 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2324GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...]
2006-04-05 14:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER
06NEWDELHI2363SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED
[...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...]
2006-04-07 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2365KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]
2006-04-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2446HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...]
2006-04-11 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2532CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...]
2006-04-14 06:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI2535SENATOR HAGEL AND ANAND SHARMA DISCUSS BROAD BASIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a brief April 10 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) reflected on the multifaceted nature of US-India relations, including cooperation in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, democracy, defense, the economy, health, and [...]
2006-04-14 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET EAGR ECON MNUC IN
06NEWDELHI2561TERRORISTS UNSUCCESSFULLY STRIKE DELHI AND
[...] (C) Summary: Thirteen people were injured, but none killed, by two bombs that went off during Friday (April 14) evening prayers at the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, the largest mosque in South Asia and a popular tourist destination (although tourists are escorted out of the mosque grounds by cust [...]
2006-04-17 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KISL PGOV IN PK
06NEWDELHI2587SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...]
2006-04-18 07:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO
06NEWDELHI2603GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI2622DESPITE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, PM AGAIN DEFENDS
[...] (SBU) In an April 18 meeting with prominent Indian Muslim leaders including Ahmed Bukhari, chief Imam of New Delhi's largest mosque, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India's conviction that it was correct to vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran's nuclear [...]
2006-04-19 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PGOV KISL MNUC IN IR
06NEWDELHI265NSA SUGGESTS INDIA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: NSA MK Narayanan told the Ambassador on January 12 that India ""would like to"" vote for IAEA referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. New Delhi considers Iran in violation of its NPT obligations. However, he said, the GOI must still determine how to ""sell the vote"" domestical [...]
2006-01-12 14:49:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP IN IR
06NEWDELHI2655A/USTR HARTWICK DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON CSLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Awsistant US Trade Representative Doug Hartwick heard Indian objections to the draft Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) and explained USG reasoning behind the draft in a meeting with MEA and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) interlocutors on April 18. Ambassador H [...]
2006-04-20 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD KSTC ETTC KSPA KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI2699INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...]
2006-04-21 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN
06NEWDELHI27GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...]
2006-01-04 04:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
06NEWDELHI2703INDIA CONFIRMS DETAILS FOR PEACEKEEPING JWG,
[...] (U) MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) Manish confirmed to Poloff on April 17 that India would participate in the next round of the bilateral Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (PKJWG) proposed for May 11-12 in Washington. MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora would lead the SIPDIS [...]
2006-04-21 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MOPS PHUM KDEM MASS IN
06NEWDELHI2706INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]
2006-04-21 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2788JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]
2006-04-25 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2789JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]
2006-04-25 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI291LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI2910BHUTANESE CENSUS RELEASED, GROSS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Bhutan released the results of its May 2005 census on April 27, listing the total population of the country at 672,425, roughly the same population as Baltimore City, Maryland. The census included all residents, regardless of nationality, who were present in Bhutan on May 30 and 31, 200 [...]
2006-04-28 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI2911FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...]
2006-04-28 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2915RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES
[...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]
2006-04-28 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2919POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...]
2006-04-28 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI292LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]
2006-01-13 14:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI294NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...]
2006-01-14 09:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI2997INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...]
2006-05-02 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2998TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]
2006-05-02 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3006GOI RESPONSE POSITIVE TO UN DEMOCRACY FUND
[...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora said that the GOI plans actively to promote the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF, Ref A) to Indian NGOs and civil society organizations, including via the MEA's Internet site, and to facilitat [...]
2006-05-03 07:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR IN AF KG
06NEWDELHI3007GOI SHARES ITS SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEXT UNSYG
[...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora shared the GOI's thinking on who it will support as the next UN Secretary-General. Avoiding commenting on any declared or stealth candidates (including UN Under-Secretary-General for [...]
2006-05-03 07:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3048BOUCHER AND INDIAN OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Having just returned from Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Boucher related to MEA Joint Secretaries Pankaj Saran (Nepal) and S. Jaishankar (Americas) that the political parties intended to show progress. The U.S. would wait for the civilian government to issue a formal request for [...]
2006-05-04 07:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV IN NP PTER
06NEWDELHI3117EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT
[...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]
2006-05-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3266SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...]
2006-05-11 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS IN
06NEWDELHI3270INDIA SKEPTICAL OF SCO AS SECURITY FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Bhagwati on May 10 seeking India's help to prevent the inclusion of anti-US language at the upcoming SCO meeting in Shanghai. Bhagwati stated clearly that as an observer to SCO, India has no role in drafting th [...]
2006-05-11 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS PTER SNAR SCUL ETRD ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI3304INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...]
2006-05-12 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK
06NEWDELHI3313PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]
2006-05-12 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3334MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]
2006-05-15 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI3382GOI FAVORS NEPAL CEASE-FIRE MONITORING UNDER UN
[...] (C) Summary: Noting that that India does not want to be unilaterally involved in maintaining the peace in Nepal, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manish Gupta indicated on May 16 that the GOI would not oppose UN involvement in monitoring the cease-fire between the Maoists and Government of Nepal. [...]
2006-05-16 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3417BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000),and for Zamir for se [...]
2006-05-17 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK NP SZ
06NEWDELHI3433POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO NEPAL VITAL,
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for G, IO and USUN. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The international community needs to provide full diplomatic and political support to the Government of Nepal (GON) and be ready to provide aid when requested, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Sa [...]
2006-05-18 06:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3466WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3471CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA
[...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]
2006-05-18 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3499SARAN ARGUES FOR PRESSURE ON MAOISTS, CRITICIZES
[...] (U) This is an action request for SCA and USUN. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Saran used a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics septel) to explain India's concern about the current UN Secretariat approach to Nepal and to appeal for US engagement with the UN to ens [...]
2006-05-19 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC MOPS NP IN
06NEWDELHI3506AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST
[...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]
2006-05-19 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3548RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL
[...] (C) Summary: On May 19, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil unexpectedly refused to sign Rajasthan's controversial anti-conversion bill (Ref C),instead sending it back to the state cabinet based on concerns that it is unconstitutional. The cabinet must now present arguments to the Governor that wou [...]
2006-05-22 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI3549AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT
[...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]
2006-05-22 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI356LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3580BHUTANESE REFUGEES ON BACKBURNER BUT NOT
[...] (C) In light of the turmoil in Nepal, the GOI has not recently discussed the refugee situation with the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting PDAS Camp and PolCouns in a May 17 meeting. Saran indicated that he would visit Bhutan during the [...]
2006-05-23 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI3586INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...]
2006-05-23 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3611EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]
2006-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI369LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]
2006-01-18 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI370HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...]
2006-01-18 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3730TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for EB and S/CT, please see Para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on May 4 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on May 5 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry, Departmen [...]
2006-05-30 08:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK
06NEWDELHI3755MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...]
2006-05-30 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3835TERRORISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETING HINDUS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent terror attacks targeting Hindus could impact Indo-Pak rapprochement and spark religious tension. A foiled May 31 dawn attack on the hardline Hindu Rashtriya Swyamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur that would likely have led to communal violence was averted because of [...]
2006-06-01 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC KIRF IN PK
06NEWDELHI3873ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...]
2006-06-05 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI3880SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP
[...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...]
2006-06-05 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN
06NEWDELHI4000LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...]
2006-06-08 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI4005SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR
[...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...]
2006-06-08 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI4169FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...]
2006-06-14 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4200CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]
2006-06-15 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI4253LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA
[...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...]
2006-06-16 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI4254MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...]
2006-06-16 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV
06NEWDELHI4255FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]
2006-06-16 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4283BARAPIND EXTRADITION COMPLETE
[...] (SBU) At DRL's request, PolOffs witnessed immigration officials admit Kulbir Singh Barapind to India at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 18, and his hand over to officers of the Punjab Police Force. Barapind told PolOff that he had been well cared for, was not concerned for his sa [...]
2006-06-19 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4334BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD
[...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...]
2006-06-20 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4336COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE
[...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...]
2006-06-20 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4369NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...]
2006-06-21 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK
06NEWDELHI4406BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...]
2006-06-22 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4466MEA WILL NOT ATTEND BHUTANESE REFUGEE MEETING
[...] (C) The GOI will not attend the proposed July 14 meeting in New York of the truncated Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees (Reftel),MEA Director (North) Vikas Swarup told PolOff on June 26. Swarup stated that the GOI would be interested in receiving a read-out of the meeting, but that due to "s [...]
2006-06-26 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI4605BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH
[...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...]
2006-06-30 08:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4667STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]
2006-07-03 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI4729GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES
[...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...]
2006-07-06 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4819PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...]
2006-07-10 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4826US/GOI COUNTER TERRORISM COOPERATION MAY SUFFER FROM ALLEGED SPY SCANDAL
[...] (C) MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh used a July 7 meeting with the DCM to raise the recent Indian press allegations (primarily in the ""Indian Express"") that a US diplomat used our Cybersecurity Forum to recruit officers in India's National Security Council Secret [...]
2006-07-10 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KCIP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4900GOI DECISION-MAKING, POST-MUMBAI BLASTS: WHAT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of October's Diwali bombings in Delhi (Ref D),NSA Narayanan put us on notice that although that attack did not surpass the GOI's threshold for absorbing terrorism, he could not say definitively how close it came to crossing the line. His more recent warnings of [...]
2006-07-12 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV ELNT IN PK
06NEWDELHI4928J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING
[...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]
2006-07-13 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NEWDELHI4947INDIAN THINK TANKS STRESS NEED FOR UN INVOLVEMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from Delhi-based think tanks stressed to PolOffs on July 11 that proposed negotiations with the Maoists in Nepal will not be successful without UN involvement and a strong and united front by the country's political parties. The representatives also stressed their [...]
2006-07-13 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM KPKO IN NP
06NEWDELHI4948NERVOUS NORTH INDIAN MUSLIMS ANTICIPATE A POST
[...] (C) Summary: The Mumbai attacks have focused attention on the fragile communal situation in the North Indian Hindi belt, most particularly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Indian security agencies are warning that both the Students' Islamic Organization of India (SIMI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have esta [...]
2006-07-13 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4989TERROR ATTACKS IN INDIA LIKELY TO DAMAGE INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to the Prime Minister's public suggestion that Pakistan is behind the July 11 terror bombings, there is even stronger private Indian suspicion of a connection between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists. Indian media and conservative think-tanks are almost unanimous in [...]
2006-07-14 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IN
06NEWDELHI5030PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES
[...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]
2006-07-18 10:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5035DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dalai Lama Representative Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter to the charge' on July 17 requesting greater USG engagement with the Government of Nepal (GON) on the Tibetan refugee issue in light of increased pressure from China. He noted that the PRC will send Vice Foreign Minis [...]
2006-07-18 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN PREF
06NEWDELHI512UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...]
2006-01-25 05:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN
06NEWDELHI5133WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]
2006-07-21 06:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]
2006-07-21 07:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]
2006-07-21 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5138STORM CLOUDS GATHERING OVER PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON IN
06NEWDELHI5237GOI AGREES WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel on July 24. MEA Undersecretary Jayant Khobargade (Disarmament and International Security) expressed GOI support for the initiative. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki confirmed in an Indian television interview that several high-profile and criti [...]
2006-07-26 08:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKACT KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREF
06NEWDELHI5239PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...]
2006-07-26 08:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5285THE CIVIL NUCLEAR INITIATIVE MOVES TO CENTER STAGE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative has moved to the top of the agenda in Parliament. Both the Prime Minister and Minister of State for External Affairs tried to assuage angry MPs from the Left and the Right on July 26 and 27, with limited success. Despite the dramatic floo [...]
2006-07-27 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM PINR TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
06NEWDELHI550GOI STUMPED ON ITS NEPAL POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is trying to decide its next steps on Nepal, and hopes for more "clarity" in a few days, Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran said in a January 25 meeting with SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs. The GOI is committed to maintaining its current pro-democracy position (including the [...]
2006-01-25 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MASS PTER ASEC IN NP
06NEWDELHI553IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...]
2006-01-25 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF
06NEWDELHI554MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK DESPITE PUNDITS' NAYSAYING
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha provided a positive read-out of the January 17-18 Third Round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks, and of Indo-Pak relations generally, despite the pall cast by the cross-bo [...]
2006-01-25 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD ELTN MOPS KNNP IN PK
06NEWDELHI555GOI WILLING TO ENGAGE RGOB ON REFUGEES IN NEPAL,
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI pressed Bhutanese Foreign Minister Wangchuk to find a solution to the refugee problem during his January 15 visit to New Delhi, Joint Secretary-North (Nepal-Bhutan) Pankaj Saran told us during a January 25 meeting. Acknowledging a direct GOI interest, he noted that Indi [...]
2006-01-25 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI5558A/S BOUCHER PUSHES INDIA ON NAM, UN
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 7 meeting with Indian MEA Joint Secretary (JS) Americas Dr. S. Jaishankar, A/S Boucher: SIPDIS -- urged India to use its influence in the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit as a positive force to curb attempts at unhelpful resolutions, such as supp [...]
2006-08-08 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN IN
06NEWDELHI556JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...]
2006-01-25 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5621TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...]
2006-08-11 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN
06NEWDELHI5692PM'S I-DAY SPEECH WARNS PAKISTAN, LAUNCHES 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst suffocating security due to the very severe terror threat, PM Singh's annual Independence-day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi largely ignored foreign relations and needed structural economic reforms to focus on populist domestic issues, prim [...]
2006-08-17 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5738SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...]
2006-08-18 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CE IN
06NEWDELHI5798INDIA STILL UNDECIDED ON ENHANCED UNIFIL
[...] (C) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) UN Political (UNP) Division, in charge of India's UNIFIL portfolio, reported that as of August 21 the GOI has still not decided on a contribution to an enhanced UNIFIL mission. UNP Under Secretary Manish confirmed senior level officials from MEA, S [...]
2006-08-21 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL IN
06NEWDELHI583GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND
[...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...]
2006-01-27 08:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN
06NEWDELHI5929IRANIAN FM SAFARI TO VISIT INDIA AUGUST 28
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Iran Anil Sharma confirmed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari will visit India beginning August 28. Stressing this is not a replacement for the canceled FM Mottaki visit of July 19, Sharma noted the visit materialized quickly [...]
2006-08-25 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP EPET IAEA IR IN
06NEWDELHI6085IRANIAN DFM SAFARI FINDS LITTLE LOVE IN NEW DELHI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP ENRG EPET KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI6230NSA NARAYANAN SUGGESTS SARAN-BURNS MEETING AS
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting with National Security Advisor Narayanan, Ambassador Mulford urged India to re-engage in negotiations on the 123 Agreement. Narayanan would not commit India to doing so, but offered as a sign of India's engagement to send Foreign Secretary Saran to meet [...]
2006-09-06 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
06NEWDELHI6298INDIA'S ROLE IN NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India may attempt to transform its role to that of a "bridge power" between the developed North and the impoverished South during the upcoming NAM Summit in Havana. In the context of considerable public and internal GOI debate about the utility of NAM and India's proper place in t [...]
2006-09-08 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON ECIN IN
06NEWDELHI6511INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 05:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6513DELHI AND DHAKA TRY TO DIAL DOWN THE HEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of tough talk about cross border insurgency, disputed boundaries, and illegal Bangladeshi immigration, both sides agreed at the recent Indo-Bangladeshi Home Secretary-level talks to tone down the rhetoric and undertake a "joint visit initiative" to resolve boundary di [...]
2006-09-19 07:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KDEM KTIA KISL MOPS
06NEWDELHI6523KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION
[...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...]
2006-09-19 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI657UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6582INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]
2006-09-21 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI6584MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...]
2006-09-21 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK
06NEWDELHI659FS SARAN DISMISSES ANONYMOUS PRESS CLAIMS THAT
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Saran dismissed anonymously-sourced press reports that India would abstain in the upcoming February 2 IAEA BOG vote on Iran (other topics reported septel) when he met the Ambassador on January 30. Saran showed surprise when the Ambassador described the Reuters report in [...]
2006-01-30 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
06NEWDELHI6737INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...]
2006-09-27 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6807EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIRECTORATE
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV on Directorate General of EME (EME),Master General of Ordnance Branch, Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (Army),DHQ PO, New Delhi 110011. E [...]
2006-09-29 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI6841INDIA ACCUSES PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE OF DIRECTING
[...] (S) Summary: India's new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, struck out at Pakistan on October 1 in his first few hours in office, backing Mumbai police claims to have hard evidence that Pakistani intelligence was behind the July 11 bombings in Mumbai. Menon further tied the success of the [...]
2006-10-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN
06NEWDELHI6886PRIME MINISTER COUP IN POLITICAL BATTLE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 08:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALOTRA PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINR SOCI IN
06NEWDELHI6980INDIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to MEA Acting Joint Secretary (Americas) at OOB October 10. Polcouns also delivered demarche to Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha, who cited India's strong statement condemning the DPRK nuclear test. 2. (C) Early on October 9, DepPolCou [...]
2006-10-10 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN KN
06NEWDELHI7006STRONG ANTI-INCUMBENCY TREND EVIDENT IN WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: The bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) faces an election in February 2007 that could see the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government ousted and the assumption to power of a coalition government with Congress participation. Such a development would enhance political stability [...]
2006-10-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL ECON EAGR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI7106EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OIL AND NATURAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Kavita Vijh conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC),Kolkata, on [...]
2006-10-16 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7153CONGRESS AT THE HALF WAY MARK - MORE CONFIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of the United People's Alliance (UPA) government, Congress Party Chief Ministers met late last month in Nainital to sort out internal issues. Congress emerged strong and confident, having patched-up feuds and solidified party support behind flagbearers PM Manmohan [...]
2006-10-17 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PINR PREL IN
06NEWDELHI7155MAOISTS UNWILLING TO SHARE, ACCORDING TO INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management, warned that current peace talks will result in Nepal being handed over to the Maoists, who have no intention of sharing power. The Maoists are tactical negotiators who should not be underestimated, said Sahni. Describing [...]
2006-10-18 04:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS KISL NP IN
06NEWDELHI7205UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSURES GOI PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 visit to New Delhi, UN representative Ian Martin told GOI interlocutors that, although talks have stalled in Nepal, they have not completely broken down and he is optimistic the GON and Maoists will eventually resume negotiations, although he did not have a [...]
2006-10-19 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP UN IN
06NEWDELHI7273KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]
2006-10-20 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7274INDIA'S LATEST DEFENSE SCANDAL: FEW LONG-TERM
[...] (C) Summary. Former NDA Defense Minister George Fernandes was accused on October 10 of receiving bribes in a 2000 defense procurement contract for Barak missiles from Israel. The scandal revived memories of last year's Denel affair, where a South African company was blacklisted and all outsta [...]
2006-10-20 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS KCRM ECON IN
06NEWDELHI7338PRANAB MUKHERJEE NAMED INDIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) After much delay, Prime Minister Singh named Pranab Kumar Mukherjee to fill the External Affairs Minster slot vacated by the departure of K. Natwar Singh in December 2005. PM Singh has been acting as MEA Minister since K. Natwar Singh's exit under a cloud for his alleged role in the oil f [...]
2006-10-24 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV INR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7359INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...]
2006-10-26 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI736BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR, CITING FEAR OF MAOISTS,
[...] (C) The Government of Bhutan is focusing on Bhutan's constitutional process and may not have time to address the refugee issue, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PRM/A Director Rusch and Poloff on January 31. During the meeting, in which Rusch reiterated points in Ref. A, Tshering stated tha [...]
2006-02-01 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI7360INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...]
2006-10-26 13:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7466GOI ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING SRI LANKA, MINOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's newly appointed Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated on October 30 that it is in India's interest to work with Bangladesh to curb terrorism. While monitoring Bangladesh's deteriorating security situation, Mukherjee noted the current political crisis is an "internal ma [...]
2006-10-31 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7514INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...]
2006-11-02 07:59:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN
06NEWDELHI759U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN
[...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...]
2006-02-02 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN
06NEWDELHI761INDO-US GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEWS PRM/TIP ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A US delegation led by Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky discussed Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees, trafficking in persons, and forced labor with the Indian delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at the Global Issues Forum in New Delhi [...]
2006-02-03 03:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ELAB PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI7618ANTI-AMERICAN GROUPS USE SADDAM VERDICT TO SQUEEZE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI on November 5 issued a tepid response to the verdict and death sentence on Saddam Hussein that questioned the validity of the judicial process. This GOI response reflects the considerable pressure the Congress Party is facing from two key groups that it needs to remain [...]
2006-11-06 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP PARM MNUC KISL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7725INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...]
2006-11-09 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN
06NEWDELHI7749EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GUJARAT NARMADA VALLEY
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd. (GNFC),Bhar [...]
2006-11-13 08:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI7759BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]
2006-11-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7764BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT?
[...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...]
2006-11-14 01:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
06NEWDELHI7767BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]
2006-11-14 04:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7797INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE
[...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...]
2006-11-15 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7885U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]
2006-11-21 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7886BOTH SIDES BULLISH ON U.S.-INDIA MIL-MIL TIES
[...] (C) Summary. U.S.-India military-to-military ties - already growing rapidly - were given a fresh boost in back-to-back Defense Procurement and Production Group (DPPG) and Defense Policy Group (DPG) meetings in New Delhi during the week of November 12. In addition to the high-level networking [...]
2006-11-21 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7935IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-22 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI7937NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]
2006-11-22 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7942HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO INDIA: LOFTY WORDS BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 20-23 visit to India of Chinese President Hu Jintao, while not earth-shattering, appears to have concentrated on economic agreements through a "ten-pronged strategy" while downplaying contentious border disputes. The Joint Declaration announced on 21 November conta [...]
2006-11-22 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI7954INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI7986BJP FLEXING ITS MUSCLES AGAIN ON TERRORISM,
[...] (C) During the first three days of the Winter Session of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flexed its muscles, galvanized its base and reinvigorated its role as an opposition party. On November 22, the BJP staged a massive demonstration in Delhi. Reports put attendance somewhere b [...]
2006-11-27 07:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI8003INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...]
2006-11-28 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP
06NEWDELHI802SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ENGAGING INDIA ON CCIT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for IO and S/CT -- see Para 3. 2. (C) Background: MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora told us on February 2 that, following MEA's discussion with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli (Ref A),New Delhi approached the Saudi delegation on the Convention on Terro [...]
2006-02-03 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KTIA IN SA
06NEWDELHI803UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...]
2006-02-03 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS
06NEWDELHI804KASHMIRI POLITICS AS FILTHY AS DAL LAKE
[...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently broadened its Kashmir dialogue by holding several public and private meetings with non-Hurriyat leaders. These discussions are intended to broaden the GOI's set of separatist interlocutors beyond the Hurriyat, while also conveying the GOI's displeasure at the Mi [...]
2006-02-03 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KCRM KISL MOPS ECON IN
06NEWDELHI8042A COMMUNIST LEADER DISTANCES THE CPI(M) FROM CHINA
[...] (C) Much of the press coverage of the recently concluded visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao commented on the frosty nature of the visit and depicted the nefarious role of the CPI(M) in working on behalf of Chinese interests in India. One of the most outspoken CPI(M) critics was DNA columnist [...]
2006-11-29 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CN
06NEWDELHI8047GOI BRIEFING: ARMS MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL MUST BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiva Shankar Mukherjee presided over a November 28 briefing of the New Delhi diplomatic corps, with International Organizations Additional Secretary K.C. Singh also in attendance, to stress the need for speed in getting a team of UN monitors to observe [...]
2006-11-30 01:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP CH IN
06NEWDELHI8067HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...]
2006-11-30 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI8100INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...]
2006-12-01 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN
06NEWDELHI8129INDIA'S MEA PROVIDES READOUT OF SRI LANKA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs' Joint Secretary responsible for Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohan Kumar, SIPDIS provided Polcouns with a readout of Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Kumar said that Mukherjee hammered home [...]
2006-12-04 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE
06NEWDELHI8137PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]
2006-12-05 08:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NEWDELHI8156RUMORS ABOUT BANGLADESH; MEA CONTINUES TO DENY AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma Sri Lanka, Maldives) Mohan Kumar informed PolCouns that rumors are rife in Dhaka that the U.S. wants neither Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL),nor Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),to win January's s [...]
2006-12-05 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER KISL IN BG
06NEWDELHI8191INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...]
2006-12-06 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI8243THE SACHAR REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISMAL STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In 2005, the UPA government established the Sachar Commission with a mandate to prepare a report on the current status of Indian Muslims. The report was completed on November 17, 2006 and was made public early in December. It asserts that Indian Muslims are among the poorest co [...]
2006-12-08 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL ELAB ECON KISL IN
06NEWDELHI8273BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...]
2006-12-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI8276MUKHERJEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR CIVILIAN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee t/ld Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on December 8 he appreciated the Bush Administration's efforts to negotiate language for the civilian nuclear legislation that was favorable to India, and said Indian officials were preparing to address their remaining c [...]
2006-12-11 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8277JAISHANKAR'S POST GAME ANALYSIS OF U/S EDELMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the DCM, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar provided his analysis of SIPDIS Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman's November visit. Agreeing that substantive developments occurred and the ability of both sides to work collaborati [...]
2006-12-11 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8278U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...]
2006-12-11 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI8280U.S.-INDIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE: BURNS AND MENON
[...] (C) Summary. During the December 7 U.S.-India Bilateral Dialogue, chaired by Undersecretary Burns and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, the two sides followed up on SIPDIS the list of Presidential initiatives agreed upon in July 2005 and March 2006 by President Bush and PM Singh, as wel [...]
2006-12-11 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD EFIN ECON EINV KIPR MARR
06NEWDELHI8298INDIAN MP'S ARE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: A selected group of Members of Parliament from the India/US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP) discussed a broad range of issues with U/S Burns and Ambassador Mulford during their December 8 meeting. The MPs were mostly from the Congress party, although the BJP and regional partie [...]
2006-12-12 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8356HOME MINISTRY AGREES TO CLOSER COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an extremely collegial exchange, S/CT Deputy Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Virginia Palmer identified several areas for future counterterrorism (CT) cooperation in a Dec. 8 meeting with three senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials, who briefed her on the current [...]
2006-12-15 01:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PARM KISL PK BG IN
06NEWDELHI8365PIPELINES, EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Dec. 13 meeting, Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati expressed concerns to P/DAS Steven Mann about whether Turkmenistan could live up to its obligations in a proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. Citing the Indo-Pak relationsh [...]
2006-12-15 06:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL EPET ELTN TX KZ TI KG
06NEWDELHI8387INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...]
2006-12-18 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN
06NEWDELHI8419HINDI BELT MUSLIMS EAGER TO COMBAT POLIO BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The persistence of polio in Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been the subject of considerable media speculation and analysis, with much of the focus on the Muslim community. Poloff and POL FSN traveled to the area December 11-13 to gauge Muslim views on the subject. The near-u [...]
2006-12-19 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL IN
06NEWDELHI8463CRUCIAL MUSLIM CONSTITUENCY SPLIT BEFORE IMPENDING
[...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in early 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Muslims have long been considered a crucial SP "vote bank." A December 11-13 trip to the Muslim dominated areas of Rampur, Moradabad and [...]
2006-12-21 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
06NEWDELHI85GOI ON UN REFORM PRIORITIES, LET DESIGNATION
[...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff conveyed Ref B demarche on LET surrogates' terrorist designation to the MEA officials responsible for UN affairs. New Delhi remains hopeful that the CCIT will be completed soon, despite its disappointment at a failure to finish the text in 2005, and would like [...]
2006-01-05 10:17:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER EFIN PHUM KUNR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI888CARTOON WARS: INDIAN MUSLIMS (BARELY) PROTEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the controversy over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper spilled out into the streets on February 6 in the form of a peaceful city-wide strike in Muslim-majority Srinagar, a student demonstration in New Delhi, and small [...]
2006-02-07 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ASEC OVIP KDEM SOCI IN IR DA
06NEWDELHI93PRODUCTIVE PREP TALKS POINT TO A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A well-organized and highly motivated National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Information Security Specialist and head of the National Information Security Coordination Cell Commander Mukesh Saini met on December 20 with PM/PPA Deputy Coordinator for International Critical [...]
2006-01-05 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN EAIR
06NEWDELHI95GOI SEEKS PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP OF UN HRC
[...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA's UN Economic and Social division reiterated the GOI's support for the creation of the UN Human Rights Commission (HRC),and requested that the USG engage in a closer dialogue with New Delhi on UN reform [...]
2006-01-05 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR IN
06NEWDELHI994AMBASSADORIAL ASSESSMENT OF BARAPIND EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) The MEA on February 7 sent Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 with reference to the requested extradition of Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),along with the text of the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code. The Note outlines that persons extradited to India are protected by law from tort [...]
2006-02-09 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI995WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE"
[...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...]
2006-02-09 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM
06NEWDELHI997WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE"
[...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...]
2006-02-09 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM
06NIAMEY1023NIGER: CONSOLIDATING PEACE IN THE AIR AND AZAWAK
[...] SUMMARY. MORE THAN 11 YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF PEACE ACCORDS, FORMER MEMBERS OF VARIOUS TUAREG RESISTANCE FRONTS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED. ON SEPTEMBER 8, IN A HALF-DAY CEREMONY IN AGADEZ, THE FIRST CHECKS WERE HANDED TO THE HEADS OF 25 COOPERATIVE GROUPS. [...]
2006-09-12 12:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG
06NIAMEY1051NIGER: CHOLERA OUTBREAK
[...] NGOS ARE REPORTING OUTBREAKS OF CHOLERA IN SEVERAL AREAS OF NIGER FOLLOWING FLOODS IN THOSE AREAS. CASES OF CHOLERA HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BIRNIN KONNI, DIFFA, MARADI, MADAOUA, AND ZINDER. THE FIRST CASES WERE REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE NUMBER OF CASES, AS WELL AS PLACES WHERE CASES ARE O [...]
2006-09-18 14:47:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR NG XI XY
06NIAMEY1055SIGNS OF LIFE FOR NIGER'S BEST EXPORT AS NEW
[...] (SBU) In a sign of heightened interest in Niger's uranium reserves, a small Canadian exploration company - Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. - has begun operations in a 4,000 square kilometer concession centered on the northern Nigerien town of Ingal. World market prices for uranium are risin [...]
2006-09-19 12:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN NG
06NIAMEY1075POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A
[...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...]
2006-09-22 16:22:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG
06NIAMEY1088JAILED JOURNALISTS FAIL ON APPEAL: 18 MONTHS
[...] Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, jailed publisher and editor-in-chief of Niger's leading opposition weekly, "Le Republican," had appealed their September 1 convictions and eighteen month prison sentences to the Niamey Court of Appeals (reftel A). On September 25, that court ruled against them - [...]
2006-09-27 16:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
06NIAMEY1133TSCTP FUNDED REINSERTION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (C) Reftel reported on the first phase of project implementation for the partly TSCTP funded Tuareg ex-combatant reinsertion program. Further information was forthcoming at the second and final ceremony, held in Tahoua on October 6. Poloff represented the mission at an event targeting ex-comba [...]
2006-10-10 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI NG
06NIAMEY1190NIGER: GOVERNMENT MOVES TO EXPEL NOMADIC ARABS
[...] (C) Since the evening of Tuesday, October 25, BBC Africa service has been reporting on an attempt by Government of Niger (GON) authorities to expel an uncertain number of nomadic Arabs known as "Mahamid Arabs" from the Chadian border region in the country's extreme east (Diffa region, near Lak [...]
2006-10-25 15:57:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PSEC PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI
06NIAMEY1192GON "CLARIFIES" POSITION ON MAHAMID ARAB EXPULSION
[...] (U) In an evening press conference on October 25, Government of Niger (GON) Spokesman and Minister for Institutional Relations Mohamed Ben-Omar attempted to "clarify" Interior Minister Mounkaila Modi's earlier remarks on the expulsion of the nomadic Mahamid Arabs from the eastern region of the [...]
2006-10-26 13:02:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI NG
06NIAMEY1193ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...]
2006-10-26 13:54:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG
06NIAMEY1200NIGER: A NEAR MISS ON ABRIDGEMENT OF FREE SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On October 24, International news organizations (Radio France International and the BBC French Service) reported that the Government of Niger (GON) had banned something called the "social forum," a meeting of anti-globalization activists from Niger and several foreign countries. By d [...]
2006-10-27 14:06:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NG
06NIAMEY1203NIGER: GOVERNMENT RESCINDS ORDER TO EXPEL NOMADIC
[...] The Government of Niger (GON) Council of Ministers, under the direction of GON President Mamadou Tandja, held a special session on Friday, October 27, to review an October 24 decision (reported reftel) that called for the expulsion of Mahamid Arabs from the Diffa region (eastern Niger borderin [...]
2006-10-31 11:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI
06NIAMEY1252November 13 Meeting with Government of Niger (GON) Prime
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 13 meeting lasting over an hour, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID program manager Mark Wentling, met with Prime Minister Hama Amadou to discuss Niger's selection as a MCC threshold country. PM staff members Secretary General Malam Ari Boucar and Principal Ad [...]
2006-11-14 15:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID KMCA NG
06NIAMEY1298MORE ON BULTIMEIER MURDER AND GSPC
[...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with DCM and RSO, Haibala Mohamed provided updated and more detailed information on the people he said murdered an Embassy employee in 2000 and on the GSPC in Mali. (Reftels report Mohamed's November 30 and December 1 meetings with Emboffs.) He claimed to have obt [...]
2006-12-04 10:51:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PTER NG
06NIAMEY390NIGER: APRIL 21 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Niger has reported no new cases of avian influenza (AI) in many weeks. Culling in the region of Magaria is complete according to the Government of Niger (GON). Samples of bird tissue taken during this culling provided no new positive indications of bird flu outbreaks in Nige [...]
2006-04-21 13:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY515NIGER: THE LATEST ON PRIVATIZATION
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Econoff Gage met with representatives of the Government of Niger (GON),companies and the World Bank (IBRD) to produce the following status report on privatization in Niger. GON privatization efforts have advanced since 1996, when Niger codified in law the desire to pri [...]
2006-05-23 15:05:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV PGOV KPRV XA NG
06NIAMEY531NIGER: MAY 26 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. A recent bird die off in the area of Magaroufa, south of the Nigerien city of Maradi, shows the menace of bird flu remains in Niger. Although the source of these bird deaths has yet to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, the presence of H5 was detected locally and samples have be [...]
2006-05-26 15:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY672NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...]
2006-06-26 14:36:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR
06NIAMEY741BANNING OF WEEKLY ILLUSTRATES SORRY STATE OF
[...] On June 28, the Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the regulatory authority for Nigerien media, banned the publication of the private opposition weekly "L'Opinion." The journal was banned on grounds of having published injurious and defamatory statements directed against Niger Presi [...]
2006-07-11 14:15:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO NG
06NIAMEY748TIP INTERDICTION HAS HAPPY ENDING BUT UNDERSCORES
[...] A recent case of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez - for centuries a key caravan town and trade hub uniting sub-Saharan and North Africa - offers many lessons on the nature of the challenge posed by TIP in Niger. The liberation and reinsertion of eight child [...]
2006-07-12 15:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD SMIG NG
06NIAMEY787NIGER: GON MOVES TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY. On July 13, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Hama Amadou held a meeting with the Council of Ministers and members of the National Counsel of Private Investors (CNIP) to review the latter's recommended reforms to the process of setting up a business in Niger. The PM ordere [...]
2006-07-26 15:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDETRB ECON KMCA PREL NG
06NIAMEY847OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING
[...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...]
2006-08-14 15:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY865UPDATE ON JAILED JOURNALISTS: MAMAN ABOU AND
[...] As noted reftel, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly "Le Republican," were tried by the Niamey Regional Court on August 14. Claiming that the men's detention in two separate prisons located far from the capitol was illegal, and that they wo [...]
2006-08-16 17:37:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR NG
06NIAMEY866AGOA: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL
[...] (U) The following responds to reftel's request for information on Niger's textile and apparel manufacturing capabilities. Niger counts three mid-sized and one larger export oriented textile production firms: Enitex, Ste Alphadi, Herbert Toure, and Ram's Elle et Lui. Details on each follow, and [...]
2006-08-16 17:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX EINV ETRD NG
06NIAMEY883GON REPORTS SLIGHTLY LOWER CONSUMER PRICES FOR JULY
[...] While popular concern and civil society protest over the cost of various consumer items - ranging from public water and electricity to cell phone rates and gasoline - remained a salient political issue over the last month, the Government of Niger's (GON) Institut National de la Statistique (IN [...]
2006-08-21 08:16:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI NG
06NIAMEY898 MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 12:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG
06NIAMEY90431 EUROPEAN TOURISTS SEIZED AND RELEASED BY
[...] On the afternoon of Monday August 21, a group of thirty-one tourists (thirty Italians and one German) were reportedly detained by a group of armed bandits near the eastern Nigerien oasis of Agadem. The group was released on the morning of Tuesday the 22nd. None of the tour group members were [...]
2006-08-24 06:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM NG
06NIAMEY920NIGER DRAFT POPULATION POLICY DECLARATION
[...] SUMMARY. THE MINISTRY OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL ACTION RELEASED SUBJECT DECLARATION IN JULY 2006. EMBASSY BELIEVES IT OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) RELEASED SUCH A DECLARATION, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE STRONG OPPOSITION SHOWN IN THE PAST BY SOME CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC [...]
2006-08-30 10:32:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG
06NIAMEY937TWO ITALIAN TOURISTS REPORTEDLY REMAIN IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. Italian Embassy Charge d'Affaires Giovanni Davoli (resident in Abidjan) requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on Thursday, August 31, to discuss developments in reftel case. Two Italian nationals reportedly remain in the custody of the kidnappers, though there is speculation [...]
2006-09-05 16:39:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM ASEC CASC NG
06NIAMEY999RSA ADVANCE TEAM VISITS NIAMEY TO REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 16:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CMGT EAID PREL
06NICOSIA1040CYPRUS TIP BENCHMARKS FOR IMPROVEMENT DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Natassa Economou in the Permanent Secretary's office at the Ministry of Interior on June 27. Economou noted the November 15 reporting deadline for the interim report and said that the MOI, as coordinator for Cyprus's National Action Plan, continued to m [...]
2006-07-03 09:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG CY
06NICOSIA1088CYPRIOT LEADERS MEET, AGREE ON NEXT (BABY) STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 8, Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders meeting with U/SYG Gambari reached agreement on a "Set of Principles" and immediate next steps to get the stalled Cyprus settlement process moving again. Working with the UN, the two sides will engage in technical talks on day [...]
2006-07-10 14:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA111CYPRIOT MARONITE COMMUNITY BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD
[...] (C) Summary: Maronite parliamentary representative Antonis Hadji Roussos told Polchief that Maronites in north Cyprus still suffered violations of freedom of movement, religion and property ownership. At the same time, Maronites living in the ROC did not seek recourse from Turkish Cypriot au [...]
2006-01-27 14:23:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA1112TFLE01: CYPRUS PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTION
[...] (SBU) The Cyprus House of Representatives on July 13 unanimously passed a resolution condemning Israel's attacks against Lebanon and the Palestinian territories (full text follows). The resolution criticized Israel's "flagrant violation" of international law, calling it "state terrorism." Wh [...]
2006-07-14 12:15:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE IS CY
06NICOSIA1113UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN
[...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...]
2006-07-14 12:50:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO CY
06NICOSIA1114BULK OF EU AID TO TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: EU Member States failed to approve the first "quick" phase of projects under the European Commission's 139 million Euro assistance program for the Turkish Cypriot Community. At the July 3 PHARE meeting, negative vot [...]
2006-07-14 14:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EUN CY
06NICOSIA113VAROSHA - THE ETERNAL BARGAINING CHIP
[...] (SBU) Turkey's recent proposal to link the opening of ports in northern Cyprus to the implementation of the Ankara Protocol has already been rejected outright by the GOC. The Greek Cypriots have made clear their preference to discuss the return of Varosha in exchange for limited Turkish Cyprio [...]
2006-01-27 15:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR TU CY
06NICOSIA1157DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba [...]
2006-07-17 09:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCU PGOV PHUM PREL CY
06NICOSIA1159UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN
[...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...]
2006-07-17 11:17:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO CY
06NICOSIA1161DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba a [...]
2006-07-17 11:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCU PGOV PHUM PREL CY
06NICOSIA1172TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 04 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Preparations continue to accommodate thousands over the next few days. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received as of 1800L is 467. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --USAF Europe is sending 20 medics and three medical doctors to Cyprus, arrival late [...]
2006-07-19 16:27:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1175TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 06 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador weighed in septel with request that the increasing flow of evacuees be calibrated between Cyprus and other destinations such as Mersin in order to keep our total daily flow in line with our capacity to handle 2,000 evacuees daily. Additional charter airlift will be n [...]
2006-07-20 15:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1182TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 10 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens receive in Cyprus as of 1700L was 6869, and we anticipate another 2,825 to arrive in the next twelve hours. 1,226 U.S. citizens had departed by 1700(L) July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) Post is working with TF 3 and through DAO channels to seek addi [...]
2006-07-22 17:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1183TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 11 AS OF 1000 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1000L July 23 was 9,711, and we anticipate another 1,300 to arrive by 2300L. 3,782 had departed by 0700L, and we expect approximately another 1,400 to depart July 23 by commercial charter and military flights. POL/MIL [...]
2006-07-23 08:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1216TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 19 AS OF 1700 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1700L was 13,229. 9,389 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1700L on July 27. 488 will spend the night at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds. End summary. POLITICAL 2. (U) GOC Interior Minister Chris [...]
2006-07-27 15:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA125EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC - 30 JANUARY 2006 - AVIAN FLU
[...] (SBU) On January 30, 2006, the DCM convened Embassy Nicosia's EAC to brief the Ambassador and review current conditions in response to a confirmed case of the H5N1 found in the area controlled by Turkish Cypriots. Also discussed were actions the Embassy will take as a result of the confirmed [...]
2006-01-31 13:53:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU ASEC AMED CY
06NICOSIA1330TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 31 AS OF 1700 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: The Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) continues to transport U.S.-assisted arrivals to Cyprus from Lebanon. Post has returned to mostly normal operations. CONSULAR 2. (C) The current total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon is 13,599. CONS is grateful for the CONS and [...]
2006-08-08 03:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO LE CY
06NICOSIA1345TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LOSING THE PRO-SOLUTION BEAT?
[...] (C) In the two years since the Annan Plan referendum, the Turkish Cypriots have slowly lost their enthusiasm for the kind of pro-settlement policies and rhetoric which, by 2004, had sidelined Denktash, won them unprecedented international sympathy, and kept them "one step ahead" of Papadopoulos [...]
2006-08-09 10:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN UN TU CY
06NICOSIA1361CYPRUS TO AUCTION OFF EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] Summary: The Government of Cyprus intends to auction off drilling rights for possible off-shore deposits of oil and gas at the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007. The Norwegian company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is preparing both a "2-D" and "3-D" analysis of 60,000 square kilometers of seabe [...]
2006-08-11 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD EINV ECON CY
06NICOSIA150CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...]
2006-02-03 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC
06NICOSIA1505CYPRUS PROPERTY: ORAMS RULING A SETBACK FOR GREEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Greek Cypriot plaintiffs owning land in north Cyprus have suffered a high-profile legal setback in the landmark "Orams" property case. On September 6, a UK judge ruled that an ROC court's cease-and-desist judgment against a British couple (who had built a home on Greek Cypriot l [...]
2006-09-08 06:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA1543"TRNC GOVERNMENT" CALLS IT QUITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling coalition in the "TRNC" resigned on September 11 following months of internal wrangling in the wake of June parliamentary bi-elections. Talat ally "PM" Soyer, from the ruling CTP, announced his resignation and said he would seek "new formulations," ditching "DPM" and [...]
2006-09-12 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA1545CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN
[...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...]
2006-09-12 12:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA1549CYPRIOTS REVEAL NEXT STEPS ON M/V GREGORIO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Cypriot investigations into the activities, crew, and cargo of the M/V Gregorio I (Reftels) are nearly complete. Foreign Ministry officials informed the Embassy September 12 that the 21 vehicles in the vessel's holds comprised an air defense system; their search had uncovered n [...]
2006-09-13 04:00:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA CY GR
06NICOSIA1600CYPRUS: BANK OF CYPRUS CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN AFTER EMPORIKI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The tumultuous summer for the Cypriot financial sector continued with the Chairmen of Cyprus's two largest banks losing their jobs, despite impressive financial results. On September 1, Vasilis Rologis stepped down in the face of mounting criticism from the Central Bank follow [...]
2006-09-20 13:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA1607TURKISH CYPRIOT POLITICS: AMBITIOUS LEFTISTS,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 12:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR TU CY
06NICOSIA1614CYPRUS: PROMOTING BICOMMUNAL TOURISM PROJECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Tourism continues to be the main lifeblood of the Greek Cypriot economy and is a key growth sector in the Turkish Cypriot north. Cooperation between the two communities on the development and joint marketing of tourism could be a win-win for both communities and increase tourist [...]
2006-09-22 12:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV CY
06NICOSIA1690CYPRUS: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING
[...] (U) Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) Q1: Description of how Post is organized to monitor (trade) agreements and respond to foreign trade barrier complaints: Embassy Nicosia does not have a Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) or Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office. [...]
2006-09-29 12:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CY
06NICOSIA1691TURKISH CYPRIOT CABINET UNVEILED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriot "PM" Soyer has unveiled his new cabinet, a coalition with the newly-formed Freedom and Reform Party (OP),which has replaced the DP of former "FM" Serdar Denktash as the center-left CTP's junior governing partner. The new cabinet contains some new faces -- most n [...]
2006-09-29 13:10:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR TU CY
06NICOSIA1692CYPRUS EXTENDS FULL DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Cyprus (GOC) and the Government of Iraq agreed on a full, mutual debt cancellation at the recent meeting of the General Assemblies of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore. As part of the agreement, Cyprus forgave Iraqi debts to the GoC and Cypriot firms of an est [...]
2006-09-29 13:14:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL IZ CY
06NICOSIA1717EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE: JULY - SEPTEMBER 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2006, the Department of Energy's (DOE),Second Line of Defense (SLD) visited Cyprus to make logistical preparations for the upgrade of the radiation portal monitor located at Limassol. During the reporting period, three trainings were offered: 1) A "Global Transshipment [...]
2006-10-05 13:15:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY
06NICOSIA1754COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL LAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador toured the newly-established Committee on Missing Persons anthropological lab in the UN Buffer Zone on October 10 to observe firsthand the progress being made in the identification of Cypriots from both communities who went missing in the 1963-1974 period of civil unre [...]
2006-10-12 09:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UN TU CY
06NICOSIA1762GOC RESPONDS PREDICTABLY TO IRFR
[...] (U) In an October 10 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, Second Secretary/Human Rights Officer Cristiana Tzika delivered the Republic of Cyprus,s (RoC) official response to the 2006 Department of State International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR). Not surprisingly, RoC objections on IRFR subs [...]
2006-10-13 12:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCY KIRF
06NICOSIA1767"TRNC" UNIVERSITIES: A (STUNTED) GROWTH INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Cypriot higher education system has developed into an important source of income for the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" and pride for the community. Recent developments, however, call into question the viability of the education sector. Expanded capacity in [...]
2006-10-13 13:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU
06NICOSIA1842UN, FINNS OFFER UPDATES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Top UNFICYP officials privately outlined for us the UN's latest plan to unblock the current deadlock in the Gambari Process. A last-minute snag over procedure threatens to delay the start of work by the technical and substantive committees, however, and UN officials privately wo [...]
2006-10-27 16:48:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP TU EUN CY
06NICOSIA1868CYPRUS STOCK EXCHANGE ENTERS NEW ERA WITH LAUNCH OF JOINT
[...] Summary. The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) launched a joint trading platform on October 30, 2006. The launch signifies a new era in the turbulent 10-year history of the CSE, the EU's third smallest stock market, which included a major boom and bust cycle in [...]
2006-11-02 08:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA188TURKISH CYPRIOTS SHRUG OFF DANISH CARTOONS,
[...] Although the Turkish Cypriot press has given significant coverage (mainly through republished wire service stories) to the controversy surrounding publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed (reftel),the largely secular Turkish Cypriot community appears to be taking the whole issue [...]
2006-02-09 15:00:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU
06NICOSIA1883JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...]
2006-11-03 14:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU
06NICOSIA1885CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 1974, following a c [...]
2006-11-03 15:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
06NICOSIA1889CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part II (Financial Crimes and Money Laundering) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. As requested Reftel, we will also e-mail a track-changes version of this report to the officials request [...]
2006-11-06 11:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CY
06NICOSIA1916MOLLER CALLS PARTIES ON THE CARPET AT UNFICYP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of a November 9 briefing to the local diplomatic corps, UNFICYP Chief Michael Moller frankly described the deadlock in the UN settlement process (ref a). Acknowledging that both sides have done their fair share of stonewalling over the past 40 years, SRSG Moller and [...]
2006-11-09 13:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA1917TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER: CYPRUS
[...] (C) All responses are keyed to the questions in paragraph 9 of ref A. a) TFCO: Jane Zimmerman Deputy Chief of Mission tel: 357 22 39 3595 Embassy after hours switchboard: 357 22 39 3300 ZimmermanJB@State.gov b) Deputy TFCO: Michael S. Dixon Economic and Commercial Officer tel: 357 22 3 [...]
2006-11-09 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER CY
06NICOSIA1920CYPRUS: LAIKI PLANS FOR MERGER WITH GREEK MARFIN AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The triple merger between Laiki Bank in Cyprus, and Greek-based Marfin Financial Group and Egnatias Bank remains firmly on track, after winning the approval of authorities in both countries, and of Laiki shareholders on October 31. Unless there are any unexpected surprises, th [...]
2006-11-09 15:02:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CY
06NICOSIA1930TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: CYPRUS GETTING ENERGIZED
[...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made tangible progress in addressing trafficking in persons since receiving a Tier II Watch List rating in the 2006 TIP report. While certain aspects of the RoC's National Action Plan remain works-in-progress, government efforts to prevent TIP, protect victim [...]
2006-11-15 15:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY
06NICOSIA1944"TRNC DAY" SPEECH: TALAT STICKS FOOT IN MOUTH WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat delivered a petulant rhetorical broadside during November 15 commemorations of the 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). The "good" parts of Talat's speech (throw-away references to the need for rule of law and democ [...]
2006-11-20 14:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA195CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...]
2006-02-10 14:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA1952NEW TURKISH CYPRIOT ENVIRONMENT "MINISTER" FACES
[...] (SBU) October's cabinet reshuffle in the "TRNC" has led to the creation of a new Environment "Ministry." The new "minister," political novice Asim Vehbi, faces an uphill struggle against the Turkish Cypriots' traditionally cavalier attitude towards environmental protection. Decision-makers i [...]
2006-11-21 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV ECON TU CY
06NICOSIA1953HELIOS SUCCESSOR "AJET" SUSPENDS OPERATIONS; CYPRIOT CRASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over a year after one of its Boeing 737s crashed into a Greek mountainside killing all 121 people on board, Ajet (formerly Helios Airways) has suspended all operations citing unsustainable financial losses. Ajet currently has no plans to declare bankruptcy pending the outcome o [...]
2006-11-22 14:31:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CY
06NICOSIA1970NEW CYPRUS PROPERTY LAW: TURNING THE SCREWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New ROC legislation introducing stiff prison sentences for those buying Greek Cypriot property in the north has upped the stakes in the ongoing property war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Three non-Cypriot land-buyers have already been arrested under the new law, and more a [...]
2006-11-29 16:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA2009CYPRUS LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU ON UNGA "REGISTER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 15:45:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS CY
06NICOSIA2010ECHR GIVES TENTATIVE BLESSING TO "TRNC" PROPERTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 7 ruling on the Xenidis-Arestis case (reftels),the European Court of Human Rights upheld a Greek Cypriot claimant's ownership of her property in the closed city of Varosha and ordered Turkey to pay her over a million dollars in damages. At the same time, the ECHR [...]
2006-12-08 16:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CASC PHUM EUN UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA203TURKISH CYPRIOT OPPOSITION ELECTS NEW LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Unity Party (UBP) has elected Nicosia "MP" Huseyin Ozgurgun (see bio below) to lead the party, which is the second largest Turkish Cypriot political party and the north's main opposition formation. Ozgurgun represents a new, young face for his party -- which was thr [...]
2006-02-13 15:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA2032RESULTS OF COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 05:08:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER CY
06NICOSIA2033CYPRUS ON TRACK TO ADOPT EURO ON JANUARY 1, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Cypriot economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria, and the European Union is expected in June 2007 to invite Cyprus to adopt the Euro as its currency effective January 1, 2008. The European Commission, however, has criticized the GoC's technical pre [...]
2006-12-18 10:06:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
06NICOSIA2034TURKISH CYPRIOT OPPOSITION ELECTS HARD-LINE NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Unity Party (UBP) has selected Nicosia "MP" and former "TRNC Foreign Minister" Tahsin Ertugruloglu (see bio below) to lead the party, which is the north's second largest political formation and the main Turkish Cypriot opposition group. The comparatively charismatic [...]
2006-12-18 13:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
06NICOSIA2048CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:42:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2049GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...]
2006-12-20 15:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
06NICOSIA2050UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...]
2006-12-20 15:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY
06NICOSIA2051GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...]
2006-12-20 15:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
06NICOSIA2052UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY
06NICOSIA2053CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2054CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA234CYPRUS PROPERTY: GOC PUTS ANOTHER FINGER IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A GOC decision to withdraw its court appeal and allow Turkish Cypriot Arif Mustafa to reclaim his property in the south has caused a stir because: 1) this is the first high-profile case in which a Turkish Cypriot has been granted restitution as opposed to compensation for lost pr [...]
2006-02-17 07:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
06NICOSIA242CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...]
2006-02-17 14:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA256GOC RATTLING THE VETO SABER OVER ACCESS TO TURKISH
[...] (C) The Greek Cypriot political establishment is issuing thinly veiled threats against Turkey's EU accession course, following an unsuccessful February 22 attempt by a Cypriot-flagged container ship, the Able F, to dock at the Turkish port of Mersin. Government spokesman George Lillikas iss [...]
2006-02-23 15:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
06NICOSIA293AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS: SIXTH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2004-March 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]
2006-03-01 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA294GREEK CYPRIOTS "FULLY SATISFIED" WITH PARIS TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: The February 28 meeting between Cypriot President Papadopoulos and UN SYG Kofi Annan resulted in agreement on a "bottom up" approach to the Cyprus issue that would begin with technical-level talks aimed at preparing the ground for the resumption of negotiations on a comprehensiv [...]
2006-03-01 15:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA313REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]
2006-03-02 12:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA352WHAT NEXT AFTER PARIS?
[...] (U) Action requested in para 11. 2. (C) Summary: One week after the Papadopoulos -Annan meeting in Paris, it is clear that the UN and UNFICYP have considerable fence-mending to do with Ankara and the Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots -- still angry over the communique that seemed to [...]
2006-03-09 10:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN CY
06NICOSIA375CYPRUS REPORTEDLY HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING
[...] (C) On March 13, Sotos Liassides -- Director of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA -- called polchief to report that Cyprus had hosted a conference in Larnaca March 8-10 on the issue of establishing a national human rights commission in Iraq. According to Liassides, Environment Minister and Ac [...]
2006-03-13 15:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CY IZ
06NICOSIA380TURKISH CYPRIOTS STILL STEWING OVER PARIS
[...] (C) In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, "TRNC President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev expressed continued bitterness over the joint communique issued after the Annan-Papadopoulos meeting in Paris on February 28 (ref a). Pertev stressed that both he and "President" Talat fe [...]
2006-03-14 15:46:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY
06NICOSIA410GOC REACTS ANGRILY TO THE RELEASE OF THE HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Although somewhat more muted than last year, GOC authorities have once again lashed out at the human rights report on Cyprus. Privately, MFA officials criticized us for producing a "political document" that was aimed more at upgrading the Turkish Cypriot "entity" than at advanci [...]
2006-03-20 08:06:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA440TURKISH CYPRIOTS MEET ECHR DEADLINE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot authorities have met the European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) deadline for revising the property compensation commission that the court had earlier ruled inadequate to be considered an effective domestic remedy. The new commission has a more diverse membershi [...]
2006-03-23 16:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA447TALAT'S ILLNESS LEAVES TURKISH CYPRIOTS RUDDERLESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriots have been foundering in a political vacuum since "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's February bypass surgery. Subsequent political developments with regard to EU aid and UN-brokered talks have caught the Turkish Cypriots flatfooted, prompting muddled response [...]
2006-03-24 10:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA449CYPRUS: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we raised on March 20 the issue of GoC action in support of the Independent Inquiry Committee (ICC) investigating the UN's Oil-for Food Program (OFF) with Eva Papakyriacou, Head of the Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS),and key aide to Attorney General [...]
2006-03-24 14:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN CY
06NICOSIA454TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT SAYS TECHNICAL TALKS
[...] (C) On March 27, a tired but healthy-looking Mehmet Ali Talat briefed Ambassador Schlicher on his meeting with UNFICYP Chief Michael Moeller earlier that day. Talat's meetings with Moeller and the Ambassador were his first meetings with foreigners since he underwent unexpected heart surgery i [...]
2006-03-28 13:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALUN PGOV PREL EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA47WHO'S REALLY IN CHARGE HERE? TURKEY AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The relationship between Turkey and the "TRNC" is less of a clear-cut, master-servant arrangement than Greek Cypriot rhetoric about the "military occupation regime" would suggest. The north's lack of outside political recognition, the large local Turkish garrison, and a heavy dep [...]
2006-01-17 11:18:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA476BUMPY START TO EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the long-awaited EU aid package for the Turkish Cypriots finally approved, the European Commission and Turkish Cypriots have begun negotiating over project priorities and sensitive details of implementation. The question of whether the EU's aid office will be located in the [...]
2006-03-29 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA503TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNDERWHELMED BY FIRST UN-BROKERED
[...] (C) The Turkish Cypriots were "disappointed" by the first UN-brokered meeting to discuss the way ahead on technical talks, according to "President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev. Held in Nicosia on March 31, the meeting brought together UNFICYP Chief and SRSG Michael Moeller, ROC Presi [...]
2006-04-04 14:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU EUN UN CY
06NICOSIA511PICK-A-PECK-OF-PECCADILLOS: A RAFT OF SCANDALS
[...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot MFA is an unhappy and dysfunctional place. A recent raft of scandals -- nearly all related to sex or money -- has both embarrassed the ministry and undercut its effectiveness. The scandals are beginning to overlap. The MFA may well choose to pardon an embezzler at [...]
2006-04-05 20:15:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA522SMOOTHING TURKEY'S EU PATH -- DG ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, visiting EC Director General for Enlargement Michael Leigh (accompanied by Georg Ziegler and Andrea Battista from the Commission's Cyprus team) briefed Ambassador Schlicher on implementation plans for the European Union's assistance package to the Turkish Cypriot commu [...]
2006-04-06 13:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA536GETTING OUR MESSAGE THROUGH TO THE GREEK CYPRIOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Cypriot media is consistent to the point of Pavlovian response. Certain phrases -- even particular words -- in the mouth of a U.S. official will elicit very predictable results. Our Cyprus policy is the right one, but we need to tweak our public diplomacy message in w [...]
2006-04-11 15:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA553POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...]
2006-04-14 12:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN
06NICOSIA558POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...]
2006-04-14 15:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN
06NICOSIA573ROC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ECOSOC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) On April 14, Post received a Note Verbale from the ROC MFA asking for our support for Cyprus's re-election to the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of accounting and Reporting of ECOSOC. Post requests Department guid [...]
2006-04-18 13:33:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN CY
06NICOSIA593READING TEA LEAVES: POLLS SHOW MIXED FEELINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent CyBC poll suggesting that only 45 percent of Greek Cypriots are willing to live together with Turkish Cypriots (down from 67 percent when the Green Line checkpoints opened in 2003) has raised serious questions in the minds of many local pundits over whether a solution to [...]
2006-04-20 13:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI EUN CY
06NICOSIA641TALAT PLEASED WITH SECRETARY'S REMARKS; STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Talat told Ambassador that he appreciated the Secretary's "balanced" remarks on Cyprus during her recent visit to Athens. He doubted the technical talks would start in earnest any time soon, however, and blamed the Greek Cypriots for tying down the process by in [...]
2006-04-28 14:23:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA643TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE MUCH
[...] (C) Summary: Although authorities enforced a strict 13-hour curfew to improve prospects for an accurate count, lingering questions about the reliability of the Turkish Cypriot census on April 30 are likely to undercut the utility of what was -- by local standards -- an enormously complex unde [...]
2006-05-02 13:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA673CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW
[...] (C) Officials of the Central Bank of Cyprus report that they are unaware of any Cypriot investments in Cuba and that the stock of Cuban FDI in Cyprus is around CYP 130,000 (or approximately USD 280,000). There were no investment flows to or from Cuba in 2003 and 2004. Although, statistics for [...]
2006-05-08 15:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CY
06NICOSIA698AVOIDING A TRAIN WRECK OVER SHIPS AND PLANES IN
[...] (C) Summary: As things stand, Turkey and the EU seem headed towards a confrontation at some point in the fall over Ankara's failure to open its ports and airports to Cypriot-registered traffic. While President Papadopoulos does not want Turkey's EU accession process to fail, he does want to [...]
2006-05-11 14:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA699EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY - APRIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 1, the EXBS Resident Advisor Bob Granico left post and is not being replaced. The EXBS program remains fully operational through FY 07 and is led by the EXBS Program Coordinator under the supervision of the Economic Officer. Twenty-four Cypriot officials attended an A [...]
2006-05-12 04:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY
06NICOSIA716TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPERTY COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot Property Commission has begun processing claims from Greek Cypriots displaced from their properties in the north since the 1974 war -- and sources close to the body say it may start "closing cases" by returning land or paying compensation in the coming months. [...]
2006-05-17 10:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA721 Turkish Cypriot Areas Become Active Transit Point
[...] Located along a heavily-used migration route and hobbled by weak border controls, the area administered by Turkish Cypriots - the unrecognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)" - is becoming an attractive transit point for undocumented economic migrants, especially from the Middle [...]
2006-05-17 12:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFRD PGOV PREL TU CY EUN SMIG CVIS
06NICOSIA726TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" HOLDS A HARD LINE ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 16 conversation with Ambassador Schlicher, Aydan Karahan, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," stressed that Ankara was still waiting for a reply to both the Gul proposal from January on the mutual easing of restrictions and the April 4 letter from Turkish Cypriot le [...]
2006-05-18 13:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA74CYPRUS: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] (U) Summary: Because Cyprus is only 45 miles from the Turkish shore and on the flight path for thousands of migratory birds, Cypriot officials continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Avian Influenza is found on the island. The outbreak in Turkey has redoubled efforts (and [...]
2006-01-23 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED PREL CY
06NICOSIA757TURKISH CYPRIOT ECONOMY ENJOYING DOUBLE-DIGIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three years the service- based Turkish Cypriot economy has experienced double-digit annual economic growth -- an estimated 10.6 percent in 2005, 15.4 percent in 2004 and 11.4 percent in 2003, according to Turkish Cypriot statistics. This growth has been fuelled by [...]
2006-05-19 14:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA76CYPRUS: SUSPECTED CASE OF AI IN POULTRY IN NORTH
[...] (SBU) The Turkish Cypriot "Chief Veterinary Officer" Ersan Korudag confirmed to us that two birds (a chicken and a turkey) had tested positive for an A type influenza late January 23. Turkish Cypriot laboratories lack the ability to test for subtypes of AI, thus Turkish Cypriot authorities ha [...]
2006-01-24 11:36:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED
06NICOSIA762CYPRIOT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: DEJA VU ALL OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary elections on the Greek Cypriot side on May 21 left the political landscape in the south essentially unchanged. AKEL narrowly edged out DISY to retain bragging rights as the largest political party, but the two are now dead even in the House with 18 seats apiece. P [...]
2006-05-22 10:23:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
06NICOSIA781EU OFFICIAL BRIEFS ON TURKISH CYPRIOT ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The European Commission is going forward with plans to implement the delivery of 259 million Euro of assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community over the next three years. DG Enlargement's Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) will begin work immediately and [...]
2006-05-24 15:29:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV EUN CY
06NICOSIA816AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 1 LUNCH WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch on June 1, Ambassador Schlicher and President Papadopoulos' Diplomatic Advisor Tasos Tzionis discussed the current state-of-play in the UN-led technical talks, as well as Turkey's EU accession prospects, and the possibility of a visit by DAS Bryza to Cyprus in [...]
2006-06-02 13:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA838TURKISH CYPRIOTS LAY DOWN MARKERS ON PORTS/TRADE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Turkish Cypriots, June 1 talks in Vienna between "TRNC President" Talat's U/S Rasit Pertev and representatives of the Austrian Presidency explored ways to move forward on question of EU direct trade measures for the Turkish Cypriots. The Austrians, keen on aver [...]
2006-06-08 04:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA87AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 23, Ambassador Schlicher and Interior Minister Andreas Christou discussed the GOC's slow pace in implementing the National Action Plan on Trafficking in Persons, as well as the latest developments on property issues, the prospects for a reinvigorated Cyprus process and [...]
2006-01-24 15:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA882PAPADOPOULOS RE-SHUFFLES HIS CABINET; LILLIKAS
[...] (C) As expected, President Papadopoulos announced on June 8 that he was re-shuffling ministerial portfolios. George Iacovou, who has served on separate occasions for combined thirteen years as ROC Foreign Minister, is out. His replacement, George Lillikas (AKEL),will move over from Commerc [...]
2006-06-08 12:19:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
06NICOSIA912ASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST FOR RIGHTS IN CYPRUS;
[...] (C) Summary: As Cyprus struggles with a large influx of asylum sekers who have put a major strain on the limited facilities of this small country, NGO advocates contend that the situation for asylum seekers is increasingly desperate and that the GOC continues to deny them rights to which they [...]
2006-06-15 08:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM CY
06NICOSIA926FIRST KNOWN TURKISH CYPRIOT GRAVE SITE FOUND IN
[...] (C) Summary. A bicommunal team working under the Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has discovered human remains thought to be those of Turkish Cypriots missing since the intercommunal clashes of 1963 and 1964. If confirmed by DNA analysis, this would be the first case of a Turki [...]
2006-06-19 07:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN TU CY PREL PGOV
06NICOSIA930BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW ECONOMIC-RELATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel reported on the political implications of the June 8 government reshuffle. Among the economic-related ministers, only Communications and Works (Haris Thrassou) and Minister of Finance (Michalis Sarris) kept their jobs. This cable provides biographic information on the [...]
2006-06-19 11:45:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR PGOV CY
06NICOSIA935TURKISH CYPRIOTS SCHLEP TOWARD JUNE 25 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish Cypriots go to the polls on June 25 to elect "mayors" and councils in all 26 of the north's municipalities -- and to fill two empty seats in the "TRNC Parliament." Having been to the polls four times since 2003, however, most voters are unenthusiastic about these electio [...]
2006-06-20 14:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY
06NICOSIA959TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPERTY COMMISSION MAKES FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A June 21 "TRNC Supreme Court" decision has upheld the Turkish Cypriot Property Commission, clearing the way for the new body to make its first round of restitution and compensation offers to Greek Cypriot owners of property in the north. It is unclear if the ECHR will accept the [...]
2006-06-22 06:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU CY
06NICOSIA977TURKISH CYPRIOT OWN GOAL: TRADE IN POTATOES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 9. Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkish Cypriot authorities and Turkey intervened June 23 (two days before important local elections) to kill a USAID contractor-facilitated deal that would have sent 2,000 t [...]
2006-06-27 08:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY
06NOUAKCHOTT1060VENEZUELA TRIES TO WOO MAURITANIA
[...] (U) Junta leader Col. Vall received Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Director of International Relations Ivan Orellana-Alcala on August 16 in Nouakchott. Described in the press as "Special Envoy" of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Orellana was reportedly welcomed on his arrival in [...]
2006-09-01 08:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1073DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN
[...] (U) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told Charge September 4 that Mauritania would be represented in Cairo by Secretary of State for Maghreb Affairs Bismillahi Ali Ould Ahmed and not by the foreign minister. 2. (C) Moulaye Zeine said that given that Mauritania presen [...]
2006-09-05 09:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE IS LE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT111OIL DISPUTE PROCESS BEGINS; FIRST OIL STARTS FEB.
[...] (U) On February 3, Woodside published a "Notification of Dispute" to the Australian stock market stating that Woodside is continuing discussions to resolve the dispute. Post understands that the PSCs allow for a 90-day "cooling off" period before the dispute goes to arbitration. 2. (U) I [...]
2006-02-06 17:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALBBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1193POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN
[...] (C) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of interfering in the electoral process. The alleged interference comes at a key moment in the political transition. Registration of candidate lists for Novemb [...]
2006-09-27 11:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1208ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL
[...] (U) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions September 28 to discuss preparations for the municipal and legislative elections set for November 19. ----------- CENI UPDATE ----------- 2. (C) CENI preside [...]
2006-10-03 16:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1388MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED
[...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...]
2006-12-06 11:56:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT152HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with political party and civil society representatives to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]
2006-02-15 18:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT200SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP
[...] (U) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Assistance, EmbOffs followed census SIPDIS takers, witnessed voter registrations and met with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the National [...]
2006-02-23 16:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT279AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE
[...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM),has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...]
2006-03-08 11:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT285Mauritania: Input for the Annual AGOA Report
[...] Mauritania was one of the first 34 countries to be found eligible in 2000 for the trade benefits of AGOA. On December 22, 2005, however, President Bush terminated Mauritania's designation as of January 1, 2006, because Mauritania is not meeting the required criteria of making continual progre [...]
2006-03-09 14:20:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT287SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST
[...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...]
2006-03-10 09:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT291YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED
[...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...]
2006-03-13 09:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT313AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...]
2006-03-17 11:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT321MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING
[...] (U) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who had been invited to Mauritania by Colonel Fal, became the third West African head of state to visit the country since the August 3 coup. -------------------- [...]
2006-03-21 15:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT336SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW
[...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...]
2006-03-24 12:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT365DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 15:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALBBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT377MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 19:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALBBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT409DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE
[...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...]
2006-04-06 17:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT435UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN
[...] (C) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Steering Committee meeting scheduled for April 20. The group, which included UN, EU, French, Spanish, German, and US representatives, discussed the addition of [...]
2006-04-13 10:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT438REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS
[...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...]
2006-04-13 11:00:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT457MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]
2006-04-19 16:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT468UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH
[...] (C) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's southern, predominately Afro-Mauritanian regions) the commission has found that significant problems persist in the process of applying for National ID cards (re [...]
2006-04-20 17:27:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT469NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION
[...] (C) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described in his March 30 speech (Ref A) were essentially accurate, but that Woodside as well gained significant concessions. Most significantly, Woodside retained it [...]
2006-04-20 18:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALBBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT479FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON
[...] (U) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing problem of corruption. The speech, attended by numerous governmental officials, political leaders, businessmen and the press first focused on Mauritania's legacy [...]
2006-04-24 16:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT480EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE
[...] (U) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living in the small village of Daber II in the central Mauritanian province of Tagant. According to SOS Esclaves, Mijriya recently had to buy his freedom from his fo [...]
2006-04-24 17:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT494EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS STEP TO ENABLE
[...] (C) According to EU Counselor Bruno Gatta, his mission recently informed the Mauritanians that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council of Ministers to close the consultation phase of the Article 96 process under the Cotonou agreement, and the council will make its decision a [...]
2006-04-27 10:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT561CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA
[...] (U) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "technical stopover" in Mauritania as part of his visit to six Latin America and Middle East countries between May 17 and 25. 2. (U) According to local sourc [...]
2006-05-12 12:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT562IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START
[...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...]
2006-05-12 12:37:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT569MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a ha [...]
2006-05-15 19:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT578MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 07:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT584MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 08:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT585MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE
[...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]
2006-05-16 08:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT599SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION
[...] (U) IMF Deputy Division Chief of Middle East and Central Asia Department Jean Le Dem told heads of missions May 8 that after a two week mission here to assess Mauritania's progress on macro-economics and budgetary reform, the staff will recommend to the board to cancel Mauritania's IMF debt dur [...]
2006-05-17 16:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV
06NOUAKCHOTT621THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant church who meets with the three regularly, authorities arrested the men, searched and seized religious materials from each of their churches, then padlocked t [...]
2006-05-23 11:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT658EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST
[...] (C) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to investigate reports we have received alleging torture and dreadful confinement conditions. This was the Embassy,s first visit to these two prisons. Poloff spoke [...]
2006-05-31 14:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT664FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE
[...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the northern city of Akjoujt May 27 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speech focused on getting-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25. At the end of his speech, Fal commen [...]
2006-06-01 18:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT665LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections (septel). During the meeting, Latulippe said that while in a hotel in Tripoli three weeks earlier, he h [...]
2006-06-01 18:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT6862006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED
[...] (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day, Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for Human Right [...]
2006-06-06 08:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT699FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY
[...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the southern city of Rosso June 3 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. While the speech was originally planned to get-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, Fal used more than half [...]
2006-06-08 08:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT764SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING
[...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...]
2006-06-20 11:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT770ARREST UPDATE
[...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel),and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...]
2006-06-20 17:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT774FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...]
2006-06-22 14:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT784THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO
[...] (C) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met international standards for a free and fair election. There could, of course, have been fraud that we have not yet uncovered, and we explore that possibility below in [...]
2006-06-27 19:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT791PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS --
[...] (C) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel),public reaction has been highly supportive for both the referendum and the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD). While nearly all political actors have expressed their support for the election results [...]
2006-06-28 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT812BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND
[...] (C) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to exchange views on last Sunday's referendum vote. All partners agree that while there were several procedural l [...]
2006-06-30 12:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT842SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL
[...] (U) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The peaceful rally, organized by a newly-formed political party coalition, ended with speeches calling for Mauritanian unity with the Palestinian people, an end t [...]
2006-07-05 17:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT898SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 15:53:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT968GOVERNMENT APPROVES $65 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
[...] In meetings on July 27 and 28, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) approved a supplemental budget for CY2006 to account for significantly increased revenues from renegotiated oil and fishing contracts, and IMF debt relief. In all, the MCJD increased the 2006 budget by 15.8 b [...]
2006-08-03 09:17:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EFIS ETRD EINV PGOV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT993POLITICAL POWER IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolving, and new presidential hopefuls declaring their candidacy every week. Few political actors have strong platforms, and little separates one party from the n [...]
2006-08-14 14:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06OSAKAKOBE526NORTH KOREAN SUPERNOTES SEIZED IN WESTERN
[...] (SBU) On September 23, Kobe Customs officials and Tottori Prefectural Police raided the DPRK-flagged Kum Gang 1 freighter, which had entered the port of Sakaiminato in Tottori on the Japan Sea coast on September 19. The Japanese authorities took this unusual measure after two counterfeit sup [...]
2006-09-25 07:47:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EFIS PREL KN JA
06OSAKAKOBE588BID RIGGING IN JAPAN: A FEATURE, NOT A BUG
[...] (SBU) Bid rigging (dango in Japanese) is a common form of corruption in Japan, in which firms restrict open competition by coordinating their bids on procurement or public contracts. Although not unique to the Kansai area surrounding Osaka in western Japan, recently one example of bid rigging [...]
2006-10-16 10:40:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV ELAB JA
06OSAKAKOBE607TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH
[...] (SBU) The LDP/Komeito coalition candidate, Kenji Harada, has surged ahead of his DPJ opponent Nobumori Otani and will likely win the Osaka 9th District Lower House by-election on October 22 (see reftel for why this election matters),based on discussions with politicians and political parties [...]
2006-10-20 09:32:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06OSAKAKOBE88TAKESHIMA DAY: THE VIEW FROM SHIMANE PREFECTURE
[...] (SBU) February 22 was the first time Shimane Prefecture celebrated Takeshima Day after enacting a controversial ordinance in 2005. A contact confided that the prefectural assembly made a gross miscalculation about the Takeshima Day ordinance. Meant more as a means of exerting pressure on the [...]
2006-02-23 06:21:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS PGOV PREL JA KS
06OSLO101A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]
2006-01-31 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO ENGR
06OSLO1076NORWEGIANS WANT ANSWERS BEFORE DECIDING AN NSG
[...] (C) On August 29, we discussed the Norwegian reaction to the U.S.-India nuclear deal with MFA Assistant Secretary Jorg Willy Bronebakk. Bronebakk noted that his government continues to have serious questions regarding the matter, and has not yet determined its position in the Nuclear Supplie [...]
2006-08-29 15:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETTR ETTC PARM PREL NO KNNP KSCA
06OSLO1189NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...]
2006-09-27 10:23:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO
06OSLO1195NORWEGIAN DETAILS ON POSSIBLE BERN PROCESS MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 15:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
06OSLO1199NORWAY, DRM DEMARCHE AND APPLE: OMBUDSMAN CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary. Norway is not planning any overhaul of its existing intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. Government officials specializing in IPR matters emphasize the continued need to protect rights holders protections (which they believe are fairly represented under the current N [...]
2006-09-28 12:15:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND EINV NO KIPR
06OSLO13CAMEL REARING AS NORWAY'S NEW INTEGRATION TOOL?
[...] On January 4, Norway's newspaper readers woke to find a story about the local community of Loeten in southeastern Norway which has asked for government support to help establish a local camel rearing industry. Loeten has several immigrants of East African origin (mostly Somali refugees) who [...]
2006-01-04 15:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAGR PGOV NO
06OSLO132NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]
2006-02-08 16:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO1326COMMERCE A/S SPOONER VISIT ADVANCES SETTLEMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian and U.S. officials have moved closer to terms of an agreement that would end one of the USG's longest running trade disputes -- the 15-year old antidumping and countervailing duties on fresh and chilled Norwegian salmon. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Spooner and [...]
2006-10-27 09:46:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIS PREL NO
06OSLO1344NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ
[...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]
2006-10-31 16:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1350 EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...]
2006-11-02 12:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO
06OSLO1389 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR NORWAY
[...] (SBU) Per Ref B request, the draft 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report for Norway follows in paragraph 2. The report was conveyed on November 7 to USTR in Microsoft Word format (Ref A). Post understands that USTR will fill in trade statistics when available. 2. Begin text of 2007 [...]
2006-11-09 09:05:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN NO
06OSLO140HIGH NORTH ENERGY, IRAN INVESTMENTS, RUSSIAN
[...] (U) * Developing the Barents Sea as a new oil and gas province will be of global importance, underscored Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund. Statoil's Snoehvit project is building a new energy bridge to the United States and Europe and bringing greater employment and prosperity to northern No [...]
2006-02-10 13:28:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET ENRG EFIN ETRD SENV NO
06OSLO1501U.S. VIEW ON HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT SHARED WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 12:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NO
06OSLO198FAA INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED TO NORWEGIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 07:46:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NO
06OSLO2NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005:
[...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...]
2006-01-01 12:00:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO
06OSLO207SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR NORWAY: PHARMACEUTICALS
[...] (SBU) Post has assessed and agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 report). Post has consulted frequently with U.S. pharmaceutical firm representatives in Oslo on the issue a [...]
2006-02-23 15:43:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON NO
06OSLO237NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE
[...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]
2006-03-01 17:39:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR TBIO KFLU NO
06OSLO238NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE
[...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]
2006-03-02 06:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV EAGR ECON NO
06OSLO28NORWAY'S FINANCE MINISTER BACKS DOWN ON ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. On Friday, January 7 a shamed Kristin Halvorsen publicly apologized for her earlier comments supporting a boycott of Israeli goods and services. An unofficial translation of her comments is given below in paragraph 2. While all the major papers in Norway are united in their cr [...]
2006-01-09 10:58:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD IS NO
06OSLO312FAA INCIDENT REPORT SENT TO NORWEGIAN CAA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 15:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR NO
06OSLO338FM STOERE WANTS A BIGGER ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) On March 16, FM Stoere went public with a complaint that the Quartet will not agree to an early date for a meeting (without the parties) of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) to discuss donor coordination. "It's a problem that we did not get this," Stoere told the widest selling Norwegi [...]
2006-03-20 15:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID XF NO KPAL
06OSLO352NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...]
2006-03-22 11:39:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENGR RU NO
06OSLO363AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...]
2006-03-23 14:36:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO
06OSLO374(C) NORWAY HELPED BROKER THE SPAIN-ETA DEAL
[...] (U) On March 24, Norwegian radio/TV reported that Norway has secretly been involved in facilitating the talks between the Spanish Government and ETA over the past few months. According to the press report, the two sides met for talks in Oslo last fall and other nations, such as Switzerland, we [...]
2006-03-24 17:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SP NO
06OSLO383NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
[...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...]
2006-03-28 09:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
06OSLO396NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING?
[...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...]
2006-03-30 13:16:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG UK NO
06OSLO406NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
[...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...]
2006-04-03 14:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO
06OSLO448SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS
[...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...]
2006-04-06 14:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO46NORWAY LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU-3 ON IRAN REFERRAL
[...] (C) On January 11, following up on ref A, we asked Norwegian MFA DAS for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Jan Arve Knutsen about Norwegian intentions as a member of the IAEA Board. Knutsen replied that Norway was still hoping for a solution short of referring Iran to the UN Security Council. [...]
2006-01-12 14:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO
06OSLO462NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...]
2006-04-10 15:59:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV EPET ENRG NO
06OSLO523OSLO ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR BELARUS' MILINKEVICH
[...] (C) Summary. Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich's April 19-22 visit to Oslo (sponsored by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee) included high-level meetings with top Norwegian officials, numerous press activities and an afternoon coffee hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Whitney [...]
2006-04-26 05:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO NO
06OSLO551SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...]
2006-05-03 09:26:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO56NORWAY STILL NOT FIRM ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC
[...] (C) The Ambassador raied ref A with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere on January 13. FM Stoere noted that the MFA had called in the Iranian Ambassador the previous day (before the EU-3 announcement) and made clear its deep concerns. Stoere understands the growing need for the IAEA to [...]
2006-01-13 16:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO
06OSLO59AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM STOERE
[...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere January 13, the FM said that maintaining close ties to the United States was a top priority and noted that the U.S. is "Norway's most important ally." FM Stoere is keen to promote even closer cooperatio [...]
2006-01-17 10:37:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NO
06OSLO609NORWEGIAN MFA PREPARED TO MEET HAMAS MINISTER
[...] (C) Acting MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Joern Gjelstad called us on May 11 to inform us that the Norwegian MFA has learned that Hamas Refugee Minister Atef Adwan will travel to Norway from Sweden using his Swedish-issued Schengen visa either on May 11 or May 12. Gjelstad said that while no [...]
2006-05-11 11:38:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OSLO613SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...]
2006-05-11 13:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO617BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]
2006-05-11 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO618BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]
2006-05-11 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO63IAEA/IRAN: FM PERSONALLY DRIVING NORWAY'S POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere is directly and personally driving Norway's policy on whether the IAEA should report Iran to the UN Security Council. Stoere wants clarity on how the Security Council will deal with the issue before agreeing to send it there. Stoere is re [...]
2006-01-18 15:53:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL IR NO
06OSLO630(S) NORWAY WILL NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT UN 1267
[...] (S/NOFORN) In our previous conversations on the topic of a possible 1267 listing against Mullah Krekar (reftel B),MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Einar Fife made absolutely clear that Norway would not support overtly a UNSCR 1267 listing for Mullah Krekar. The MFA wants no fingers pointing back to N [...]
2006-05-15 14:47:00Embassy OsloSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL UNAUS NO KTFN
06OSLO661U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO
[...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...]
2006-05-22 14:08:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL
06OSLO669BERGEN CONFERENCE ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 7th International Conference on Human Rights and Refugees "North Korea New Approaches" held in Bergen, Norway May 9-11 brought together government and NGO officials to discuss ways to advance human rights in North Korea. Officials and NGOs agreed that while li [...]
2006-05-24 10:40:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CH KN KS NO
06OSLO68(S) IAEA/IRAN: UK STRAW SWINGS FM STOERE
[...] (S) Norwegian MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas (strictly protect) told us on January 19 that UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has successfully assuaged Norwegian FM Jonas Stoere's concerns about what may transpire in the UN Security Council if the IAEA Board agrees to repor [...]
2006-01-19 17:07:00Embassy OsloSECRETPARM KNNP PREL IR NO
06OSLO688NORWEGIAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - RECENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 14:27:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO690C-RE6-00473; NORWAY, ISAF AND THE FARYAB PRT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 16:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR MASS MOPS PTER AF NO
06OSLO730NORWAY: TIP REPORT, TRAFFICKING AND SOLICITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 11:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG NO KCRM KWMN
06OSLO77NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...]
2006-01-24 14:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO
06OSLO811NORWAY TAKES A BITE OUT OF APPLE
[...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman recently issued a decision letter against Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTunes),claiming that the music service violates Norwegian consumer laws and contract law principles. Apple has not/not requested Embassy assistance, and its local Norwegian c [...]
2006-06-21 11:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV KIPR NO
06OSLO902CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 14:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OSLO909NORWAY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST: AID,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has focused all of their energy on the situation in the Middle East, hosting an emergency donor conference for Palestinians in Geneva on 14 July, calling in the Israeli Ambassador to Norway to demand an end to hostilities, and promising to engage the US a [...]
2006-07-21 14:49:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OSLO974POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY: DRAFT UNSCR - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 14:32:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS UN NO
06OTTAWA1029CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...]
2006-04-10 21:21:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE
06OTTAWA1031TERRORISM FINANCE: OTTAWA RESPONSE ON JI-4 UN
[...] (S) Despite high-level approaches, the Government of Canada still will not co-sponsor the four JI individuals. As requested by email and in reftel A, Embassy Ottawa raised the profile of the JI-4 cosponsorship request, with Deputy Chief of Mission John Dickson making the request to Department [...]
2006-04-11 13:16:00Embassy OttawaSECRETID KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC CA
06OTTAWA105CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 16:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL CA IR IAEA
06OTTAWA1245CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...]
2006-04-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL CA
06OTTAWA1322 HARPER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST BUDGET DELIVERS TAX
[...] Tax cuts for households and businesses, breaks for families with children, and investments in defense and security were the key features of the Harper government's first budget, which was unveiled in Parliament on May 2 and is widely viewed as targeting middle class voters. Crucially for this [...]
2006-05-03 17:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV CA
06OTTAWA1323U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON
[...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...]
2006-05-03 17:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO CA
06OTTAWA1522IPR TOOLKIT: A MODIFIED APPROACH FOR CANADA
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Ottawa's IPR Working Group (IPR WG) suggests a smaller, streamlined IPR toolkit to help U.S. companies facing IPR problems in Canada. The main way the Embassy can improve the IPR climate for U.S. businesses in Canada is through encouraging the GOC to update its copyrigh [...]
2006-05-18 20:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON CA
06OTTAWA1869CANADA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 19:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CAC EFIN KID OPIC PGOV CA
06OTTAWA1904 Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]
2006-06-19 21:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA194CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Unless the polls are badly mistaken, Canada's Conservatives will win today's election and Stephen Harper will be asked by the Governor General to form a minority government. The election of a new government, after thirteen years of Liberal rule, presents opportunities for advancing [...]
2006-01-23 15:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CA
06OTTAWA1978TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM DEMARCHE:
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador Wilkins briefed Foreign Minister MacKay on the substance of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program during a telephone conversation on June 26 and discussed the matter with Justice Minister Toews during a breakfast on June 27. He tried unsuccessfully to [...]
2006-06-27 20:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN CA
06OTTAWA2021POTENTIAL FOR IPR PROGRESS: CANADA'S PROPOSED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has proposed a two-regulation package (significantly different from its 2004 proposal) consisting of data protection for the innovative pharmaceutical industries and "Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance)" for the generic drug industries, a combination designed to [...]
2006-06-29 19:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON TBIO CA
06OTTAWA2060CANADIAN REACTION TO THE U.S. TERRORIST FINANCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In response to June 23's U.S. press articles disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program, the press reports that Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has decided to investigate whether the USG improperly obtained the banking records of Canadians. [...]
2006-07-06 15:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PTER EFIN
06OTTAWA2149 CANADA PLANS STRONGER LAW ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The GOC plans to introduce legislation this fall designed to tighten its protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill could allow greater information sharing by GOC tax and financial agencies with law enforcement, features which will no doub [...]
2006-07-14 21:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV CA
06OTTAWA2158CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...]
2006-07-17 20:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS
06OTTAWA2321PROBLEMS LOOMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER DEAL
[...] (C) Summary: There is growing widespread and persistent Canadian lumber industry and provincial dissatisfaction with the July 1 U.S.-Canadian agreement to settle the longstanding and contentious softwood lumber dispute after a July 21 U.S. federal court decision in Canada's favor which encour [...]
2006-08-01 21:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL CA
06OTTAWA2372CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...]
2006-08-08 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CA
06OTTAWA2407CANADA'S MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO COMBATING TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government has recently taken several concrete steps to address the problem of human trafficking in Canada, making this effort a law enforcement priority and highlighting to the Canadian electorate its efforts as an illustration of government effectiveness. L [...]
2006-08-10 22:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG CA KS
06OTTAWA2420THE PROSPEROUS CANADA-CUBA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s economic relationship with Cuba began in the late 19th century, long before the U.S. embargo. Today, Canada-Cuba economic ties continue to be strong. The annual two-way trade between the countries is around $1 billion USD. About 22 percent of Cuban exports (mostly n [...]
2006-08-12 12:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR CU CA
06OTTAWA2458CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...]
2006-08-16 22:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA
06OTTAWA2467PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW LEBANON RELIEF FUND
[...] (U) Summary: On August 16, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada will give C$25 million to Lebanon reconstruction and relief efforts. C$15 million will be largely directed to UN agencies and the ICRC and C$10 million will support stabilization efforts and provide civilian support for i [...]
2006-08-17 19:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PREF PGOV LE CA
06OTTAWA2555TRANSBORDER USE OF VERY LIGHT JETS
[...] Summary: For frequent business travelers, Very Light Jets (VLJs) offer important advantages, including less time spent on the ground before flights, direct flights that avoid multiple legs that often occur under the hub-and-spoke model, and the ability to land on shorter runways than other jet [...]
2006-08-25 22:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EAIR
06OTTAWA26FY 2006 U.S. SPEAKER REQUEST: Former Congressmen
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two former U.S. Congressmen, one Republican and one Democrat, as U.S. Speakers for a program to include Carleton University faculty and students in Ottawa, Parliamentary staff, and government officials, media and academics in other Canadian cities via video [...]
2006-01-05 18:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP CA
06OTTAWA2837VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...]
2006-09-18 21:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS
06OTTAWA2977NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS
[...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]
2006-09-29 22:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3010CANADA'S TAKE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) On October 4, Janice Fitchett (Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Advisor at Foreign Affairs) provided POL M/C with initial Canada's comments on the GI draft documents, which she said had been widely cleared throught the Department. She confirmed that these comments were also being shared [...]
2006-10-04 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS CA
06OTTAWA3205MAPPING THE BORDER:NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPOBELLO/LUBEC
[...] The Lubec Maine/Campobello Island, New Brunswick crossing is the easternmost land border port of entry on our northern border. The island -- in Canada is only accessible to the rest of Canada by road through the U.S., mirroring our westernmost port of entry in Point Roberts, Washington, a pie [...]
2006-10-24 15:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA PTER PGOV CVIS PHUM
06OTTAWA3224NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL
[...] (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code. 2. (U) All Canadian [...]
2006-10-25 19:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PTER AF CA
06OTTAWA3229218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD
[...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]
2006-10-25 20:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3253CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...]
2006-10-27 17:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI
06OTTAWA3302CANADA SEEKS TO AMEND MONEY LAUNDERING,
[...] (U) Summary: The Harper Government has introduced a bill (C-25) in Parliament to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to ensure Canada's global leadership in combating organized crime and terrorist financing. In his introduction of the bill on October 5, [...]
2006-11-02 15:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PTER CA
06OTTAWA3439DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...]
2006-11-20 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MARR CA
06OTTAWA3455Ottawa Studies Further International Aviation
[...] (U) Summary: The Conservative government is set to announce a new international air policy in early 2007 that aims to open Canada's skies to more foreign competition and will focus on an "Open Skies" model. Some observers think the move promises to benefit consumers, but not necessarily the co [...]
2006-11-24 16:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV CA
06OTTAWA3536CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...]
2006-12-05 21:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CA
06OTTAWA3561NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...]
2006-12-08 12:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PINR CA
06OTTAWA3613ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING
[...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...]
2006-12-19 19:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA40WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SMALLPOX
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 17:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO CA WHO
06OTTAWA45OPERATION THUNDERING POUTINE: EMBASSY OTTAWA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to penetrate the headlines and polls, Embassy Poloff and PolFSN visited local Ontario and Quebec campaign headquarters to talk with candidates, campaign managers, and volunteers. The resultant worm's-eye view of the campaign revealed the importance of local issues [...]
2006-01-06 20:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA PGOV
06OTTAWA5392006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 12:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA5632006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]
2006-03-02 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA617SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES: CANADA
[...] The GOC's response to the questions posed in SECSTATE 225777 has been sent as an email attachment, with formatting to make the GOC points clearer, to Mr. Frederick Matos, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. We recommend that others inter [...]
2006-03-07 16:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS CA
06OTTAWA93MISSION CANADA 2ND QUARTER FY-06 90-DAY GOALS--
[...] (C) Summary - Much of our attention over the next 90 days will have to do with the January 23 election in Canada and the formation of the next government. Most political observers currently predict, with just ten days left before the election, a Conservative minority government, but even if t [...]
2006-01-12 19:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT CA CASC ETRD PGOV PREL
06OTTAWA963CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ON DRUGS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In three speeches over two consecutive days, Canada's new Conservative-led government has underscored the "dire consequences" that underfunded law enforcement and weak sentences have had on increasing rates of drug crime and has offered potentially significant reforms to addr [...]
2006-04-04 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR CA
06PANAMA10SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JANUARY 12-13 VISIT TO
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic/trade environment. [...]
2006-01-04 20:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC ETRD PM CA GT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
06PANAMA1029PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND
[...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]
2006-05-31 22:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1072PANAMA CITY MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CANAL
[...] (SBU) During a brief but intense conversation on May 22, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro told Emboffs that possibilities for the GOP to win a potential Canal referendum in 2006 are close to null. Navarro, a usually cheerful and positive character, was pessimistic when explaining why he, [...]
2006-06-05 21:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1104PANAMA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Text is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of four claims of United States citizens that may be [...]
2006-06-08 12:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV PM
06PANAMA1166GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 18:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA1187Money Laundering Panamanian Style
[...] (SBU) Acting jointly, DEA and several Latin American authorities knocked out a sophisticated multi-national drug cartel that smuggled tons of cocaine on a monthly to the U.S. Drug lord Pablo Rayo Montano was arrested on May 16 in Brazil. Authorities have seized millions of dollars in assets a [...]
2006-06-16 22:29:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA1223PANAMA COORDINATES RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU THREAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, 2006, a broad range of GOP ministries and NGOs met to coordinate efforts on Panama's Avian Influenza (AI) National Prevention and Response Plan. Participants included officials from the Ministry of Health (MINSA),Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA),the Panama [...]
2006-06-22 15:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA123PANAMA DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC)
[...] (C) On January 17, Ambassador Eaton delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and discussed the GOP's position on a possible emergency IAEA Board meeting to report Iran to UNSC. Ambassador Eaton emphasized to Lewis that Iran has violated both IAEA resolutions and EU-3 agreements [...]
2006-01-20 16:49:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1231HHS VISIT BOOSTS REGIONAL FOCUS ON AVIAN FLU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's June 7-10 visit to Panama boosted the efforts of Central American health ministers to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or another type of pandemic. Through a series of official meetings and publ [...]
2006-06-22 19:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA1233PANAMA: REACHING OUT TO ASIAN MISSIONS
[...] (SBU) Following up on A/S Shannon's visit to Asia, we reached out to our Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean counterparts to discuss issues of common concern in Panama. While the three Asian missions share a strong focus on developing their countries' commercial and business interests in Panama, t [...]
2006-06-23 16:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK CH JA KS
06PANAMA1249PANAMA'S 2006 GDP GROWTH OFF TO STRONG START
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Panama posted impressive GDP growth during the first quarter of 2006. The 7.9% GDP growth was the largest quarterly GDP growth rate in 16 years. Almost all sectors of economy saw growth in real terms. Increased export demand for agricultural products and construction spending, [...]
2006-06-26 17:28:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAIR PM
06PANAMA125PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS AND REP DAN BURTON
[...] (SBU) Congressman Dan Burton (R-IND) and the Ambassador called on President Torrijos on January 12th to discuss on-going U.S./Panama FTA negotiations and Hugo Chavez's influence in the region. Torrijos reiterated GOP commitment to free trade and sought Burton's help in resolving a key obstacle to [...]
2006-01-20 20:18:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETRD OREP PM
06PANAMA1286PANAMA'S CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR FORCED TO RESIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) Director Tomas Paredes told EconOff that President Torrijos requested his resignation on June 26. On June 30, Torrijos nominated Eustacio Fabrega Lopez as the new AAC Director and sent the nomination to the National Assembly for approval. Parede [...]
2006-06-30 22:13:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR FAA
06PANAMA14PANAMA: MIGUEL ANTONIO BERNAL'S QUEST TO SAVE UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA
[...] (SBU) In May 2005, when newspapers reported that the University of Panama (UP) had issued thousands of false diplomas, Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal quickly took the lead in denouncing the school's administration. Bernal went even further and filed criminal charges against university rect [...]
2006-01-05 14:43:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PM SCUL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1455PANAMA REELS FROM LOSS TO KEY ANTI-DRUG OFFICIALS
[...] (C) The sudden July 20 resignation of Panama's top anti-drug prosecutor, Patricio Candanedo, has dealt a harsh blow to a law enforcement community that was already reeling from the suspicious July 19 death of Franklin Brewster, the top counter-narcotics detective in the Judicial Technical Pol [...]
2006-07-25 20:24:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCRM PM
06PANAMA147VP/FORMIN ON EVO MORALES AND U.S.-PANAMA FTA MOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 18:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1477BANK SUPERINTENDENT UNDER PRESSURE TO QUIT
[...] (C) Panama's Bank Superintendent Delia Cardenas said President Torrijos had asked her to resign "voluntarily," ostensibly so he could "restructure" GOP oversight of bank and financial institutions. Cardenas also told ECON Chief on July 27 that this was the first time that any of the three Pr [...]
2006-07-28 16:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1518GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...]
2006-08-04 15:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA160PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFRONTS PRISON ABUSE
[...] (U) Panama's Attorney General made an unscheduled visit to La Joya Maximum Security Prison following newspaper reports detailing prisoner abuse by guards in the crowded facility. After her visit, the AG told reporters she had found evidence of human rights violations and that the police cus [...]
2006-01-26 20:20:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1629SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT
[...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]
2006-08-18 21:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1649CANAL EXPANSION REFERENDUM: INDECISION GROWS,
[...] (C) The undecided vote for the October 22 Panama Canal expansion referendum has grown about five points to 28.5 percent in the last two months at the expense of both the &yes8 and the &no8 votes, according to a recent Dichter and Neira poll. Embassy interlocutors cite lack of confidence in the gov [...]
2006-08-24 15:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EWWT ETRD PREL PM
06PANAMA1650AMBASSADOR LUNCH WITH CFZ GENERAL MANAGER NILDA
[...] (SBU) Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano told Ambassador on 14 August 2006, that she is disappointed over the lack of GOP action to gain support for the Canal Referendum. A self-described "leftist radical," Quijano enjoys good support from Panama's business community and has been [...]
2006-08-24 15:12:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EWWT PM
06PANAMA1719PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 17:06:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS
06PANAMA1726TORRIJOS APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (U) President Torrijos urged the Panamanian people to take advantage of the "unique and possibly irrepeatable" opportunity of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum in his September 1 "state of the nation"- like address. Torrijos called on Panamanians to vote according to what was best for [...]
2006-09-07 17:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PM
06PANAMA1793PANAMA'S OFF SHORE CORPORATION INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama is the second most popular jurisdiction in which to form offshore corporations (sociedad anonimas or anonymous societies) after Hong Kong. The advantages to incorporating in Panama include: the ease and flexibility of forming a corporation, well-established corporation [...]
2006-09-13 16:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM
06PANAMA1798FINCEN DIRECTOR BOOSTS USG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] This message is SENSITIVE. Please protect accordingly. 2.(U) Summary: FinCEN Director Robert Werner, Deputy Director William Baity, and staff member Mauricio Pastora visited Panama on August 23 and 24. Director Werner delivered the keynote address at the 10th Hemispheric Conference on M [...]
2006-09-13 22:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PM
06PANAMA1836GOP SLEIGHT OF HAND DEALING IN GAMING INDUSTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite overcoming two key bureaucratic hurdles, U.S.-based Merit Management continues to encounter what they believe to be high-level GOP obfuscation and delays in securing the license for its $8 million casino in Colon. Merit attributes its delay to financial incentives from the exi [...]
2006-09-19 20:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA190PANAMA: INCREASING URGENCY ON CANAL REFERENDUM
[...] (U) A flurry of recent detailed discussions at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to discuss the proposed Canal expansion suggest that the GOP is speeding up its internal technical process, in order to hold a constitutionally mandated referendum in 2006. Amid the hubbub at ACP headquarters, one [...]
2006-02-01 21:51:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
06PANAMA1932PANAMA REPORTS NO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
[...] (SBU) Contrary to a recently published U.S. Department of Labor report, there were no official cases or claims of children trafficked for sexual exploitation in Darien Province, Head of the Panamanian Judicial and Technical Police's sex crimes unit Ana Cecilia Cajar said. Cajar wrote in a Se [...]
2006-09-29 18:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA2005PANAMA'S THREE WAY RACE FOR A CENTRAL AMERICAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Panama appears to be the site for up to three proposals for the construction of a regional petroleum refinery. During his June 2006 visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to build a 130,000 barrels per day refinery in Panama (Refs A & B). The MesoAmerican Energy Initiative [...]
2006-10-11 20:47:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2018SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...]
2006-10-13 22:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALAMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM
06PANAMA2102STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH MOGJ GOLCHER
[...] (SBU) "The United States is Panama's strategic partner of choice on security issues, but Panama needs additional resources to strengthen its security infrastructure," Minister of Government and Justice Olga Golcher told STAFFDEL Meacham and Toon on October 18. Golcher lauded the bilateral re [...]
2006-10-26 15:07:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2105LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is post's response to Reftel A. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- ENERGY SECTOR - HYDROCARBONS ---------------------------- 2. (U) Panama's energy sector consists of the hydrocarbons industry and the electricity sector. Panama's hydrocarbons industry was 100 [...]
2006-10-26 15:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV PM
06PANAMA2106TROUBLED ADOLESCENCE FOR PANAMA'S RESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU). Panama's residential tourism industry is struggling to maintain its momentum in the face of rising prices, increased construction costs and potential excess supply. According to Paul McBride, CEO of Panamanian real estate marketing company Prima Panama, the selling price of the averag [...]
2006-10-26 15:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC MRS
06PANAMA2111AMCIT V. AMCIT IN PANAMA'S BOCAS DEL TORO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago is a complex region of islands, mainland bays, rivers and forested mountain slopes on the Caribbean side of the Panamanian isthmus 20 miles from the Costa Rican border. The area has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and is hom [...]
2006-10-27 14:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC KMRS PM
06PANAMA2112PANAMA CERTIFIES CANAL REFERENDUM RESULTS- 78
[...] (U) The official results of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum were 705,144 "yes" votes in favor of expansion (77.80 percent) and 201,247 "no" votes (22.20 percent). There were 9,967 blank ballots cast and 7,673 null votes, where voters marked both options. Panama's Junta Nacional de [...]
2006-10-27 14:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PM
06PANAMA2207FM LEWIS ON UNSC, CORRUPTION, FTA, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Panama will be a voice for all of Latin America on the UN Security Council and is willing to help the USG spread its message, Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador November 8. He also addressed corruption, saying the court system is the crux of Panama's co [...]
2006-11-09 21:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD KCOR PM
06PANAMA2259RESPONSE TO GOP ON DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] (U) The Public Ministry, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has requested a copy of the Department of Labor child labor report that generated front-page controversy when it was released in September 2006 (reftel). Panamanian press reports misquoted the report, saying that according to t [...]
2006-11-21 21:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA2268FM BACKTRACKS ON TORRIJOS PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) After several attempts to wiggle out of a bad position, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro admitted to the Ambassador November 21 the GOP had "screwed up" when attempting to draw a distinction between President Torrijos's role as President of Panama and as Secretary General of the PRD (the ruling party) [...]
2006-11-22 20:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
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