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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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07TIRANA1077ALBANIA SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL: EMBASSY CONCURRENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 15:34:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS AL
07TIRANA1084THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 21-28, 2007
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMI [...]
2007-12-28 16:19:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA173SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]
2007-03-02 15:58:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TIRANA674ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] I am declaring a disaster in Albania for the loss of property, loss of livelihoods, and the potential loss of life caused by heat wave-related wildfires currently raging throughout Albania, and I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. The Government of Albania has ma [...]
2007-07-27 10:28:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL AL
07TIRANA81INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ALBANIA
[...] The following is Embassy Tirana's response to reftel requesting a list of the five most influential women in Albania. Embassy Tirana's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Charles Morrill (morrillch@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing fa [...]
2007-01-31 16:13:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL AL
07TIRANA981THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]
2007-11-13 09:25:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA991THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 9-16, 2007
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]
2007-11-16 12:24:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA999ALBANIA COURTS THE NATO ALLIES WITH SUCCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Albanian officials voice confidence that their accelerated outreach to NATO capitals in recent months has rallied significant support to Albania's NATO candidacy. Although aware no formal decisions have been made and that they are likely to be invited in conjunction wit [...]
2007-11-20 11:07:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AL
07TOKYO100DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES: JAPAN AWARE OF POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Japan is aware that Chinese banks may be involved with North Korea, given their close geographic proximity to the DPRK, MOF International Bureau Legal Office official Shunichi Fukushima told Embassy financial attache January 9 in response to reftel demarche. Fukushima expressed thanks for [...]
2007-01-10 09:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
07TOKYO1004LARGE-SCALE CHOSEN SOREN PROTESTS IN JAPAN: A DPRK
[...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-affiliated General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) organized large demonstrations March 3 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe to protest "unjustifiable (Japanese) political suppression." The protests, orchestrated by Pyongyang as all Chosen Soren activiti [...]
2007-03-08 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO1005JAPAN TO HOST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Taro Aso will preside March 14 in Tokyo over a meeting to inaugurate Japan's "Corridor of Peace and Prosperity" initiative involving Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians. Expected participants include Shimon Peres for Israel, Saed Erekat for the Palestinians, and [...]
2007-03-08 13:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR EAID ETRD EAIR KPAL KWBG IS JO JA
07TOKYO1006AFGHANISTAN: TWO BILLION YEN FOR PROJECTS
[...] (U) At the March 8 GOJ-NATO Tokyo Meeting, Deputy Minister Yabunaka announced ODA of 2 billion yen for Afghanistan reconstruction by NGOs, municipalities, community and district organization. MOFA European Affairs Bureau European Policy Division Akima Fumezawa informed AID Counselor that th [...]
2007-03-08 13:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL NATO AFIN PINR JA
07TOKYO1022PM ABE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS ON "COMFORT WOMEN" TO
[...] (S) Summary. A group of LDP Diet members has submitted a proposal to PM Abe, calling on the Japanese government to undertake historical research into the "comfort women" issue. The lawmakers stated goal is to clear up "misperceptions" contained in the Kono Statement and promote greater unde [...]
2007-03-09 07:37:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA
07TOKYO1025ANRE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS DIRECTOR GIVES
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on March 2 Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka expressed only partial satisfaction with discussions between Japan and Russia that took place in late February. He appreciated assurances from Russian P [...]
2007-03-09 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO1027JAPAN INVITED TO IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Japan has received an invitation to attend the opening session of the March 10 Iraq Neighbors conference, according to Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Ghanim Al-Jumaily. Al-Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer that he had lobbied hard with his Ministry and also convinced Vice President T [...]
2007-03-09 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL OIC UN IZ JA
07TOKYO10282007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-09 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO103MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT
[...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]
2007-01-10 22:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO1031RERF CONTINUES VALUABLE RADIATION RESEARCH DESPITE BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: The Radiation Effects Research Foundation's Scientific Council meeting on March 5 and 6 in Hiroshima underscored the importance of continuing research on long-term health effects on atomic bomb survivors. Multi-year studies involving voluntary participation of atomic bomb survivo [...]
2007-03-09 09:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSTH PREL SOCI ENRG PARM JA
07TOKYO10342007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-12 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO104MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT
[...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]
2007-01-10 22:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO1051UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]
2007-03-12 05:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1058JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S "MIDDLE EAST POLICY AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Middle East is currently standing at a critical crossroads between stability and turmoil, and it is imperative that Japan do all it can to secure and reinforce maximum stability in the region, declared Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso February 28 in a policy address titled [...]
2007-03-12 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD EAID XF AF TU JA
07TOKYO110FY2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: UN UNIVERSITY IN
[...] Reftel requested Embassy Tokyo to determine whether United Nations University (UNU),Tokyo, or any of its affiliates grant official status or recognition to organizations that promote, condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. After a thorough examination, Embassy Tokyo has determined th [...]
2007-01-11 05:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI JA
07TOKYO1117U.S. Telecommunications Policy Delegation
[...] (SBU) A USG delegation visited Tokyo October 16- 18 for telecommunications policy consultations at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and for meetings with U.S. and Japanese Telecom/ICT industry representatives. U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and In [...]
2007-03-14 11:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1132JAPAN - NO OBJECTION TO U.S. PROVIDING GENERATORS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 08:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1152JAPAN ANNOUNCED USD 12.6 MILLION TO THE
[...] (U) At the March 14-15 visit of Cabinet-level officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (reftel),Foreign Minister Aso announced additional assistance to the Palestinians. Although the two-day meeting focused on "confidence building" and the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperi [...]
2007-03-15 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID JA IS EAGR KWBG JO ENRG
07TOKYO1158JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1182PM HOWARD VISIT DEEPENS JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 11-14 visit to Japan, Australian Prime Minister Howard focused on strengthening security ties, signing a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation with Prime Minister Abe that makes his country "Japan's closest defense partner aside from the U.S.," according to MOF [...]
2007-03-16 10:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1202The Japan Economic Scope - March 16, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from March 16, 2007. 3. EAP/MLS Director Meets MOFA Counterparts in Tokyo Beef and Agriculture 4. OIE Panel Judges U.S. Beef Safe, Japan Replies, Not So Fast 6. Japanese Must Confront "Egoistic" Agricult [...]
2007-03-19 06:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1211DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]
2007-03-19 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG
07TOKYO1214ZIMBABWE: JAPAN TO CONSULT WITH U.S. MISSION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 10:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL ZI JA
07TOKYO1215COMFORT WOMEN: KEEPING IT LOW KEY
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders appear to have made a conscious decision to lower the volume on the comfort women issue, judging by a sharp decrease in the number of public statements on the subject over the past week. Abe demonstrated this restrain [...]
2007-03-19 11:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1224COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CYNTHIA CARRAS, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 21-June 20, 2007 TDY to Japan by Cynthia Carras, Presidential Management Fellow, Office of the Secretary of Defense. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)32 [...]
2007-03-20 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO124MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL VISITS TEHRAN, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 visit to Tehran, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Okuda urged Iranian officials to comply with the will of the international community and abide by the provisions of UNSCR 1737, according to a MOFA contact. The Iranians replied, predictably, th [...]
2007-01-11 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IR JA
07TOKYO1251SENK ADVISOR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: In March 4-5 Tokyo meetings, Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz, discussed plans to promote North Korean human rights. While citing obstacles to regular U.S. medium-wave broadcasts from Japan to North Korea using Japanes [...]
2007-03-20 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO1252JAPAN-ROK VICE MINISTER'S MEETING: "CONVIVIAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. Both MOFA and ROK Embassy describe ROK VFM Cho Joong-pyo,s March 12-13 meeting with Japan VFM Yachi in Tokyo as "convivial" and "constructive." The two men, who focused on a broad range of issues as part of the fourth annual Japan-ROK strategic dialogue, reached no new agreement [...]
2007-03-20 10:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1253 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1271 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1274MOD DENIES REQUEST FOR BRIEF ON U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY
[...] (C) The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted "senior Ministry of Defense" officials in its March 20 evening edition about a plan to request a briefing from the USG on how the U.S. nuclear umbrella would be utilized in an attack on Japan. The article claimed that the briefing was part of ongoing efforts to u [...]
2007-03-22 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1278JAPAN CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 01:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI JA
07TOKYO1280TOKYO SMALL ARMS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON DEMAND
[...] (C) Summary. The MOFA-sponsored March 12-13 workshop on small arms and light weapons (SALW) shared best practices in addressing SALW among the participants, according to MOFA Conventional Arms Division Officer Michiko Makino. Discussions focused on demand reduction and arms transfer issues, wi [...]
2007-03-23 01:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL JA UNGA
07TOKYO1282JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO OUR UN JUSTICE REFORM CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 02:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA AORC APER JA
07TOKYO1315JAPAN AGAINST EXTENSION OF UNHRC MISSION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNHRC PHUM JA
07TOKYO1322JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1324The Japan Economic Scope - February 23, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents 3. Vice President Cheney's Visit to Japan 4. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Reflects on Regulatory Reform 5. Triangular Mergers: the Good, the Bad and the Possibly Ugly 6. Do [...]
2007-03-26 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1354COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAJOR TREVOR ROSENBERG
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 15-May 7, 2007 TDY to Japan by MAJ Trevor Rosenberg. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...]
2007-03-28 07:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1355COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAJOR TREVOR ROSENBERG
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 15-May 7, 2007 TDY to Japan by MAJ Trevor Rosenberg. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3)3224-53 [...]
2007-03-28 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1360 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1361COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EOYANG AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 5 -7, 2007 visit to Japan by Staffdel Mieke Eoyang, Donald Viera, Fred Fleitz, and Laurence Hanauer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached [...]
2007-03-28 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS CH JA
07TOKYO1362JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSCR 1737, MULLING CONCRETE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO1376IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) FINATT met with Ministry of Finance, Legal Office, International Bureau official Hiroshi Yamashita on March 27 to discuss the details and importance of UNSCR 1747. Using Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's comments to underscore our committment to implementing UNSCR 1747, FINATT and Yamash [...]
2007-03-29 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM EB ISN KNNP IR EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AEMR
07TOKYO1383INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER MUKHERJEE PAYS
[...] (C) Summary: During a low-key March 22-23 visit, Indian External Affairs Minister Mukjerjee and his Japanese counterparts repeated familiar expressions regarding shared values and reiterated their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations. Among others other things, the two sides agreed t [...]
2007-03-29 10:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EAID IN JA
07TOKYO1384IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S "EXCELLENT" VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's March 21-24 visit to Tokyo was "excellent," according to Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim al-Jumaily. During the visit PM Abe assured Hashimi his government would push to renew the Iraq Special Measures Law for two years, permitting the continued d [...]
2007-03-29 10:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1413JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL
[...] Japan welcomes the opportunity to participate in the FBI hosted Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference in Miami, Florida, June 11-15, 2007. Please find below the names of the three participants MOFA forwarded to Embassy EST on 29 March: --Mr. Kentaro Goto T [...]
2007-03-30 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL
07TOKYO1420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 03:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1421JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1422The Japan Economic Scope - March 30, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from March 30, 2007. 3. Seiyu to Sell U.S. Beef, Larger Trade Issue Still Stalled 4. U.S. Beef Still on Slow Track? 5. Meat Export Federation President in Tokyo 6. EMIN Meets New CPRR Member Okina 7. [...]
2007-04-02 05:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1432JAPAN TO PASS KOSOVO MESSAGE TO POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 09:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NATO JA
07TOKYO1448JAPAN FM ASO'S MEETING WITH ROK FM SONG
[...] (C) Summary. FM Aso's March 31 meeting with ROK FM Song was "very good" and "forward-looking, according to MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Yamada. Aso and Song agreed that China's economic rise offered opportunities, but differed slightly on their evaluation of PRC military transparenc [...]
2007-04-03 22:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KS
07TOKYO147TERRORIST FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DELAY IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 06:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEFIN EMIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER ZU
07TOKYO1471COMFORT WOMEN: ABE PHONE CALL AIMS TO CLEAR THE
[...] (SBU) Media reaction to Prime Minister Abe's April 3 telephone call with the President has been generally positive. All major dailies on April 4 gave prominent coverage to Abe's statement to the President that he continue to stand by the Kono Statement and express sympathy to the comfort wom [...]
2007-04-04 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1472NAKAGAWA GETS WARM BEIJING RECEPTION, PUSHES "NEW"
[...] (C) Summary: China and Japan will do all they can to reach an agreement on oil and gas exploration in the East China Sea before Premier Wen's April 11 visit to Japan, according to LDP Diet-member Kuniko Inoguchi. On March 22 Inoguchi briefed on her March 16-19 Beijing visit with a Diet dele [...]
2007-04-04 09:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH JA
07TOKYO1518CHINESE AMBASSDOR ON PREMIER'S VISIT, HISTORY
[...] (C) Summary: China hopes the upcoming visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will help to stabilize its relations with Japan and to clarify Japanese thinking on the future nature of their bilateral relations, according to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. Wang stressed that joining the "con [...]
2007-04-06 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN JA CH
07TOKYO1520DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] (C) Embassy passed a non-paper (reftel) regarding designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) on Monday, April 2, 2007 to Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima, who noted that such information was "precious". POLoff delivered the non-paper t [...]
2007-04-06 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN ISN JA
07TOKYO1521PREVIEW OF APRIL 8 UNIFIED LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The results of Japan's April 8 nationwide local elections will be determined primarily by local issues. Nevertheless, some of the local races, where national issues are in play, will be early indicators for the outcome of the July Upper House elections and a measure of PM Abe' [...]
2007-04-06 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO1523JAPAN PREPARES FOR VISIT OF IRAQI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Following Vice President al-Hashimi,s successful visit to Japan (reftel),Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Tokyo April 8-11. The GOJ initially invited al-Maliki plus one Minister. However, according to Japanese Embassy Baghdad Deputy Chief of Mission Fumio Iwai, f [...]
2007-04-06 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1526COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PDASD JIM SHINN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by PDASD Jim Shinn, Suzanne Basalla, Jason Hamm, Rick Weir, and Jordan Winkler. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 H [...]
2007-04-06 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1527COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull and delegation. SIPDIS 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Thy Nguyen. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-55 [...]
2007-04-06 09:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1535COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 9-10, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill, EAP/K Director Sung Kim and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He [...]
2007-04-09 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1537NO SURPRISES IN JAPAN'S ELECTIONS: GOOD NEWS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The first round of unified local elections, held on April 8, resulted in no surprises. The status quo was preserved and, overall, conservative and LDP strength was reaffirmed by the voters. This is good news for PM Abe, whose poll numbers and popularity had been flagging. Candi [...]
2007-04-09 22:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO1557JAPANESE CONCERNED BY NORTH KOREAN "PROPAGANDA";
[...] (C) Japan is concerned by what it considers an increased volume of North Korean propaganda that asserts Japan has not made apologies for past "criminal" conduct and that Pyongyang has done all it can to address the abductee issue. MOFA Deputy Director for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Iha [...]
2007-04-10 05:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO1560MEDIA SPINS ELECTIONS AS WIN FOR DPJ DESPITE ONLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Media analysis April 10 focused on opposition DPJ gains in the April 8 prefectural and municipal assembly races. While it is true that the DPJ made inroads into some districts where they had never held seats before, and even gained majorities in a few assemblies, the overall [...]
2007-04-10 10:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO1589COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROFESSOR JAMES CLAD
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 13-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Professor Clad. 2. (U) Control Officer for your visit is Political-Military Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Embassy Main: (81-3)3224-5000 (Operational 24/7) Office phone: (81-3) [...]
2007-04-11 07:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1591COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VICTOR CHA, DIRECTOR FOR
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 12-13, 2007 visit to Japan by Dr. Victor Cha, Director for Asian Affairs. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3 [...]
2007-04-11 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO161JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 09:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC JA IR KNNP PARM PREL PTER
07TOKYO1645COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HUGH DESANTIS
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 24-29, 2007 visit to Japan by Mr. Hugh Desantis. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5340 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6832 Mobile phone: 81-90-4168-4950 [...]
2007-04-13 08:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1658JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNDECIDED ON ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Aso has not yet decided whether he will attend the International Compact With Iraq signing ceremony May 3 in Sharm el-Sheikh, MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer April 16. However, he will [...]
2007-04-16 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN IZ JA
07TOKYO1701JAPAN ECONOMIC SCOPE - APRIL 13, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for April 13, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents ------------------------- 3. GOJ for Joint Study for a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement? 4. U.S. Chamber Chief Cites FTA and Autos as Key Issues 5. Has Reg Reform "Peaked Out?" 6. Gov [...]
2007-04-18 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR ZO JA
07TOKYO1710IRAQ PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe told Prime Minister Maliki that Japan fully supports his government and looks to him to continue to lead in Iraq, during Maliki's April 8-11 visit to Tokyo. Abe advised Maliki that he must take steps to shore up the security situation by this summer, do more to [...]
2007-04-18 08:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1758EMBASSY TOKYO-RECEIVED PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FUNDING
[...] Following are the summaries of two anti-TIP proposals solicited per reftel. The full proposals have been emailed to G/TIP Programs Coordinator Rebecca Billings via unclassified email. SIPDIS 2. Organization Name: Polaris Project (Shihoko Fujiwara) -Requested amount: USD 193,663 -Non- [...]
2007-04-20 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PREL KCRM SMIG JA
07TOKYO1760PREVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately following his summit with President Bush, Japanese PM Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt between April 28 and May 2. A major goal of the trip will be to enhance economic relations and to raise Japan's profile in the region. Abe w [...]
2007-04-20 07:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KU QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO1761APRIL 22 UPPER HOUSE BY-ELECTIONS POSE ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary. All eyes are on key Upper House by-elections in Okinawa and Fukushima prefectures, as Japan goes to the polls again on April 22. While the main event is supposed to be the second round of the unified local elections that same day, the significance of the hundreds of mayoral and [...]
2007-04-20 08:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO1765COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CRS COORDINATOR JOHN E.
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 22-24, 2007 visit to Japan by S/CRS Coordinator John E. Herbst, Col. William Lee, and Scott Rolston (reftels A, B). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Thy Nguyen. She can be reached at: Office p [...]
2007-04-20 09:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1766UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXPORT
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI),and Ministry of Finance (MOF) on the U.S. desire for the OECD to adopt a "common line" on restricting medium- to long-term export credits to Iran. While the Japan [...]
2007-04-20 09:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN JA
07TOKYO1767(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL
[...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]
2007-04-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1781ECONOMIC REFORMS STALL AS ELECTIONS NEAR
[...] (C) Economic reform momentum has stalled in the run-up to Japan's Upper House elections in July, while policy talk shops have proliferated. Reform proposals that have made it through the bureaucratic gauntlet reflect a "tinkering" mentality, while PM Abe and the politicians on his economic t [...]
2007-04-23 02:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO1791PRC PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN: ICE MELTING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. PRC Embassy contacts told Embassy Tokyo that Beijing views Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 Tokyo visit as a "100 percent success." Wen and Japan PM Abe adopted a "forward-looking view" and attempted to build trust, while Tokyo further defined the nature of the "strategic [...]
2007-04-23 09:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1793COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]
2007-04-23 09:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA
07TOKYO1800The Japan Economic Scope - April 20, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from April 20, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan joins China/IPR WTO case as third party 4. ANRE's Mochizuki Discusses East China Sea, G8 Summit, IEA 5. Japan Issues Annual Report on Trade Compliance, U.S. Remains Top of List [...]
2007-04-24 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1839PM ABE TRIES TO DEFUSE COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to defuse the comfort women issue prior to his first summit with the President. Stung by foreign criticism of his earlier comments distinguishing different "degrees" of coercion used to bring women to comfort stations, in recent we [...]
2007-04-24 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO184COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO 1718
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw, Deputy, Politica [...]
2007-01-16 09:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO1854SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]
2007-04-25 09:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1856RESPONSE TO SHOKO ASAHARA,S PENDING EXECUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Aum Shinrikyo head Chizuo Matsumoto (AKA Shoko Asahara) and his followers involved in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system are unlikely to be executed within the next five years, according to multiple Japanese government officials. As of late April 2007, the Pub [...]
2007-04-25 10:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR
07TOKYO1895MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...]
2007-04-27 02:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA
07TOKYO19VISIT TO JAPAN'S SHIMANE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 04:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG PARM PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1911CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MEETING BETWEEN DIET MEMBER
[...] (SBU) Changing Japan's child pornography laws to criminalize possession would significantly improve international law enforcement authorities' ability to work together on investigations, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations Michael Mason told Liberal Democratic Party D [...]
2007-04-27 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI JA
07TOKYO1915JAPAN INFORMED OF PRESIDENTIAL APPEAL FOR IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL EUN IZ JA
07TOKYO1919MOFA SPEAKS TO EMBASSY REGARDING UPCOMING FCLP.
[...] (C) In a scripted exchange using language employed prior to other rounds of Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) MOFA DDG of North America Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto spoke with A/DCM Mike Meserve on April 25 regarding the May 2 to May 11, 2007 FCLP. Umemoto asked for the U.S. Government to: [...]
2007-04-30 22:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA PARM
07TOKYO1945U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP APRIL 2007 SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG) for FY-2007 took place on April 13 via digital videoconference (DVC). The IWG reviewed progress on all agenda items in advance of the annual report to leaders in June. Both sides expressed satisfaction with t [...]
2007-05-01 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA
07TOKYO1950JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 10:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO1951 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1980GOJ BACKSLIDING ON BEEF DEAL?
[...] (C) Japan's Health Ministry (MHLW) is balking at a deal to ease restrictions on U.S. beef exports that was apparently worked out between Agriculture Minister Matsuoka and Agriculture Secretary Johanns on the eve of the Bush-Abe Summit. The Charge underscored U.S. concern about the apparent b [...]
2007-05-02 09:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2004JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...]
2007-05-07 05:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2030TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]
2007-05-07 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2054JAPAN WANTS ALL UNHRC SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EUN JA
07TOKYO2076JAPAN FORMULATING SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM XB JA
07TOKYO2077JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2080JAPAN'S RESPONSE: IRANIAN INVITATION FOR REACTOR
[...] (SBU) EST Minister-Counselor met with Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007 to pass reftel points. Ambassador Nakane reassured Embassy Tokyo that Japan has no intentions to bid on Iran's tender to build two nuclear re [...]
2007-05-10 04:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM ENRG
07TOKYO2081COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD THOMAS MAHNKEN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 22-25, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Thomas Mahnken, Paul Martin, Stephen Dinauer, and Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home pho [...]
2007-05-10 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO209COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IO ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 24-28, 2006 visit to Japan by IO A/S Silverberg and Ray Hotz. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 [...]
2007-01-17 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA CH JA
07TOKYO2097JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED
[...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...]
2007-05-10 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA
07TOKYO210CORRECTED COPY: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRILATERAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. Notional schedules for each event will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the delegation to the January 24 Tril [...]
2007-01-17 22:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP JA PARM PREL
07TOKYO2104PM ABE,S YASUKUNI SHRINE DONATION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe and the Japanese government are refusing to publicly confirm or deny reports that the Prime Minister made a 50,000 yen contribution to Yasukuni Shrine. Abe, according to an Embassy Tokyo MOFA contact, paid for the offering from personal funds, but added the ti [...]
2007-05-10 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KS CH JA
07TOKYO213JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON AT PARIS III
[...] (C) Japan is unlikely to participate in the Paris III International Conference for Support to Lebanon at the ministerial level, nor is it contemplating any significant additional pledges of support, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Lebanon officer Hitoshi Ishizuka and Lebanese Cha [...]
2007-01-18 00:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID LE JA
07TOKYO2131JAPAN YET TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES FOR COLOMBO PLAN
[...] (C) Japan has not yet decided which candidate to support to be the next Secretary General of the Colombo Plan, according to Michiko Nakano of MOFA's First Country Assistance Planning Division. She anticipates MOFA will finish evaluating the candidates and reach a decision by the middle of nex [...]
2007-05-11 07:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC JA
07TOKYO2136JAPANESE VIEWS OF IRAQ COMPACT AND NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is hopeful the good turnout at the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and Iraq Neighbors meetings May 3-4 in Sharm el-Sheikh will lead to greater international support for Iraq that will translate into improved security conditions, according to National Security Advisor [...]
2007-05-11 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO2137AFTER GOLDEN WEEK DUST UP, GOJ FINALLY SET TO
[...] (C) After weeks of stop and go negotiations, three teams of Japanese auditors will finally travel to the United States May 13 as part of the effort to end the box-by-box inspection rules that currently hinder trade in U.S. beef. Twelve Japanese officials will spend two weeks in America,s hea [...]
2007-05-11 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2144COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OSD DASD JOHN HILL AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-19, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD John Hill, Maj. Jason Perry, and Maj. Leo Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Trevor Rosenberg. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3 [...]
2007-05-14 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2154JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Embassy political officer delivered Reftel on May 11 to MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division officer Mikiko Masuda. Masuda asked if Japan would be expected to provide a keynote speaker, or be responsible for leading discussions d [...]
2007-05-14 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO2157GNEP: "DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS" ON FAST REACTOR
[...] (C) On May 14, ESTOFF delivered points in reftel A to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Naganuma said he appreciated the clarity of Washington's response on the question of cooperation on fast reactor technology with Russia an [...]
2007-05-14 07:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA
07TOKYO2161JAPAN DENIES PRESS REPORTS OF AID TO PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) MOFA categorically denies a May 10 Yomiuri Shimbun report that Japan is planning to resume Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to the Palestinian Authority (PA),according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. Sato called in Embassy Tokyo political officer on May 14 [...]
2007-05-14 08:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL JA
07TOKYO2171COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-16, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Cynthia Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6837 Mobile phone: 81-90-5430-0384 F [...]
2007-05-15 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO2177The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]
2007-05-15 04:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2185JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]
2007-05-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO2188JAPAN'S UNHRC VOTING STRATEGY FOR SLOVENIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PREL PHUM BL BO SI JA
07TOKYO2189JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO SE ASIA REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER JA
07TOKYO2190JAPANESE PLEASED WITH PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Abe's April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a "great success" which enabled Tokyo to advance its "Japan and the Middle East: Entering a New Level" policy goal, according to MOFA contacts. National Security Advisor Koike told Charge d'Affaires that Abe enjoyed the trip, [...]
2007-05-15 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2232JAPAN-ROK EXCHANGE "CANDID" VIEWS DURING
[...] (C) Summary. After a three-year hiatus, the resumption of Japan-ROK security talks is part of a broader effort to improve relations. Though somewhat stilted and formulaic, the talks helped move the relationship forward. The May 10 dialogue resulted in a "candid exchange of views," with both [...]
2007-05-17 08:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO2233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2234JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 10:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC JA
07TOKYO2245DEMARCHE ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN HALEH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo political officer May 18 delivered reftel background points to officials at MOFA's First North American Division and Second Middle East Division, and requested Japan to engage with Iranian officials to urge the prompt release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. In addition, politica [...]
2007-05-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO225JAPAN LIKELY TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 07:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV EFIN HA JA
07TOKYO2251The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...]
2007-05-18 06:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2256JAPAN'S CHOICES FOR COLOMBO PLAN
[...] (C) Japan plans to offer support to the candidates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Korea for the short list for Colombo Plan Secretary General, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division officer Michiko Nakano told Embassy political officer on May 18. Japan is inquiring who, in addition to [...]
2007-05-18 07:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC JP
07TOKYO2258UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO2259JAPAN STUDYING TLSA, WILL RESPOND WITHIN TWO WEEKS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 18 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto explained that Japan will need at least one week before it can make a substantive comment. 2. (SBU) MOFA POCs for the TLSA are [...]
2007-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR KPKO JA
07TOKYO2268JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...]
2007-05-21 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO2269ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]
2007-05-21 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2272EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE DRAGS ON
[...] (C) Summary. The dispute over oil and gas exploration in an area in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China is no closer to resolution following a technical experts meeting in April, according to an Embassy contact at METI's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). China's [...]
2007-05-22 01:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2287JAPAN-RUSSIA VICE MINISTER TALKS: NO PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary. The May 17 Japan-Russia Vice Ministerial talks addressed a range of topics, but focused on preparations for the PM Abe-President Putin meeting on the margins of the G-8, MOFA and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo political officer. Japan asked for clarification on repo [...]
2007-05-22 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA RU
07TOKYO230COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 20-22, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher Hill, EAP Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons, and NSC Director Victor Cha. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer will be Keith Jordan. He can be r [...]
2007-01-18 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO2315DEPUTY VICE MINISTER PROTESTS TIP RANKING
[...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Deputy Chief of Mission May 23 to reiterate Japan's unhappiness with being listed as a Tier Two country in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. After earlier TIP Reports criticized the lack of specific legislation in Japan, the Diet made [...]
2007-05-23 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2316COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 30-June 2, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Robert Loftis, DOD Japan Country Director Scott Buchanan and EAP/J Desk Officer Gary Oba to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He c [...]
2007-05-24 00:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2328BSL-3 LAB REPORTED AT NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
[...] (C) In a meeting with Embassy Science Fellow Alan Lindquist and EST FSN on May 1, Dr. Yasuo Seto of the National Research Institute for Police Science (NRIPS) in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, said that NRIPS maintains a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory. Dr. Seto mentioned the BSL-3 la [...]
2007-05-24 04:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALTBIO PREL PARM SENV JA
07TOKYO2329JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HYBRID OPERATION
[...] (U) This message contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 23 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Fuj [...]
2007-05-24 04:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU JA
07TOKYO2330CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 05:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
07TOKYO2352The Japan Economic Scope - May 25, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 25, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ministry of Agriculture Concerned About U.S. - Japan FTA 4. 4. Australian Ambassador Promotes EPA during Hokkaido Visit 5. Does METI Want to Launch FTA Talks with the United States? 6. [...]
2007-05-25 06:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2357KOMEITO: "YES" TO EXPANDED ROLES FOR JAPAN'S
[...] (C) Summary. Komeito, the LDP's indispensable partner in Japan's ruling coalition, has changed it's policy on Japan's right to use military force. Responding to four scenarios currently under consideration by a panel of experts appointed by Prime Minister Abe, the Komeito holds that the use [...]
2007-05-25 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2358FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]
2007-05-25 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO238JAPANESE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MFO
[...] (SBU) Japan recognizes the important mission played by the MFO in maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East, but is precluded by budget constraints from increasing its voluntary contribution to the organization at this time, according to Yusuke Yamasaki, Senior Deputy Director of MOFA [...]
2007-01-19 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MFO PKO JA
07TOKYO2389MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "US, Iran Agree on Iraq's Stabilization, But Outlook for Improved Ties Unclear " Tehran correspondent Ando of the liberal Asahi wrote (5/29): "The US and Iran held direct talks Monday in Baghdad to discuss Iraq's stabilization. Though the Monday meeting was at the ambassadorial level, it was t [...]
2007-05-29 06:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2397MATSUOKA SUICIDE SHAKES ABE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) The suicide of scandal-tainted Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Toshikatsu Matsuoka in his Diet apartment on May 28 has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Abe. While negative sentiments toward Matsuoka himself may quickly fade, Abe's responsibility for failing to dismis [...]
2007-05-29 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2431JAPAN OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Japan supports expanding regional cooperation to promote democracy, Asian Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer during a May 29 discussion about the [...]
2007-05-31 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO2451COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD BRIAN GREEN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 4-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Brian Green, LT COL Brian Bohannon, Suzanne Basalla, Steve Rosenkrantz, Michael Viland, Thomas J. Roth, Jeff Dillemuth and COL Sutton. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. [...]
2007-06-01 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2459The Japan Economic Scope - May 31, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 31, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Issues Interim Report 4. Upper House Member Shares Views on Reform 5. METI to Sell Share of Japex 6. Japan and India to Cooperate on IPR 7. Decentralization Minister Pledges S [...]
2007-06-01 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2461JAPAN'S REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo political and EST officers delivered reftel demarche to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto, 2nd Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi, and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Officer Isami Takada. Fujimoto said t [...]
2007-06-01 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JA
07TOKYO2464"LABOR BIG BANG" PROPOSALS ON HOLD
[...] (C) New Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) proposals to reform the labor market are on hold until after July's Upper House elections, and the six labor bills that the cabinet forwarded to the Diet are "so compromised" they will have little effect, CEFP private sector member Naohiro [...]
2007-06-01 10:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2477JAPAN RESPONDS TO RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) On May 30, EST Officer delivered points in reftel to Satoshi Kikuchi of the Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Kikuchi said that Japan shares many of the U.S. concerns about the announced Russia-Burma civil nuclear agreement, a [...]
2007-06-04 06:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AU BM RS KNNP IAEA JP
07TOKYO2483JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...]
2007-06-04 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2505COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD JAMES C. CLAD
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 6-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD James C. Clad. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile phone [...]
2007-06-05 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2507VANISHING PENSIONS TEST ABE'S LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to recover the political football he fumbled last week over revelations that the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) mishandled pension benefits, forcing remedial legislation through the Lower House. The aggressive tactics, coupled with [...]
2007-06-05 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN JA
07TOKYO2508THE US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA CIVIL-MILITARY DISASTER ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS ATTAIN THEIR OBJECTIVES--CAN WE PUSH FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Embassy/Tokyo co-hosted with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) the third U.S.-Japan-Australia Civil-Military Disaster Assistance Workshop on May 30-31, 2007. The first day of the workshop focused on [...]
2007-06-05 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID JA MARR PREL PRM TPHY AORC
07TOKYO2530JAPAN CONSIDERING PLIGHT OF DPRK BOAT REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA NK
07TOKYO2531JAPAN ARRESTS MAN LINKED TO RED ARMY HIJACKERS
[...] (C) Japanese police arrested Kuniya Akagi, a man linked to the radical Red Army Faction, on June 5 upon his arrival at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara confirmed to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer June 6. Akagi had just ret [...]
2007-06-06 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL JA NK
07TOKYO2532JAPAN, PRC, ROK TRILATERAL FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary. During the June 3 trilateral foreign ministers' meeting attended by officials from Japan, South Korea and the PRC, all three parties agreed on the need for an early resolution to the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) issue, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer June 5. Japan F [...]
2007-06-06 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KS CH JA
07TOKYO2534DEMARCHE ON DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2553FORMER SWEDISH DPRK AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTH
[...] (C) Summary. DPRK foreign ministry officials appeared "tense" as a result of Pyongyang's 2006 missile and nuclear tests, former Swedish Ambassador to North Korea Paul Beijer told Embassy Tokyo Political Minister Counselor on June 4. Beijer judged the North Korean military to be in poor condit [...]
2007-06-07 08:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2555TOKYO TO HOST PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr will visit Tokyo June 11-13, hosted by Foreign Minister Aso. Japan's message to Abu-Amr will be that the Palestinians must solve their internal problems and resume the peace process with the Israelis. Abu-Amr is expected to request a res [...]
2007-06-07 08:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2557JAPAN WELCOMES U.S. ADVICE ON DPRK BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Summary: Legal and technical constraints prevent the Japanese government from cooperating with foreign organizations to conduct radio broadcasts into North Korea, Japanese government officials reiterated on June 5. Nonetheless, Tokyo will spend USD 1.1 million to undertake shortwave broad [...]
2007-06-07 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BBG PHUM JA KN KS
07TOKYO2558PENSION CRISIS LEADS TO CHANGES IN LDP PLATFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Alarmed by plunging approval ratings, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reordered the party's platform for the upcoming Upper House elections. Pension reform has replaced Prime Minister Abe's core issue of constitutional revision as the top item in the LDP's list of [...]
2007-06-07 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO2559KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE
[...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]
2007-06-07 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2560KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE
[...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]
2007-06-07 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2561KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE
[...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]
2007-06-07 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2599The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]
2007-06-08 07:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2619JAPAN, CHINA, PRESS FORWARD WITH MEETINGS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The importance of the Six-Party Talks, the need to resolve problems associated with the transfer of funds from the Banco Delta Asia to North Korea, and Chinese concerns over former President of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui's June visit to Japan topped the agenda during the June 3 meeting [...]
2007-06-11 09:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV KTIA CH KS JA
07TOKYO2630NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]
2007-06-12 02:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07TOKYO2650REQUEST FOR JAPAN'S HELP ON POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghanistan's Ambassador in Tokyo, Haron Amin, expressed skepticism on June 11 that Japan would be willing to invest large sums in upgrading Afghanistan's electrical power distribution sector, given Japan's focus to date on funding rural development and the Disbandment of Illega [...]
2007-06-12 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF JA
07TOKYO2651JAPAN ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAINTAIN UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2662COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WEBB
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 30-July 2, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Webb. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Ray Greene. Assisting control officer will be Political Intern Jonathan Stradling. Contact information as follows: [...]
2007-06-13 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL TH VM JA
07TOKYO2664 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2665JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...]
2007-06-13 08:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA
07TOKYO2690ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO
[...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]
2007-06-14 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO2692PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES U.S., ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr, speaking June 13 at a press conference in Tokyo, blamed U.S. and Israeli policy for the violence now taking place in Gaza, asserting that the failure to deal with the Palestinian government has inevitably led to the current situation. [...]
2007-06-14 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2716SALE OF THE CENTURY STARTS OCTOBER 1: A JAPAN POST
[...] (SBU) Japan Post -- a public corporation with assets the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization process October 1. The institution, which encompasses a bank and an insurance company and is collectively the world's largest financial institution, has played a central role in Ja [...]
2007-06-15 07:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO2718COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 19-June 20, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Hill and EAP Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Keith Jordan. Contact information is as follows: Office phone: (81 [...]
2007-06-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2719AMBASSADOR LOFTIS DISCUSSES SMA WITH DIET MEMBERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor on Security Negotiations and Agreements, met with Diet Members, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Finance (MOF) and DFAA to outline the U.S. Government desire for a three-year extension of the Special M [...]
2007-06-15 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2728JAPAN TO PUSH FOR EFFECTIVE HYBRID OP FRAMEWORK,
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel C demarche June 15 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Ishikawa said that Japan agrees with all of the U.S. concerns about the mandate and the comman [...]
2007-06-18 02:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU JA
07TOKYO2737JAPAN WILL HAVE FIRST MEETING WITH "GUAM" COUNTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 05:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP JA
07TOKYO2741PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO; MOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr enjoyed a "positive, fruitful" visit to Tokyo June 11-13, according to MOFA contacts. FM Aso discussed the possibility of resuming direct assistance to the Palestinians through the Office of President Abbas, although a final decision had [...]
2007-06-18 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2744JAPAN WILL SUPPORT DE ALBA PROPOSAL TO UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2764PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S BILATERAL MEETINGS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bilateral meetings on the margins of the G-8 Summit were successful in building support for Japan's bid to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to MOFA sources. Abe also agreed to work together with the EU and other G-8 countr [...]
2007-06-19 08:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREK SENV UNSC AF CH FR GM LE JA
07TOKYO2766COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WAE JAMES A. PIERCE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for WAE James A. Pierce to Japan for TDY support to the Political Section from June 26-August 31, 2007. 2. (U) Point of contact will be Political Minister-Counselor Mike Meserve. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5330 Hom [...]
2007-06-19 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2786FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2787JAPAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, embassy officials raised the DPRK,s possible procurement of Japanese-manufactured currency counterfeiting equipment with the government of Japan. We explained that, given the unlikelin [...]
2007-06-20 10:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA
07TOKYO2788MOFA PRESENTS TALKING POINTS FOR UPCOMING G/TIP
[...] (C) On June 19, 2007 MOFA Organized Crime Division Director Akihiko Uchikawa presented talking points to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer concerning the upcoming visit of Ambassador Lagon to discuss the 2007 G/TIP report. Though not visibly upset, Uchikawa was clearly frustrated and disappoin [...]
2007-06-20 10:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2790JAPAN-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: SLOWLY WARMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan-Pakistan relations appear to be slowly warming, after having suffered a breach following Pakistan's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. Japan's overriding concern regarding Pakistan is to maintain stability in the South Asia region and, therefore, to help keep it a moder [...]
2007-06-20 20:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID PK JA
07TOKYO2826The Japan Economic Scope Part 2 - June 21, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Political Agenda for Coral Transplants Around Disputed Pacific Islets Denied (SBU) 4. Expansion of Social Insurance Coverage (U) 5. Electric Power Market System Under Review [...]
2007-06-22 04:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2829COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 1-3, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Mark Lagon, and Mark Taylor. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...]
2007-06-22 04:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2830NISSAN MOTOR CO. PROJECT WITH THE RUSSIAN
[...] (S) On June 22, 2007, EST officer delivered the points in the reftel to MOFA's International Science Cooperation Division, Ms. Ryoko Henna and Tetsuo Takagi. MOFA officials thanked Embassy for passing the information. However they requested time to study the new information with other GOJ coll [...]
2007-06-22 05:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM TNGD
07TOKYO2831The Japan Economic Scope Part 1 - June 21, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. See septel for part two. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. JUSBC Chair Called for Enhanced Cooperation for US-Japan FTA 5. Japan and Doha Talks 6. [...]
2007-06-22 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2876PRC EMBASSY: WARMING TREND IN CHINA-JAPAN TIES TO
[...] (C) Summary: The warming trend in Sino-Japanese ties will continue even if Prime Minister Abe steps down after the July election, Chinese Embassy political officer Chen Zhiwen told Tokyo political officer during a June 18 meeting. Although the possibility of Abe resigning is slim, due to the [...]
2007-06-25 09:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV CH TW JA
07TOKYO2895INFORMATION SECURITY: AN ALLIANCE PRIORITY
[...] (S) Summary: In tandem with the deepening of our bilateral alliance, the amount of information -- diplomatic, technical, intelligence, and operational -- provided to Japan has necessarily expanded exponentially over the past decade. Our ability to maintain momentum on information sharing, howe [...]
2007-06-26 09:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2898JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2905UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE ON RESTRICTING EXPORT
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MOFA OECD Division Director Naohiro Tsutsumi on June 26, following up on earlier Embassy discussions on the same issue with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and MOF officials (Refs C and D.) Tsutsumi confirmed that he had already consulte [...]
2007-06-27 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR JA
07TOKYO2906JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY TOWARD BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Using humanitarian aid and technical assistance to keep bilateral lines of communication open is the backbone of Japan's foreign policy strategy on Burma, MOFA contacts told Tokyo Embassy political officer on June 20. Japan shares many of the United States' concerns on Burma, [...]
2007-06-27 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO2947LDP-KOMEITO COALITION LIKELY TO LOSE UPPER HOUSE
[...] (C) Summary: The outlook for Japan's ruling LDP-Komeito coalition in upcoming House of Councillors elections is grim, as the support rate for Prime Minister Abe and his ruling LDP continues to fall over the botched handling of pension accounts. Abe's premiership, and the ruling coalition's [...]
2007-06-28 10:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2964JAPAN'S REFORM AGENDA - PLENTY OF FOREST BUT FEW
[...] (C) Summary. The Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP),the Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform (CPRR),the Asia Gateway Strategy Panel (Asia Gateway),and the Innovation 25 Strategy Council (Innovation 25),all advisory bodies to the Prime Minister's Cabinet office, each is [...]
2007-06-29 07:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD JA PGOV
07TOKYO2966The Japan Economic Scope June 28, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from June 28, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Economic Section's Thinning Ranks 4. Doha Stock Taking in Tokyo 5. Ag Text Delay -- Is There a Silver Lining? 6. US-Korea FTA -- Political Will Key to Deal 7. U.S. Beef: Technical [...]
2007-06-29 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2971JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...]
2007-07-01 23:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN JA
07TOKYO2972JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...]
2007-07-01 23:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP JA NK
07TOKYO307JAPANESE RECONSIDER, WILL SEND MINISTER TO PARIS
[...] (C) Japanese MOFA officials informed Lebanese Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo January 23 that after further consideration, Japan has decided to send Minister of Environment Masotoshi Wakabyashi to lead its delegation to the Paris III International Conference for Support to Lebanon, and will make a [...]
2007-01-23 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID LE JA
07TOKYO3075IRANIAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SAFAR'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Maintaining a positive relationship with Iran would be difficult unless Iran heeds the international community's concern about its uranium enrichment program, Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told Iranian Vice Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari in Tokyo on June 28. Safari claimed [...]
2007-07-05 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER JA IZ
07TOKYO3078SENIOR VICE MINISTER ASANO'S SYRIA MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Syria must tighten its border controls and use its influence to help resolve internal strife in Lebanon, Senior Vice Minister Asano told Syrian President Al-Asad in Damascus on June 25. Asano delivered a "strong message" from Prime Minister Abe during his visit, according to a J [...]
2007-07-06 01:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY LE IZ TU JA
07TOKYO3087NEW DEFENSE MINISTER FACES TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's new Defense Minister, Yuriko Koike, will face an uphill battle to establish her policy and managerial credentials. Koike acknowledges that she was chosen primarily to help boost the ruling party's prospects in the July 29 Upper House election and, as such, will be subject [...]
2007-07-06 03:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO31COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 11-12, 2006 visit to Japan by S/P Director Stephen Krasner, Dr. William Inboden, and Mr. James Green. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Evan Read [...]
2007-01-05 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO3100 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3125The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. G-10 Agriculture Ministers Issue Another Statement on Doha 4. An Early Glimpse at G-8 Planning 5. Advisory Councils-- Recommendations - Few Details for Concrete Action 6. [...]
2007-07-09 08:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3127The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 2
[...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. JBIC Will Finance Pipe Manufacturing in Russia Autos, Energy 4. International Auto Standards and ACCJ Japan American Auto Industries Subcommittee 5. Nissan on Exchange Rates, O [...]
2007-07-09 08:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3128LDP HISTORY GROUP REACTS TO HONDA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. The pendulum may be swinging back toward more assertive action by a group of conservative LDP lawmakers concerned with the comfort women issue, after passage of the Honda Resolution in committee on June 25, according to LDP League to Consider Japan's Future and Historical Educat [...]
2007-07-09 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3137JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]
2007-07-10 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO3157ABDUCTION ADVISOR NAKAYAMA POSITIVE ON U.S. VISIT
[...] (C) The Prime Minister's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue, Kyoko Nakayama, was very satisfied with her May 28-June 2 visit to the U.S., according to Councilor Naoki Fujii in the Office of the Prime Minister. Fujii, Nakayama's deputy on abduction issues, told Embassy political officer o [...]
2007-07-11 05:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KN PREF
07TOKYO3164DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3166RADIO BROADCASTING TO THE DPRK
[...] (C) Summary: Kazuhiro Taguchi, Acting Director of the Policy Planning Division in the Prime Minister's office overseeing abduction issues told Embassy Tokyo on July 5 that the Japanese government would begin short-wave radio broadcasts to the DPRK on July 9. Japanese officials believe the [...]
2007-07-11 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO JA KN
07TOKYO3167JAPAN UNWILLING TO COMMIT ABOUT TOP IOM JOB
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 09:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG JA
07TOKYO3186G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The 2007 TIP Report assessment of Japan is unfair, said Foreign Policy Deputy Director-General Shimbo to Trafficking in Persons Ambassador Mark Lagon July 2 during a meeting with the Japanese anti-human trafficking inter-ministerial task force. The Report does not take into acc [...]
2007-07-12 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3187REGIONAL INCOME GAPS: PRE-ELECTION FOCUS ON INCOME
[...] (SBU) As July,s Upper House election approaches, regional income disparities have emerged as a priority issue in the national conversation on growing income gaps. Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politicians recognized as early as mid-2006 that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DP [...]
2007-07-12 06:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI JA
07TOKYO3194COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SIX PARTY TALKS DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 13-15, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul T. Haenle and Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sco [...]
2007-07-12 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3235JAPAN PRESSES IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: UN Security Council "confrontational moves" towards a new resolution would only lead to minimal Iranian cooperation with the IAEA, Iranian Director General Hamid Baeidinejad declared at non-proliferation talks in Tokyo on July 11, according to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science an [...]
2007-07-16 22:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM JA PREL IR
07TOKYO3236The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Informal Civ Air Talks in Tokyo (SBU) 4. Star Flyer to Open KIX -- HND Flight (U) 5. Centrair Strongly Supports USG Cargo Position (SBU) 6. Nuclear Fusion Research Cen [...]
2007-07-17 00:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3237The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 2
[...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. 18. Disappointing Report by DC Pension Study Group Calls for Minimal Changes 4. Number of Foreign Business Headquarters in Kobe Hits Triple Digits 5. Nara Mayor and Governo [...]
2007-07-17 00:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3243JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3263JAPAN: NUCLEAR POWER: EARTHQUAKE CAUSES FIRE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 11:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY JA
07TOKYO3265 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 21:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3312COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HELVEY AND BRENDAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 29-August 1, 2007 visit to Japan by David Helvey and Brendan Kelly. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)32 [...]
2007-07-19 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3318JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3321The Japan Economic Scope--July 19, 2007 Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 19, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Reaction to Doha Draft Texts 4. Japan Agriculture: Doha Draft Text Triggers Customary Hyperbolic Response 5. Battered Agriculture Minister Faces Press 6. FSA Creates [...]
2007-07-20 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3322The Japan Economic Scope--July 19, 2007 Part 2
[...] (U) This cable contains the part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 19, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Mississippi Governor Seeks Nagoya FDI 4. Sumitomo Chemical President Describes Japan-Saudi Rabigh Joint Project 5. Sharp, Kyocera, and Sanyo to Accelerate Manufacturing [...]
2007-07-20 05:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3346DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to SIPDIS agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the [...]
2007-07-20 08:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3360JAPAN OPPOSING TAIWAN UN BID
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Japanese officials in Taiwan informed the Taiwan Authority on July 20, 2007 that Tokyo will not support Taiwan membership in international organizations, including the United Nations, when statehood is a prerequisite, MOFA contacts [...]
2007-07-23 10:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO3375LDP PROSPECTS FOR JULY 29 ELECTIONS WORSEN
[...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition looks almost certain to lose its majority in the July 29 Upper House elections. Voters continue to fault Prime Minister Abe for his perceived failure to deal adequately with the pension mess and a host of administration scandals. Continued verba [...]
2007-07-24 10:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3376JAPAN GEARED TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO3420COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE BRITTING, ANGELA ENG,
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 26-August 6, 2007 visit to Japan by Political Officers Jane C. Britting, Angela K.Eng, and Kristin R. Willey. 2. (U) Control officer for the Tokyo visit will be Political Officer Mary Wilson. She can be reached at Office ph [...]
2007-07-26 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA JA
07TOKYO345The Japan Economic Scope - January 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Insider Disappointed with Reform Report 4. Japanese Stock Markets Merging? 5. Electricity Deregulation: METI Backing Away; Commercial Customers Face Continued Price Discrimination 6. MHLW: Number of Drug Reviewers to Be Increased 7. Agriculture Prot [...]
2007-01-25 02:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3450The Japan Economic Scope--July 26, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from July 26, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Deputy Secretary Set to Arrive in Tokyo 4. Niigata Earthquake: Damage Toll Mounts 5. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Shutdown Squeezes Tokyo's Electricity Supply 6. Earthquake Dents Japan's Auto [...]
2007-07-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3452HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JAPAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 08:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO PREL JA
07TOKYO3453RULING PARTIES TO TAKE A BEATING IN JULY 29
[...] (C) Summary. A sense of resignation appears to have taken hold in the ruling LDP, as the latest polls and predictions point to the strong possibility that the ruling coalition might win fewer than 50 of the 121 seats up for election in the Upper House on July 29. The ruling parties need 64 [...]
2007-07-27 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3469COUNTRY CLEARANCE DASD FOR SEDNEY, BASALLA, GEIS,
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 28, 2007 to August 2, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, John Geis, and Major Leonard Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political-Military Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: [...]
2007-07-30 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3475PM ABE'S LDP TAKES A BATH IN UPPER HOUSE ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a crushing defeat in the July 29 Upper House elections, returning only 37 of 64 incumbent seats and, in the process, losing control of the chamber. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was the big winn [...]
2007-07-30 09:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3491ABE ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY DIET SESSION,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Abe told the press that his near term agenda includes a short session of the Diet, a reshuffle of senior party positions, and a cabinet change. End summary. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Abe appeared before the press on July 30, minutes after receiving an endors [...]
2007-07-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3496JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3508JAPAN WILL SUPPORT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL JA
07TOKYO3509JAPAN WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO UNSYG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN JA
07TOKYO3541JAPAN TO APPROACH USUN IN NEW YORK ABOUT PARALLEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 08:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN JA
07TOKYO355JAPAN RENEWS PUSH TO IMPROVE TIES WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Yachi's January 26-27 trip to China is intended to maintain the momentum in improving bilateral relations, according to MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Nomura. Yachi and his counterpart, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, will sta [...]
2007-01-25 11:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG CH JA
07TOKYO3553Honda Motors on DHS's CBP Advance Trade Data Elements and
[...] (SBU) Summary. Honda Motor Company visited the Embassy on July 20 to provide feedback on U.S. Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) proposed Advance Trade Data Elements (ATDE) requirement. Honda also outlined some of their experiences with the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism [...]
2007-08-03 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECOM JA
07TOKYO3554Country Clearance for CODEL Hastert
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to Congressman J. Dennis Hastert and his delegation traveling to Japan from August 4-7, 2007. The delegation is as follows: Rep. J. Dennis Hastert Rep. John Shadegg Mr. David Cavicke Mr. William Koetzle Maj. David Kincaid Post un [...]
2007-08-03 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO356ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's January 17-18 Tokyo visit, she signed an agreement to elevate policy talks from DG-level to VFM-level and reached agreements for Japanese business and cultural exchanges, according to MOFA and Israeli Embassy contacts. Japan agreed t [...]
2007-01-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KPAL XF IR IS JA
07TOKYO3560The Japan Economic Scope--August 2, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 2, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Crushed By DPJ in Upper House Election 4. Agriculture Minister Steps Down 5. Expert Level Beef Talks Resume in Tokyo 6. METI Urged to Play More Assertive Role on FTA Policy 7. [...]
2007-08-03 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3567JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA
07TOKYO3587THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]
2007-08-06 07:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO359JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3591POST-ELECTION MOOD DARK AT LDP, KOMEITO HQS
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito headquarters on July 31 and August 1, staff members revealed a deep discontent with the July 29 Upper House (UH) election results and with Prime Minister Abe's failure to resign. They spoke freely about Abe's lack of [...]
2007-08-06 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3592MOFA ASKS ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN THE UN-AU HYBRID
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Media reports are premature that Japan will provide 50 billion yen (USD 417 million) to PKOs in Sudan, said MOFA First Africa Division Deputy Director Sotaro Ozaki during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo Political Offi [...]
2007-08-06 07:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF SU JA
07TOKYO3593THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S COURTESY CALL ON PRIME
[...] (C) Prime Ministerial Advisor for Abductions Kyoko Nakayama emphasized the importance of the abduction issue in a meeting with the Deputy Secretary on August 3. She asked for continuing support from the United States in resolving the issue. Councillor Nakayama also asked for understanding o [...]
2007-08-06 07:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN JA
07TOKYO3595TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 27, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Embassy O [...]
2007-08-06 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO3596JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE:
[...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Emba [...]
2007-08-06 08:17:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNEFIN FI PREL PTER UNSC JA
07TOKYO3600THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]
2007-08-06 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]
2007-08-06 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3617THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER
[...] (S) Summary: In an August 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice SIPDIS Minister Moriya said the Japanese government would exert maximum effort to address its information security shortcomings and welcomed the agreement on the Bilateral Informat [...]
2007-08-07 22:36:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA
07TOKYO3618THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Koike reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance to the Deputy Secretary on August 3 and asked for the return of additional land from Camp Foster. She also reiterated the Japanese government's interest in purchasing F-22s, given continued security risk [...]
2007-08-07 22:37:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA
07TOKYO3624JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3635JAPAN'S REACTION TO N/S KOREA SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (U) Japan has responded positively to news that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a summit in Pyongyang August 28-30. Japan hopes dialogue between the two Korean leaders will lead to a "relaxation of tensions," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told re [...]
2007-08-08 23:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KS KN PGOV
07TOKYO3660UPPER HOUSE ELECTION COMPLICATES ECONOMIC
[...] (C) The stunning defeat Japanese voters handed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on July 29 stems primarily from domestic concerns the Diet will have to tackle when it reconvenes in the autumn. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) takeover of the Upper House complicates the LDP's abili [...]
2007-08-09 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON JA
07TOKYO3681The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]
2007-08-10 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3682AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...]
2007-08-10 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR
07TOKYO3690TERMS OF REFERENCE SETS MILESTONES FOR FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) approved on August 3 a Terms of Reference (TOR) and set of ambitious Milestones aimed at strengthening Japan's ability to protect classified information. The Japanese delegation was co-chaired by the Ministry of Defe [...]
2007-08-11 00:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA MARR PINR PREL
07TOKYO371S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES JAPAN-INDIA RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Japan and India will continue to pursue their many common interests, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shimizu told visiting S/P Director Krasner on January 12. On the economic front, Japanese firms hope to create a hedge against the financial risks of operating in China by i [...]
2007-01-26 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IN JA
07TOKYO3716DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2
[...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]
2007-08-13 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3718DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM JA
07TOKYO3719JAPAN CONSIDERING INVOLVEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO372S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner on January 12, Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada welcomed the possible participation of the OECD in the Partnership for Democratic Governance initiative. He noted that ho [...]
2007-01-26 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM OECD JA
07TOKYO3720JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on August 9, 2007. Both counterparts [...]
2007-08-13 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN JA
07TOKYO3725DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ON POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo officers spoke to a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) staff member and a DPJ House of Councilors member about a range of issues following the July 29 Upper House election. The staff member discussed the post-election timeline, economic reforms, the upcoming Diet session and wh [...]
2007-08-14 01:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO374S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...]
2007-01-26 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA
07TOKYO3765WEAKENED PRIME MINISTER ABE TO VISIT INDIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, weakened by his party's defeat in last month's Upper House elections and facing dropping support from the public and rising criticism from within the LDP, will depart Tokyo August 19 for a visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He returns to [...]
2007-08-15 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PARM IN ID MY JA
07TOKYO3766Country Clearance for NTSB -- Rosenker, Mark; Doyle,
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to the NTSB delegation traveling to Tokyo August 19-27, 2007, for meetings with Japanese automobile manufacturers. The delegation is as follows: Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman Thomas W. Doyle, Counselor to the Chairman, Barbara A. Czech, [...]
2007-08-15 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ELTN EAIR ASEC NTSB JA
07TOKYO3778LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS DISCUSS IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) Discussions with three Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members during August 9-10 revealed concern over the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and Diet session, speculation on Prime Minister Abe resigning, and possible scenarios for dissolving the Lower House. The three recognized that Abe mi [...]
2007-08-16 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3783 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3785JAPAN WILL NOT FIELD CANDIDATE FOR UNCAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO3798The Japan Economic Scope--August 16, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 16, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Tokyo Markets Respond to Global Turmoil 4. Limited Subprime Impact on Japanese Financial Institutions 5. Carry-Trade Unwind: More Bark than Bite (U) 6. Japan: Second Quarter Real GDP [...]
2007-08-17 04:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3817JAPAN'S FIRST RESPONSE TO TIP ROADMAP
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss Japan's reaction to the "Roadmap to Tier 1," presented to the Japanese government July 2 (reftel). Sasahara said that the government needed clarification [...]
2007-08-17 09:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3820JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3831JAPANESE OFFICIAL "NOT HOPEFUL" ABOUT FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Yukiko Okano to discuss Japan's contribution to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). Okano said that Japan definite [...]
2007-08-20 08:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO385The Japan Economic Scope - January 25, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Tells Ambassador Position on M&A "Misunderstood" 4. Kansai Association of Corporate Executives: Support for Agriculture Reforms, Abe's Survivability 5. Keidanren Hasn't Given Up on Doha 6. U.S.-Japan Reg Reform Talks Commence 7. Financial Servi [...]
2007-01-29 06:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3855COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JASON HAMM
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-24, 2007 visit to Japan by John Hill and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobil [...]
2007-08-21 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3870JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3871PRC EMBASSY ON JAPAN-CHINA TIES, NEW CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: Beijing is refraining from raising disputes on history with Tokyo in a bid to continue the warming trend in relations, Chinese Embassy Political Officer told an Embassy Tokyo Political Officer on August 17. Should Japan decide to "rewrite history," however, China would have no [...]
2007-08-22 02:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH JA
07TOKYO3877 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO391JAPAN LEERY OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE AFRICAN UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-29 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL XA XW SU JA
07TOKYO3922The Japan Economic Scope--August 23, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 23, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Official Discusses Japan's "Confused" Political Situation, East China Sea and More 4. WTO Talks Set to Resume as Japanese Negotiators Face Cabinet Reshuffle 5. Abe V [...]
2007-08-24 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3930ABE ALONE SELECTING NEW LDP EXECUTIVES, CABINET
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce his new Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership slate on August 27. Leaving the media, outside observers, and his own party in the dark, Abe has involved virtually no one else in the decision-making process. Embassy Tokyo officers have [...]
2007-08-24 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO3955EXPLAINING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT TIP SHELTERS IN
[...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 23 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss the Japanese government's reliance on prefecture-level public shelters to protect victims of human trafficking. Embassy Political Officer delivered Ref A's "C [...]
2007-08-27 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3962FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST
[...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]
2007-08-27 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO3966 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3967JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]
2007-08-27 11:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3968JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]
2007-08-27 13:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3969ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...]
2007-08-27 14:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3970ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...]
2007-08-27 14:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3987 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4010COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS SHUBERT
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-22, 2007 visit to Japan by Thomas Shubert. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: [...]
2007-08-29 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4015JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4043UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS TERMS OF DIET DEBATE ON OEF
[...] (C) Summary: The terms of debate in the upcoming Diet review of the Anti-Terror Special Measures Law that governs Japan's contribution to the OEF Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) are still unclear. Direct negotiations between the ruling LDP coalition and opposition Democratic Party of Ja [...]
2007-08-30 07:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4044ABE'S NEW CABINET GETS BOUNCE IN POLLS BUT REMAINS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sagging poll numbers have received a boost with careful choices for his new Cabinet that included former and current Cabinet members and several Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction heads. That said, concerns remain about the fate of the Anti-terrorism bill, [...]
2007-08-30 07:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4052The Japan Economic Scope--August 30, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 30, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Abe Reshuffles Cabinet 4. New Appointees and Postal Privatization 5. ACCJ T&L Committee Meets with CPRR on Aviation Policy Money Matters 6. Minimum Wage Non-Compli [...]
2007-08-31 05:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4053JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE
[...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on August 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. S [...]
2007-08-31 06:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO4057DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RIAD SEIF TRAVEL BAN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche and a copy of Department's statement on Riad Seif to MOFA First Middle East Division Syria officer Hitoshi Ishizuka, who replied that the Japanese Embassy in Damascus is in the process of checking the details of Seif's case and tha [...]
2007-08-31 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM EUN SY JA
07TOKYO4096JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...]
2007-09-04 10:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4101THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the elimination of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA). Under the reorganization much of DFAA's functions will be folded into MOD's Internal Bureau. Final allocation of workload and portf [...]
2007-09-05 02:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4167COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 Mobile phon [...]
2007-09-07 02:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4184The Japan Economic Scope--September 6, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 6, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Farming and Agriculture 3. Fukuoka Farmers Protest Free Trade 4. A New Agriculture Minister -- Financial Scandals Continue 5. Recent Agriculture Ministers Climate Concerns 6. Cle [...]
2007-09-07 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4187 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4218MOFA ON OPPOSITION CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the opposition "does not necessarily signal a return to large-scale armed violence or an increased military threat," according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. Japan, at this point, has no plans for public statements criticiz [...]
2007-09-10 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4227COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PM SENIOR ADVISOR AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 20-26, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Jackson McDonald, CDR Thomas C. Herold, and LTC Phillip D. Janzen. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office pho [...]
2007-09-11 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4262ABE RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe sent shock waves through Japan's political world on September 12 with his sudden announcement that he will resign. As for the reason behind his decision, he offered his concern that his continued tenure as PM is making it difficult for Japan to live up to its [...]
2007-09-12 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4280HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY CONTINUES JAPAN-PRC WARMING
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Hu Jintao twice on the sidelines of APEC to discuss ways to strengthen economic, environmental, and security ties. Marked more by warm atmospherics than progress on substantive issues, the informal talks signal the warming tren [...]
2007-09-13 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO4283JAPANESE REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE IN COMMUNIQUE OF THE
[...] (C) Following up on Foreign Minister Machimura's message to the Ambassador that Japan seeks to strengthen the international reasons to continue to provide Maritime Self Defense Forces support to Operation Enduring Freedom (Ref A),MOFA National Security Division Principal Deputy Director Shing [...]
2007-09-13 08:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN AF JA
07TOKYO4285ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE
[...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]
2007-09-13 11:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4287ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE
[...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]
2007-09-13 23:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO43COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...]
2007-01-09 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA
07TOKYO4322JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNABLE TO ATTEND AD HOC
[...] (U) Due to the unsettled political situation in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Machimura will be unable to attend the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in New York, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki Adachi. The meeting will take place on the day after t [...]
2007-09-14 11:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF JA
07TOKYO4371COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA AND DAVID
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-26, 2007 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja and David Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81 [...]
2007-09-19 06:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4374JAPAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Japan is disinclined to make financial contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, although it is still considering a U.N. request to nominate judges for the tribunal, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. His remarks were confirmed separately by U.N. Po [...]
2007-09-19 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC LE JA
07TOKYO4375JAPAN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MINUSTAH, AWAITING
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political officer delivered reftel demarche September 19 to MOFA Caribbean Division Haiti Desk Officer Akiko Yamasaki. Yamasaki said that Japan will support the extension of the MINUSTAH mandate, and althoug [...]
2007-09-19 09:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPKO EFIN PGOV PREL HA JA
07TOKYO438JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...]
2007-01-31 10:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO JA
07TOKYO44The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Unemployment Dips to Under 4% 4. Cabinet Approves Conservative Regular Budget for FY07 5. New Tax Commission Chairman Pro-Growth 6. METI "Investment Security" Study Group: Japan's "Exon-Florio"? 7. CPRR Issues Mixed Final Reform Recommendations 8. Japan Pos [...]
2007-01-09 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4400JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4408LATEST POLLS SHOW FUKUDA STRETCHING LEAD IN LDP
[...] (C) Summary. Yasuo Fukuda has lengthened his lead over rival Taro Aso in the LDP presidential race, securing the backing of nearly 70 percent of LDP Diet members, according to a Kyodo News report on September 20. Fukuda is also out-polling Aso in the LDP prefectural vote, based on preliminar [...]
2007-09-21 07:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4419FUKUDA WINS
[...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda defeated former Foreign Minister Taro Aso to win the LDP presidency by a comfortable margin on September 23. The generally conservative, pro-U.S. Fukuda garnered 330 of 528 votes cast, showing wide support among both LDP lawmakers and [...]
2007-09-24 07:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4424JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4436 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4439VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HEADING TO BURMA
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka will visit Burma September 29 to October 3 and is willing to convey a message from the USG to Burmese officials, MOFA contacts said on September 21. Japan is "deeply concerned" about the recent crackdown, but is not planning to issue a public statement conde [...]
2007-09-25 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4462 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4467GOJ CONCERNED OVER OEF REFUELING ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD Administrative Vice Minister Kohei Masuda called in DCM September 26 to express the GOJ's concerns over several press reports, attributed to U.S. sources, that assert that Japanese fuel provided for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) has been used by the U.S. Navy for ot [...]
2007-09-26 10:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4468NEW LDP EXECUTIVE LINEUP
[...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda selected four senior faction leaders on September 23 to assist him in unifying the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),countering the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and preparing for the next Lower House election. The appointments are generally s [...]
2007-09-26 10:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4474JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO449JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...]
2007-02-01 01:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA
07TOKYO452MEDIA REACTION - DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S
[...] "The Responsibility of Defense Minister Kyuma" Guest commentator Naoyuki Agawa, a Keio University professor and former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, wrote in the conservative Sankei (2/1): "...Meeting the press on January 24 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Defense [...]
2007-02-01 03:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4533AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER
[...] Nearly one hundred guests attended the Ambassador's annual Iftar dinner, hosted at the residence on September 20. The guest list included Ambassadors and chiefs of missions from Islamic nations and their spouses, members of Tokyo's small Muslim community, and Japanese academics who specialize [...]
2007-09-27 22:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KISL ODIP JA
07TOKYO4542JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4552The Japan Economic Scope--September 27, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 27, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Political 3. New PM Fukuda Keeps Economic Team Intact 4. Less Uncertainty in Japan's Trade Team 5. Fukuda's Campaign Pledges Squishy on Reform ( International Interrelations 6. [...]
2007-09-28 07:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4555$3 TRILLION FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: JAPAN POST
[...] (C) Japan Post -- an institution with assets comparable to the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization October 1. The privatization directly affects U.S. commercial interests in banking, insurance, and express delivery services, and its sheer size means it is widely expected t [...]
2007-09-28 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4558JAPAN APPROVES PDG DECLARATION OF PRINCIPALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM OAS JA
07TOKYO456COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THY M. NGUYEN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 06 - May 03, 2007 visit to Japan by Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Foreign Affairs Officer Thy M. Nguyen. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached [...]
2007-02-01 03:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4560JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT GAER FOR UNCAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO4561JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA
07TOKYO4563JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...]
2007-09-28 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4564COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 6-13, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Inouye. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Raymond Greene. Administrative points of contact are Political Officer John Nylin and Management Officer Peter Hayde [...]
2007-09-28 09:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA AMGT AFIN ASEC PREL JA
07TOKYO4567JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS IRANIAN COUNTERPART
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) pressed Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki, at a meeting on September 22 in New York, to comply with United Nations sanctions and cease uranium enrichment. Machimura also rejected as "unrealistic" [...]
2007-09-30 22:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ JA
07TOKYO4570JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 01:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO458COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JOHN GEIS
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 02 -05, 2007, visit to Japan by OASD, East Asia John Hill and John Geis. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: [...]
2007-02-01 03:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4599COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAN VAUGHN AND KEFF CARTER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9-12, 2007 visit to Japan by Dean Vaughn and Keff Carter. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 [...]
2007-10-02 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO461JAPAN'S RESPONSE: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] On February 1, ESToff delivered reftel demarche to Principal Deputy Director Nobuharu Imanishi and Officer Masamichi Ito in MOFA's Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division. Imanishi said that he would share the demarche with other officials for interagency coordination. He reported [...]
2007-02-01 06:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM AORC EIND
07TOKYO4617COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 3-4, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: 81-9 [...]
2007-10-02 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4635PM FUKUDA AIMS FOR MIDDLE GROUND IN FIRST POLICY
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda maintained a conciliatory tone in his policy speech given separately to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet on October 1. He touched on many of the same subjects raised by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three weeks ago, including the pension system, regi [...]
2007-10-02 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO4636JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YACHI ON POSSIBLE OEF
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo and the US are working to provide Japan with the most accurate and up-to-date information on press speculation that Japanese oil contributions for Operation Enduring Freedom were used by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq, the Charge told MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Sho [...]
2007-10-02 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4656A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN PM ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) Summary. The DPRK must take concrete steps for the return of the abductees and provide a credible explanation for the purported death of each victim in order to demonstrate progress on the abduction issue, Japan's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue Kyoko Nakayama told visiting EAP A/S [...]
2007-10-04 05:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO4661PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...]
2007-10-04 07:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO4682TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 04:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER SA
07TOKYO4688JAPAN ANTICIPATES INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East Tatsuo Arima was very pleased with the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting, as well as with meetings with NEA A/S Welch (reftel) and NSA Senior Director Abrams, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki [...]
2007-10-05 05:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS JA
07TOKYO4689The Japan Economic Scope--October 4, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 4, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Reform 3. CPRR, CEFP No Longer "Wheels of Change" Under Fukuda Administration 4. What Kansai Business Executives Expect of the Fukuda Cabinet 5. PM Fukuda's Strong Initial Polls, "Th [...]
2007-10-05 05:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4691COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHAEL W.
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Michalak. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political Officer Marc Forino, Tel: (03) 3224-5467, Mobile: 090-5578-0102. 3. (U) Post understands that the meeting with Diet Member Shiozaki is [...]
2007-10-05 05:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4696JAPAN CONSIDERING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE, WARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JA
07TOKYO4699JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]
2007-10-05 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4702U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION
[...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...]
2007-10-05 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO4726JAPAN PLANS CONTRIBUTION FOR IRAQ REFUGEE SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM IZ JA
07TOKYO4746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 10:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES,
[...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]
2007-02-01 10:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4766JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4768JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS
[...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...]
2007-10-11 04:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4769JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING
[...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...]
2007-10-11 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO4775 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4784JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4787The Japan Economic Scope--October 11, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 12, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Money Matters 3. Unemployment Post Slight Rise to 3.8% 4. Bank Sales of Insurance Advocacy 5. U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative 2007--Investment Seminar in Osaka 6. KIAC Welcomes [...]
2007-10-12 03:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4797JAPAN: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Thus far, Japan has taken a number of steps to influence events in Burma, including formal protests at the ministerial level. However, Japan can do more to signal to the Burmese junta that it is increasingly isolated. This cable summarizes Embassy Tokyo's view on possible next s [...]
2007-10-12 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PREF BM JA
07TOKYO4799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4800JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...]
2007-10-12 11:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4801BILATERAL INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE ADVANCES
[...] (C) The DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and the Tokyo-based Implementation Group (IG) have made steady progress on implementing milestones agreed upon bilaterally on August 3. The BISTF process is divided into three broad phases. The first aims to enhan [...]
2007-10-15 00:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO4848JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet on [...]
2007-10-17 06:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 22:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO486YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...]
2007-02-02 06:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA
07TOKYO4885The Japan Economic Scope--October 18, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 18, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Trade Forum 3. AUSTR Cutler Meets DG Otabe in Tokyo 4. US-Japan Launch New Reg Reform Cycle Fiscal Structure 5. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Influence Declining, Says La [...]
2007-10-19 05:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4903GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NEW OEF BILL; MSDF TO WITHDRAW
[...] (C) The Fukuda Cabinet voted to forward a new bill authorizing a continuation of Japan's Indian Ocean refueling efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Diet late on October 17. Maritime Self-Defense Forces assets will be withdrawn on November 2, one day after the current law e [...]
2007-10-19 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4905OPPOSITION DPJ STRUGGLES FOR CONSENSUS ON OEF
[...] (C) Summary. Main opposition DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa has drawn heavy criticism over the past week, including from some members of his own party, over a series of counterproposals seeking to replace Japan's current support to Operation Enduring Freedom with some form of as yet undefined support [...]
2007-10-19 09:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4927COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 29-November 1, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Alexander Arvizu. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3 [...]
2007-10-22 09:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4951BURMA: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR POLICE TRAINING
[...] (C) Summary. Japan has no bilateral programs involving Burmese police, but has included Burmese representatives in widely attended multilateral seminars and training on the Japanese "koban" system and combatting drug crime. Japan currently has no legal restrictions on Burmese participation i [...]
2007-10-23 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM JA BM
07TOKYO4953ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION
[...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...]
2007-10-23 22:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO4966OUTLOOK GRIM FOR OEF BILL, AS MOD SCANDALS PUT
[...] (C) Summary. Revelations of two Ministry of Defense-related scandals, emerging just as the Diet was scheduled to finally take up deliberations on new legislation to reauthorize Japanese refueling efforts in the Indian Ocean, are threatening to derail the ruling coalition's efforts to extend [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4968JAPAN WILL DECIDE UNIAAC VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE
[...] This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MOFA UN Planning and Administration Division Principal Deputy Director Kenichi Matsuda. Matsuda said that Japan would "carefully consider" Mr Walke [...]
2007-10-24 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA JA
07TOKYO4969JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MG JA
07TOKYO497COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND SPECIAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 05-07, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]
2007-02-02 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO4970JAPAN'S STRATEGY FOR THE THRID COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 22 with MOFA Human Rights Division Pricipal Deputy Director Takako Ito. Ito gave the following outline of Japan's strateg [...]
2007-10-24 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN KTIA JA
07TOKYO4971JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA
07TOKYO4976JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO498COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES ZUMWALT
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 11-19, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/J Director James Zumwalt. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...]
2007-02-02 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO499COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 07-09, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Of [...]
2007-02-02 09:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PGOV PHUM PREL BM ID RP SG TH WHO
07TOKYO500JAPAN NEGOTIATING TO RESUME ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in discussions with the Syrian Ministry of Transport and the Latakia Port General Company about entering into a technical assistance agreement to provide training and equipment to upgrade cargo handling facilities at the [...]
2007-02-02 09:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL EAID PTER SY JA
07TOKYO5003JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA:
[...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]
2007-10-26 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5020JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...]
2007-10-26 09:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN
07TOKYO5021DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...]
2007-10-26 09:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO5024PILOTS CONVEY CONCERNS ABOUT JALWAYS-DOD JET INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On October 26, Econoff met with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Union (JFAU) Chairman Hiroya Yamaguchi to receive a letter to the Ambassador conveying the union's concerns about an August 8 incident involving a U.S. military jet and a JALways commercial airliner near Guam. Yam [...]
2007-10-28 22:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECOM MARR JA
07TOKYO5025The Japan Economic Scope--October 25, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 25, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Financial News 3. Recent Major Economic Indicators 4. Public Pension Fund Goes Small Cap for Big Returns 5. GOJ's Six Fiscal Projections Point to Consumption Tax Hike Transportatio [...]
2007-10-29 00:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5028JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5031TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] "What Happened to Syria-DPRK Connection?" The Liberal Mainichi wrote (10/29): "The US has decided to slap additional sanctions on Iran for its continued uranium enrichment.... The US has also claimed that Iran has been supplying arms to the Taliban and to Shiite militias in Iraq. However, Iran [...]
2007-10-29 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5034NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...]
2007-10-29 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5035DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) This is an action message. Action request contained in paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will continue to monitor the situation in Burma closely and is committed to fully cooperating with UN Burma Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwaba [...]
2007-10-29 08:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BM JA
07TOKYO5036JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK NATO JA
07TOKYO5039JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5059FUKUDA FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR OEF IN FIRST
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa appear to have accomplished little in their first face-to-face talks on October 30, but did agree to continue talking later in the week, according to Embassy contacts and press reporting. LDP and DPJ party heads have held [...]
2007-10-31 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5066COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL, EAP SPECIAL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 2-3, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein, and NSC East Asian Director Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be [...]
2007-11-01 04:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5067COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 7-9, 2007 visit to Japan by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: [...]
2007-11-01 05:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5076JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP
[...] (C) Japan still cannot commit to attending the U/S Dobriansky-hosted breakfast in Bamako, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 31. Per Ref A, MOFA raised the issue last week with the offic [...]
2007-11-01 10:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM JA
07TOKYO5084The Japan Economic Scope--November 1, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 1, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Fiscal Issues 3. Citigroup Shares to Hit TSE November 5 4. Unemployment Up Slightly to 4% 5. CPI Down 0.1% in September, 8th Consecutive Monthly Drop 6. BOJ's Economic Outlook: No [...]
2007-11-02 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5087DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 02:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM EFIN JA
07TOKYO5096MEDIA COVERAGE OF OCTOBER 31 COALITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo hosted a briefing for Japanese Diet members focusing on the international nature of OEF Coalition efforts in the Indian Ocean to combat global terrorism, as well as on the importance of Japan's contribution to OEF. Approximately 10 [...]
2007-11-02 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO5099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5114FUKUDA-OZAWA MEETINGS INCITE LATEST POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa's November 4 offer to resign, and the private meetings with the Prime Minister that precipitated it, have further unsettled Japan's political scene. While much of the press reporting is focused on what sort of deal was proposed by whom in the Fukud [...]
2007-11-05 09:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5138OZAWA WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION TO CRITICAL REACTION
[...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa has withdrawn his resignation letter as leader of Japan's largest opposition party, bringing further uncertainty to an already unpredictable political situation. DPJ executives mounted a frantic campaign over the past several days to woo Ozawa back to the party, but [...]
2007-11-07 09:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5176The Japan Economic Scope--November 8, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 8, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents 3. EisMAP and Fostering Sustainable Development in the Asia/Pacific Region Politics 4. Deja vu...D(PJ)eja -Vu 5. Unlikely to Get into Business School 6. Secretary of Defense Rob [...]
2007-11-09 03:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5192BURMA: SLAIN VIDEOGRAPHER'S BURMESE INTERPRETER
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese interpreter for slain Japanese videographer Kenji Nagai is now in Japan thanks to the support of Nagai's former employer and close friend, APF News President Toru Yamaji. Since Nagai's death, Yamaji has been conducting a one-man campaign to pressure the Japanese Gove [...]
2007-11-09 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF BM JA
07TOKYO5193JAPAN OPPOSES RESTRICTING PDG MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Japan opposes restricting membership in the Partnership for Democratic Governance, MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiko Okano told Embassy Tokyo November 9. At the time of the October 1 PDG planning meeting, membership was open to any country willing to subsc [...]
2007-11-09 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM JA
07TOKYO5197JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND SIGN STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE PACT
[...] (U) Japan and New Zealand signed a pact November 5 which allows New Zealand access to Japan's strategic oil reserves for emergency use according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Under the agreement, New Zealand may purchase up to 90,000 metric tons, or 659,700 barrels of o [...]
2007-11-09 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO5203JAPAN WILL ATTEND APDP BREAKFAST, STILL UNSURE
[...] (SBU) Although Japan will not be able to send a cabinet-level representative to the U.S.-hosted breakfast on the Asian Pacific Democracy Partnership in Bamako, the government intends to "actively participate" in the discussion, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Pricipal [...]
2007-11-09 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL MG JA
07TOKYO5205COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON HAMM
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 12-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: 81 [...]
2007-11-09 09:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5219KOMEITO LAWMAKER ANALYZES OZAWA'S STRATEGY, DIET
[...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa may have dealt his own DPJ a lasting body blow, Komeito Lower House Diet member Otohiko Endo told the Embassy on November 8, but his resignation and return have opened the door for policy discussions with the ruling coalition. Endo, a senior member of the Komeito, do [...]
2007-11-13 05:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5221STAS MEETING ON U.S.-JAPAN FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE FOR A SAFE
[...] Summary. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Advisor to the Secretary of State and Mr. Yasutaka Moriguchi, Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) co-chaired a meeting on October 10 to discuss the U.S.-Japan Frame [...]
2007-11-13 07:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTNGD PTER TBIO TSPL KSCA JA
07TOKYO5224JAPAN WILL OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Japan is "ready to fight" against any additional amendments to the resolution condemning rape as a tool for political or military objectives, MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito told E [...]
2007-11-13 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM JA
07TOKYO5227JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5236DECISION TIME FOR OPPOSITION AS OEF BILL REACHES
[...] (C) Summary. Legislation authorizing the resumption of refueling for coalition vessels engaged in anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean was forwarded to the opposition-controlled Upper House on November 14. MOFA assured Embassy Tokyo that the new bill will not/not add restrictions on th [...]
2007-11-14 22:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5258JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5267 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5268JAPAN WATCHING CLOSELY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was caught by surprise by Pakistan's declaration of a state of emergency only days after Foreign Minister Koumura announced significant increases in ODA to that country. As a result, he was forced to announce Japan will "reconsider" this decision in light of recent events. [...]
2007-11-16 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV MOPS PK JA
07TOKYO5270RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...]
2007-11-16 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH
07TOKYO5272JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5278SUBJECT: PRC EMBASSY ON BOOSTING JAPAN COOPERATION
[...] (C) Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute, Beijing and Tokyo are moving forward with plans for Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda to visit Beijing before year's end, Chinese Embassy Political Officer Zhiwen Chen told Embassy Tokyo on November 16. A significant brea [...]
2007-11-19 04:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA BM CH KN
07TOKYO5283WHALING: JAPANESE FLEET SAILS ON LARGEST RESEARCH
[...] Japan's whaling fleet set sail Sunday, November 18 on the largest hunt to date as part of phase two of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPA II). For the first time since it began research whaling in 1987, Japan intends to take humpback whales (quota [...]
2007-11-19 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS PREL SENV IWC JA
07TOKYO5290 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5298 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5305JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT APPROACH TO VENEZUELA
[...] (U) This cable contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan's approach to the proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela is a "sensitive" and "delicate" matter, MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi told Embassy Tokyo P [...]
2007-11-20 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE JA
07TOKYO5306ACHIEVING AGREEMENT ON SMA
[...] (U) Action Request contained in para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Japanese officials are prepared to resume Host Nation Support (HNS) negotiations along the lines of the October 24 discussion between the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura (Ref A). Japanese negotiators have told the Emb [...]
2007-11-20 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5315JAPAN: ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE INVITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 05:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT CVIS KPAL KWBG IS JA
07TOKYO5321EXCHANGE OF TELECOM MRA LETTERS
[...] On November 21, 2007, and per instructions in ref, Embassy and GOJ effected the exchange of letters required to bring the Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Results of Conformity Assessment Procedures between Japan and the United States of America into force on January 1, 2008. The Embassy re [...]
2007-11-21 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL JA
07TOKYO5329FUKUDA-ROH SUMMIT FOCUSES ON DPRK
[...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met November 19 with ROK President Roh Moo-hyun, and the bulk of their conversation was focused on the DPRK. PM Roh underlined the importance of dialogue and generosity in dealing with the DPRK and explained that Kim Jong-il desires a security guarantee from th [...]
2007-11-26 06:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO5331COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 28-29, 2007, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Offic [...]
2007-11-26 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5333JAPAN FAVORABLY CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CERD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5335FUKUDA-WEN SUMMIT SETS OUT HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY,
[...] (C) During their November 20 meeting in Singapore, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offered to Premier Wen Jiabao to visit China "as soon as possible," which could be late this year or early next year depending on the Diet's schedule. Chinese President Hu Jintao will also visit Japan next year, mos [...]
2007-11-26 08:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5336HIGH-LEVEL JAPAN-BURMA CONTACTS IN SINGAPORE
[...] (C) During separate meetings November 20 and 21, PM Yasuo Fukuda and FM Masahiko Koumura called on their Burmese counterparts to take steps to promote democratization and human rights and to begin a "substantial" dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They also urged the Burmese authorities to conti [...]
2007-11-26 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5342BURMA: JAPANESE FM KOUMURA MEETS WITH SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting in Singapore, Special Advisor Gambari told Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura that he has been pressing the Burmese authorities to relax their restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),engage in dialogue with her and take steps towards democratization in [...]
2007-11-27 02:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5343JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS
[...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...]
2007-11-27 05:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VM CB LA JA
07TOKYO5345 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5346JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 08:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA
07TOKYO5347KOMEITO THINKING ON DIET ROADBLOCKS, OEF BILL,
[...] (C) Summary: Senior leaders of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito and its Soka Gakkai religious support group offered insights on Japan's current Diet impasse and the outlook for the next Diet session, prospects for the OEF refueling bill, and relations with the DPRK, during recent meetings wi [...]
2007-11-27 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN JA
07TOKYO5355READOUT OF US-JAPAN TRADE FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An array of bilateral trade issues were addressed and policy discussions on FTAs held in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Trade Forum in Tokyo on October 18. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler led the U.S. delegation, while Director General for Economic Affa [...]
2007-11-28 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD JA
07TOKYO537JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY PROJECT: AN EFFORT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Historians from Japan and China will meet a second time in March to address differences in how they view their shared history. Neither side expects to resolve contentious issues, but hope to narrow gaps in understanding, according to Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the J [...]
2007-02-06 04:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
07TOKYO5377JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...]
2007-11-29 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA
07TOKYO5388JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO540 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-02 23:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO542ASO REMARK THAT U.S. IRAQ POLICY "NAIVE": REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Public remarks by Foreign Minister Aso on February 3 that the U.S. post-conflict planning in Iraq was "extremely naive" have made headlines here in the wake of more pointed criticism of the U.S. stance on Iraq and troop realignment by Defense Minister Kyuma. Vice FM Yachi said in [...]
2007-02-06 11:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JA
07TOKYO5426JAPAN LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS JA
07TOKYO5451COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office pho [...]
2007-12-05 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
07TOKYO5456INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]
2007-12-05 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5458JAPAN AND VIETNAM AIM FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet's November 25-29 state visit to Japan was aimed at developing the two countries' "strategic partnership," with a strong focus on assisting infrastructure development, improving Vietnam's investment environment, raising bilateral trade and expanding polit [...]
2007-12-05 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VM JA
07TOKYO5460BURMA NGO LETTER TO POTUS CALLS FOR UNSC ACTION
[...] (C) Four representatives of the Joint Action Committee of the Burmese Community in Japan (JAC) met with Embassy Political Minister Counselor on December 4 to express their concerns over the situation in Burma. They also passed on a letter addressed to President Bush praising U.S. efforts on b [...]
2007-12-05 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV JA BM
07TOKYO5475AMBASSADOR URGES DEFENSE MINISTER TO FINALIZE HNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the rapid conclusion of a new Host Nation Support (HNS) agreement during a December 5 meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The Ambassador noted that ambiguities in past understandings on HNS, and unilateral efforts by Japan to reduce its financial co [...]
2007-12-06 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5476CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 10:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
07TOKYO5477TAIWAN, EAST CHINA SEA MAJOR TOPICS DURING
[...] (C) The Taiwan UN referendum is an extremely "sensitive and serious issue," and Japan should not support it and must take care not to send the wrong message to Taiwan's independence forces, President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior officials told FM Koumura during his [...]
2007-12-06 23:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON CH JA
07TOKYO5481JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5482JAPANESE VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS, PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan considers the Annapolis Conference a great success, terming it an "historic opportunity" to advance the Peace Process. Unfortunately, Japan was not represented at the ministerial level. Separately, given budgetary constraints, the issue of whether Japan can contribute to [...]
2007-12-07 01:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID XF WE IS GZ KWBG KPAL JA
07TOKYO5487COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOINT GUAM PROGRAM OFFICE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 8-10, 2007 visit to Japan by JGPO delegation members Lynn Hicks, James Cannon, Lou Cariello, Wesley Ishuhizu, John Gamez, Scott Forrest, William Taylor, David Demoske, Thomas Cole, Matthew Gagelin and David Bice. 2. (U) Co [...]
2007-12-07 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5496The Japan Economic Scope--December 7, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Bilateral Dialogs 3. Sub Cabinet Meetings Taking Place in Tokyo 4. Megaports Discussions Continue in Tokyo 5. Chukeiren Vice Chairman Frustrated With China; Favors FTA 6. Japan-Chi [...]
2007-12-10 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5503DIET EXTENSION, OVERRIDE VOTE ON OEF BILL GROW
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda appears poised to extend the current Diet session beyond December 15, with the expectation that his ruling LDP-Komeito coalition will use their two-thirds majority in the Lower House to override the opposition-controlled Upper House and pass key anti-terror [...]
2007-12-10 23:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5504JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5510 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5511JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION AT PARIS
[...] (C) Japan is still uncertain who will lead its delegation to the December 17 Paris Donors Conference and how much it will be in a position to contribute, according to Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Representative in charge of Peace in the Middle East. Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of [...]
2007-12-11 08:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAMGT PREL KWBG KPAL IS JA
07TOKYO5512FORMER SDF COLONEL SATO DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling coalition will extend the Diet into January in order to pass the new Anti-terrorism law, according to Upper House Diet member Masahisa Sato. The next month will be critical for the new legislation and the LDP is planning a PR campaign to better explain the Indian Oce [...]
2007-12-11 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5533JAPAN WILL GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5534BAMAKO CONSULATATIONS DEMARCHE ON CUBA DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU JA
07TOKYO5539KYRGYZ PRESIDENT PAYS LOW-KEY VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev paid a low-key visit to Tokyo November 14-16 during which he met with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the Emperor, and Minister of Administrative Reform Yoshimi Watanabe, whose father, former Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe, was the first senior l [...]
2007-12-13 01:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KY JA
07TOKYO5552JAPAN: ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER A DIVIDED DIET
[...] (SBU) The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's loss in July 2007's Upper House election resulted in a divided Diet and legislative gridlock, which has undercut economic reform advocates and pushed economic policymaking away from the prime minister's office. The result is a tougher environment fo [...]
2007-12-13 09:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN JA
07TOKYO5568(S) JAPANESE RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer December 13 delivered non-paper concerning missing AmCit Robert A. Levinson to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano, along with a request that Japan 1) r [...]
2007-12-14 08:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETCASC PREL PTER IR JA
07TOKYO5569DIET EXTENDED; PASSAGE OF OEF REFUELING BILL ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has approved extending the Diet session to January 15. The move puts the ball into the opposition court to complete deliberations on the OEF refueling bill and put the matter to a vote in the Upper House. The DPJ has stalled Diet deliberations on the bill for we [...]
2007-12-14 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5570The Japan Economic Scope--December 13, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Japan Post, Privatization 3. Japan Post Insurance Submits New Product Applications 4. Bill to "Review" Postal Privatization Passes Upper House 5. Japan Post Insurance Contract Sales [...]
2007-12-14 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5571HOST NATION SUPPORT: DETAILS ON SUBSTANTIVE
[...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Country Team has reached a substantive agreement with Japan for a new three-year Special Measures Agreement (SMA) for Host Nation Support to U.S. Forces in Japan. The new SMA includes a cosmetic reduction in Utilities Cost Sharing (UC [...]
2007-12-14 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR JA
07TOKYO5572 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-16 22:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO558FEBRUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: On February 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries, Australia, Brunei Darussala [...]
2007-02-07 23:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV JA
07TOKYO5609JAPANESE AGAIN RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda lunched December 19 with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Moshen Talaeli and urged him again to help resolve the case of missing American Citizen Robert Levinson. Other topics discussed included Iran's nuclear [...]
2007-12-19 09:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETCASC PREL PTER PARM IR IZ JA
07TOKYO5610JAPAN: INSURANCE ADVOCACY PAYS OFF FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Over the past several months, U.S. insurers have struck deals to market products through Japan's extensive postal network, taking advantage of Japan Post's privatization. They are also poised to capitalize on deregulation measures, set to go into effect December 22, that will allow ban [...]
2007-12-19 10:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN BEXP JA
07TOKYO5613FUKUDA TAKES HIT ON PENSIONS, BUT NO BACK-TRACKING
[...] (C) Summary. Uncertainty remains the watchword for Japanese domestic politics in the last two weeks of 2007, as fresh attention on the government's inability to resolve the issue of unidentified pension accounts, coupled with continued ruling and opposition party sparring related to the OEF r [...]
2007-12-19 22:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL JA
07TOKYO5615JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5620UNION LEADER ON OZAWA, PENSIONS, BASE STRIKES
[...] (C) Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tsuyoshi Takagi told the Ambassador December 19 that opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ozawa is not anti-American and that Ozawa's decision to oppose Japan's Indian Ocean refueling activities was primarily driven by political tim [...]
2007-12-20 06:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV JA
07TOKYO5624CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...]
2007-12-20 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS JA
07TOKYO5626INITIAL JAPANESE REACTIONS TO SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese MOFA officials are pleased by the election of Lee Myung Bak as South Korea's next president and are hopeful that relations between Tokyo and Seoul will improve during his administration. They expect him to focus primarily on improving the South's economy and believe he [...]
2007-12-20 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SK JA
07TOKYO5641The Japan Economic Scope--December 21, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 21, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents International Assistance 3. Japan to Provide Humanitarian Protection Assistance in Chad 4. Japan Increases Donation to International Development Association Taxation 5. Ruling Pa [...]
2007-12-21 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5643UN BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 05:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA XA XD JA
07TOKYO5646TIP: FINAL CLARIFICATION OF JAPAN'S ROADMAP TO
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Japan has begun taking steps to follow the "Roadmap to Tier 1" (Ref A),MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara told us December 20. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref B's "Clari [...]
2007-12-21 05:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO5647COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAUSCHER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 09-11, 2007, visit to Japan by CODEL Tauscher. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone [...]
2007-12-21 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO5649JAPAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japan continued to increase efforts to prevent terrorism and there were no terrorist attacks in Japan in 2007. Domestically, Japan bolstered its defenses against terrorism by improving crisis management and first responder capabilities and took steps to strengthen border security. By December [...]
2007-12-21 06:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
07TOKYO5658JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5661DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA
07TOKYO5668 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5670PM FUKUDA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's 27-30 December visit to China is expected to produce positive visuals, but little in terms of substantive deliverables. PM Fukuda will highlight the common cultural and economic interests between the two countries, visiting a Japanese factory in Tianj [...]
2007-12-27 10:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5671JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5678SUB CABINET MEETINGS, DEC. 6-7, U.S. URGES MORE
[...] (SBU) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price led a deputies-level team from USTR, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and State for the U.S.-Japan Economic Sub-Cabinet Dialogue meetings on December 6-7 in Tokyo. The over-a [...]
2007-12-28 06:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ETRD JA
07TOKYO5689The Japan Economic Scope--December 28, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 28, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Japanese Government Moves 3. Personnel Shuffle at MOFA? 4. Reg Reform is Back 5. Japan Halts Plans to Start Hunting Humpback Whales Planes and Trains 5. Rail Improvement Cut in [...]
2007-12-31 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO57COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 20-31, 2007 visit to Japan by Mr. Mark Little, Ms. Nelsie Alcoser, and Ms. Erika Prochaska. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the Tokyo portion of [...]
2007-01-09 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAGAO OTRA KS JA
07TOKYO583COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DPRI DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 4 -17, 2007 visit to Japan by the DPRI Delegation. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home ph [...]
2007-02-08 09:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO602PROGRESS ON BILL TO FUND MARINES MOVE TO GUAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislation to fund the transfer of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam will be submitted to the Diet for approval as early as the week of February 12, MOD Deputy Director-General Kanazawa told Embassy on February 5. He praised the recent Ambassador Schieffer-led visit of senior [...]
2007-02-09 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO617JANUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: On January 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, [...]
2007-02-13 06:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM JA ENRG
07TOKYO645The Japan Economic Scope - February 9, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Inbound FDI Negative for 2006, Japan Likely to Miss Five-Year FDI Target 4. Keidanren Chairman Visits Australia, Wants an FTA 5. Japanese Reaction to U.S. WTO Subsidy Case Against China 6. The New Reg Reform Council Launched 7. EMIN Meets Niigata and Kan [...]
2007-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO658JAPAN: NO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR UN MIDDLE RING
[...] (SBU) Japan is not in a position at this time to make additional contributions to the Distinct Entity Trust Fund for UN middle ring security, MOFA Deputy Director for Second Middle East Division Masaki Yasumatsu told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer February 14. According to Yasumatsu, Japan g [...]
2007-02-15 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN IZ JA
07TOKYO659A/S SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan views positively recent steps taken by the United States to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process and is hopeful that progress will be made, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda told visiting Assistant Secretary for International [...]
2007-02-15 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KPAL IS IR LE SU JA
07TOKYO660JAPAN WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO661JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT PASSAGE OF "COMFORT WOMEN"
[...] (C) The Abe government is moving ahead on several fronts to counter the proposed sense of Congress resolution condemning Japan for its treatment of World War II "comfort women." MOFA Asian Bureau Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa told us February 13, he had been asked to relay that the [...]
2007-02-15 10:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KS CH JA
07TOKYO692 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO695JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador in Charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq Gotaro Ogawa visited Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar January 24-31. Ogawa reports he found all four countries to be deeply concerned about the lack of stability in Iraq, critical of United States policy, a [...]
2007-02-16 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SA QA TU SY JA
07TOKYO696JAPAN WELCOMES SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT, REMAINS UNEASY
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese reaction to the Six-Party Talks (6PT) agreement is mixed. Popular reaction to the 6PT agreement is shaped by the strong and passionate view the Japanese public has on the abduction issue. PM Abe, who holds deep personal views on the abductions, shares the public view t [...]
2007-02-16 10:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN JA
07TOKYO697VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]
2007-02-17 03:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO701JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO708AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]
2007-02-20 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
07TOKYO722JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO738JAPAN NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPKO MOPS SO JA
07TOKYO739CHINESE FM LI ZHAOXING VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: China will "cooperate to the fullest extent possible" to help Japan resolve the abduction issue with the DPRK, Chinese FM Li Zhaoxing told the Japanese during a February 15-16 visit. According to MOFA China Division contacts, the two sides hope to reach general agreement on th [...]
2007-02-22 05:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PGOV CH KS JA
07TOKYO741COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 26 - 28, 2007 visit to Japan by Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Jr. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reac [...]
2007-02-22 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL AS KS JA
07TOKYO742MEETING WITH MEXT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED BILL ON
[...] SUMMARY. On January 30, 2007, Embassy EST section met with MEXT officials to glean additional information on the Government of Japan (GOJ) plan to submit to the Diet a bill intended to prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism. The bill is being introduced to the Diet to ratify the U.N. Inter [...]
2007-02-22 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL
07TOKYO748The Japan Economic Scope - February 16, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations at the ACCJ 4. Fourth Quarter Real GDP Grew 4.8 Percent; Up 2.2 Percent in CY2006 5. Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota on GDP News 6. Japan Post Privatization: Level Playing F [...]
2007-02-22 05:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO760COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOT A. MARCIEL
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 26-27, 2007 visit to Japan by Office Director Scot A. Marciel. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...]
2007-02-22 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL RP JA
07TOKYO761COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/MLS DIRECTOR ROBERT
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 11-12, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5340 H [...]
2007-02-22 09:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL TH BM LAS VM CBC KS JA
07TOKYO762DIET ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The 2007 Diet convened on January 25 and will run 150 days to June 23 during which it will consider a number of economic bills with potential impact on this summer's Upper House election, particularly those designed to bolster PM Abe's "Second Chance" initiative to close a perce [...]
2007-02-22 23:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB EINV ETRD JA
07TOKYO774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO785BOSNIA: JAPAN TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON OHR ISSUE,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK JA
07TOKYO788JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 09:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM CH JA
07TOKYO799ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to counterparts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Finance (MOF). MOF officials stated they were already aware of reftel designations from their regular monitoring of Treasury,s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. 2. [...]
2007-02-26 04:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KN IR JA
07TOKYO805NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: ""NUDGE"" COULD HELP
[...] (U) NOTE: This is an action request -see par. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On February 9, MEXT Nuclear Safety Division Officials suggested that U.S. encouragement of G8 allies to ratify the Nuclear Terrorism Convention could positively impact their efforts to achieve ratification by the Japanese [...]
2007-02-26 07:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL JA UNGA
07TOKYO821The Japan Economic Scope - February 23, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents 3. Vice President Cheney's Visit to Japan 4. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Reflects on Regulatory Reform 5. Triangular Mergers: the Good, the Bad and the Possibly Ugly 6. Do [...]
2007-02-27 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO825COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROANE AND WIRKKALA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 03-17, 2007 visit to Japan by INR/B Jamie Roane, Biographic Officer and Tiara Wirkkala, Political Officer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be re [...]
2007-02-27 09:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PINR JA
07TOKYO855COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G/SENK SENIOR ADVISOR WHITON
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 03-05, 2007 visit to Japan by Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can [...]
2007-02-28 10:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PHUM JA
07TOKYO859JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO879JAPAN MOVES TO WEAKEN 1993 KONO APOLOGY ON
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is directing efforts to pursue World War II historical issues, including "comfort women," LDP Diet member Yasuhide Nakayama told Embassy Political Minister Counselor Meserve on February 28. The Japanese government actions are in response to the U.S. congressi [...]
2007-03-01 09:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO880JAPAN'S RESPONSE: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) Embassy EST coordinated with Embassy POL and delivered the points in the reftel to counterparts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Teppei Kanda, Deputy Director, Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division, who is the working-level lead officer, stated that Japan continues [...]
2007-03-01 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP
07TOKYO894POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: FOLLOWING THE MONEY
[...] (C) Japan Post,s to-be-privatized insurance and banking entities need to focus on risk management and their asset/liability term mismatch (as much or more than they are focusing on new products) if they are to have a successful initial public offering (IPO). This was the principal conclusion [...]
2007-03-02 08:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETRD PREL JA
07TOKYO903JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO910The Japan Economic Scope - March 2, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 3. Upper House Member Running for Reelection Predicts Win for DPJ 4. Russian PM Fradkov Visits Japan 5. MAFF Sounds the Alarms About Free Trade 6. An Intelligent Diet Debate on [...]
2007-03-05 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO950JAPAN WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Japan has expressed disappointment that it has not been invited to attend the upcoming Baghdad extended neighbors conference, according to Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily. Al-Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer he had recently dined with Japan's departing Ambassador t [...]
2007-03-06 10:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
07TOKYO967PM ABE TAKES BACK FIRST OF "FAILED" POSTAL REBELS
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe's abrupt decision to allow postal rebel Seiichi Eto to rejoin the LDP for the purpose of running in the July Upper House election has the potential to further weaken his public support, reopen divisions within the party, and strain relations with ruling coalit [...]
2007-03-07 07:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO968JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON EXPORT CREDITS AND TRADE
[...] (C) As a follow up to reftels A and B concerning halting export credits to Iran, MOFA Second Middle East Division officer Junichi Sumi March 6 presented the following non-paper to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Sumi noted that a copy of the non-paper had been forwarded to Under Secretary Bu [...]
2007-03-07 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO973IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO, AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program, but will not agree to suspend enrichment activities as a precondition to talks, Iran's DFM for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi told his Japanese hosts March 2. According to MOFA contacts, FM Aso and DFM Yabun [...]
2007-03-07 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO974COMFORT WOMEN: JAPAN BACKS AWAY FROM HARD LINE
[...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has backed off on earlier instructions to a group of conservative LDP lawmakers to submit a proposal for a revised Kono Statement, according to one of the group's members. Instead, he has instructed the group to produce a statement criticizing the Honda resol [...]
2007-03-07 10:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA
07TOKYO977JAPAN, AUSTRALIA BACK CLOSER TRILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Australian defense and diplomatic officials endorsed a U.S. proposal for an Assistant Secretary-level Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),and called for an ambitious, "results-oriented" agenda for the new body focused on "early deliverables", dur [...]
2007-03-07 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO978EAP/MLS DIRECTOR SCOT MARCIEL,S FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is still studying the question of how best to increase collaboration with the United States on assistance to Southeast Asia, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Maeda told EAP/Office of Maritime Southeast Asia Director Marciel, on February 27. Establish [...]
2007-03-07 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHSA PREL CH ID RP PO AS JA
07TOKYO979(U) DEFENSE POLICY REVIEW INITIATIVE FOUR
[...] (C) Summary. In a Defense Policy Review Initiative Roadmap for Realignment Implementation Oversight meeting on February 13, the Four Principals: (1) confirmed steady progress in most areas of realignment implementation; (2) identified differences related to Camp Foster returns as part of the [...]
2007-03-07 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
07TOKYO985JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TRIPOLI1030SUDANESE DIPLOMAT ALLEGES LIBYAN OFFICIALS' COMPLICITY IN
[...] (C) The long-serving Sudanese DCM in Tripoli, Isaac Kenti, told CDA in a recent meeting that Sudanese criminal networks freely operate migration smuggling rings from Libya to Europe with the complicity of some Libyan officials. According to Kenti, while the GOL provides border guards and pol [...]
2007-12-12 07:46:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP SOCI PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1032LIBYA CLOSES BORDER WITH EGYPT TO NON-EGYPTIAN IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 07:56:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV LY EG JO SY TU
07TRIPOLI1033QADHAFI'S TRAVEL TO SPAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Planning for Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's upcoming visit to Spain has been complicated by contradictory GOL requests for meetings and content. After initially saying the Leader did not want to sign bilateral agreements during his visit, the GOL has reversed course and the two sides are [...]
2007-12-12 14:07:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY SP
07TRIPOLI1038LIBYAN EPSA GAS BIDDING ROUND: INTERNATIONAL MAJORS'
[...] (C) Summary: Four companies won exploration and production rights for gas in the recently concluded fourth round of Libya's Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) mechanism. Winning bids featured low production sharing percentages for the international oil companies (IOC's),but i [...]
2007-12-13 16:18:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALEPET BTIO ECON EINV ENRG LY
07TRIPOLI1039LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON ACCESS TO RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES REF: A) STATE 165729, B) STATE 127608, C) TRIPOLI 723, D) TRIPOLI 797 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 16:50:00Embassy TripoliSECRETKDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY
07TRIPOLI1040GOL FURTHER PROTESTS PLANNED TRANSFER OF LIBYAN DETAINEE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 17:07:00Embassy TripoliSECRETKDRG PTER PREL PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI1053U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 08:55:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALBTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1055LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING
[...] (SBU) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal penalties. [...]
2007-12-23 09:34:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT PHUM AL ABLD ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN PREL LY
07TRIPOLI1056LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: EXPERIENCING GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-23 09:56:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY
07TRIPOLI1058UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-23 12:22:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
07TRIPOLI1063CORRECTED COPY - LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL:
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Libya's newly-constituted National Security Council continues to experience growing pains. A shortage of skilled staff, questions about its mandate, and friction between National Security Adviser Mutassim al-Qadhafi and some senior GOL officials have limited the NSC's organizat [...]
2007-12-27 15:50:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY
07TRIPOLI1066QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 11:53:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY
07TRIPOLI169LIBYA'S COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: HIV AWARENESS PROGRAMMING AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Libyan government continues to move forward with its own unique form of education awareness of HIV and AIDs. There is some basic level of educational programming in Libyan schools in conjunction with the UNDP office in Tripoli and the government has also held additional ac [...]
2007-02-19 16:29:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALSOCI KHIV LY
07TRIPOLI170LIBYA: AISHA GADHAFI IN THE BLACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite claiming to be a charitable NGO that provides disaster assistance in sub-Saharan Africa and support to Libyan women while promoting traditional Islamic values, Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gadhafi's Wa'atassemo Charity Society is primarily an outlet for Gadhafi's oldest daughter [...]
2007-02-19 16:47:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON LY
07TRIPOLI397BEARISH: LIBYAN STOCK MARKET LUMBERING ALONG SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Last month Libyan authorities announced the launch of Libya's stock market (the Libyan Stock Exchange Market, or LSEM) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Jamahiriya (or "state of the masses") with the unveiling of Moammar al-Qadhafi's Green Book. This s [...]
2007-04-23 17:42:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EINV EFIN LY
07TRIPOLI421QADHAFI'S CALLS FOR AFRICAN AND MUSLIM UNITY RESONATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In two recent public appearances -- a March 27 Al Jazeera interview and a March 31 speech to Tuareg tribal leaders in Agadez, Niger -- Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi continued his long drift away from the Arab world and worked to portray himself as a distinctly African leader. Sp [...]
2007-05-02 09:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI422LIBYA ENACTS, THEN RETRACTS, BAN ON WOMEN TRAVELING ABROAD
[...] SUMMARY. (C) In late February 2007, Libyans started talking about a new law that prohibited women under the age of 40 traveling abroad unless escorted by their husband, father or brother, although there was conflicting information about the source of the "law" or the scope of implementation. [...]
2007-05-02 09:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KSOCI KWMN KISL LY
07TRIPOLI426DRAMATIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HIV INFECTIONS AND MEDICS TRIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Libya's newspapers, all government controlled, continue to run dramatic statements about the source of HIV infections in Libya. The press articles consistently blame the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses, along with foreign intelligence services including the CIA and Mossad, f [...]
2007-05-03 11:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV BU LY
07TRIPOLI436LIBYA: DARFUR CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Libyan-organized conference on Darfur April 28-29 was a substantive success (Reftel),but the scheduling challenges posed by a last minute decision by the Leader to fly all delegates to Sirte to meet with him exemplify the capricious environment in which even Libya's most seni [...]
2007-05-04 12:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO LY
07TRIPOLI474LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...]
2007-05-18 14:34:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BU LY
07TRIPOLI834NURSES GONE, BUT LIBYA'S HIV/AIDS WOES CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A lavishly-funded treatment facility constructed exclusively for the 426 infected Benghazi children remains off limits to hundreds of other Libyans in Benghazi currently living with HIV/AIDS, according to a team of American HIV/AIDS experts who visited Libya in mid-September. T [...]
2007-09-24 13:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LY BG
07TRIPOLI918QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the Darfur peace conference, Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi presided over the signing of a separate peace agreement October 25 in Sirte between the Chadian government and four Chadian rebel groups. The agreement was signed by chief Chadian negotiator (and Infrastructure Mi [...]
2007-10-29 15:06:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY CD
07TRIPOLI936GOL OFFICIAL DENOUNCES TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 11:27:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ELAB LY
07TRIPOLI943REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION OF RETURNED DETAINEE ARM DISABILITY
[...] (S/NF) Charge met November 1 with MFA Secretary for the Americas Dr. Ahmed Fituri and reiterated Post's request for timely access to returned Guantanamo detainee ISN-194 (Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi) to follow up on ref A and B requests for further information on when and how al-Rimi susta [...]
2007-11-07 09:14:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS PINR LY
07TRIPOLI945LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 16:15:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKISL PTER PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI949SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 16:31:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT
07TRIPOLI964LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ARB III NOTIFICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:42:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPHUM PINR PREL PTER LY
07TRIPOLI967GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 14:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EPET LY
07TRIPOLI972ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT INCIDENT WITH LIBYAN NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-18 16:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKBCT ECON ELTN PREL PGOV EINV LY
07TRIPOLI984SECRETARY'S INVITATION TO FOREIGN MINISTER SHALGHAM
[...] (C) Post conveyed reftel invitation to the MFA via diplomatic note November 17 and P/E Chief followed up with MFA Secretary for the Americas, Dr. Ahmed Fituri, November 21. Fituri said Foreign Minister Shalgham is keen to accept the Secretary's offer and proposes to travel to the U.S. sometime [...]
2007-11-21 14:56:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP LY
07TRIPOLI989LIBYA ESTABLISHES SPECIAL STATE SECURITY COURT TO TRY REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL quietly established a state security court of appeals on/about August 13, apparently for the short-term purpose of hearing the case of twelve self-described regime dissidents detained since February 16 for planning a peaceful demonstration in Tripoli calling for multiparty el [...]
2007-11-26 10:51:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL LY
07TUNIS1004HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OPTIMISTIC AMID SOME SIGNS OF
[...] (C) During a July 23 meeting, Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi told the Ambassador that the LTDH was open to any solution the GOT could offer to the League's crisis. The LTDH's only conditions would be the continued (political) independence of the League and its abi [...]
2007-07-26 14:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS101BEN ALI TAKES THREE DAYS "REST" ON DOCTOR'S ORDERS
[...] (U) ON JANUARY 23, THE TUNISIA AFRICA PRESS AGENCY (TAP) ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI IS TAKING THREE DAYS REST ON THE ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR. THE TAP OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOLLOWS (INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION). BEGIN TEXT: THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TS
07TUNIS102DAS CARPENTER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL
[...] (C) During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with six leaders of Tunisian civil society. In a wide-ranging two-hour discussion, several common themes emerged: -- critiques that the United States, rhetoric was falling behind it actions in [...]
2007-01-23 15:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
07TUNIS1024CALVERT SUPPORT TO TUNISIA'S ENDA
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Post provides the following background information on ENDA Inter-Arabe. ENDA and co-founder Essma Ben Hamida are well-known to the Embassy. Post has no objections to the proposed OPIC guaranty of Calvert Social Investment Foundation loans to ENDA. 2. (U) ENDA was fo [...]
2007-07-31 15:19:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN TS
07TUNIS1025ROBERT SMOLIK SPEAKS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND
[...] (U) During his three day visit (July 9-11) to Tunisia, FSO and Diplomat-in-Residence Robert Smolik addressed a wide range of audiences, including businesspeople, academics, students, media, GOT officials, and members of civil society groups on the topic of "Good Governance and Economic Growth." [...]
2007-07-31 15:24:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO ECON KCOR TS
07TUNIS1044MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN
[...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]
2007-08-03 08:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS1058OCTOBER 18TH MOVEMENT: FOCUS ON 2009 ELECTION
[...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with five civil society activists involved in the October 18th movement (an alliance of disparate human rights and political activists that includes moderate Islamists). The October 18 group expressed deep concern about the lack of freedom of expression an [...]
2007-08-03 15:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1061SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 11:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS KTIA PTER TS
07TUNIS1064TUNISIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda is Post's number one Mission Strategic Plan goal. As part of our push on freedom in Tunisia, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers meet frequently with democracy and human rights advocates, opposition political party members, and civil societ [...]
2007-08-06 14:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1069MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO FREEDOM AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. As requested in Ref C and reported in Ref A, Post undertook a number of activities in June and July to promote the Freedom Agenda and draw attention to President Bush's Prague speech. While many in civil society expressed their appreciation for the USG's ongoing support for polit [...]
2007-08-07 15:57:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS1073TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Gap Narrows B. President Signs US $14 Billion Emirati Project Bill C. GOT Offers Tax Amnesty for Capital Repatriation ----------------- Trade Gap Narrows ----------------- [...]
2007-08-09 11:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTEX TS
07TUNIS1075OPPOSITION PARTY REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY
[...] (C) Requests for more American assistance and cooperation are not something we normally hear from Tunisian opposition parties, but it was exactly what the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) wanted to talk about during the Ambassador's August 8 meeting. MDS Secretary General Ismail Boulahia ha [...]
2007-08-09 15:05:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1085SCENESCETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Jerry Costello and accompanying members of CODEL Costello to Tunis from August 18 - August 20, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural reso [...]
2007-08-10 14:53:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EWWT TS
07TUNIS111POLITICAL FSN SENTENCED UNDER QUESTIONABLE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. HALFAOUI [...]
2007-01-25 18:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS112TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...]
2007-01-25 18:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1133TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SAYS DEFAMATION TRIAL
[...] (C) On August 16, Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his second court appearance in his ongoing trial for defamation. During an August 14 meeting, Mestiri opined that irregularities in the proceedings suggest that his trial is politically motivated. Mestiri was charged soon after he wro [...]
2007-08-21 15:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1136CODEL COSTELLO PROMOTES OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) During a August 18-20 visit to Tunisia, the 11 members of CODEL Costello were warmly welcomed by GOT officials, who were eager to highlight Tunisia's economic success and express their enthusiasm for the recently founded Tunisia caucus. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi focused on the e [...]
2007-08-21 16:30:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
07TUNIS1157SECURING VIABLE ASSURANCES TO RESUME DETAINEE
[...] (S) Serious allegations have been made regarding the treatment by Tunisian authorities of one of the two transferred Tunisians formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay. Before we can resume the transfer of detainees, the Embassy needs to review the allegations with senior GOT officials and obtain r [...]
2007-08-22 15:01:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS1159SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...]
2007-08-22 15:36:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS
07TUNIS1202SCENESCETTER FOR ECONOMIC DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, DAS Holly Vineyard, Elizabeth Hopkins, Paul Burkhead, and Alex Severens to Tunis from September 9 - 12, 2007. After a productive roundtable with the GOT and private sector on a US-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement and a series of Ambassador [...]
2007-08-30 16:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EAIR KIPR BEXP EFIN TS
07TUNIS121BEN DHIA: POLFSN SHOULD APPEAL
[...] (S/NF) ON JANUARY 26, MINISTER OF STATE, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY ABDELAZIZ BEN DHIA INVITED AMBASSADOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO FOLLOW UP ON AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 25 INQUIRY ABOUT THE LEGAL CASE OF POLFSN JAMIL HALFAOUI (REFTELS). AMBASSAD [...]
2007-01-26 15:28:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1249ECONOMIC DELEGATION SPURS GOT ACTION
[...] (C) During a September 9-12 visit to Tunisia, the interagency economic delegation headed by EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble stressed the US commitment to strengthening the bilateral economic relationship and the need for concrete action. Meetings with Minister of Development and International Coope [...]
2007-09-14 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAIR EINV BEXP TS
07TUNIS1263MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]
2007-09-18 09:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS1264IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In general, it is GOT officials who speak out against religious extremism and terrorism on a regular and open basis. President Ben Ali, GOT ministers and La Presse (the official media outlet of the GOT) regularly issue statements warning against the threat of extremist ideologies [...]
2007-09-18 11:26:00Embassy TunisSECRETKISL KPAO PTER TS
07TUNIS1283101 WAYS TO DENY AN NGO'S EXISTANCE
[...] (C) What defines an NGO? Naturally, the answer to this question varies by country. But in Tunisia the essential question is not about affiliation, size, or whether an NGO is domestic or international; rather, the defining question is, "Are they registered?" Registration status determines t [...]
2007-09-20 16:52:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1294OPPOSITION PARTY TURNS TO HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST
[...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced that as of September 20 PDP leaders began a hunger strike to protest what they deem a politically motivated eviction from their Tunis headquarters. During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, PDP Secretary General Maya J [...]
2007-09-21 15:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1329AMBASSADOR VISITS OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKERS
[...] (C) As they entered day nine of their hunger strike, opposition PDP Secretary General Maya Jribi and former PDP Secretary General Nejib Chebbi both appeared wan but in good SIPDIS spirits. Jribi and Chebbi started a hunger strike on September 20 to protest their landlord,s effort, almost [...]
2007-09-28 16:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1345THE WAY AHEAD IN THE MAGHREB
[...] (S) On Friday, September 14, we (Ambassadors Ford, Godec and Riley) met in Tunis to review developments in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, assess US policy, and chart a way ahead. While our three countries are different in important ways, they all face a difficult challenge from extremists and [...]
2007-10-03 15:44:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL ECON KPAO KMPI PINS PTER SCUL XI
07TUNIS1353DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]
2007-10-05 14:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1355BEN ALI REPORTEDLY APPROVES DISCUSSIONS ON GOOD
[...] (C) According to the Dutch Ambassador in Tunis, President Ben Ali has approved quiet discussions with the UNDP and Dutch Embassy on possible steps to increase political freedom and improve governance in Tunisia. The Dutch Ambassador, Rita Dulci Rahman, briefed Ambassador Godec and French Amba [...]
2007-10-05 17:52:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NL UN TS
07TUNIS1371TUNISIAN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERS SUPPORT AND
[...] (C) During PolOff,s October 9 visit, opposition Progressive Democratic Party Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi indicated that their hunger strike (which began on September 20) will continue at least until November 7, the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidin [...]
2007-10-10 16:12:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1380RESPONSE TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2008 SECRETARY'S
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Samia Abbou for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Secretary Rice remarked on International Women's Day that the day commemorates women, "who are the international defenders of what President Bush has called the non-negotiabl [...]
2007-10-15 12:55:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL PHUM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1404OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS FOLLOWING COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General SIPDIS Nejib Chebbi on October 20 ended their month-long hunger strike, which had been undertaken to protest their party,s near simultaneous eviction from nine regional offices and i [...]
2007-10-22 15:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS141TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 16:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
07TUNIS1425FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS
[...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...]
2007-10-26 13:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS1439TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...]
2007-10-30 10:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
07TUNIS1452TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 08:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1488RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) Although the Government of Tunisia retains strong control over natural resources, the energy sector remains one of the largest sources of foreign investment in the country and the GOT actively encourages foreign investment in the sector. In 2006, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ene [...]
2007-11-16 15:34:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PGOV TS
07TUNIS1496SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]
2007-11-21 06:25:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1497SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]
2007-11-21 06:26:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1501OPPOSITION PSL PARTY TOES THE (RULING) PARTY LINE
[...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Tunisia's political scene with opposition Social Liberal Party (PSL) Secretary General Mondher Thabet on November 5. Thabet expressed his support for President Ben Ali,s policies, called for increased bilateral economic cooperation and denounced the recent PDP h [...]
2007-11-21 15:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1503EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE
[...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]
2007-11-21 16:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1516COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TUNISIA GRANTED FOR CODEL
[...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Ted Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunisia from November 25-26, 2007. 2. Point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Susannah Cooper. Contact information for Ms. Cooper [...]
2007-11-23 14:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC TS JO
07TUNIS1521MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM FOR A 2008 TIFA COUNCIL
[...] (U) After a recent series of government and private business delegations that have traveled between Tunis and Washington, it is time for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in early 2008. In order to be most effective, we believe such a meeting should be held in Tunisia, [...]
2007-11-27 11:39:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON BEXP TS
07TUNIS1525HUNGER STRIKER ARRESTED
[...] (C) Journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who recently engaged in a hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions (Ref A),was arrested on November 26 while traveling to Tunis from Sfax. According to local contacts, Boukhdhir is facing charges of verbally insulting a police officer, not presenting hi [...]
2007-11-27 16:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS153POLFSN'S SENTENCE SUSPENDED UNTIL SUPREME COURT
[...] (SBU) On January 31, the GOT Attorney General approved the request for suspended implementation of the four-month prison sentence of PolFSN Jamil Halfaoui (reftels). This suspension means Halfaoui cannot be subject to arrest prior to the completion of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) revi [...]
2007-01-31 15:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS154THE GOT AND THE TERRORIST THREAT: SHAKEN, NOT
[...] (S/NF) In the weeks following its reported disruption of a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats, the GOT remains unresponsive to repeated USG -- and Tunisian public -- requests for further details on the incident. While there are reports of "hundreds" arrested and security [...]
2007-01-31 15:23:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS1548TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]
2007-12-03 14:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1552GOT INFORMED OF IRAN NIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 16:07:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR TS
07TUNIS1556EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]
2007-12-05 16:24:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1563TUNISIAN NGO COMBATTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (reftel),the Ambassador and EmbOffs visited the National Union of Tunisian Woman's (UNFT) Tunis headquarters, women's shelter and counseling center on December 5. UNFT President Aziza Hatira and other UNFT [...]
2007-12-07 11:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS1564TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 13:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1567TUNISIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador discussed global and local human rights issues with a group of independent Tunisian intellectuals on December 6. Though the discussion began with local concerns about the rights of Guantanamo detainees and the situatio [...]
2007-12-07 16:36:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1575TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) On December 10, Matt Shelley, Director of the MEPI-funded International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Middle East North Africa (MENA) Media Project, held a roundtable discussion with Tunisian journalists on the local media environment and IREX activities in the region. Several jou [...]
2007-12-13 12:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1576FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 16:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS
07TUNIS1597SOUTHERN TUNISIA'S ENCOMIUM TO BEN ALI
[...] (C) During a December 10-13 trip to the southern cities of Djerba, Medenine, Zarzis and Tataouine, with a stop in Sfax, Ambassador Godec met with a wide-range of government officials, community leaders, and private business people, who were generally effusive in their praise of President Ben A [...]
2007-12-21 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS1598NEW MINISTER OF COMMERCE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's December 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Minister of Commerce Ridha Touiti said that Tunisia is well prepared for the full implementation of the European Union (EU) Association Agreement on January 1, 2008. Touiti was very enthusiastic about both the upcoming [...]
2007-12-21 14:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV TS
07TUNIS16ANOTHER SHOOTOUT SOUTH OF TUNIS AMID SPECULATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE DECEMBER 23 SHOOT-OUT REPORTED BY THE TUNISIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (REF A),THE MOI ANNOUNCED TODAY A SECOND SECURITY OPERATION IN A SOUTHERN SUBURB OF TUNIS IN WHICH SECURITY FORCES REPORTEDLY SHOT AND KILLED ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF AN ARMED GROUP. THE [...]
2007-01-03 18:55:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL EU TS
07TUNIS1616MGPKO2: TUNISIA "FIRMLY CONDEMNS" BHUTTO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Official and private Tunisians were quick to denounce the December 27 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On December 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "firmly condemned" the assassination and reasserted Tunisia's rejection of all forms of terrori [...]
2007-12-28 12:16:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PK TS
07TUNIS162030 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007
[...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...]
2007-12-31 16:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
07TUNIS169TUNISIA TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR IRAQI OFFICIALS
[...] (C) On January 30, during a meeting with MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui, Ambassador stressed USG hope that Tunisia would find ways to contribute to efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan. Chtioui told Ambassador that Iraqi officials would be coming to Tunisia for two training programs i [...]
2007-02-02 16:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV AF IZ JA TS
07TUNIS192MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANES AND TRAINS AND MARITIME
[...] (C/NF) During Ambassador's January 29 courtesy call on Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport, discussion ranged from modernization of Tunisia's transportation infrastructure to the Minister's desire for a stronger relationship with US counterparts. The Minister expressed GOT interest in Op [...]
2007-02-07 13:10:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON TS
07TUNIS196FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...]
2007-02-08 14:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS203IRAQI AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH MFA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Iraqi Ambassador Ghazi Tahar Khaled expressed his frustration with Tunisian bureaucracy and the GOT's (and other Arab governments') refusal to follow through on their statements of [...]
2007-02-09 10:01:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS226Beywatch: YOUNG TUNISIAN MEN ASK: "IS THE MARRIAGE VISA
[...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: This cable is a look [...]
2007-02-14 08:05:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD SOCI CVIS TS
07TUNIS230FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]
2007-02-14 16:14:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS259MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC
[...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...]
2007-02-26 11:12:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS271TUNISIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY INPUT
[...] (SBU) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2007 Special 301 Watch List In 2006 and early 2007, Post has noted a marked change in attitude towards the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) among GOT officials, legal experts, local artisans, and business people. IPR i [...]
2007-02-27 14:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON TS
07TUNIS2872007 TIP REPORT INPUT
[...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 6 hrs FEMC, 50 hrs FS-02. --------------------------- TUNISIA: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ------------------- [...]
2007-03-05 08:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TS
07TUNIS291NEW LABOR UNION STYMIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A YEAR-LONG EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW LABOR CONFEDERATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE GOT AND HAS GARNERED LITTLE SUPPORT FROM TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY. IN MID-2006, FORMER GENERAL UNION OF TUNISIAN WORKERS (UGTT) ACTIVIST HABIB GUIZA BEGAN WORK TO ESTABLISH THE GENERAL TUNISI [...]
2007-03-05 11:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS31TUNISIAN SECURITY OPERATIONS: DETAILS BEGIN TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: According to local police contacts, the January 3 security operation that took place about 35 km southeast of Tunis (Reftel) resulted in the deaths of 12 perpetrators and the arrest of at least 25. The armed group, which was described as being comprised of Salafists and led [...]
2007-01-04 17:37:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS324G-8 AMBASSADORS TO SEEK JOINT MEETING WITH GOT
[...] (C) Summary: The G-8 Ambassadors in Tunis have agreed to seek meetings with the GOT Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior to raise Tunisia's continuing lack of cooperation on counter-terrorism. Other subjects for discussion will include energy security and African development. A fin [...]
2007-03-09 10:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ENRG EAID XF TS
07TUNIS365FOR MINISTER OF TOURISM, TOURISM MORE THAN JUST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's March 16 courtesy call, Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad expressed great enthusiasm for increasing American tourism to Tunisia and made an impassioned plea for increasing the level of cultural cooperation and exchanges between our two countries. Ambassador n [...]
2007-03-22 17:36:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD OEXC EAIR KPAO TS
07TUNIS381DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 15:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS
07TUNIS409TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: EYES ON THE PRIZE (PART II)
[...] (S/NF) Tunisia is ready for freedom. But Tunisia today is also a country at risk, near a key crossroads. As reftel described in detail, Tunisia could go either way -- further down the road of repression, lack of freedom, and greater instability and extremism; or it could begin to embrace -- [...]
2007-04-02 16:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS44FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SALAFISTS WERE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 5, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah briefed Ambassador on the recent security situation in Tunisia (reftels). Abdallah said the group of very well trained "Salafists" involved in recent incidents with GOT security officials were targeting US and UK (and possibly Fr [...]
2007-01-05 17:23:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV PREL CASC TS
07TUNIS45AMBASSADOR BRIEFS UK/FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON THREAT
[...] (S) On January 5, Ambassador briefed British Ambassador Alan Goulty on the information Foreign Minister Abdallah had shared regarding the threat to US and UK interests in Tunisia (septel). Goulty said that his mission had been seeking further details on the recent security incidents from GOT [...]
2007-01-05 17:23:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER ASEC CASC PGOV TS
07TUNIS453MINISTER OF INDUSTRY SEEKS INCREASED US INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's April 10 courtesy call, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Enterprise Afif Chelbi focused on the potential opportunities for US investment and expressed his readiness to meet with US investors. Chelbi also highlighted the broader economic cha [...]
2007-04-12 07:40:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EIND ENRG EPET ETRD EAIR TS
07TUNIS47SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS CARPENTER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome your visit on January 10-12, 2007. The Tunisian security services' December 23 and January 3 operations against a reported group of armed Salafists form the immediate backdrop to your visit. Although much about the gr [...]
2007-01-05 18:06:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV OVIP KDEM TS
07TUNIS471EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM REQUEST
[...] Embassy Tunis requests an Embassy Science Fellow from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the field of engineering. The Science Fellow would identify potential partnerships between Tunisian and US educational and research institutions and participate in Embassy public outreach activities [...]
2007-04-17 07:18:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV KSCA KPAO TS
07TUNIS516TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...]
2007-04-24 15:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS
07TUNIS53PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS SALAFIST THREAT IN
[...] (S) Summary: Minister of State and Special Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia today told the Ambassador with "quasi certitude" that the Tunisian security services had finished their operations against the armed Salafist group (reftels),which had been planning to target the US and British embassie [...]
2007-01-08 18:56:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS573VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]
2007-05-09 10:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS574VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...]
2007-05-09 10:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS590UNHRC: TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR BELARUS CANNOT BE
[...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission on May 10 delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Director Holla Bachtobji, who served at the Tunisian Mission in Geneva prior to taking up her current position, and at the GOT's UN Mission in New York prior to that. Embassy has also double-tracked the demarche, [...]
2007-05-11 18:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC TS
07TUNIS591SFAX FACTS: TUNISIA'S BUSINESS CAPITAL WANTS
[...] Ambassador conducted a familiarization tour of the southern governorate, and second largest city, Sfax from April 4-8. The visit included economic/commercial, public affairs, and humanitarian components. Interlocutors at every stop pressed for increased collaboration and assistance from the [...]
2007-05-11 18:00:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD KPAO SCUL TS
07TUNIS615SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]
2007-05-17 13:25:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNOTRA PREL MARR TS
07TUNIS619FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...]
2007-05-18 12:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS621PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...]
2007-05-18 15:50:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS648SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...]
2007-05-24 12:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS65TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...]
2007-01-12 07:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR KAWC PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS67TERROR THREAT IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED, WHY AND
[...] (S) Over a two-week period in late 2006 and early 2007, the Government of Tunisia conducted operations against a significant terrorist group, killing 12 and arresting 15. At least two GOT security personnel were killed and three wounded in the operations. The "Salafi" terror group, accordin [...]
2007-01-12 10:36:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS698CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 12:07:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS699BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER
[...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...]
2007-06-05 12:11:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS70TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT SHARES SOME FURTHER
[...] (S/NF) The GOT on January 12 passed to SIMO the names of US Embassy officers found on a piece of paper at one of the sites used by "Salafist" terror suspects (reftels). SIMO is reporting this information through other channels. 2. (S) While Post is pleased that the GOT has finally come for [...]
2007-01-12 18:26:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER TS
07TUNIS710CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM,
[...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...]
2007-06-06 12:37:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS722SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT
[...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...]
2007-06-07 14:36:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS
07TUNIS819IRAQI WMD SCIENTISTS REDIRECTION PROGRAM: TUNISIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Further to Ref A response on the Iraqi WMD scientist redirection program, MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today told the Ambassador that the GOT is still considering the proposal, but that the GOT needs further information before making [...]
2007-06-22 15:09:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF TS
07TUNIS83LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's request for input on labor programming needs in the region. Tunisia has a strong labor history pre-dating independence, and unions are active across all sectors and throughout Tunisia. The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),the sole labor confederation, is [...]
2007-01-17 15:12:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID ECON EIND ETRD TS
07TUNIS865TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER ELECTS NEW BOARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the June 28 Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) General Assembly meeting, the TACC membership elected a new board with equal Tunisian and American company representation. The election itself was notable, marking the first time in many years that there were more candi [...]
2007-06-29 12:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALETRD BEXP EINV TS
07TUNIS889TUNISIAN MILITARY'S URGENT NEED FOR US SUPPORT
[...] (S) In May, I conveyed the disappointment of the Tunis Country Team with the proposed cuts in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funding for Tunisia in Fiscal Year 2008 (Ref C). Tunisia is facing an unprecedented regional terrorist threat, particularly from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM [...]
2007-07-05 15:06:00Embassy TunisSECRETMASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS904AN OPPOSITION LEADER'S TAKE ON DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Secretary General of the Democratic Forum for Labor and SIPDIS Liberty (FDTL),to discuss Tunisia's political situation, the link between opposition parties and human rights, and President Bush's Freedom Agenda on July 3. Although the FDT [...]
2007-07-09 10:07:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS936WOMEN'S NGO URGES US ACTION ON FREEDOM DEFICIT,
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 11 courtesy call on the independent Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),Executive Board members outlined challenges for independent civil society and urged the USG to take greater steps to promote freedom of expression and association. The [...]
2007-07-16 07:59:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL TS
07TUNIS939TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE
[...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...]
2007-07-16 09:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS949TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION,
[...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]
2007-07-16 16:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS965TUNISIA: REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Initial GOT reactions to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East have been largely favorable. Several Embassy contacts also responded positively, in particular to the call for an international conference. Several commentators, have, however offered criticisms about pa [...]
2007-07-18 16:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS TS
07TUNIS985TUNISIAN FM ADMITS MORE FREEDOM NEEDED
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Abdallah used a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics to express his concern about Post's engagement of independent opposition figures. Ambassador reminded Abdallah of the USG's commitment to the Freedom Agenda and encouraged greater political reform. In a f [...]
2007-07-24 16:00:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS986MOHAMMED ABBOU RELEASED
[...] (C) Summary: Lawyer and civil society activist Mohamed Abbou was released on July 24 and, for the first time in over two years, returned home to his family. Abbou told Pol/EconCouns he was extremely grateful to the United States for keeping his case alive and for looking after his family. Th [...]
2007-07-25 10:15:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS992TUNISIA READIES NEW IPR LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) In a July 24 meeting with EconOff, Director General of Tunisian Copyright Protection Organization (OTPDA),Mohamed Kheireddine Abdel Ali, spoke optimistically and enthusiastically about Tunisia's progress on intellectual property rights protection and an increased GOT commitment to the i [...]
2007-07-26 12:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TS
07ULAANBAATAR112Third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States State Department held the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI) on January 29 at Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen [...]
2007-02-21 07:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD MASS MARR PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR119Part 1 of 2: Investment Climate in Mongolia's Mining Sector
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nationalist and populist politics on mineral resources have led to a sharp deterioration of the investment climate in the mining industry over the last year. With support from both major political parties, the legislature abruptly passed a confiscatory Windfall Profits Tax on c [...]
2007-02-23 08:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR123Part 2 of 2: The U.S. Stake in Developing Mongolia's
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, we described the sharply deteriorating investment climate for mining over the last year. Post recommends raising many of those problems during the forthcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, because the U.S. has a major stake in ensuring a favor [...]
2007-02-23 08:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR125U.S.-Involved Tender Dispute: Winning Twice Is Not Enough
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: L-Systech, a Mongolian-South Korean JVC, supported by an American consultant and vending U.S.-produced solar power equipment, saw its winning of an US$8 million Government of Mongolia solar-power equipment tender frustrated by the improper and perhaps illegal behavior [...]
2007-02-26 09:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR146Bilateral Consular Convention Instruments Exchanged
[...] On March 6, the U.S. and Mongolia exchanged the protocols and instruments of ratification for the bilateral consular convention which was signed in Ulaanbaatar on August 2, 1990. Signing on behalf of the United States was U.S. Ambassador Mark C. Minton. Signing on behalf of Mongolia was Forei [...]
2007-03-06 06:01:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA CASC AMGT MG
07ULAANBAATAR150AMBASSADOR MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Enkhbold on March 6 to follow up on the phone call the previous evening between President Bush and President Enkhbayar, and to state our hope that we will receive an early and positive response on our request that Mongolia send an 8th rot [...]
2007-03-06 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL MASS IZ MG PL
07ULAANBAATAR157Mongolia and GSP: An undiscovered Country
[...] SUMMARY: Less than half a percent of Mongolia's exports to the U.S. came in under GSP in 2006, partially because over 90% of Mongolian exports to the U.S. are textiles. However, in other cases, Mongolian goods eligible for GSP treatment simply don't take advantage of it. The Ministry of Indu [...]
2007-03-08 03:53:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR164Mongolia Customs
[...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...]
2007-03-10 03:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR212Keep the USAID Mongolia Mission Open
[...] (SBU) I was extremely distressed to learn that consideration is being given by USAID Washington to save $334,000 in FY 2008 by removing the mission's sole U.S. Direct Hire USAID officer and closing the USAID Mission in Ulaanbaatar. I rely on the USAID Mission not just for on-the-spot program m [...]
2007-04-10 04:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON AMGT MG
07ULAANBAATAR22Ambassador, Mongolian FM Discuss Bilateral Issues.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Enkhbold exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues over lunch on January 4. Topics included the North Korean refugee situation in Mongolia, U.S efforts to help Mongolia develop its military peace-keeping capacity, the pr [...]
2007-01-16 08:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MG EAID PGOV
07ULAANBAATAR220Mongolian President's Letter to POTUS Discusses Iraq, MCC
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with the copy of a letter from President Enkhbayar to President Bush. MFA stated that, while the letter is dated March 30, it was delivered by the Mongolian Embassy in Washington on April 11. The letter was released to the Mongolian press [...]
2007-04-12 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR EAID MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR222 Country Clearance for DHS Employee Joseph Martin
[...] We welcome and grant country clearance to JOSEPH MARTIN for travel to ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA. The purpose of the visit to Mongolia is for case processing during April 16 to April 23, 2007. 2. POC: Your point of contact is Lisa Conner, Consular Section Chief. Contact numbers are as follows: [...]
2007-04-13 03:28:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR234MP Reviews Muslim Issues with Charge
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 18 meeting with Charge, MP Sairaan Kader invited the Embassy to participate in a meeting of the Mongolian Muslim Society in Ulaanbaatar next month. Sairaan, a supporter of moderate, secular Islam elected from a largely Kazakh Muslim region in Mongolia's far west [...]
2007-04-19 08:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM SCUL KPAO MG SA
07ULAANBAATAR241Foreign Minister Offers Condolences on Virginia Tech
[...] On April 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the embassy a copy of the letter in paragraph 2. The Ministry stated the text had been delivered to the State Department on April 20 by the Mongolian Embassy in Washington. 2. Begin text. Mongolia Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Minis [...]
2007-04-23 08:27:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC MG
07ULAANBAATAR265Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...]
2007-05-07 22:13:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR266Action Request: GOM Proposes October for Visit of President
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar called in the Charge on May 7 to propose dates for President Enkhbayar's trip to the United States. Tsogtbaatar stated that any time during the month of October could be made to wor [...]
2007-05-08 02:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP EAID MARR KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR267New Minister of Industry and Trade Seeks U.S. Help on
[...] (U) This an action cable for USTR. See action requested in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Ts. Davaadorj invited Charge over to press for a favorable reply to Mongolia's request for a five-year extension of its export tariffs on cashmere. He also [...]
2007-05-08 05:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EMIN KNNP EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR268Western Snapshots Part 2 of 3: Bayan Ulgii - Home to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Bayan Ulgii (BU) aimag (province) in Mongolia's far west April 24/25. BU is home to Mongolia's largest ethnic minority group: Moslem Kazakhs make up 92% of the aimag's 100,000 citizens. Several BU interlocutors stressed that they are "calm, moderate, secula [...]
2007-05-08 05:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR276Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the third annual round of TIFA talks held in Ulaanbaatar on March 12, Mongolian trade representatives continued to lobby for a roadmap towards an FTA with the U.S. and requested USG support on joining APEC. Rather than a roadmap, AUSTR Stratford instead recommended focusing o [...]
2007-05-11 05:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR281Snapshots of Mongolia's West Part 3 of 3: Uvs' Future
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Ulaan Gom (UG),the capital of Uvs aimag (province) April 27/28. Uvs Governor Togoo said the best business prospects are sea buckthorn production, cashmere, agribusiness, tourism, and mining, but unemployment is high and nearly 30% of the population lives belo [...]
2007-05-15 02:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR285Mongolia Undecided on UNHRC Vote, But Mulling Belarus
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia cast its vote for Slovenia and Bosnia, and to not vote for Belarus to join the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (SBU) Enkhtsetseg responded that Mongolia ha [...]
2007-05-16 04:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC MG BO
07ULAANBAATAR287Mongolia Endorses U.S. Proposal in ARF on UNSCR 1540
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia support the three ARF initiatives the United States tabled in Helsinki in late March. Enkhtsetseg expressed appreciation for receiving copies of the revis [...]
2007-05-16 06:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PTER ARF MG
07ULAANBAATAR297Turbulence Ahead for Mongolia's Airline Sector?
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The General Director of Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) dismissed reports that Aero Mongolia is suffering serious financial difficulties, despite a series of safety related incidents an [...]
2007-05-23 05:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR300Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports the March 12 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and Mongolia which concentrated on specific U.S. concerns about Mongolia's trade and investment climate. Speaking first with an advance outline of the U.S. presentation, the Mo [...]
2007-05-24 07:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR310Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June
[...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...]
2007-05-29 06:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR346Mongolia Confirms Entry Into Force of 1996 Bilateral
[...] The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an original note in Mongolia. A translation of the text is provided in paragraph two, and is based on the informal translation provided by MFA. The Mongolian text of the original and the English translation [...]
2007-06-15 04:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDMARR KTIA PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR349A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...]
2007-06-18 04:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR363Country Clearance for Codel Payne
[...] We warmly welcome and grant country clearance to Codel Payne to visit Ulaanbaatar from July 1-4. Schedule information is being exchanged via email. 2. Control officer for the Codel is Economic/Political Section Chief Patrick Freeman. Contact numbers are as follows: --Office Telephone Num [...]
2007-06-22 02:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT PREL ASEC AFIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR375NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS
[...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...]
2007-06-25 08:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR400FOREIGN MINING COMPANY, ENVIRONMENTAL NGO REPS DISCUSS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A June 22 Embassy-organized lunch brought together environmental and social NGO and mining company representatives active in Mongolia to discuss issues of transparency and stakeholder engagement. Participants agreed that responsible mining and transparency should be encouraged in [...]
2007-07-09 08:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR418TRAGIC CRASH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HELICOPTER SAFETY.
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The crash of a Mongolia Border Forces Russian-built MI-8 helicopter that claimed the lives of 15 firefighters has led to renewed focus on the safety of the country's dwindling helicopter fleet, [...]
2007-07-18 06:07:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR424VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...]
2007-07-20 05:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR429CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...]
2007-07-24 08:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR438164-Foot Genghis Khan with Laser Eyes to Tower Over Niagara
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: If Mongolian promoters have their way, a 164-foot tall statue of Genghis Khan with laser eyes may soon tower over the base of Niagara Falls. Per the promoters, supporting the project, there will be cheap, direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Niagara Falls, both t [...]
2007-07-27 08:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CVIS SCUL EINV AMGT PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR466MONGOLIA OFFERS DEAL FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Foreign Ministry is offering a quid pro quo for its support of the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer to the Committee Against Torture in Geneva on October 8. In a letter addressed to Embassy Ulaanbaatar a [...]
2007-08-15 03:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MG
07ULAANBAATAR475Mongolia's Railroad Woes: Construction, Other Materials
[...] (SBU) Chairman of the Railway Authority of Mongolia Davaadorjiin Ganbold (protect) told the DCM August 17 that greatly increased traffic plus a shortage of locomotives and rail cars (wagons) had resulted, over the past few months, in an ominous peak backlog of some 800 rail cars at the border [...]
2007-08-22 06:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR479MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...]
2007-08-24 06:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS
07ULAANBAATAR483MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT WALKS BACK ITS REVOCATION OF MINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post met with Ministry of Industry and Trade Vice Minister (VM) Sodbaatar to discuss several issues, among them the recent virtual "expropriatory" revocation of 34 exploration licenses owned by owned by 18 firms by the Government of Mongolia (GOM). The VM denied that licenses had [...]
2007-08-24 23:17:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR487Central Bank Head: Mongolia Not Threatened by Asian Market
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh, Mongolia's exposure to turbulence in Asian markets is low, but he fears that recent moves by the US Fed could adversely affect the country's foreign currency reserves. He believes competition in the banking sector will hel [...]
2007-08-27 15:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR489Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]
2007-08-28 05:56:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR512MONGOLIAN GOVT SUMMONS AMBASSADOR, SEEKS CLARITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Mongolian Government summoned the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a September 10 meeting and asked for a formal USG response to the GOM's request for a specific date for the proposed October summit between Presidents Bush and Enkhbayar. M [...]
2007-09-10 07:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR551GOM REQUESTS EXPANDED MILAIR SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Foreign Minister Enkhbold summoned the Ambassador to a meeting at Government House on September 27 to discuss further details of President Enkhbayar's upcoming travel to the United States, October 22 through 29, 2007. The President's preliminary itinerary now re [...]
2007-09-27 13:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR56MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...]
2007-02-01 06:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR57UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MONGOLIA DOES NOT INTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 07:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC MG
07ULAANBAATAR599WE'RE TALKIN' TRASH: MONGOLIA TACKLES A MOUNTING SOLID
[...] SUMMARY. As Mongolia evolves into a consumerist, disposable society, its cities are increasingly becoming overrun by mounting piles of trash and other solid waste. Garbage sometimes goes uncollected for months, especially in impoverished ger (yurt) districts, and Ulaanbaatar's single landfill [...]
2007-10-19 06:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV PGOV SOCI EAID BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR603WASTING WASTE: MONGOLIA SLOWLY LEARNS TO LOVE RECYCLING.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 08:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR630WILL MONGOLIA EXPROPRIATE URANIUM MINING RIGHTS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An internal report by Mongolia's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) (protect) on the future of uranium mining and processing in the country suggests that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) intends to revoke uranium exploration and mining rights from current holders. The report [...]
2007-11-06 00:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR642Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...]
2007-11-13 08:28:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM
07ULAANBAATAR654MONGOLIAN MEDIA FOCUSES ON PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22-29 U.S. visit by President Enkhbayar and the Presidential Summit meeting resulted in extensive local press coverage. The $188 million rail component of the $285 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact gained considerable coverage, and the broader [...]
2007-11-21 02:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV MARR CVIS OEXC OIIP OPRC
07ULAANBAATAR694MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT "SUPPORTIVE" OF REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar on December 14 and conveyed formal POTUS and SecState requests (reftels) that Mongolia deploy a ninth rotation of troops to Iraq. President Enkhbayar replied in a positive manner, noting that he would take the request to the [...]
2007-12-14 10:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR703MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
[...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]
2007-12-20 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR704COUGH, COUGH: DONORS ENERGIZED AS ULAANBAATAR'S AIR
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: World Bank Mongolia Director Arshad asked a gathering of diplomatic corps and other partners December 18 to review proposals to address Ulaanbaatar's growing air pollution problem. The pollution topic was added to the agenda of a preparatory discussion for the January [...]
2007-12-21 00:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]
2007-12-27 00:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR89MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...]
2007-02-08 23:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG
07UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA/IRAN: SETTING A STANDARD OF FULL DISCLOSURE
[...] (S) Summary: P3 Ambassadors and German Charge discussed October 24 the inauspicious Jalili-Laranjani-Solana meeting and reviewed Mission-proposed criteria for evaluating a "positive outcome" as defined by the September P5 1 Ministerial statement (ref a). All agreed on the need to set factual [...]
2007-10-29 08:47:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA739IAEA DG SUCCESSION: THE RACE IS ON
[...] (C) Summary: With the growing assumption that ElBaradei has no intention of pursuing a fourth term as IAEA DG, speculation is accelerating here about possible successors. Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi, for instance, said, "everybody is talking about (Japanese Ambassador) Amano" as a DG candidate. [...]
2007-12-05 16:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP AORC
07USEUBRUSSELS1407BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT
[...] (C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE MAY 8-9, 2007, VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY AND DELEGATION TO VISIT WITH EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO OFFICIALS REGARDING US COUNTERNARCOTICS ISSUES. WE ALSO GRANT COUNTRY C [...]
2007-04-26 15:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALOVIP SNAR PREL EUN NATO BE
07USEUBRUSSELS536EU AGREES ON ACCESS TO POLICE DATABASES FOR
[...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on February 15 agreed to incorporate into the EU legal order the main provisions of the Treaty of Pr|m relating to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (issues coming under the so- called "third pillar") with the exception [...]
2007-02-16 11:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL KCRM RS EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS712CONTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MICHAEL C. MOZUR
[...] POST REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL C. MOZUR, DEPUTY SPECIAL COORDINATOR OF THE STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE, TO TRAVEL TO SKOPJE ON MARCH 7, 2007 TO PARTICIPATE AT THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE MEETING ON MARCH 7 AND 8 IN SKOPJE. MOZUR HAS PROVIDED [...]
2007-03-05 12:31:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL EUN MK
07USNATO112AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...]
2007-02-23 12:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA
07USNATO113UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...]
2007-02-23 12:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO REL PTER QA XF
07USNATO115NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 21, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG proposes two steps to advance NATO's Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault reported on ISAF manning issues and detailed recent Taliban movements in country. Canadian PermRep informed the Council that his govern [...]
2007-02-23 16:14:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO117QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...]
2007-02-23 19:24:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07USNATO131QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...]
2007-03-01 18:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR QA XF
07USNATO135MACEDONIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USNATO
[...] Request country clearance for the following USNATO team members invited to accompany the NATO International Staff Ministerial Task Force Planning Team on a visit to Ohrid, Macedonia from March 12 to March 16, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and site visits lead by the D [...]
2007-03-02 11:56:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT NATO
07USNATO147NATO-ASIA TIES STRENGTHENING THROUGH ISAF
[...] (C) Recent exchanges between NATO and Japan, Korea, and China illustrate the rapid enhancement of practical cooperation through the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. NATO's A/SYG Erdmann is visiting Tokyo the week of March 5, while NATO is expected to fin [...]
2007-03-06 18:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL JA KS CH XB
07USNATO152NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 7, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: PermReps and SYG discussed apparent failure to pre-brief the NAC on Operation Achilles, launch with many parties expressing frustration and disappointment. SYG promised to take this issue of poor communication up with SACEUR. The SHAPE Operations Director MG S [...]
2007-03-08 07:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO161USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 14:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS
07USNATO183NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 21 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 18:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO228ARMENIA'S IPAP IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BRINGS HIGH
[...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Sargsyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian told NATO Permanent Representatives that the first year's implementation of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO had yielded benefits far beyond the security sector. They credited the IPAP process [...]
2007-04-04 14:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AR
07USNATO247RFG: ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY AND CIVIL
[...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB) and Advisory Group of Financial Counsellors (AGFC) will jointly meet in Brussels on April 20 to elect a new national dual-hatted chair of the Military Budget Committee (MBC) and Civil Budget Committee (CBC),agenda at Ref A. Four nations have candidates run [...]
2007-04-13 14:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO254WELCOME TO AMBASSADOR RODOLPHE M. VALLEE APRIL
[...] Mission welcomes Ambassador Vallee to USNATO for meetings and consultations. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Per email, hotel rese [...]
2007-04-19 07:55:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT LO BE
07USNATO274USNATO RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MOD NATO PERSPECTIVES
[...] (C) We appreciated receiving reftel and congratulate Embassy Tel Aviv and EUCOM for engaging with the MOD on the subject of Israel's cooperation with NATO. That engagement showed that there is apparently some confusion amongst GOI officials about the nature of its relationship with NATO. We [...]
2007-04-27 13:48:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL IS
07USNATO282NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 2, 2007
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Allegations of civilian deaths near Herat seized PermReps, attention as the U.S. and Spain push for NATO to develop a response to such allegations. SHAPE focused attention on increased enemy suicide attacks and the need to counter increasing IED attacks, includi [...]
2007-05-02 16:45:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO337HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...]
2007-05-25 15:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO357NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 6 2007
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG stated that force generation is a top priority for the Alliance in the run-up to the Defense Ministerial. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) briefed on: next steps in long-term Afghan National Army (ANA) training; support to ESDP police mission in Afgh [...]
2007-06-07 12:35:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO386WELCOME FOR EDWARD SMITH JUNE 27-30, 2007
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of Edward Smith, Senior Advisor, South Central Asian Affairs Bureau to Brussels June 27-29. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32.(0)2.724.3136, Cell: 32.(0)496.198.008. USEU point of contact is PolMil C [...]
2007-06-25 07:35:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFDB BE
07USNATO405NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...]
2007-07-05 05:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KCFE NATO ML
07USNATO410 NATO-UKRAINE COUNCIL MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY JULY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, the 27 members of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Ambassadorial session at NATO headquarters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership which established the NUC. Allies commended Ukraine's contributions to [...]
2007-07-11 16:02:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO UP
07USNATO445NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...]
2007-08-06 14:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO547DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETSNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO563NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...]
2007-10-17 17:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO564NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...]
2007-10-18 06:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO607NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 14, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG expressed his disappointment with the Amnesty International report on detainees in Afghanistan. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reported on his visit to Afghanistan, noting among other things the operat [...]
2007-11-16 10:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO610NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...]
2007-11-19 13:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO616NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...]
2007-11-23 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO76MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]
2007-02-07 10:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO79NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-02-08 06:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR IN
07USNATO94WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...]
2007-02-14 16:41:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP
07USUNNEWYORK105UNDP'S ROLE IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] Begin Summary. As previously reported (Ref A),UNDP in New York has confirmed that, at the request of the Government of Uzbekistan, the UNDP Resident Coordinator (RC) provided $20,000 USD for the flight of five GOU officials to New York. There was no programmatic content to the trip. Also, [...]
2007-02-07 21:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PHUM PINR PREL UNGA UZ
07USUNNEWYORK1061UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: Chinese officials informed UN Under Secretary General Guehenno that the first elements of 135 SIPDIS engineers would deploy on or about 24 November as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that w [...]
2007-11-21 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UNAUS KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1063UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MERCENARIES
[...] (U) On November 7, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Chairmen of the UN's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. Much [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK108UN ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER ITS REQUIREMENT THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives from the UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA),the UN Travel and Transportation Service, and UNDP met with representatives of USUN's Host Country and Legal sections on January 30 to express the UN's serious concerns regarding the USG determinati [...]
2007-02-08 19:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCVIS OFDP UN AF
07USUNNEWYORK1094KUWAITI COMPLAINS RE DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAM,
[...] On November 27, 2007, USUN received a diplomatic note from the Kuwait Mission to the UN (text in paragraph 2 below) objecting to the New York City Parking Program for Diplomatic Vehicles because its application does not correspond to Kuwait's treatment of American Embassy vehicles in Kuwait. T [...]
2007-11-30 13:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN KU
07USUNNEWYORK1108UNGA: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftel, each year USUN works to reduce support from member states for three UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions that extend the mandates of three bodies in the UN that are biased against Israel. On November 26, the UNGA's Fo [...]
2007-11-30 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1116LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ DEPARTS UNIIIC WITHOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with Amb Khalilzad on December 3, departing head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Serge Brammertz revealed that while he hoped to identify the "physical perpetrators" of the Hariri assassination "within a few months," [...]
2007-12-05 00:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK112KIMMITT RAISES IRAQ COMPACT AND SANCTIONS WITH UN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the Iraq Compact. Ban assured Kimmitt that he was "very committed" to the Iraq Compact, and that he would seriously consider Kimmitt's proposal that the UN host a late February [...]
2007-02-09 01:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1132UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6
[...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...]
2007-12-06 22:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1133LEBANON: BELLEMARE WILL EMULATE BRAMMERTZ'S
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Amb Wolff on December 5, incoming UNIIIC head and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare recognized the sense of frustration among Council members about not receiving much information on the state of UNIIIC's investigation. [...]
2007-12-07 14:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1179IRAQI OBJECTIONS TO MNF-I UNSCR TEXT DELAY
[...] (S) During the course of December 17, Amb Khalilzad sought to confirm GOI support for the MNF-I text circulated to the Security Council Friday, December 14 (ref A). The draft resolution currently enjoys consensus support from the Security Council. Citing various justifications, both Iraqi PR [...]
2007-12-17 23:17:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1210UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP
[...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]
2007-12-26 16:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK1221UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...]
2007-12-28 13:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU
07USUNNEWYORK173MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]
2007-03-02 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK182PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...]
2007-03-06 23:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK211IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS
[...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]
2007-03-15 21:11:00USUN New YorkSECRETENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK3USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]
2007-01-05 00:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK311ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...]
2007-04-20 19:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK325TALKING WITH UN ABOUT FIXING UNAMI
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 meeting with UN Under Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe, Ambassador Wolff raised U.S. SIPDIS concerns about UNAMI, including the human rights report on Iraq released April 25 and the mission's credibility problem with the government of Iraq. Pascoe admitted "we [...]
2007-04-26 23:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK372ISLAMABAD OIC MEETING COULD ENDORSE BOSNIA FOR
[...] (C) Mission has learned from Pakistani Ambassador Akram (currently in Islamabad) that there is a strong possibility that the OIC meeting convening May 15 in Islamabad could endorse Bosnia,s candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Akram indicated that he would be willing to move for the endors [...]
2007-05-14 20:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK393LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...]
2007-05-19 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK415U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...]
2007-05-25 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN
07USUNNEWYORK486SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]
2007-06-15 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK550UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...]
2007-07-03 21:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK582MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] Summary. On July 9, 2007 the Committee on Relations with the Host Country convened its 233rd meeting to address, inter alia, Host Country travel regulations, acceleration of immigration and customs procedures, and entry visas issued by the Host Country. Briefly mentioned were New York,s con [...]
2007-07-17 11:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UN CVIS SY
07USUNNEWYORK63DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...]
2007-01-26 00:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK779INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY,
[...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...]
2007-09-21 16:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT
07USUNNEWYORK799NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]
2007-09-27 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK860UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2007
[...] (U) The 19-member UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 234th meeting on October 5, 2007. USUN Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. Over a dozen non-Committee Member States participated as observers. There were no requests for specific items [...]
2007-10-12 19:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP UNAUS IT SU IV
07USUNNEWYORK951UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]
2007-11-01 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK972FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...]
2007-11-07 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK979UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...]
2007-11-08 22:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK997BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...]
2007-11-09 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
07VATICAN102VATICAN: FORMER FOREIGN MINSITER TO BE ISLAM CZAR
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed former FM Jean Louis Tauran as President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the lead Vatican department for relations with non-Christian faiths, including Islam. The move restores the autonomy of a Council that Benedict had placed und [...]
2007-06-28 14:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PTER LE VT
07VATICAN104IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...]
2007-07-03 13:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
07VATICAN108FE/BR WINDOW REPLACEMENT
[...] The FE/BR windows installed in the ground floor of the Vatican Chancery are deteriorating and three of the thirteen panels have already suffered fogging damage which limits the visibility and light entering through the panels. The FE/BR panels, which were installed in 1993/1994, are reaching t [...]
2007-07-11 09:23:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
07VATICAN111VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]
2007-07-12 16:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN1122007 ANNUAL CHIEF OF MISSION MANAGEMENT CONTROL STATEMENTS
[...] As requested in reftel, the following is the Charge D'Affaires' abbreviated management control statement: I certify that the management control responsibilities assigned to me have been carried out. Signed: C. Sandrolini, Charge D'Affaires. 2. Please note that for U.S. Embassy Vatican, th [...]
2007-07-13 15:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT VT
07VATICAN120HOLY SEE: CONFERENCE ON PASTORAL CARE OF SICK ELDERLY
[...] Embassy wishes to bring to the attention of relevant USG agencies that we have received information from the Holy See concerning the XXII International Conference on "The Pastoral Care of Sick Elderly People", which will take place in Vatican City's Synod Hall from November 15-17, 2007. The con [...]
2007-08-24 07:21:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI VT
07VATICAN135HOLY SEE: BACKGROUND ON MEETING OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's point man on Sudan provided DCM September 26 with some background to the recent meeting of Sudanese President Bashir with Pope Benedict XVI; the meeting went well, according to the Vatican. End summary. 2. (SBU) DCM spoke briefly September 26 with Monsignor France [...]
2007-09-27 07:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN136HOLY SEE: CARDINAL MARTINO ON IRAN, IRAQ, OTHER SUBJECTS
[...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Martino, head of two Holy See agencies (Justice and Peace, and Migrants) spoke with Ambassador September 25 on a variety of subjects, including Iraq, Iran, Papal travel to the US, Secretary Rice, TIP, and his own travel. Martino pointed out that his candor on Iraq was ac [...]
2007-09-27 09:22:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN138A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]
2007-09-28 16:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VATICAN139HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK
[...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...]
2007-10-01 08:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT
07VATICAN140HOLY SEE: FELICE GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN CAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 11:02:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC VT
07VATICAN141VATICAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANGELA CERVETTI
[...] (U) Embassy Vatican is delighted to welcome Angela Cervetti for consultations during her visit to Rome October 12-16, and grants country clearance. 2. (U) Control officer will be Management Officer Peter Ganser. Tel: 39.06.4674.3439 Fax: 39.06.575.8346 Mobile: 39.334.636.5069 [...]
2007-10-01 15:15:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA VT
07VATICAN144DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HOLY SEE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 08:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI VT
07VATICAN149HOLY SEE: INTEREST IN WIREC 2008
[...] Charge d'affaires provided Ref A information October 8 to Dr. Paolo Conversi, the responsible official for multilateral environmental issues in the Holy See's foreign ministry. Conversi was personally very interested but has not yet been able to confirm whether the Vatican wishes to participate [...]
2007-10-15 14:11:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA VT
07VATICAN150VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]
2007-10-17 07:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN151"A COMMON WORD" -- NEW DEVELOPMENT IN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A large and diverse group of Muslim scholars has issued a document addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders, inviting them to a theological dialogue. The document, entitled "A Common Word Between Us and You", is the fruit of long labor guided by a Jordanian i [...]
2007-10-22 15:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI VT
07VATICAN157VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...]
2007-11-06 10:46:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN161RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS GATHER TO ADVANCE WORLD
[...] (U) Religious and political leaders from around the world convened in Naples under the auspices of a Catholic non-governmental organization for three days of dialogue and debate on a broad range of issues under the overall theme of "A World without Violence". Among the participants were heads [...]
2007-11-07 10:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF EC IS VT
07VATICAN165CORRECTED COPY: VATICAN-AFFILIATED INSTITUTE HAILS LETTER
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Vatican-affiliated Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies has hailed "A Common Word", the letter that 138 Muslim scholars have recently addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders inviting them to a theological dialogue, as an unprecedented an [...]
2007-11-09 08:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
07VATICAN172HOLY SEE UPSET ABOUT ISRAELI SINGLE-ENTRY VISA POLICY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Holy See is upset about new Israeli visa policies that effectively limit the ability of the Church to serve the needs of Catholics in the Holy Land. The new Israeli visa policy comes at a time when Vatican diplomats are already expressing frustration over the lack of progress [...]
2007-11-21 10:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN175NUNS UNITE TO CREATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK
[...] Summary. More than 30 nuns from 26 countries came together in Rome for a week-long Training Seminar organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See that culminated in the creation of the first-ever international religious network to combat trafficking in persons. The network - "International Ne [...]
2007-11-23 12:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG OPRC ELAB KOCI
07VATICAN177VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 08:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 09:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN180HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE,
[...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]
2007-11-30 09:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN193CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]
2007-12-21 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN3EMBASSY VATICAN HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post's December 20 HIV/AIDS conference focused on combating the spread of AIDS with a special focus on partnerships with faith-based organizations. High level and knowledgeable speakers from the Holy See, Caritas, UNAIDS, Sant'Egidio, and the private sector combined with a dedic [...]
2007-01-04 09:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYVT PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI KHIV
07VATICAN37HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]
2007-02-07 15:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN44WOMAN OF COURAGE" - SR. EUGENIA BONETTI - ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, 67, is a Consolata Missionary sister and director of the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) office of the Italian Union of Major Superiors (USMI),the umbrella organization for thousands of nuns throughout Italy. Her remarkable courage and commitment to fighting the injusti [...]
2007-02-14 20:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO VT
07VATICAN5DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]
2007-01-05 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN51VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL
[...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...]
2007-03-05 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT
07VATICAN58ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE TO SPEAK OUT?
[...] (U) This telegram contains a recommendation and action request below. --------------- Background -------------- 2. (C) Post noted in early February that the Holy See was considering speaking out on Zimbabwe (reftel). The issue is now on the front burner. A senior cardi [...]
2007-03-20 10:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI ZI ZU SF UK VT
07VATICAN59HOLY SEE APPRECIATES PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Holy See MFA Director for Afghanistan Murphy received with interest several fact sheets on reconstruction efforts in the country and encouraged us to keep up our efforts to publicize the positive strides that have been made. With few Catholics and no diplomatic representation in Afghanis [...]
2007-03-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALAF PHUM SOCI PTER VT
07VATICAN64ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS
[...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]
2007-03-23 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VATICAN65HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]
2007-03-23 17:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN72ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE STILL WAITING FOR BISHOPS
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM again discussed Zimbabwe with Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) on April 3. Pointing to the strong statements made in recent days by Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe, Ambassador urged the Holy [...]
2007-04-04 10:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT ZI
07VATICAN8VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...]
2007-01-08 14:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT
07VATICAN81HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR PRESSES VATICAN ON IRAQ
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised ref (a) points on Iraq with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (FM equivalent),Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, April 20. The Ambassador emphasized the many positive developments that have occurred in various parts of Iraq. He acknowledged that much work [...]
2007-04-26 13:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VATICAN97EMBASSY VATICAN LINKS NGO SANT'EGIDIO WITH AFRICAN BUREAU
[...] (SBU) Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) May 25, linking the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Vatican-related NGO, with the Africa Bureau. Embassy Paris's Africa watcher and staff from S/WCI also joined the DVC. Sant'Egidio responded to questions raised by AF on issues related to confl [...]
2007-06-20 08:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI UG IV VT
07VATICAN98VATICAN-AFFILIATED NGO ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is being resent due to an error found with EACT MailReader. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S.-based Acton Institute, an NGO with significant ties to the Vatican, explored issues related to religious freedom during a March conference in Rome (for informat [...]
2007-06-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN99IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...]
2007-06-21 19:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT
07VIENNA1016AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER
[...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...]
2007-04-18 14:27:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI
07VIENNA1068(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]
2007-04-25 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1088NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...]
2007-04-27 11:24:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU
07VIENNA1134AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 03, 2007
[...] The coalition government agreed on a package of election reforms Wednesday, which will now be sent to Parliament for approval. The reforms propose holding general elections every five years instead of four, as well as lowering the voting age from 18 to 16. It will also make it easier for absent [...]
2007-05-03 12:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1162DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel information requests. 2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as follows: Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2415 Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson nelsonpr@state [...]
2007-05-04 15:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR AU
07VIENNA1204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 09, 2007
[...] There are new tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government over the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter purchase. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party has criticized Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats over his handling of the [...]
2007-05-09 14:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007
[...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]
2007-05-10 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1239AUSTRIA: RESPONSE ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE AT
[...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on May 9 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation and urged the GoA to make a presentation at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting. Benedict mentioned that [...]
2007-05-11 13:57:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW AU
07VIENNA127AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 19, 2007
[...] Representatives of Austria's Student Union are considering what further action to take in their opposition to university tuition fees. They are reported to be considering boycotting the fees, organizing a popular petition and holding regular demonstrations. Meeting in Linz yesterday, the leader [...]
2007-01-19 15:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1279AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...]
2007-05-15 11:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU
07VIENNA1284AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 15, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats said negotiations with EADS, the manufacturer of the Eurofighter interceptors, will continue. Speaking in Brussels at a joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers, Darabos said talks would resume in a few days. A scenario t [...]
2007-05-15 13:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1328AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) To date, the only Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Since the signing of the Austrian-Cuban Agreement on Investment Protection in 2001, Cuba has actively lobbied to attract Austrian investment in the tourism and hospitality sectors [...]
2007-05-21 15:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALERD ETTC PREL CU AU
07VIENNA1350AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 22, 2007
[...] The Austrian Press Agency reported yesterday that US Ambassador to Austria Susan McCaw opened the American Corner (ACI) at Innsbruck University's Institute for American Studies on Monday. Austrian Press Agency APA reported on the opening of the American Corner Innsbruck, which aims at "emphasiz [...]
2007-05-22 13:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA157AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 23, 2007
[...] Minister for the Environment Josef Proell yesterday presented "Perspectives Group 2010", which outlines proposals for the OEVP's future course that are to be developed in detail by 14 working groups. The OeVP will be "open to outside criticism," Proell emphasized. Presenting the OeVP's program [...]
2007-01-23 13:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1640AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 19, 2007
[...] Austria's Minister for Education, Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats, will unveil her plans for a comprehensive school system for 10- to 14-year-old students later today. During a test stage beginning in fall 2008, the comprehensive system will be introduced in five Austrian regions. How [...]
2007-06-19 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1666AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 21, 2007
[...] EU heads of government are preparing to meet in Brussels today to discuss a treaty to help the union work more effectively. A draft tabled by Germany recommends deep reforms, but not a constitution - an idea rejected by French and Dutch voters two years ago. Whether progress can be made at the [...]
2007-06-21 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA167KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]
2007-01-24 16:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA1790AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 05, 2007
[...] Three legal experts appointed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets have concluded that Austria did have adequate legal grounds to cancel the original two-billion-Euro contract. The three, Josef Aicher, Andreas Kletecka and Heinz Mayer, said [...]
2007-07-05 13:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1798AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 06, 2007
[...] The Austrian Parliament will meet for its last session before the summer recess today. After it concluded the investigation into the purchase of Eurofighter interceptors for Austria's armed forces yesterday, Parliament will now also wrap up the inquiry into Austrian banking practices in connect [...]
2007-07-06 12:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA180AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL
[...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...]
2007-01-25 13:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU
07VIENNA1804DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING REGIONAL
[...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel background and talking points on July 6 to Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-equivalent). EconPol Counselor urged Austria to approach regional Arab governments to put diplomatic pressure on the SARG to do more t [...]
2007-07-09 10:16:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PTER AU SY IZ
07VIENNA1817AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 09, 2007
[...] The Interior Ministry's Human Rights Advisory Board has come to the conclusion that the Austrian immigration and alien laws need to be amended, as they are not in compliance with the EU's Human Rights Convention. Because the Convention is part of the Austrian Constitution, the Advisory Board ha [...]
2007-07-09 12:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1828AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS
[...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...]
2007-07-10 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE
07VIENNA1856AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 11, 2007
[...] Austria's coalition partners, the Social Democrats and the People's Party, are gathering in the Burgenland provincial capital of Eisenstadt for the second day of closed-door meetings on key policy issues. Following a first round of talks yesterday, the leaders of the SPOe and the OeVP pledged t [...]
2007-07-11 14:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1928AUSTRIA OFFERS LAME EXCUSES FOR RELEASE OF RIZA
[...] (S) Following an initial run-around with GoA bureaucrats, the Minister of Justice's Chief of Staff, Albin Dearing, briefed the Charge and Acting EconPol Counselor July 19 on the Riza Altun case. Dearing acknowledged that there had been an internal GoA communication breakdown, as Austrian pol [...]
2007-07-20 16:24:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KTFN AU TU
07VIENNA1984AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 26, 2007
[...] Former BAWAG boss Helmut Elsner and investment banker Wolfgang Flttl are increasingly at loggerheads at the current BAWAG trial. Helmut Elsner denies that the bank's Caribbean deals were anything but credit business. That the deals involved high-risk speculation was something Flttl had never to [...]
2007-07-26 12:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2064AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 2, 2007
[...] Even though he had lost the BAWAG bank 639 million dollars in October 1998, the bank's managing board gave Wolfgang Flttl another 330,000 million dollars to continue his speculations. On the 11th day of the BAWAG trial, the former Secretary General of the bank, Peter Nakowitz, confirmed that Wo [...]
2007-08-02 13:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2111OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA2152AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 20, 2007
[...] After a one-week recess, the bank Bawag trial resumes today. Nine people, including the bank's former CEO Helmut Elsner and investment banker Helmut Floettl, are facing charges of breach of trust, fraud and false accounting in connection with speculation losses incurred by the formerly union-ow [...]
2007-08-20 13:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 24, 2007
[...] The leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe),Heinz-Christian Strache, has acknowledged that he had contacts with the German neo-Nazi group Wiking Jugend, which was banned in 1994. ORF television quotes Strache as stressing that he was never a member and that he was last in touch with the group in 19 [...]
2007-08-24 12:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2216AUSTRIAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Austrian Airlines' (AUA) International Relations Manager Bernadette Strobl-Wirz confirmed to us on August 27 that AUA had temporarily suspended its regularly-scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. Strobl-Wirz said that the suspension was based on a security evaluation fo [...]
2007-08-27 09:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON AU IZ
07VIENNA2320STARTING AN IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE - AUSTRIAN REACTION
[...] Austria maintains product safety regulations for imports and cooperates closely with EU authorities, as well as the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Our Austrian interlocutors proposed focusing the product safety dialogue with EU Member States at the EU level. The GoA recommended that U.S [...]
2007-08-31 12:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO AU
07VIENNA2325AUSTRIA MISSILE DEFENSE: FURTHER EMBASSY ACTION
[...] (C) Embassy discussions with MOD, MFA, and diplomatic contacts suggest some governmental disagreement on handling the missile defense (MD) issue as well as a degree of disarray within the Defense Ministry. For domestic political reasons, the MD issue could continue to rumble in Austria. An Em [...]
2007-08-31 15:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP AU
07VIENNA2327AUSTRIAN DELEGATION TO ICAO
[...] Robert Boehm, Chief of Staff and Special Advisor on Aviation to Ministry of Transportation State Secretary Christa Kranzl, told the Embassy on August 31 that Kranzl would be interested in a bilateral meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters at the ICAO Assembly. 2. Below is pr [...]
2007-09-04 06:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR AORC ICAO AU
07VIENNA2378SCENE-SETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and the rest of Embassy Vienna's team are looking forward to your visit. The Embassy's Legal Attache Office (Legat) has an excellent working relationship with its Austrian counterparts and routinely nominates and facilitates training for Austrian officials at the FBI [...]
2007-09-11 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KHLS AU
07VIENNA2400AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 12, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report that the Austrian Unions Association OeGB has lost almost three billion Euros as a result of the failed currency speculations by formerly union-owned bnk Bawag. The OeGB's losses from the Bawag's nea-bankruptcy are thus much higher than initially hought, the Union Asso [...]
2007-09-12 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2407(S) IRAN'S REFAH BANK CONSIDERING A VIENNA BRANCH
[...] (S) On September 12, EconUnit Chief met with Kurt Pribil, the Financial Market Authority's (FMA) Executive Director and FMA Board Member Bernd Traexler to discuss Bank Refah's interest in establishing a branch office in Vienna. Traexler said that he and other FMA officials met with a Bank Ref [...]
2007-09-13 14:40:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN PREL AU IR
07VIENNA2413AUSTRIAN NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary. Austria will propose a multilateral system for managing the nuclear fuel cycle at next week's opening of the IAEA General Conference (GC); sees no need (and little realistic chance) for a third UNSCR on Iran's nuclear program and was uncomfortable with the EU Presidency's Septembe [...]
2007-09-14 12:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG MNUC PREL UN AU
07VIENNA2438IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN AUSTRIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (S/NF) The following is a list of "credible voices" in Austria who are influential within the Muslim community and who may be amenable to working with the Embassy in terms of programming and outreach. While numerous other credible voices exist in Austria, who speak out against extremism and v [...]
2007-09-18 15:06:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPGOV AU
07VIENNA2446LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MUSLIM EXTREMIST SUSPECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 15:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV AU
07VIENNA2466AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2007
[...] The wife of Wolfgang Floettl, one of the key defendants in the trial surrounding the Bawag banking scandal took the witness stand Thursday, as one of the most closely-watched trials in recent Austrian history continues to grind on. Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhow [...]
2007-09-21 09:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2486NOTE VERBAL FROM AUSTRIAN MFA REGARDING IRAQI
[...] (U) Embassy has received a Diplomatic Note (Text in para 3) from the Austrian Foreign Ministry with a request for information regarding the terms and conditions of employment for translators employed by U.S. military forces in Austria. The request arises from the case of an unnamed applicant f [...]
2007-09-25 14:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL
07VIENNA2489AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...]
2007-09-26 08:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EU AU
07VIENNA2493OMV UPS ANTE IN HOSTILE BID FOR MOL
[...] (U) Austria's leading energy company, OMV, has made public an offer to buy at least 50% of the voting shares of Hungary's MOL at a price 18.7% above MOL's current market price. OMV has conditioned its offer on MOL removing limitations on minority shareholders voting rights and canceling MOL's [...]
2007-09-26 11:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2536NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANT FOR WORKSHOP ON
[...] Embassy Vienna nominates the following officer to participate in the Workshop on Radicalization and Muslim Engagement scheduled for October 30-31, 2007 in Washington, DC. 2. Michael Spring, Economic-Political Officer, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Muslim Outreach. Top Secret secur [...]
2007-10-01 06:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KISL KPAO PREL PTER SCUL SOCI XG AU
07VIENNA2563AUSTRIA FAVORS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 13:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI AU
07VIENNA2564AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 4, 2007
[...] After the latest deportations of families to Kosovo, the government rallied behind Minister of the Interior G|nther Platter on Wednesday. The OeVP ministers reiterated Platter's position that "laws have to enforced," while Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer backed up Platter's proposal that the provi [...]
2007-10-04 14:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2578AUSTRIA REJECTS FRENCH CALL FOR TOUGHER EU
[...] (C) French Embassy DCM van Rossum has confirmed Austrian media reports that Austria has rejected Foreign Minister Kouchner's proposal for tougher EU sanctions on Iran. Van Rossum described a letter form Kouchner to his EU colleagues as calling on them to use the Oct. 15 GAERC to add additional [...]
2007-10-09 05:58:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP FR UK GE AU
07VIENNA2627U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS VISIT AUSTRIA
[...] (U) To promote U.S.-Austria environmental cooperation, the Foreign Ministry sponsored an intensive week-long program from Aug. 7-14 for a group of 10 American environmental experts. The group included representatives from federal, state, and local governments; Congress; universities; business [...]
2007-10-15 13:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV
07VIENNA2631WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIA CANNOT YET CONFIRM PARTICIPATION AT
[...] Post contacted Katharina Wieser from the MFA's Department for Environment and Energy Issues to inquire about Austria's participation at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). After consulting with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Ministry of [...]
2007-10-16 09:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
07VIENNA2656AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 19, 2007
[...] Only a day after the SPOe-OeVP coalition reached swift agreement on giving police greater powers to search personal computers online, critics are suggesting the new bill may violate constitutional rights. According to semi-official daily Wiener Zeitung, one specialist in constitutional law, Ber [...]
2007-10-19 12:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA266AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 05, 2007
[...] The Eurofighter controversy continues to occupy Austrian politicians and media. Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) has once again defended the purchase of the planes and emphasized that former Minister of Defense and now Interior Minister G|nther Platter had acted correctly. In this asses [...]
2007-02-06 11:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2663AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 22, 2007
[...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer began a three-day official visit to Egypt at the weekend. He is accompanied by Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and a business and cultural delegation. Topping the agenda of his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will b [...]
2007-10-22 13:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2688AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM PTER EFIN IR
07VIENNA2715(S/NF) AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO SUPPLY
[...] (S) Senior civil servants in the Ministry of Economy (MoE) have reiterated to the Embassy that, if obliged to make a decision, the MoE would deny an export license to ship 13,000 Glock pistols to Iraqi police and military units. Although the MoE approved similar shipments over the last two ye [...]
2007-10-30 15:48:00Embassy ViennaSECRETMARR MASS PREL PGOV ETRD AU IZ
07VIENNA2758AUSTRIA: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 07:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SNAR AU
07VIENNA2787AUSTRIA'S FREEDOM PARTY: SUCCEEDING WITH NEGATIVE
[...] (C) The Austrian political climate appears to be tilting o the advantage of the far-right Freedom Party, whse blend of nationalism, social conservatism, an economic populism appeals to that segment of the population unnerved by immigration, loss of soveeignty to the EU, and globalization-driv [...]
2007-11-14 11:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AU
07VIENNA2849AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 26, 2007
[...] The departure of the Austrian Army contingent's advance party to Chad will not take place today, as originally scheduled. The Commander of the Austrian unit, which will participate in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid efforts in the African state, Lt. Gen. Guenther Hoefler, said the delay was b [...]
2007-11-26 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA286FOLLOW UP TO AUSTRIA: FEBRUARY 13-14 LIBERIA
[...] A/DCM met on February 6 with Carolina Gudenus, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Africa Director, to press U.S. objectives for the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum. We pointed out the high level of attendees, including the Secretary and President Sirleaf, and stressed Liberia's need SIPDIS [...]
2007-02-06 15:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL LI AU
07VIENNA2875ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On November 29, EconPol Counselor and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points to Thomas Baier, Head of the MFA's Multilateral International Law Division, and to Yvonne Desmedt-Tonic from the MFA's Energy and Nuclear Safety Division. Emboffs urged the GoA to support EU designation of addit [...]
2007-11-29 16:59:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR EU AU
07VIENNA2920U.S.-AUSTRIA C/T COOPERATION: INTERIOR MINISTRY
[...] (C) USG and Austrian Interior Ministry officials met Nov. 10 to carry forward the discussions initiated by Austrian Interior Minister Platter during his Oct. 24-25 visit to Washington on enhanced U.S.-Austrian counter-terrorism (C/T) cooperation. The Austrian side also presented a series of p [...]
2007-12-10 15:42:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AU
07VIENNA2921EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 08:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN AU
07VIENNA2945AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT FISCHER TO MEET ASSAD DECEMBER 17 IN
[...] (SBU) Austrian President Heinz Fischer's Chief of Cabinet, Susanne Gaugl, informed Embassy Charge December 12 that Fischer will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad December 17 in Damascus, following a visit to Austrian peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights "this coming weekend." Gaug [...]
2007-12-13 15:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV AU SL
07VIENNA380AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS,
[...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]
2007-02-13 17:13:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA392AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 14, 2007
[...] Former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner arrived in Vienna yesterday after a months-long tug of war between Elsner and his lawyers, who claimed the ex-Bawag boss had a weak heart and could not be transported from his French residence to Vienna for trial, and the law enforcement authorities who doubted t [...]
2007-02-14 12:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA455AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 21, 2007
[...] BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler is scheduled to testify today before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the scandal surrounding former union-owned bank Bawag. He is suspected of having intervened in favor of investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, a key figure in the Bawag affair. [...]
2007-02-22 07:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA53AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 10, 2007
[...] Incoming Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer from the SPOe has come under fire from within his own party for having "given up too much to the Conservatives" in the government negotiations. Student and youth organizations continued their protests yesterday. Meanwhile, 75 percent of the party executive [...]
2007-01-10 17:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA532AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...]
2007-03-01 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
07VIENNA626UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE
[...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...]
2007-03-13 08:59:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA688AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetl demarche on March 19 to Austrian MFA Human Rights Director Engelbert Theuermann. Theuermann said Austria is only an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, but plays an active role. He said Austria has an embassy in Zimbabwe, and therefore has followed de [...]
2007-03-20 11:00:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNSCR PREL ZI EUN AU
07VIENNA773AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) is still confident he has legal grounds for a cancellation of the Eurofighter purchase contract. A complete backing-out of the deal continues to be "our number one priority," he stressed on Austrian television. "Intensive negotiations" to that effect will [...]
2007-03-26 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA85AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND
[...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]
2007-01-17 09:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENNA86AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
[...] Post delivered reftel letter of invitation for the Eighth International Export Control Conference (March 6-8, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania) to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior's Office for the Protection of the Con [...]
2007-01-17 12:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO AU
07VIENNA916AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 05, 2007
[...] An improvement of the legal rights of people living in same-sex partnerships in Austria could happen soon - provided the OeVP settles its intra-party disputes over the issue. OeVP secretary general Hannes Missethon suggested on ORF television yesterday that same-sex partnerships could in the fu [...]
2007-04-05 13:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA970RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL
[...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]
2007-04-13 11:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VIENTIANE110DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL
[...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...]
2007-02-12 10:33:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE12REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...]
2007-01-08 10:31:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH
07VIENTIANE125 AVIAN INFLUENZA: AI FOUND IN BIRDS IN VIENTIANE (WEEKLY
[...] SUMMARY: The Lao government's avian influenza (AI) coordinator told donors on February 13 that two wild ducks in Vientiane had tested positive for avian influenza. Tests on two possible human cases are underway; initial results are negative. END SUMMARY. Reports of H5N1 Positive Ducks in [...]
2007-02-14 11:23:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
07VIENTIANE137SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07
[...] (U) Embassy Vientiane is pleased to nominate Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Europe and Americas Department Director General (DG) Southam Sakonhninhom to attend this course. Our alternate candidate is Mr. Khamvone Phanouvong, MFA Asia-Pacific and Africa Department Deputy DG. Their personal [...]
2007-02-20 10:20:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LA
07VIENTIANE139CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE
[...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...]
2007-02-20 10:34:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA
07VIENTIANE144UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...]
2007-02-22 09:29:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE154GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...]
2007-02-23 10:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA
07VIENTIANE163VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Vientiane EAC met February 26 to discuss a WHO report of first-ever case of probable human infection of avian influenza (AI) in Laos. Samples from the patient have been sent for H5N1 confirmation, which is still pending. The Lao press is already highlighting this first "s [...]
2007-02-26 10:18:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR
07VIENTIANE184VIENTIANE EAC MEETING -- AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5, the Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing situation regarding avian influenza (H5N1) in Laos. The Lao government announced on March 4 that a probable second case of avian influenza in humans had been identified, with confirmation pending further [...]
2007-03-05 10:35:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC TBIO KFLU SOCI AMED AMGT CASC EAGR KPAO
07VIENTIANE185SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...]
2007-03-05 11:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL
07VIENTIANE219EAP/MLS DIRECTOR,S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP/MLS director Robert Rapson met with Europe and Americas Director General Southam at the foreign ministry. Both Rapson and Southam expressed general satisfaction about improving U.S.-Lao ties, despite what Southam characterized as ups and downs over the years. Raps [...]
2007-03-19 09:20:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CASC PHUM PGOV LA
07VIENTIANE220WORLD BANK OFFICIAL EXPRESSES CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 2 meeting, World Bank country manager Patchamuthu Illangovan told visiting EAP/MLS office director Rapson that he is more optimistic than he used to be about prospects for progress in Laos. The World Bank's major hydropower project, Nam Theun 2, has brought dyn [...]
2007-03-19 09:47:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN ENRG ETRD
07VIENTIANE228CHINA'S GOLDEN CITY IN NORTHERN LAOS
[...] (C) Summary. The recent opening of a Chinese casino and hotel complex in Luang Namtha Province along the Lao-China border is symbolic of growing Chinese influence in northern Laos. Although only 20 percent of the planned ten-year project has been completed thus far, this first phase amounts [...]
2007-03-20 10:13:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEINV KCRM ECON ETRD SMIG SOCI ELTN ECIN PREL
07VIENTIANE25NEW INFORMATION ON NORTH KOREANS DETAINED IN LAOS:
[...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Lee told Poloffs January 11 that five North Korean refugees detained almost a month in northern Laos had been released by local authorities. The five are on their way to Vientiane from where the South Korean Embassy expects them to depart quietly t [...]
2007-01-11 08:45:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC KN KS LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE257NAS VIENTIANE: UPDATE ON METHAMPHETAMINE IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Almost everyone in the Lao lowlands, from the Prime Minister in Vientiane to street vendors in Pakse, is keenly aware that methamphetamine trafficking is on the increase and that the lives of thousands of Lao citizens have become more precarious as a result. Lao law enforcemen [...]
2007-03-29 08:17:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR XC CH
07VIENTIANE259CHINESE RUBBER, SINO-LAO SCHOOLS, AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Due to what one NGO director in Luang Namtha Province described as a "gold rush" mentality, almost every village in the province is growing rubber for export to China. The Chinese have launched a "propaganda campaign" taking credit for the replacement of poppy with rubber. So [...]
2007-03-30 10:04:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAGR EINV ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SMIG KRCM PHUM
07VIENTIANE288VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...]
2007-04-06 06:32:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE290ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...]
2007-04-06 10:01:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA
07VIENTIANE295 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: There have been no new human avian influenza (AI) cases or bird outbreaks since the last report. Massive culling in Vientiane municipality was completed on March 16. The World Bank-assisted compensation program is paying poultry owners sixty percent of the market value of culled bi [...]
2007-04-09 10:16:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID
07VIENTIANE296MISDIRECTED MAIL COMPLICATES NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) Summary: South Korean Counsellor Miyon Lee told DCM April 9 that she was hopeful that three North Korean asylum seekers who have been detained in Laos since November 2006 would be released in the next day or two. The situation took a "tricky" turn, she said, when the Lao police misdirec [...]
2007-04-09 11:04:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE300INTOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANS PERSISTS IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Christians in Bolikhamsay Province's Nakun Village have faced pressure from local officials and have been "reeducated" numerous times as a result of their religious activities. Christians in Xunya Village, Luang Namtha Province, have reportedly been prevented from practicin [...]
2007-04-10 09:59:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI EINV CASC PREL LA
07VIENTIANE309HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI
[...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...]
2007-04-17 08:52:00Embassy VientianeSECRETASEC LA PHUM PREF PTER SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE310 IOM's Return and Reintegration of Lao TIP Victims
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (SBU) Summary: The International Office for Migration (IOM) signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Laos (GoL) on February 27. Based on the MOU, IOM plans to be more active in capacity-bui [...]
2007-04-17 09:39:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PHUM SOCI ELAB KWMN PREL LA
07VIENTIANE316SUGGESTED 2007 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR LAOS UXO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. In 2006 PM/WRA requested post create suggested budgets for supporting the removal of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in 2007 based upon a number of scenarios. One of those scenarios envisioned a 25% cut to the UXO budget for Laos in 2007. [...]
2007-04-18 09:51:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKHDP ECON PREL MASS LA
07VIENTIANE323LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN
[...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...]
2007-04-19 10:15:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA
07VIENTIANE325 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposals for Laos
[...] Following are the anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Vientiane. In total, eleven completed proposals were submitted by four non-governmental organizations, two international organizations, and one for-profit Lao enterprise. The following organizations submitted proposa [...]
2007-04-20 09:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA
07VIENTIANE329NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
[...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy continues to press the Lao government for the release of the three North Korean children detained in November. They are seeking a meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has expressed hope for a [...]
2007-04-23 10:28:00Embassy VientianeSECRETCASC PREF PGOV PHUM KN KS KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE337NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY
[...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy confirmed that the three North Korean children who have been detained since November 2006 are in their custody and will leave Laos on the evening of April 25. It was the South Koreans, quiet efforts, rather than the NGO-generated flurry of publicity, t [...]
2007-04-25 09:46:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA
07VIENTIANE341LAO SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's recent meeting with the Lao Front for National Construction (reftel),Poloffs met with recently-appointed Religous Affairs Khaophone Vannabout to seek updates on several outstanding cases. Khaophone provided an update on 12 detained Khmu who may [...]
2007-04-26 10:01:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM SOCI PREL LA
07VIENTIANE351PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...]
2007-04-30 08:54:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV
07VIENTIANE361 SPECIAL 301 LAO PDR 2007: GOL PLEASED WITH DESIGNATION BUT
[...] Summary: Nheune Sisavad, a senior Lao official who oversees intellectual property issues, expressed relief to the DCM that Laos is not on any Special 301 lists but said that it is important for Laos to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. He said that the National Assembl [...]
2007-05-03 10:11:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAID KIPR LA
07VIENTIANE366NEW GROUP OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES ARRESTED IN
[...] (S) Summary: Activists from the Human Rights Without Frontiers organization confirmed the presence to EmbOff of a new group of nine North Koreans in detention in Vientiane. The activists were able to deliver food and medicine to the detainees. The South Korean Embassy says resolving the case [...]
2007-05-07 07:43:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA
07VIENTIANE37REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM VIEWS AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS
[...] (U) Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MIN) learned first-hand about Vientiane's main Mahasot Hospital during her recent visit to Laos. She discussed available and needed resources in recognizing suspect cases of human avian influenza (AI) and reviewed corresponding clinical case management practi [...]
2007-01-16 08:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP TBIO KFLU AMED SOCI LA
07VIENTIANE390AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN
[...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...]
2007-05-11 08:58:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE397WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: DCM DISCUSSES U.S. JOURNALISM AT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Press Freedom Day, the DCM spoke with a group of roughly 15 college students at the Lao-American Center on May 2 about the history of press freedom in the United States and the ethical dilemmas faced by media organizations. This was a timely subject, since the Lao N [...]
2007-05-15 06:45:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE407VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - RENEWAL OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 08:48:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC LA
07VIENTIANE416AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...]
2007-05-21 08:27:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF
07VIENTIANE442AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...]
2007-05-26 09:06:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
07VIENTIANE451LAOS TO SUPPORT MR. ZOELLICK AS WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Econoff met May 30 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Cooperation Director General Dr. Bountheuang Mounlasy to request that the Lao Government support Robert B. Zoellick as President of the World Bank (Reftel). After a brief discussion of Mr. Zoellick's quali [...]
2007-05-30 09:38:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IBRD LA
07VIENTIANE453LIKE-MINDED GROUP FAVORS INDIVIDUAL DEMARCHES ON
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 30 meeting of representatives of like-minded countries, the Charge proposed a joint demarche requesting international access to recent Hmong returnees from Thailand per Ref A. The other embassy representatives agreed that these concerns should be raised with the Lao g [...]
2007-05-30 10:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH GE
07VIENTIANE487HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP
[...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...]
2007-06-11 10:55:00Embassy VientianeSECRET//NOFORNASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE490 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation
[...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2006 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant asserts that he entere [...]
2007-06-13 07:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE496ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS
[...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...]
2007-06-14 09:03:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHDP PARM EAID LA
07VIENTIANE508READOUT FROM JAPANESE DCM ON LAO PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese DCM Kazuhiro Fujimura provided the Charge with an overview of the mid-May summit in Tokyo between the Lao and Japanese prime ministers. He said that the Japanese had pressed the Lao unsuccessfully at a meeting before the summit to support the UNGA human rights resolutio [...]
2007-06-18 09:39:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LA JA KN
07VIENTIANE525LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]
2007-06-25 09:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE53 REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED
[...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...]
2007-01-22 08:13:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA
07VIENTIANE558CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES NEW FACE AT FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a cabinet reshuffle announced by the Prime Minister at the closing of the National Assembly, Finance Minister Chansy Phosikham was named to replace Somphet Thipmala as governor of Vientiane Province. Chansy's former deputy, Somdy Douangdy, became finance minister. Somphet b [...]
2007-07-11 09:45:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EFIN ENRG LA
07VIENTIANE567POWER COMPANY RESPONDS TO CRITICAL REPORT AT THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27-28 the Government of Laos (GOL) and the Nam Theun Power Company (NTPC) held the second annual Nam Theun II (NT II) stakeholders' meeting in Thakek, Laos to discuss the situation at the World Bank funded project. The GOL and NTPC provided a large amount of information, [...]
2007-07-13 09:47:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ENRG EWWT ECON PREL LA
07VIENTIANE6MANAGING POSSIBLE DPRK REFUGEES IN VIENTIANE
[...] (C) Summary: Following receipt of reftel, which outlines steps Embassy Vientiane should take if approached by a North Korean asylum seeker, DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met with Republic of Korea (ROK) Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee. Ms. Lee provided updates on recent cases of North Korean asylum se [...]
2007-01-05 08:33:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE640"LIKE-MINDED" DIPLOMATIC GROUP DISCUSSES HMONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting of the "like-minded" diplomatic group revealed a strong consensus in support of coordinated pressure on the Lao to improve conditions for the Hmong ethnic minority and to provide greater access to returnees and Hmong areas. The situations of the 5 boys from the g [...]
2007-08-10 11:22:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE676RHYTHM ROAD - VIENTIANE INTEREST
[...] U.S. Embassy Vientiane is interested in hosting the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad tour by the urban music group Dana Leong Band. Post control officer is PAO Amy Archibald, at archibaldae@state.gov, 856-21-7214. Assisting FSN is Cultural Affairs Specialist ChanthanomeSydavanh, at Chanthan [...]
2007-08-24 00:49:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL LA
07VIENTIANE723UPDATE ON HMONG-AMERICANS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post continues to investigate the whereabouts of the three Hmong Americans who were taken into police custody on August 25. Both Lao and Thai immigration authorities have records indicating that the Americans departed Laos on August 29. During a trip to Xiengkhouang Province Se [...]
2007-09-14 10:46:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC LA
07VIENTIANE725MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...]
2007-09-18 10:27:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL
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