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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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07PARIS4368AG BIOTECH FREEZE IN FRANCE: NEXT STEPS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy announced October 25 a number of significant steps on the environment following the conclusion of the "Grenelle" consultative process (Septel). Environment is a key focal point for his administration and, in contrast to key foreign policy issues, is an area in [...]
2007-10-29 07:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAG PREL SENV FR
07PARIS4401PKK: GOF AGREES WITH U.S. AND WANTS INFO ON ALTUN
[...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A talking points to MFA counterterrorism officials on October 26. The GOF fully agrees with the U.S. assessment of the PKK and promised to continue encouraging its European partners to take action against PKK operatives in Europe. Poloff was told in the meeting that [...]
2007-10-31 17:55:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN FR
07PARIS4420DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]
2007-11-06 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4430INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 17:05:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR
07PARIS4432FRANCE QUESTIONS BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY
[...] In announcing the conclusions of the "Grenelle of the Environment" on October 25, President Sarkozy said that in France, the development of biofuels will be reassessed. He specifically targeted first generation biofuels (produced from food and feed crops) and suggested that a priority should b [...]
2007-11-06 17:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS444EMBASSY RESPONSE TO FDA REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF
[...] U.S. Consul at Embassy's subsidiary American Presence Post in Toulouse, France met with ORFAGEN President Patrick Dupuy on 1 February in response to request in referenced telegram. Consul confirms that a spin-off of Pierre Fabre Laboratories, ORFAGEN, specializes in developing dermatological [...]
2007-02-05 14:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
07PARIS445WHO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UN COMMISSION ON
[...] Embassy science officer delivered demarche in REFTEL to Emmanuel Jean, Head of European and International Affairs at the French Ministry of Health, on 11 December 2006. Ms. Jean referred the demarche to AFSSAPS, the French agency for the sanitary security of health products, which is responsib [...]
2007-02-05 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNCND UNCRIME FR
07PARIS4456HANS PETERSON MURDER CASE: EMBASSY'S DELIVERY OF
[...] (U) Embassy drew on talking points and delivered reftel letter from the Cook County, Illinois State Attorney's Office on October 24 to the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy requested that the letter be forwarded to the letter's addressed recipient, Jean-Marie Huet, Dire [...]
2007-11-09 15:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4463ELYSEE SECRETARY GENERAL FLIES TO BEIRUT NOVEMBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: Claude Gueant, secretary general of the French presidency, arrived in Beirut November 9 for meetings with Lebanese focused on the presidential election -- with an expected emphasis on securing the Maronite Patriarch,s agreement to develop an acceptable list of names. Speculatio [...]
2007-11-09 17:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
07PARIS4483 FRENCH TRADE MINISTER NOVELLI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: KEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary Herve Novelli, the junior minister responsible for international trade, visits Washington and Miami November 13-15. Novelli's visit provides an opportunity to underline key economic issues -- the Transatlantic Economic Council, agricultural biotechnology, intell [...]
2007-11-13 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS451PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS452PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS4533FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...]
2007-11-20 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY
07PARIS4584BLUE LANTERN PRELICENSE CHECK 05-050069775
[...] (U) Embassy has contacted reftel end user, Delegation General pour l'Armement - Etablissment d'Experimentation Technique de Bourges (DGA-ETBS, i.e., Ministry of Defense Procurement Agency Technical Testing Center) at Bourges, France. Technical Procurement Specialist for Sensors Patrick Chantel [...]
2007-11-27 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC DA FR
07PARIS4594OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL: GOF DEMARCHE REPONSE
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points on November 19 to French MFA officials in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs responsible for OSCE affairs. Our interlocutors agreed to notify the U.S. (either in Paris or Vienna) of any significant shift in French positions regarding the issues presente [...]
2007-11-29 12:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE FR
07PARIS4606FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL: MON-810 AT RISK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following France's months-long internal environmental review (ref A, B and C),French authorities have generated a draft biotech bill for review by the Council of State then the National Assembly and Senate, where it will be debated before becoming law. A preliminary version, s [...]
2007-11-30 13:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS461 DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EUROSATORY 2008
[...] IN ANTICIPATION OF JUNE 2008 EUROSATORY, U.S. EMBASSY PARIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT. 2. THE WORLD LARGEST LAND AND AIR DEFENSE ARMAMENT TRADE SHOW, SCHEDULED FOR 16-20 JUNE 2008, PROVIDES AN UNEQUAL [...]
2007-02-06 14:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MILI PINS ETRD MARR FR
07PARIS4616INPUT ON FRANCE RE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the questions contained in reftel request for information related to Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. France ------ 2. (C) What is the nature of investment that host country businesses have in Cuba? Frenc [...]
2007-11-30 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU FR
07PARIS4637SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]
2007-12-04 18:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS4661CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...]
2007-12-07 08:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4667FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...]
2007-12-07 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR
07PARIS4678PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4679PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4680PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4681PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4693AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]
2007-12-12 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4710PRESSING THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: On December 12, Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood met with French officials to brief them on the situation in Afghanistan and to press the GOF to host an Afghan Donors Conference in May or June of 2008. Both Christian Masset, Director General for Economi [...]
2007-12-14 13:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM AF FR
07PARIS4718BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...]
2007-12-14 15:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR
07PARIS4722XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...]
2007-12-14 16:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV EUN GM FR
07PARIS476PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the French authorities on the pending export to China from France of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled for export by the Fr [...]
2007-02-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS480FRANCE?S AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. --------------------------------------------- ------ Paris Eager For Collaboration With U.S. Authorities --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Embassy ESTH officers recently met with Ministry of Health officials, who expr [...]
2007-02-07 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU FR AIAG
07PARIS484FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...]
2007-02-07 16:55:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS499FRANCE TV COOP
[...] France 3, a regional state television channel, will send a team led by Serge Guynier, anchor for France 3's Aquitaine news shows, who has extensive experience in the U.S. and speaks fluent English. He will be assisted by Thierry Julien and Jean Marc Ceccaldi. They will focus on the following [...]
2007-02-08 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP KPAO FR
07PARIS508FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...]
2007-02-08 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07PARIS515U.S. BIOTECH COMPANIES CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, Embassy FAS, Econ, Science and Regional Security Officers met with representatives of three U.S. companies involved in agricultural biotechnology in France: Monsanto, Dupont/Pioneer, Dow Agro-Sciences. The companies raised concerns about security conditions [...]
2007-02-09 05:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS528FRENCH REACTION TO LIBERIA ARREARS CLEARANCE
[...] (SBU) We conveyed ref C message about Liberia's arrears to the office of Cooperation Minister Girardin on February 7, and to the MFA on February 8. According to the MFA, France is quite close to re-opening its embassy in Monrovia. The French have asked the Liberian government for agrement f [...]
2007-02-09 14:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PINR FR
07PARIS533COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF: VISIT TO FRANCE OF NSF OFFICIAL ANNA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave, Program Director in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP),National Science Foundation, who will attend the European Science Foundation BOREAS Cyber-Infrastructure Workshop in Paris from February 18 to 21, 2007. Dr. Ke [...]
2007-02-09 14:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT TPHY KSCA FR
07PARIS540US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]
2007-02-09 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS543DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO ON
[...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 2001-08229 dated February 5, 2007 from the Principality of Monaco announcing the accession of Romania to the Convention of the International Hydrographic Organization. Informal translation: "The Department of External Relations of the Principalit [...]
2007-02-09 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY OPDC RO FR
07PARIS546EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE -
[...] (U) France will send the following participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Alain A. Nicaud Agency: Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministere de l'Economie des Finances et de L'Industrie) Title: Direct [...]
2007-02-09 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO
07PARIS575FRANCE: GOF TO PERMIT AIR FRANCE TO SCREEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reversing several years of reticence, the French Civil Aviation Authority indicated in an e-mail January 29 that it was now prepared to allow Air France to fully implement TSA Emergency Amendments concerning No-fly, Selectees, and the Master-Crew List. This is good news. The G [...]
2007-02-13 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
07PARIS577FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...]
2007-02-13 16:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR
07PARIS578FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]
2007-02-13 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS585 FRANCE: FUEL TAX EXONERATION FOR U.S. RESEARCH VESSELS
[...] Embassy received from the MFA diplomatic note number 82/AME dated 24 January 2007 (Ref A). Informal Embassy Translation follows. 2. QUOTE: In its Diplomatic Note number 460 dated 14 September 2006, the Embassy had asked the Ministry whether U.S. vessels conducting scientific research co [...]
2007-02-14 16:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT FR
07PARIS599FRENCH WELCOME SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT AS
[...] (C) On February 14, we shared ref A text of agreement and nonpaper with key MFA offices, including the Asia Directorate, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Directorate, the political Director's office, and the Minister's Cabinet advisor for Strategic Affairs. 2. (C) Arnaud Mentre, nonprol [...]
2007-02-15 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN IR FR
07PARIS600PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...]
2007-02-15 16:23:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS633FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE
[...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...]
2007-02-16 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS688JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]
2007-02-23 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS703NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS775ACTION REQUEST; TERRORIST ABDALLAH UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On February 27 we were contacted by, and subsequently received a letter to the Ambassador from Georges Kiejman who was legal counsel for the USG (as a civil party) during the prosecution of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Abdullah was con [...]
2007-02-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER FR
07PARIS797SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...]
2007-03-01 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS798SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS834FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...]
2007-03-05 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EUN FR
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PARIS864BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]
2007-03-07 07:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PARTO7(U) SECRETARY RICE'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) SIPDIS 2. (U) February 17, 2007; 12:30; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad S/I David Satterfield Shayna Steinger (Embassy [...]
2007-02-21 23:53:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV PINS PTER
07PESHAWAR169NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...]
2007-03-13 13:04:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPREL PTER EAID PK AF
07PESHAWAR714FATA: PRIMER - JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
[...] This is the fourth in a series of primers on Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This cable describes how tribesmen in the FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) resolve disputes in an area that is not subject to the laws that govern the rest of Pakistan. The concentration of judi [...]
2007-11-09 11:25:00Consulate PeshawarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK
07PESHAWAR716NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT
[...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...]
2007-11-09 15:03:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PK
07PHNOMPENH1034CAMBODIA'S TOP TEN TYCOONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen is making efforts to bridge the gap between the political and private sector by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with the country's most prominent business tycoons. These business leaders contribute money to the ruling Cambodian Peoples Par [...]
2007-08-09 10:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PINR CB
07PHNOMPENH1065INFORMATION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH FOR SAO/CLASS CLEARANCE
[...] (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (All known Aliases) Kim Chul, (DOB) September 15, 1979, (Gender) M, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO REQ DATE) August 17, 2007. 2. (Last Name) Yoon, (First Name) Ok Sun, (All known Aliases) Yun Ok Sun, (DOB) August 23, 1973, (Gender) F, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO [...]
2007-08-17 10:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH109CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...]
2007-01-23 02:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH1098ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA
[...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]
2007-08-24 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1168FP/SECVET COMPLETION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH
[...] (U) This cable replaces Phnom Penh 1155. 2. (SBU) Five individuals had their fingerprints cleared on September 7, 2007 and have been security vetted by ROK on September 7, 2007. The individuals' bio info is listed in paras. 3-7 below. 3. (SBU) (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (DOB [...]
2007-09-13 03:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1189 DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]
2007-09-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1270UNHCR CAMBODIA ON MONTAGNARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR'S Phnom Penh office reported that direct arrivals of Montagnards to the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh makes up 75 percent of new arrivals in 2007, compared to 40 percent of new arrivals in 2006. During the UNHCR office reporting period starting May 1, the UNHCR has seen an [...]
2007-10-05 08:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1308CAMBODIA TIP ACTION PLAN RECEIVED WITH INTEREST,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Government of Cambodia anti-TIP contacts eagerly received the Cambodia Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan and stated their intent to work towards the goals of the plan's high-priority action items. MOJ Secretary of State Chan Sotheavy was not confident that anti-TIP court ac [...]
2007-10-17 09:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1341CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1342CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-29 01:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1374DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1438 SUCCESSFUL TRADE TALKS FEATURE TARIFF, INVESTMENT, IPR,
[...] (SBU) Summary: A strong bilateral partnership and Cambodia's commitment to economic reform were on display November 21 as U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh led Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) joint council discussions. The Commerce Min [...]
2007-11-26 23:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX EINV ELAB EAGR CB
07PHNOMPENH1463ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]
2007-12-03 08:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1491CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS NGO HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH
[...] (U) Summary. In a step forward for Cambodia on freedom of assembly, on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng gave a local human rights group, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC),permission to organize a human rights march and rally in Phnom Penh on [...]
2007-12-07 09:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1540GARMENT FACTORIES AND TOP BUYER GIVE CAMBODIA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with a senior executive from The Gap--the top buyer of Cambodian garments--and the Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) yielded different perspectives on the garment industry. Ken Loo of GMAC explained that after a [...]
2007-12-18 09:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KTEX ETRD ENRG CB
07PHNOMPENH1575 INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES
[...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...]
2007-12-31 10:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH
07PHNOMPENH16SCENESETTER FOR PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. U.S. strategic interests are at play in Cambodia, although they relate as much to Cambodia's neighbors as to Cambodia. As has long been the case, Cambodia remains something of a "sideshow" in which world and regional powers (China, Vietnam, Thailand and the U [...]
2007-01-05 06:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH193CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]
2007-02-02 10:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH197CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT: INTEREST RATE MAY STILL
[...] (SBU) On January 31, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Finance Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth regarding the US-Cambodian bilateral debt, and the Prime Minister's response to EAP PDAS Stephens' request that the RGC sign the draft bilateral agreement provided to the Cambodian government l [...]
2007-02-02 10:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH207REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]
2007-02-05 11:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH244CAMBODIA'S TROUBLED JUDICIARY AND DRAFT ANTI-TIP
[...] (C) Summary. On February 8, the Ambassador met Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana, thanking him for swift Cambodian action in reclosing the Chhay Hour II hotel and returning the owners to prison. The Minister noted that the questionable release of the owners by the Appeals Cou [...]
2007-02-13 10:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH315CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]
2007-02-26 05:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH337SAM RAINSY ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. In recent meetings with Embassy officials and in public statements, opposition leader Sam Rainsy and SRP officials have raised concerns regarding the technical flaws surrounding the upcoming commune council elections, which they claim could impact the results. Rainsy's party [...]
2007-03-02 05:03:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH342VIETNAMESE MONKS PROTEST SITUATION IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, approximately 40 Buddhist monks -- mostly from southern Vietnam -- staged a four-hour protest demonstration near the Vietnamese Embassy to protest conditions affecting the ethnic Khmer in Vietnam; in particular, the defrocking of monks. The unapproved but pea [...]
2007-03-02 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL CB VM
07PHNOMPENH3502007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]
2007-03-05 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3522007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3542007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 02:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH399SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]
2007-03-13 01:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH419UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]
2007-03-14 11:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH42AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]
2007-01-11 09:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH422THE ECCC AND OSJI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society Justice Initiative's (OSJI) mid-February press statement highlighting an ongoing UNDP audit into the Extraordinary Chambers' hiring practices as well as possible corruption and kickback allegations continues to be a front burner issue in Cambodia. While the [...]
2007-03-15 10:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH429FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC?
[...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...]
2007-03-16 09:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH456RGC RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED ARF INITIATIVES
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Nuon Chivorn, MFA Deputy Director for ASEAN Affairs. Chivorn said that he would share the proposals with his colleagues but did not offer any initial response. He noted that the RGC did not plan to send anyone from Phnom Penh to the March 28-3 [...]
2007-03-22 09:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF MARR CB
07PHNOMPENH470COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION
[...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/I/M Geographic Specialists Michael Heerschap and Sara Mayfield to Cambodia from May 18, 2007 to May 25, 2007 for the purpose of conducting a mission critical map procurement and geographic reporting and training TDY. [...]
2007-03-26 06:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINR OTRA ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH480COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INR/B OFFICER SODERBORG FOR TDY
[...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/B Biographic Officer Brent Soderborg to Cambodia from May 5, 2007 to May 11, 2007 to support mission biographic programs and consultations with post officers. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Hotel Le [...]
2007-03-28 03:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR OTRA CB
07PHNOMPENH482AMBASSADOR HANDS CNP COMMISSIONER HOK LUNDY HIS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador presented a pleased Cambodian National Police (CNP) Commissioner General Hok Lundy with his passport and visa to the U.S. He pressed him to do more to combat TIP, particularly in the beach resort of Sihanoukville and to continue investigating how the owner and m [...]
2007-03-28 11:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH496CAMBODIA'S COMMUNE ELECTIONS: CPP WINNING AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary. Based on preliminary reports from the April 1 commune elections, the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a majority of the nation's 1,621 communes, with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) coming in a clear second. It appears that most of the FUNCINPEC votes went [...]
2007-04-02 11:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH530 CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS PEACE CORPS ARRIVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter visited Cambodia April 2-5, 2007, during which he officiated at the swearing-in ceremony for the first Peace Corps volunteers in Cambodia, had an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni and met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The meeting with the P [...]
2007-04-10 01:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH535TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA
[...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]
2007-04-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PHNOMPENH537CAMBODIAN DIP NOTE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVE
[...] On April 10, Embassy received the RGC diplomatic note dated April 4 indicating their desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Post has included the complete text below: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE (As Writte [...]
2007-04-11 07:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH551 MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE
[...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]
2007-04-13 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PHNOMPENH560CAMBODIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) On April 19, A/DCM and Russian DCM Vladen Semivolos met with MFA Director for International Organizations Sun Suon to pass on the Global Initiative documents sent to each respective mission. Prior to the meeting, A/DCM and Semivolos conferred on the documents sent by their respective [...]
2007-04-19 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PARM KGIC PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH567 CAMBODIA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007
[...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals, Embassy Phnom Penh reviewed approximately 25 proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Post recommends the following five proposals in no particular order. Embassy will e-mail the complete proposals [...]
2007-04-20 09:57:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ELAB ASEC KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH586GUILTY VERDICT UPHELD IN CONTROVERSIAL LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the Appeals Court upheld guilty verdicts against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men accused of assassinating national labor leader Chea Vichea on January 22, 2004. The two men have protested their innocence, and a vocal local and international community of la [...]
2007-04-25 08:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KJUS PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH602REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB
[...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]
2007-04-30 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH62FINANCE MINISTRY ON CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT
[...] (SBU) On January 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth at the Ministry of SIPDIS Economics and Finance (MEF) to relay points outlined in reftel A. Vissoth thanked the Embassy for the assurances regarding the USG position vis-a-vis the cut-off date, and ment [...]
2007-01-16 12:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KTIA CB
07PHNOMPENH654CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE
[...] On May 3, Poleconoff met with Mr. Suon Phalla of the National CITES Authority to discuss reftel demarche. He revealed that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization had queried the Cambodian government (RGC) about all of the marine proposals under consideration, but the MFA responded that it [...]
2007-05-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH655CAMBODIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT JAPAN ON WHALING ISSUE
[...] (U) On May 10, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Ing Try, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Ing Try asked a few clarifying questions about the bowhead quota, but gave no immediate indication as to how Cambodia was likely to vote. 2. [...]
2007-05-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH665CAMBODIA ON BILATERAL SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On May 10, A/DCM met with Yos Makana who is head of the Department of the Americas, as well as her deputy, Chhay Song Heng to discuss the shipboarding agreement and provide the draft talking points included in reftel. Makana was pleased to receive USG reassurances, but noted that followi [...]
2007-05-11 10:53:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP KTIA PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH666RGC RESPONSE TO DOE ASSISTANCE OFFER
[...] (U) On May 8, A/DCM met with Ministry of Mines and Industry Secretary of State Ith Praing, and delivered the letter from Kelly Cummins included in reftel. Praing welcomed the offer of USG assistance and suggested a timeframe of July 9-15 for a visit by a DOE team. Praing and his Deputy Dir [...]
2007-05-15 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAID TRGY KNNP CB
07PHNOMPENH679OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]
2007-05-16 07:09:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH682BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]
2007-05-17 03:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PHNOMPENH751PRINCE RANARIDDH: WILL HE GET AMNESTY AND RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a March 13 court verdict sentencing Prince Norodom Ranariddh to 18 months in prison, the Prince's followers petitioned the King for a royal pardon -- even though PM Hun Sen had rejected RGC support for any pardon in advance of Ranariddh's trial. As backroom negotia [...]
2007-06-04 05:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH752UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP YASH GHAI VISITS CAMBODIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 31, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Yash Ghai briefed the diplomatic corps regarding his visit to Cambodia and his meeting earlier the same day with DPM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, and fielded questions regarding his draft report on Cambodia. Yash Ghai [...]
2007-06-04 08:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH77UPDATE ON THE ECCC; DAVID SCHEFFER COMING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society's Justice Initiative (OSJI) has requested and will fund former Ambassador David Scheffer to visit Cambodia from January 19-21 to intervene with senior RGC officials on the future of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Recent OSJI dis [...]
2007-01-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH782CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...]
2007-06-08 07:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH788CAMBODIA'S STRIKES WANE, BUT CONTENTIOUS LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's often tumultuous labor sector has been notably calm so far in 2007, with working days lost to strikes down 50% from 2006 levels. A crackdown on a particularly notorious union, a recent minimum wage increase, embassy efforts to discourage illegal strikes, and slowly [...]
2007-06-11 01:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH820GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]
2007-06-15 05:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH826ECCC PASSES INTERNAL RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, the judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) approved a set of internal rules governing the court's work. While both the national and international sides of the court hailed the passage of the rules as a major step forward in the court [...]
2007-06-15 09:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH90BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...]
2007-01-19 01:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS CB
07PHNOMPENH909CAMBODIA'S REVERSAL ON MEMORIAL STUPA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 29, the Ambassador confirmed in a meeting with Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema that Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen has given word not to destroy a memorial stupa commemorating a 1997 grenade attack on a Sam Rainsy Party rally killing 16 people (reftel). During a June 25 m [...]
2007-07-05 03:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH925SOUTH KOREANS AGREE TO VET NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) On July 9, the DCM called on Embassy of the Republic of Korea Counselors Nak-Young OH and Gon-Jong JANG regarding the five North Korean refugees seeking resettlement in the United States (reftel). The DCM passed biographical information and fingerprints of the five individuals to the Kor [...]
2007-07-10 07:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KS KN CB
07PHNOMPENH926ENCOURAGING CHINESE ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBODIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: China's economic influence in Cambodia is immense and growing. Already Cambodia's largest donor and foreign investor, China's aid comes with no overt conditions and often serves to build infrastructure used to shi [...]
2007-07-10 07:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON PGOV CB CH
07PHNOMPENH936CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]
2007-07-16 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PODGORICA117COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - CONTRACT
[...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based DataCard has been awarded the Euros 8 million contract for the production of Montenegro's passports, drivers' licenses, and identification cards. On April 13, Montenegro's Public Procurement Commission rejected as "unfounded" a complaint lodged by the French firm "Axalto [...]
2007-04-18 14:23:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON MW
07PODGORICA122MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...]
2007-04-19 14:21:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PARM MW
07PODGORICA123MONTENEGRO APPROVES SOFA TRANSLATION, REQUESTS MAY 1
[...] Post has received the final approved Montenegrin translation of the SOFA agreement, which accepts all the changes proposed by State Language Services. The text arrived under cover of a diplomatic note, which requests that the SOFA be signed during the upcoming visit of President Vujanovic to W [...]
2007-04-20 10:33:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA140"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...]
2007-04-30 17:01:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MW
07PODGORICA146PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...]
2007-05-04 15:31:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA154MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OPINES AGAINST SOFA, ARTICLE 98
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS IN MONTENEGRO CONTINUE TO MAKE HAY OF THE RECENT USG-GOM SOFA AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF). POST HAS ENERGETICALLY COUNTERED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE NUMEROUS MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISSTATEMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTACKS ON THE SOF [...]
2007-05-09 13:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA159SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]
2007-05-14 12:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA172RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY
[...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...]
2007-05-25 09:26:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW RS
07PODGORICA204VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]
2007-06-13 13:07:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA2132007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - MONTENEGRO
[...]a) Claimants A (involves three claimants; all three are American citizens) b) 1981 c) Claimants' property, a house under construction and a stable, is located in Ulcinj. Two of the claimants inherited property from the father. In 1981, a part of the property was expropria [...]
2007-06-15 12:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE MW
07PODGORICA222FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...]
2007-06-26 14:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA223MONTENEGRO DIVIDED ON NATO
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW MONTENEGRO STILL DIVIDED ON THE PROSPECT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP. WITH ONE POLL ACTUALLY SHOWING OPPONENTS OUTNUMBERING SUPPORTERS, THE GOM IS LOOKING TO REORGANIZE ITS APPROACH ON THE ISSUE [...]
2007-06-26 15:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA227SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...]
2007-07-02 10:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MW SR
07PODGORICA229ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...]
2007-07-03 10:36:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM MW
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA243A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...]
2007-07-10 14:59:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW
07PODGORICA246ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE
[...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...]
2007-07-12 13:02:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL MW
07PODGORICA28PRESS SAY MOORE "MOST SERIOUS CANDIDATE" FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) The Podgorica daily "Vijesti" on February 7 cites "diplomatic" (nfi) sources which speculate that Roderick Moore (currently DCM in Embassy Belgrade) is the leading candidate to become the first American ambassador to Montenegro. The front page story, later picked up by radio, says the U.S [...]
2007-02-08 11:57:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER PREL MW
07PODGORICA58MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 11:15:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA91PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC
[...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...]
2007-03-29 12:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW
07PODGORICA94MONTENEGRO'S NORTHERNMOST CITY - PLJEVLJA: COAL, ELECTRICITY
[...] SUMMARY: PLJEVLJA IS THE THIRD LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION (MUNICIPALITY) IN MONTENEGRO. IT IS HOME TO MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCER OF ALMOST HALF OF THE NATIONS ELECTRICITY. YET A VISIT TO THIS DOWN AT THE HEELS NORTHERN CITY OFFERS A SHARP CONTRAST TO DEVELOPME [...]
2007-04-04 09:10:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN ENRG ETRD SOCI PGOV PINR MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1019PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]
2007-06-08 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1138YOURI LATORTUE REACHES OUT
[...] (S) Summary. Senator Youri Latortue, during a June 18 meeting with Poloff granted at Latortue's request, expressed his desire to have better relations with the embassy and expand the reach of his political party. Latortue explained that he supported forming an army that would help the state [...]
2007-06-27 19:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1173TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...]
2007-07-05 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1182MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...]
2007-07-06 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1239MANGO MAYHEM: REACTION TO THE HAITI-US SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) suspension of mango imports from Haiti has dominated the news since first announced on July 2. The suspension jeopardizes export earnings for thousands of independent growers throughout the country. State Secretary for Agriculture J [...]
2007-07-17 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE1240PREVAL NEEDS A PUSH ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Since post and Department first addressed the issue of proceeding with indirect elections and subsequent senatorial elections, post has determined through consultations in Haiti that the indirect elections will not produce a Permanent Electoral Council (CEP) in time for that bod [...]
2007-07-17 16:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1276HAITI/CANADA RELATIONS ENHANCED BY PM VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's July 20 visit to Haiti was hailed as a success by both Canadian and Haitian representatives. President Preval solicited Canada's help in the struggle [...]
2007-07-26 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE130VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]
2007-01-25 14:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]
2007-08-06 13:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1344HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST
[...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]
2007-08-08 17:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1402MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE
[...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...]
2007-08-21 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1442HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...]
2007-08-28 16:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC
07PORTAUPRINCE1451HAITI MONTHLY: AUGUST, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PROMINENT LAVALAS ACTIVIST DISAPPEARS. The Haitian media reports that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Lavalas leader and potential senatorial candidate in November [...]
2007-08-30 18:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1507PEASANT MOVEMENT LEADER PLANNING TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with Embassy Poloff in Papaye (Central Department) Chavanne Jean-Baptiste, the leader of Mouvman Peysan Papay (Peasant Movement of Papaye - or MPP) laid out a list of grievances against President Preval. Jean-Baptiste views President Preval as the latest inca [...]
2007-09-14 15:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1533HAITIAN ELECTIONS AWAITING PREVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the office of the Prime Minister are awaiting the order from President Preval to put in motion the elections for renewal of one-third of the Senate, as well as the indirect elections that will complete the decentralization process and [...]
2007-09-19 17:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE
[...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]
2007-10-01 16:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1620HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]
2007-10-04 18:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1649CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL;
[...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]
2007-10-10 18:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1680WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN HAITI
[...] Haiti has experienced protracted rains and severe flooding over several parts of the country caused by rains beginning on 29 September. The most recent damage assessment by Haiti's Department of Civil Protection (DPC) the afternoon of October 14 reported 37 dead, 4 missing, 78 injured, 14,150 [...]
2007-10-16 19:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV EAGR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1682MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS,
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Opposition to President Preval's plan to reconstitute the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is emerging. Political parties and civil society groups are also commenting on the President's pro [...]
2007-10-17 17:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1688CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...]
2007-10-18 16:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1695SEVERE CONDITIONS IN MEN'S NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
[...] Summary. Prisoners in the men's national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince suffer from severe overcrowding and live in extremely unhygienic conditions. The prison lacks the most basic facilities and equipment for hygienic food preparation and elementary health care. Numbers of correctional of [...]
2007-10-22 11:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA KCRM KCRS KJUS SOCI
07PORTAUPRINCE1705BUILDING SYNERGY: IMPROVING ECONOMIC PROSPECTS IN
[...] Summary: As part of a new effort to generate long term employment, the Haiti Stabilization Initiative (HSI) and USAID are encouraging private sector interest in Cite Soleil. Several major Haitian business figures are leading social welfare projects in Cite Soleil and are interested in providi [...]
2007-10-23 11:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1715HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" 2008 NOMINEE
[...] Per reftel, Post nominates Marilyn Allien, founder of the Haiti Legacy Foundation, for the Seretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Biographical information and justification for award selection: Full legal name of nominee: Marilyn B. Allien Job title/associ [...]
2007-10-24 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1753TROPICAL STORM NOEL: EIGHTEEN FATALITIES,
[...] Tropical Storm Noel has been characterized by long, steady rains that have caused slowly rising rivers and localized flooding. 2. As of 0730 EDT October 31, Direction de Protection Civil (DPC - Haiti's disaster response authority, under the Ministry of Interior) reported flooding that has c [...]
2007-10-31 18:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1810MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...]
2007-11-14 15:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1811UN REPS TELL U.S. SENATORS SECURITY, INVESTMENT, AND JOB
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker were briefed October 26 by UN officials on the current security and economic situation in Haiti. UN representatives lauded U.S. support and encouraged continue [...]
2007-11-14 20:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1841LETTER FROM REPUBLIC OF HAITI TO SECRETARY LEAVITT
[...] The following letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt from Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis was received by Embassy on November 16. Text is an English translation by the PM's office of the French original. The Embassy will pouch original letter to WHA/CAR Desk Officer Chris Ward f [...]
2007-11-20 19:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1880AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...]
2007-11-29 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1898LAVALAS MIFFED AT PREVAL OVER ELECTORAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party Lavalas is angry that President Preval has not consulted them bilaterally in the process to form a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Influential Lavalas Deputy Jonas Coffy believes Preval is trying to politically marginalize Lavalas to help pave the w [...]
2007-12-03 20:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1904HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]
2007-12-05 18:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1931PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DITHER ON PROVISIONAL
[...] (SBU) President Preval has yet to make the final appointments of counselors of the reconstituted Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He continues to quibble with certain social sectors he called on to nominate persons to sit on this body. After rejecting one private sector nominee, the Pres [...]
2007-12-07 20:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1989VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]
2007-12-20 19:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE199DEPUTIES SCRUTINIZE FORMER MFA SPENDING
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly 2. (SBU) The chamber of deputies' foreign affairs committee, led by Committee President Sorel Francois (Famni Lavalas),accused former foreign ministry employees, including the Haitian ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph [...]
2007-01-31 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE210PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]
2007-02-01 15:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE240COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FUNK, CARTNER, AND NIXON
[...] Post grants countr clearance to the following NEC contractor personnel to travel to Port au Prince: MARK EDWARD FUNK - Fluor, Project Director arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/16/07 JAMES SMOOT CARTNER, JR. - Fluor, Sr. VP arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/09/07 EDDIE (NMN) NIXON - Fluor, Craft [...]
2007-02-03 12:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ABLD ASEC
07PORTAUPRINCE303SENATE PRESIDENT LAMBERT: I AM NOT A
[...] (C) Summary. Senate President Joseph Lambert on February 6 calmly and methodically denied accusations that he had connections to drug traffickers in a two-hour conversation with Polcouns. Lambert acknowledged that suspicions arose as a result of his association with Jean Marie Fourel Celestin [...]
2007-02-13 17:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KDEM
07PORTAUPRINCE330SCENSETTER FOR CODEL PRICE VISIT
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified --- please protect accordingly. 2.(U) We very much look forward to your visit to Haiti next week and have worked hard to put together a program that will begin to build bridges between the Congress and the Parliament. Parliamentary leaders are eager [...]
2007-02-21 14:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE342GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...]
2007-02-22 15:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE344CARNIVAL A SMASH SUCCESS
[...] Haitians on February 21 concluded a Carnival celebration exponentially larger and more festive than any seen in recent years. Local media estimates spectators to have numbered nearly 1 million in Port-au-Prince (roughly one third of the city's population) over the three- day celebration. The [...]
2007-02-22 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE370STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]
2007-02-26 14:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE408RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]
2007-03-01 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE424SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...]
2007-03-05 14:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE433JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI
[...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]
2007-03-05 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE512CAP HAITIEN'S UNSAVORY NEW LAVALAS MAYOR
[...] (C) Summary: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) won the December 3 mayoral election in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. The three-person slate, consisting of mayor-elect Michel Saint Croix and two deputy mayors, has little experience in formal politics but campaigned heavily in Cap Haitien's urban [...]
2007-03-15 18:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE52PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION
[...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...]
2007-01-12 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE522PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS
[...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]
2007-03-16 19:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE578OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...]
2007-03-23 18:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA XA
07PORTAUPRINCE693AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPANISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 13, Ambassador Sanderson met with the Spanish Ambassador to Haiti, Paulino Gonzalez Fernandez Corugedo, and his colleague, Ambassador Luis Garcia Cerezo, here from Madrid on a special investiga [...]
2007-04-17 13:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS HA SP
07PORTAUPRINCE723LAVALAS SENATOR APPEALS FOR RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Rudy Herivaux (Famni Lavalas (FL),West Department) laments that Lavalas partisans feel left out of the political process. The party has practically no links to the executive branch and plays a limited role in parliament. Herivaux criticized the Prime Minister for his u [...]
2007-04-19 12:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE742MINUSTAH POSITIVE ON BOLIVIAN VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's director of political affairs Gerardo Lechevallier told Poloff on April 18 that the Bolivian Minister of Defense had reassured SRSG Edmond Mulet that Bolivia would maintain its troop [...]
2007-04-20 20:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO HA BL XM
07PORTAUPRINCE76REPATRIATION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEES
[...] This message contains a request for guidance from BICE and the Department. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff On January 9 met with GOH officials to schedule the next transfer of criminal deportees and to resolve continued problems that have plagued the deportation pro [...]
2007-01-17 21:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE833TENSION BEHIND THE SCENES AT ALBA
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Joseph Lambert described a "very tense" atmosphere behind the scenes of the ALBA summit between President Preval and President Chavez in a meeting with Embassy staff on May 4. According to Lambert, Preval refused to join ALBA and told Chavez that if ALBA membersh [...]
2007-05-07 15:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE858DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 17:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE948AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...]
2007-05-25 15:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
07PORTLOUIS568MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED
[...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]
2007-10-30 07:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
07PORTMORESBY226MCGANN MAKES WAVES IN PORT MORESBY
[...] (U) Summary: EAP/ANP Office Director Steven McGann met with PNG Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Permanent Secretary Lucy Bogari, heads of diplomatic missions, Australian SIPDIS High Commission officers, and several other government officials. He also attended a reception wit [...]
2007-06-26 06:48:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PP
07PORTOFSPAIN1019SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...]
2007-10-10 11:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1031OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...]
2007-10-15 11:48:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1086ILO/USDOL HIV/AIDS IN THE WORKPLACE PROJECT MOVING AHEAD IN
[...] SUMMARY: ILO representatives were optimistic about progress as they completed the midterm assessment of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Trinidad and Tobago HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program. After initial delays, new commitment and buy-in from the Ministry of Labor has resulted [...]
2007-11-01 12:27:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SOCI TBIO TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1113PNM WINS NATIONAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Led by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, the People's National Movement (PNM) scored a convincing victory November 5, winning 26 of 41 seats in Parliament. The United National Congress (UNC) won the remaining 15, with the newly formed Congress of the People (COP) being "blanked." [...]
2007-11-06 20:35:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1151BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning's new cabinet includes a number of new faces, some members of his former cabinet who have been given different portfolios, and two who have retained their old ministries. The cabinet is noteworthy for the number of women the PM has placed in posi [...]
2007-11-23 18:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1154 CABLE TV PIRACY ENDS (ALMOST) IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) With the signing of a content agreement October 30, Trinidad's main cable company Flow and HBO-Latin America ended years of controversy about cable TV piracy in Trinidad. Starting December 1, Flow will pay for HBO-LA programming and discontinue unlicensed premium movie broadcast [...]
2007-11-27 11:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TD XL
07PORTOFSPAIN1167TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...]
2007-11-30 17:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1171DEMARCHE ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] Pol Chief met December 3 with MFA Multilateral Affairs official Kathleen Seenarine to promote the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Seenarine said the GOTT would consider the Prosper candidacy and would notify the Embassy in e [...]
2007-12-03 19:29:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1187GOTT ACKNOWLEDGES CNIES MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 19:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SNAR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1202EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 19:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PORTOFSPAIN320FIFTH ANNUAL SONG AND VERSE CONTEST FOCUSES ON IPR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: One year after the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) launched its first anti-piracy campaign, two GOTT ministries and a local NGO The Heroes Foundation joined the Embassy to co-sponsor an Intellectual Property Rights-themed Ambassador's Song and Verse Contest. Nearly 3,000 [...]
2007-04-02 19:06:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN353EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF
[...] On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of foreign missions resident in Port of S [...]
2007-04-13 18:08:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL ES TD
07PORTOFSPAIN389 T&T PRIME MINISTER SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with CODEL Engel, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Manning voiced frustration that Washington has not engaged on his bilateral economic and security proposals, and he complained about Article 98 and low margins on LNG sales to the U.S. CODEL members ag [...]
2007-04-20 19:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EPET ETRD MARR SNAR VE TD
07PORTOFSPAIN436T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...]
2007-05-02 18:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD
07PORTOFSPAIN480GOTT UNHCR VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 18:13:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN517 RESPONDING TO PRIME MINISTER MANNING'S BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: When Prime Minister Manning visits Washington for the Caribbean 20/20 Conference in June, he will bring with him a series of bilateral proposals on trade, tax policy, and narcotics interdiction that he has been raising consi [...]
2007-05-24 21:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN MARR SNAR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN518T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...]
2007-05-24 21:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN541TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...]
2007-06-01 16:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
07PORTOFSPAIN545TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT REACTS TO JFK TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning requested a meeting with Ambassador Austin June 4 to pledge continued assistance in all law enforcement and legal matters to fight terror, including efforts to extradite two of the JFK bomb plotters currently being held in Trinidad. Manning had a [...]
2007-06-05 15:24:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CVIS TT
07PORTOFSPAIN556TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-07)
[...] LNG production down 25% 2. GE opens LNG service center 3. "T&T Gas to Barbados by 2009" 4. BG/Chevron sign gas supply deal with NGC 5. BG confirms small gas find 6. Petrotrin profits down 7. Petrotrin offshore platforms shut down 8. TOFCO labor woes ----------------------- LNG PRO [...]
2007-06-06 18:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDENGR EPET EIND EINV TD
07PORTOFSPAIN590TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WANTS U.S. WORLD BANK NOMINEE TO WORK FOR
[...] (U) Post conveyed request for GOTT to support U.S. nominee for President of the World Bank Robert B. Zoellick to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Alison Lewis, who serves as alternate governor of the Bank for Trinidad & Tobago (T&T),on June 4. [...]
2007-06-15 14:30:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TD
07PORTOFSPAIN652SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 14:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN657SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 17:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN838TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...]
2007-08-21 13:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN906TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
[...] In this edition of the Roundup: A. PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION B. ELECTION POLLS TELL DIFFERENT STORIES C. PNM DISCARDING MP'S BEFORE ELECTION D. MONTEIL SCANDAL PLAGUES PARTY ----------------------------- PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION ----------------------------- 2. On Sep [...]
2007-09-12 12:02:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN931DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S
[...] (SBU) Embassy spoke September 13 with Jennifer Boucaud-Blake, Permanent Secretary (Vice Minister) of the Ministry of National Security, to check on the status of the GOTT's response to our July 3 diplomatic note seeking designation for any U.S. troops entering Trinidad and Tobago as a visiting [...]
2007-09-13 20:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS TD
07PRAGUE1009CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH
[...] (SBU) Summary and Conclusion: Ambassador Graber and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 with key Czech government officials and politicians to discuss missile defense. Franks' main message to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, and th [...]
2007-09-05 05:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE102MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT STRATEGY - MEET
[...] (C) The Czech Government has adopted a strategy of maximum openness with the public in an effort to ensure the success of its plans to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. Czech opponents of missile defense have tried to draw analogies with Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; opponents also [...]
2007-02-02 15:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE103CZECH REPUBLIC: AGAINST THE EU CONSTITUTION, WANTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sparked by the January 26 visit of Germany Prime Minister Angela Merkel, several prominent Czech politicians -- with President Klaus in the lead -- have made strong statements against reviving the EU constitution. The renewed debate is illuminating divisions within the governing [...]
2007-02-04 08:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV EUN EZ
07PRAGUE1038REGISTRATION FOR 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 05:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EZ MARR NATO PREL
07PRAGUE104CZECHS ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER PROGRAM BUT
[...] (C) As a result of passage of UNSCR 1718, the Czech Foreign Ministry has pushed through an interministerial decision to end the North Korean work program that has been in place since 1998. No new visas will be issued, and the 408 DPRK laborers currently in country will leave when their visas [...]
2007-02-05 05:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUN ELAB EZ KN
07PRAGUE1044CZECH FIRST LADY WILL NOT ATTEND UNGA EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 14:43:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA EZ
07PRAGUE106CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PROMISES FLEXIBILITY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Czech opposition leader Jiri Paroubek told Ambassador that he would ensure that his party continued to maintain a flexible approach on a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic. Paroubek confirmed that he felt that for internal party reasons he had no choice but to have [...]
2007-02-05 15:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1060PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA:
[...] The Czech Republic is justifiably proud of its record as a country actively engaged in promoting democracy and protecting human rights, particularly in oppressed societies such as Cuba, Belarus, Burma and countries in the Middle East. They are engaged in myriad projects in support of free med [...]
2007-09-13 16:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ PHUM PREL
07PRAGUE1063PRAGUE: SUCCESSFUL BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE AND
[...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy hosted a conference and dinner on biotechnology on September 7, 2007 with funding from EEB. The conference, co-sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture, drew over 70 participants from five countries, including representatives from government, retail and food ind [...]
2007-09-14 14:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EZ
07PRAGUE1078DHS VISA WAIVER OFFICIALS BRIEF CZECHS, PROVIDE
[...] (U) DHS DAS for Policy Nathan Sales and DHS Visa Waiver Chief Dan Sullivan met with Czech MFA Political Director Povejsil and Deputy Interior Minister Salivar on September 7. They continued with a working-level meeting on September 10. Sales and Sullivan provided details about the seven new [...]
2007-09-18 14:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ PREL
07PRAGUE1084CZECH REPUBLIC: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) Embassy official met with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Spanish proposal for a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission on the Lebanon-Syria border. These Czech officials indicated that this possible mission, while discussed on September 14 at the Poli [...]
2007-09-20 12:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEU EZ PGOV PREL IS SY LE
07PRAGUE1085CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS NEED FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy political officer spoke with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. These Czech officials indicated that the EU is generally supportive of this tri [...]
2007-09-20 12:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU EZ IS SY LE UNSC PTER PGOV
07PRAGUE1089CZECHS TO APPOINT FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) The former Czech Agriculture Minister, Milena Vicenova, will become the new Czech Ambassador to the European Union. She will replace Jan Kohout, who was formally recalled by the President on September 19. Vicena is likely to take up the post before the end of the year. The Embassy, pa [...]
2007-09-20 13:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ PGOV PREL EAGR
07PRAGUE1144DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...]
2007-10-12 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO
07PRAGUE1151C-RE7-01700: CZECH EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES -
[...] (U) During a meeting with Embassy Officials, Michal Sedlacek of the Office of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for EU Affairs, outlined a range of issues related to the Czech EU Presidency, which commences January 1, 2009. Of key interest are the five priorities for the Czechs - Competitivenes [...]
2007-10-16 15:54:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN EZ ECON
07PRAGUE1160MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1169CZECHS: EU EVALUATING ADDITIONAL BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 14:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM EU EZ
07PRAGUE1180CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR
07PRAGUE1185CZECHS: NO COMMENT ON WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 08:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU
07PRAGUE1190CZECHS COMMIT TO WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 08:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU XG
07PRAGUE1196CZECHS VIGILANT ON PKK; NO DOMESTIC PRESENCE KNOWN
[...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, Tomas Szunyog, thanked us for our comments related to the PKK (reftel). Szunyog noted that the Czech government takes this topic seriously and acknowledged that the Czechs have been in touch with the Turkish Embassy to discuss the [...]
2007-11-02 14:02:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EZ EUN
07PRAGUE1205THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 15:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1212CZECH CONFERENCE ON BURMA - LAUNCHES FORMATION OF
[...] Summary: With funding from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliamentarians from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Estonia, and U.S. Embassy participation, the NGO "People in Need" hosted a conference "Burma Alert: Action Needed Now" on November 6. The event, which was launched by former [...]
2007-11-09 16:08:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EZ BM EUN
07PRAGUE1215CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...]
2007-11-13 14:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG
07PRAGUE1219CZECHS - PAYING ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 14:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV VE EUN PHUM WHA
07PRAGUE1224CZECH INSIGHTS INTO EU POLICY ON CUBA
[...] (C) Embassy Officials met with Czech MFA Officials in the office of Human Rights and Transition Policy as well as the office of the Americas to discuss working together for real change in Cuba. The Czechs noted that our proposals (reftel A) were disseminated by the Portuguese EU Presidency to [...]
2007-11-15 13:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM CU UNGA EZ EUN
07PRAGUE1229TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT, CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (U) The Czech Republic continues to make significant progress in identifying Trafficking in Persons as a law enforcement and judicial priority, and continues to provide necessary resources, funding, and training to increase detection and overall awareness among labor inspectors, police, prosec [...]
2007-11-15 15:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1232CZECH-HUNGARIAN ENERGY JOINT VENTURE: POTENTIAL
[...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Prague and Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The proposed joint venture between Czech electricity giant CEZ and Hungarian energy group MOL is a deal driven by business interests -- CEZ's desire to get its foot in the door in Hungary as a [...]
2007-11-16 10:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EINV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1235CZECHS - APPRECIATE SANCTION DETAILS ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Officials met with Vaclav Balek, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy as well as Karel Korynta (Director) and Adirana Bartova (international department) at the Financial Analytical Unit of the Ministry of Finance, to discuss expanding sanctio [...]
2007-11-16 16:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD EFIN BM EZ EUN
07PRAGUE1275CZECHS - WILL SUPPORT UN CERD CANDIDATE PROSPER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA EZ XG
07PRAGUE1278CZECH REPUBLIC: DESIGNATED TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 09:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC EZ PTER KTFN
07PRAGUE1289CZECHS WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 16:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EZ EUN
07PRAGUE1290CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE
[...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...]
2007-12-11 17:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL PL EZ
07PRAGUE1304CZECHS WILL INQUIRE WITH IRAN ON MISSING AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC EZ IN PGOV
07PRAGUE1323PRAGUE CONSULAR ROUNDUP, AUGUST-DECEMBER 2007
[...] Visa waiver continues to be a significant bilateral issue. The Czechs have begun to engage in HSPD-6 negotiations, while the NIV refusal rates and overstays continue to decline. Visa fraud is also low, making a fake bank document a significant catch. Post successfully implemented 10-fingerpr [...]
2007-12-21 14:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL EZ
07PRAGUE1326RESPONSE TO SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST: COMMITTEE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-25 18:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA EZ
07PRAGUE144THE POLITICS OF MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech government welcomes the U.S. offer to deploy an X-band radar site near Prague as part of Ballistic Missile Defense's third (European) site. But the government does not have a strong majority. Public opinion will determine the outcome of any future parliamentary vote o [...]
2007-02-14 11:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE145CZECHS DO NOT PLAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISTINCT
[...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara informed Poloff on February 14 that the Czechs do not/not plan to donate to the Distinct Entity Trust Fund. Kara explained that the Czechs have heard nothing from the UN Secretariat since they donated to the Fund in 2004 or 2005, SIPDIS [...]
2007-02-14 13:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN IZ EZ
07PRAGUE146CZECH GREENS: PROMOTION TO TOP LEVEL OF NATIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech Green Party, in government for the first time ever, is exercising an influence far beyond its 3% share in parliament as it rapidly evolves from a coffee house movement to a mainstream political party. The party, which is wrestling with the tensions between its historic ac [...]
2007-02-14 13:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE159CZECHS TO PAY INCREASED ATTENTION TO ASIA BUT
[...] (C) With a long history of criticizing China's human rights abuses, new FM Karel Schwarzenberg and Prime Minister Topolanek are likely to put Czech - China relations on the back burner while pushing for expanded ties with Vietnam and India as counterweights to China in the region. Schwarzenbe [...]
2007-02-16 16:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE186CZECH REPUBLIC/MISSILE DEFENSE: RESPONDING TO
[...] (C) As part of the ongoing dialogue with the Czech Republic on missile defense, both Washington and Embassy officials have briefed senior levels of the Czech government and opposition about U.S.-Russian consultations on missile defense and specifically the fact that the proposed MD system pose [...]
2007-02-27 07:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE203PART III OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS (ref Para 30 SECSTATE 202745) ------------------------------------ A) The primary vehicle through which the government assists trafficking v [...]
2007-02-28 13:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE212SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV
[...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus's March 5-9 visit to the United States comes less than two months after the USG proposed negotiations on a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic, and one month before Klaus heads to Moscow for meetings with President Putin. It comes as the Czech [...]
2007-03-02 13:35:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MARR EZ
07PRAGUE244IPR SITUATION AT CZECH BORDER MARKETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czech authorities are aware of current industry complaints regarding IPR violations in the Czech Republic, particularly at the open air markets near the Austrian and German borders. The Czech government has introduced new legislation and strengthened existing legisl [...]
2007-03-09 13:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EZ
07PRAGUE262MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...]
2007-03-13 14:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE274CZECH REPUBLIC: ACTIONS TO COMBAT PIRACY AT BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post continues to believe that the Czech Republic should remain off the Special 301 Watch List. Because of the overall positive assessments in previous Special 301 reviews, combined with the fact that the complaints from the recording industry came to our attention o [...]
2007-03-15 15:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EZ
07PRAGUE289U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...]
2007-03-19 14:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU
07PRAGUE293CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR PUSHES IPR PROTECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador focused his introductory meeting with the new Minister of Industry and Trade (MPO) on intellectual property rights (IPR). MPO has the lead on enforcement of WTO and EU IPR legislation, and the Minister was well aware of the piracy issues at markets o [...]
2007-03-20 11:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EZ
07PRAGUE315CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador March 23 that the Czech diplomatic note on missile defense (MD) is on track to be delivered by the end of next week. The Czechs intend to amplify their public debate after this weekend's opposition party congress, and are looking forward to the [...]
2007-03-23 15:27:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR KIPR CVIS EZ
07PRAGUE328AGING CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT A WEAKENED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) held their annual party congress March 23-25, as an opposition party for the first time in nine years. Party Chairman Jiri Paroubek was re-elected. In spite of running unopposed, Paroubek received only 60% of the votes, down from the 92% he recei [...]
2007-03-27 15:19:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE347SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE APRIL 5
[...] I look forward to welcoming Codel Lowey to Prague on April 5. In anticipation of our luncheon discussion at my residence, I offer some background information in this scenesetter. 2. Seventeen years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic is today a stable and rapidly developing cou [...]
2007-04-02 08:32:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV ECON EZ
07PRAGUE370CZECH REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE H5N1
[...] Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Public Health Officer Michael Vit on March 19 briefed Embassy officials on Czech preparations for a possible H5N1 avian flu outbreak. In November 2006, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reviewed national preparedness plans against [...]
2007-04-06 14:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ
07PRAGUE38MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 08:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE39EUCOM AND EMBASSY PRAGUE DELIVER DEMARCHE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 08:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM MARR PBTS EZ
07PRAGUE400NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH
[...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...]
2007-04-16 05:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ KN
07PRAGUE401NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH
[...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...]
2007-04-16 05:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ KN
07PRAGUE418SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Czech Foreign Minster Karel Schwarzenberg pays his first official visit to Washington this week. The Czechs are a dependable and engaged, albeit small, ally in NATO and the EU. Schwarzenberg himself is a committed transatlanticist. It is important for us that Schwarzenberg be a [...]
2007-04-18 11:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE420MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR
[...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...]
2007-04-18 14:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU
07PRAGUE44A/S FRIED IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE, VISAS, AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with senior Czech officials in Prague on January 11, A/S Fried covered the following: -- Missile Defense: the President is likely to reach a decision soon that will initiate a period of negotiations with the Czechs and/or Poles about terms for basing MD assets in [...]
2007-01-18 12:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG EZ
07PRAGUE466CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY
[...] (U) The Czech Republic has formally requested USG support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2008-09. 2. (U) The unofficial translation of the April 17 diplomatic note is as follows: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic [...]
2007-04-30 14:36:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN EZ
07PRAGUE472ACTION REQUEST: CZECH REPUBLIC ENDORSES STATEMENT
[...] This is an action request. 2. On April 27, The Embassy received diplomatic note 113582/2007-OSN saying the Czech Republic endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and supports the objectives of the Initiative. A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxe [...]
2007-05-02 12:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU
07PRAGUE488ACTION REQUEST: CZECH COMPANY'S PLAN TO PROVIDE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) Summary: A senior Czech MFA official has provided further information about Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody's plans to work with the Government of Venezuela (Ref B),and how the size of the deal is distorting the n [...]
2007-05-04 08:09:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE
07PRAGUE495VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]
2007-05-04 15:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE500VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]
2007-05-09 08:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE538SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE.
[...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...]
2007-05-14 12:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL EZ
07PRAGUE565CZECH PM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING OF MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador that questions regarding U.S. funding of missile defense projects in Central Europe are damaging Czech efforts to build political support for the system. Referring to the proposal in the House version of the defense appropriations bill that fun [...]
2007-05-18 12:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE569CZECH GOVERNMENT REPLY ON LICENSE FOR MILITARY
[...] (U) Action request in para 7-8. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador raised USG concerns about pending Czech government decisions to license the lease of military aircraft by Venezuela (reftel) with Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on May 17. DCM had raised our concerns with Deputy Foreign Ministe [...]
2007-05-21 09:00:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM VE EZ
07PRAGUE578CZECH REPUBLIC: IPR OFF-CYCLE REVIEW ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Econoffs met May 21 with Ministry of Industry and Trade Multilateral Trade Director Ladislava Votavova to deliver "USG Suggested IPR Actions" (ref A) for the Czech Republic's Special 301 Off-Cycle Review (OCR). Votavova welcomed the USG input and reiterated that she [...]
2007-05-21 15:16:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EZ
07PRAGUE614SCENESETTER FOR KAREN HUGHES VISIT TO PRAGUE ON
[...] (U) Under Secretary Hughes, we look forward to welcoming you to Prague on June 4. In anticipation of your visit, we offer the following background information on the Czech economy, bilateral relations, Czech democracy promotion, and plans for your stay. 2. (U) Seventeen years after the Velv [...]
2007-05-29 13:54:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EZ
07PRAGUE62MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 08:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE66MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech National Security Council agreed January 24 to start talks with the United States on the placement of a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. DCM delivered reftel dipnote to Deputy FM Pojar morning of January 25. PM Topolanek several hours later announced to th [...]
2007-01-25 14:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE696CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT IRANIAN PROPOSAL
[...] The Czech MFA delivered the following diplomatic note (#116851/2007-OSN) to Embassy Prague on May 25, 2007. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic presents its compliments to the Embassies of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and [...]
2007-06-14 09:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EZ
07PRAGUE699CZECH REPUBLIC APPROVES $150,000 FOR UNRWA/LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 14:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EUN KWBG LE EZ
07PRAGUE705CZECH REPUBLIC: EMBASSY NOMINATES PROCTER & GAMBLE
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy Prague is pleased to nominate Procter and Gamble - Rakona s.r.o (P&G) for the 2007 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G - Rakona is a multinational enterprise that produces chemicals, mainly washing powder, in the small town of Rakovnik. Over the past fifteen [...]
2007-06-15 08:18:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV EZ
07PRAGUE707CZECHS ON UNHRC REFORM FIFTH SESSION PACKAGE
[...] (C) The Czechs are strongly in favor of maintaining the UNHRC country mandates for all countries, including Cuba and Belarus, but have not yet determined how they will vote. In discussions on June 14 with Czech MFA Human Rights Director Veronika Stromsikova and June 15 with MFA Political Direc [...]
2007-06-15 11:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EZ
07PRAGUE773CZECH PM OPPOSED TO VENEZUELA L-39 LEASE, BUT FATE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Czech PM Mirek Topolanek late on June 26 to raise ref A points regarding USG concern about the pending deal to license the lease of Czech-made subsonic fighter aircraft to Venezuela for training purposes. Before the Ambassador had an opportunity to even begin discuss [...]
2007-06-27 13:58:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PARM VE EUN EZ
07PRAGUE802CZECHS SELECT HILL 718 FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (SBU) The Czech MFA informed the Embassy on July 3 that the State Security Council selected the proposed BMD radar site. The site (hill 718) near Trokavec, in the Brdy Military District, is one of the two original sites offered by the Czech Government and one of the locations of the original [...]
2007-07-03 10:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE823CZECHS DELIVER WISH LIST FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Government Coordinator for Communication of Missile Defense Program Tomas Klvana delivered a "wish list" of proposed ballistic missile defense (BMD) public diplomacy activities to the Embassy July 11. This list resulted from Klvana's consultations in Washington June [...]
2007-07-12 13:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE853CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER ON MISSILE DEFENSE:
[...] (C) Summary: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the opposition Czech Social Democrats (CSSD),told Ambassador July 18 that he continues to have no personal objection to missile defense, but has been placed in a bind because of the lack of support within his party and the absence of maneuvering room t [...]
2007-07-19 13:53:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV GE EZ
07PRAGUE860CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS USG PRIORITIES AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 14:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA EZ
07PRAGUE874CZECH REPUBLIC SHARES USG CONCERNS IN AZERBAIJAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 14:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ EZ
07PRAGUE894CZECHS CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON MANDPADS DESTRUCTION
[...] The Czech government and embassy have concluded necessary arrangements related to the USG payment of $600,000 to fund destruction of 1359 Czech-held MANPADS missiles (refs). On July 31 the Czech MFA provided embassy with the dip note accepting the terms of the program, as previously agreed dur [...]
2007-08-01 11:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL EZ
07PRAGUE929CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech position on Kosovo remains strongly supportive of U.S. and Contact Group thinking. The Czech MFA supports the upcoming round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina, but remains skeptical a mutual agreement will be reached. The MFA predicts the Czechs would recognize a [...]
2007-08-09 14:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KV EUN UN EZ
07PRAGUE933CZECHS TO INQUIRE ABOUT DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 07:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHUM KN EZ
07PRAGUE940LIMITED SECTION 505 AGREEMENT CONCLUDED WITH CZECH
[...] On August 10, Ambassador and Czech Ministry of Defense Director of Security Policy Ivan Dvorak concluded a limited agreement concerning end-use, security and retransfer assurances related to planned USG provision of military articles under Section 1206 of the FY2007 NDAA. The limited agreeme [...]
2007-08-13 14:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL KTIA MARR EZ
07PRAGUE966RADIO FREE EUROPE'S STRUGGLE WITH CZECH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Czech government investigation of surveillance detection practices at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) is gathering steam, with increasing numbers of prominent Czech politicians involved behind the scenes but seemingly unwilling to su [...]
2007-08-23 09:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE999MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...]
2007-08-30 14:46:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAIA82CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
[...] Severino Almeida, The Secretary General came to the Embassy on January 24 to sign the condolence book opened in the memory of the late former President Gerald R. Ford. The Secretary General wrote: "In memory of former President of the United States of American Gerald Ford. The Ministry of [...]
2007-01-31 18:44:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDCV PGOV PREL
07PRETORIA1SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...]
2007-12-31 16:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA1013SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing up 6.2% - Business Confidence Down - Lack of Education and Skills Inhibits Rate of Economic Growth - SAA Restructuring Pr [...]
2007-03-20 14:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1053SAG SENDS MUFAMADI TO DRC TO TRY TO CALM TENSIONS
[...] (U) Sydney Mufamadi, Minister of Local and Provincial Government, will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as President Mbeki's special envoy to negotiate a solution to the crisis between President Kabila and opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz P [...]
2007-03-23 15:20:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG SF
07PRETORIA1096ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...]
2007-03-28 15:00:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI VT SF
07PRETORIA1110ZIMBABWE: QUIET DIPLOMACY GETS (A LITTLE) LOUDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Parliament held an extraordinary debate on Zimbabwe March 28, with opposition parties strongly criticizing the Government's Zimbabwe policy. DepForMin van der Merwe defended the SAG policy, but stated that the GOZ's recent crackdown was a "major cause for concer [...]
2007-03-29 17:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO ZI SF
07PRETORIA1137SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 30, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Private Sector Growth Rate at 7 percent - Automotive Component Revenue Thrives - New Plans to Ease Skills Shortage - Eskom's New Power St [...]
2007-03-30 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1206SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1207SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1211SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 5, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mineral Rights Expropriation Claims Push SA to Extend Claim - Mittal Steel's New Kiln Project Draws Criticism - Wine Industry Falters in 2 [...]
2007-04-05 12:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1274SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 13, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Holds Interest Rate Steady - Treasury Provides Bail-Out for SAA - SAA to Buy More Planes - Mbeki Takes a Swipe at Telkom - Denel Fa [...]
2007-04-13 12:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1381SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 20, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 16 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Slow Progress Towards AsgiSA Goals - US Equity Giant Bain Snares Edcon for R25bn - High Commodity Prices Up SA-US Export Value - SA Consi [...]
2007-04-20 12:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1422007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT Q SOUTH
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2007 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2007 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2007 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2007-01-12 11:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD KTDB SF
07PRETORIA1447PROSPECTS FOR MBEKI FACILITATION IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. As recently-appointed SADC "facilitator" for Zimbabwe, President Mbeki is off to the races but may not make it to the finish line. Mbeki has taken on Mugabe in the past and failed, and we should not underestimate Mugabe's ability to outfox him again. Nevertheles [...]
2007-04-24 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1465SOUTH AFRICA TO ASSIST BOLIVIA ON CONSTITUTION,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During the Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera April 10-12 visit to Pretoria, South Africa agreed to provide advice to Bolivia on the ongoing constitution drafting process. Bolivia will send a delegation to South Africa May 14 [...]
2007-04-26 08:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PINR BL SF
07PRETORIA1473SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 26, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Johannesburg Long-term Rating Upgraded - Ownership Component of BEE Unimportant - New Country of Origin Regulations - Rural Women Ensnare [...]
2007-04-26 10:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1495(C) ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meeting with IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu on April 24-25, senior South African officials questioned Masamvu in detail about the situation in Zimbabwe. DepForMin Pahad made clear he held MDC leader Tsvangirai in low regard, but had a much higher opinion of MDC Secr [...]
2007-04-30 14:12:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA150ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO REVOKE PUBLISHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Zimbabwe is attempting to revoke the citizenship of well-known publisher Trevor Ncube. In blatant violation of international and Zimbabwean law, the GOZ claims that Ncube is no longer a Zimbabwean citizen because his father was born in Zambia. Ncube is challengi [...]
2007-01-12 14:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA151SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 12,
[...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 02 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves up on Firmer Rand - Record 2006 Vehicle Sales - SA Tourism Growth Robust - Xstrata SA 'Fully Empowered' - BEE Codes Unlikely [...]
2007-01-12 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1554MDC WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO MBEKI DETAILS OBSTACLES
[...] (C) The Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presented its concerns about upcoming elections in a formal, 10-page written submission to South African President Mbeki, dated 11 April 2007. Mbeki is serving as the "facilitator" in Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern Afr [...]
2007-05-03 14:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1557MDC LEADERSHIP MEETS IN SOUTH AFRICA, DECIDES TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Meeting secretly in Johannesburg April 28-29, the leadership of the Zimbabwean opposition MDC party, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, decided to launch the party's presidential campaign o/a June 1, while making clear they will not participate in the elections without fundamental refo [...]
2007-05-03 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPREL PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA1577SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 4, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Include Chemical Sector - Manufacturing Down Due to Strong Rand - Call Center Industry Booming - Trade Deficit Widen [...]
2007-05-04 11:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1597DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will elect a new leader during its annual conference 5-6 May, with the hope that a fresh face and a new strategy will allow the party to break through racial barriers and become more relevant, not only as an ANC watchdog but as a viable political altern [...]
2007-05-04 14:06:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
07PRETORIA1654THE LOGIC BEHIND COSATU'S ZUMA SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Long-time Embassy contact, academic, and labor activist Eddie Webster discussed COSATU's rocky relationship with the ANC and its calculated strategy of taking over ANC policy by supporting ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who they consider an "empty vessel." Webster argued that [...]
2007-05-09 08:46:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA1702 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Reserves Increase - SA Economic Action Set to Slow - Vehicle Sales Down - Average House Cost R911,800 - Hunting Law's Reform Po [...]
2007-05-11 08:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1798SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, April 2007, Volume 2, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Farmers Reluctant to Plant GMO Sugar Cane -- South African Giant Retailers Go Gre [...]
2007-05-17 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1801DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...]
2007-05-17 15:42:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR
07PRETORIA1805SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 18, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - R15 Billion Trade Deficit in First Quarter - 2010 to Boost GDP by R51.1 billion - Changes to Tax Return System - Rates Hit Manufacturing [...]
2007-05-18 09:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1816ITALIAN MINING COMPANIES BRING EXPROPRIATION CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Italian mining companies have filed a case in the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) alleging that new South African mining legislation amounted to expropriation of their South African property. The companies, unable to find Broad [...]
2007-05-18 15:04:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV SF
07PRETORIA1909SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 25, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - There's No Stopping SA's Economy - Debate On Widening Current Account Deficit - Woolworths in R292m BEE Employee Deal - Construction Indu [...]
2007-05-25 09:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1965HEALTH MINISTER'S RETURN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT
[...] (C) Controversial and ailing Minister of Health Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang received a successful liver transplant in March. For the last several weeks, there have been reports about the return of Dr. Tshabalala-Msimang to her duties as Minister of Health. Most of the South African healt [...]
2007-05-31 11:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA1982AMBASSADOR CANAVAN REENGAGES SADC MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the Department's efforts to reengage with the Southern African Development Community, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Katherine Canavan and PolEcon Chief Charles Stonecipher on 21 May held discussions in Pretoria with SADC's resident diplomatic corps and SAG officials to e [...]
2007-06-01 13:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSADC PREL ETRD ECON POL SF
07PRETORIA2044 MDC CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 5 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai held his first briefing for Pretoria's diplomatic corps to brief them on the ongoing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and the plight of Zimbabwean refugees in southern Africa. A short video clip was shown of Tsvangirai visiting hundreds of [...]
2007-06-07 04:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV ZI SF
07PRETORIA2069SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 08, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Data Shocks Economists - Consumers Continue To Borrow - GDP Growth Slows To 4.7% - State Raises Offer As Strike Bites - Vehicl [...]
2007-06-08 12:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA2106 SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO
[...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...]
2007-06-12 13:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA2155SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 15, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zoellick Urges Africa "To Catch The Wave" - Planed Duty Cuts On Infrastructure Projects - Manuel Stresses Need For Exports - General Elec [...]
2007-06-15 11:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA218SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 03 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth Lifts Business Mood to Record High - Domestic Steel Sets New Records - Infrastructure Not Keeping Pace - SA Granted a R8.4bn Loan [...]
2007-01-19 14:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA2209 ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the Z [...]
2007-06-20 04:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2210ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the ZA [...]
2007-06-20 04:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2222 SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, May 2007, Volume 2, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- South Africa's Top CO2 Emitters in Carbon Disclosure Program -- Depar [...]
2007-06-21 04:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA2257SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 22, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Economy With Capacity Problems - Rate Hikes 'Filtering Through To Economy' - Warning For SA Trade - Labor Holds SA Back - New ANC lea [...]
2007-06-22 09:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA2352 SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, June 2007, Volume 2, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- USTDA AND RAND WATER SYSTEMS FORM CAPACITY-BUILIDING PARTNERSHIP -- GREE [...]
2007-07-03 04:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA2441BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT
[...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, aged 65, is about to become a father again, according to the South African magazine "YOU." (NOTE: YOU is published in Afrikaans and English, is probably most comparable to People Magazine in the US, and has a readership of 2.1 million. END NOTE.) Though Zu [...]
2007-07-11 14:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA2443(C) U.K. BUSINESSMAN BRANSON FUNDING "ELDER"
[...] (C/NF) U.K. businessman Richard Branson is bankrolling an African "Elders" initiative to convince Zimbabwean President Mugabe to step down. The "Elders" plan to meet secretly in Johannesburg July 17-18 with Branson to discuss their initiative. Former Presidents Nelson Mandela (South Africa),[...]
2007-07-11 15:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA254MBEKI INTERVENES IN RADJABU SITUATION
[...] (C) CNDD-FDD leader Hussein Radjabu departed the South African Embassy in Bujumbura the morning of January 23 after spending the night at the Embassy, confirmed South African Department of Foreign Affairs Director Rasheeda Adam (protect). Adam said that Radjabu, Minister of Communications Kar [...]
2007-01-23 14:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY SF
07PRETORIA2791SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, July 2007, Volume 2, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- PREDATOR BREEDERS INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SA GOVERNMENT -- S [...]
2007-08-08 05:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA285MBEKI WANTS PREVAL TO REACH OUT TO ARISTIDE
[...] (C) South African President Thabo Mbeki wants Haitian President Rene Preval to "reach out" to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Pieter Swanepoel. Swanepoel told PolOff January 16 that there has been no contact between Preval and [...]
2007-01-25 09:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL HA SF
07PRETORIA2886SOUTH AFRICA'S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's relationship with Cuba remains close, based largely on Cuba's support for the ruling African National Congress during the anti-apartheid struggle. Despite South Africa's rhetorical support for principles of democracy and human rights, the SAG is highly unlikely to [...]
2007-08-16 13:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
07PRETORIA2937ANC SUCCESSION STILL UP IN AIR
[...] (C) Exactly four months before the ANC elects its new President, the race remains largely undecided. ANC insider Dr. Fazel Randera told PolOff on 17 August that though everyone seems to have a theory, he is uncertain who will prevail in December. Randera argued that, "the days of backroom de [...]
2007-08-22 11:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA2957CALLS FOR HEALTH MINISTER'S DISMISSAL INTENSIFY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mbeki's August 8th dismissal of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (ref A) has unleashed relentless domestic and international criticism of the controversial lifestyle and tenure of current Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Increasingly, media and [...]
2007-08-23 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KHIV SF
07PRETORIA3012SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa released a new draft nuclear energy policy on August 13 for public comment. The draft policy reaffirms SAG commitment to expanding nuclear power generation from the current 6 percent to 15 percent of electric power generation by 2025, lessening dependence on coal [...]
2007-08-29 07:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ECON SF
07PRETORIA3029 SECRETARY LEAVITT CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO
[...] (U) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt completed a successful visit to South Africa August 18-21, 2007. The Secretary and his delegation visited four sites in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces funded by the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief to dem [...]
2007-08-30 04:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA3061SOUTH AFRICA RESPONDS TO GNEP INVITATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG is interested in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and is considering whether Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica can change her travel schedule in order to participate. Defining a role for South Africa in GNEP might support U.S. efforts to sell [...]
2007-08-30 16:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3078WESTINGHOUSE PUSHES ITS QUEST FOR NEW NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Westinghouse believes it is well-positioned to win South Africa's contract for the construction of conventional nuclear reactors based on its advantages in price, safety, modular plant design, and commitment to technology transfer and localization; i.e., insuring benefits accr [...]
2007-08-31 15:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP TRGY PREL IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3102SOUTH AFRICA SCRAMBLES TO AVOID CATEGORY II STATUS
[...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer recently met with South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) CEO Zakes Myeza and his team to discuss the FAA audit process. Myeza sought to find out what the potential "showstoppers" would be in terms of retaining Category I statu [...]
2007-09-05 04:40:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALAORC EAIR FAA PREL ICAO SF
07PRETORIA3111South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in
[...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...]
2007-09-05 12:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3113South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in
[...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...]
2007-09-05 12:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3114South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in
[...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...]
2007-09-05 12:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3166SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 7,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Down - Vehicle Sales Down - Economic Freedom Ranking Down - Telkom To Drop Call Center Prices - Angloplat Unveils BE [...]
2007-09-07 14:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA317WESTINGHOUSE PURSUES SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR REACTOR
[...] (U) Summary. Westinghouse and Areva will compete fiercely for construction of one, and possibly more, conventional nuclear reactors to help South Africa meet its growing energy needs. Energy supplier Eskom will make a February 2007 fact-finding trip to Westinghouse headquarters in the U.S. a [...]
2007-01-29 06:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3183JAPAN PASSIVE ON ADVOCATING WESTINGHOUSE'S SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Japan is unable to manifest overt support for the Westinghouse bid for building new nuclear plants in South Africa. Toshiba acquired Westinghouse in October of last year, but Mitsubishi also has a commercial relationship with competitor French Areva. The GOJ [...]
2007-09-07 15:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP TRGY PREL IAEA EINV ECON SF JA
07PRETORIA323SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 26,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 04 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Blackouts Hit South Africa - Telkom Prices Hold SA Back - Mexico Looks to SA for Grain - New Law on Captive-Bred Animals - SA GM Crops S [...]
2007-01-29 08:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3297SOUTH AFRICA PLANS TO EXPAND SUDAN TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa expects to expand its ambitious program to train officials from southern Sudan. Begun in 2005, the program has brought more than 700 officials from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) to South Africa for classroom and practical training in fields as diverse as loca [...]
2007-09-18 11:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SU SF
07PRETORIA3319SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, August 2007, Volume 2, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SASOL THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREEN HOUSE GASES IN THE WORLD -- [...]
2007-09-19 13:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3425SAG APPLAUDS ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Cabinet praised the ZANU-PF-MDC agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18 (ref A),calling it a "breakthrough" and "a major step forward." DepForMin Pahad suggested that the accord paves the way for a "political solution that all Zimbabweans will hail." The agree [...]
2007-09-28 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA3426SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Ranks Fifth for African Governance - Construction Boom Causes Cement Shortage - Man-days Lost to Strikes Increases - SA's Unemployment [...]
2007-09-28 09:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3490 U.S. FIRM AES CHARGES INTO SOUTH AFRICA'S ELECTRIC POWER
[...] Summary. An AES Corporation (AES)-led consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) for two open-cycle gas turbine peaking power stations to be constructed in South Africa. The AES-led consortium, which won the bid over a Suez-led consort [...]
2007-10-03 12:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV EPET SF
07PRETORIA3519POSSIBLE AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW ZIMBABWEAN
[...] (S) According to IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu (strictly protect),representatives of the Zimbabwean ruling party (ZANU-PF) and both the Tsvangirai and Mutambara factions of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reached an agreement 29-30 September on a new Zimbabwean Constitution. MDC nego [...]
2007-10-04 21:09:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPGOV ZI SF
07PRETORIA3538SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCOTOBER 5,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Disappoints Market - Internet Costs Stifle SAG Open Source Policy - Car Sales Decline Again - Critic Claims Climate Conscio [...]
2007-10-09 06:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA356(C) EXILED ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN FLOAT ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled Zimbabwean businessmanXXXXXXXXXXXX is quietly floating an idea to shift executive power from President Mugabe to a "technocratic" Prime Minister. To get Mugabe to accept the deal, Mugabe would remain President until 2010 with some power over the security apparatus, but the Prime [...]
2007-01-30 16:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA3569BRENTHURST FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADVICE TO RWANDA,
[...] (SBU) The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank funded by the Oppenheimer family, is providing "confidential" policy advice to the Governments of Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Greg Mills, Director of the Foundation (see bio-note at para 6),told PolOff and visitin [...]
2007-10-10 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID PINR SF
07PRETORIA3602SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 12,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 41 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Foreign Reserves Past $30 Billion - Higher-Than-Expected Budget Surplus - Euro's Held In Gross Reserves Increase - SA No Magnet For Ta [...]
2007-10-12 13:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3640CHRONOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICAN FACILITATION IN
[...] (C) Following is a chronology of key events in the South African mediation in Zimbabwe since the Southern African Development Community (SADC) appointed President Thabo Mbeki as "facilitator" at its March 29, 2007 summit in Dar es Salaam. The South African Government (SAG) has not publicly an [...]
2007-10-17 06:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA3674DME SEEKS MEETING ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request for State and DOE. Please see paragraphs 2 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) proposes a half-day meeting at the end of November in South Africa to advance areas of cooperation in nuclear technology. The objec [...]
2007-10-18 13:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA3747NUCLEAR POWER: BIG DREAMS FOR SMALL PEBBLES - PBMR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) new nuclear technology will play a key role in the SAG decision to significantly increase nuclear power generation in the country over the next 20 years. The country will face challenges in securing skills and investment to implem [...]
2007-10-24 15:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV KNNP PREL EINV SF
07PRETORIA3778SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...]
2007-10-26 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3779SOUTH AFRICQECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 26,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation At Four-Year High - Debt Service Cost To Income More Than 10% - Earthlife Africa Challenges Nuclear Thrust - Mbeki's Re-Electio [...]
2007-10-26 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3839WESTINGHOUSE ACQUIRES LOCAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Westinghouse expects to close its long-awaited acquisition of South Africa's IST Nuclear (ISTN) to augment its domestic footprint and to position itself for supplying an initial 3,200 MW of new nuclear power plants to state electricity company Eskom, as well as additional plant [...]
2007-11-02 07:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG BEXP TRGY SENV KNNP EINV SF
07PRETORIA3843SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 44 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Forecasts Slower Economic Growth - Skills Poaching Is Asset Stripping - Manuel - SA's Cheap Power May Attract $3.8 billion Alumin [...]
2007-11-02 08:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3901SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...]
2007-11-07 16:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3902SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-07 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3903SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...]
2007-11-08 05:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3925SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, October 2007, Volume 2, Number 7, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- MINISTER POSTPONES BAN ON ABALONE HARVESTING -- GREEN SCORPIONS SHUT [...]
2007-11-09 10:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3928SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Competitiveness Slides - Business Confidence Hits Three-Year Low - Sub-Saharan Africa Experiences Sustained Growth - Net Reserves Up [...]
2007-11-09 13:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3929PIKOLI COMMISSION RESULTS NOT EXPECTED SOON
[...] (U) The Ministry of Justice on 18 October submitted the government's official explanation as to why the National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended, but it is not expected to be made public. On 07 November, the former Speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala, who is in charg [...]
2007-11-09 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3939(C) ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the ANC national conference 16-20 December, allegations of bribes and intimidation directed at ANC branch members and Polokwane delegates are surfacing from Zuma, Mbeki, and Sexwale camps. Press reports allege that ANC branch members in North West are being intim [...]
2007-11-13 15:21:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3973SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Slows - Textile Tariff Plan A Boost For Factories - South Africans Forced To Live In Higher-Density Developments [...]
2007-11-16 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4026SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...]
2007-11-21 12:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4027SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-21 12:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4082Energy Planning and Cooperation, With the Lights Out
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Deputy Director-General: Electricity and Nuclear Energy Nelisiwe Magubane met DOE Director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs George Person and Energy Officer on November 16 on the margins of the Corporate Council on Africa Business Su [...]
2007-11-29 13:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EINV SF
07PRETORIA4092 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, Issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - GDP Growth Accelerates - Inflation Tops 7 Percent - Business Confidence at 4-Year Low - Credit Growth Keeps Pressure on Rates - US Co [...]
2007-11-30 10:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA415SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 02,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 05 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Drop in Producer Inflation - Slowdown in Credit Growth - Small Trade Surplus in December - IPR Awareness Promoted by SARS - Eight out of [...]
2007-02-02 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4155SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 07,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Widens - Manufacturing Activity Slips - Vehicle Sales Down - Business Confidence Dips Further - US Trade With Sub-Saharan [...]
2007-12-07 14:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4172NUCLEAR JSCNEC LOOKING FOR MORE SUBSTANCE, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG organized an inter-agency meeting in early December to establish a common approach to advancing U.S.-South African nuclear cooperation. They determined that the SAG's highest priority is to gain signatory authority for the long-awaited bilateral Agreement on Cooperation [...]
2007-12-12 06:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA4218NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The election of Jacob Zuma as African National Congress (ANC) President (Ref C) will not result in any immediate changes in South Africa's foreign policy. Should Zuma become national president following parliamentary elections in early 2009 -- not a foregone conclusion with corru [...]
2007-12-18 19:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA4240SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 21,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Voted ANC President - Economy Holds Steady after Zuma Wins Election - Coal Prices Sharply Increase - Eskom Receives Substantial Rate [...]
2007-12-21 13:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4244CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary: A delegation representing the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Dem., Calif.),Del. Donna M. Christensen (Dem., Virgin Islands) and CBCF President Dr. Elsie Scott, visited South Africa November 27 - December 2, 2008. The delegation met [...]
2007-12-27 10:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV OREP PREL SF SOCI
07PRETORIA4248MEYER ON IRAQ, KOSOVO, COLOMBIA, AND BASQUE PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former South African Government (SAG) minister and conflict resolution expert Roelf Meyer updated A/PolCounselor and PolOff December 20 on his various international peace initiatives and gave his views on the recent ANC election (septel). Meyer will participate in the second mee [...]
2007-12-27 14:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PINR IZ YI CO SP SF
07PRETORIA4252SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 28,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma to Review Inflation Targeting - JSE Rocky for New Mine Listings - PPI Slows to 9.1 Percent - Trade Deficit Surprise Fall End Summ [...]
2007-12-28 12:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4261(S/NF) SACP'S NZIMANDE BELIEVES USG FUNDED MBEKI
[...] (S/NF) Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ally of newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, told Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai o/a December 27 that the United States provided funds for President Thabo Mbe [...]
2007-12-31 14:12:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPGOV SF
07PRETORIA514SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 06 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Chinese President Arrives in South Africa - Earnings Gap Widens on Skills Basis - Car Sales Growth Slowing - Average House Costs R811,000 [...]
2007-02-12 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA533ANC SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES ZANU-PF TENSIONS
[...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe told Embassy contact Sydney Masamvu February 9 that the South African Government opposes the extension of Mugabe's term to 2010. Motlanthe said that South Africa is encouraged by the growing split within ZANU-PF. Masamvu [...]
2007-02-13 14:06:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI SF
07PRETORIA554SOUTH AFRICA/CHINA TRADE IS BOOMING
[...] (U) Summary: China continues to expand its economic ties with South Africa. South Africa/China trade has more than doubled since 2003, and China is today South Africa's fourth largest trading partner. South Africa is one of the few mineral-rich African countries that runs a trade deficit wit [...]
2007-02-14 13:21:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF
07PRETORIA569SA STRUGGLES TO FORM TRADE AGENDA WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: South Africa has not devised a comprehensive strategy to promote and govern trade with China, despite a booming bilateral trade relationship. SAG policy on China trade tends to be reactive and ad hoc, and framed in response to "emergencies" such as surges of Chinese textile impor [...]
2007-02-16 04:52:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF
07PRETORIA57SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 05,
[...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 01 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Trading Year Opens with JSE Record High - SA Ties Up Missile Deal with Brazil - Oprah Opens School for Poor Pupils - Portfolio Inv [...]
2007-01-08 05:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA663SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 08 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget in Brief - Inflation "Still in Check" - EU Include SA in SADC EPA Negotiations - Interest Groups Raise Concerns About Biofuels Str [...]
2007-02-26 08:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA747FRANCE AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTES NUCLEAR ENERGY TIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request (see paragrah 7). 2. (SBU) Summary. France and South Africa seek greater cooperation around energy issues including increased electricity generation from nuclear power. The two countries are expected to sign a cooperative agreement on the peaceful use of nu [...]
2007-03-01 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG IAEA KNNP SENV SF FR
07PRETORIA771SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 09 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Ambassador Opens BEE Conference - Pace of Growth Jumps to Fastest in Two Years - Weather Affects Expected Corn Harvest - South Africa's U [...]
2007-03-02 15:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA827(C) SOUTH AFRICA CONCERNED ABOUT CNDD-FDD SPLIT
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam March 5. Adam said that South Africa is "concerned" about tensions within the ruling CNDD-FDD party, as well as the increase in state-sponsored violence in Burundi. The South African Embas [...]
2007-03-06 15:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY SF
07PRETORIA828SOUTH AFRICA SAYS NO TO LRA REQUEST TO MEDIATE
[...] (C) South Africa fully supports the mediation of the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace talks, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam. Adam told PolCounselor March 5 that South Africa will not facilitate or host t [...]
2007-03-06 15:50:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL UG SF
07PRETORIA886SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 9, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Net Reserves Increase - Investment Promotion Delegation to the U.S. - "Affirmative Action Won't be Scrapped - Trade Deficit Bad News for [...]
2007-03-09 14:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA932SOUTH AFRICA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IMPROVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has improved its compliance with international aviation safety standards according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical assistance team. The FAA expects to conduct an audit of the SACAA in June to determine if S [...]
2007-03-16 04:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SF
07PRETORIA957SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES "CONCERN" ABOUT ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe's March 11 violent attack on opposition leaders has revitalized the debate on Zimbabwe in South Africa and put pressure on the South African Government (SAG) to act. DepForMin Pahad's carefully worded March 13 statement, expressing concern about the ar [...]
2007-03-16 16:20:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SF ZI
07PRISTINA126KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...]
2007-02-21 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV
07PRISTINA159KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...]
2007-03-01 18:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA169KOSOVO SERB HARD-LINERS AND MODERATES FACE OFF IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In what was clearly an orchestrated effort, Kosovo Serb hardliners prevented moderate Serb leaders from holding the founding session of the Serbian National Assembly (SNS) on March 4 in Gracanica. The meeting was originally the brainchild of noted Croatian Serb activist Milorad [...]
2007-03-05 15:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK
07PRISTINA214USOP'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NEWLY RE-ACCREDITED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari,s proposal for Kosovo,s final status calls for the regularization of the university in north Mitrovica as a Kosovar institution of higher learning. On March 11 UNMIK quietly and temporarily extended accreditation to the university. In a March 15 me [...]
2007-03-20 11:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SCUL
07PRISTINA328 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR JAMES P. CAIN AND
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain and Embassy Copenhagen Army Attach COL. Michael Schleicher to visit Pristina May 2-3, 2007. The visit is part of a multinational ambassadorial delegation invited by the government of Denmark to [...]
2007-04-25 13:57:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT DA YI
07PRISTINA336KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...]
2007-04-30 09:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...]
2007-05-02 16:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI
07PRISTINA348KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...]
2007-05-03 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA362KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]
2007-05-07 15:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA428KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...]
2007-06-01 16:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA492KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]
2007-06-25 07:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA734KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...]
2007-10-09 08:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ
07PRISTINA75KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]
2007-01-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA777KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...]
2007-11-14 15:39:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA810KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...]
2007-12-07 17:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
07PRISTINA821KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting USOP's candidates selected for the Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-01). The program takes place from January 7 to April 5, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but will also include a trip to the U [...]
2007-12-14 13:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA826KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting Mr. Bajram Sherifi, the USOP candidate selected for the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-02). The program takes place from January 14 to February 23, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but w [...]
2007-12-19 16:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07QUITO1068ECUADOR'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING HRC VOTE
[...] (C) Acting PolChief delivered demarche May 11 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma said that the GOE understood USG concerns regarding Belarus' inclusion in the Human Rights Council and agreed that it would compromise the council's future credibility. Pum [...]
2007-05-11 17:32:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO1088CORREA'S TRUTH COMMISSION HUNTS EX-PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Correa created a "Truth Commission" on May 3 to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Leon Febres Cordero (PSC) administration during the 1980s. Most of the members of the Commission are victim family members and self described persecuted human rights acti [...]
2007-05-14 21:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1091ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY PULLING OUT OF ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conoco Philips has decided to sell its assets in Ecuador. Conoco acquired several production and exploration blocks in Ecuador when it purchased Burlington Resources in 2006, and concluded that the Ecuadorian assets are not economically attractive compared to other holdings in [...]
2007-05-15 13:32:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV EC
07QUITO1102PETROECUADOR'S NEW PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials, Petroecuador President Carlos Pareja outlined Petroecuador's plans to open the ITT fields project to international bidding, sell high octane gasoline at market prices (a possible first step towards reducing subsidies),introduce a gasoline/et [...]
2007-05-15 17:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
07QUITO1124CORREA ESCALATES WAR AGAINST THE PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: President Correa ramped up his war of words and legal battle with the press May 15 by once again referring to the media as "mediocre and incompetent". While signing documents adding further charges of "insult" to his pending lawsuit against the daily newspaper La Hora, Correa vo [...]
2007-05-16 22:01:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1164GOE AMBIVALENT ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed RefTel points on May 15 to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Lourdes Puma. After listening to our views, Puma asserted that "it is not Ecuador's way to insert itself into the affairs of other sovereign nations and tell them with whom they should be friends." [...]
2007-05-18 20:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO1182VIDEO OF ECONOMY MINISTER PATINO IMPLIES MARKET
[...] (U) Summary. Recently released excerpts of a video of a February meeting between Economy Minister Patino and former Economy Minister Rodas imply (but do not confirm) that if Patino frightened the international bond market, Rodas could have earned $50 million. Patino and Rodas separately ass [...]
2007-05-22 21:12:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PINR EC
07QUITO1239ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information regarding trade and other relations between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from Cu [...]
2007-05-30 14:06:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL CU EC
07QUITO1268CONGRESS CREATES A COURT OF CONVENIENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Congress produced a politicized Constitutional Court to replace the politicized Court it recently voted out of existence. Deals and trades have produced a Court that will probably be pro-Correa, removing a potential vehicle for opposition maneuvering, but otherwise not likely t [...]
2007-06-01 20:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1295FOUR MONTHS OUT, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CORREA'S TO
[...] (C) Summary. Early polls confirm a clear plurality and broad support for President Correa's Alianza PAIS movement over any other party, but a recent dip in President Correa's approval rating could signal some softness. Minister of Energy Alberto Acosta is rumored to be ready to leave office [...]
2007-06-06 13:37:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1302CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY
[...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...]
2007-06-06 20:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO1351GOE TO GET TOUGHER ON ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS;
[...] (C) Summary: Correa's national security minister coordinator, Fernando Bustamante, told the Ambassador on June 8 that the GOE planned to strengthen its security posture in the north to restrict the activities of Colombian illegal armed groups in Ecuador. He said Correa was very concerned ove [...]
2007-06-13 16:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL INRA MARR CO EC
07QUITO1464FOREIGN MINISTER ESPINOSA POSITIVE ON BIT, ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with El Comercio newspaper on June 21, Foreign Minister Espinosa made several forward-leaning statements regarding economic relations with the United States. Espinosa explained that the GOE would not withdraw from its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the U. [...]
2007-06-25 19:29:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EC
07QUITO1553GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...]
2007-07-09 20:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1607CONGRESS VOTES "NO CONFIDENCE" IN FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing the standoff between Congress and the Correa administration, Congress passed a vote of no confidence July 13 against Minister of Finance Ricardo Patino. Citing allegations of embezzlement, illicit association, collusion and treason, Congress passed the measure af [...]
2007-07-17 21:35:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1637CORREA SIGNS DECREE TO PREVENT AIRING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, President Correa signed an executive decree prohibiting reproduction of clandestinely recorded video and audio without the authorization of those involved. The media association responded saying the decree was unconstitutional. While Vice President Lenin Moreno claims [...]
2007-07-20 17:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO1655Congress Rolls Back Correa's Controversial Banking Law
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ecuadorian Congress rejected for the third time proposals by Correa to impose strong political control over interest rates, bank fees, reserve requirements, and a liquidity fund. The Congress substantially modified Correa's bill to establish more limited controls, which th [...]
2007-07-23 17:17:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO174BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: DDTC CASE #050021165
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions on application #050021165, the Embassy has verified that Apeqs-Cotela C.A. is the Harris Corporation's Ecuadorian representative. We have also verified the validity of the pending $8,000 Ecuadorian Joint Command order for spare Harris radio parts. The U. [...]
2007-01-22 19:13:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC EC US
07QUITO1779ECUADOR ARRESTS U.S. CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTALIST FORCOMBATING
[...] (U) Summary: On August 4 Ecuadorian immigration police arrested U.S. citizen Sean O'Hearn, Country Director of the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd, revoked his visa and issued an order for his immediate deportation. O'Hearn was charged with "crimes against Ecuadorian sovereignty" for his [...]
2007-08-07 19:25:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS CASC PHSA PGOV
07QUITO1884RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary: As part of the American EmbassyQs outreach program, five embassy summer interns traveled on July 30, 2007 to a shelter for trafficking victims run by La Fundacisn Nuestros Jsvenes in Mitad del Mundo, and on August 1 Q 2, 2007 to Casa Condor Community Center in Riobamba, to promote [...]
2007-08-17 11:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EC
07QUITO1945USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 11:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1947USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 15:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO197CORREA MAKES HAY AS NOBOA BOTCHES AG APPOINTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a hurried backroom deal, the PRIAN used its majority in Congress to appoint a highly controversial Attorney General, Francisco Cucalon Rendon. Both the process and the selection have been strongly criticized by President Correa and justice sector NGOs, fueling expectations tha [...]
2007-01-24 17:31:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO1995NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE: LOWERING DEBT'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Fausto Ortiz, the new Minister of Finance, told the Ambassador that his top objective is to lower the rhetoric on debt. Ortiz plans to travel to Washington the first week of September for meetings with the Interamerican Development Bank, World Bank and IMF. End summary. Lowe [...]
2007-08-31 13:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO2008ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ATPA; 2008 BUDGET; NEW LAWYERS IN OXY
[...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. PRESIDENT CORREA ON ATPA RENEWAL -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During his weekly radio address on August 25 President Correa reiterated so [...]
2007-09-05 14:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EC
07QUITO2064REQUEST CLEARANCE OF SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Post requests immediate clearance of the draft diplomatic note on security cooperation activities in Ecuador during FY 2008 (see para. 2). The language of the diplomatic note is identical to the one sent last year except for a new line stating that the M [...]
2007-09-11 21:20:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL EC
07QUITO211HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...]
2007-01-25 21:36:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2133ECUADOR FM'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AND THE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa on September 7. Espinosa responded that she was extremely interested and concerned about the Iranian nuclear program. She asked us to follow up with Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo, the Multilateral Affairs [...]
2007-09-17 14:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC IR
07QUITO2142ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: OIL CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS; CUSTOMS
[...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Renegotiations Imminent ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Petroleum and Mining Galo Chiriboga announced September 11 [...]
2007-09-19 14:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN EC
07QUITO216US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...]
2007-01-26 21:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2167ECUADOR'S CIVIL AVIATION UNDER SECRETARY RESIGNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's 28-year old Under Secretary for Aviation and Airports, Juan Francisco Ospina, resigned September 5, after a series of particularly public disputes in the aviation industry. Early this year, the government of Ecuador created a new under secretariat in its Ministry of [...]
2007-09-21 12:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV EC
07QUITO2168QUITO AIRPORT EXPENSIVE FOR U.S. CARRIERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. air carriers say that their ongoing dispute with the current Quito airport concessionaire over usage fee increases has caused them to re-evaluate their operations.Q The airlines say they support the new Quito airport project (the reason for current airport fee increases),[...]
2007-09-21 12:15:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EC EFIN ETRD
07QUITO2208MIXED VIEWS: AMERICAN BUSINESSES WITH DIFFERENT
[...] (C) Summary. At an AmCham meeting, U.S. companies in heavily regulated industries noted a number of ongoing problems, but a textile company stressed that lightly regulated industries have fared much better. Several companies said they have good relations with the Correa Administration, whic [...]
2007-09-27 12:12:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EPET EFIN EAIR BEXP EC
07QUITO2212ECUADOR ASSEMBLY ELECTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: September 30 Constituent Assembly voting and determination of winners will be complicated and possibly chaotic. So far few predict significant fraud. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal reversed itself on September 23 to allow exit polls and quick counts, which will lend greater [...]
2007-09-27 22:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
07QUITO2233AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES REGIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $2 million NAS-funded regional antinarcotics center in the northern city of Tulcan, Carchi province, on September 24. The facility will serve as a command center and checkpoint five miles from the Colombian [...]
2007-10-01 19:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR MAS MOPS PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO2299ECUADOR'S PROPOSED REVISIONS TO SECURITY
[...] (U) Action Request - See Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following internal meetings between Ecuador,s MFA and MOD, Post has received a response to Embassy,s diplomatic note on FY08 security cooperation containing several proposed revisions. The MFA clearly communicated the desire to contin [...]
2007-10-10 19:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR EC
07QUITO2326ECUADOR'S NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ENTHUSIASTIC,
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with new Minister of Transport, Hector Villagran Cepeda, on October 2 and learned more about his plans to rehabilitate the Ecuadorian railroad and promote the U.S. role in its initial construction, build a Manta to Manaus intermodal transport link, and make transp [...]
2007-10-15 20:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDECON POL PGOV EAIR ELTN EC
07QUITO2373OIL COMPANIES CONSIDERING OPTIONS UNDER ECUADOR,S
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and foreign oil companies are evaluating whether service contracts could be feasible alternatives to participation contracts in light of the new "99 percent" petroleum revenue sharing decree. U.S. firms City Oriente, Murphy Oil, and Burlington Resources are affected by t [...]
2007-10-25 13:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2434ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES NAS-FUNDED PIER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $3.4 million Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) funded 435 meter pier for the Ecuadorian Navy in the northern city of San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas province, 10 miles south of the Colombian border, on October 23, 200 [...]
2007-10-31 20:54:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR EC
07QUITO2491PETROECUADOR RECOMMENDS CANCELLING U.S. CITY
[...] (C) Summary: Petroecuador recommended on November 8 that the GOE cancel U.S. oil company City Oriente,s contract, since the company has not made any payments to the GOE under a 2006 law requiring companies to provide the government with at least 50% of "extraordinary" petroleum revenues. A [...]
2007-11-13 21:16:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2509ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY AND MINING
[...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. GOE Analyzes Porta Cellular Concession -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On November 6, the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supte [...]
2007-11-19 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EC
07QUITO2514ECUADOR : PAIS CONSOLIDATES POWER AS ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal issued official, final results of the September 30 elections on November 19. As a result, the Constituent Assembly will be installed in Montecristi on November 29. President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement secured a comfo [...]
2007-11-20 16:02:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
07QUITO2528DAS MCMULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH ECUADORIAN CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: In two wide-ranging, cordial discussions, Coordinating Minister Fernando Bustamante and Acting Foreign Minister Rafael Paredes told DAS McMullen that the GOE continues to desire a positive, robust relationship with the United States. Although there are areas of disagreement, B [...]
2007-11-21 17:52:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
07QUITO2570ECUADORIAN ARMY'S 4TH DIVISION OPERATIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division has engaged the FARC along the border with Colombian since November 19, 2007. This series of operations demonstrates previously uncharacteristic resolve and coordination by the Ecuadorian military to press the attack and to continue surveill [...]
2007-11-29 20:26:00Embassy QuitoSECRETMOPS MCAP MASS PTER SNAR PREL EC CO
07QUITO2571CORREA CHALLENGES AIRPORT CONCESSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: President Correa has challenged two airport concessions run by private operators in Quito and Guayaquil, and asserted the federal government should receive a share of their earnings. The Quito airport is operated by a U.S.-Canadian-Brazilian joint venture and receives the major [...]
2007-11-30 13:19:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN EINV PGOV EC
07QUITO2575PRESIDENT CRACKS DOWN ON PETROLEUM PROTESTS -
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Correa declared a state of emergency for Petroecuador after community protestors demanding additional benefits damaged oil wells and blocked access to Petroecuador's Auca camp, severely impeding production. Correa replaced Petroecuador's President with Guillermo Zur [...]
2007-11-30 18:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO2616ECUADOR: CHINESE DIPLOMAT ON CORREA'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (S) Summary. Political and Economic officers met with two diplomats from the Chinese Embassy in Quito on December 3 to discuss President Correa's visit to China on November 20-25, 2007. The GOE sent a large delegation to China and signed 14 agreements to promote cooperation in energy, educat [...]
2007-12-10 17:05:00Embassy QuitoSECRETPREL ETRD EAIR EPET MARR EC CN
07QUITO2625SECOND ROUND OF CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. There have been a number of changes in Correa's economic team over the past two months, the second significant round of changes in his economic team in less than a year. For the most part, the new members are pragmatic or technically competent, but lack experience. The new Coo [...]
2007-12-13 13:10:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAIR PGOV EC
07QUITO2626CORREA MEETS AMBASSADOR, ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO PAY
[...] (c) Summary. President Correa told the Ambassador that Ecuador would pay an arbitral award that determined that the GOE owes Occidental Petroleum a multi-million dollar tax refund. Correa reaffirmed his interest in establishing an economic dialogue with the U.S., said that Ecuador is contin [...]
2007-12-13 15:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEINV EPET EAIR ETRD PGOV PREL EC
07QUITO2629SUPPORT FOR GOE NOMINATION TO UNHRC ADVISORY
[...] Post wishes to express its strong support of the GOE's nomination of Jose VALENCIA Amores to serve as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Commission Advisory Committee. Dr. Valencia's experience and temperament would be a true asset to the committee. 2. Currently a professor and [...]
2007-12-13 16:15:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EC
07QUITO2631ECUADOR: CORREA APPOINTS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following harsh criticism by President Rafael Correa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa resigned her position as Ecuador's Foreign Minister on December 5, 2007, citing health reasons for her departure. Two days later, President Correa announce [...]
2007-12-13 17:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD EC
07QUITO2650CANADIAN-US COMPANY PURSUING MAJOR PETROLEUM
[...] (C) Summary: Ivanhoe Energy, a Canadian firm with substantial U.S. investment, is pursuing oilfield development in Ecuador that would use its proprietary technology to develop and upgrade super-heavy oil. President Correa is reportedly supportive and wants to move quickly to sign a contract [...]
2007-12-17 12:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07QUITO2672 Public and Private Sectors Discuss Possible Banking
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOE representatives and the banks have agreed on an outline for a second round of banking sector reforms. The banks said that the agreed upon package is reasonable and would not undermine the banking sector, but caution that President Correa or the Constituent Assembly still n [...]
2007-12-21 18:59:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EC
07QUITO2694AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ECUADORIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jewell met one-on-one for the first time with new Foreign Minister Isabel Maria Salvador Crespo on December 26, during which the tone was positive and constructive, and Salvador appeared cordial, smart, warm and open. Salvador communicated the importance of maintaining [...]
2007-12-31 16:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PREL KJUS MARR EC
07QUITO300CORREA NAMES CHAVEZ' BUDDY AS AMB TO VENEZUELA
[...] (S) Sum... id: 95515 date: 2/6/2007 16:48 refid: 07QUITO300 origin: Embassy Quito classification: SECRET destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0300/01 0371648 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 061648Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6258 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGO [...]
2007-02-06 16:48:00Embassy QuitoSECRETPGOV EC PREL VE
07QUITO321AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY ACOSTA
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Energy Acosta presented himself as a problem-solver. He said that he intends to solve the problems of U.S.-owned electric generator Machala Power and would study the situation of City Oriente, a small U.S.-owned petrole [...]
2007-02-07 20:46:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON PREL EC
07QUITO335MINISTER OF LABOR SEEKS REFORM THROUGH CONSTITUENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a cordial initial meeting with the Ambassador on February 13, Minister of Labor and Employment Antonio Gagliardo said the Correa administration was committed to labor reform in or after the proposed national constituent assembly, versus the Congress. The Ambassador encoura [...]
2007-02-09 14:16:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PINR EC
07QUITO345PROTESTS EXPECTED MONDAY OVER ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An overwhelming majority in Congress reportedly plans to approve the Government's proposed referendum on a national constituent assembly in a special session to commence on February 12, but will also seek to limit the assembly's scope and delay its start until 2008. Pro-assembl [...]
2007-02-09 21:31:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV EC
07QUITO363ECUADOR'S NOMINEE, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] Summary. In response to RefTel request, Mission Ecuador nominates Lucy Blacio, El Oro province's prosecutor for sex crimes and trafficking in persons (TIP),as an International Woman of Courage. Blacio has courageously worked to gain Ecuador's first convictions under Ecuador's new anti-TIP l [...]
2007-02-13 23:07:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO382 Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Culture
[...] Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of Culture Antonio Preciado on February 15. Preciado began the meeting by saying that he admires the American people, and sees many points in common between the U.S. and Ecuador that he hopes can be highlighted through joint programs between the Embas [...]
2007-02-16 12:40:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC
07QUITO420International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign
[...] The International No Bases Network (INBN) will hold an International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Ecuador, March 5-9, 2007. They expect some 2,000 activists to attend the conference, which will be held in Quito March 5-7, with a March 8 caravan from Quito to Manta, [...]
2007-02-23 19:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS
07QUITO440 NEW LEGAL ADVISOR A PRACTICAL ADDITION TO ENERGY MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting between EconCouns and new Ministry of Energy Legal Advisor Raul Moscoso February 22, Moscoso confirmed that the GOE is assembling a legal team to defend its interests in the Oxy arbitration, and stressed the administration's interest in foreign investment in the en [...]
2007-02-26 17:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON EC
07QUITO443FIRST VENEZUELAN DIESEL SHIPMENT ARRIVES IN ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary: President Correa and Venezuelan counterparts celebrated the arrival of the first shipment of Venezuelan diesel under an Ecuador-Venezuela petroleum exchange agreement with a ceremony on board Venezuelan ship Manuela Saenz February 23. The crude-for-derivatives exchange agreement [...]
2007-02-26 21:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EFIN PREL EC
07QUITO475CODEL NELSON CONVEYS MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 20 and February 21 visit to Quito, Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fl) reiterated a message of friendship and continued engagement with Ecuador in a meeting with President Correa, Foreign Minister Espinosa, and senior Correa-advisor Fernando Bustamante, and in a brief pre [...]
2007-03-01 16:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO484ECUADOR - RESPONSE TO ILLICIT CASH COURIER ACTIVITY
[...] (SBU) This a response to State 16120, requesting posts to raise the problem of illicit cash courier activity with host government officials. DEA country attache raised the issue of illicit cash courier activity with Ecuador's Director of the Antinarcotics Directorate (part of the police depar [...]
2007-03-02 17:25:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL EC
07QUITO494AMB TOBIAS DELIVERS MESSAGE OF COOPERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 26-27 visit to Quito, U.S. Director for Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias conveyed a message of continued USG support to Ecuador, despite U.S. budget constraints. In meetings with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa, Police Chie [...]
2007-03-05 14:35:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EC
07QUITO537AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...]
2007-03-07 22:44:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO55CORREA INAUGURATION: PRESIDENTS OF IRAN AND
[...] (U) Summary: Nine chiefs of state will reportedly attend the inauguration of Rafael Correa as Ecuador's president on January 14-15, including Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohammed Abdelaziz, president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or Polisario Front of Western Sahara. [...]
2007-01-09 12:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EC
07QUITO554ECUADOR: INSTITUTIONAL BRINKMANSHIP PROVOKES NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Culminating a series of moves of dubious legality by the Correa Government, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and Congress, the TSE stripped 57 members of Congress (from the center-right opposition coalition of PRIAN, PSP, PSC and UDC) of their political rights for one year, [...]
2007-03-08 18:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO565ECUADOR: CONGRESS SEEKING WAY OUT OF CRISIS;
[...] (C) Summary: Reacting to footage of the beating of one opposition deputy by radical leftist protesters on March 8, influential media and other civil society leaders reacted strongly on March 9. Denouncing political infighting among Congress, the Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and the Correa gove [...]
2007-03-09 22:05:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO642Manta FOL - Request for DOS and DOD Financial Support for
[...] The U.S.-Ecuador agreement to allow U.S. counter narcotics operations to be conducted at the Forward Operating Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Ecuadorian air base in Manta expires in Nov., 2009. President Rafael Correa has publicly stated that he does not intend to renew the agreement. Th [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV SNAR MARR MASS KPAO
07QUITO643Mission Actions To Counter "No Bases" Conference
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases (INAFMB) held their international conference in Ecuador March 5-9. An estimated 400 foreign activists from 40 nations attended meetings and rallies in Quito and Manta (site of the U.S. Forward Operating Locat [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS
07QUITO667 VENEZUELA RESTRICTS IMPORTS OF ECUADORIAN TUNA
[...] (SBU) Cesar Rohon, President of Ecuador's National Fisheries Chamber, complained in the local media that Venezuela has imposed restrictions on Ecuadorian tuna imports. In 2006 Ecuador exported over USD 41 million in tuna products to Venezuela, which is Ecuador's principal tuna market in Latin [...]
2007-03-21 20:51:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EC
07QUITO767GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...]
2007-03-30 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO768PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO PERCEIVED CORREA THREAT
[...] (C) Summary. The usually fractious Ecuadorian private sector has begun to develop what could become a cohesive response to what it perceives as threats from the Correa administration. This effort, led by Guayaquil-based figures and supported by the leading business chambers, has two main el [...]
2007-03-30 22:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EC
07QUITO915GLOBAL REPOSITIONING - RESPONSE FROM AMBASSADOR LINDA
[...] Summary: We are delighted to have been chosen as a Phase 1 country for the Secretary's Transformational Diplomacy initiative, and we are very pleased with the early returns on what the three new positions we gained have allowed us to do. Following are responses to questions posed in reftel as [...]
2007-04-20 21:06:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EC
07QUITO978EMBASSY QUITO WELCOMES D VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Please accept my warmest welcome of your upcoming return to Ecuador. With Ecuador's government having recently passed the 100-day mark, your visit comes at a time of opportunity to advance mutual interests, and also to review some concerns about the direction the government is [...]
2007-04-30 20:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON EAID WHA EC
07QXICO3307MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07RABAT101MOROCCO: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (S) Following are Embassy Rabat's comments on the Section 1206 FY07 proposals involving Morocco. 2. (S) Post supports the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) portion of the "African Maritime Security Capability and Capacity Improvements" proposal, as long as activitie [...]
2007-01-22 15:23:00Embassy RabatSECRETMASS PARM PTER MO
07RABAT1022MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
[...] (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from t [...]
2007-06-18 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS MO
07RABAT1023MOROCCO RESPONSE: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM
[...] (SBU) During a June 15 meeting with Ahmed Faouzi, Division Chief for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, econoff drew from reftel points to urge Moroccan support of open consideration of the WIPO Director General issue at the Program and Budget Committee meeting in [...]
2007-06-18 16:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR MO
07RABAT1034SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]
2007-06-21 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1046BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...]
2007-06-22 16:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR MO PTER PREL
07RABAT1050SENIOR JCO LEADER SOUNDS OFF ON ELECTIONS AND GOM
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 meeting, a senior leader of "Al-Adl wal Ihsane" - the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),Morocco's large quasi-legal Islamist political organization, told poloQ that the group was adhering to its rejection of participation in the political system but was not [...]
2007-06-25 12:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PGOV PHUM MO
07RABAT1051DEMARCHE: MOROCCO SUPPORT FOR UNITAID
[...] (U) Action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On June 22, econoff discussed reftel with Zakia Midaoui, Director of the MFA's Division of Economic and Commercial Organizations and Conferences. Midaoui reported that in March 2006 Morocco and several other African countries signed a [...]
2007-06-25 12:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KHIV PREL TBIO MO
07RABAT1062MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...]
2007-06-26 13:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MO XF
07RABAT1076MOROCCO'S COMPETITIVITY GAP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's weak showing in the newly-published competitivity index of the World Economic Forum has again highlighted an issue that has sparked extensive public comment and debate in recent months, particularly in the context of the failure of Moroccan exports to become a locomoti [...]
2007-06-28 16:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV MA
07RABAT1095MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO FIGHT ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND
[...] Summary: Two recent events highlighted ongoing Moroccan government and civil society efforts to curb violence and abuse against women and children. On June 21, 2007 Princess Lalla Meryam, the King's sister and Chair of the National Observatory for Children's Rights (ONDE),secretary of State [...]
2007-07-02 16:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1099MOROCCO: PROGRESS TOWARD A SEISMIC MONITORING
[...] (U) Summary: On March 25, Department of the Air Force Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs Michael Zehner and Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) representative Bill Barker held successful follow on negotiations with Said Belcadi, Director of Morocco,s National Center [...]
2007-07-03 08:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PARM MO
07RABAT1105SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]
2007-07-03 18:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1112CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS ELECTION OBSERVERS AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]
2007-07-06 10:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1117COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KOGAN, FELIX
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for to the Department of Commerce, NOAA meteorologist Felix Kogan to travel to Morocco, July 9-13, 2007 for the purpose of conducting meetings with GOM and embassy officials. 2. Post understands travelers require no further assistance. 3 [...]
2007-07-06 16:02:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA MO
07RABAT1118MOROCCO'S INSURANCE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's insurance market, the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, and the second largest on the African continent after South Africa, continues to experience solid growth, as companies introduce a range of new products in the areas of life, credit and medical insuranc [...]
2007-07-09 13:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD MA
07RABAT1119FBI DIRECTOR AND GOM DISCUSS TERRORISM, TRAINING
[...] (S) In separate June 29 meetings, FBI Director Mueller met with Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and other top security officials to encourage continued cooperation between the USG and the GOM in combating terrorism. Bouzoubaa said that Morocco is a targe [...]
2007-07-09 13:45:00Embassy RabatSECRETKCRM MO PGOV PREL PTER
07RABAT1122CORRECTED COPY: CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS
[...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]
2007-07-09 16:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1128FRENCH FURIOUS OVER MOROCCO'S "MALADROIT"
[...] (C) A French diplomatic colleague (protect) privately admitted July 9 that the upper reaches of the French government were furious about the postponement/cancellation of the Sarkozy visit planned for July 10. This was done directly between MFA Minister-Delegate Fassi Fihri and the Elysee at t [...]
2007-07-10 17:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO FR
07RABAT1145MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...]
2007-07-13 14:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC MO SP
07RABAT1155MOROCCO ELECTIONS: AMBITIOUS PARTY PLATFORMS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Less than two months before Morocco's lower house elections, political parties have just begun to promote their platforms, but this is still earlier than in previous cycles. All parties have put more emphasis on their platforms, which generally are more detailed, and they have wo [...]
2007-07-17 12:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT116REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: EL MOUMNI, Abdel Ali DOB: 1952 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: V 13625 Rank: Procureur du Roi Unit: Cour de Justice -- Meknes Purpose: to att [...]
2007-01-24 09:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1161THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH ON ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Mohammed Azeroual, Director-General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told polcouns on July 18 that Morocco "welcomed all initiatives" aimed at restarting the Arab-Israeli peace process and was eager to learn more about the modalities of the U.S. proposal unve [...]
2007-07-18 16:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RABAT117REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: ANEJJAR, Ahmed DOB: 1947 POB: Marrakech, Morocco CIN#: P 3407 Rank: O-7, Commander Unit: 2nd BIP - Benguerir Name: BADR, Azeddine DOB: [...]
2007-01-24 09:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT12COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte to travel to Morocco, January 8-10, 2007 for the purpose of participating in Iran public diplomacy outreach discussions with senior-level GOM officials and the media. 2. Control Officer is Deputy Political [...]
2007-01-05 10:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA MO
07RABAT1223PM CLAIMS AND RECEIVES CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL TERM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the customary end-of-term address, Prime Minister Driss Jettou gave parliament an upbeat assessment of his accomplishments since 2002. He focused on political, economic, and social reform, as well as stability and treatment of Berbers. Jettou also touched on ways in which [...]
2007-07-27 16:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM ECON MO
07RABAT1229APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...]
2007-07-31 15:36:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA
07RABAT123262ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) We delivered the points conveyed reftel regarding the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita on July 26. He said that the GOM will be in flux until after the September 7 election, making it impossible to predict w [...]
2007-07-31 15:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
07RABAT1238MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...]
2007-08-01 12:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IC MO
07RABAT1248MOROCCO: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS HEAT UP IN FES, MEKNES
[...] (C) Summary: On a pre-election tour of the Moroccan "heartland," poloffs found broad cynicism towards elections and expectations of low voter turnout, even among some politicians. Fes, a spiritual center with a medieval core, and its imperial twin Meknes are politicized but less modernized t [...]
2007-08-02 14:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1249MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...]
2007-08-02 14:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID
07RABAT1255KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...]
2007-08-03 15:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI
07RABAT1258MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...]
2007-08-06 09:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS XF MO
07RABAT1272THE KING'S RIGHT-HAND MAN RESIGNS TO RUN FOR
[...] (U) Shocking the conventional wisdom, the Royal Palace announced the resignation of Fouad Ali El Himma from his post of Delegate Minister of the Interior late on August 7. The Palace said he was leaving his post to run in the upcoming elections "on equal footing with all Moroccan citizens." [...]
2007-08-09 16:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR XI
07RABAT1274MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: OPTIMISM FROM ACROSS THE ATLAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ FSN visited the largely Berber, rural-oriented Atlas and trans-Atlas towns of Azrou, Midelt and Errachidia preliminary to the September 7 parliamentary elections. Among the business associations, non-government organizations (NGOs),local government officials, [...]
2007-08-10 08:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT129REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FALSY, Mohammed DOB: 21 December 1956 POB: Kalaat Sraghna, Morocco CIN#: Y 3901 Rank: O-6 Unit: 3rd Bureau -- Rabat Purpose: to attend t [...]
2007-01-25 17:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1293DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MOROCCAN PARTICIPATION IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 16:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PREL
07RABAT130REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: CHICHAOUI, Youssef DOB: 31 December 1962 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN#: C 160726 Rank: O-3 Unit: 6 GAR - Tantan Purpose: to attend the Field [...]
2007-01-25 17:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT131REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MAAMAR, Kamal DOB: 21 July 1967 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 267392 Rank: O-4 Unit: 2 BSI -- Laayoune Purpose: to attend the Combined Log [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT132REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BOUATLAOUI, Mustapha DOB: 1 January 1963 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: L 128338 Rank: O-5 Unit: 2nd BIP -- Benguerir Purpose: to attend the [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1331INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION BEGINS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The organization of Morocco,s first-ever international election observation kicked off with a week-long pre-election assessment mission organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). In meetings with embassy and an August 15 press conference, the delegation recognized po [...]
2007-08-22 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO
07RABAT1335STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 14:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP
07RABAT1340STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED?
[...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]
2007-08-23 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT1343INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON LITERACY AND HEALTH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-24 14:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA
07RABAT1355MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST
[...] (SBU) In an information note released on August 9, the IMF outlined the positive conclusions of its 2007 Article IV consultations with Morocco. The Board praised Morocco's "remarkable economic progress" over the course of recent years, noting that growth has accelerated, inflation has been co [...]
2007-08-28 14:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD MA
07RABAT1387MOROCCO REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 MEETING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 16:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MO TRGY
07RABAT1392MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT,
[...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]
2007-09-04 16:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1393MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT,
[...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]
2007-09-04 16:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1394MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT,
[...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]
2007-09-04 16:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1395MOROCCO'S EASTERN PROVINCE UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During a pre-election visit to Morocco,s eastern province emboffs found a broad lack of enthusiasm toward parliamentary elections, particularly among youth and women. Youth of the region feel they have no role in the current political system, and consequently, do not plan to vot [...]
2007-09-04 17:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT141COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...]
2007-01-26 13:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO
07RABAT1417MOROCCO'S SEPTEMBER 7 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's September 7 parliamentary elections will be its first in five years and second of King Mohammed VI's reign. A crowded, fragmented field of 33 political parties will be competing for the 325 seats in Parliament's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, of which 30 seats a [...]
2007-09-07 10:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV MO
07RABAT1419MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS TO GROW BUT NO GREEN
[...] (C) Summary: We project the September 7 election for the Lower House of Parliament will return only a modest change in the Chamber, though it could produce a different-looking government. We expect 17 parties in the new House, none with a majority, none even with more than half the seats in a [...]
2007-09-07 12:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1421MOROCCO ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 GMT
[...] (SBU) General parliamentary elections, Morocco's first in five years, are being staged today, September 7. Polling stations opened across the country at 0800 GMT. 10 teams from Embassy Rabat and Consulate Casablanca deployed to the field are reporting apparently light to moderate turnout. [...]
2007-09-07 13:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT1429MOROCCAN MINORITY RETURNS EXISTING MAJORITY
[...] (C) Summary: A paltry third of the Moroccan electorate returned the current majority parties in the September 7 parliamentary elections. The vote was fair and transparent. The low turnout of 37 percent and high number of blank or protest ballots are a sharp critique of the political parties, [...]
2007-09-10 10:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV MO
07RABAT143ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS THWART OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 19, A PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY ADVISED THE EMBASSY THAT IT WAS "POSTPONING" AN INVITATION TO THE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON JANUARY 23. THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION WAS APPARENTLY IN REACTION TO PRESSURE COORDINATED BY A COALITION OF DOMESTIC NGOS. PULLI [...]
2007-01-26 13:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1433DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]
2007-09-11 07:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1441MOROCCAN UNGA DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 14:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MO UNGA
07RABAT1460PRESIDENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA
[...] (C) Summary. Morocco has placed increasing priority on democracy and human rights, including a commitment by its executive monarch, King Mohammed VI to build a "culture of human rights" from the Ambassador down, Embassy Rabat works to promote Human Rights in Morocco through transformational d [...]
2007-09-13 09:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1466DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the points conveyed reftels during a September 13 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs Abdelmounaim El Farouk, urging the Government of Morocco (GOM) to support Felice Gaer's candidacy to the Committee Against Torture (CAT [...]
2007-09-14 09:36:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC MO
07RABAT1478MOROCCO RAMPS DOWN SECURITY THREAT LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Morocco's Interior Ministry announced September 15 that it was lowering its state of alert from "maximum" to "medium." The Interior Minister was subsequently quoted in the press explaining that the decision to ramp down was made for the same reasons that they had initially raised the th [...]
2007-09-17 16:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER MO
07RABAT1482MOROCCO WANTS TO PURCHASE F-16S
[...] (S) Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) General Abdelaziz Bennani, Morocco's Chief of Defense Equivalent, telephoned the Ambassador late evening September 16 to inform that Morocco decided to select the F-16 aircraft to upgrade its aging fighter fleet. 2. (S) Subsequently, i [...]
2007-09-18 12:22:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL MO
07RABAT1484ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL - MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Econoff first discussed the points conveyed reftels during a June 15 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division Chief for International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi, urging the Government of Morocco to support holding the WIPO Director General accountable for his actions and abuses. [...]
2007-09-18 14:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MO WIPO
07RABAT1495KING NAMES ISTIQLAL PARTY HEAD EL FASSI NEW PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Local media report that King Mohammed VI named Abbas El Fassi as the new Prime Minister on September 19. Abbas is the Secretary General and leader of the "nationalist" Istiqlal Party, which won the most seats in Parliamentary elections a fortnight ago. Abbas, as Minister of St [...]
2007-09-19 18:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT150MOROCCO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR 2012 TANGIER EXPO
[...] (U) Summary; The Moroccan government kicked off its campaign for Tangier's bid for the 2012 International Expo by convoking the diplomatic corps to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, January 23, for a presentation outlining its plans. Minister-delegate Fassi-Fihri stressed the impor [...]
2007-01-29 13:36:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MA
07RABAT1504MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: MORE TRANSPARENT BUT A SOUR
[...] (C) As the dust settles after Morocco's 2007 Parliamentary elections, we are hearing increasing complaints, despite the government's continued openness after polls hailed internationally for their unprecedented transparency. Two factors are leaving a sour aftertaste. First, the low participa [...]
2007-09-21 13:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL MO
07RABAT1513MOROCCO ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 62ND UN GENERAL
[...] (C) Drawing from ref A, Polcouns provided MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita an overview of U.S. priorities for the upcoming UN General Assembly session during a September 18 meeting. Bourita reacted to several points in the presentation: -- On Iraq, he noted Morocco's consisten [...]
2007-09-21 16:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1515IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA MEETING
[...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita, Polcouns expressed U.S. appreciation for Morocco's strong message at the recent IAEA Board of Governors meeting and drew from reftel to emphasize the U.S. view that DG ElBaradei's "Plan of Action" represented a la [...]
2007-09-21 16:17:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM MO IR
07RABAT1516SAHARA: MOROCCAN VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING FOURTH
[...] (C) During a September 18 meeting, MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita told polcouns that Morocco would press during the upcoming Fourth Committee session for a "cleaned up" consensus fourth committee resolution that reflected the spirit of UNSCR 1754. Bourita said past resolutions w [...]
2007-09-21 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1522ISLAMIST DISSIDENT: LOW TURNOUT PROVES
[...] (C) A leader of the dissident Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) told us that the low turnout in Morocco's September 7 elections were a failed referendum on the regime. He believed that the turnout was actually below the reported 37 percent. He stressed that the JCO had not activ [...]
2007-09-25 09:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV MO
07RABAT1541ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MOROCCO'S NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi will take charge this month of an economy that has performed well over the last five years. He follows in the footsteps of a Prime Minister who is generally regarded as having been one of the strongest in Morocco's history, and whose busine [...]
2007-09-27 14:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR MO
07RABAT1542MOROCCO: BREAD RIOT SHAKES BUCOLIC HAMLET
[...] (C) Summary: A rise in the price of subsidized bread, though hastily retracted by the GOM (reftel),nonetheless prompted a riot September 23 that caused serious property damage, numerous injuries, and at least 30 arrests in the normally tranquil hamlet of Sefrou, about 30 KM south of Fes. Tho [...]
2007-09-27 16:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MO
07RABAT1556AMU PROPOSAL TO "INSTITUTIONALIZE" U.S. - MAGHREB
[...] (C) In an October 1 meeting, Zoheir Merchaoui, Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Minister-Plenipotentiary and Counselor for Political Affairs and Information, told A/Polcouns that AMU Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya returned from New York encouraged by the September 27 meeting of AMU Foreign Minister [...]
2007-10-01 16:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL XF
07RABAT1575MOROCCAN DEMARCHE ON FOURTH COMMITTEE SAHARA
[...] (C) On the afternoon of October 4, Moroccan MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale summoned chiefs of mission from SIPDIS OAS states resident in Rabat to a demarche anticipating wrangling over the text of a Western Sahara resolution in the UN Fourth Committee, set to begin next week. In addition [...]
2007-10-04 16:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO XA XF
07RABAT1586MOROCCAN REBUTTAL OF ALGERIAN DRAFT 4TH COMMITTEE
[...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale convoked Ambassador and counterparts from the Americas again on October 9, to discuss UNGA Fourth Committee consideration of the Western Sahara issue. Hilale called this follow-up to his briefing of October 5 (ref. A),to explain the Moroccan response to [...]
2007-10-09 17:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AG MO
07RABAT159SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. In response to reftel, Mission Morocco submits the names of the following five women. Latifa Jbabdi Jbabdi is a well-known Moroccan human rights advocate. She is a founding member of the Moroccan Association fo [...]
2007-01-30 08:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL
07RABAT1599MOROCCAN PUBLIC AND PALACE IRE PROMPTS REPORTED
[...] (C) Summary: Propelled by mounting palace and public ire over shameless wrangling for ministerial portfolios, leaders of Morocco's returning coalition parties appear to have reached at least informal agreement on a new government, just in time for the October 12 Parliament opening. In the mor [...]
2007-10-12 07:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV MO
07RABAT1601PROPOSED NEW MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE TFF AS
[...] (SBU) Multiple press reports indicate that PM-designate Abbas El-Fassi submitted late October 11 his nominations for the Council of Ministers to King Mohammed VI. There are some inconsistencies in the different reports and the lists remain unofficial and unconfirmed. The King could render hi [...]
2007-10-12 11:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT1607MOROCCO: NEW CABINET SWORN IN
[...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of October 15, King Mohammed VI swore in the cabinet assembled by new Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi. As predicted ref A, Taieb Fassi Fihri is Morocco's new Foreign Minister. The other "sovereign" ministries - Defense, Interior, and Islamic Affairs, remain in t [...]
2007-10-15 18:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MO
07RABAT1617MOROCCO: AN INSIDE LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi, sworn in on October 15, is an experienced and seasoned politician with four past Ministerial stints and a ten year diplomatic career. El-Fassi was chosen PM as leader of the largest party in the incoming parliament, but there are doubts about his e [...]
2007-10-18 09:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT164SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...]
2007-01-30 16:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC
07RABAT1641REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national(s): Name: RADOUANE, Mohssine DOB: Sept 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 362246 Rank: Lt-Col (O-5) Unit: Centre d'Instruction d'Artillerie - Me [...]
2007-10-25 14:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1647NEW PARLIAMENT: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WITH SPOTLIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's parliament has begun its new session with a minority government composed of 146 members of the 325 seat Chamber of Representatives. The failure of PM Abbas El-Fassi's coalition negotiations led to direct intervention by the Palace. The King reportedly gave a cabinet li [...]
2007-10-25 16:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1649MOROCCO RESPONSE - WHO IGWG 5-10 NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) On October 25, econoff delivered points conveyed in reftel to Sellam Berrada, Chief of Staff for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Berrada was aware of the upcoming Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) meeting in Geneva November 5-10, but appeared complet [...]
2007-10-25 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR WHO MO
07RABAT1652MOROCCAN PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his inaugural speech to Parliament on October 24, incoming Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi outlined an ambitious but vague economic program that largely represents continuation of efforts undertaken by Prime Minister Jettou and his team. Fassi pledged to seek to raise Morocc [...]
2007-10-26 16:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN MO
07RABAT1657SARKOZY SWEEPS MOROCCO OFF ITS FEET
[...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's October 22-24 visit to Morocco was viewed as a success by both sides. During a star-like visit and speech to the Moroccan parliament, Sarkozy offered the most explicit French statement to date in support of Morocco's autonomy plan as the basis for a negotiate [...]
2007-10-29 16:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO FR
07RABAT1661MOROCCAN COMMITMENT TO NEXT ROUND OF WESTERN
[...] (C) On October 26, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita, providing an initial response, underscored Morocco's commitment expressed at Manhasset II to participate in the next round. As conveyed then to Van Walsum, Morocco is in process of government formation and the government was still not offi [...]
2007-10-29 17:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC MO
07RABAT1672MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND
[...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...]
2007-10-31 12:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO
07RABAT1676DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST
[...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]
2007-10-31 13:07:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1677MOROCCAN RESPONSE - U.S. IMO CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 13:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA MO
07RABAT1687TIMING IS EVERYTHING: MOROCCANS IRKED BY FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: The timing of two recent judicial actions in Western Europe has irked Morocco. The past ten days have seen a French indictment of senior Moroccan officials in connection with the 1965 disappearance of a political dissident in Paris, and the launch of a Spanish inquest into allege [...]
2007-11-02 10:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MO FR SP
07RABAT1688MOROCCO COMMITTED TO NEXT ROUND OF SAHARA TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Chief of Staff and I/O Chief Nasser Bourita confirmed PolCouns November 1 Morocco's determination to pursue UN-sponsored negotiations with the POLISARIO Front, and to clarify the issue of time and place for the next round. He said this can only begin when Morocco's new govern [...]
2007-11-02 12:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO WS
07RABAT1690VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FORMALLY INVESTS A SHAKY
[...] (C) Summary: An October 31 parliamentary vote of confidence formally invested Prime Minister El-Fassi's cabinet with full constitutional authority to govern. Due to the absence of almost one quarter of the members, the government was confirmed with less than a majority of the 325 seats in the [...]
2007-11-02 13:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1695MOROCCANS FURIOUS OVER SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan government is reacting strongly to the announced visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Following blistering criticism of the intended visit by PM El-Fassi and Information Minister Naciri, the GOM announced in the afternoon of Nove [...]
2007-11-02 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO SP
07RABAT1698ARABIC TRANSLATION FOR 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO
07RABAT1699MOROCCO LAUNCHES AGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE
[...] (U) Summary: The Moroccan government on October 31 launched an aggressive campaign to publicize the country's new anti-money laundering statute and to educate concerned institutions about their responsibilities under the legislation. Moroccan Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri was join [...]
2007-11-05 17:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT1706MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO
[...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political spect [...]
2007-11-07 15:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO SP
07RABAT1707MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO
[...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political [...]
2007-11-07 15:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO SP
07RABAT1712MOROCCO MOVES GINGERLY TOWARDS FOREIGN EXCHANGE
[...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A series of new circulars issued by Morocco's Office des Changes this fall represents further intensification of preparations for the country's medium term goal of transitioning to a freely floating exch [...]
2007-11-07 17:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD MO
07RABAT1719MOROCCO - FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
[...] (SBU) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM, which includes combating terrorism finance, cash couriers, and money laundering. Post's CT working group coordinates numerous CT related programs managed by t [...]
2007-11-08 13:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN MO
07RABAT1721MOROCCO: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON ANNAPOLIS,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director-General for Multilateral Relations Amb. Mohammed Azeroual stressed Morocco's support for the Annapolis peace conference and the Kingdom's "excellent" contacts with Israel during a November 7 meeting. Azeroual, who is de facto P-level and focused mainly on Arab and Is [...]
2007-11-08 16:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO XF
07RABAT1723ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 18:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1728WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES MOROCCO DROPS UNHCR CBM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]
2007-11-09 18:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1729CORRECTED COPY: WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES: MOROCCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]
2007-11-09 18:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1730NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS
[...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]
2007-11-09 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1731DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the GOM MFA General Director of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani. Amrani said the GOM, and he personally, remained very supportive of the Community of Democracies (CD). However, he was concerned about any panel discussions [...]
2007-11-09 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1752GOM WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION, BUT...
[...] (C) On November 16, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM supports and would co-sponsor and vote for the UN resolution condemning rape as an instrument to achieve political/military objectives if it appeared that it would be adopted by consensus. If no consensus could b [...]
2007-11-16 19:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA
07RABAT1754DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15,
[...] (C) On November 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to GOM MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale, along with a copy of the U.S. press release. Charge, accompanied by Polcouns and Poloff, added that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA had been selective, incomplete, and reactive. He noted that Iran [...]
2007-11-19 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT177OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION
[...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed support for the Euro MENA fund. There is increasing activity in the venture capital field in Morocco, and indeed the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is helping a Moroccan partner organize a roundtable on the subject [...]
2007-02-01 10:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV LE JO AL MO EG
07RABAT1771DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO ACTION MOTION
[...] (C) On November 21, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated that the GOM would either vote against the no-action motion o [...]
2007-11-21 13:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1772DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION TO THE ELIMINATION OF
[...] (C) On November 21, poloff discussed the re-election of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel) with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane. 2. (C) Farhane responded that he could not provide an immediate answer but the [...]
2007-11-21 13:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1773CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO
[...] (C) On November 21, in a meeting with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated t [...]
2007-11-21 13:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1774DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 18:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07RABAT1807MOROCCO/SAHARA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLISARIO, BUT
[...] (C) MFA Director-General Hilale convoked Ambassador Riley and other P-5 Chiefs of Mission December 4 to discuss Sahara. Hilale said the GOM is concerned that the POLISARIO's General Congress will be held this year in Tifarity, on Moroccan-claimed territory but on the POLISARIO-controlled sid [...]
2007-12-04 18:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07RABAT18102008 BUDGET'S DIFFICULT PASSAGE UNDERSCORES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's lower house approved the government's 2008 budget on Saturday, December 1, after a raucous debate that saw opposition deputies accuse the government of misusing its constitutional power to rule opposition amendments out of order. The budget's torturous passage through [...]
2007-12-05 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV MO
07RABAT1812AMU SYG INSISTS ECONOMIC COOPERATION KEY TO
[...] (C) Summary: AMU Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya recently outlined for the Ambassador his view that economic cooperation was the most promising driver for unity and integration in the Maghreb. The agenda for a December 10 economic ministerial in Tripoli would include a draft regional free [...]
2007-12-05 17:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECIN ETRD ECON PREL XA
07RABAT1813AMU SYG MOVING TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE WITH U.S.,
[...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya was charged by AMU Foreign Ministers with pursuing enhanced dialogue with the U.S. during their November 30 meeting in Rabat, according to both AMU and GOM sources. The preceding week, Benyahya told the Ambassador that [...]
2007-12-05 17:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN XA
07RABAT1814WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND,
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]
2007-12-05 18:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1818IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]
2007-12-06 17:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1826DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (C) On December 10, poloff discussed the UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions (reftels) with MFA Humanitarian Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq. 2. (C) El Farouq responded that he did not expect the GOM to change its position on any of the resolutions it had voted for [...]
2007-12-10 13:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNGA
07RABAT1836HELPING AMERICAN SCHOOLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In recent weeks, the clock has run out on the Embassy's eight-year attempt to secure an agreement with the Government of Morocco (GOM) to gain formal status and tax advantages for the five American schools in Morocco. Though the GOM has not yet provided a f [...]
2007-12-13 17:18:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDASCH AMGT EFIN PREL MO
07RABAT1837MOROCCO EXPRESSES SYMPATHY/SOLIDARITY WITH ALGERIA
[...] (SBU) Widespread Moroccan media coverage of Tuesday's bombings in Algiers noted King Mohamed VI's telephone call to President Bouteflika, expressing personal condolence for the tragedy. The King also made a public statement condemning the bombings and expressing Morocco's sympathy and solida [...]
2007-12-13 17:51:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO
07RABAT1838AL-ADL WAL IHSANE: MAJOR MOROCCAN ISLAMIST GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Al-Adl wal-Ihsane, widely assessed as Morocco's largest Islamist organization, concluded its recent annual meeting warning of a "catastrophic" political and economic crisis in Morocco and calling for comprehensive reform, while flatly rejecting violence and terrorism. A prominent [...]
2007-12-13 18:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER MO
07RABAT1843ECONOMIC AGENDA AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN MOROCCO'S
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) advocates a market economy and has emphasized its commitment to combat corruption as a key to spurring economic growth and job creation. Like other parties, the PJD has focused more on general economic goals and offered less i [...]
2007-12-14 15:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL MO
07RABAT1850G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...]
2007-12-17 13:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS MO
07RABAT1852OSAC/CRIME SAFETY REPORT FOR MOROCCO
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to requirements posed in reftel. I. CRIME/SAFETY: Though crime has generally not posed a significant risk to visitors in terms of personal safety, it is necessary to take prudent security precautions appropriate for any major American city. The U.S [...]
2007-12-18 09:24:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MO
07RABAT1857MOROCCO BERBERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Berber (Amazight) activists want greater recognition and clout, a majority of Morocco's population Berbers are among its poorest citizens although there has been an expansion of Berber cultural rights, including in schools and media. Growing frustration among Berber youth may lead to viol [...]
2007-12-18 15:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM MO PREL
07RABAT1861WESTERN SAHARA CBM UPDATE.
[...] (U) UNHCR Sahara program Chief Mazen Abu Shenab briefed the Rabat diplomatic community December 12 on the HCR Confidence Building Measures for Western Sahara and the refugees. Mazen said in CPY 07 HCR had received S2.4 million in pledges for a $3.4 million program, but UNHCR covered the short [...]
2007-12-19 12:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO WI PHUM
07RABAT1862MOROCCO: ATTENDANCE AT OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR
[...] (SBU) PolCouns raised reftel request for Moroccan participation in the OSCE Tel Aviv Seminar with Directors General for Bilateral Affairs Yussef Amrani and for International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual (P-level) on December 13 and 14, stressing its importance to the partnership. Amrani c [...]
2007-12-19 12:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SOCI OSCE EG MO XF
07RABAT1863ISLAMISTS SETBACK IN "GAY WEDDING" CULTURE SKIRMISH
[...] (C) The case of an alleged gay wedding in a rural town led to a national debate over morality and forced government leaders to publicly call for tolerance. Convictions against six defendants implicated in the case were overturned on appeal despite strong pressure from Islamic newspapers, Imam [...]
2007-12-19 13:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1864MOROCCO: KING CRITICIZED AT ELECTION ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) The final reports of the international and domestic election observation efforts praised the Government of Morocco's (GOM) execution of the September 7 elections. Speakers at the roll-out, hosted by the royally sanctioned human rights council, were blunt in their criticism of parties and [...]
2007-12-19 15:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1868MOROCCO: TAKING STEPS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi launched the Fifth National Campaign to Eliminate Violence against Women on November 30 in Rabat, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. For the first time, the Government of Morocco (GOM) released official statistic [...]
2007-12-20 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1869MOROCCO: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[...] Summary: Women's rights have advanced in Morocco since the passage of the revised Moudawana (family code) in 2004, but challenges remain. The Government of Morocco (GOM) is providing medical and legal assistance for domestic violence victims. The Nationality Code has been changed to allow [...]
2007-12-20 12:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1871WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT?
[...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...]
2007-12-20 15:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM
07RABAT1873WESTERN SAHARA: THINKING ABOUT AUTONOMY AND
[...] (C) In the course of several visits to Western Sahara and conversations with contacts in Rabat, we have sensed the beginnings of a sometimes reluctant willingness by some pro-separatists, including human rights activists, to entertain the idea of autonomy rather than independence. Most Sahraw [...]
2007-12-20 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM UNSC MO
07RABAT1874EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS JAN 2008 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a December 20 meeting to discuss the EXBS proposal to hold an international transshipment conference in Morocco next year, as well as the postponement of a Charleston-based seaport interdiction course from December to Febru [...]
2007-12-20 16:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC KSTC PARM PREL MO
07RABAT1892007 MOROCCAN BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's 2007 budget, adopted in the just concluded fall parliamentary session, highlights both the economic successes of the government of Prime Minister Jettou and the challenges that will remain for his successor. In its broad outline, the budget reinforces the overall ma [...]
2007-02-02 09:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON MA
07RABAT194REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MASROUR, Najib DOB: 1 January 1957 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 158561 Rank: Colonel (O-6) Unit: Auxiliary Forces Hqs Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT195REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: MELLOUK, Zakaria DOB: 1 July 1973 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: SH 71192 Rank: Chief of Communications Radio Center Unit: Ministry of Interior [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT196REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: ENNAMOUSS, Mohammed DOB: 5 February 1968 POB: Kenitra, Morocco CIN#: G 218869 Rank: Major (O-4) Unit: CIB - Meknes Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT220THE NATIONALITY CODE IS AMENDED
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) In an action hailed by concerned Moroccans as a step towards democracy and equality, parliament passed an amendment to the Nationality Code allowing women married to non-Moroccan men to pass Moroccan citizensh [...]
2007-02-05 18:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CVIS KFEM MO
07RABAT224WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...]
2007-02-06 18:41:00Embassy RabatSECRETPBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO
07RABAT225MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PJD GEARING UP FOR PRIME TIME
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) may emerge from elections later this year as Morocco's single largest party in the directly-elected lower house of parliament. In recent conversations, key party leaders indicated confidence that the PJD could double (or more than [...]
2007-02-06 18:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL MO
07RABAT256HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]
2007-02-08 15:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT257GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (U) Further to reftel A, Post informally received on February 8 details regarding Morocco's delegation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting scheduled in Ankara, Turkey on February 12-13, 2007. Morocco will send a nine-member group consisting of the following individua [...]
2007-02-08 16:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKGIC KNNP PTER PREL MO
07RABAT265WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]
2007-02-09 12:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO
07RABAT266 REFORM MESSAGE FOR GOM DELEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: Although focused on the Western Sahara, the February 12-13 GOM visit led by Interior Minister Benmoussa also gives us an opportunity to promote democratic reform. In recent months, press freedom and freedom of expression have become increasingly sensitive issues. The date for the [...]
2007-02-09 12:55:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV
07RABAT273WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]
2007-02-09 16:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO
07RABAT275IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...]
2007-02-09 17:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNP MO IR
07RABAT277MOROCCO ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on February 9 informed Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the U.S.-Russia joint outreach plan for seven prospective partner n [...]
2007-02-09 18:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PREL KGIC MO
07RABAT286MOROCCO PRESIDENT OF AFCNDH
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On February 7, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Institutions (AFCNDH). Niger was elected to the vice-presidency; France was elected to the position o [...]
2007-02-12 09:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT289MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET,
[...] According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma, Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a "nation [...]
2007-02-12 14:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV MO
07RABAT290WESTERN SAHARA: GOM AUTONOMY DELEGATION HOLDS
[...] (SBU) The Moroccan delegation in Washington to discuss autonomy held a press conference in Rabat February 9 to discuss their meetings and Paris and Madrid and to brief local press on their effort. According to press accounts February 12, they disclosed no new details on the autonomy plan, but [...]
2007-02-12 15:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTBS PGOV MO
07RABAT291MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual, Polcouns urged Moroccan support for international peacekeeping forces being assembled for Darfur and Somalia. Azeroual responded that while Morocco was concerned about the situation in both p [...]
2007-02-12 18:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO MO
07RABAT292MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY
[...] POLOFF RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR HASSAN HAMI FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, MR. HAMI RESPONDED THAT THE GOM FULLY SUPPORTS KING ABDULLAH'S RECONCILIATION EFFORTS AND NOTED THAT THE GOM HAD CALLED FOR PALESTINIAN UNITY. ANY FURTHER SUBSTANTIVE GOM RESPONSE WILL BE SENT SEPTEL. *** [...]
2007-02-13 13:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MO
07RABAT295MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 14:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MO
07RABAT315DRL-FUNDED NGO EMPOWERED TO PROMOTE PRISON REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: USG assistance has succeeded in empowering a Moroccan non-governmental organization (NGO) to promote prison reform. The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP) has a mission to improve prisoners lives and prison conditions. In the past year, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and [...]
2007-02-15 16:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT328ROYAL AIR MAROC SERVICE TO CONAKRY MONDAY, 19 FEB
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 17:07:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR CASC GV MARR MO PINS PREL
07RABAT329TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 17:08:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC MO PREL PTER KTFN
07RABAT335MOROCCO AND THE PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Drawing on points conveyed reftel, Poloff met with Hassan Hami, Office Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15, to urge that Morocco avoid premature statements of support or engagement with the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) before its new [...]
2007-02-20 18:59:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RABAT337AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO REMOTE CORNERS OF MOROCCO
[...] Summary: The Ambassador conducted a series of outreach visits across Morocco January 31 - February 7. Taking advantage of the one-week availability of a USG C-12 aircraft, the Ambassador travelled "off the beaten path" to Errachidia, Figuig, and Oujda in the east, Al-Hoceima in the north, and [...]
2007-02-21 09:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KPAO MO
07RABAT355CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY -- A PROBLEM?
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Christian population is primarily expatriates; however, in the last few months, newspaper reports indicate that there is a growing number of local converts to Christianity. While the converts seem to lead "double" lives -- Muslim in public, Christian in private, they [...]
2007-02-23 10:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT360MOROCCO: ELECTION DATE SET, REDISTRICTING PLAN
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOM announced on February 22 that elections for the lower house of parliament will be staged on September 7. Most political parties, including those from the majority who supported a July bal [...]
2007-02-23 18:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT362AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE,
[...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...]
2007-02-26 09:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF
07RABAT368LARGEST U.S. INVESTOR SELLS MOROCCAN POWER PLANT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The largest American investor in Morocco, electric utility CMS Energy (CMS),has agreed to sell its $1.4 billion investment in Morocco, CMS Generation Company (CMSGC),to the Abu Dhabi National Electric Company (TAQA),pending approvals. CMSCG owns 50 percent of the Jorf Lasf [...]
2007-02-26 17:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEINV EIND ENRG EFTA MO
07RABAT375MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]
2007-02-27 11:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL MO
07RABAT376MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]
2007-02-27 11:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL MO
07RABAT377MOROCCAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMENTS ON
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy delivered Reftel demarche to MFA on February 21 PolCouns urged Abdellatif Bendahane, MFA Director of African Affairs to take advantage of any possible GOM influence to resolve the situation. 2. (C) On February 26 PolCouns and Poloff followed up with Bendahane, who clai [...]
2007-02-27 12:16:00Embassy RabatSECRETMO PGOV PREL
07RABAT38HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to acknowledge and concur with traveler's change in travel dates to Morocco. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat ****************************************** Riley [...]
2007-01-09 09:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA
07RABAT395A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...]
2007-03-01 10:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT396MOROCCO: LEADER OF ISLAMIST JCO DECRIES
[...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) denounced the Moroccan state as a corrupt and despotic regime and claimed government "persecution" of the group and its members was much worse today than in the era of Hassan II, in our first conversation [...]
2007-03-01 10:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM MO
07RABAT40COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DIMA TOUKAN
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for MEPI Political/Womens Issues Specialist, Dima Toukan, to travel to Marrakech, Morocco, January 14-17, 2007 for the purpose of attending the IREX Media Sustainability Index Conference. 2. Post understands traveler requires no further as [...]
2007-01-09 11:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA MO
07RABAT403MFA DISCUSSES REFORM AND COUNTERTERRORISM WITH
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 28, a visiting CAPSTONE delegation, led by Admiral (Ret.) Henry Chiles, met with MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to discuss bilateral and SIPDIS security issues. Highlighting Mor [...]
2007-03-02 09:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER MO
07RABAT404THERE'S A NEW PRINCESS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) A salute of 21 cannon shots boomed across Rabat from El Mechouar Palace shortly after 8 p.m. on February 28 to announce the birth of the king's second child, Princess Lalla Khadija. Naming the baby Khadija, [...]
2007-03-02 09:18:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MO
07RABAT406MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane, UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 ( [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP UNSC MO IR
07RABAT417MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]
2007-03-02 18:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL XF
07RABAT419GOM SAYS NIGER ASKS FOR HELP VS TERROR GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 20:25:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PTBS MOPS AL MO NG
07RABAT423MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS; FEBRUARY 2007
[...] (U) The following is a round-up of recent economic developments of note in Morocco: 2. (U) Money Laundering Law Advances: Morocco's long-delayed anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance statute was unanimously approved by members of the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee [...]
2007-03-05 16:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ECPS EINT ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
07RABAT43COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICIALS TO
[...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to ICE officials Senior Special Agent Grave Curcetti, and Import Specialists Tonda Fuller and Mark Palasek, to travel to Morocco, January 20 - February 9, 2007 for the purpose of conducting textile production verification Team (TPVT) visits [...]
2007-01-09 13:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA DHSX MO
07RABAT447REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON ADVOCACY REQUEST BY U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests L guidance on how to respond to a request from U.S. investor IAG Manufacturing, a bankrupt manufacturer of body armor, for USG assistance in addressing the "injustice" it claims it has suffered as a result of the Moroccan legal system's failure [...]
2007-03-09 10:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV BEXP MA
07RABAT458MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]
2007-03-12 10:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT49UN-REFOULEING THE REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: The refoulement of UNHCR-documented refugees (reftels) appears to have been largely and well resolved. The Embassy intervened with the MFA urging the GOM treat humanely refugee and asylum seekers and work constructively with UNHCR. MFA Secretary General Hilale told Ambassador [...]
2007-01-10 17:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT493RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN
[...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]
2007-03-19 08:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT494RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN
[...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]
2007-03-19 08:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT496MOROCCO: FRIDAY SERMON USES ISLAM TO BLAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 16 Friday sermon, heard at mosques throughout Morocco (and broadcast nationally),concentrated scathing criticism on the phenomenon of terrorism in general and suicide bombing in particular, obviously prompted by the (abortive) March 11 terrorist incident in Casablanca [...]
2007-03-19 09:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL MO
07RABAT517PARDONS FOR TERRORISTS?
[...] (C) Summary: In Morocco, the granting of royal pardons substitutes for a parole system. The issue of royal pardons for Islamic extremists is beginning to receive public attention in Morocco. The recent Casablanca suicide bomber was among those imprisoned after the 2003 bombing then releas [...]
2007-03-22 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT527ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 17:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MO XF
07RABAT528ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and trade among member states to advance regional integration, in a March 2 meeting. "We can't wait for a miracle political solution," he emphasized. Ben Yahya ci [...]
2007-03-23 17:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MO AG LY TS MR XA XF
07RABAT549MOROCCO: (ISLAMIST) PJD LEADER DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Abdallah Baha, Deputy Secretary-General of Morocco's (Islamist) Party of Justice and Development (PJD),complained to poloff during a mid-March meeting that the party believed the electoral system was unfairly tilted against them. He said the party nonetheless expects to do well [...]
2007-03-27 10:59:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL MO
07RABAT565MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 17:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTBS MO FR AL
07RABAT572SAHARANS ON AUTONOMY: PRO AND CON, BUT NO ONE'S
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a week-long visit to the Western Sahara, Rabat Polcouns found many supporters of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. Many residents, however, including what a veteran observer described as a majority of the original inhabitants, were opposed - unsurprising g [...]
2007-03-30 10:38:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT573WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...]
2007-03-30 10:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT576MOROCCO STILL CONSIDERING F-16 PURCHASE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Ambassador met with Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) General Abdelaziz Bennani, Morocco,s Chief of Defense equivalent, to discuss the potential purchase of F-16 aircraft by the GOM. Clarifying the Moroccan military's position on the potential fighter [...]
2007-03-30 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RABAT594WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR CBMS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rabat strongly urges the Department to look favorably upon requests for continued financial support of UNHCR's "confidence building measures" (CBMs) program in Western Sahara. The CBMs have injected a hopeful and positive element into a conflict which has often seemed in [...]
2007-04-04 11:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KPKO MO
07RABAT597BFIF SUPPORT FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA CLOSE OUT REPORT
[...] Summary. The FY-06 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) program approved $11,000 for Embassy Rabat to support the U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in its initial year of implementation. Post proposed to use the funds to bolster the American Chamber of Commerce's (AmCham) prog [...]
2007-04-04 16:23:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR ECIN EFTA EIND ETRD MO
07RABAT601WESTERN SAHARA: THOUGHTS ON THE USG APPROACH
[...] (C) Summary: As we prepare for UN discussion of the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, Embassy Rabat would like to offer several thoughts for consideration on the USG's approach to the very delicate Western Sahara process. The Moroccans have been conducting extensive and far-reaching consultati [...]
2007-04-05 18:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KPKO MO
07RABAT606PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER DEFENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 27 meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohamed Said El Alami told Ambassador that new legislation before parliament will require senior GOM officials to declare their assets. Contrary to the charges of some members of parliament and press speculation, the Minist [...]
2007-04-06 14:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT613MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY
[...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...]
2007-04-09 18:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO
07RABAT619MOROCCO IMPLEMENTS AGADIR AGREEMENT-- WITH A CATCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after its signature and nearly a year after it technically entered into force, Morocco on March 27 finally published the customs circular necessary to implement the Agadir Agreement. That accord, signed by Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and Egypt in 2004, established a [...]
2007-04-10 15:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN ETRD MA
07RABAT638A MODERATE ISLAMIST MAYOR - THE PJD IN MEKNES
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Bakr Belkora, the moderate Islamist mayor of Meknes, told poloff he was wrestling with poverty and governance issues during an April 10 visit to the city. Meknes is Morocco's sixth largest city and the largest local government controlled by the (moderate Islamist) Party of Jus [...]
2007-04-12 15:55:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV MO
07RABAT641EMBASSY'S INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary. In support of implementation of our bilateral free trade agreement with Morocco, Mission Morocco recently hosted an investment conference for potential foreign investors in the automotive parts sector, a key priority of Moroccan industrial policy. The event highlighted success s [...]
2007-04-13 10:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ECIN EIND ETRD EINV MO
07RABAT656SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1130 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 GMT on Saturday April 14 two suicide bombers detonated the explosives they were carrying at two locations on Boulevard Moulay Yousef in central Casablanca. One detonation occurred near a police van stationed diagonally across the street from the Consulate General. [...]
2007-04-14 11:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC AMGT
07RABAT657SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1500 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee at 1145 GMT to review information and next steps following the detonation of two suicide bombs near the U.S. Consulate General and the American Language Center in Casablanca at approximately 0900 GMT on April 14. Consul-General Ca [...]
2007-04-14 15:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT658SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1945 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) At 1700 GMT, DCM convened the Embassy's full EAC, including (via telephone) members of Casablanca's core EAC, to review the latest information, steps taken, and next steps in light of this morning's suicide attacks near the U.S. Consulate-General and American Language Center (ALC) in Cas [...]
2007-04-14 19:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT660MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR RILEY MEETS WITH WALI IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 10:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MO
07RABAT675AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: With Morocco,s next legislative election fast approaching, the Ambassador called on leaders of the three largest parties in the ruling coalition to discuss preparations for September's ballot as well party plans to increase voter participation, particularly among youth. All thre [...]
2007-04-18 07:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
07RABAT680PARTY FOR PROGRESS AND SOCIALISM LEADER STRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: Ismail Alaoui, leader of the (leftist) Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS),and Minister of Communication Benabdallah, told the Ambassador April 4 their party had an election platform heavily focused on combating corruption. The formerly communist PPS is a member of the gover [...]
2007-04-18 16:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
07RABAT681GOM DENIES RUMORS OF FUTURE ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Energy (MOE) officials deny recent press allegations, appearing in the "L'Economiste" newspaper and attributed to National Electricity Office (ONE) sources, that Morocco will face a shortage of electricity starting in 2008. They concede that demand for electricity [...]
2007-04-18 18:23:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EIND ENRG MO
07RABAT683THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE
[...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...]
2007-04-18 21:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC
07RABAT701MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT,"
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]
2007-04-20 18:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT704ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]
2007-04-23 07:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT712MOROCCO REACHES INVESTMENT GRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fitch Ratings' April 19 decision to raise Morocco to investment grade has been welcomed by Moroccan government and media as a vote of confidence in the country's ongoing economic reforms. Fitch noted Moroccan progress across the range of "economic, political and social areas," [...]
2007-04-23 16:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON MA
07RABAT742MOROCCO: UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT
[...] (U) Summary: The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is supporting "Promoting Women's Role(s) in the Transitional Justice Process in Morocco" with a $350,000 grant for a two-year period (reftel A). This project is being implemented by UNIFEM North Africa in coordination with the Consultati [...]
2007-04-26 09:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL OIIP MO
07RABAT744WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...]
2007-04-26 12:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT745PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...]
2007-04-26 14:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PREL MO
07RABAT751MOROCCO TERRORISM: MINISTER BRIEFS ON CT STEPS,
[...] (C) In remarks before parliament on April 25, Minister of Interior Benmoussa warned that the threat from terrorism is real and always present. He detailed efforts to upgrade security across the country and said there have been 59 terror-related arrests since March 11. A parliamentary contact [...]
2007-04-26 17:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT777AMB. MEETING WITH FM BENAISSA ON CONSULATE GENERAL
[...] (S) Summary and comment: Meeting with Amb. Riley April 27, FM Benaissa had no new information on prospects for GOM action to close two lanes of traffic in front of Consulate General Casablanca to create necessary security setback. Benaissa said Moroccan police services are working to effectiv [...]
2007-04-27 16:47:00Embassy RabatSECRETASEC CASC CVIS MO PREL
07RABAT785SPECIAL 301 MOROCCO 2007
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered points in reftel in separate meetings on April 30 with Houda Marrakchi, Head of the Free Trade Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the Ministry's North America division. Both expressed pleasure with USTR's decision. Marr [...]
2007-04-30 15:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR MA
07RABAT786NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CASABLANCA BOMBINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The series of suicide bombings in Casablanca over the last month and resultant country-wide security alert has had only a limited economic impact. Tourism, Morocco's major source of foreign exchange revenue, has remained resilient. Major destinations including Fes and Marrakech [...]
2007-04-30 16:04:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MA
07RABAT852MOROCCO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAGGING
[...] (C) Summary: Poorer than expected results have prompted the GOM to extend by another week open season for voter registration. So far less than half of the anticipated three million new and updated registrations have been processed. This could be an early indicator of voter apathy, or worse, [...]
2007-05-11 18:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT864MOROCCO ON BELARUS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) In a May 14 meeting with Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the Social and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poloff urged Morocco to use its vote at the upcoming elections for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to elect countries with strong human rights record [...]
2007-05-15 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT880BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...]
2007-05-17 11:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT889AML: MOROCCO'S NEW LAW ENTERS INTO FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering statute officially entered into force on May 3, 2007, with its publication in the country's "Bulletin Officiel." Moroccan officials tell us they are currently working to finish the decrees that will implement the new law, and that th [...]
2007-05-18 12:04:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT890S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...]
2007-05-18 16:30:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KISL ASEC MO
07RABAT905DEATH OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER LEAVES VACUUM
[...] (C) Summary: Supporters of reform in Morocco will miss Driss Benzekri, the leading proponent of the nascent Moroccan "culture of human rights." His death on May 20 leaves the Moroccan effort to strengthen human rights without a standard bearer. Benzekri's leadership of the Equity and Recon [...]
2007-05-23 13:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT909RE-PROGRAMMING FY2007 AML RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) With confirmation from Moroccan Finance Ministry officials that planned USG assistance to help establish Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and train its personnel would be most effective if provided in 2008, after the unit is up and running, post recommends that a portion of th [...]
2007-05-24 11:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT912CASABLANCANS REACT TO CONTINUED POST CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary: In the more than five weeks since two suicide bombers detonated near the Consulate General, the atmosphere among the populace has gone from sympathetic concern to frustration and anger. Even many Moroccans who offered support immediately after the explosions now feel that the c [...]
2007-05-24 15:20:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT933HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...]
2007-05-30 12:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT935MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY
[...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...]
2007-05-30 17:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL MO
07RABAT940UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: While recent weeks have seen many demonstrations of Sahrawis in Moroccan universities, unrest inside the territory remains limited. At least nine Sahrawi students have recently received jail terms for their role in demonstrations. In Sahara, Layoune reportedly remains [...]
2007-05-31 18:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT942MOROCCO SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) During a May 31 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division Chief for United Nations Affairs Azzedine Farhane told poloff that Morocco is interested in potential USG assistance for Morocco,s planned Global Initiative to Combat [...]
2007-06-01 13:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM PTER PREL KGIT MO
07RABAT947MOROCCO: PRESS CONFERENCE PREEMPTED, ISLAMIST JCO
[...] (C) Summary: A May 23 Moroccan security force operation preempted a press conference scheduled by the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),the large Islamist political organization which rejects the legitimacy of the monarchy. Though prevented from conducting their media event, the JCO iss [...]
2007-06-04 13:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PINR KISL
07RABAT95MINURSO FREE OF TIP/SEA PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy continues to believe Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are not a problem with the MINURSO mission in the Western Sahara. MINURSO Force Commander Maj. General Kurt Mosgaard told Polcouns that there had been two incidents that were of con [...]
2007-01-19 17:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV MO KPKO
07RABAT953MOROCCO RESPONSE TO U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 14:24:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EFIN ETRD KNNP MO UNSC
07RABAT955U/S LEVEY CONGRATULATES MOROCCO ON NEW AML LAW AND
[...] (S) Summary: In a series of meetings on May 29, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey congratulated GOM officials on the recent passage of Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering law and emphasized USG readiness to help with its implementation. He [...]
2007-06-06 08:54:00Embassy RabatSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT964MOROCCO ON AFRICOM
[...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...]
2007-06-07 08:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MO
07RABAT965MOROCCO ON AFRICOM
[...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...]
2007-06-07 08:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MO
07RABAT974MOROCCANS RECEIVE ISRAELI DELEGATION
[...] (C) During a June 5 meeting with DAS Carpenter (septel) Moroccan MFA Director-General Amrani said that he had received an Israeli MFA delegation for a full day of discussions in Rabat during the last week of May. The Israeli delegation was led by Policy Planning Chief Abramovitch and also the [...]
2007-06-08 18:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RABAT981MFA DG BRIEFS DAS GRAY ON MOROCCAN PLANS FOR
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley met with MFA Director General Bilateral (P-equiv.) Youssef Amrani June 11, on the margins of the AFRICOM briefing (septel) to discuss the Western Sahara. Amrani asserted that Morocco was faithfully implementing the UN Security Council Resolution on [...]
2007-06-11 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT994DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES OUTLOOK FOR ELECTIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During his June 4-6 visit, NEA DAS Scott Carpenter discussed the outlook for Morocco's September legislative elections a range of GOM and non-governmental contacts. There was broad consensus that the elections will be generally transparent and free of systematic fraud. Most civi [...]
2007-06-13 10:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MO
07RABAT996DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Communications Benabdellah told visiting DAS Carpenter during a June 6 meeting that the latest and presumably final draft of the revised press code reduced from 24 to four the number of categories of offenses that could land journalists in jail. He emphasized [...]
2007-06-13 11:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RANGOON1009BURMA: ACTIVISTS BEGIN TO TENTATIVELY REGROUP
[...] (C) Summary. A veteran political activist told Poloff that a handful of pro-democracy activists have tried to reorganize in Burma since the crackdown but are still unwilling to stage protests or other public demonstrations due to fear of immediate regime reprisals. GOB raids against monaste [...]
2007-10-10 10:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1012BURMESE GOVERNMENT PLAYING GAMES WITH INTERNET
[...] (C) Summary. The Burmese Government on October 9 granted Myanmar Teleport and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT),the two local internet providers, permission to reestablish internet connections at specific times during the day. We have observed that the internet is now avail [...]
2007-10-11 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1013BURMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID DR. CLAUDIA
[...] Embassy Rangoon grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of USAID Consultant Dr. Claudia Surjadjaja, to Burma October 21-25, 2007. Purpose of travel is to attend the 23rd meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Technical Cooperation in Pharmaceuticals, to be held in Rangoon. 2. Your E [...]
2007-10-11 09:48:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BM
07RANGOON1014BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...]
2007-10-11 09:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1015GOB CURFEW AND INTERNET BAN KILLING BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the GOB imposed a nightly curfew and banned outside internet access in order to derail political demonstrations, local businesses have also been derailed by the clampdown. Many companies, particularly those that traditionally do their best business at night, have be [...]
2007-10-11 09:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ELAB BM
07RANGOON1018ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Reports of ongoing arrests, torture, and deaths in custody continue to circulate although they are growing more difficult to confirm as more activists go into hiding and become increasingly nervous about meeting Embassy employees. The authorities have reportedly begun arresting relatives o [...]
2007-10-12 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1019BURMA: REGIME GUTS PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent 88 Generation Students leader Htay Kywe was arrested October 13 along with four other pro-democracy activists. American Center students continue to be detained and arrested, and the leader of the Tuesday Prayer Campaign has been confined to her township for one year. [...]
2007-10-15 10:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1025BURMA'S MONKS: PRAYING FOR THE REGIME TO FALL
[...] (C) Summary: One of Burma's most senior monks told us the recent demonstrations of monks in Rangoon had grown from spontaneous outrage to the Pakkoku incident and in response to calls for a boycott broadcast on the Burmese language stations. Though he could not speak for all forty-seven of [...]
2007-10-16 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1026BURMA: TRACK II PROCESS TRASHED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocates of engagement who looked to the unofficial European-led Track II process to reach key members of the GOB and offer concessions to promote further dialogue, were morose at the end of their October 2007 visit to Burma, which occurred shortly after the regime's latest brut [...]
2007-10-16 11:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1031BURMESE REGIME TALKS RESTRAINT BUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts confirmed authorities sentenced four NLD members to prison terms for their alleged roles in last month's protests, including an 85-year-old man. NLD sources reported three members of the NLD's youth wing were arrested in Mandalay on October 14. NLD Spokesman U [...]
2007-10-17 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1037BURMA: REGIME FOCUS ON "ROADMAP" IGNORES ABUSES
[...] (C) Summary. On October 18, the regime announced a new constitutional drafting commission amidst reports of ongoing arrests and convictions of pro-democracy activists. Embassy sources reported several family members of prominent monk U Gambira were arrested on October 16 and 17. NLD official [...]
2007-10-19 09:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1048AIR BAGAN LAMENTS LASTEST SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Air Bagan's Managing Director rejected claims that the company's profits were being used to prop up the Burmese regime during an October 23 meeting. Instead, he and his colleagues emphasized that the company's only mission was to develop Burma's deteriorating aviation sector. Th [...]
2007-10-23 08:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL EAIR BM
07RANGOON105BURMA XXXXXXXXXXXX REPORT SENSITIVE SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy contacts XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us on XXXXXXXXXXXX documents for 112 metric tons of "mixed ore" shipped on January 25 from Burma to China via Singapore. XXXXXXXXXXXX noticed that authorities treated the shipment as highly sensitive, and suspect it may have included uranium. O [...]
2007-01-30 10:23:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC BM CH
07RANGOON1056FEMINIST WRITERS' GROUP EXPRESSES OPTIMISM FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Writers for a local feminist magazine expressed optimism for the future of democracy in Burma. They noted that the demonstrations in September differed from the 1988 demonstrations because this time the international community was watching. They also felt that a new generation ha [...]
2007-10-24 10:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1060AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH REGIME LIAISON
[...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with newly appointed liaison Aung Kyi at the Government Guest House the afternoon of October 25. Burmese State Television announced Acting PM Thein Sein would be appointed Prime Minister and that Quarter Master General LT GEN Tin Aung Myint Oo would replace T [...]
2007-10-25 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1070BURMA: REPORTS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN KAREN STATE
[...] (C) Summary. A politically-active ethnic Karen relayed reports of renewed fighting in Karen State between KNU forces and the Burma Army-backed DKBA. The fighting reportedly began on October 28 when KNU forces attacked a Burma Army outpost in Kawkareik in southern Karen State. Our contact ci [...]
2007-10-30 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1076BURMA SANCTIONS HITTING THE REGIME WHERE IT HURTS
[...] (C) Summary. The Burmese regime, concerned about the latest U.S. economic sanctions, called several key businessmen to Nai Pyi Taw, including Tay Za and Steven Law, to discuss how best to deal with the sanctions. According to business contacts, the senior generals, unhappy with Tay Za for " [...]
2007-10-31 11:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON FIN PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1079BURMESE GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN CUTS OFF INTERNET
[...] (C) Summary. Following the renewed march by 200 monks in Pakokku on October 31, Burma once again finds itself with no internet access. On November 1, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MTC) and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),officially announced th [...]
2007-11-01 09:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON1093TAY ZA'S FAMILY TELLS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 6 meeting, Tay Za's older brother, Thiha, and Tay Za's eldest son, Pye Phyo Tay Za, responded to the latest U.S. sanctions and attempted to clarify the nature of Tay Za's relationship with the senior generals. Thiha questioned why the USG singled out Tay Za as a cr [...]
2007-11-07 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1094BURMA: ASSK FINE; USG URGED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's personal doctor treated her last week for a minor infection in her hand. Her doctor told us she had a good first meeting with Minister of Relations Aung Kyi and that the two would meet on a weekly basis. According to the doctor, last week's meeting was cancel [...]
2007-11-07 11:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1096GAMBARI ACHIEVES LITTLE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: We consider Gambari's most recent visit a failure, and most of the diplomatic and UN community based here agrees with us. He allowed himself to be held captive in the isolated capital, he only met with people the regime approved, and he obtained nothing but vague indications of [...]
2007-11-08 11:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1100AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS NLD LEADERS AND AUNG KYI
[...] (C) Summary: In a two hour meeting with her party's Central Executive Committee (CEC),Aung San Suu Kyi described Minister of Relations Aung Kyi as a good man with whom she could work. She also told them that she believed the regime had a "genuine will for national reconciliation" and dialog [...]
2007-11-09 11:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1103BURMA: THE KNU,S RELUCTANT FIST
[...] (S) Summary. KNU leaders said they believe tripartite dialogue offers the only path to real change, but they still have no faith in the regime to engage in genuine discussions. The KNU chairman said he would continue to work with other ethnic groups to apply political pressure on the governm [...]
2007-11-13 07:56:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1105BURMESE REGIME DESTROYS EDUCATION TO KEEP CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary. Myat Ko Ko, a member of the Embassy-funded Cosmopolitan Library Club, explained how the regime consolidates its power by destroying Burma's education system. While the children of the generals can afford to attend foreign universities, over 300,000 university students in Burma m [...]
2007-11-14 11:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1109BURMA: INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2006 and 2007. The country's economy remains dominated by state [...]
2007-11-15 08:37:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
07RANGOON1117WIF GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN,S EMPOWERMENT IN
[...] Embassy Rangoon recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for Locally-based Organizations: A. Identifying Information: --------------------------- a) Name of project: Strengthening Women Capacity Empowerment in Kachin State: App [...]
2007-11-19 08:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI BM
07RANGOON1118BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Since 2005 Embassy Rangoon has funded 23 Burmese groups and NGOs to conduct grassroots civil society and capacity building projects throughout the country. To date, we have provided a total of USD 232,536 to these groups to support capacity building, vocational and educational [...]
2007-11-19 09:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1122THAI PETROLEUM COMPANY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary. Thai-owned PTTEP, one of the largest foreign investors in Burma's oil and gas sectors, plans to invest an additional $1 billion over the next three years to develop offshore block M9. PTTEP, which found substantial natural gas reserves in late 2006, intends to drill four addit [...]
2007-11-20 11:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1127BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 09:56:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1129BURMA: WHAT DIALOGUE? JUST ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary. According to an NLD spokesman, the regime has not responded to Aung San Suu Kyi's request for her to have additional, regular meetings with NLD officials. On November 20, authorities detained six more pro-democracy activists, four of whom remain in custody. One of the released [...]
2007-11-21 10:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1130BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 10:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1136BURMA: ASSK WANTS ETHNIC LEADERS IN THE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Ethnic pro-democracy activists U Ohn Tin and Khun Tu have been released, while the president of the Zomi National Congress and an MP-elect remain detained. During his detention, the authorities questioned U Ohn Tin regarding a statement ethnic leaders had made in support of Aung [...]
2007-11-23 11:26:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1139WORKING TO FEED BURMA,S HUNGRY
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to international NGOs, malnutrition rates are increasing in Northern Rakhine State (NRS). In the past year, humanitarian organizations have seen a 380 percent increase in severely malnourished patients seeking treatment due to drought, flood, and inflation. Action C [...]
2007-11-26 07:13:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV ECON BM
07RANGOON114BURMA: HOW THE WELL-CONNECTED MAKE MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aik Htun acknowledged that his position stems from his comfortable relations with major government and business players built on 30 years of experience working deals through the regime. He denied the widespread allegations connecting him to narcotics trafficking and money laund [...]
2007-02-01 08:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SNAR BM
07RANGOON1140BURMESE GENERALS PRIZE ORDER OVER LAW
[...] (C) Summary. Kyaw Zaw Naing, head of the Global Green Group, which received a small grant in 2007 from Embassy Rangoon, described his efforts to promote legal knowledge with free law clinics throughout the country. Basic legal knowledge, he explained, will empower citizens to protect themsel [...]
2007-11-26 07:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1145PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rangoon-based Western missions met on November 21 to discuss the U.S., UK, Australian, and German small grants programs. Grants programs among the embassies focus either on infrastructure development or capacity building. The French Cultural Counselor said that he hoped to lo [...]
2007-11-27 02:46:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1148BURMA: THE DIALOGUE IS DEAD
[...] (C) Summary: PM Thein Sein told an Embassy contact that Than Shwe had dispatched him to ASEAN with two objectives: to cancel Gambari's briefing during the Summit, and to undermine support for U.S. sanctions on Burma. Thein Sein said Than Shwe had ordered him to walk out of the Summit if ASEA [...]
2007-11-28 09:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1153HARDSHIP AND HEARTACHE IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The end of November brought nothing but more hardship to the Burmese people and their beleaguered pro-democracy movement. Authorities obstructed a peaceful procession, closed an important monastery, and prevented a political prisoner from visiting his dying mother. They did [...]
2007-11-30 10:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1170BURMA: WHO,S WHO IN THE REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite persistent rumors of divisions within the Burmese military, we have not seen any evidence of exploitable schisms in the Than Shwe regime. While personality conflicts likely exist and some may be more moderate than others, so far no one has stepped up to challenge Than [...]
2007-12-07 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1175BURMA: ACTIVISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (C) Summary. Contrary to warnings by the authorities, human rights activist Myint Aye and his supporters held a ceremony commemorating the 59th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Rangoon on December 10. Poloffs observed a heavy plain-clothes police presence ou [...]
2007-12-10 10:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1200BURMA: THAI MFA DIRECTOR ON THE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Thai MFA Director Kallayana described the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the November ASEAN Summit that led to the cancellation of Gambari's briefing at the event. At the Summit, Thai PM Surayud had urged Burmese PM Thein Sein to upgrade the dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi by s [...]
2007-12-21 11:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1202EMBASSY RANGOON POC FOR MDB LOAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 06:42:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BM
07RANGOON1203WIN AUNG - A RISING CRONY WITH CONNECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Win Aung, owner of Dagon International Construction Company and Dagon Timber Ltd., and his family continue to use their close connections with the Burmese regime to amass great wealth. Although Dagon International specializes in the construction of luxury housing projects, it [...]
2007-12-26 08:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1211DROPPING THE HAMMER ON CRONY STEVEN LAW
[...] (C) Summary. Tun Myint Naing, a.k.a. Steven Law, is known among Burma's business circles as the regime's top crony. He is known to be close with both Senior General Than Shwe and Vice Senior General Maung Aye. In addition to owning Asia World Co. Ltd., one of Burma's most successful constr [...]
2007-12-28 08:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON129BURMA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 09:49:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP IR BM
07RANGOON136BURMA SAYS, "NO MORE CHILD SOLDIERS...TRUST US"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime brought out its big guns on February 6 to persuade Rangoon-based diplomats that Burmese armed forces no longer recruit child soldiers. SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win SIPDIS both told diplomats that the regime has taken all [...]
2007-02-08 11:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOCI BM
07RANGOON144BURMA: NOMINATION FOR APRIL 2-13 FSN POLITICAL
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Rangoon enthusiastically nominates Mr. Arthur Aye, Political/Economic Specialist, to attend the April 2-13 Political Training Course for FSNs at FSI. In a country that is on the frontline of transformational diplomacy, where our FSNs work in an extremely oppressive environmen [...]
2007-02-09 11:38:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AFSN AMGT PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON174THAI-BURMA ACMECS PROJECTS OFF TO SLOW START
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thai aid projects in Burma, according to local embassy officials, are designed to encourage GOB economic reforms as well as helping those in need. Although the GOB has moved slowly on bilateral projects proposed under the Ayeyarwady/Chao Phraya/Mekong Economic Cooperation Strat [...]
2007-02-21 09:26:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID BM TH
07RANGOON181BURMA'S LEAST WANTED: THE ROHINGYAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Muslim Rohingyas who inhabit Burma's Northern Rakhine State (NRS) are among the world's most oppressed and marginalized people. Burma's military regime refuses to recognize the Rohingyas as one of Burma's official ethnic groups, denies them citizenship, and systematically [...]
2007-02-22 11:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON184BURMA REGIME WARNS AMERICAN CENTER, BRITISH COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Deputy Director General of Protocol summoned DCMs from the U.S. and U.K. embassies on February 23 to issue a warning about public affairs activities of the embassy's American Center and the British Council. He stated that institutions that teach or provide information to t [...]
2007-02-23 09:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON185BURMA: FRUSTRATION SURFACES IN RANGOON
[...] (U) Summary: On February 22, thirty demonstrators gathered in front of Rangoon City Hall to protest Burma's deteriorating economic and social conditions in one of the largest public demonstrations in years. A crowd of two hundred gathered to watch the event. Some shouted to the demonstrator [...]
2007-02-23 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON211BURMA: REGIME RELEASES DETAINED PROTESTERS
[...] (C) Late on February 27, the police released all those detained for participating in last week's public protest against deteriorating economic and social conditions in Burma (reftel). The regime had arrested nine people and detained many of the participants' family members after the initial [...]
2007-03-01 09:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON22THAN SHWE REPORTEDLY RETURNING TO BURMA
[...] (C) According to a contact at the Singapore Embassy, Senior General Than Shwe is alive and was released from Singapore General Hospital on January 8 after being treated for intestinal cancer. This source expected Than Shwe to return to Nay Pyi Taw shortly. Another reliable source confirmed [...]
2007-01-08 09:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON227BURMESE MILITARY STILL INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe on March 3 for another of their periodic exchanges of views (ref A). Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu also sat in on this meeting, unlike previous meetings, but he did not actively participate in the discussion. Charge tried to draw the G [...]
2007-03-05 10:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON228BURMA DOES ITS BEST TO COPE WITH AI OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese authorities reported the death from Avian Influenza of sixteen chickens and five ducks in three additional townships of Rangoon from February 28 through March 2, in addition to those at the initial site (ref B). After tests for AI were positive at the three new sites, of [...]
2007-03-05 11:06:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON232NO NEW CASES OF AI REPORTED IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese authorities have reported no new cases of AI in poultry since March 2, and no human cases since the current outbreak in Rangoon began. Health Ministry officials are monitoring all health care facilities in Rangoon for patients with flu-like symptoms, but have not found [...]
2007-03-06 09:34:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON247BURMA: NO NEW AI OUTBREAKS, SOURCE STILL UNCLEAR
[...] (SBU) The GOB has reported no new cases of AI in poultry since March 2, and has reported no human cases. USAID and FAO specialists from Bangkok joined Burmese technicians in their central lab on March 7, and made a field trip to affected sites on March 8. Lab personnel in Burma have not iden [...]
2007-03-07 10:28:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON255INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a semi-annual Rangoon meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group, the countries tracking narcotics in Burma echoed concerns of the INCSR and UNODC Annual Report. All agreed that Burma is making credible progress in disrupting drug trafficking networks and reducing opium cultivation, bu [...]
2007-03-09 11:55:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM BM
07RANGOON262BURMA: REGIME DETAINS AMERICAN CENTER STUDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: In an aggressive move against our American Center, the regime has detained several of our high-profile students and patrons. A prominent American Center student was detained at Yangon International Airport while departing Burma for the U.S. to participate in a State Department f [...]
2007-03-12 11:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM KPAO OEXC
07RANGOON272BURMA AI UPDATE: NO NEW OUTBREAKS, MORE HELP NEEDED
[...] (SBU) The government of Burma has reported no new outbreaks of AI since the culling of affected poultry in Rangoon was completed on March 2. The GOB has reported no suspected cases in humans. In the affected areas of Rangoon, officials continue to monitor the health of poultry and humans, an [...]
2007-03-14 06:42:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON287BURMA'S AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY SPREADS FURTHER
[...] (U) Summary: Burma's AI outbreak in poultry, which began on March 10-11, continues to spread. On March 18, the GOB responded to new outbreaks of AI in poultry at eight farms in another Rangoon township located near a major poultry producing area. Officials continue to respond by culling all [...]
2007-03-19 09:21:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON313BURMA'S OFFSHORE WATERS BECOME MORE CROWDED
[...] (U) Summary: Despite inconsistent results from new test wells, Burma's oil and gas potential continues to draw significant interest and investment from China, Russia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan. The regime has granted exploration rights to all remaining blocks just offshore B [...]
2007-03-28 09:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM PGOV
07RANGOON314FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNS AGAIN ABOUT AMERICAN CENTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Protocol Deputy Director-General U Soe Win summoned DCM and PAO to the Foreign Ministry on March 28 to reiterate warnings about the American Center activities (reftel). After repeating GOB directives that institutions that teach or provide information to the public must be r [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON407BURMA: WHO WOULD BE PRIME MINISTER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Soe Win's extended stay in Singapore for medical treatment fueled many rumors about his successor. While several names have been suggested for the largely ceremonial post, it is not clear that anybody really wants the job. With several key regime leaders reportedly [...]
2007-05-02 09:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON419CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR 3D FUND ROLLOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As manager of the new Three Diseases Fund (3DF),on May 1, UNOPS signed the first contracts for projects in Burma to address malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. UNOPS will obligate only funds already received from donors, approximately fifty percent of projects approved by the 3DF Board. [...]
2007-05-04 04:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM
07RANGOON42BURMA: TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] For translating the 2006 Human Rights Report into the Burmese language, Embassy Rangoon plans to use "Option Two" (ref A). Post understands LS will translate the report after its release and R will provide funds for the translation (ref B). VILLAROSA [...]
2007-01-12 06:09:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO BM
07RANGOON463BURMA: INFLATION SKYROCKETS, ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: In 2006, Burma's inflation rate rose to a staggering 57 percent, fueled by poor economic policies, higher input costs, further devaluation of the kyat, and higher fuel costs among other factors. While the poor continue to suffer, the middle class continue to struggle, and the we [...]
2007-05-17 08:23:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON551AI OUTBREAK IN BURMA'S BAGO DIVISION
[...] (U) Summary: PCR tests conducted on June 4 confirmed that avian influenza caused thirty chicken deaths at an army farm in Bago division, 40 miles north of Rangoon. The chickens started to die on June 1, and Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials culled the remaining 970 [...]
2007-06-08 02:54:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
07RANGOON555BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...]
2007-06-08 09:17:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM BM
07RANGOON563BURMA'S GAS EXPORTS FUEL A RECORD TRADE SURPLUS
[...] (U) Summary: Burma's total trade reached approximately $8 billion in 2006-07, a record high. The country's rich natural resources, especially natural gas, dominated exports, while domestic fuel demand made diesel the top import. Government-owned enterprises dominated both sectors, controllin [...]
2007-06-11 09:11:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BM
07RANGOON60BURMA'S LEADER KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior General Than Shwe returned to Burma on January 12 from his hospital stay in Singapore. He appeared briefly in the Burmese media on January 15 and 16, chairing the quarterly SPDC meeting in Nay Pyi Taw and welcoming PM Soe Win back from the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Although ru [...]
2007-01-17 09:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON600BURMA'S SHWE GAS GOES TO CHINA, MAYBE
[...] (U) Summary: During his recent visit to China, Lt.Gen.Thein Sein, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Secretary-1, said arrangements were made for the export of SIPDIS natural gas from Burma to China. The GOB has not officially confirmed the decision, but Thein Sein's remarks were ca [...]
2007-06-21 02:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON643BURMA REGIME ISSUES ANOTHER WARNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: a senior Foreign Ministry official summoned DCM and Acting PAO to a meeting on July 9 to repeat previous GOB complaints about the activities of the American Center. Unlike previous meetings, which focused on specific events the American Center hosted, this time the GOB criti [...]
2007-07-11 08:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON754JAPANESE TRADE WITH BURMA ON THE RISE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Trade relations between Japan and Burma have improved during the past five years, in Burma's favor. According to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),Burma exported more than $245 million in products to Japan in 2006, an increase of 139 percent since 2001. Burma im [...]
2007-08-17 06:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL BM
07RANGOON782VIETNAM PM DISCUSSES TRADE WITH BURMA - TALK, NO MUCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a two-day visit to Burma, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, accompanied by a delegation of 47 Vietnamese businessmen, met with Senior General Than Shwe, Acting Prime Minister General Thein Sein, and the Chamber of Commerce. During the meetings, the Burmese leade [...]
2007-08-24 06:05:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG BM
07RANGOON8THAIS PRESSURE KARENS TO TALK TO THE BURMESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Karen National Liberation Army sources claim the Thai military is pressuring it to engage in cease-fire talks with the Burmese regime. The Karen say they will insist that the Burmese army pull back from areas where they have driven out Karen villagers and stop its human rights v [...]
2007-01-03 09:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS BM
07RANGOON81BURMA REGIME TRIES TO STOP TUESDAY WORSHIPPERS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 16, GOB backed thugs in civilian clothes verbally and physically attacked pro-democracy activist Naw Ohn Hla and her group who go to Shwe Dagon Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all of Burma's political prisoners. When she tried to fi [...]
2007-01-23 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON838IMF CONDUCTS ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Burma August 22-September 4 for annual Article IV consultations. The team found that despite improvements in revenue collections and more than $2 billion in oil and gas revenues, the GOB capital expenditures remain high, resultin [...]
2007-09-07 09:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALBM ECON EFIN IMF PGOV
07RANGOON857AI FIELD TRIP SHOWS GOB IMPLEMENTING BIOSECURITY MEASURES
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a field trip to Taikkyi Township in Northern Rangoon Division, Embassy officers saw firsthand how the Burmese Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) and local farmers implemented avian influenza biosecurity procedures. LBVD, in conjunction with the FAO and W [...]
2007-09-11 09:54:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON861IMF PERSPECTIVES ON GOB ECONOMIC DECISIONMAKING
[...] (C) Summary. The IMF team, during its Article IV consultations August 22-September 24, observed that all economic decisions, including the August 15 fuel price hike, are made at the top, with some input from the Ministries. The GOB ministries are highly compartmentalized, and economic recomm [...]
2007-09-11 11:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
07RANGOON9REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION ON REFUGEE INQUIRY
[...] (U) On 29 December 2006, Post received an e-mail forwarded by AskCA@state.gov, requesting the inquirer to contact the U.S. Embassy or nearest consulate for information and assistance. The original 19 December 2006 e-mail from Journalist.sss@gmail.com reads as follows: Begin text. Dear Si [...]
2007-01-03 11:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREF BM
07RANGOON900MONKS MARCH AGAIN IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. On September 18, large groups of monks staged peaceful processions in Rangoon and at least three other cities in Mandalay Division and Rakhine State. We received no reports of violence and are seeking to confirm information authorities in Rangoon arrested ten monks affiliated w [...]
2007-09-18 12:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON901BURMESE PURCHASING POWER DECREASING AS PRICES RISE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The sudden increase of fuel prices in mid-August triggered an immediate increase in commodity and transportation costs. Although many of these prices have fallen since their initial hike, prices are still higher than pre-August 15 levels. Only a few companies increased wages f [...]
2007-09-19 05:06:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL BM
07RANGOON906BURMA WATCHES AS MONKS CONTINUE PROCESSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Since September 16, we have confirmed at least ten processions by monks in five separate states and divisions in Burma. On September 19, monks led processions in Rangoon and Mandalay. Embassy sources reported that the day before, police in Sittwe used tear gas to disperse a mar [...]
2007-09-19 09:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON910BURMA: PROTESTS GATHER MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Embassy officers observed several demonstrations in Rangoon, the largest of which numbered well into the thousands and consisted of both monks and civilians. In a significant change, the demonstrations have taken on an overt political tone in the past few days w [...]
2007-09-25 10:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON911BURMA: PROTESTS GROW INCREASINGLY POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, several thousand monks and civilians again marched unimpeded through Rangoon for over four hours. Embassy observers reported these protests have now taken on a clearly political tone. Several other smaller protests reportedly occurred in other parts of the co [...]
2007-09-25 11:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON913REGIME CRACKS DOWN BUT PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the regime began to crack down on protestors in Rangoon. The government announced a dusk to dawn curfew would begin at 1745 tonight. At least 500 monks and 2,000 civilians defiantly continued their demonstrations on September 26, despite a significant and visi [...]
2007-09-27 01:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON914EMBASSY CONVENES EAC AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy on September 25 held an EAC meeting to discuss security given the current political situation. The EAC agreed that the Embassy's security posture was sufficient given the current political situation. The EAC recommended town hall meetings to discuss recent devel [...]
2007-09-27 01:19:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
07RANGOON918EMBASSY CONVENES SEPTEMBER 27 EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) On September 27 the Embassy convened another EAC to discuss yesterday's resort to violence against the demonstrators. RSO reported that our current security posture was sufficient, because none of the activity has been targeted at the Embassy or Embassy personnel. A curfew has been imp [...]
2007-09-27 09:08:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR
07RANGOON926CRACKDOWN RESULTS IN CASUALTIES
[...] (C) Summary. The regime resorted to violence against peaceful protests for a second day of the regime's crackdown. Embassy officers observed security forces shooting into crowds, using tear gas to disperse crowds, and beating defiant protesters. We have received reports of numerous injuries [...]
2007-09-27 11:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON93BURMA: RELEASED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS STRATEGIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released leaders of the 88 Generation Students, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, appreciate the United States' efforts to pass a UNSC resolution on Burma and emphasize their group is not discouraged by China's and Russia's vetoes. They believe the regime is gearing up for a [...]
2007-01-26 10:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON934EMBASSY CONVENES SEPTEMBER 28 EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon's Emergency Action Committee met on September 28 to discuss the security situation in Burma given the GOB's continued violence against demonstrators. RSO reported that because there was still no direct threat to American citizens, the Embassy's current security posture wa [...]
2007-09-28 08:17:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
07RANGOON941BURMA PROTESTS SUBSIDE BUT BECOME MORE VIOLENT
[...] (C) Summary. Clashes between security forces and small groups of demonstrators continued in downtown Rangoon on September 28. Today's demonstrations were significantly smaller and less organized than in the past. For the first time since August 17, we did not observe any monks participatin [...]
2007-09-28 11:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON948BURMA: A REVOLUTION PAUSES - ANGER SEETHES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The appearance of normalcy returned to Rangoon today. Many barricades have been removed from downtown intersections, monasteries, and the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Military and police are stationed throughout the city, although in fewer numbers. UN Special Envoy Gambari was whis [...]
2007-10-01 11:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON952BURMA - HUMANITARIAN DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para 4. 2. Summary. The current political situation in Burma has exacerbated the ongoing humanitarian crisis, particularly among women and children in Burma. 2007 UNICEF figures estimate that more than 35 percent of children under five were malnourish [...]
2007-10-02 09:38:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TBIO EAID VM
07RANGOON954GAMBARI DEPARTS BURMA, ACTIVIST SEEKS ASYLUM
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari reportedly met with Senior General Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi before departing Burma today on a Silk Air flight. He provided no outbriefing to the diplomatic corps. A prominent pro-democracy activist and key organizer of last week's demonstrations [...]
2007-10-02 10:41:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON970BURMESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BLOCK INTERNET
[...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),continue to block access to the internet, following a September 27 government order to cut service. Myanmar Teleport subscribers can still send email to other local [...]
2007-10-03 11:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON972BURMA: REGIME ACTIONS HARDEN JAPANESE, FRENCH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Journalists and diplomats in Rangoon are scrambling to get read-outs on Gambari's September 30-October 2 visit to Burma, but the senior UN official in Burma will not offer many insights (septel). The Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister could not meet with many senior officials duri [...]
2007-10-03 11:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM JA FR GM BM
07RANGOON974IGNORING POLITICS, INDIA AND BURMA SIGN ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Minister of Petroleum Murli Deora, accompanied by GOI-owned Oil and Natural Gas Company Videsh Ltd. (OVL) Managing Director R.S. Butola, visited Burma September 23-25 to discuss new opportunities for oil and gas investment. On September 24, OVL signed a petroleum sharing [...]
2007-10-04 07:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON977RAIDS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires has been summoned to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister for a one-on-one meeting about the situation; we learned that the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors had been invited for similar meetings today. Nightly arrests and raids on monasteries [...]
2007-10-04 11:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON984BURMA: CALM APPEARANCE MASKS ONGOING ABUSES
[...] (C) Summary. Raids and arrests continued in Burma despite the appearance of normalcy in the streets. Authorities publicly claimed to have detained 2,093 persons since September 25. Separately the Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge 2,787 people had been released and only 1,034 remain. The N [...]
2007-10-05 12:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON986BURMESE EFFORTS TO GAIN U.S. UNDERSTANDING
[...] (C) Summary: Charge received word from the Foreign Ministry of a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy, which she dismissed as ludicrous, and advice that Embassy officers stay away from demonstrations, which she rejected on the grounds that we needed accurate information about what was going on [...]
2007-10-05 15:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON996BURMA: REGIME APPOINTS LIAISON TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) Summary: In a sign the regime is serious about engaging in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, the GOB appointed Deputy Minister of Labor Aung Kyi as liaison between Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. Aung Kyi has been a key interlocutor during past negotiations with the ILO and [...]
2007-10-09 10:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RECIFE37SETBACK TO ANTI-PIRACY EFFORT IN BRAZIL'S NORTHEAST
[...] (C) Summary: The lawyer leading the fight for intellectual property rights (IPR) in the Northeast, Monica Lustosa, (PROTECT NO FORN) told consular officers that due to concern for her personal safety she will no longer publicly demand enforcement of anti-piracy laws. She was shaken to learn th [...]
2007-05-10 13:13:00Consulate RecifeCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD ECON PGOV BR
07REYKJAVIK1 Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing
[...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...]
2007-01-05 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO
07REYKJAVIK117ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW
[...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...]
2007-04-18 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC
07REYKJAVIK171ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS BURNS
[...] (SBU) The Mission and I welcome you most warmly to Iceland. Your timing could not be better. The May 12 parliamentary elections strengthened Prime Minister Haarde's mandate to govern. A new Foreign Minister (and unabashedly would-be future PM) is wary of us but open to an exchange of views. [...]
2007-06-13 09:29:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK203Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]
2007-07-13 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK22INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ICELAND
[...] The following is Embassy Reykjavik's response to reftel requesting a list of five of the most influential women in Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Brad Evans (evansbr@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing [...]
2007-01-29 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL EN
07REYKJAVIK232Grants Support for PD Projects (Iceland)
[...] The Public Affairs Section of Embassy Reykjavik receives excellent administrative support from the Management Section for post's PD programs, including grants. State is the only agency at post, and therefore, PAO signs only PD-related grants. 2. The Management Section provides PD with the [...]
2007-08-09 12:06:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK233ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND
[...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...]
2007-08-09 16:14:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK256ICELAND'S ATTENDENCE AT THE WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN
[...] Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. GOI Embassy Point of Contact: Deputy Chief of Mission Olafur Sigurdsson. He can be reached via e-m [...]
2007-09-04 14:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK277Iceland: Press in New York for a position on Partnership
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs remains noncommittal on Iceland's involvement in the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG),despite repeated overtures from Post. Embassy believes this may be a result of uncertainty about the form and objectives of the PDG as w [...]
2007-09-21 17:13:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM OECD UNGA PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK322ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...]
2007-11-09 17:01:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK335 ICELAND DEMANDS APOLOGY IN DETENTION CASE
[...] THE AMBASSADOR WAS CALLED IN BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GISLADOTTIR ON DECEMBER 13 TO HEAR ICELANDIC CONCERNS REGARDING THE CASE OF ERLA OSK ARNARDOTTIR, WHO WAS DETAINED BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING HER ARRIVAL AT JFK AIRPORT DECEMBER 9 (SEPTEL). SAYING [...]
2007-12-13 18:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK336ICELANDIC TRAVELER DETAINED BY DHS IN NEW YORK CREATES
[...] Summary: Erla Osk Arnardottir, an Icelandic women traveling to New York for holiday shopping, was detained in New York December 9-10 by the Department of Homeland Security for a Visa Waiver Program violation. She was returned to Iceland on the next available flight after spending the night i [...]
2007-12-13 18:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK346 Icelandic Foreign Ministry welcomes DHS letter on
[...] The Ambassador delivered DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker's letter regarding the Erla Osk Arnardottir case to Acting Foreign Minister Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on December 19. (Foreign Minister Gisladottir, to whom the letter is addressed, left the country this morning but will be [...]
2007-12-19 12:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK49 SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...]
2007-03-01 17:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE
[...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...]
2007-03-16 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK90 UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...]
2007-03-30 13:51:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07RIGA100LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SIGNING BORDER TREATY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's parliament voted 69-26 on February 8 to authorize the government to sign the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The legislation should become effective on March 5 and the Latvians have proposed a signing ceremony in Moscow March 6-7. Following the February 5-6 visit to Lat [...]
2007-02-08 15:31:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA110RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: RELATIONS WITH LATVIA GOOD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the possibility of inclusion of non-citizens in the Visa Waiver Program; Kalyuzhny's view that there was a potential for significant transit cargo growth at the Freeport of Riga if the Latvians [...]
2007-02-15 11:42:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CVIS ETRD PINR RS LG
07RIGA147OIL EXEC OUTLINES CORRUPTION AND COERCION AT RIGA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Managing Director of Latvia's branch of Statoil Baiba Rubess outlined to emboffs a Riga Freeport and Riga International Airport (RIX) that lack transparency, are dominated by the interests of the political elite, but that ultimately will be developed significantly and profitab [...]
2007-02-28 12:13:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR ECON ENRG ETRD KCRM LG
07RIGA148PM KALVITIS ON BORDER, RESTITUTION, ECONOMY, AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis hopes to sign the border treaty with Russia March 26 - 27, and plans for speedy ratification, he told the Ambassador in a February 27 meeting. He suggested that there was a possibility of movement on restitution of Holocaust-era Jewish communal property, b [...]
2007-02-28 13:55:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PINR PREL SOCI CVIS KIPR LG
07RIGA179Latvian concerns on proposed bill on tax havens
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 05:13:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KCRM PREL LG
07RIGA186LATVIAN MEDIA: TWO SEPARATE WORLDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Latvian media exists in two parallel spheres, based on language, which media experts refer to as the "two information spaces". This media segmentation tends to reinforce existing ethnic-based differences in Latvian public opinion, and creates some challenges for Latvia's leadershi [...]
2007-03-09 14:15:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV LG
07RIGA193Latvian cabinet authorizes signing of border treaty; still
[...] On March 6, the Latvian cabinet granted PM Aigars Kalvitis the authority to sign the border treaty with Russia, pursuant to legislation adopted by the parliament in February (reftel). In its decision, the cabinet made reference to "respecting the OSCE principle of not changing accepted borders" [...]
2007-03-12 15:49:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA200SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS
[...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...]
2007-03-15 15:17:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM SNAR LG
07RIGA349LATVIAN GOVERNMENT STUMBLES OVER ESTONIA
[...] (C) Summary: When the Latvian parliament rejected a resolution of support for Estonia on May 3, it soon became clear that the governing coalition had mishandled its response, either out of political pettiness, an effort to avoid violence here, a desire to maintain good relations with Moscow, o [...]
2007-05-15 12:06:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN LG
07RIGA409LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 15:16:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG
07RIGA422LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006
[...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...]
2007-06-01 13:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG
07RIGA426(S/NF) RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Bailey met for 40 minutes on June 4 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Kaluzhny at his Embassy, joined only by interpreters. Kaluzhny seemed more fatigued than in previous meetings and admitted that he was tiring of his diplomatic posting. Kaluzhny, though, said several things [...]
2007-06-04 15:33:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV RS LG
07RIGA486LATVIA: ACCEPTS IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND
[...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Reinis Kalnins, MFA Senior Desk Officer for the Middle East and Africa Division, on June 28. Kalnins stated that the MFA would review the reftel A additions to the list of designated Iranian entities and individuals subject to E.O. 13382. [...]
2007-06-28 15:32:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EFIN UNSC EUN IR LG
07RIGA497LATVIA: HARD SELL FOR GOVERNMENT ANTI-INFLATION
[...] (C) Summary. The government's anti-inflation plan has been received skeptically, as evidenced by the downgrading of Latvia's credit rating by Standard and Poor's in May. A research group's June recommendation that Latvia devalue its currency to help fight inflation and restore export competi [...]
2007-07-06 08:35:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG
07RIGA502Action request: Latvian dip note on extradition treaty
[...] This is an action request. The Latvian MFA on June 28 sent post a diplomatic note with the text in para 2. Action requested: Please provide post with language to respond to this note. Given that the Senate has not yet voted on the treaty, we believe language updating on the treaty's status w [...]
2007-07-09 10:33:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA CJAN LG
07RIGA507LATVIA BACKPEDALING ON JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. We recently met with members of the Latvian Jewish Community as well as the Government of Latvia to gauge progress on Jewish property restitution legislation. Local Jewish community leaders stated that they have reached a dead end and are now turning to the international commu [...]
2007-07-10 13:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI LG
07RIGA519LATVIAN PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING FROM USG
[...] (U)Summary: In conjunction with the Department of Justice's Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Division (OPDAT),US Embassy Riga conducted a three-day training program with Latvian Prosecutors and police. The training primarily focused on public corruption, financial c [...]
2007-07-12 16:14:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EAID CJAN ECON LG
07RIGA520RIGA JUDICIAL CONFERENCE: A MODEL RULE OF LAW
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Riga, in cooperation with the Latvian Supreme Court and the Latvian Ministry of Justice, hosted an international conference entitled Judicial Reform, Ethics, and Transparency July 2nd - 3rd. At Ambassador Bailey's invitation, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito came to [...]
2007-07-13 07:11:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS EAID LG
07RIGA521AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Only three days on the job, President Zatlers received Ambassador Bailey on July 11. The new President stressed his desire to continue strong bilateral relations with the US, as Latvia's strategic partner. The Ambassador reviewed the many areas of bilateral military, political, [...]
2007-07-13 13:20:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CVIS NATO LG
07RIGA525US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MEETS WITH LATVIAN LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary: At Ambassador Bailey's invitation, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito visited Riga to participate as the keynote speaker at Embassy Riga's conference on Judicial Ethics, Transparency and Reform. During his stay, Alito met with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Prime Minister A [...]
2007-07-13 17:12:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PREL LG
07RIGA53GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...]
2007-01-18 14:21:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA56LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...]
2007-01-22 06:55:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG
07RIGA584POST SUPPORTS USAREUR G2 1206 PROPOSAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 11:09:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PREL PTER LG
07RIGA61HELPING LATVIA DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Ref A requests a full court press for Allied contributions to Afghanistan in advance of the January 26 ministerial. We are concerned that providing the Latvians a laundry list of initiatives where they might help will simply overwhelm them [...]
2007-01-23 10:27:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID NATO AF LG
07RIGA628LATVIA: INFLATION TICKS UP TO 9.5 PERCENT IN JULY
[...] (U) According to Latvia's Central Statistical Bureau (LCSB),inflation in July increased 1.2 percent since June, bringing annual inflation up 9.5 percent year-on-year. Latvia's inflation rate is again the highest in the EU, according to the EU's Eurostat. LCSB reported higher prices for tobacco [...]
2007-08-21 08:08:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG
07RIGA684LATVIA: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA
[...] Reftel requests information on Post's and the GOL's efforts to promote human rights and democracy. Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor and is implementing a significant increase in development assistance during 2007--focused on Georgia and Moldova, with ad [...]
2007-09-12 12:38:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LG
07RIGA685THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH
[...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...]
2007-09-12 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG
07RIGA739IRAN PROPOSES A VISIT TO LATVIA
[...] (C) On the margins separate meeting, MFA A/S level official for bilateral affairs, Signe Jansone, told PolEconOff that the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm approached the GOL to suggest a visit to Latvia by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili for November. Jansone elaborated that the prop [...]
2007-10-02 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LG
07RIGA741FURTHER WORRYING STEPS ON RULE OF LAW IN LATVIA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Additional developments on rule of law in Latvia only add to our concern. Late September 28, we became worried that there was a move afoot within the Latvian government to sack prosecutor General Maizitis. We strongly warned senior levels of the GOL against such a move, noting [...]
2007-10-02 14:54:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCOR SNAR LG
07RIGA779IRAN APPEARS TO REJECT DOWNGRADED VISIT TO LATVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 07:31:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LG
07RIGA782LATVIAN POLITICS TURNS WEIRD; FM RESIGNS, PM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's internal political machinations took a bizarre turn on October 19. FM Pabriks submitted his resignation, telling the Ambassador that he had "lost trust" with the current cabinet. But PM Kalvitis refused to accept the resignation and Pabriks is, in effect, hostage in t [...]
2007-10-19 14:57:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR LG
07RIGA815LATVIA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON CUBA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarches on October 29 to Dace Rutka, Head of the MFA's Americas Section, and Liga Brige, MFA Cuba Desk Officer. Rutka voided defining Latvia's positions on the specifics of both cables, and would only state that the GOL would follow EU consensus in [...]
2007-10-30 15:24:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM ETRD PREL CU LG
07RIGA850LATVIA: DAS GARBER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER, CFE, AND
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Judith Garber visited Riga on November 7 and 8 for meetings with GOL officials at the MFA and DOD. All MFA officials stressed the Visa Waiver program as priority number one in the bilateral relationship. The Latvian MOD expressed strong support for U.S. efforts to negoti [...]
2007-11-14 10:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS MARR LG
07RIGA86AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG
07RIGA865A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA
[...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...]
2007-11-21 12:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG
07RIGA873E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...]
2007-11-23 13:41:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG
07RIGA898Decision on Putin documentary raises censorship concerns
[...] Summary. The decision by Latvian National Television (LTV) to cancel the planned December 1 broadcast of a documentary "Putin's System," which is critical of the Russian President, has produced significant drama and raised questions of censorship. LTV first claimed that the broadcast was cance [...]
2007-12-07 15:11:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LG
07RIODEJANEIRO295ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSON'S VISIT TO RIO, MAY 16, 2007
[...] (U) INL A/S Anne Patterson completed her Brazil travel with a May 16 stop in Rio de Janeiro where she held discussions with representatives of civil society and local and state government to examine public security issues in and around Rio. She wrapped up the visit by meeting with Governor Se [...]
2007-06-08 16:10:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS BR
07RIODEJANEIRO541 RIO DE JANEIRO'S "OPERATION TWO FACES" RESULTS IN MAJOR
[...] (U) Summary. Rio de Janeiro state officials announced a major sting operation which resulted in the arrests of 52 Military Police officers from a single police battalion yesterday. The officers are accused of involvement in a police corruption ring whereby they were on the payroll of drug tra [...]
2007-09-18 14:58:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI BR
07RIODEJANEIRO559 DIRECTORSHIPS AT PETROBRAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
[...] (U) Summary. A political battle erupted among the government and its allied parties last week over high-level positions within various government entities. Although the federal government has managed to alleviate many of the tensions arising from this struggle, it has so far not been able to [...]
2007-09-27 18:23:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND PGOV BR
07RIODEJANEIRO564AMBASSADOR HOSTS BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE
[...] (U) Summary. On July 13, U.S. Ambassador Clifford Sobel hosted a roundtable on biofuels with representatives from Brazil's public, private, and academic sectors. The event marked the initiation of a dialogue to explore areas for strategic cooperation on research, development and commercializat [...]
2007-09-28 15:19:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET PREL BR
07RIYADH1018NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES
[...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]
2007-05-15 14:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1028JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL ENERGY
[...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/Office of Energy Reliability. Please see paragraph three. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) In a May 15 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Chief of Staff Saad al Jabri, Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semar [...]
2007-05-16 15:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET ENRG PTER SA
07RIYADH1036POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQI EFFORTS BUT
[...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga met with the Saud Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani, Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Deputy Minister of Oil Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, and Deputy Minister of Commerce Abdullah al Hammoudi during her May 9 visit to R [...]
2007-05-19 04:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ETRD SA
07RIYADH1375KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1
[...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]
2007-06-26 12:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1452REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[...] (C) On July 3, PolMilOff delivered reftel nonpaper to Dr Adel Babsil of the MFA,s International Organizations Department. After the details of nonpaper were explained, Dr. Babsil said that it would take a couple of months before any type of response could be provided due to the large number of [...]
2007-07-08 14:32:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM
07RIYADH1475NOPEC WORRIES US, ARAMCO LAWSUITS WORRY US MORE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 8 meeting, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud indicated his concern with pending NOPEC legislation, but frankly told Embassy offi [...]
2007-07-10 15:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV IR SA
07RIYADH1519AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC,
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...]
2007-07-18 09:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG EPET VE SA
07RIYADH1525MOVING FORWARD ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP:
[...] This is an action request. S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/OE please see paragraphs 3 4, and 5. 2. (C) In a July 17 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semari and MOI Industrial Security Director Khalid al-Ageel, the U.S. JWG Co-Chair/Economic Co [...]
2007-07-18 12:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1526THANK YOU FOR DBT WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 12:29:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1624CHEVRON UPDATE ON CONCESSION EXTENSION, KUWAIT
[...] (C) In a July 31 meeting, Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz updated Embassy officers regarding on-going negotiations between Chevron and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) for the renewal of the firm's concession in the partitioned neutral zone (PNZ) share [...]
2007-08-01 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON SA
07RIYADH1699SAUDI MISSION TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, NOT JUST
[...] (C) Following Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal's August 7 announcement regarding the SAG's intention to send a delegation to Baghdad this week to look into reopening its Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Norwegian Charge d'Affaires Paal Bjornestad told Poloff that the Saudi Head of th [...]
2007-08-13 08:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1710SAUDI DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD REQUESTS LOGISTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM and EmbOffs met on August 13 with Prince Mohammed bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, head of the delegation that will travel to Baghdad to set up the Saudi mission there. The Prince, who said the Saudis are sending this delegation to Baghdad to fulfill the King's commitment to [...]
2007-08-14 15:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1743SAG SUPPORT TO SOMALI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal reportedly pledged approximately USD 30 million towards the Somali National Reconciliation Conference and offered to host a final peace agreement signing ceremony in the Kingdom during his July meeting with Somali Transitional Federal Governm [...]
2007-08-19 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI SO SA
07RIYADH1776AT LAST -- EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIAN DEPARTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: After repeated attempts to leave Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Coptic Christian Dr. Mamdouh Full Fahmy flew home to Cairo on August 15. Fahmy claims that Egyptian Muslim co-workers harassed him from 2004-2006 and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to Islam. After his co-workers accused [...]
2007-08-25 14:40:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PHUM KIRF EG SA
07RIYADH1886SAUDI OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT NAWAZ SHARIF TO
[...] (U) The Saudi press has run several front page news items in the past week clarifying its position regarding the return of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan -- which took place on September 10, 2007. (NOTE: Developing news reports indicate that Sharif was arrested shortly [...]
2007-09-10 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PK SA
07RIYADH1894TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE SAUDIS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 5, Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator delivered reftel A points to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing USG's interest in submitting a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on or about September 12. Embassy Riyadh fully supports the objectives o [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH1906SAG SUPPORT FOR MINNAWI APPEARS LIMITED TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government has increased its African peace-making profile by calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in western Sudan; however, SAG officials, some foreign diplomats in Riyadh, and members of the Kingdom,s Sudanese diaspora express considerable doubt a [...]
2007-09-15 05:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL SU SA
07RIYADH1987JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] This message has been cleared by DOE A/S Kolevar. ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (S) On September 11, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) met at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Riyadh, co-chaired by the MOI Director of Modernization [...]
2007-09-26 09:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2044COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Bradley Bowman from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to visit Riyadh from October 26-30, 2007 (reftel). 2. (U) The Mission must directly charge all visit support costs. Countr [...]
2007-10-02 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH2049SAUDI,S GRAND MUFTI DISCOURAGES SAUDI YOUTH FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Saudi press gave extensive coverage to an October 1 sermon given by Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed al-Asheikh, Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warning young "zealous" Saudis against traveling abroad under the pretext of jihad. Furthermore, he cautioned Muslims agains [...]
2007-10-03 14:51:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2050SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSS PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During her June 4 - 7, 2007 to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with representatives of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),who conveyed tha [...]
2007-10-03 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SA
07RIYADH2056NOVEMBER OPEC SUMMIT IN RIYADH
[...] This is an action request. DOE/International Policy and EB/ESC please see paragraphs five and nine. -------------- Summary -------------- 2. (C) On September 30, Energy Attache and DOE Officer met with Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) and Director [...]
2007-10-07 13:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH212SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...]
2007-02-01 12:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA
07RIYADH2331DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REINFORCING AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Prince Turki Saud al-Kabeer, the Director of International Organizations and Political Affairs at the MFA. The Prince thanked the A/DCM for delivering the information, noted his enthusiasm to receive Ambassador Crocker, and [...]
2007-11-24 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2352LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE,
[...] BACKGROUND: On November 4, the Embassy Riyadh participated in a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by Ruth Abramson. The exercise served as a tool by which Post could evaluate security procedures and operations. Post compliments CME staff for the facilitation of a fruitful [...]
2007-11-27 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC SA
07RIYADH2362SAUDI WOMEN QUESTION THE RIGHT TO VOTE OUTSIDE THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the English language daily "Arab News" Saudi female students in the UK and Ireland were denied entry to the General Body of Saudi Clubs, 27th general committee elections. The elections took place on Saturday, November 17. According to media reports, the women who we [...]
2007-11-27 14:19:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
07RIYADH2382SAG DEMARCHED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS MOU
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Head Dr. Riyadh Krimley on December 1. Dr. Krimley said that he had heard of this agreement between the Government of Iraq and the USG in the media and was very pleased that the USG was officially sharing th [...]
2007-12-02 08:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2407PAKSITAN OFFICIALS QUESTION SAG NUCLEAR INTENTIONS
[...] (S//NF) Pakistan Embassy political officers told PolOff in a December 2 meeting that they recently read a "report" about SAG development of nuclear weapons systems in conjunction with Pakistan. They asked PolOff if the USG knew anything about SAG weapons development or the SAG's intention to [...]
2007-12-05 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2467THE KING ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S) During lunch at Janadriah on December 7, King Abdullah told the Ambassador he was pleased with the recent arrest of over 200 terror suspects, including terrorist financiers. However, he recognized that it would take twenty years to eliminate the terrorists completely. The key, accordin [...]
2007-12-11 14:44:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PINR PREL SA
07RIYADH2474INTERAGENCY VISIT TO LAUNCH DEEPER MOI COOPERATION
[...] This cable has been cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary Gray, Assistant Secretary Kolevar, and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) An interagency team traveled to Riyadh on December 3-5 to signal the USG's strong support for the Ministry of Interio [...]
2007-12-12 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2486FOLLOW ON MEETING TO INTERAGENCY VISIT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and three. ------ Summary -------- 2. (S) Embassy Riyadh notes the impending January POTUS visit provides a unique opportunity to help us move approval for a high-priority Ministry of Interior(MOI)-inter-agency cooperation a [...]
2007-12-13 10:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER SA
07RIYADH2501SAUDI GRAND MUFTI CALLS FOR TERRORISTS TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on November 28 the arrest of 208 suspected terrorists. The Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Alsheikh declared two days later during his Friday November 30 sermon (translated text attached) that deviant groups are corrupting [...]
2007-12-15 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER CVIS KISL SA
07RIYADH2505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA, November 18. Post received the following response from the MFA on December 16. Begin Translated Text: With reference to the Embassy's note number 07-1648 dated November 18, 2007 regarding the request of the United States [...]
2007-12-16 11:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2514DELETION
[...] SAWAF, HASSAN AKA: EL SAWAF, HASSAN 2. DOB: 23-MAR-1961 3. POB: DAMASCUS 4. REFUSAL GROUNDS: P6C1 5. (SBU) Post requests deletion of the following CAT 1 CLASS hit: NAME: EL SAWAF, HASSAN DOB: XXXX1961 POB: QTAR REF. CODE: P6C1 CAT: 1 REF. SITE: RID REF. DATE: 24-SEP-199 [...]
2007-12-17 09:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCLOK
07RIYADH2515SAUDIS REHABILITATE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) presented a two-day orientation of its de-radicalization and rehabilitation program for extremists to an inter-agency delegation (NSC/DOS/DOD/DOJ),Embassy Pol-Mil, LEGAT, BPM and Pol staff. The SAG has invested considerable resources personne [...]
2007-12-17 09:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH2519RIYADH EAC - 16 DECEMBER 2007
[...] (S) The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on Sunday, December 16, to review the Embassy's security posture, special security considerations of the Hajj season, and the handling of a security threat on Consulate General Jeddah. Also present were DCM, ECON, POL-MIL, BPM, MGT, LEGAT, DAO, and [...]
2007-12-17 12:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
07RIYADH2531ISMAILI SHI'A ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "UNLEASH HELL"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with five Ismaili Shi'a activists recently to discuss the latest efforts to free Hadi al-Mutif, an Ismaili Shi'a who has been in prison for the past 15 years for uttering a profanity against the Prophet. (reftel A) Shi'a and human rights activists maintain that al-Mutif' [...]
2007-12-20 12:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH2532SAUDI REACTIONS TO THE QATEEF GIRL PARDON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released an official statement on December 17 that King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz had pardoned the "Qateef Girl" and her male companion. (SPA text attached) Justice Minister Abdullah Al-Alsheikh read the statement aloud during his December 17 late night [...]
2007-12-22 08:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI SA
07RIYADH299HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL: POST RESPONSE TO
[...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the potential UNSCR 1267 designation of the NGO Human Appeal International (HAI). After consulting internally within Embassy Riyadh, we have concerns with the reliance of evidence of this case on Hamas, which is not sanctiona [...]
2007-02-12 16:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH305TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh appreciates the opportunity to comment on the effectiveness of tranche I designations under the Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters Initiative. While the Mission of Saudi Arabia fully supports the objective of this initiative - to sanction individuals that both financially [...]
2007-02-13 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH313ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETS IN RIYADH, DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) convened an Energy Working Group (EWG) in Riyadh on February 3. The E [...]
2007-02-14 15:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV SA
07RIYADH32SAG'S RESPONSE ON DELTA CODE SHARING WITH KLM
[...] (SBU) On January 6, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the Delta/KLM code share. Complimentary opening -- The Ministry wishes to refer to the Embassy's diplomatic note no. 3363, dated 12/21/2006, regarding Delta Airlines' request to [...]
2007-01-09 11:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SA
07RIYADH329DAS CARPENTER AND DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scott Carpenter, Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, and Department of Commerce Legal Advisor James Filpi met with the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Law and Administrative Science Departmen [...]
2007-02-18 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KISL
07RIYADH345AMMAN EL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
[...] Embassy Riyadh submits the requested information for participant Gina El Koury in the March 2007 Entry Level conference in Amman, Jordan. Information is as follows: Name: Gina Beth El Koury Title: Political Officer Date of Birth: 19 October 1978 Passport Number: 910001297 Social Security [...]
2007-02-21 13:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAMGMT PREL
07RIYADH364SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2007-02-24 08:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA
07RIYADH367APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...]
2007-02-24 12:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA
07RIYADH369APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary: On February 6 in Jeddah, Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend that the SAG would implement the Royal Decree requiring individuals carrying those funds in excess of $16,000 to decl [...]
2007-02-24 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN CVIS GCC SA
07RIYADH37TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG RESPONSE TO AL-TAIBA UN
[...] (SBU) On January 6, 2007 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Lashkar al-Taiba to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- Th [...]
2007-01-09 13:59:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
07RIYADH397DECEMBER 2006 MEETING OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 10:15:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH428COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS BYRON GARDNER
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Byron H. Gardner, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, Sandia Laboratories, to participate in the Joint Working Group and related meetings from March 3-20. 2. [...]
2007-03-01 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ASEC AMGT
07RIYADH475CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETS
[...] (S) On March 4-5, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group on Critical Infrastructure Protection met in the MOI Officers Club in Riyadh, co-chaired by the Ministry of Interior's Director of Modernization Saud al-Semari, and Embassy Economic Counselor. The two government delegations met March 4, fol [...]
2007-03-07 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET PTER PGOV SA
07RIYADH479COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARCH 9-11 CLDP VISIT
[...] (SBU) Although country clearance has not been formally requested, due to the importance of this program, the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a visit to Riyadh March 9-12 by Mr. Thomas Moritz, U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Develo [...]
2007-03-07 15:19:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL
07RIYADH581DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]
2007-03-24 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH628SAUDI TEXTBOOKS DISPLAY REDUCED INTOLERANCE;
[...] (C) Post conducted a review of six 2006-2007 textbooks used in Saudi schools for the second, fourth, and eighth grades. The six textbooks do not advocate any particular philosophy toward non-Muslims, and on the whole, appear to be more tolerant than previously reviewed textbooks. Two of the [...]
2007-03-27 16:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH635AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE
[...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]
2007-03-28 16:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH651AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]
2007-04-01 08:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH67PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM
[...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...]
2007-01-14 17:14:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV SA RS
07RIYADH711COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky (Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky, Professional Staff Member David Weinberg, and Professional Staff Member Yevgeny Gurevich) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee to visit Riyad [...]
2007-04-09 12:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH797SAUDI RESPONSE TO THE NATANZ FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT
[...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, Embassy delivered a diplomatic note with a request that Saudi Arabia refrain from sending a representative to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant in Iran. In follow-up conversations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, In [...]
2007-04-16 15:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC SA
07RIYADH881CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA
[...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]
2007-04-28 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07RIYADH954SAUDI ARABIA NOMINATES ITSELF FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE WMO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us the SAG intends to nominate itself for re-election to the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Following is the [...]
2007-05-08 04:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY WMO SA
07RIYADH960SAUDI ARABIA REQUESTS USG VOTE FOR IMO COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note numbered 42867/25/97 on 8 April from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support in 2008 for the SAG to be re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization Council [...]
2007-05-08 12:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT IO ECON SA
07RIYADH965JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...]
2007-05-08 15:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA
07ROME1TERRORIST FINANCE - ITALY: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (S) Econoff met with Giampaolo Cantini, Head of the Counter Terrorism Policy Unit at the MFA's Department for Multilateral Political Affairs on December 28 to discuss reftel points. Cantini stated that the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) would research the individuals listed in refte [...]
2007-01-03 17:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU IT
07ROME1036ITALIAN REQUEST AT UN TO UNFREEZE BANK SEPAH ROME
[...] (S/NF) Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes to learn more about the GOI proposal at the UN to unfreeze Bank Sepah Rome branch liquid assets. In particular, we inquired about plans to a) cover current expenses (e.g., utilities, legal and Ba [...]
2007-05-16 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT
07ROME1131 WHALES - ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG IWC
[...] Per instructions in reftel, on May 4, ESTH Counselor contacted Italian IWC Commissioner Giuseppe Ambrosio to convey points on U.S. priorities in advance of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. We also sent points to Deputy IWC Commissioner Dr. Aldo Cosentino, Direc [...]
2007-05-25 10:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IT
07ROME1168DEMARCHE: AGILE LAUNCH; PROTEST OF USML TRANSFER TO INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, ECMIN delivered points regarding the launch from India of the Italian AGILE satellite, and the related, unlicensed re-export from Italy to India of USML-listed items (ref A),to the MFA official responsible for Space and Science and Technology Cooperation. The latter resp [...]
2007-05-29 16:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC PARM TSPA IT IN
07ROME1187KOSOVO: TADIC CLAIMS RUSSIANS HAVE PROMISED TO
[...] (C) Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on May 29 that Russia had promised Serbia a veto of any UNSC resolution that would separate Kosovo from Serbia, according to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona. Tadic told Prodi and D'A [...]
2007-05-31 14:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME1190AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL
[...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...]
2007-06-01 05:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL
07ROME1216ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY'S AGILE LAUNCH: RATIONALE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. Separate discussions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Universities and Research, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) indicate that the decision to proceed with the launch of ASI's AGILE satellite from I [...]
2007-06-04 14:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC PARM IT
07ROME122ITALY: BUSINESS AS USUAL - EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a discussion with Emboffs about Italy halting export credit insurance for Iran (Ref A),a Ministry of Finance official -- who also serves as the President of Italy's export credit agency (ECA) SACE -- replied that an internal review of SACE's business with Iran in 2006 had [...]
2007-01-18 17:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT
07ROME1229ITALY 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] In response to reftel, the Embassy is aware of four (4) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Italy. CLAIMS ====== 2. a. Claimant A b. 1974 - 1980 c. Claimant A, a U.S. citizen who died in September 1997, alleged that real property i [...]
2007-06-05 14:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV IT
07ROME1265ITALIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S NEW CLIMATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Italian Minister of Environment's categorical public call for binding CO2 emission reduction targets for all countries, the Chief Climate Change Negotiator said that the GOI has not yet formulated an official reaction to President Bush's May 31 climate change framew [...]
2007-06-07 15:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG IT
07ROME1270ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD
[...] (C) There has been little change in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The most significant event in bilateral relations this period was a visit by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to Rome on March 15. In his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, [...]
2007-06-08 08:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD ETTC CU IT
07ROME1315BOSNIA: NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TELLS
[...] (C) Miroslav Lajcak, the next High Representative for Bosnia, visited Rome on May 28 to meet with the PM's senior diplomatic advisor Stefano Sannino, MFA Director General for Political Affairs Giulio Terzi, MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian and MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De [...]
2007-06-14 15:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK IT
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