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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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05TUNIS2418 CONTINUED GLOWING TUNISIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF FM
[...] The glowing Tunisian press coverage of FM Aballah's visit to the US (detailed in reftel) continued with placements of another article on FM Abdallah's activities in the US in all but one daily newspapers on the weekend of October 22-23. While headlines differed slightly, the text of the accomp [...]
2005-10-31 15:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV ECON TS
05TUNIS898FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.: ARE THE TUNISIANS READY?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Booz Allen Hamilton's Emad Tinawi visited Tunis April 4 ) 8, to consult with U.S. Embassy and GOT officials, private sector representatives, and academics on U.S.-Tunisian trade and investment issues. Tinawi's visit, as a private sector consultant to the Department, aimed to a [...]
2005-05-02 09:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TS
05VANCOUVER1470ORGANIZED CRIME IN BC IS ON THE RISE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of organized crime groups in BC has more than doubled in the past two years, severely challenging BC law enforcement and the judiciary. Almost every global ethnic crime group known to law enforcement now has a base in Vancouver. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG),or He [...]
2005-11-15 18:13:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS SNAR SOCI
05VATICAN102POPE ENCOURAGES DIALOGE OVER ARROGANCE; URGES
[...] (SBU) In the face of the natural and manmade catastrophes that afflicted the world over the past year, Pope John Paul II's New Year address to the Vatican diplomatic corps set out four challenges facing world leaders that closely parallel priority U.S. policy goals: the defense of life, the c [...]
2005-01-13 05:42:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM VT
05VATICAN37IRF AMBASSADOR HANFORD REVIEWS THREATS AND NEXT
[...] (SBU) During his December 1 - 4 visit to the Vatican, Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford reviewed U.S. religious freedom concerns and priorities with Holy See Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo and other senior officials. Vatican officials highlighted [...]
2005-01-05 14:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALCH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
05VATICAN446CHALDEAN PATRIARCH: INCREASED SECURITY, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY
[...] (C) Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told Charge February 17 that the coalition's failure to date to provide reasonable security and reliable electricity were the biggest obstacles to acceptance of U.S. efforts by the Iraqi people. The lack of security led many to conclude [...]
2005-02-24 12:38:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
05VATICAN453VATICAN SUPPORTS AND WILL ADVOCATE FOR U.S. AMENDMENT TO CSW
[...] (C) Per reftel, Charge met March 2 with Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States Monsignor Pietro Parolin to urge the Vatican to lobby key countries in favor of the U.S. amendment to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Declaration prior to the March 4 vote in New York. 2. ( [...]
2005-03-03 12:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL VT
05VATICAN454VIETNAM: JESUIT OFFICIAL SEES POSITIVE SIGNS FOR RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) The Jesuit Curial Official responsible for Asia, Father Joseph Doan, told Emboffs recently that, despite Vietnam's recently floated desire to establish full diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he doubted the GOVN would do so until China first took that step. Despite this hurdle, Doan [...]
2005-03-07 13:33:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM VT VM KIRF
05VATICAN473HOLY SEE PRESSES DIALOGUE; EAST TIMORESE JESUIT CRITICAL OF
[...] (C) The Holy See's Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge May 2 that the situation in East Timor was a source of great concern, and that they were encouraging the bishops and Nuncio to pursue dialogue with the government to resolve the situation. He and an East Timorese Jesuit, Joao Piedade, conc [...]
2005-05-04 06:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO VT
05VATICAN500VATICAN CONFIRMS IT PRESSURED FILIPINO BISHOPS
[...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the Philippines Monsignor Luis Montemayor confirmed July 14 that the Vatican pressured the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) not to support protests calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Montemayor noted that t [...]
2005-07-15 16:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP VT
05VATICAN544AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VATICAN MEETINGS
[...] (U) Summary. During his October visit to Rome, Ambassador John Miller met with Holy See officials in two Pontifical Councils to promote Vatican engagement on trafficking in persons. Ambassador Miller also attended a half-day conference co-sponsored by Embassy Rome and Embassy Vatican, and met [...]
2005-12-01 15:27:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI VT
05VATICAN553SANT EGIDIO ASSEMBLES AFRICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community brought together justice ministers from several African states in November to consider their respective governments' positions on the death penalty and other issues involving their penal systems. Sant'Egidio's Mario Giro told us that the participation [...]
2005-12-13 16:03:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VT
05VATICAN557EAST TIMOR: VATICAN EXAMINES ROLE OF CHURCH, BISHOPS
[...] (C) This is the first of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May protests incited by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. This first message will focus on the Holy See's official position, as laid out by Holy See East Timor [...]
2005-12-15 12:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05VATICAN561EAST TIMOR: JESUIT VIEWS CHURCH, BISHOPS
[...] (C) This is the second of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May anti-government protests led by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. Ref (D) presented the perspective of the Holy See's Country director for East Timor. In [...]
2005-12-20 09:43:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05VATICAN565POPE'S CALLS FOR JUST WORLD ORDER, ATTENTION TO TERRORISM,
[...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI used his first Christmas message to the city of Rome and the world (Urbi et Orbi) to focus attention on the threat of terrorism and the humanitarian crises around the world. (Complete text of the speech was emailed to EUR/WE.) With an audience of hundreds of million [...]
2005-12-28 16:41:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SU VT
05VIENNA1033AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...]
2005-03-31 09:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU
05VIENNA112INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS -
[...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA Middle East Africa Bureau on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Middle East desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on January 12. Lapuh agreed with our assessment that successful elections would represent a critical turning point for Iraq. [...]
2005-01-12 15:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU
05VIENNA1235DEMARCHE ON BUSH-SHARON MEETING AND GAZA
[...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Ralph Scheide and Israel/Palestine desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on April 14. Scheide welcomed the President's reaffirmation of the road map as the guiding document for [...]
2005-04-14 13:46:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ AU WB EUN
05VIENNA1239UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 06:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN
05VIENNA1461SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...]
2005-05-04 12:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN
05VIENNA1472SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT:
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Middle East/Africa Bureau Ralph Scheide on May 3. Scheide noted that Chancellor Schuessel had sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister al-Ja'afari, and that President Fischer had sent a greeting to Presiden [...]
2005-05-06 13:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA164AMBASSADOR URGES NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO HALT
[...] (S) Summary: In his first meeting with new Interior Minister Liese Prokop on January 18, the Ambassador praised the excellent cooperation the U.S. has enjoyed with the Ministry on law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and Embassy security issues. He explained in detail U.S. concerns regarding Au [...]
2005-01-20 12:44:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA1653DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...]
2005-05-19 12:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1740U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...]
2005-05-25 14:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN
05VIENNA1770AUSTRIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns discussed reftel points on May 31 with Caroline Gudenus, the DAS-level head of African affairs in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Middle East and African Affairs. 2. (SBU) Gudenus noted that the EU Presidency had issued a statement referring to the EU election [...]
2005-05-31 14:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET AU
05VIENNA1886DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU
[...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...]
2005-06-07 15:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2035DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq conference statement should include the phrase [...]
2005-06-17 15:12:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EIND IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2036DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR
[...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director (assistant secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa, Ralph Scheide. 2. (U) Scheide thanked us for the suggestions, and noted that Austria is engaged in several areas which appear [...]
2005-06-17 15:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID ECON EIND IZ EUN
05VIENNA2056DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...]
2005-06-20 14:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL IZ SY AU
05VIENNA2252AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Plassnik told Ambassador Brown that Austria strongly agreed with the U.S. on the need to reform and strengthen the UN. In particular, Austria supports increased emphasis on rule of law issues as the key to ensuring stability in developing countries, sees a need [...]
2005-07-05 14:52:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
05VIENNA2276AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on July 6 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's EU Correspondent and ESDP Coordinator. 2. (C) Riecken had the following reactions to our points: -- On China, the EU is preparing for the EU-China Summit in New York in early Sept [...]
2005-07-06 14:58:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU EUN
05VIENNA2324DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...]
2005-07-11 13:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2337AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE DEAD SEA IRAQ
[...] (SBU) On July 11, we raised ref (a) points with Lydia Saadat, the head of Planning and Program Activities for Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Mediterranean in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation section. Saadat told us that the Austrian Ambassador to Jordan wou [...]
2005-07-12 09:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON EFIN IZ JO AU
05VIENNA262AUSTRIA PLANS POSITIVE STATEMENT ON IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) At a January 28 meeting, Foreign Ministry Middle East director (assistant secretary-equivalent) Ralph Scheide told EconPolCouns that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would issue a positive statement Monday, January 31 on the Iraq elections. Scheide's draft (which the Foreign Minister ha [...]
2005-01-28 13:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA288 IRAQ ELECTIONS: AUSTRIANS MAKE POSITIVE
[...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a positive statement on January 31 on the Iraq elections (para. 3 below). Plassnik highlighted the "courage" and "will to democracy and peace" of the Iraqis, in defiance of terrorist attacks. 2. Following our meeting with MFA Middle East D [...]
2005-02-01 10:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA2924ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...]
2005-08-31 15:28:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY AU
05VIENNA2926AUSTRIA ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION -- VIENNA
[...] EconPolCouns discussed reftel points with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level director of Middle East and African affairs. Scheide said Austria shared the sentiments the British Presidency had issued on behalf of the EU. Sheide added that he had provided input to Fore [...]
2005-08-31 15:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ AU
05VIENNA328AUSTRIAN BANK HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO EU OF
[...] (U) A recent study by Austria's largest bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, concludes the EU would benefit economically from Turkish membership and that costs would be approximately the same as the costs from the May 2004 enlargement. There are certain caveats associated with Turkish membershi [...]
2005-02-04 13:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3402AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS,
[...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...]
2005-10-19 12:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3441AUSTRIA ON BMENA -- BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] On October 24, Charge delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General and acting deputy Foreign Minister. 2. Kyrle recalled that Austria had made a generous pledge at the Madrid Iraq conference in October 2003, and said the Austrian cabinet wou [...]
2005-10-24 15:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF AU
05VIENNA3487DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian Foreign Ministry political director Thomas Mayr-Harting and MFA Middle East director Ralph Scheide. We also passed reftel points to Austrian MFA EU correspondent Andreas Riecken. [...]
2005-10-28 16:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM IR AU
05VIENNA3488IRAQ: AUSTRIAN STATEMENT SUPPORTING
[...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA Director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting and with Austrian MFA Middle East Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (SBU) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement notin [...]
2005-10-28 16:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU
05VIENNA3490AUSTRIAN GAS AND OIL INTERESTS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, in cooperation with four partner companies, is moving forward with plans to construct the $6 billion Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to an Austrian hub. Remaining challenges include price negotiations with Iran, Turkey's lukewarm support for the project, [...]
2005-10-31 08:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC ENRG EPET AU
05VIENNA3762EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]
2005-11-29 14:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3818AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC CHAMBER OPENS SECOND OFFICE IN
[...] The Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) opened a second office in Iraq on December 1 to promote trade and investment opportunities for Austrian companies in northern Iraq. The office is in the Kurdish town of Erbil, which the WKO believes is the center of the most promising commercial potential [...]
2005-12-06 10:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL AU IQ
05VIENNA3868DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran Tueni to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African affairs. Scheide immediately had his st [...]
2005-12-14 09:29:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3880DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
[...] Ambassador raised our desire for a strong national statement of support for the December 15 Iraqi elections with Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle on December 13. Separately, EconPolCouns discussed the issue with Ralph Scheide, the MFA's assistant secretary-level Dir [...]
2005-12-15 08:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM IZ AU
05VIENNA3883AUSTRIA NAMES CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FOR THE DURATION
[...] (SBU) On December 13, the Austrian government announced that journalist and Middle East expert Gudrun Harrer will head Austria's diplomatic mission in Baghdad during the Austrian EU presidency, from January through June 2006. The Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Midd [...]
2005-12-15 12:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA3956DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Lydia Saadat, the DAS-level Director for Asia, Middle East and Latin America in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Division. Saadat said she expected Austria to make a decision after January 9 regarding the level of its commitment at the [...]
2005-12-27 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF AU
05VIENNA3975DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions Hans Kogler on December 23. We followed up with Kogler on December 29. Kogler told us he had only recently assumed his duties as Di [...]
2005-12-30 15:04:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN
05VIENNA572SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15
[...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...]
2005-03-01 08:49:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN
05VIENNA607AUSTRIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION
[...] (S) On March 1, Econ Unit Chief met with Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, to deliver ref A talking points. Froehlich reiterated that Austria continues to support Clearinghouse designation of Lebanese Hizballah. "Austria," in Froehlich's words, "was not [...]
2005-03-02 08:34:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA697ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT WIPO, ILO, UNEP,
[...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 4 to Dr. Helmut Boeck, new deputy head of the Austrian MFA's International Organizations Bureau. He observed that some of these issues have been pending since his last stint in the UN Affairs Bureau seven years ago. Boeck told us that, to th [...]
2005-03-04 16:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ELAB KIPR IS AU WIPO ILO
05VIENNA764AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 09, 2005
[...] The current struggles within the government coalition party FPOe continue, all Austrian media report. Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider insists the Freedom Party is to be "re- launched" in the wake of a continuing decline in voter support. It is not clear what changes are being planned, but Hai [...]
2005-03-10 07:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
05VIENNA792DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...]
2005-03-10 16:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN
05VIENNA810STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN
[...] On March 10, Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, to encourage expeditious disbursement of GoA assistance to Iraq. Linhart confirmed data that post had recently obtained from Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance [...]
2005-03-11 13:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ AU
05VILNIUS1272 LITHUANIA'S WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Lithuania's Summer Work and Travel Program (SWT),one of the largest programs per capita in the world, sends 2,000 university students to more than 30 states each year. Concentrated primarily in service-oriented positions in tourist areas along the East Coast and Great Lakes, Lithu [...]
2005-12-05 06:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1346GOL REQUESTS USG INPUT ON HELICOPTER TRAINING FOR
[...] (U) This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington by OOB January 5. 2. (C) Summary: The GOL is currently considering approval of a contract for a Lithuanian firm to broker a deal for its Russian partner to provide training to Iranian helicopter pilots. T [...]
2005-12-29 14:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MCAP IR RS LH
05VILNIUS932GOL TO CONSIDER CONGRATULATING IRAQ; DISCUSSING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 13:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS977RUSSIAN SU-27 CRASHES IN RURAL LITHUANIA; NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Russian fighter-bomber reportedly en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad crashed in the Sokiai region of Lithuania shortly after 1500 local time on September 15. Lithuanian authorities have detained the pilot and are investigating the incident. The Russian Government has [...]
2005-09-16 13:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05WARSAW2598ENGAGING THE IRAQ COALITION: NO CHANGE IN POLISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland plans to reduce its military contingent in Iraq by roughly 300 for its fifth rotation that will begin in mid-July 2005, leaving approximately 1,400 Polish troops in the Multinational Division Center South (MND-CS). These troops will increasingly focus on training missions [...]
2005-06-17 13:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL IZ PL
05WARSAW3044IRAQ-POLAND: JONES-SMITH CONSULTATIONS WITH GOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Richard Jones Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy (S/I) led an interagency delegation to Warsaw July 28-29 to consult with senior GOP officials and encourage continued substantial Polish participation in the Iraq Coalition and the Multi-Nati [...]
2005-08-05 11:46:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PL IZ
05WARSAW3250ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND
[...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld nor President Aleksander Kwasniewski has any plans to meet with Al-Asad in New York, for both reasons of policy and scheduling. Bozek indicated [...]
2005-08-31 13:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY PL UNGA
05WARSAW3277POLAND DEFERS DECISION ON IRAQI DEBT TO NEXT
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Polish Finance Ministry Under Secretary Wieslaw Szczuka told us September 1 that, despite press reports, the Polish Government still has taken no decision regarding a write-off of Iraqi debt. At [...]
2005-09-02 15:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PL IZ
05WARSAW3732POLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING
[...] (U) Poland reacted very quickly and strongly to Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 statement that Israel should be "wiped off the map" (reftel). The Polish MFA spokesman issued on October 27 a strong condemnation of Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks. Text follows in para 3 below. 2. (C) Pol [...]
2005-10-31 13:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR PL
05WARSAW3794NEW POLISH DEFMIN SIKORSKI HOPES TO VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Ashe, new Defense Minister Radek Sikorski expressed his desire to visit Washington during the week of November 28 for official meetings with Secretary Rumsfeld and other senior officials. In a focused half-hour discussion, Sikorski also [...]
2005-11-09 15:44:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
05WARSAW3872POLISH APPROACH TO NOVEMBER 21 EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director CFSP Beata Kolecka November 18. Kolecka provided the following outline of the Polish government's approach to the November 21 GAERC. 2. (C) Defense Issues: Poland is in full accord with our position an [...]
2005-11-18 14:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PL EUN
05WARSAW4009POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Post delivered ref (A) demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka December 8. Points on Balkans issues were delivered separately and Polish views were reported in Ref (B). 2. (C) The December 12 GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings [...]
2005-12-08 14:56:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PL EUN
05WARSAW4030POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller travels to Washington next week as the representative of a new center-right government that pledges continuity in foreign policy and sustained engagement in support of democracy throughout the world. Meller is expected to bring a positive mes [...]
2005-12-13 10:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON PL
05WARSAW4037IRAQ: POLES SIGNAL READINESS TO STAY, BUT PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials and parliamentarians who met with Robert Deutsch, Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq, on December 8 in Warsaw suggested that Poland will likely remain in Iraq past January 2006, but in reduced numbers, and with an eye to withdrawing by the end of 2006. Because Polish [...]
2005-12-13 16:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ PL
05WELLINGTON10INDUSTRY MAY FOOT BILL FOR COST OF BOOSTING NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Oil companies are facing the prospect of shouldering the costly burden of bringing New Zealand's oil stocks up to an international standard. With the country's reserves well below the 90-day supply recommended by the International Energy Agency (IEA),New Zealand's Cabinet has [...]
2005-01-07 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON NZ ENGR
05WELLINGTON168NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF UNMISET
[...] According to an official at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),New Zealand agrees that the time has come to wrap up peacekeeping operations in East Timor. New Zealand believes UNMISET should be replaced by a scaled-down, time-bound political mission under UN auspices, [...]
2005-02-24 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL TL NZ UNSC
05WELLINGTON329INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN LEADERS IN NEW ZEALAND:
[...] (U) Summary. The April 6-7 visit to New Zealand by Indonesian Prime Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and the March 30-April 1 visit by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi (Abdullah) were largely symbolic, but provided the GoNZ an opportunity to highlight its efforts to streng [...]
2005-04-22 03:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON551NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND DEAD SEA DONORS'
[...] (SBU) Post shared reftel information regarding the Dead Sea Donor's meeting with Darryl Dunn, Director and Ruth Nuttall, Deputy Director, of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On July 14, Nuttall informed Pol-Econ Couns that unfortunately [...]
2005-07-15 01:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON79EAST ASIAN SUMMIT: NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials have been watching with interest the proposal to hold an East Asian Summit, but they remain unclear as to either the form or function of the meeting. New Zealand would welcome the chance to participate in the Summit, but is unlikely to push for an invitation [...]
2005-01-27 05:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN NZ ASEAN APECO
05WELLINGTON790DVC Request - "The New Regionalism"
[...] Program Description: In Support of MPP Goal 07-04 Economic Growth and Development, Post requests a video conference with Dr. Jing Huang, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, who is an expert in Chinese policy and Asian security issues. 2. Justification and O [...]
2005-10-13 00:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL
05WELLINGTON855NEW ZEALAND SAYS G-4 AMBASSADORS DECLINE TO
[...] (SBU) On October 28, Acting DCM conveyed Ref A points to Chris Anderson, Deputy Director of the South-South East Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She urged that the G-4 Ambassadors visit with returned refugees during their upcoming trip to the Central Highlands, and [...]
2005-11-02 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON92NEW ZEALAND SENDS "ONE-OFF" MILITARY LIAISON
[...] (U) The GoNZ announced January 31 that it will station one military liaison officer in Baghdad to work in the UN Assistance Mission. The soldier's work will include liaising with the MNF and the interim Iraqi Government's security forces, and the one-year deployment will be served in two six- [...]
2005-02-01 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NZ
05YEREVAN1018DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MDA AND CONFERENCE ON THIRD
[...] (C) Post delivered demarche talking points regarding the Israeli National Society (MDA) and International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan June 9 per reftel instructions. Mrkrtumyan said the GOAM did not have [...]
2005-06-10 02:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL IS SZ AM ICRC
05YEREVAN149PUBLIC BANTER ON KARS AGREEMENT PUTS OSKANIAN ON
[...] (C) An exchange in the press between Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has captured what we believe is the most public acknowledgment by the GOAM's MFA (under the administration of President Robert Kocharian) of the validity Soviet-era border agreements. Res [...]
2005-01-31 11:31:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN1717DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT
[...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...]
2005-09-23 11:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE
05YEREVAN1968 ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for October 2005. Major headlines include: -- Synopsys Inc. signs agreement to acquire HPL Technologies Inc.; -- Vanadzor Chemical Factory reopens; -- Armenia becomes 64th member of the Asian Development Bank; [...]
2005-11-07 13:01:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN2209TOUCHING BASE ON A TOUGH 2005 FOR ARMENIA-TURKEY
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Chief Artem Aznaurian and MFA Turkey Desk Officer Sahak Sargsyan told us December 22 that 2005 had not produced much progress in the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process, but said the GOAM would continue to engage in working-level meetings with Turkish diplomats [...]
2005-12-22 12:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU RS AM
05YEREVAN2225IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT: ARMENIA COMMITTED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 13:38:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05YEREVAN847MARKARYAN'S STATEMENT ON ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER
[...] (C) A loosely translated May 12 statement by Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan regarding the possible opening of the Armenia-Turkey border by the end of the year sparked speculation in Yerevan about potential developments in the bilateral relationship. The statement, which appears to [...]
2005-05-13 12:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN973(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for May 2005. Major headlines include: -- Germany to finance mortgage loan development program in Armenia; -- "Dun and Bradstreet" takes share of Armenian credit bureau; -- OPEC fund to invest in Armenia's pri [...]
2005-06-03 13:03:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05ZAGREB1320CROATIA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic called in Charge on August 9 to preview a GOC non-paper outlining a framework for U.S.-Croatian cooperation in South East Europe over the next two years. Biscevic cited the resolution of the Kosovo question, the future of the Serbia-Montenegro [...]
2005-08-10 14:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
05ZAGREB1553WAR CRIMES: CROATIA PROSECUTING ITS OWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC welcomed the September 14 decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (IChY) to refer the war crimes case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to the Croatia, saying it shows the credibility of the country's judiciary. Recent domest [...]
2005-09-22 15:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB183ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]
2005-02-07 06:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB391KHATAMI VISIT: MESIC HITS KEY NON-PRO AND MIDEAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Mesic made good use of the ill-timed March 7-8 visit of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (ref A) to stress that Croatia shares the international community's key concerns about Iran, including its uranium enrichment program and its support for groups that je [...]
2005-03-11 12:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XF IR HR
05ZAGREB679CROATIA WELCOMES NEW IRAQ GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA USA Desk Director Andrea Bekic on April 29. The same day, the MFA Spokesperson issued the statement in para 2. 2. (U) Begin informal translation of MFA Statement: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration welcomes the naming of t [...]
2005-04-29 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ HR
06ABUDHABI1123HAMAS' KHALED MESHAAL VISITS UAE
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan received Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal March 22. According to Foreign Ministry U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi, the UAEG had originally been reluctant to host Meshaal but decided that it was important to emp [...]
2006-03-22 12:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL WE GZ IS AE
06ABUDHABI1301UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]
2006-04-04 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1340HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S TREATMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On March 30, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report urging the UAEG to take immediate steps to end abusive labor practices. The report focuses heavily on the plight of foreign construction workers who often end up in &debt bondage.8 HRW also urged the UAEG to expand its staff [...]
2006-04-05 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI138UAE: SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Two years after a USG interagency team visited the UAE to discuss an agreement on remote sensing, the UAE's chief proponent of acquiring a remote sensing system, UAE Chairman of Space Reconnaissance Programs Colonel Mahash al-Hameli, says there is still a strong desire to work wit [...]
2006-01-19 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI1409PREPARING FOR 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi on April 11 to discuss details of the upcoming U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) that will be held during Treasury U/S Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE on April 30. Al-Suweidi commi [...]
2006-04-11 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI1437OECD PROGRAMS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT IN
[...] (U) Summary: On April 9, Ambassador met with Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),to discuss the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development. The initiative, which began in February 2005, is a r [...]
2006-04-15 07:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOECD ECON EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI1472TREASURY U/S QUARLES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (C) Summary. During Treasury Under Secretary Quarles' March 22 meetings, his interlocutors stressed their belief that the U.S. - UAE relationship was strong and that government investors in the UAE would continue to invest in U.S. assets, despite DP World. Over ninety-eight percent of the Ce [...]
2006-04-15 12:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1538 MEDIA REACTION: US, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE/IRAN
[...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" states that the support and patronage of the United States supports Israel's campaigns against the Palestinians. "Al-Bayan" complains about the biased support the U.S. gives to Israel. An op-ed in "Al-Bayan" renounces the double-standard of U.S. nuclear [...]
2006-04-18 06:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI1573 MEDIA REACTION: ARABS AND HUMAN RIGHTS/
[...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" explains why Arabs usually fail human right's assessments stating that their culture does not carry such values. A female columnist in Al-Bayan comments on Iran's nuclear capabilities stating that Iran, instead of focusing on nuclear technology, should wo [...]
2006-04-19 10:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO AE TC
06ABUDHABI1610MESSAGE TO GULF DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PA;
[...] (C) On April 19 DCM delivered ref A points on Gulf Donors with information on the new U.S. Palestinian Assistance Package to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, who was curious to know how our response to Qatar following its recent $50M donation to the PA had gone over. On April 22 DCM delivere [...]
2006-04-23 10:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN KWBG PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI1835UAE LEADERS RECEIVE IRAN'S ALI LARIJANI
[...] (C) UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum separately received Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani May 3. According to local press reports, President Khalifa ur [...]
2006-05-03 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPAO IR AE
06ABUDHABI2042KIDNAPPING OF UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) The Deputy Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Baghdad, Naji al-Naimi, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen May 16. One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, was reportedly injured in the incident. This morning, Ambassador reached out to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (who is in B [...]
2006-05-17 08:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2127VISIT BY COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS
[...] (U) On May 21, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador to discuss the organization's issues, outreach strategies, and its visit to the UAE. The UAE press has reported that Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Ministe [...]
2006-05-22 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI PHUM PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI2129ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE FAVORS GULF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 17 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),a DOD-State-NSC-USCENTCOM delegation headed by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry and Political-Military Affairs Bur [...]
2006-05-23 08:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMCAP MASS PREL PARM ENRG ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2133PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]
2006-05-23 11:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2169UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR DEFENDS ISLAM AND CALLS FOR
[...] (U) On May 23, Sheikh Sayyed Ali al-Hashimi, the Judicial and Religious Affairs Advisor to UAE Presidential Court, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador following attendance at a reception hosted by al-Hashimi the previous night in honor of a delegation from the Washington-based Council on Ame [...]
2006-05-24 12:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL PREL KPAO PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI2210UAE CONCERNS: US-MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, the following are key officers at the Emirates Banking Association: 1) Mr. Fathi Mahmood Saik, General Manager, (971)2-627-2541 (phone),(971)2-627-4155(fax),ebuau@emirates.net.ae and, 2) Mr. Awni Bushnaq, Financial and Administrative Manager, (971) 2-627-2541 [...]
2006-05-30 12:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2285FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH, PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) chaired the GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh June 3 where the main point of deliberation was Iran's nuclear program. Both AbZ and UAE VP/PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) made public statements in recent days expressin [...]
2006-06-05 11:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI2347PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: TRANSPORTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 3, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Maria Cino met with Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Governmental Sector Development, to discuss transportation and development issues. Al-Mansouri discussed the expansion of the UAE's civil aviation sector. He al [...]
2006-06-07 10:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR ECON ETRD PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2563TEXTILES INDUSTRY: PESSIMISTIC DESPITE RISING TRADE
[...] SUMMARY: Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy, two textile factories in the UAE's Jebel Ali Free Zone (ATRACO Industrial and Carolina Fabric LTD) and one garment factory in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Garment Factory (ADGF) are pessimistic about current and future prospects of the UAE textile an [...]
2006-06-21 11:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ECON ETRD TC
06ABUDHABI2567NATO DELEGATION REPORTS ON STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. On June 12, a Turkish admiral heading NATO delegation visiting the UAE briefed diplomats of NATO countries on progress in ICI discussions with the UAEG. UAE interlocutors were described as well-prepped and "very forward-leaning and positive," but are also perceived as having "mi [...]
2006-06-21 12:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IZ AE NATO GE
06ABUDHABI2688IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...]
2006-06-28 10:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI2780DEADLINE FOR EXPORT CONTROL LAW "INTERFERENCE IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On July 4, Ambassador received a letter from Brigadier Mohamad al-Qemzi, Chairman of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force and director of the Dubai security service. The letter responded to Ambassador's ref A demarche on "Improving the UAE Counterproliferation Effort" [...]
2006-07-05 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI2855SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes the July 22-23 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow to discuss the Iraq Compact. Your visit follows Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's July 3 visit to the UAE, where President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior UAE [...]
2006-07-11 11:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2882005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]
2006-01-29 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2885UAE: DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND UNSC ON MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL
06ABUDHABI2907 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: An editor of "Emarat al youm" predicts that those Arab countries that condemned Hezbollah would be condemned by the end of the present conflict, because Israel would not only destroy Hezbollah's military capacity but also the charitable and public services it provides. Two female Em [...]
2006-07-16 13:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI2927IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE
[...] (S/NF) Embassy and Congen's best estimate is that the illicit fuel trade with Iraq (both black market and gray market) continues primarily in the northern emirates. The U.S. Navy continues to collect reports that the trade continues with boats reportedly selling gas oil off the coast of the U [...]
2006-07-17 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEPET EFIN KCOR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2928TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...]
2006-07-17 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI2930SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]
2006-07-17 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2954 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: The Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues to generate extensive coverage in the UAE's print and electronic media. One writer in "Al-Bayan" criticized the G8 member states for mimicking the United States in condoning Israel's aggression. Another writer in "Akhbar Al-Arab" questioned [...]
2006-07-18 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI2997 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: One editorial in "Al-Bayan" accused the United States of betraying Lebanon after it promised to support its new democracy. In "Al-Khaleej," one writer questioned how anyone could believe that Arabs would accept Israeli aggression given their own experiences with Israeli attacks, whi [...]
2006-07-23 12:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3000 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: Reactions to the crisis in Lebanon continue to be negative. In the print media, editorials have heavily criticized references to building a new Middle East as well as the United States for facilitating Israel's offensive. One editorial entitled "Go home Condoleezza" appeared on the [...]
2006-07-24 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3055 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Ittihad" described the war against Lebanon as international hooliganism, stressing that peace can not be achieved through violence. "Al-Khaleej" carried an editorial describing the plans for democracy which Rice presented to Lebanon as a "poisoned stew" whose aim [...]
2006-07-26 13:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3089 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: Editorials remained critical of the Secretary's approach to the Lebanon conflict and most recent visit to the region. One editorial in "Akhbar Al-Arab" provided the outlines of a possible resolution to the conflict. Meanwhile two writers in "Al-Bayan" questioned her motives, with o [...]
2006-07-30 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3102TFLE01: RESPONSE IN UAE TO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE public is outraged by innocent deaths in Qana, as reflected in a statement by the UAE Foreign Minister, in press reporting, and in conversations with Embassy contacts. In some conversations, the U.S. is as much a target of this anger as is Israel; widely reported U.S. p [...]
2006-07-31 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAL LEIS AE
06ABUDHABI3166FAREWELL CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE, NESA ALUMNUS,
[...] (C) Nepal Charge d,Affaires Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid a farewell call on CDA August 1 and said he would be assuming his new position as MFA Director of South Asian Affairs in Kathmandu later this month, having turned down the Director of Protocol job. Mr. Paudel said he had served formerly [...]
2006-08-05 12:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL NP AE
06ABUDHABI3195TFLE01: ANGER SIMMERS AS WAR CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The misery and daily tally of Lebanese casualties continue to dominate public discourse in the UAE. U.S. policy is increasingly seen as complicit in Israeli aggressions, and the draft UN resolution has thus far not been welcomed as part of a balanced solution. Membe [...]
2006-08-07 13:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3257UAE MFA OFFICIAL'S PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: MFA's second-in-command, Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, offered the Charge his strong SIPDIS views on the poor security situation in Iraq on August 12. He said the Secretary's call for a "new Middle East" in the context of the Lebanon conflict begged the question of w [...]
2006-08-12 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3370UAE CRISIS MANAGEMENT: MOVING FORWARD INCH BY INCH
[...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the UAE lacks unified crisis response capabilities, the UAE leadership initiated a plan to develop a national crisis management system over a year ago. However implementation of the plan is moving forward at a glacial pace, and UAE authorities continue to develo [...]
2006-08-20 11:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER ASEC EPET ENRG PINR KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3400 MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON
[...] Summary: The unsigned editorial in "Al-Bayan" considers UNSCR 1701 doomed to failure. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" examines the impact of Iranian aid to Lebanon through Hezbullah. A UAE businessman wondered in "Al-Bayan" when the Americans will realize that they were not Arabs' friends a [...]
2006-08-23 12:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3417INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) CONSULTATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Econoffs attended a meeting with The Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA),the Ministry of Economy and various intellectual property industry stakeholders. The head of AAA, Scott Butler, briefed the Ministry on a variety of intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, [...]
2006-08-27 05:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKIPR ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3535 MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ/LEBANON/AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: A Lebanese columnist in "Al-Khaleej" highlighted the fact that neoconservatives might abandon their objective to spread democracy in Iraq and the Middle East, but will never abandon their oil there. An Unsigned editorial in "Al-Khaleej" comments that Arabs are being besieged by Isra [...]
2006-09-06 14:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3565DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 9, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) to discuss the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting being hosted in Abu Dhabi the next day. MbZ stressed that the UAE will do all it can to assist Iraq, [...]
2006-09-10 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID ETTC IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3616UAEG MAKING PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN, BUT DOES
[...] (C) Summary: On September 5, Ambassador and G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor, called on Minister of Justice Mohammed bin Nakhira Al-Daheri and Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. In separate meetings, the ministers stated that a new, comprehensive anti-trafficking law bas [...]
2006-09-12 12:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI3629IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY MEETING A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, the United Arab Emirates hosted the Preparatory Group for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). The United Nations (UN) represented by Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and the Government of Iraq (GOI),represented by a delegation led by Iraqi Dep [...]
2006-09-14 07:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ PREL PGOV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI3709UAEG WELCOMES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 11:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EINV AE
06ABUDHABI3820UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOWDOWN DUE TO INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE textile industry continues to decline due to increased international competition brought on by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. Two textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Emirates Textiles LTD. and Carolina Fabrics LTD.) and one garment factory in A [...]
2006-10-01 05:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX ECON ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI3944GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN,
[...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...]
2006-10-12 10:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3947 MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA/UAE ELECTIONS/IRAQ
[...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" opines that the main reason why the U.S. is concerned with North Korea's nuclear experiment is the fear of it leaking this technology to the Middle East like Syria or Iran. Al Khaleej editorialized that what the U.S. fears most is the emergence of a nuclear [...]
2006-10-12 12:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3952UNGA ISSUES: UAE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 13:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA UNSC GT AE
06ABUDHABI3978NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN/IRAQ WITH MINSTATE
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 10 call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain Al-Sha'ali, PDAS Jim Jeffrey, accompanied by CDA, encouraged the UAEG to assist USG efforts in Iraq, and support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Sha'ali sta [...]
2006-10-15 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI409U/S LEVEY LAUNCHES U.S./UAE JTFCC
[...] (S) Summary. The U.S. and UAE held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2006. The Central Bank Governor began the meeting by questioning the value in having a JTFCC, but by the end acknowledged that there could be b [...]
2006-02-08 08:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4211UPCOMING ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE
[...] (SBU) On November 5, Econchief and Polchief raised the November Arab League Boycott meeting in Damascus with MFA A/US for International Cooperation Mohamed Abduljalil and urged the UAEG to neither attend nor support the meeting. Abduljalil reiterated the UAE's position that it did not implemen [...]
2006-11-06 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KBCT AE
06ABUDHABI4290US BUSINESS IN UAE HURT BY HIGH HOUSING COST AND U.S. TAX
[...] U.S. businesses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have approached both the Embassy and Consulate General to express concern about the negative impact of recent changes in the U.S. tax code on the amount of housing assistance that can be excluded from taxable income. Under the revised regulations, U.S. re [...]
2006-11-15 12:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI4318 MEDIA REACTION: US VETO/ABIZAID'S COMMENTS
[...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" wonders how credible the U.S. is as it stands alone using its veto to defend Israeli crimes. "Al-Khaleej" comments on Abizaid's warnings on a third world war by saying that "stupid" U.S. polices are the biggest threat to world peace and security. "Al- [...]
2006-11-20 13:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI4326UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS EXPANSION PLANS WITH EIA
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili told the 12th Annual ECSSR Energy Conference that the UAE would increase its oil production capacity to 2.7 mb/d in 2006. He told EIA Administrator Guy Caruso that he did not know what OPEC would decide about oil production during its December meet [...]
2006-11-22 07:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI4328PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]
2006-11-22 09:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI4392MENA FATF SIDE MEETINGS - EGYPT, LEBANON AND UAE
[...] (U) Summary. On the sides of the Middle East North African Financial Action Task Force Fourth Plenary meeting November 13-16, the US delegation connected the Iraqi FIU with other regional FIU's that can provide training and support. The US delegation continued the dialogue with the UAE FIU [...]
2006-11-30 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PREL KTFN IZ
06ABUDHABI4397UAE OIL SECTOR - CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE STILL VULNERABLE
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. and UAE corporate officials told visiting PM officer Bruce Averill that the UAE has undertaken some improvements in protecting its critical infrastructure and some steps toward developing an integrated crisis management structure, but that progress has been glacially slow. Th [...]
2006-12-04 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEPET ENRG EINV PTER AE
06ABUDHABI4473TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT
[...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...]
2006-12-14 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI4477QUIET CAMPAIGNING FOR FNC ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A mild sense of anticipation has candidates and the public watching for results of the first UAE Federal National Council (FNC) limited elections to take place December 16, 18, and 20. The 14-day campaign period for 20 FNC seats ends December 14; candidates have promoted their [...]
2006-12-14 13:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI44792006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center in the Persian Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash-based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore [...]
2006-12-14 14:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4529UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE
[...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...]
2006-12-21 17:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL AE UK IR SY
06ABUDHABI578FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON FTA, DUBAI PORTS, ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador met with new UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) on February 15. ABZ raised strong concerns about negative U.S. press related to the Dubai Ports World's purchase of container operations [...]
2006-02-15 15:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EAID AE
06ABUDHABI666US-GCC JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (U) On February 23, the Secretary met with the Foreign Ministers of the GCC in Abu Dhabi. At the conclusion of the meeting, the US and GCC released the following joint statement. The UAE official news agency, WAM, published the text in both Arabic and English on its website; text was subsequ [...]
2006-02-25 14:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI7PALESTINIAN LEADER GETS UAE HELP FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) During his tour of the Gulf countries, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met January 1 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). The encounter, which received front-page coverage in both the Arabic and English press, centered on Palestinian preparations for legislative [...]
2006-01-02 12:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI730 INTERAGENCY TEAM WORKS WITH UAEG TO ADDRESS ARAB
[...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. 2. (SBU) Summary: A USDOC/State anti-boycott compliance team visited the UAE from February 18 to 21 for meetings with UAEG officials and U.S. businesses. MinEcon A/US Abdullah Al-Saleh stressed that the UAEG does not implement the [...]
2006-02-27 15:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT KMPI ETRD ECON IS AE
06ABUDHABI782NEW UAE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SETS OBJECTIVES
[...] (U) Summary: PAO's call on new UAE Minister of Education, Dr. Hanif Hassan, elicited teacher training and English language preparation as priorities of the ministry. In parallel development, the perceived need for "stricter controls of private schools" has prompted the Ministry of Education' [...]
2006-03-01 14:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKPAO AE
06ABUDHABI789UAE 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]
2006-03-04 03:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUDHABI813UAE AVIATION UPDATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UAE,s aviation sector is rapidly growing in both the private and public sectors. During a recently held aviation conference in Abu Dhabi, the Directors General of Arab Civil Aviation Authorities formed an aviation security panel. In addition, commercial aviation services i [...]
2006-03-04 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAE EAIR ECON PREL
06ABUDHABI852PSI: SEEKING ENDORSEMENT BY THE UAE
[...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) and MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security David McCormick and Ambassador both urged that the UAE endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles [...]
2006-03-07 07:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI866UAE TELLS IRANIAN ENVOY MIDDLE EAST MUST BE
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's special envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Mustafavi, met separately March 6 with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),to deliver letters from Ahmadinejad containi [...]
2006-03-07 13:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL GCC IR AE
06ABUDHABI910UAE MFA READOUT ON VISIT OF IRAN ENVOY MOSTAFAWI:
[...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi gave readout to DCM on March 6 visit of Iran Deputy FonMin Mostafawi to UAE. Al Noaimi characterized the visit as part of a P.R. campaign by Iran to reassure its Gulf neighbors that its nuclear program posed no safety or environmental hazard [...]
2006-03-08 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AE PNUC GCC
06ABUDHABI956FORMER SECDEF COHEN URGES REFORM, BACKS POTUS ON
[...] (U) Speaking at a conference on reform in the Arab world March 12 in Abu Dhabi, former U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen called on Arabs to be "loving critics" of their countries and region as this approach would help transform the Middle East in a positive way. Cohen urged Arab lead [...]
2006-03-13 15:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI KDEM ETRD AE
06ABUJA119MEETING WITH THE NSA EVENING OF 18 JANUARY 2005
[...] (S/NF) On January 18, 2006, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed told the Ambassador that he expected a quick resolution of the Delta hostage crisis. He said he would be a candidate for the presidency in 2007 if President Obasanjo steps down at the end of his second term an [...]
2006-01-20 15:39:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREF PREL NI HOSTAGES
06ABUJA1366RENOVATION AND UPGRADE OF NDLEA FACILITIES AT
[...] UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: Renovations to NDLEA facilities at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA),Abuja, recommended by INL LEA, have been completed. NDLEA Airport Commander and other officers now have adequate, air conditioned offices. New holding cells for both m [...]
2006-06-06 14:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM EAIR PREL PINR ABUD NI
06ABUJA1417OBASANJO WEAKENED BY THIRD TERM DEFEAT BUT STILL
[...] SUMMARY: The recent tussle over constitutional amendments stirred up Nigerian politics and has had repurcussions far beyond the National Assembly debates. While President Obasanjo never publicly endorsed the effort, he was reportedly personally involved in its failed prosecution. On the dom [...]
2006-06-08 15:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA1427ON THE ROAD TO 2007: REVENGE OR RECONCILIATION?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian political environment has undergone a seismic upheaval in the past two weeks and the aftershocks are still reverberating through the political landscape. Three issues are at the center of this rapidly evolving situation: whether President Obasanjo will seek reven [...]
2006-06-09 13:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1900RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN OGONI LAND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A fresh wave of violence began in Rivers States on July 20, with six feared dead in Emohua and eight reported dead in Gokana. The violence appears to be between two rival gangs known as Degbam and Dewell, with each group killing several members from its rival. The fight is ult [...]
2006-07-24 15:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL NI AF
06ABUJA1956NIGERIA: AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] Summary: Results are awaited from several recent suspected outbreaks in the commercial poultry producing Southwest states of Ogun and Lagos. Field teams are visiting the affected areas. UNICEF has placed four consultants at in state capitals to work on state level communications plans, and PAC [...]
2006-07-28 10:51:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI
06ABUJA2065NIGERIAN MUSLIM REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON CONFLICT
[...] Approximately 25,000 Lebanese citizens reside in Nigeria, according to recent estimates. Since July 31, members of the Nigerian Lebanese community have staged peaceful demonstrations in major Nigerian cities, including Abuja, Lagos, Kano, and Gusau. Participants gathered to highlight the pli [...]
2006-08-11 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC LE NI
06ABUJA3191IGBINEDION PREDICTS YAR'ADUA-IBORI PDP TICKET
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion December 12 at Governor's request. Igbinedion said that the PDP governors planned to meet the evening of December 12 and would agree to support Katsina Governor Umaru Yar'Adua as the PDP presidential candidate. Delta Govern [...]
2006-12-13 10:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3277SOKOTO: POLITICS, RELIGION, AND PERCEPTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 12-15 outreach trip to Sokoto, Country PAO, IRO, and PolOffs paid courtesy visits to Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, Senator Umaru Dahiru, Usman Danfodiyo University Department Heads and Lecturers, and State and privately-funded media. Although most our interlocutor [...]
2006-12-22 11:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KISL KDEM SCUL NI
06ABUJA856DARFUR PEACE TALKS: NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 19, African Union Chief Negotiator Sam Ibok discussed potential next steps for putting forward the entire peace deal with USDEL. During the same meeting, AU Special Representative Baba Gana Kingibe said that there will be a transition from AMIS to a re-hatted force i [...]
2006-04-20 10:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ACCRA256AMBASSADOR MEETS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA
[...] (U) Summary: On January 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on British High Commissioner Gordon Wetherell. They discussed corruption in Ghana, Muslim outreach and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy. End summary. Corruption ---------- 2. (C) The Ambassador expressed concerns abou [...]
2006-01-31 08:21:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON GH PGOV PREL PTER UK
06ACCRA2985SINGAPORE'S ASSISTANCE IN GHANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 16:41:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SI GH
06ACCRA96GHANA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per Ref A, Post is pleased to provide below the 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted December 22, 2004 (Ref B). P Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Polic [...]
2006-01-13 11:27:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG BEXP ETRD EINV PREL PGOV GH
06ADANA105SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 05:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA131TURKEY: SOUTHEAST TURKEY POLITICAL FIGURE BIOGRAPHIES
[...] (U) EFKAN ALA, DIYARBAKIR GOVERNOR Efkan Ala was born in Erzurum in 1965, graduated from the Political Science Faculty of Istanbul University, and did his bachelor's degree in Economics. Ala lived in England in order to develop his language skills and carry out studies on Governing Systems. [...]
2006-06-05 13:49:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA138SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2006
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / EVREN [...]
2006-06-13 10:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA142TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP
[...] (U) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relations between Turkey and Iraq, as well as among other countries in the region. With high-level business and government participation from Turkey, Iraq and othe [...]
2006-06-15 11:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ
06ADANA150SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 23, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 12:32:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA16SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 07:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA166SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 08:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA168SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 12:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA177SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 10:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA192SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 11:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA194SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 05, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 09:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA196SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 06, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 09:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA198SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 07, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 11:04:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA203SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 09:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA205SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 12:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA206SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 05:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA226SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 06:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA249SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:04:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA259SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 06:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA37SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 12:05:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA46SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 09:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA5SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 08:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA64TURKEY: UNEASY CALM SHATTERED ON THE THIRD DAY OF FUNERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A temporary, uneasy calm was shattered at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time on March 30 when renewed violence erupted between funeral mourners and security forces in Diyarbakir (reftel). Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir had earlier called on both sides to cease the violence. L [...]
2006-03-30 16:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA81SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 06:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA86SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 10:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA92SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 10:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1634ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...]
2006-06-15 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA1743ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from major Ethiopian opposition parties gathered at the Charge,s residence June 24 to brief A/S Frazer on the current political climate for the opposition, including the status of negotiations with the GoE on reforms to Parliamentary rules. Opposition leaders were split o [...]
2006-06-26 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO SO ET
06ADDISABABA2021NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]
2006-07-24 12:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2114MELES ON SOMALIA: NEED UNSC ENDORSEMENT OF IGAD
[...] (C) Summary and Action Report. Prime Minister Meles told Charge Huddleston that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is unlikely to collapse under pressure from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) if the UNSC welcomes a Ugandan battalion that would stabilize Baidoa. President Musev [...]
2006-08-01 14:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MOPS SO ET
06ADDISABABA2304ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION IN CUD TRIAL DEFENDS EVIDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with prosecutors for the case against Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, Charge Huddleston discussed the GoE's evidence against the defendants. The lead prosecutor and State Minister of Justice [...]
2006-08-18 10:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2776PM MELES: ETHIOPIA PREPARING TO GO AGAINST CIC IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Business Executives for National Security (BENS) President and CEO General Charles Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, and Charge October 13 that he sees a UN-supported IGAD/Ugandan battalion station [...]
2006-10-14 10:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2818ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...]
2006-10-18 14:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2872ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...]
2006-10-26 17:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET
06ADDISABABA2901ETHIOPIA: SIMULTANEOUS STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia currently finds itself engaged in simultaneous struggles for democratization and security amid extremely difficult circumstances. Eritrea is providing material support to both the GOE's internal opponents and its newest external nemesis, the Council of Islamic Courts (CI [...]
2006-10-31 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2914THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...]
2006-11-02 05:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET
06ADDISABABA46AU COMMISSION FEARS A BASHIR CHAIRMANSHIP,
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission believes there is a "high risk" that Sudanese President Bashir will win AU Assembly chairmanship, Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka told Charge January 6. Mazimhaka (protect) urged high level calls to key African heads of state to encourage [...]
2006-01-06 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA658ETHIOPIA: POST REPLY TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Responses cued to reftel questions are provided below. QUESTION 21: OVERVIEW ---------------------- A. Ethiopia is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women, to a far lesser extent men, and a small number of children. Trafficking also occurs within the country's [...]
2006-03-06 13:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06AITTAIPEI1039MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage March 28 on a controversial civil lawsuit filed by a local manpower company against Thai laborers for causing a riot at a Kaohsiung mass rapid transit construction site; KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's U.S. trip; and other poli [...]
2006-03-28 09:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1371MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage April 19 on the controversial battle over the ownership of the Sogo Department Store, in which First Lady Wu Shu-chen was allegedly involved; the local oil price hike; and the aftermaths of last weekend's KMT- [...]
2006-04-19 08:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1545MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S TRANSITS IN THE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's dailies continued significant coverage May 4 of transit plans for President Chen Shui-bian, who planned to depart on a trip to Paraguay and Costa Rica Thursday morning. Two prominent Taiwan papers, the pro-unification "United Daily News" and Taiwan's biggest daily, the pro-in [...]
2006-05-04 12:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1624MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: As Taiwan dailies continued to center their reporting May 11 on President Chen Shui-bian's surprise stopover in Libya, coverage also focused on an ammunition depot blast in Taipei County Wednesday and local political issues. All major Chinese-language papers, with the exception of th [...]
2006-05-11 09:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1754MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: As the insider trading scandal allegedly involving President Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law continued in Taiwan's media spotlight May 23, newspaper coverage also focused on Taiwan's failure to obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly and on the year-end Kaohsiung mayoral race. [...]
2006-05-23 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1917ROUND TWO IN TAIPEI: TWO MORE DPP CASUALTIES
[...] (C) June 4 saw the second round of resignations from the Chen administration: NSC Deputy Secretaries General Parris Chang and Michael Tsai both stepped down under instruction. This follows the earlier resignations of Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General Ma Yung-cheng and NSC Senior Adv [...]
2006-06-06 00:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI2079 MEDIA REACTION: RECALL OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage June 16 on further investigations into President Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law's role in an insider trading scandal and the roles of First Lady Wu Shu-chen and President Chen Shui-bian's close aides in the Sogo Department St [...]
2006-06-16 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2375MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S TRIP TO JAPAN
[...] Summary: The investigation into First Lady Wu Shu-chen's alleged role in the ownership fight for the Sogo Department Store and the release on bail of President Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law remained in the Taiwan media spotlight July 13. News coverage also focused on a plan by some pro-Green sc [...]
2006-07-13 08:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2413MEDIA REACTION: AFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RECALL
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage July 15-17 on a declaration by some pro-Green scholars on Saturday, calling for President Chen Shui-bian's resignation, and Chen's vow to stay on. News coverage also focused on the damage Tropical Storm Bilis d [...]
2006-07-17 08:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2448MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA'S JAPAN TRIP, MIDDLE EAST
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 20 on Vice Minister of Interior Yen Wan-chin, who with five other officials was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion that of taking kickbacks in a cable car construction project; First Lady Wu Shu-chen's alleged [...]
2006-07-20 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2481MEDIA REACTION: DPP PARTY CONGRESS, MIDDLE EAST
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 22-24 on the DPP party congress, in which the DPP decided to return to collective leadership and to dissolve party factions; and the Grand Justices' ruling last Friday on the constitutionality of the National Communic [...]
2006-07-24 09:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2512MEDIA REACTION: U.S.- TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 26 on the Cabinet-sponsored Sustainable Economic Development Conference; follow-up moves to oust President Chen Shui-bian; Typhoon Kaemi, which swept over Taiwan Tuesday; and investigations into the Taipei City Governm [...]
2006-07-26 09:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2554MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage July 28 to a Ministry of Audit report Thursday concerning "possible irregularities" in the Presidential Office's allowance for state affairs. News coverage also focused on the Taiwan Sustainable Economic Development Co [...]
2006-07-31 01:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2572MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage August 1 on the investigations into "possible irregularities" in the Presidential Office's special state affairs expensure account and the Sogo Department Store gift certificate case; the salary of a housekeeper [...]
2006-08-01 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2585MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage August 2 to a Presidential Office press release Tuesday which said that President Chen Shui-bian has accepted the resignation of a housekeeper who works for his daughter but has been paid out of public funds, adding that [...]
2006-08-02 07:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2642MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage August 5-7 on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' sudden announcement Saturday night, just before Premier Su Tseng-chang was to leave on his planned trip to Chad, that Taiwan had severed ties with that country after learning [...]
2006-08-07 08:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2747TAIWAN-JAPAN RELATIONS QUITE POSITIVE NOW BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND JAPAN HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE CURRENT DPP ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IN JAPAN ABOUT THE PRC AND THE RISE OF A NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS FAVORABLE TO TAIWAN. SOME OBSERVERS PERCEIVE KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU AS ANTI- [...]
2006-08-14 02:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS JA TW
06AITTAIPEI2785MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian and investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account stayed in the Taiwan media's spotlight today. News coverage also focused on a scandal allegedly involving the director- [...]
2006-08-16 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2982MEDIA REACTION: CAMPAIGN TO OUST PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN
[...] Summary: Former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's formal announcement Monday that the sit-in rally to oust President Chen Shui-bian will kick off September 9 stayed in the Taiwan's media spotlight August 29. News coverage also focused on the possibility of a visit by China's Taiwan Affairs Office [...]
2006-08-29 23:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3289MEDIA REACTION: CAMPAIGN TO OUST PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage September 22 on former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian; on the violent clashes that erupted between the pro-Chen and anti-Chen protesters in southern Taiwan Thursday; on the possible so [...]
2006-09-22 23:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3395MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] Summary: Taiwan dailies (October 3) focused on the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office decision to close the Sogo Department Store Ownership case on Monday without indicting First Lady Wu Shu-chen. Taiwan dailies also focused on the casualties suffered by mainland Chinese tourists when their [...]
2006-10-03 06:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3536MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage October 14-16 on President Chen Shui-bian's call to consider writing a constitution for a "Second Republic" Sunday; and on the UN Security Council's decision to impose sanctions on North Korea. News also focused on Presid [...]
2006-10-16 09:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3550 New Taiwan Foreign Currency Bond Market
[...] (SBU) Taiwan has established a foreign currency bond market and expects the first bond listings in October. The move is another in a series of measures designed to better utilize Taiwan's surplus capital. However, restrictions such as limits on PRC investment and the lack of incentives will [...]
2006-10-17 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI3585MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage October 19 to Taipei prosecutors' raid of the Chinatrust Financial Holding Company on Wednesday and the detention of two senior officers in charge of financial and legal affairs. News coverage also focused on the year-e [...]
2006-10-19 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3628MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies put their focus October 24 on the follow-on movements of the "Oust Bian" campaign; on the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral races; on the Center for Disease Control's decision Monday to suspend the use of flu vaccines from a French company f [...]
2006-10-24 10:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3669MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant news coverage to AIT Taipei Director Stephen Young's press conference Thursday, which focused on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Coverage also focused on the investigation results of the Presidential allowance for state affairs case [...]
2006-10-27 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3682MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give significant reporting and editorial coverage October 28-30 to AIT Taipei Director Stephen Young's press conference last Thursday; to the reactions by Taiwan's ruling and opposition parties to Young's remarks on arms procurement [...]
2006-10-30 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3745NSPO REACTION TO AIT DEMARCHE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche to National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu on October 30. Wu said he understood the U.S. policy on the release of satellite source codes. He said he appreciated and accepted the offer to collaborate with Orbital Systems. Wu said tha [...]
2006-11-03 04:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC PREL TSPA TW
06AITTAIPEI3805MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, INDICTMENT OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to put their focus November 8 on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's televised address to the Taiwan people Sunday evening on the subject of the indictments of First Lady Wu Shu-chen and three presidential aides; and on the thi [...]
2006-11-08 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3871MEDIA REACTION: APEC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3896MEDIA REACTION: APEC, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan dailies (November 18-20) focused on two issues: A traffic accident on Saturday that injured Taichung Mayor Jason Hu and especially his wife, who was still in critical condition as of November 20; and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's decision on Friday to donate NT$15 million [US$46 [...]
2006-11-20 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3938MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage November 22 on Taichung Mayor Jason Hu's wife, who remains in a critical condition following a serious car accident last Saturday; on Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's alleged misuse of the special mayoral allowance; on the upco [...]
2006-11-22 08:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3988MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S. MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3991MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S. MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI4069ENERGY TAX, GOOD IDEA SEARCHING FOR A GOOD PLAN
[...] SUMMARY. Concern over rising energy use and carbon dioxide emissions have led Taiwan authorities to devise new strategies for increased energy efficiency and conservation. A proposed new tax targeting hydrocarbon fuels was sent to the Executive Yuan in September. It targets eight fuel types [...]
2006-12-07 02:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EPET ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI4111MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT, TAIWAN'S MAYORAL
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage December 13 on the aftermath of Saturday's Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections, and on alleged vote-buying in Kaohsiung. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a commentary in the mass-circulation "Apple D [...]
2006-12-13 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI4146MEDIA REACTION: DPRK
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage December 19 on Taiwan's new regulations on international air tickets. The issue is that abbreviations, codes, and information regarding weight allowances on international tickets are hard to understand. Taiwan's Civil Ae [...]
2006-12-19 01:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI4158TAIWAN BIDS ON LIBYAN OIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to local news reports Taiwan's state owned China Petroleum Corp (CPC) sent its general manager Chen Pao-lang November 21 on a 13-day fact-finding mission to Libya to look at oil exploration and investment opportunities. Following that, CPC announced Nov. 28 it was b [...]
2006-12-20 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL LY TW
06AITTAIPEI4162MEDIA REACTION: SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI4174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 04:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI536MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued February 18-21 to report on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's Lunar New Year's Day proposal to abolish the National Unification Council, and the controversy sparked by a KMT advertisement Tuesday in which (for the first time) [...]
2006-02-22 00:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI744KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S "NEW DISCOURSE" ON
[...] Summary: This cable is the first of two reports looking at local media and commentators' take on Taiwan's current political environment. This one looks at Ma Ying-jeou's recent public discourse; the second will focus on Chen Shui-bian. This analysis was drafted by one of AIT's senior local [...]
2006-03-09 08:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TA KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI774AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF TAIWAN'S FUTURE, U.S. INTERESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Minister-without-portfolio Ho Mei-yueh emphasized that Taiwan considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States to be its top economic and political priority in a February 23 meeting with the AIT Acting Director. Ho also briefly discussed Taiwan's new cabinet [...]
2006-03-09 22:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON IO PREL TW
06AITTAIPEI884MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI888MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI890MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI891MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI893MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI896MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-17 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI904MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 17 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, the year-end Taipei mayoral race, the rally planned by the DPP for March 18, and other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwa [...]
2006-03-19 22:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI934MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP
[...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued March 21 to report on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal, coverage also focused on the Taiwan High Court's investigation of the alleged 2004 "Soft Coup"; the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral races; KMT Chairma [...]
2006-03-21 07:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI951TAIWAN'S NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been quietly pursuing a diplomatic strategy that focuses on expanding bilateral ties in the Middle East and North Africa. In the last year, Taiwan made progress with Libya, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia and is working to expand ties with Israel. Taipei has also shown a wi [...]
2006-03-22 05:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI982MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage March 23 on the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal; the Mainland Affair Council's announcement Wednesday of new measures concerning cross-Strait trade; KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's U.S. trip; and ot [...]
2006-03-23 22:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI997MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP
[...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage March 23 to the suicide of a suspect allegedly involved in a recent train derailment; the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal; and other local issues. KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's U.S. trip also received a [...]
2006-03-24 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALGIERS1290DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 11:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS KPAL LE
06ALGIERS1373LEBANESE FIGURE VISITS ALGIERS, THANKS GOA FOR ITS
[...] (U) Saad Hariri, the leader of the largest political party represented in the Lebanese parliament and son of the slain Lebanese prime minister, visited Algiers July 23. In public remarks reported by the press, he thanked "Algeria, its president and head of government fo their support" and und [...]
2006-07-24 14:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AG IS LE
06ALGIERS1376ALGERIAN COMMITTEE OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR
[...] Vice President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) Zohra Bitat; Senator Saida Benhabyles; Female Executives NGO President Aicha Kouadri; and General Union of Students President Nabil Yahoui called July 24 on the Charge d'Affaires to present a petition calling on the United States to take ste [...]
2006-07-24 16:24:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LE IS AG
06ALGIERS1595GROWING ANGST OVER CHANGES TO ALGERIA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algeria country director of a major U.S. oil servicing company (strictly protect) told us September 3 of the growing concerns among expatriate oil servicing companies in Algeria related to the proposed changes to the 2005 hydrocarbon law. Sharing the minutes of a meeting rece [...]
2006-09-06 16:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1703PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PRAISES ONE MEPI PROGRAM,
[...] (U) The work of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has provided a valuable model for Algeria as it builds on its democratic foundation, according to Speaker of the National People's Assembly Amar Saadani. Saadani maintained that the apolitical approach of NCSL was an importan [...]
2006-09-21 13:33:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG
06ALGIERS2087HOW FREE IS ALGERIA'S PRINTED PRESS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian government exerts pressure on Algeria's independent printed media with the aim of encouraging self-censorship. Government tactics have included using the state advertising agency to reward or punish papers financially; miring journalists in lengthy legal proceedings [...]
2006-12-09 06:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO AG
06ALGIERS336MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS502NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI
[...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...]
2006-03-21 07:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS629NEW LAW DENOTES ALGERIAN PROGRESS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new anti-corruption law, which took effect March 8, aims to bring Algeria in line with the U.N. Convention Against Corruption. The law is an important step in establishing an institutional framework to combat corruption and comes at a time the GoA has been actively pursuing cr [...]
2006-04-06 06:58:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV AG
06ALMATY1161 SPRING THAW BRINGS CONSULAR OUTREACH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 06:57:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI PREL PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ
06ALMATY1428KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a discussion with the Ambassador of the upcoming VIP visit to Astana, Procurator General Tusupbekov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to ensure that there are clear guidelines for proper application of the extremism law. The Ambassador raised the use of [...]
2006-04-19 13:18:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1475KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON DEALING WITH HAMAS
[...] (SBU) On April 18, Poloff met with Daniyar Sarekenov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Asia Department, to discuss the Kazakhstani position on dealing with Hamas. Sarekenov requested the meeting in response to Ref A demarche. Sarekenov stated that the GOK believes that Hamas must renounce violenc [...]
2006-04-21 13:36:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KZ
06ALMATY2157KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY: KAZMUNAIGAZ DELAYS "N BLOCK"
[...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani government officials recently informed ConocoPhillips (CP) that KazMunaiGaz (KMG) will not select a partner or partners for the development of the offshore Caspian "N" block until fall, notwithstanding earlier indications that KMG would make a decision by the end of [...]
2006-06-19 11:43:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBTIO ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2783KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO IRAN DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on July 27. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov said that Kazakhstan was very concerned with the developing situation in Iran and hoped for a constructive response from the GOI to the P5+1 proposal. The GOK pl [...]
2006-08-03 10:52:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR KZ
06ALMATY3211 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins continued to assist the EXBS office in Astana throughout the month of August. Gulnara Abildaeva, EXBS Program Coordinator, took annual leave for much of the month. 2. September will likely be the EXBS program office's final month in its present interi [...]
2006-09-13 01:07:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY3396KAZAKHSTAN: INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche and invitation letter addressed to FM Tokayev to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on September 22. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov noted that in the absence of FM Tokayev, currently in New York for UNGA, he would forward the letter to Deputy [...]
2006-09-25 06:30:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ
06ALMATY411EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...]
2006-02-03 02:19:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL
06AMMAN1027MEPI AND TREASURY FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of January 22, Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) conducted a highly successful three-day public cash management workshop in Amman. The program successfully introduced finance managers from all of Jordan's 24 ministries, and the Budget D [...]
2006-02-13 09:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON JO
06AMMAN1059EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JANAURY 2006
[...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...]
2006-02-14 07:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1083EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...]
2006-02-14 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1174LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT APPROVES BUDGET AMIDST
[...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies on February 15 approved the GOJ's budget for 2006 (reftel) with only minor modifications during a chaotic session marked by a walkout of MPs and a vote by a hurried show of hands. During the full week of debate prior to the vote, 72 out of 110 MPs insisted on ex [...]
2006-02-16 16:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN JO
06AMMAN1214INVITATION FOR DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Amman invites the Defense Threat Reduction Agency International Counterproliferation Program to begin a partnership with the Government of Jordan. Post will coordinate program events with other USG assistance. END SUMMARY. 2. INVITATION. A. (SBU) Embassy Amman is p [...]
2006-02-21 11:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1500UPDATE ON DEMINING IN JORDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Mired bin Ra,ad, Chairman of Jordan,s National Committee on Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR),updated the Ambassador February 21 on demining efforts since the launching of the Mine Action Plan in June 2005 (reftel). He also discussed Jordan,s strategy for meeting the Ma [...]
2006-03-01 15:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS KHPD JO
06AMMAN1501THREE PRISONS BACK UNDER CONTROL AFTER RIOTS
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities have regained control of three prisons after overnight riots. Islamist extremists at the prisons appear to have been at the center of the disturbances. According to local security contacts, members of parliament from the Islamic Action Front took part in successful n [...]
2006-03-02 07:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN1534AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB
[...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...]
2006-03-02 15:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ
06AMMAN1557MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS IN MOSCOW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-05 13:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN1691JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...]
2006-03-07 15:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
06AMMAN1787EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] On February 1-28, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in March 2006. 2. The new point of contact for EXBS in [...]
2006-03-09 16:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1788EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY
[...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...]
2006-03-09 16:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1789EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY
[...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...]
2006-03-09 16:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1957 Entry-Level Initiative to Celebrate African-American
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In celebration of African-American History Month, Embassy Amman scheduled a series of events for Jordanian and American audiences. The Embassy honored African-Americans through art exhibitions, film showings, discussion, concerts, and a formal ball. Each event shared an aspect [...]
2006-03-19 06:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO APER JO
06AMMAN2046PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...]
2006-03-21 10:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO
06AMMAN2073JORDAN'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PHOSPHATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's recent sale of a 37% stake in the Jordan Phosphate Mining Corporation (JPMC) to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) for US$110 million met with public and parliamentary disapproval before the deal was concluded. Given BIA's overall size of over US$100 billion, the investme [...]
2006-03-22 07:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN KPRV EMIN EIND ECON JO BX
06AMMAN2118JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...]
2006-03-22 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN2119GOJ SUBMITS NEW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS LAW TO
[...] (SBU) The GOJ submitted a new municipal elections law to parliament on March 20, accompanied by a request that it be given priority status. The draft law provides for the direct election of all mayors and municipal council members in Jordan, except for the capital of Amman. The bill also set [...]
2006-03-22 16:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KWMN JO
06AMMAN2240JORDAN'S PM MEETS U.S. SENATE STAFFERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit met with nine U.S. Senate staff members, accompanied by Ambassador, on March 23 as part of their week-long, GOJ-hosted visit. The PM discussed a range of topics from domestic reform to regional issues. Bakhit shared his concern over reactions to an i [...]
2006-03-28 14:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON JO
06AMMAN2325CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...]
2006-03-30 17:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO
06AMMAN239FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...]
2006-01-16 07:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO
06AMMAN2418MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 10:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN2446ANNUAL STAFFING DATA FOR UNRWA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON KUNR UN JO
06AMMAN2506EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE MARCH 2006
[...] On March 5, the EXBS Advisor participated in meetings with representatives of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to discuss border security ideas of benefit to Jordan. SNL offered to fund a small group of Jordanian experts to come to Albuquerque to work jointly for about a month with SNL scien [...]
2006-04-10 09:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN2507EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] On March 1-31, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members, and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in April 2006. 2. On March 1-26, Regional Advisor coordin [...]
2006-04-10 09:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN2647MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 12:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN2740Jordan: 2006 Request for Science Fellows
[...] Summary: Embassy Amman would like to request Embassy Science Fellows (ref A) for 1) an assessment of the marine ecosystem, 2) environmental law enforcement, 3) further work on managing industrial wastewater, and 4) developing Jordan's research sector. End summary. Marine Ecosystem Assessme [...]
2006-04-17 12:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV APER KSCA JO
06AMMAN2767JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA FINANCIAL ACTION
[...] (C) ECOUNS and TREASATT delivered reftel points to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf on April 17, 2006. When asked about Jordan's position on the MENA/FATF charities paper, Sharaf had no concerns about the current draft of the paper. He asserted, however, that "for politi [...]
2006-04-18 12:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PERL PTER JO
06AMMAN2906REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF ZAHAR VISIT TO AMMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Most Jordanian editorials supported the GOJ decision to postpone the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar after allegations of Hamas weapons smuggling into Jordan. Several prominent columnists ) echoing the broadcasts of Arab satellite channels ) have, however, e [...]
2006-04-24 14:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN3566A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with Prince Faisal, who is King Abdullah,s brother. Faisal expressed his appreciation for U.S. support, but stressed Jordan will need continued assistance to face rising oil prices and [...]
2006-05-21 08:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR JO
06AMMAN3987MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN4063JORDAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDATE FOR WCO CHAIRMANSHIP;
[...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry informed Embassy via diplomatic note June 4 that Jordan is nominating Customs Director General Ala'a Batayneh for the World Customs Organization chairmanship in the WCO election being held in Brussels at the end of the month. The GoJ seeks U.S. support for the nomi [...]
2006-06-07 10:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AORC EFIN PINR JO
06AMMAN4266MEDIA REACTION ON ZARQAWI AND U.S. DEMOCRACY PROMOTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 09:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN4297"Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels
[...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...]
2006-06-14 05:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ENRG XF EG
06AMMAN4768NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON
[...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...]
2006-06-27 12:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IS JO LE
06AMMAN4833JPRC EXPANSION PLANS MOVING SLOWLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The future of Jordan Petroleum Refinery Corporation (JPRC) - operator of Jordan's sole refinery - remains unclear as its 25-year concession over production, distribution, and marketing of petroleum products draws to an end in 2008. JPRC, a semi-public corporation, hopes that it w [...]
2006-06-28 14:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEPET KPRV ECIN ECON JO
06AMMAN4978MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 11:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5208MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 10:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5269TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION
[...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...]
2006-07-13 13:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN5352MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 11:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5363MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 12:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5388MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 09:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5397JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...]
2006-07-18 11:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL SY JO
06AMMAN5428MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 10:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5498MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-23 10:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5537MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5609MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 11:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5697MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-30 10:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5743MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 10:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5768MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 11:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5806MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 09:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6008MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL HIZBOLLAH COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 10:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6105MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-13 09:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6179KING PHONES SINIORA, BACKS GOL
[...] (U) Jordan's official news agency reported that King Abdullah telephoned Lebanese PM Siniora August 13 to "reaffirm Jordan's support for Lebanon's position on UNSCR 1701." The King reportedly assured Siniora that Jordan would continue working with Arab and other governments to "ensure the f [...]
2006-08-14 12:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN6187MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 09:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6222MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 09:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6335"STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...]
2006-08-17 13:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO
06AMMAN6432JORDANIANS WARN CODEL SHAYS OF CHAOS IN IRAQ IF
[...] (C) Summary: During its brief holiday weekend stay in Jordan August 20-21, Codel Shays met with Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbeihat and Palace Advisor for International Affairs Jafar Hassan, and lunched with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Madaba. In the meetings, the Jord [...]
2006-08-22 13:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ JO
06AMMAN6724PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL
[...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...]
2006-08-31 09:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN6742MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 11:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6761USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...]
2006-08-31 12:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ
06AMMAN6783DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...]
2006-09-04 05:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN6933SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...]
2006-09-07 14:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL UN IS LE IZ JO
06AMMAN7051EMBASSY AMMAN COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11
[...] (U) Post marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 with a memorial ceremony at the Ambassador's residence, a DVC between NEA/PPD's Alberto Fernandez and a dozen leading Jordanian columnists, and the electronic distribution to 900 Embassy contacts of the August 2006 IIP e-jour [...]
2006-09-13 05:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO JO
06AMMAN713AMMAN FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] (SBU) Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources and high unemployment and poverty rates. While the economy has made significant gains in recent years, the poverty level remains at or near 30 percent and estimated unemployment ranges from 15 to 30 percent. There are roughly 5.3 [...]
2006-01-29 15:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC JO IZ
06AMMAN718IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN OF THE HAMAS ELECTION
[...] (C) The GOJ publicly said it "respected" the outcome of the Palestinian legislative elections, while King Abdullah stressed the need for the peace process to continue. Most Jordanian political analysts viewed the Hamas victory as a reaction to Fatah mismanagement, rather than Palestinian s [...]
2006-01-29 17:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
06AMMAN7325HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ALLEGES TORTURE IN JORDAN
[...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Jordan's lead security service of mistreating detainees. The government's official spokesman said Jordan will study the report and reply; GID officials and pro-government media attacked the report as baseless or politically motivated. [...]
2006-09-24 15:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL JO
06AMMAN7522MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 06:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7624JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...]
2006-10-04 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AL QA JO
06AMMAN7628MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT TO THE REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 05:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7726Jordan Welcomes S&T Engagements with Business Flavor
[...] Summary: Jordanian officials, academics and businessmen welcomed progress on two major, parallel S&T projects during late-September meetings with USG and private Americans: the private-sector focused Jordan Science and Technology Initiative (JSTI),and the government-to-government Science and [...]
2006-10-10 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL BEXP SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
06AMMAN7831FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan
[...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...]
2006-10-13 11:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO
06AMMAN8269PROSECUTOR DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST ADNAN ABU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor for Jordan's State Security Court announced November 5 that he had determined there were no grounds to take action on a complaint that several private citizens had lodged against Palestinian-Jordanian elder statesman and author Adnan Abu Odeh. End summary. [...]
2006-11-05 15:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PINR KPAL KDEM JO
06AMMAN8398MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN8401Jordan's Water and Sanitation Sector
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is a country that is critically and chronically short of water. It has immense needs in its water and sanitation sector. There is much potential for enhancing the already significant USG engagement in this sector. A coordinated, multi-agency approach within the USG wil [...]
2006-11-14 07:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO
06AMMAN8495MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...]
2006-11-19 15:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL JO
06AMMAN873POST'S NOMINATIONS FOR THE "FY-06 MIDDLE EAST
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES FIVE PRINCIPALS AND ONE ALTERNATE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE CANDIDATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE KING ABDULLAH II FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT (KAFD). THE FUND WAS INITIATED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II. IT AIMS TO COME UP WITH A MECHANIS [...]
2006-02-07 10:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
06AMMAN8908KING URGES PARLIAMENT TO ACT ON POLITICAL REFORM
[...] ( U ) Summary: In an address to parliament, King Abdullah urged a focus on the government's political reform agenda, as well as combating poverty. End Summary. 2. ( U ) King Abdullah addressed the opening session of parliament for 20 minutes November 28. The speech, as is the tradition [...]
2006-12-14 15:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
06AMMAN8959Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start
[...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...]
2006-12-18 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL XF JO
06ANKARA104 Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 6
[...] Summary. As of mid-day January 6 there are three confirmed deaths resulting from bird flu. The third death has not confirmed as H5N1, however the three positive cases yesterday have now been confirmed as H5N1. European Union and WHO teams arrived in Turkey January 5 and travelled to the affe [...]
2006-01-06 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1042TURKEY: CONCERN OVER U.S. POLICY UNDERMINES
[...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, many of our interlocutors expressed concerns about the recent Danish cartoon issue and U.S. Middle East policy. Even our more moderate contacts who tend to b [...]
2006-03-02 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA1065ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1100ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1103 RETHINKING ELIMINATION OF THE VOA TURKISH SERVICE
[...] Summary: The proposed elimination of the VOA Turkish Service in FY-07 has unleashed an outpouring of protest in this country, particularly from those who are long-time friends of the United States. Over the last two years, listenership and usage of VOA radio, television, and Internet servic [...]
2006-03-03 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TU
06ANKARA1105THE ALLEGED OVERVALUATION OF THE TURKISH LIRA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 16:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD TU
06ANKARA116ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1253SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO
[...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...]
2006-03-10 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1346ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA137 TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU
[...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...]
2006-01-14 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1402ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1468SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...]
2006-03-21 08:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA1530ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1627ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...]
2006-03-27 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO
06ANKARA168ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-17 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1748TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO
[...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...]
2006-04-03 06:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA1858DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. DAS Gordon Gray visited Ankara on March 22 to discuss USG ideas on the Iranian nuclear program with several senior Turkish MFA officials. DAS Gray delivered a strong message emphasizing that, while Washington has taken no option off the table, the USG remains committed to a dipl [...]
2006-04-06 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1891TURKEY/IRAN NUKES: GOT ON BOARD DIPLOMATIC TRACK;
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT supports UNSC deliberations on the Iranian nuclear program and has indicated a willingness to dialogue with us about future steps including targeted sanctions. FM Gul has made supportive public statements and has convoked Turkish Ambassadors in the region to brainstorm ab [...]
2006-04-07 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1943KIRSEHIR: A CITY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirsehir, two hours southeast of Ankara, is an Anatolian city of 88,000 plagued by a lack of business investment. Blessed with geothermal resources and included in the government investment incentive scheme for low-income provinces, Kirsehir hopes to generate a tourism market [...]
2006-04-10 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU
06ANKARA1963ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2046PRESIDENT ABBAS'S UPCOMING VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA depicts the upcoming April 23-24 visit of Palestinian President Abbas as a way for the GOT to help solidify Abbas's position in a crucial period. The GOT plans to continue aid to Palestinians through Abbas, not the HAMAS government. End Summary. An Attempt to [...]
2006-04-14 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TU IS
06ANKARA2047CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...]
2006-04-14 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
06ANKARA2114ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2154ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2179TURKEY: MFA ON TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary. An MFA contact told us Ministry officials are disappointed Hamas has not changed since its February 16 visit to Ankara. He claimed the GOT has had no contact with Hamas since then and confirmed that Turkey only provides in-kind aid to specific projects and beneficiaries in the Pa [...]
2006-04-20 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA2214LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING IN
[...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Ankara convened a meeting of G8 Embassies plus Australia, Switzerland and the European Commission on April 12 as the local Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG). Most Missions were represented at the counselor level. Russian Ambassador Petr Stegniy opened the ses [...]
2006-04-21 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER TU
06ANKARA2269PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS TO TURKEY: ECONOMIC
[...] (C) A downbeat Palestinian President Abbas told FM Gul that the economic situation in Palestine is dire, especially for Fatah members, and that he sees little chance that Hamas will change, according to MFA Middle East DG Bozkurt Aran. Abbas told Gul he will try to reorganize the Fatah movement [...]
2006-04-25 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA2282GETTING TURKEY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Drawing on reftel, we raised the proposal for a NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center with MFA NATO Affairs DDG Serdar Kilic on April 25 after coordinating with the Norwegian and Italian embassies. Kilic said he had read the US-Italy-Norway paper on the subject and agreed with its [...]
2006-04-26 04:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR TU
06ANKARA2352TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
[...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELT [...]
2006-04-28 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA2385TURKEY: EUR A/S FRIED AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Senior MFA officials expressed concern to EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Senior Director for Europe Judith Ansley that France may criminalize denial of the Armenian "genocide" and said France's position on Cyprus is unhelpful. The GOT has received an interim response from Yerevan on its Marc [...]
2006-05-02 06:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ GG AJ AR FR TU
06ANKARA2411ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2449TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
[...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...]
2006-05-03 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2506NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...]
2006-05-05 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA252INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA2529ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2640TURKEY CALLS ON IRAN TO STOP URANIUM ENRICHMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA characterized Turkey's May 8 talks with visiting Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani as direct. Larijani took a hard line SIPDIS on Iran's right to nuclear energy and Turkey responded that the onus is on Iran to overcome international suspic [...]
2006-05-11 10:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU
06ANKARA2662ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2664TURKEY/DPRK: MFA BRIEFING ON DPRK VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Africa and East Asia Erdem Mutaf briefed several diplomatic corps representatives May 10 on MFA meetings with Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on May 4. The DPRK had requested the visit as part [...]
2006-05-11 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN KS TU
06ANKARA2665CODEL PENCE'S MAY 8 DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Gul, a congressional delegation led by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) pledged congressional support for Turkey's EU accession process and appreciation of Turkey's efforts to support the democratization process in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Congr [...]
2006-05-11 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP TU
06ANKARA2746ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA284TURKEY/JAPAN: PM KOIZUMI'S MAKES LONG-AWAITED
[...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi paid a four-day official visit to Ankara and Istanbul January 9-12, the first by a Japanese head of government since 1990. While the visit was largely symbolic, the two sides discussed common approaches to the Iran nuclear issue, Iraq reconstruction, and t [...]
2006-01-26 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON JA TU
06ANKARA3FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY
[...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...]
2006-01-03 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA3021ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3098TURKEY: FINNISH PM URGES PROGRESS ON CYPRUS, REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting Ankara in the run-up to Finland's EU term presidency, Finnish PM Vanhanen told PM Erdogan May 17 that the EU is united on the need for Turkey to open its ports to Greek Cypriot shipping. Vanhanen said Finland will continue its policy of supporting the accession of all EU [...]
2006-05-26 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU FI TU
06ANKARA3189TURKEY/IRAQ: G/IWI AMBASSADOR STEINER DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Acting Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Ambassador Steven E. Steiner met on May 23 with Turkish officials and a quasi-governmental training institute, where he found a willingness, and capacity, to compare notes and potentially collaborate on educational and [...]
2006-06-01 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KWMN IZ TU
06ANKARA3235ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSSES IRAN AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Iran and Middle East peace were the main topics of Israeli FM Livni's first visit to Turkey on May 29. Livni met with PM Erdogan FM Gul, President Sezer and NSC SecGen Alpogan. Although Turkish media emphasized the differences between Turkish and Israeli views on Middle East p [...]
2006-06-02 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS TU IR
06ANKARA3257CODEL BLUNT MEETING WITH FM GUL: US-TU COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul, a congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) expressed appreciation for the bilateral relationship and Turkey's assistance with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The delegation asked that Turkey play a constru [...]
2006-06-05 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA3339TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...]
2006-06-07 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM
06ANKARA3351CODEL BLUNT MEETS PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary. A May 30 meeting between Codel Blunt and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stretched well over an hour, despte the thirty minutes Erdogan's staff had alltted during an especially busy day. The PM energetically laid out Turkey's views on Congressional consideration of [...]
2006-06-08 06:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP TU
06ANKARA3352SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 06:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF
06ANKARA3435BLACK SEA: ADMIRAL OUTLINES CURRENT TURKISH
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey is pleased with Russia's continually improving attitude toward Euro-Atlantic cooperation in maritime security, the Turkish Navy's N5 RADM (LH) Cem Gurdeniz told us June 7. Gurdeniz thanked us for persuading Romania and Bulgaria to be more positive toward Oper [...]
2006-06-09 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO TU RS BU RO GG UP
06ANKARA345TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: TURKEY RECOMMENDS WAIT
[...] (C) Summary. The GOT prefers to look hopefully at Hamas's victory in Palestinian elections; the next task is to help Hamas transform, according to the Foreign Ministry. The GOT believes Hamas is well aware of the Palestinian people's dependence on its relationship with Israel and economic [...]
2006-01-30 16:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA3505AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOUTHEAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO ADANA PKK
06ANKARA3517ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3691TURKEY TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER AND ILISU DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's DSI (State Hydraulic Works) provided additional information on the May 24 bilateral meeting in Ankara with Iraq (ref),characterizing it as a productive exchange of information, but disappointing in not covering new ground. Turkey is set on building the Ilisu Dam on th [...]
2006-06-22 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ
06ANKARA3775PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...]
2006-06-27 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PTER MOPS PKK
06ANKARA3899TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite some small steps forward, cynicism and suspicion dominate the mood among Turkey,s Southeast Kurds. The Democractic Society Party (DTP),which has pushed to allow the PKK to be a legitimate interlocutor with Ankara, remains the leading political party in the region, and a [...]
2006-07-05 08:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA3910TURKEY: ASSAILANT STABS CATHOLIC PRIEST; WOUNDS
[...] (U) Summary: An assailant stabbed a Catholic priest in the Black Sea port city of Samsun July 2; the priest, a Frenchman, was treated and released the next day. The Samsun Governor told reporters the assailant had been diagnosed as schizophrenic. The attacker reportedly accused the priest of [...]
2006-07-05 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TU
06ANKARA3926TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from April 16 to May 31,
[...] (U) Post is instituting a new summary format, which we hope will make the TIP-related media report more accessible. We welcome feedback. 2. (U) Summary: During the six-week reporting period, media attention on trafficking in persons (TIP) focused on several stories compiled and summarized [...]
2006-07-06 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA4034AMB. WILSON'S VISIT TO IZMIR FOR FOURTH OF JULY
[...] Summary: Ambassador's first official visit to Izmir on June 26-27, 2006 was characterized by a warm welcome from a cross-section of political and business leaders as well as positive press coverage that was picked up at the national level. The reopening of an American Consulate was raised at [...]
2006-07-11 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA4061TURKEY INVITED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS
[...] (SBU) We called on the MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia, Babur Hizlan, on July 10 to invite Turkey to the July 20-21 conference on enhancing Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) effectiveness co-sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States and hosted by the Government [...]
2006-07-12 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS TU AF XD AORC NATO
06ANKARA414ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4162TFLE01: TURKISH REACTION TO MIDDLE EAST CRISIS:
[...] (C) Summary: In an overcharged environment where PKK killings of 16 security forces in the last few days has dovetailed with popular outcry over Israel's actions against Hizballah, Turkish press and public reaction to Middle East developments has been overwhelmingly negative. Media commentar [...]
2006-07-18 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE TU
06ANKARA4237ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 04:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4249BREATHING LIFE INTO THE U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC
[...] (SBU) Secretary Rice and Turkish FM Gul have put their imprimatur on the Structured Strategic Dialogue. We must now implement it. Over the next six months, we should focus on some of the most pressing bilateral and regional issues through continued high-level dialogue, consultations and ste [...]
2006-07-21 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL US TU
06ANKARA4251ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4301A/S SULLIVAN MEETING WITH TURKISH FONMIN GUL
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan on July 14, Deputy Prime Minister and FonMin Abdullah Gul discussed the Middle East situation (reported septel) and a range of economic issues. On the southern corridor for gas, Gul said U.S. support was necessary but that Tur [...]
2006-07-25 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EFIN EINV TU
06ANKARA4331TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...]
2006-07-27 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4373TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA
[...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...]
2006-07-31 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4381TURKEY/IRAQ: DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON PKK ACCELERATE
[...] (C) The public mood throughout Turkey is increasingly agitated as PKK terrorism continues to claim lives and Israeli operations in Lebanon spark public claims of double standards and hypocrisy. In a July 31 address to the nation, Prime Minister Erdogan said Turkey's patience on the PKK issue [...]
2006-08-01 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4462TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...]
2006-08-03 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY
06ANKARA4489TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-05 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR
06ANKARA4526US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY
[...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...]
2006-08-07 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA4527TURKEY: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN IS TU
06ANKARA453TURKEY: POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BIRD FLU LIKELY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The Turkish Government has handled its Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks well, blunting criticism from the opposition. The GOT has also taken some political risks. Possible long-term effects of AI could be both positive and negative, depending on how successful the gov [...]
2006-02-03 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON TU TBIO
06ANKARA4623ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4626ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4703 TURKEY NOT LIKELY AFFECTED BY LEBANON OIL SPILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to alarmist press reporting in Turkey, a variety of assessments assign a low probability to the Lebanon oil spill reaching Turkey. Still, the possibility cannot be excluded, in which instance Turkey might need assistance for cleanup. Turkey has improved its legislat [...]
2006-08-11 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV MARR TU LE SY
06ANKARA4711URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...]
2006-08-12 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06ANKARA4726TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4754ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4761TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]
2006-08-16 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA4768ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4779TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-16 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4780TUREY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-17 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4781TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-17 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4796TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006
[...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...]
2006-08-17 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR
06ANKARA4804TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]
2006-08-17 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ANKARA4833SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...]
2006-08-18 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SA TU
06ANKARA4835ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4860TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...]
2006-08-22 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU
06ANKARA4878TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IS LE TU
06ANKARA4905ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4937ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5016ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5090ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5149TURKISH PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish parliament approved the government's motion to contribute troops to UNIFIL in a September 5 extraordinary assembly session. PM Erdogan exerted control over his Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a well-orchestrated outreach campaign that dissolved or muted mos [...]
2006-09-06 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USUN LE TU
06ANKARA5200TURKEY/LEBANON: TURKEY'S LEBANON PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Summary. Following a contentious parliamentary vote and the September 6 visit of UNSYG Annan to Ankara, Turkey has promised naval assets as well as the use of seaports and airports for Lebanon peacekeeping operations. In addition, the GOT is planning a ground contingent to engage in huma [...]
2006-09-08 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU
06ANKARA5202ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5247ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5248ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5259OPPOSITION DEPUTIES SLAM U.S., ISRAEL DURING
[...] (C) Opposition deputies launched virulent attacks against the US and Israel during the September 5 Turkish parliamentary debate on Turkey's troop deployment to Lebanon. The motion passed (reftel A) and the GOT is readying Turkish troops to join the UNIFIL mission, but the force and tenor of s [...]
2006-09-13 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE TU
06ANKARA5324CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER IN TURKEY
[...] Summary: Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey have increased over prior years to 279, which resulted in 20 deaths over the past summer, causing public concern. Because transmission to humans is mainly via ticks from domesticated animals, the Ministry of Health is coordinating cl [...]
2006-09-14 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA5471TURKEY/ARMENIA UPDATE: TURKS RESPOND ON JOINT
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Central Asia and the Caucasus Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that Turkey recently sent a counter-proposal to Armenia's April 19 non-paper on joint commissions (ref B). According to Karslioglu, the Turkish response attempts to lay out in [...]
2006-09-19 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM
06ANKARA5475TURKEY/KOSOVO: LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO FINAL
[...] (C) Summary. We detect little real concern in Turkey over Kosovo final status, with Turkish officials prepared for an independence outcome. MFA Eastern European Department Head Hasan Asan concurred with USG views regarding Kosovo final status negotiations, sharing the concerns expressed by a [...]
2006-09-19 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU YS
06ANKARA5512ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5522CAUCASUS CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Turkey and several neighboring countries met from September 15 to 17 in eastern Turkey to discuss opportunities for regional cross-border cooperation. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Kars Municipality and the International Urban Development As [...]
2006-09-21 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5569ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5581POLICY PLANNING TALKS WITH TURKEY ON FOR OCTOBER 19
[...] (SBU) We met with Turkish Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for policy planning Atilla Gunay, who reconfirmed that the Turks are looking forward to the October 19 visit of S/P director Stephen Krasner and EUR DAS Matt Bryza for the inaugural set of U.S.-Turkey policy planning talks. [...]
2006-09-22 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU US
06ANKARA5582TURKEY PROTESTS USE OF "PETERS MAP" IN NATO
[...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Affairs Murat Esenli called us under instructions on September 21 to complain about the use at the NATO Defense College of a map authored by retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters that redraws the boundaries of Turkey and neighboring countrie [...]
2006-09-22 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA567TURKEY/IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA IRAQ
[...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador February 7 that maintaining Iraq's unity is essential not only for Turkey but for the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Turkey is concerned an independent Sunni statelet would be a magnet fo [...]
2006-02-09 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR TU
06ANKARA5723PRESIDENT SEZER TO PARLIAMENT: SECULARISM IS BASIS
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's President stressed secularism and democracy as antidotes to increasing fundamentalism in his October 1 speech at parliament's official opening. Coming as it did on the day before PM Erdogan's meeting with President Bush in Washington and a much anticipated address on Oct [...]
2006-10-02 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA5733ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5734TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY SMARTING FROM INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of textiles and apparel continue to increase slightly (3 percent to date in 2006 and 7.25 percent in 2005),government and industry officials present a bleak picture of the sectors' future. Most notably, Turkish exports to the U.S. fell by 23 perce [...]
2006-10-02 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU
06ANKARA5735TURKISH MILITARY LAYS DOWN A MARKER AGAINST
[...] (C) Senior Turkish military eaders have made clear, in a recent series of public speeches, that the military is concerned about the twin threats of Islamic fundamentalism and separatism which threaten the secular and unitary nature of the Turkish republic founded by Ataturk. In an October 2 a [...]
2006-10-02 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5746ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5774ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5786 TURKEY'S BOTAS BULLISH ON IRAQ GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed support for Turkey's role as a transit country for bringing new sources of natural gas to European markets (Ref A). Echoing comments we have heard from the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Oil Company (TPAO),BOTAS officials c [...]
2006-10-04 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5830ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5846ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA586TURKEY REQUEST DELAY OF IRAN NUCLEAR BRIEFING
[...] (C) As reported in ref (b),the Government of Turkey welcomes the opportunity to be briefed by the United States interagency team concerning the Iran nuclear program. We were informed the afternoon of Feb. 7 that due to the Feb. 15 visits by the Sheik of Bahrain, as well as the foreign mini [...]
2006-02-09 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5865RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points and Presidential statement on October 10 to Evren Akyol, who has principal responsibility for North Korean issues in the MFA's East Asia Bureau, and to Serhan Yigit in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. 2. (C) Akyol said that Turkey fully ag [...]
2006-10-10 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKN KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5898ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6073ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6141TURKISH DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] (SBU) The Turks share our concerns regarding the lack of balance in the NAM-sponsored UNGA resolutions related to the situation of children and human rights in Lebanon. We delivered reftel points October 26 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Officer Cem Ulusoy, following a three-day end of [...]
2006-10-27 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS TU
06ANKARA6163SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...]
2006-10-30 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA618TURKEY/PALESTINE -- MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS TU
06ANKARA623DEFENSE PROCUREMENT ISSUES DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Air Forces (TUAF) Commander Comert, launched his initial meeting Feb. 1 with the Ambassador by laying out a series of defense equipment issues currently frustrating TUAF training and programs. Ambassador countered with USG and US industry concerns that strict Terms and C [...]
2006-02-13 06:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV TU RU IR
06ANKARA6354EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCT 2006)
[...] Summary: Coordination of upcoming orientation visit by senior Turkish Customs officials to U.S. Customs locations continued. Progress was made to complete first phase of Internal Control Porgram (ICP),and other projects. Final coordination for visit by Second Line of Defense (SLD) per [...]
2006-11-07 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6393IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: EU REPORT DELAYS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 17:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6423TURKEY TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON BURMA AND
[...] (C) Turkey has decided to co-sponsor resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma and North Korea in the UNGA Third Committee, to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus, to oppose no action motions proposed by countries across the board, and to opp [...]
2006-11-15 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA TU BO BM KN
06ANKARA6433ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6442ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6454ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6467TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: TURKS HEADED TO HELSINKI; "NO"
[...] (C) Turkish MFA A/US Ertugrul Apakan travels to Helsinki today, accompanied by Cyprus Deputy Director General Levent Bilman, for a day of technical talks November 22 on the Finnish Turkey/EU/Cyprus proposal. The talks will also serve as preparation for meetings FM Gul will have with the Finnis [...]
2006-11-21 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU EU CY
06ANKARA6475EXBS: TURKEY DECLINES INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN
[...] Per reftel, we forwarded the invitation for the GOT to send two participants to the Middle East Regional Technical Exchange on the Export Controls of Strategic Commodities being held in Amman, Jordan in December 2006. Subsequently, we emphasized to MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Head of De [...]
2006-11-22 09:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6480ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SIGN THE
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 3. Post is transmitting this on behalf of the U.S. delegation to the ITU meeting in Antalya. 2. Summary and Action Request: The U.S. Delegation to the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union has achieved its [...]
2006-11-22 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC TU
06ANKARA6511TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI TU
06ANKARA6522PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON
[...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...]
2006-11-28 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6540AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK
[...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...]
2006-11-30 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU
06ANKARA6546TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA
[...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]
2006-11-30 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6565TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]
2006-12-04 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA657TURKEY/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - RUMORED HAMAS VISIT
[...] (C) Amid rumors of an impending Hamas visit to Turkey, Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon informed us February 14 that Israeli FM Livni had spoken at lngth to Turkish FM Gul the evening of Februar 13. In what Nahshon described as a long and positive conversation, Livni presented Israeli views on [...]
2006-02-14 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA6590PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-12-06 06:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6598EUCOM D/COM GENERAL WARD'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN
[...] (C) EUCOM Deputy Commander General William Ward restated EUCOM's commitment to work closely with Turkey on security issues during November 7 introductory calls on CHOD Yasar Buyukanit, DCHOD Ergin Saygun, and MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay. Buyukanit described his [...]
2006-12-06 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ IR TU
06ANKARA66TURKEY/IRAQ: URGING TURKEY TO DO MORE FOR IRAQ
[...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol, Charge encouraged Turkey to support the new Iraqi government and legitimize it early on through reciprocal high-level visits. She stressed to Celikkol that Turkey should consider concrete measures it can take to support Iraq in the po [...]
2006-01-05 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TU
06ANKARA6617TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...]
2006-12-08 13:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IZ TU
06ANKARA6621ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6628TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...]
2006-12-11 09:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6651ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6674FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON
[...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...]
2006-12-16 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL EUN TU
06ANKARA6722TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE NEXT
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal told us December 21 Prime Minister Erdogan does intend to travel to Lebanon during the upcoming Muslim Sacrifice holiday, which this year begins December 30 and ends January 3. GOT officials had indicated to us earlier (reftels) Erdogan's inte [...]
2006-12-21 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY TU
06ANKARA6730ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6735TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]
2006-12-22 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06ANKARA6743TURKEY - USAID AND AI ASSISTANCE PERIOD
[...] Summary and Action Request: By diplomatic note, the GOT asked for an extension of the one-year period for using the USAID avian influenza related grant in an amount of $1 million for restructuring of the backyard poultry sector in the east. We recall that this question was discussed previousl [...]
2006-12-26 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO PREL EAID TU KFLU
06ANKARA6757ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 10:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA722HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]
2006-02-16 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER XF TU
06ANKARA765TURKEY'S MESSAGE TO HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the Hamas delegation in Turkey held two separate meetings on February 16: an official meeting with MFA reps and an unofficial meeting with FM Gul in his capacity as an AK party member. In both meetings, the Turks claimed to deliver a blunt message: recogni [...]
2006-02-17 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA784TURKEY: REACTION TO HAMAS VISIT LARGELY NEGATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Although Turkey's ruling AK party spinmeisters are trying to put a positive veneer on the February 16 HAMAS visit to Ankara, they concede the visit produced no concrete result. Opposition leaders and even some AKP MPs have expressed great dismay over the visit. Mainstream Turki [...]
2006-02-17 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IS
06ANKARA835ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA861AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY DE-BRIEFS TURKEY MOH
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy AI team de-briefed GOT MOH officials on the conclusions and observations of the interagency AI team that visited Turkey January 16-22 (Ref C). Given the apparent respite in new human AI cases, MOH said it is moving from crisis to risk management AI. World Bank negotiations [...]
2006-02-23 05:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA960ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA99GOT TO ALLOW LOCAL KURDISH BROADCASTS, UNDER
[...] (U) Consulate Adana contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has announced that private, local stations will be allowed to broadcast in Kurdish and other minority languages for the first time, provided they complete their applications. [...]
2006-01-06 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANTANANARIVO1280Operational Plan Points of Contact for Madagascar and the
[...] Embassy Antananarivo submits the following contact information for the Operational Plan for both Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros: 2. For Madagascar: Administrator: Henderson M. Patrick Mission Director USAID +261-20-22-539-20 HPatrick@usaid.gov Alternate: Robert Rhod [...]
2006-11-15 12:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL KSPR CN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1350 Frustration in Comoros Over Unpaid Teacher Salaries
[...] (U) Frustrated Comoran teachers who are owed more than four months of back salaries recently marched in Moroni, demanding to be paid before returning to the classroom. Union President Sambi and Grand Comore Island President El-Bak met with teachers' representatives to seek a compromise. At t [...]
2006-12-05 05:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1364 HALF OF RESULTS IN, RAVALOMANANA HAS 61 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana has a comfortable lead of 61 percent with just over half of the polling stations reporting, but results to date are skewed toward his highland plateau base. While prospects for a first round victory appear strong, it will be several days before we can say [...]
2006-12-06 15:17:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1369ELECTION DAY ATMOSPHERE IN TAMATAVE
[...] (U) BACKGROUND: Madagascar is an island, but it is also a large and diverse country, home to 18 major tribal groups. There is considerable variation in the practice of democracy from region to region and between urban and rural voters; a fact quite apparent in the December 3 presidential elec [...]
2006-12-07 15:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ASHGABAT1097Turkmenistan's President Niyazov Amnesties 10,000 Prisoners
[...] (U) President Niyazov announced on October 16 that he would amnesty 10,056 prisoners, including 8 people convicted of crimes related to the alleged November 2002 presidential assassination attempt. A lengthy list, published only in Turkmen, was released on October 18. Niyazov said that the e [...]
2006-10-20 13:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT450 Turkmenistan Agrees to Energize Afghanistan
[...] (U) The Afghan power delegation headed by Afghanistan Power and Water Resources Minister, the former Governor of Herat, Muhammad Ismail signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with President Niyazov for delivery of an additional 330 MW of electricity per year on April 24 in Ashgabat. The [...]
2006-04-28 12:00:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT821SCENE SETTER FOR PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 13-15 VISIT TO
[...] (U) PDAS Mann, welcome back to Ashgabat, we look forward to your return. Your visit will provide us with an opportunity to meet President Niyazov to discuss oil and gas issues and review progress on the key priorities of our bilateral relationship: -- Promotion of democratic reform and h [...]
2006-08-02 13:22:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALENRG OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT851A Quiet Violence: Niyazov Destroys More Neighborhoods
[...] (SBU) A large neighborhood across the street from the CHG's residence has fallen victim to President Niyazov's dream of a transformed Ashgabat, this time in a particularly brutal fashion. During the weekend of July 29-30, residents were given just 24 - 72 hour eviction notices before demolition [...]
2006-08-09 13:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TNGD PGOV TX
06ASMARA354ERITREA TO HOST EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: With the announcement that Eritrea will host talks between the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity, speculation has risen on whether we may finally see a resolution to instability in eastern Sudan. An Egyptian Diplomat provided additional information on the re [...]
2006-04-19 12:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA381GSE CONFIRMS ROLE IN EASTERN FRONT TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 24, 2006 Ambassador DeLisi met with PFDJ Political Advisor Yemane Ghebreab to discuss recent news that Eritrea would host negotiations between the Eastern Front and the Government of National Unity (GNU). Ghebreab explained that during his recent visit to Khartoum, the [...]
2006-04-28 08:35:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA490GSE ASKS FOR USG ROLE IN EF NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PFDJ Political Advisor Yemane Ghebreab on June 6, 2006, Ambassador was told that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to move ahead with planning for preparatory talks on June 13 with the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU). Gh [...]
2006-06-07 14:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA514OPENING SESSION OF EF/KHT PREPARATORY TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Ambassador attended the opening session of the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (GNU) preparatory talks held in Asmara at the Eritrean Labor Union Hall. Both the Eastern Front and GNU were fully represented and provided positive statements on the success of [...]
2006-06-14 14:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA552EASTERN FRONT OFFER UP THEIR SIDE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22, Ambassador John Yates met with the leadership of the Eastern Front to get a better sense of their negotiating strategy and readiness following the first round of talks. The group explained that their primary goal before talks begin is to build a broadly based consensu [...]
2006-06-27 14:55:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA625EF/GNU NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: REASONABLE
[...] (C) Summary: According to both Eastern Front (EF) contacts and Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials, there has been reasonable progress on the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (EF/GNU) negotiations so far. The two trickiest issues are no surprise: whether to unify t [...]
2006-08-01 12:28:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA679EASTERN FRONT/GNU NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, NO
[...] (C) Summary: While the Eastern Front and the Government of Nation Unity(GNU) have both expressed optimism about progress in negotiations since their resumption August 8, outside advisors for the Eastern Front expressed concern about the Eastern Front's capabilities to achieve a fair agreement. [...]
2006-08-21 15:13:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA757EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM
[...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]
2006-09-25 12:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ASMARA787CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EASTERN FRONT: SEEKING U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On September 22, Poloff met with the three Eastern Front leaders, Dr. Amna Dirar, Musa Muhammed Ahmed and Salim Al-Mabrouk, to discuss the progress of their GSE-mediated negotiations with the GNU. A final agreement is reportedly close. Concerns about implementation are now becom [...]
2006-09-29 09:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PINR ER SU
06ASMARA793EU REPRESENTATIVE FOR SUDAN BRIEFS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29, EU Special Representative for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto briefed the diplomatic community on recent developments in Darfur. Haavisto highlighted the shifting alliances in Darfur and raised concerns over the role of Eritrea in Darfur politics and the creation of the N [...]
2006-10-02 14:39:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA802EASTERN SUDAN AGREEMENT: TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) have agreed in principle to the wealth sharing and security arrangement components of an agreement on the future of eastern Sudan. The parties are finalizing power sharing arrangements, the fina [...]
2006-10-04 12:51:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA970ERITREA EXPELS TWO MORE NGOs
[...] Summary: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) ordered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Samaritan's Purse(SP) and the International Rescue Committee(IRC) to terminate operations in Eritrea by November 15, 2006. In a letter dated October 31 and signed by the Minister of Labor and Hu [...]
2006-11-21 11:47:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EAID ER SU
06ASTANA55DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...]
2006-07-11 12:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ
06ASTANA573KAZAKHSTANI PRESIDENT DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion following the dedication of the new embassy in Astana, President Nazarbayev expressed frustration with the misguided policies of Uzbek president Karimov, pledged Kazakhstani investment in Afghanistan, warned against any precipitous withdrawal of U.S. tro [...]
2006-11-15 01:53:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV AF IZ KZ
06ASTANA591KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part II of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has beco [...]
2006-11-17 06:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KTFN KZ
06ASTANA721AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERENCE AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CENTRAL
[...] Summary: On December 4-6 in Almaty, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),through its partners the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Winrock International, will hold a regional conference on technical aspects of Avian Influenza surveillance. Th [...]
2006-12-04 01:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR TBIO KFLU KZ
06ASTANA78 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Advisor Larry Adkins concluded his temporary duty assignment with EXBS Astana on October 2. Larry's numerous and invaluable contributions to the EXBS office during his two-month-plus sojourn in Kazakhstan are highly appreciated. [...]
2006-10-13 11:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ASTANA901KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]
2006-12-21 01:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASTANA919KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 2006
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Opposition Journalist on Trial ------------------------------ 2. On November 23, the Bos [...]
2006-12-22 05:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KZ
06ASTANA973KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF IRAN DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1737
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on December 28. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov expressed appreciation for the non-paper and text of the resolution, which he said the MFA had not yet received through normal channels. He stated that the M [...]
2006-12-28 11:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KNNP IR KZ
06ASUNCION1123COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOSEPH
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Joseph Bognanno, Diplomatic Passport: 900525202, Clearance:Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of November 27 - December 1, 2006, for the purpose of working with INL to provide technical assistance to the Superintendent of Banks and Fin [...]
2006-11-07 20:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ASUNCION1131DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-11 19:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDIS PREL UNGA PY
06ASUNCION1151PARAGUAY: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Paraguay is a principal money laundering center, involving both the banking and non-banking financial sectors. The multi-billion dollar contraband re-export trade that occurs largely on the border shared with Argentina and Brazil the Tri-border Area (TBA) facilitates much of the money laun [...]
2006-11-15 19:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PA
06ASUNCION1248COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOSEPH
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Joseph Bognanno, Diplomatic Passport: 900525202, Clearance:Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of December 17-22, 2006, for the purpose of working with INL to provide technical assistance to the Superintendent of Banks and Financial Int [...]
2006-12-15 16:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ASUNCION231PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to advance adoption of anti-money laundering legislation and strengthen cooperation with the GOP in combating corruption, including money laundering and other illicit activity. You come at a s [...]
2006-03-03 20:26:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPVOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
06ASUNCION357PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH
[...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ------------------------------------- Russian-Israelis Arrested in Paraguay ------------ [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION358PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH
[...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ----------------------------- Russians Arrested in Paraguay ---------------------------- [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION507PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13,
[...] SUMMARY: -- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program -- VP Hosts Conference on Nuclear Security -- Another Patria Libre Member Captured -- Ambassador Attends Book Fair -------------------------------------------- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program ---------------------------- [...]
2006-05-12 18:24:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM ENRG MCAP MNUC PA
06ASUNCION748PARAGUAY: HOSTILITIES IN MIDDLE EAST RAISE JEWISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The confrontation of hostilities in the Middle East has raised concerns among the Jewish population and heightened security awareness. On 7/17, the A/POL met with Jack Fleischman, Dr. Enrique Cegla and Ricardo Abraham, member of the B'nai B'rith Paraguay executive committee, to d [...]
2006-07-21 12:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PTER
06ASUNCION768PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 22 -
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Growing Protests in CDE -- Couple Accused of Trafficking Children to Spain -- IMF Director Compliments Paraguay's Performance ----------------------- Growing Protests in CDE ----------------------- 2. (SBU) On 7/21, Embassy sources reported that approximately 600 prot [...]
2006-07-28 15:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM PA SP BO
06ASUNCION789COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROPOSED MAP PROCUREMENT
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Judith Monte, Diplomatic Passport: 900442164, Clearance:TS, for travel to Asuncion during the period of September 14-20, 2006, for the purpose of Map Procurement Mission. The conrol officer for the visit is Sterling Tilley, Jr., office tel.: 011-59 [...]
2006-08-03 18:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ASUNCION869PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 19
[...] (U) Summary -- AMISRAEL March for Peace -- ODC Sponsors Boston Trip -- DCM Visits Yacyreta Dam and Military ------------------------ AMISRAEL March for Peace ------------------------ 2. (U) AMISRAEL Paraguay, an NGO that supports Israel and peace in the Middle East, held a march for [...]
2006-08-25 18:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MASS PY
06ATHENS1092GREECE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT NATO-MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 13:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PGOV GR
06ATHENS1805 HOW TO READ THE GREEK PRESS: A GUIDE FOR THE UNINITIATED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At first glance, the Greek media may resemble the media in the U.S., with a mixture of broadsheets and tabloids, national and local television and radio stations, and constitutional guarantees guarding the freedom of the press. Closer inspection reveals a Greek media industry [...]
2006-07-13 06:50:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KMDR PREL OIIP OPRC GR
06ATHENS1838GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC
[...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...]
2006-07-14 16:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN CY GR
06ATHENS1839GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC
[...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...]
2006-07-14 16:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN CY GR
06ATHENS1852IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...]
2006-07-17 15:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR
06ATHENS1892GREEK PM CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON/ISRAEL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Greek Prime Minister on July 19 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel, the unconditional release of all captive soldiers, the disarmament of paramilitary organizations, and assistance to civilians in the region. On July 18, the Foreign Minister also called [...]
2006-07-20 13:03:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINS GR
06ATHENS2178FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE
[...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...]
2006-08-21 13:18:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALCY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN
06ATHENS2205BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE
[...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...]
2006-08-23 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE
06ATHENS2282LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...]
2006-08-31 12:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE
06ATHENS3231S/CT CRUMPTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM WITH GREEKS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with the Greek Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Public Order and the Director General of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP). Discussions focused on the regional threat posed by terrorists u [...]
2006-12-21 08:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS373AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GREEK FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of an ongoing phone-tapping scandal (Ref A) of high-level Greek Government officials (in which the U.S. has been fingered in the media as the culprit),Greek FM Molyviatis used a one-on-one lunch February 8 with Ambassador in a central Athens restauarant to emphasize [...]
2006-02-09 12:59:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PGOV PREL CY TU RS YI VE GT EU AMB
06ATHENS386POTENTIAL H5N1 DETECTED IN GREECE, AWAITING
[...] (U) This is a joint Thessaloniki-Athens telegram. 2. (U) Summary: Three migratory swans in the greater Thessaloniki area have tested positive for the H5 virus. Samples have been sent to the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK to test for the presence of any H5N1 strain. Resul [...]
2006-02-10 14:09:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON GR AVIANFLU
06BAGHDAD1056IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...]
2006-04-01 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1087FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...]
2006-04-03 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1149IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 23-30 MAR 06
[...] SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities, meetings, and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. For the period 23-30 March, the Ninawa Governor looked ahead to utilizing the current PRT site once it rel [...]
2006-04-07 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1383SENIOR KURDISH POLITICIANS WARN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOffs on April 26-27 that there was deep concern about the cabinet formation process among senior Kurdish negotiators. Despite President Talabani [...]
2006-04-27 16:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1683IRAQI VILLAGERS AND SECURITY FORCES FOIL JAYSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Diyala cable. A May 11 raid by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) elements on a Sunni village east of Khan Bani Sa'd was foiled by the response of villagers and the coordinated response of local Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units. Twenty-eight detained members of the g [...]
2006-05-22 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1852FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTICIPATION OF KARADAH
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last three weeks, the Karadah District Advisory Council (DAC) has faced a surge in threats, and targeted killings, which has resulted in the deaths of two council members and has forced the long-standing Karadah DAC chairman to flee the country. Council members have told [...]
2006-06-01 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1854BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL
[...] The following is a biographic outline of the leadership of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),with background information on each of the committee chairs as well as the senior members. Included as available with each entry is biographic information, perceived views of the United States an [...]
2006-06-02 02:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2037PARLIAMENT PASSES BYLAWS; DEADLOCK OVER SPEAKER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After reaching agreement on language concerning the Speaker's powers on personnel issues (reftel),the Council of Representatives (CoR) completed its work on the bylaws June 14. The CoR will now move on to the formation of committees. The agreed upon language says that perso [...]
2006-06-16 04:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2046PLAN FOR SECURITY TRANSFER OF MUTHANNA PROVINCE
[...] (C/REL AU,JA,UK, IZ) The May 2006 Provincial Security Transition Assessment concluded that Muthanna province is ready for transition to Iraqi civilian authority. Muthanna met the four necessary transfer conditions: the threat level is low, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reached a level of [...]
2006-06-17 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ
06BAGHDAD2590COR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR SUPPORTS HR COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary. On July 12, EmbOffs met with newly appointed Chair of the Human Rights Committee for the Council of Representatives (CoR),Mohammed al-Haideri (Shia Coalition/Independent). With less than two weeks under his belt, al-Haideri told PolOff that his Committee was still in the process [...]
2006-07-20 02:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PHUM PNAT
06BAGHDAD2716MIM DEPUTY MINISTER LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting Deputy Minister Sami Araji of the Ministry of Industry & Minerals (MIM) said that a new investment law should pass the Council of Representatives (CoR) in September or October of this year. He also said a draft privatization law is waiting for Council of Min [...]
2006-07-31 10:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD KPRV POL PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2768IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME MOVEMENT ON RESOLVING PKK ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on July 30 and 31, President Talabani and Foreign Minister Zebari assured Charge d'Affaires that the Iraqi Government (GOI) remained committed to resolving the PKK issue and resuming the trilateral meetings. Talabani reported that the GOI had taken steps to cl [...]
2006-08-02 11:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2925PRESIDENT OF IRAQ URGES U.S. TO CALL FOR CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) On July 31, President Jalal Talabani convoked Charge d,Affaires to convey the official Iraqi views on Lebanon. Making clear that he was speaking in his capacity as the President of Iraq, Talabani stated that he had received an urgent appeal from the Lebanese Prime Minister [...]
2006-08-12 11:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LE IZ
06BAGHDAD3060NINEWA: VICE PM AL-ZAWBA'I'S SURPRISE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Salam al- Zawba'i made an unexpected trip to Mosul 16 August to discuss Tal'Afar issues with Ninewa Governor Kashmoula at the FOB Marez East (ex-Diamondback) MWR facility ('Palm Palace'). The DPM's trip was coordinated almost entirely through Iraqi channel [...]
2006-08-23 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD3252IRAQI DEPUTY PM TELLS U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WAR IS
[...] (C) On August 29, before meeting with other Iraqi officials (reported reftel),Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and CDA Speckhard met alone with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, who emphasized that the war is winnable and that the international community must not give up on Iraq. [...]
2006-09-04 17:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD3374ABU GHRAIB PRISON TRANSFERRED TO GOI, FUTURE USE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Effective September 1, 2006, responsibilities for securing and administering Abu Ghraib prison transferred to an on-site Iraq Army unit and Ministry of Justice officials. A platoon of U.S. Marines will remain at the location until mid-Sept [...]
2006-09-11 06:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3539NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20
[...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...]
2006-09-21 13:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3958NINEWA: ASSYRIAN PATRIARCH VISIT AND PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and his primary non-clerical interlocutor in Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Finance and leading Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Sarkis Aghajan Mamando 'Sarkesi', concur that Assyrian Christians enjoy unprecede [...]
2006-10-22 08:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL PHUM PREF PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4055PRT ERBIL: DEPUTY KNA SPEAKER KAMAL KIRKUKI ON
[...] (U) This is a PRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kamal Kirkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) and member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) told Erbil IPAO at his office October 18 that KRG control of Kirkuk is essential fo [...]
2006-10-30 06:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4056KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN MUFTI ON
[...] (U) This is a PRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Adnan Mufti , Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),discussed the new investment law and relations with Iran and Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) during a meeting with Erbil IPAO at t [...]
2006-10-30 06:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4097IRAQI MP HUMAM HAMMOUDI CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (C) In an October 18 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Humam Hammoudi, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and senior SCIRI politician, said that the current situation in Iraq required a national unity government, rather than one cente [...]
2006-11-01 20:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4123BADR ORGANIZATION LEADER AND VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives Security and Defense Committee and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri met John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President on October 19. Amiri thanked the U.S. for its role in liberating Iraq and helping to build [...]
2006-11-05 07:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4328TALABANI SAYS SYRIA READY TO HELP IN IRAQ;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 21 with the Ambassador Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed the conviction that Syria is ready to help secure and stabilize Iraq. He shared a plan drawn up by Vice President Adil al-Mahdi to encourage cooperation among political blocs in an effort to [...]
2006-11-22 22:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY IQ
06BAGHDAD4426IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...]
2006-12-03 03:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4464BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...]
2006-12-06 08:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4516PRT TIKRIT: POSSIBLE KURDISH MANEUVERING AROUND AL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Recently PRT Tikrit has received several reports of Kurdish attempts to populate with Kurds and garner political support in the area around al Tuz. Separated from the rest of Salah ad Din (SaD) province by the Hamrin mountains, [...]
2006-12-11 08:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4526BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON WOMEN ACTIVISTS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women activists in Sulaymaniyah provided RRT Off with the following biographical data in meetings on November 11 and 14. Information on the organizations to which the women belong follows and is based on public sources and a meeting with the director of Hataw advocacy group o [...]
2006-12-12 11:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINR KWMN PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4554PM STANISHEV SAYS BULGARIA TO CONSIDER EXTENDING
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told the Ambassador December 12 that Bulgaria will decide in March whether to extend its troop contribution to MNF-I, following the ongoing U.S. policy review on Iraq. Stanishev sought the Ambassador's views on prospects for reducing sect [...]
2006-12-14 13:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS BU IZ
06BAGHDAD4682ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]
2006-12-24 07:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4692GAINING SUPPORT FOR ERBIL AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
[...] Summary. During December 11-14 Multi-National Forces-Iraq Civil Military Office (MNF-I CMO) and Econoff traveled to Erbil to discuss construction of facilities for honey production and a farmers' market in northern Iraq with Multi-National Division-North East (MND-NE) at Camp Zaytun. The grou [...]
2006-12-24 12:59:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR IZ
06BAGHDAD4770BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4786ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]
2006-12-31 05:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD534SADRISTS EXTEND HAND AS PLOT AGAINST JAFARI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A Sadrist leader presented a flexible approach to government negotiations in a February 19 conversation with the Ambassador, but, in a subsequent meeting, Ayad Allawi and Kurdistan President Masud Barzani made clear that they want to continue to develop plans to upend Jafari's nom [...]
2006-02-20 15:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD549 MUQTADA SADR DEBUTS ON AL-JAZEERA WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Influential Iraqi politician Moqtada al- Sadr has emerged from relative media obscurity into the regional limelight with extensive travels and a remarkable interview on al-Jazeera on February 18. During a regional procession that included Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Syria and [...]
2006-02-21 18:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO KISL OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD665BAGHDAD NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING THEIR OWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Since the attack last week on the Shia mosque in Samarra, district advisory councils (DACs) chairman in two Sunni Arab districts within the city have told PolOff of how neighborhoods are organizing to protect themselves against attacks by Shia militias. Separately, another polit [...]
2006-03-03 18:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD892PRT BAGHDAD: QADA COUNCIL LEADERSHIP BELIEVES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-19 18:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD917ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]
2006-03-20 17:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAGHDAD930BADR LEADER AGREES THE MILITIA SHOULD DEMOBILIZE
[...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives member and Badr Organization leader Hadi Farhan Abdullah al-Amiri told PolOffs on March 19 that the Al-Askariya shrine bombing was the work of Saddamists. PolOffs pressed al-Amiri that all militias needed to be under the control of the State. Amiri ag [...]
2006-03-21 11:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD953IECI COMMISIONER DEFENDS IRAQI ELECTION IN CAIRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Electoral Commission (IECI) Chief Electoral Officer Adil Mohammed Alwan Al-Lami described to PolOff on March 19 his defense of the Iraqi elections as valid, fair and representative at a regional election workshop in Cairo on March 12-13. Speaking to skeptical workshop [...]
2006-03-23 11:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT KDEM IZ EG
06BAGHDAD977DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS DECLARE NO TRUST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 21 members of the Sunni Arab neighborhood of Al-Adhamiyah's district advisory council emphasized that while they welcomed the presence of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Police were unreliable and involved in much of the terrorism hurting local residents. men stressed that fe [...]
2006-03-24 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD984IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY
[...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]
2006-03-25 11:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1117AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CAUCASUS MUSLIM
[...] (C) In a July 21 introductory call on the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board Sheikh Pashazade, the Ambassador discussed the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Azerbaijan. She highlighted Azerbaijan's leading role in promoting religious tolerance and asked how the U.S. could best re [...]
2006-07-29 10:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL AJ
06BAKU1156IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
[...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...]
2006-08-04 14:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1211AIOC PRESIDENT BRIEFS ON SHAH DENIZ AND BTC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AIOC President Woodward briefed U.S. and UK emboffs August 15 on Shah Deniz and BTC operations. Woodward noted that Shah Deniz first gas could be delayed until October, with a official celebrations possible November 9-10 in Baku. The GOAJ, according to Woodward, is still interes [...]
2006-08-17 04:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PREL IR AJ KZ RU
06BAKU1215IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...]
2006-08-17 10:52:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO
06BAKU1472EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...]
2006-10-11 04:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU
06BAKU1530NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY
[...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...]
2006-10-20 05:49:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ
06BAKU1693AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15 Conoco-Phillips executive Steve Park told the DCM that another, higher-level Conoco-Phillips executive was coming to Azerbaijan for a November 30 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev. The subject of that meeting will be Conoco-Phillips problems with its c [...]
2006-11-21 08:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET AJ
06BAKU1717AZERBAIJAN: BP EXEC MEETS PRESIDENT ALIYEV, SOCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable relays for broader distribution informed shared earlier in ref email. In a November 2 meeting, BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis gave the Ambassador his read-out of separate meetings earlier that day with President Aliyev and with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullaye [...]
2006-11-27 09:36:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEPET AJ PREL
06BAKU1842AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]
2006-12-21 10:51:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU1857TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...]
2006-12-22 12:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ
06BAKU450AZERBAIJAN ENERGY OUTLOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from energy sector companies operating in Azerbaijan discussed the Barmek crisis, Caucasus gas needs, changes in pipeline security agencies, trans-Caspian oil transport and offshore gas development at the Ambassador,s March Energy Forum. Participants reported tha [...]
2006-03-23 10:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ENRG AJ RU KZ
06BAKU452SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN
[...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...]
2006-03-23 12:15:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ
06BAKU584CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AZERBAIJANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, House Subcommittee Chairman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) thanked the Foreign Minister for GOAJ's support for the Global War on Terrorism, calling Azerbaijan a "stalwart friend." Mammadyarov reiterated GOAJ's commitment to staying [...]
2006-04-17 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL IR AJ
06BAKU996AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's introductory calls, executives from BP and other international energy companies operating in Azerbaijan painted a complex picture of fragmented leadership within Azerbaijan's energy sector, indecision within the GOAJ over whether to move forward on new energy p [...]
2006-07-11 12:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PINR RU AJ
06BAMAKO1114MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE
[...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...]
2006-10-06 14:10:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN496BRUNEI: WAIT AND SEE ON EAS, PREFERS APEC
[...] (C) Foreign Minister II Lim Jock Seng, in a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador and DCM (septels) on September 21, told us that Brunei had very limited expectations for the East Asia Summit (EAS). Lim said that in shaping the EAS agenda, China was deferring to ASEAN to take the lead. AS [...]
2006-09-28 07:34:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER BX
06BANGKOK1115UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING PROJECTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs in northern Thailand report that increased attention to TIP has caused changes in the trafficking business. Traffickers are forced to work harder for fewer gains; however, they are also working smarter, better disguising illicit businesses and creating bro [...]
2006-02-24 08:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH
06BANGKOK1119THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]
2006-02-24 08:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK1471EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH MFA PERMSEC KRIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn, EAP DAS Eric John countered the perception that the U.S. was not sufficiently engaged in Southeast Asia. Krit indicated that a 505 Agreement on Excess Defense Articles could be concluded prior to Ma [...]
2006-03-09 09:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TH BURMA US
06BANGKOK2135BURMA: DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING IN
[...] (C) In a meeting with MFA's East Asian Affairs Director for Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Brunei Mr. Damrong Kriakruan on April 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and asked for RTG views. Damrong noted that ASEAN's credibility is on the line, but the RTG still believes that e [...]
2006-04-12 05:05:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH ASEAN BURMA
06BANGKOK2822SOUTHERN VIOLENCE UPDATE: NEW BOMB ATTACK; NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On May 10 a bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the far southern province of Pattani, killing one soldier and three civilians. The type of bomb and tactic of targeting security forces at a location they are known to frequent is similar to past attacks. However, the reported pl [...]
2006-05-11 09:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3345UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 09:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BM TH UNSC
06BANGKOK3396ASEAN-U.S. DIALOGUE HELD IN BANGKOK MAY 23
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the May 23 ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue, ASEAN members and the United States expressed confidence that a joint Plan of Action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership would be ready for the Secretary and Foreign Ministers to approve during the ASEAN Ministers meeting in [...]
2006-06-06 07:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK3608THAI TEA WITH THE CHINESE
[...] (SBU) Poloffs shared tea with Chinese diplomats on June 14, 2006 as part of a regular informal meeting mechanism that post has with the PRC Embassy in Bangkok. The Chinese asked about the 19th US-ASEAN Dialogue that took place on May 23, 2006 and talked about their own preparations for the P [...]
2006-06-16 06:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL TH CH IS
06BANGKOK3649SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO LATEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, in response to the series of bomb attacks across far southern Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a diplomatic note addressing the current situation in the South and the RTG's efforts to deal with it. In the press, caretaker PM Thaksin continued to be [...]
2006-06-19 10:28:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3913RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...]
2006-07-03 10:28:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PINR PREL TH BM
06BANGKOK4001THAI REACTION TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) In a statement to reporters on July 5, Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkohn called upon North Korea to "refrain from doing any activities which will create mistrust" and urged Pyongyang "to seek peaceful negotiations to prevent any misunderstandings." According to Kantathi, Thailand [...]
2006-07-06 09:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL TH KN KNNP PARM
06BANGKOK4145OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE IN BANGKOK
[...] (U) The South East Asia Regional Office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) maintains open and collaborative relations with Post. 2. (U) Since arriving in Bangkok in mid-April 2006, the head of the regional office, Dr. Homayoun Alizadeh, has made it a point [...]
2006-07-12 09:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
06BANGKOK4505THAI REACTION TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 04:06:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TH
06BANGKOK4848CHINESE VIEW OF BURMA FROM THAILAND
[...] (C) Summary: On August 7, the Political Officer from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China who covers Burma issues offered open and frank commentary on a wide variety of topics including PM Thaksin's recent trip to Burma, PRC relations with Burma, the move of the capital to Naypyitaw, [...]
2006-08-09 06:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH BM CH
06BANGKOK6087THAI INTERIM PM SURAYUD CHULANONT
[...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has a record of advocating military reform including -- ironically -- keeping the military out of politics, policies he strongly supported as Army Chief from 1998 to 2002. He was relegated by then Prime Minister Thaksin to the less important Su [...]
2006-10-04 12:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MOPS KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6702 THAILAND'S TRADE WITH NORTH KOREA: DOING BUSINESS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea have met with high-level acceptance from Thai authorities who are moving toward implementing the Security Council resolution. Thailand's unusual position as a top trading partner of North Korea gives it a potentially large role in he [...]
2006-11-06 09:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PINR MARR MASS KN TH
06BANGKOK6757THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT
[...] (C) Summary: Following the appointment of Gen Surayud Chulanont as interim PM, many observers anticipated a clear shift in Thailand's policy toward Burma. One month into the interim administration, it appears that, with a few exceptions, revisions in policy will be manifest in subtle, yet no [...]
2006-11-08 23:47:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS TH BM
06BANGKOK7208 THAILAND SAYS EAS STATEMENT NON-CONTROVERSIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 07:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD TH
06BANGKOK7429 UNHCR REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING
[...] Terry Rusch, PRM Refugee Admissions Director, Mike Honnold, Bangkok Regional Refugee Coordinator and Jessica Adler, Deputy Regional Refugee Coordinator participated in the December 7 - 8 Regional Resettlement Strategic Planning Meeting organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu [...]
2006-12-15 03:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
06BANGKOK7446UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA - THAI VIEWS
[...] (C) Prior to receiving ref B demarche instructions, the Ambassador on December 8 underscored to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont the importance the USG placed on passage of the UNSC Resolution on Burma. Surayud indicated the RTG might not oppose the resolution, although the RTG's position wou [...]
2006-12-15 10:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC XC TH BM
06BANGKOK885THAILAND'S BALANCED REACTION TO IRAN-IAEA VOTE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref points and statements to MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Udomsak Sritangos on February 10. In a follow-up meeting on February 14, Udomsak explained that Thailand supports world opinion on this issue but must balance this position with its growing economic ties [...]
2006-02-14 09:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PINS PREL TH
06BANJUL21THE GAMBIA: VOTING RECORD IN THE 60TH UNGA
[...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's voting record in the 60th UNGA in separate meetings with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal (deputy formin equivalent) and visiting SIPDIS Gambian PermRep Crispin Grey-Johnson. Reviewing the respective U.S. and Gambian voting records on the nine k [...]
2006-01-11 12:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL GA
06BANJUL441VCI BUREAU PDAS FORD COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VCI Bureau PDAS Christopher Ford accompanied by Maher Tadros, Office of Nuclear Affairs, and Eric Wong, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, met June 30, 2006 with Egypt's Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Taher Farahat in Banjul on the margins of the Summit of the [...]
2006-07-12 16:35:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PREL TRGY XA EG
06BANJUL459THE GAMBIA: STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON
[...] (U) The resident Lebanese community here has gone public with its concern over the situation in Lebanon, denouncing Israel over the violence. On July 18, local media carried the statement made on behalf of the Lebanese community by the Lebanese Honorary Consul, who condemned "in strongest term [...]
2006-07-18 14:17:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL476TFLE01: FURTHER GAMBIAN REACTION TO MIDEAST
[...] (SBU) Following his July 21 statement criticizing Israel over the Mideast violence (reftel),President Jammeh has continued to denounce Israel. In a July 24 speech, he spoke of an "agenda of war in the Middle East" aimed at the destruction of Syrian and Iran so as to "allow the expansion of I [...]
2006-07-27 10:47:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL764THE GAMBIA: REPORT OF PRESIDENT'S MILITIA, IRANIAN
[...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Pap Saine (protect) the well-connected chief editor of the private daily, "The Point," asserted that, nine months after the abortive coup plot in March, President Jammeh remained deeply concerned about another possible plot. According to Saine, Jam [...]
2006-12-21 15:25:00Embassy BanjulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS MASS PREL GA IR
06BASRAH121DETERIORATING SECURITY IMPACTING REO BASRAH
[...] (C) Summary: Following the arrest of a high ranking Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM) member on July 16 by the British military, the REO Basrah Palace compound has come under significant increased indirect fire (IDF) attacks, severely impacting REO operations. There is insufficient space in hard buildings [...]
2006-07-21 16:41:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER IZ
06BASRAH29SADR SURPRISES BASRAH, CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, EXPULSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an unannounced visit to Basrah, Moqtada al Sadr made a televised statement at the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. His speech called for Sunnis and Shias to unite and force the expulsion of the occupiers. An explosion in the Imam Ali Mosque in Basrah occurred [...]
2006-02-26 16:46:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ
06BASRAH49MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...]
2006-04-07 11:45:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ
06BEIJING10104PRC/UN: MFA BRIEFS ON UNSYG ANNAN VISIT
[...] (C) UN SYG Annan asked President Hu Jintao what opinions or advice the UN can offer to help break the current Six-Party Talks impasse, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Guo Xuejun told Poloff on May 23. Hu said China continues to work with the other Partiesto resume the Six-P [...]
2006-05-24 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV UN CH
06BEIJING10192CHINA'S MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met with VFM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei to discuss implementing consensus reached in the April 2006 Bush- Hu meetings and in the Fourth Round of Six-Party Talks. -- Accusations [...]
2006-05-25 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP KN
06BEIJING1057SENATOR MURKOWSKI HIGHLIGHTS U.S. CONCERNS ON
[...] (SBU) Senator Murkowski highlighted U.S. concerns about the status of the Six-Party Talks during meetings with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo and CCP Central Committee International Department Vice Minister Ma Wenpu. Wu blamed mistrust between the United States and DPRK for the current impasse in t [...]
2006-01-17 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP CH KN
06BEIJING10601MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]
2006-05-30 11:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP
06BEIJING10606MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]
2006-05-30 22:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP KN
06BEIJING10823PRC EVACUATES CITIZENS, OTHERS FROM EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) A charter plane arrived in China from Dili on the evening of May 30 with over 240 PRC citizens, overseas Chinese, non-PRC nationals and PRC Embassy staff, MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director He Wei told poloff on May 31. He Wei said he has not received any reports of Am [...]
2006-06-01 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC CH TT
06BEIJING10909A/S HILL'S MAY 25 WORKING LUNCH WITH VFM WU DAWEI
[...] (S) Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill urged VFM Wu Dawei to improve relations with Japan and use PRC influence to push the Burmese regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) during a May 25 working lunch. A/S Hill also noted the negative impact of PRC/Taiwan competition on Pa [...]
2006-06-02 00:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
06BEIJING11183PRC/JAPAN: BEIJING SATISFIED WITH LI-ASO MEETING,
[...] (C) China was satisfied with the tone of the meeting between Foreign Ministers Li Zhaoxing and Taro Aso on May 23 in Doha, MFA Deputy Director of the Japan Division Lu Guijun told poloff, while cautioning that bilateral relations remain difficult. The decision to allow FM Li to meet his count [...]
2006-06-05 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING11751MFA BRIEFS ON SINO-ARAB COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) Summary. Sino-Arab cooperation has risen to a higher level as a result of the May 31- June 1 Sino- Arab Cooperation Forum's Second Ministerial meeting, according to Ambassador in charge of the Sino-Arab Forum Yao Kuangyi. During a readout, Yao indicated that the Action Plan for 2006 ? 20 [...]
2006-06-09 11:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING11754KHOTAN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED SECURITY
[...] (C) The vast improvement in the security situation in southwest Xinjiang's Khotan Prefecture is due to both heightened government counterterrorism activities and the public's strong support in combating the "Three Forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, Khotan officials told poloffs d [...]
2006-06-09 12:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KISL CH
06BEIJING11755PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS
[...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...]
2006-06-09 12:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING13025CHALLENGING MEDIA TABOOS IN XINJIANG
[...] (C) Xinjiang journalists face particularly heavy restrictions stemming from Xinjiang's unique political sensitivities and large ethnic minority population. The local media is generally prohibited from reporting on interethnic disputes, matters pertaining to terrorism or separatism as well as [...]
2006-06-20 13:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL CH
06BEIJING13274JIANGXI IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR: MILLIONS LEAVE ONE
[...] (C) Millions of residents of Jiangxi province have left home in search of work in construction, factories and the service sector in China's coastal boomtowns. The outflow has both positive and negative aspects, according to local officials and residents. Brain drain is a problem, as Jiangxi' [...]
2006-06-22 05:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB CH
06BEIJING14216JULY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
[...] Key points made at the July 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China expresses grave concern over "what happened" and remains in close consultation with all relevant parties. China hopes that all relevant parties will remain calm and exercise restraint, proceed toward the co [...]
2006-07-06 11:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN IS
06BEIJING14514PRC ON EAST CHINA SEA TALKS
[...] (C) China and Japan agreed to continue the process of consultations on the East China Sea dispute, to establish a panel of technical experts and to set up a hotline, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff during a July 11 briefing on the July 8-9 tal [...]
2006-07-11 14:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL JA CH
06BEIJING14724PRC/UNSC: MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) The PRC is willing to approach Qatar to delay the vote on the draft UNSC resolution (reftel) if the United States can propose a time certain for the vote and commits to support the resolution in whichever form it is finally put to a vote, MFA International Organizations Officer Sun Zhiqiang [...]
2006-07-13 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL KWBG CH
06BEIJING15260MIDDLE EAST CRISIS GRABS HEADLINES IN CHINA
[...] (C) As violence flares in the Middle East, China's broadcast and print media are providing a steady diet of colorful coverage. The public is showing more interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict now than during previous outbreaks of violence, contacts said, in part because of fears about how ev [...]
2006-07-21 12:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING15563TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR
[...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...]
2006-07-27 14:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE
06BEIJING16380AFM CUI CONFIRMS PLAN TO VISIT IRAN
[...] (C) CHINESE ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI CONFIRMED TO U/S DOBRIANSKY THAT HE PLANS TO VISIT IRAN BEFORE AUGUST 22 TO "ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE IRAN THAT IT IS IN ITS INTEREST TO RESPOND POSITIVELY" TO THE P-5 PLUS 1 INCENTIVES PACKAGE CONCERNING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN AN AUGUST 9 DISCUS [...]
2006-08-09 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PARM IR IS CH
06BEIJING16512CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO
[...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...]
2006-08-12 09:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR
06BEIJING16513CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS
[...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 11 in Beijing to discuss key U.S.- China bilateral issues following the third annual U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) dialogue in Guilin. Senators raised concern [...]
2006-08-12 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG CH
06BEIJING16515CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS
[...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...]
2006-08-13 22:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR
06BEIJING16631CODEL Stevens: U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary
[...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed issues including Taiwan, North Korea, Lebanon, China?s defense policy, energy security, intellectual property rights (IPR),the exchange rate and bilateral trade with members of the Chinese National People?s Congress (NPC) in Guilin [...]
2006-08-14 07:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG SENV KIPR OREP CH TW
06BEIJING16879CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: PRC SCHOLARS EXPECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING PM KOIZUMI'S VISIT TO YASUKUNI SHRINE, CHINESE JAPAN SCHOLARS ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT APPROACH CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY ABE MIGHT TAKE IF, AS WIDELY EXPECTED, ABE BECOMES JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER AFTER PM KOIZUMI STEPS DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. ABE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO AV [...]
2006-08-16 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL JA CH
06BEIJING18542CHINA CAUTIOUS ON ASEAN+6 TRADE PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA IS REACTING CAUTIOUSLY TO JAPAN'S PROPOSALS FOR AN ASEAN 6 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AND OTHER EFFORTS TO INCREASE REGIONAL INTEGRATION. FURTHER DECISIONS ON SUCH STEPS COULD COME AT DECEMBER'S EAST ASIAN SUMMIT, BUT CHINA WILL CONTINUE TO LET ASEAN TAKE THE LEAD, FOREIGN MINIST [...]
2006-09-01 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD XE JA CH
06BEIJING18543CHINA REACTS TO JAPAN'S PROTEST OVER EAST CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN AUGUST 30 AGAIN VOICED DISAGREEMENT WITH JAPAN OVER GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. AFTER TOKYO RAISED OBJECTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE "STRUCTURES" IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EAST CHINA SEA IN JULY, BEIJING RESPO [...]
2006-09-01 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING18547PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE
[...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...]
2006-09-01 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH PK
06BEIJING18752MFA VIEWS ON SHOOTING OF JAPANESE FISHERMAN, RIVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SHOOTING OF A JAPANESE FISHERMAN IN DISPUTED WATERS BY A RUSSIAN COASTAL PATROL BOAT REFLECTS LONG-STANDING TENSIONS, INCLUDING RUSSIAN FRUSTRATION AT THE QUALITY AND SPEED OF JAPANESE FISHING BOATS, ACCORDING TO A CHINESE DIPLOMAT EXPERIENCED IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. THE MF [...]
2006-09-06 22:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV RU JA CH
06BEIJING19404DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH AFM HE YAFEI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESS REPORTS THE USG MAY SELL TAIWAN F-16S AND OVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAY SEEK TO CREATE A CROSS-STRAIT CRISIS WHEN AFM HE MET EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN. DAS CHRISTENSEN SAID U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN, INCLUDIN [...]
2006-09-13 09:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING19546SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM
[...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- RESUMING THE SIX-PARTY TALKS REQUIRES EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES. ON U.S. "SANCTIONS" AGAINST THE DPRK, CHINA SUPPORTS PROSECUTION OF THOSE COMMITTING FINANCIAL CRIMES BASED ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. -- THERE ARE "NO ARRANGEME [...]
2006-09-14 11:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING19661CHINA-JAPAN: BEIJING AWAITS ABE'S REMARKS BEFORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA HAD NO ROLE IN PUBLICIZING A PHOTO OF PREMIER WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AT THIS WEEK'S ASEM SUMMIT, A FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID. CHINA REMAINS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, THE OFFICIAL SAID, BUT AWAITS PRESUMPTIVE NE [...]
2006-09-15 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING19793BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN
[...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...]
2006-09-18 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH
06BEIJING2090PRC EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER QDR
[...] (C) China is "strongly dissatisfied and completely disagrees" with the China portion of the February 6 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR),MFA Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the CDA under instructions and reading from a prepared text at a February 7 meeti [...]
2006-02-07 12:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PM PREL CH
06BEIJING21160SED: PAULSON-BO XILAI MEETING
[...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on September 21 to outline U.S. goals and expectations for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Secretary Paulson emphasized the need for currency SIPDIS flexibility and asked for Chinese support in reinvigoratin [...]
2006-10-06 03:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL CH
06BEIJING21227 REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: REACTION OF BEIJING
[...] (C) Officials from the Japanese, ROK, Russian, French and British Embassies in Beijing were in contact with Chinese officials October 9 about the reported DPRK nuclear test and said their capitals had made or would make statements condemning the DPRK action. The Japanese geological service re [...]
2006-10-09 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MNUC PINR KN CH JN KS RU
06BEIJING21713MFA SAYS PM ABE VISIT WILL SMOOTH COURSE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8-9 China visit marks the renewal of Japan-China leadership summits and will therefore smooth the future course of bilateral relations, MFA officials told us. The October 8 joint press communiqu for the PM Abe visit marked the first ti [...]
2006-10-13 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA KN
06BEIJING23353SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]
2006-11-02 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23354PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND
[...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...]
2006-11-02 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR XC TH CH
06BEIJING23631ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES
[...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]
2006-11-07 13:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23715NOVEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. MIDTERM
[...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China has no comment on the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld or the midterm elections and stands ready SIPDIS to work with the United States and both its political parties. -- VFM Wu Dawei discussed the DPRK with [...]
2006-11-09 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO KN RS CH JA
06BEIJING23736CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS
[...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...]
2006-11-13 06:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23776NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE
[...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...]
2006-11-14 11:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK
06BEIJING23797WUHAN RIPE FOR GROWTH, SAY U.S. BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Wuhan's economy continues to grow rapidly, and the city's investment climate is increasingly attractive to foreign enterprises, according to Wuhan- based U.S. business representatives. Extensive infrastructure, a strong industrial base, low labor costs, and a helpful local government sp [...]
2006-11-16 03:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING23850PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO SUPPORT MNF-I MANDATE EXTENSION
[...] (C) China will support the extension of the Iraq MNF-I mandate out of respect for the will of the Iraqi government and people, MFA International Organizations Department Director Yang Tao informed Poloffs November 17 in response to reftel points and letter. Tao warned that although China woul [...]
2006-11-17 12:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH IZ
06BEIJING23883DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND TAIWAN
[...] (C) The North Korean nuclear problem should be the focus of the Six-Party Talks and we should not let other issues interfere with the primary goal of denuclearizing the DPRK, Vice Chairman of the China Reform Forum (CRF) DING Kuisong (strictly protect),told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...]
2006-11-18 03:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
06BEIJING24126NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...]
2006-11-28 11:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN CH PK EC CY SU
06BEIJING24171HENAN PROVINCE'S NINE-CITY URBANIZATION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Provincial and municipal level officials in Central China's Henan Province look to rapid urbanization to accelerate economic growth and absorb excess rural labor. Henan's urbanization plan focuses on nine cities that account for 40 percent of the province's population and 60 percent of i [...]
2006-11-30 04:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24199PRC/INDIA: PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S STATE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20)23 visit to India strengthened the "mutual political trust" and "strategic cooperation" between Beijing and New Delhi, according to MFA officials and third country diplomats. The Summit between President Hu and Indian Prime Minister Singh resulted [...]
2006-11-30 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
06BEIJING24200NOVEMBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the November 30 MFA Press Conference were: -- Meetings between the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK were helpful. No date for the talks has been set. -- The United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Trea [...]
2006-11-30 11:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
06BEIJING24231PRC-THAILAND: WEN JIABAO POSTPONES BANGKOK VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao has canceled a planned trip to Bangkok that would have been the highest-level PRC visit since the coup. The trip, which Wen had promised to make during an October bilateral meeting with General Surayud at the China-ASEAN Summit, will be rescheduled because of W [...]
2006-12-01 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER TH CH
06BEIJING24344MFA BRIEFING ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT, CHINA-ASEAN
[...] On December 6, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special press briefing outlining Premier Wen Jiabao?s upcoming planned state visit to the Philippines and Chinese participation in ASEAN- related events in Cebu from December 11-15. Wen will attend the East Asia Summit, China-ASEAN [...]
2006-12-06 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CH RP JA KS KN
06BEIJING24377DECEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR, SIX- PARTY
[...] Key Points at the December 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue needs more time and space. -- The DPRK nuclear issue will likely be discussed during upcoming ASEAN meetings. -- It is "inappropriate" for UNHCR to call DPRK refugees in China [...]
2006-12-07 15:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG ECON KN IR CH
06BEIJING24423PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...]
2006-12-08 12:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24470DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]
2006-12-12 11:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BEIJING24597MFA, SCHOLARS ON POSTPONED ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS
[...] (C) China is amenable to rescheduling the postponed ASEAN-related meetings in Cebu in mid-January, but if the dates slip further it could be difficult for Beijing, MFA officials and scholars told us in separate meetings. Japan and China had planned to announce at an Abe-Wen meeting in Cebu a [...]
2006-12-15 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN CH JA
06BEIJING2981MFA ON DAI - YACHI MEETINGS IN JAPAN
[...] (C) China will not change its policy of friendship towards Japan nor its opposition to visits by Japan's leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, EVFM Dai Bingguo told VFM Shotaro Yachi during the fourth session of their Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. According to the MFA Japan Division Director, Yachi ca [...]
2006-02-17 14:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING3392FEBRUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, JAPAN- CHINA
[...] Key points at the February 23 MFA press briefing were as follows: - MFA Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng will visit Iran February 24-26 for a working visit. He will discuss PRC-Iran political and bilateral issues, exchange views on the nuclear question and discuss what steps could be take [...]
2006-02-23 10:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CH IR JP
06BEIJING4479MARCH 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT,
[...] Key points made at the March 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - The State Department's 2005 Human Rights Report turned a blind eye to the basic facts and made irresponsible remarks regarding the status of human rights in China. - China hopes Iran will fully cooperate with the IAEA a [...]
2006-03-09 10:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING4557JAPANESE ECONOMIC OFFICERS ON MINISTER NIKAI
[...] (C) Summary. EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Japanese Embassy Economic Counselor Nishimiya and First Secretary Ishikawa to discuss Trade Minister Nikai,s February 21-23 visit to Beijing (ref A) and other issues. Nikai met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Ministry of [...]
2006-03-10 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO KIPR PREL EFIN CH JA
06BEIJING4560CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...]
2006-03-11 03:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH JA
06BEIJING5965MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE,
[...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...]
2006-03-30 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP
06BEIJING6316APRIL 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S
[...] Key points made at the April 4 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Politburo Standing Committee Member Luo Gan discussed bilateral cooperation in law enforcement, counterterrorism and repatriation of illegal immigrants. - China hopes relevant cou [...]
2006-04-04 11:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH JP
06BEIJING7352APRIL 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN,
[...] Key points made at the April 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During his recent trip to Iran, AFM Cui Tiankai expressed China?s concern over recent developments concerning Iran?s nuclear program. - The "principal parties" to the Six-Party Talks should demonstrate their sincerity i [...]
2006-04-18 10:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7518APRIL 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the April 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China encourages the EU-3 and Iran to promptly resume talks in Moscow in order to promote a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue. - The United States should consider the interests of the international commun [...]
2006-04-20 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING8027AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES IRAN, NEPAL, HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the CDA that Beijing welcomes the May 9 New York meeting of P-5 plus one Foreign Ministers and appreciates close consultation with the United States on Nepal. Raising the apparent detention of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, the CDA pointed ou [...]
2006-04-27 11:41:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING8480 MAY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS,
[...] Key points made at the May 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China strongly opposes Albania's acceptance of the five Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay, who Beijing considers East Turkestan terrorist suspects, and demands their immediate repatriation. - China does not support [...]
2006-05-09 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIJING8787PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON U.S.-JAPAN 2-PLUS-2
[...] (C) China appreciates the fact that the USG provided information in a transparent manner regarding the U.S.-Japan 2-plus-2 meeting held in Washington on May 1, MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong said in response to Polmincouns? delivery May 10 of reftel talking points on th [...]
2006-05-11 08:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ENRG PINR JA CH
06BEIJING8798MAY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S
[...] Key points made at the May 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Noting remarks by "U.S. officials," referring to Deputy Secretary Zoellick's May 10 Congressional testimony, the MFA spokesperson asserted that China has made contributions to ensure a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and prom [...]
2006-05-11 10:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH IR TW JP
06BEIJING8801DDG QIU ON JAPAN-CHINA DIALOGUE
[...] (C) China and Japan agreed to hold the fifth round of talks on the East China Sea dispute next week and to discuss dates and venues for a possible Foreign Minister-level meeting, according to MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong. During the May 7-9 Japan-China Comprehensive [...]
2006-05-11 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING8836PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon stressed the importance of transparency and engagement between militaries in the Asia-Pacific region during a May 10 discussion with Chinese academics hosted by the Ambassador. Admiral Fallon reviewed U.S. commitments and responsibilities in the ar [...]
2006-05-12 01:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING8918PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS WITH BEIJING
[...] (SBU) At an upbeat discussion with Beijing University students May 11, Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon underlined that the U.S. military's goal in the Asia-Pacific region is to create stable conditions that will allow people to prosper and lead productive lives. Iran and Japan were [...]
2006-05-12 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING9009PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing agreed to adjust his schedule to allow for a meeting with Admiral Fallon in spite of his heavy commitments in the run-up to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. FM Li told Admiral Fallon that the aim of China's military development is to safegua [...]
2006-05-15 03:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING9507MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT,
[...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...]
2006-05-18 11:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP
06BEIJING9666PRC/RUSSIA: BRIEFING ON RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held very productive bilateral talks with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Russian Senior Counselor Evgueny Tomikhin told the A/DCM in a May 18 meeting. On May 16, Lavrov was received by President Hu Jintao and held extensive talks with [...]
2006-05-19 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL RU CH IR
06BEIJING9934PRC MAY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK FM TO VISIT
[...] Key points made at the May 23 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will visit China May 30-June 6 for talks on bilateral and regional security issues, meet senior PRC leaders and tour Guangzhou. -- EAP A/S Christopher Hill will visit Beijing May 24- 2 [...]
2006-05-23 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH JP KN GE
06BEIRUT1050MGLE01: INDEPENDENT MP FRANJIEH TRIES A NEW
[...] (C) MP Samir Franjieh, a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan pro-reform movement, believes the March 14 coalition has effectively worked its way into a trap, partly set by the Syrian regime, by focusing almost exclusively on the replacement of President Emile Lahoud. He contends that chan [...]
2006-04-04 14:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1092MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES PARLIAMENT NEGLECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 12:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1240MGLE01: SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 19 LUNCH WITH
[...] (C) Senator Dodd's April 19 luncheon with Lebanese MPs Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Jawad Boulos was dominated by a discussion of General Michel Aoun and his alliance with Hizballah. Mouawad and Harb characterized their rival for the presidency, Aoun, as a "Syrian agent" willing to sacri [...]
2006-04-20 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV OREP SY LE
06BEIRUT1276MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI GIVES PREVIEW OF NATIONAL
[...] (C) In an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was happy with Prime Minister Siniora's visit to Washington last week. When the Ambassador asked why Salloukh maintained an unpleasant expression the whole [...]
2006-04-25 15:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT1369MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REACTS TO
[...] (C) Polchief and econoff met with Rola Noureddine, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, on May 3 to discuss the widely reported Syrian-built earthen berms in the Biqa' Valley. Noureddine and General Said Eid confirmed the press reports, showing us a video of the berms. They said Syrian [...]
2006-05-03 14:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PBTS PREL SY
06BEIRUT1392MGLE01: JOINT AMBASSADORIAL-PHARMACEUTICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, French Ambassador Emie, and European Commission Head of Delegation Renauld, together with a delegation that included members of the pharmaceutical industry, discussed the problems of the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate concerning pharmaceuticals in Leb [...]
2006-05-04 12:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE
06BEIRUT1417MGLE01: UNIIIC CHIEF BRAMMERTZ CITES PROGRESS,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 16 below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz said his team is now well-established, has considerable momentum, and is pursuing several fruitful lines of inquiry. In a meeting that took place before the GOL's o [...]
2006-05-05 15:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1444MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S DINNER WITH LEBANESE
[...] (C) On May 3, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at his residence for visiting PM A/S Hillen. The guests represented a diverse range of international and Lebanese political figures, all united by their common interest in Lebanon's security situation and relationship with the United States. Durin [...]
2006-05-08 12:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM LE PGOV PM SY
06BEIRUT1461MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The normally taciturn Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was almost buoyant in his May 5 meeting with PM A/S Hillen. A/S Hillen accompanied by the Ambassador spoke with Salloukh about U.S. assistance to Lebanon, and U.S. commitment to Lebanon in the wake of PM Sinora's A [...]
2006-05-10 05:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE
06BEIRUT1464MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...]
2006-05-10 06:45:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT1467MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH LAF COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Hillen, accompanied by Ambassador, DATT, and ODC Chief, met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman at the Lebanese Armed Forces Headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. Suleiman welcomed the prospect of g [...]
2006-05-10 07:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER PBTS LE SY
06BEIRUT1470MGLE01: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to discuss the health of the Lebanese economy and the prospects of PM Siniora's economic reform program. Salameh began the meeting by briefing the Ambassador on two recent reports by t [...]
2006-05-10 10:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE
06BEIRUT1712MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...]
2006-05-31 12:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT1733MGLE01: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES FOR RELEASE OF
[...] (C) As the national commission charged with drafting a new electoral law has been conducting its work, civil society activists have been developing an eight-point platform for promoting electoral reform. All eight points, including proportional representation and an independent electoral com [...]
2006-06-01 14:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BEIRUT1808MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...]
2006-06-07 12:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE
06BEIRUT1849MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN,
[...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...]
2006-06-08 15:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR
06BEIRUT1964MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT
[...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...]
2006-06-15 14:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2091MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER HADDAD
[...] (C) Summary. On June 20, the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The Ambassador told Haddad that he would like to see a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) si [...]
2006-06-23 12:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD KIPR LE
06BEIRUT2258MGLE01: MEA LIKELY TO CHOOSE AIRBUS BECAUSE OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Ambassador and econoff met with Middle East Airlines (MEA) President Mohammad Hout on June 28 and Edward Schachle, Sales Director for Boeing in the Middle e"QZz[t_Q/=^QtqOa+(5QQQ 2012, and MEA cannot afford short-term leases on its aircraft to "bridge the gap." In nine [...]
2006-07-05 15:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BEXP LE
06BEIRUT2443TFLE01: AMINE GEMAYEL SAYS CEASE-FIRE SHOULD
[...] (S/NF) In a 7/21 meeting, Amine Gemayel, former President of the Republic of Lebanon, told the Ambassador that diplomatic efforts to solve the current conflict should focus on securing a long term solution to the cyclical security crises along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with any discussions of pr [...]
2006-07-23 09:37:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2474TFLE01: SHIA ANGER BUTTRESSING HIZBALLAH;
[...] (C/NF) On July 26, Embassy contacts in the Shia community reported that Shia support for Hizballah was strong, as was anger at the USG for supporting Israel. There was a general feeling that Hizballah must remain armed or "they" will pick off the Shia one by one. Morale inside Hizballah remains hig [...]
2006-07-26 15:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KISL LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2544TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A
[...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...]
2006-08-07 06:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2649ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS
[...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...]
2006-08-15 13:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2697BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH
[...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]
2006-08-18 17:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2735LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME
[...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...]
2006-08-24 06:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2767LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE,
[...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL LE
06BEIRUT2768LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2769LEBANON: TASHNAG INSECURE ABOUT TURKISH TROOPS
[...] (C) During an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN, Armenian-Lebanese politician Hagop Pakradounian (MP for Bourj Hammoud) claimed that the entire Armenian community in Lebanon opposes the deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL, adding that they sus [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO AR TU LE
06BEIRUT2776LEBANON: CODEL LANTOS CAUTIONS PM SINIORA THAT
[...] (C/NF) When PM Siniora asked for U.S. assistance in lifting Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon, Congressman Lantos directly challenged the Prime Minister to explain what his government was doing to ensure the secure border provisions of UNSCR 1701 were being fully implemented. Rep. La [...]
2006-08-28 05:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2777LEBANON: AOUN UNREPENTANT ON HIZBALLAH ALLIANCE
[...] (C) In a August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader and ex-General Michel Aoun tried unconvincingly to rationalize his political alliance with H [...]
2006-08-28 05:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2791LEBANON: EDDE SEES DIMINISHED MARONITE ROLE;
[...] (C) During an August 24 luncheon with the Ambassador, Pol/econ chief, and poloff at his home in Yarze, ex-Minister and Head of the Maronite League Michel Edde offered familiar lamentations that Christians in Lebanon are no longer as influential as they once were and that the Shi'a and Sunna [...]
2006-08-28 16:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2797LARSEN ON ANNAN'S TRIP: MICRO PICTURE GOOD; MACRO
[...] (S/NF) On 8/29, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings the previous day. Annan, according to Larsen, made headway with PM Siniora on direct consultations between the Israelis and Lebanese, but only in the context of the 1949 Armistice Agreeme [...]
2006-08-29 09:43:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT280MGLE01: HEAD OF HIGHER SHIA COUNCIL ADVOCATES NEW
[...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador met with Acting Chairman of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abed al-Amir Qabalan. Qabalan offered a critique of US policy in Lebanon and the Middle East, accusing the USG of practicing a double standard by not meeting with President Emile Lahoud and himself [...]
2006-01-31 08:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2831LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT
[...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...]
2006-09-01 06:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2867LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE
[...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...]
2006-09-06 05:43:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY
06BEIRUT2935LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT
[...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...]
2006-09-12 10:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2947LEBANON: HADDAD AND AZOUR URGE DUAL
[...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on September 11 with Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Finance Minister Jihad Azour to discuss the recent conflict's impact on the Lebanese economic and financial situation. Both expressed some frustration at the lack of clarity of th [...]
2006-09-12 15:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID LE
06BEIRUT2975LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND
[...] (S/NF) During a 9/13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff in the library of his Mukhtara home, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the next three months will be critical for Lebanon and that the Hariri tribunal will be the driving concern. Claiming that last week's attempted assassination of ISF [...]
2006-09-14 07:51:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3008LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM
[...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...]
2006-09-15 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN LE PREL
06BEIRUT3071LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) The recent conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14 was, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. Although casualty figures did not approach the 1983 Grapes of Wrath [...]
2006-09-22 04:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3090LEBANON: HIZBALLAH RALLY STOKES POLITICAL FIRES
[...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding and made an appearance at a massive rally in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday (9/22),rejecting calls for his group to disarm (except in the distant future) and claiming it had more than 20,000 rockets. In his speech Nasrallah praised [...]
2006-09-25 15:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3092LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP
[...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...]
2006-09-25 16:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3126LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH MP SAAD AL-HARIRI
[...] (U) Calling on Mustaqbal ("Future") Party leader and MP Saad al-Hariri in his Qureitem mansion, CODEL Lahood repeatedly expressed its support for Lebanon and solicited Hariri's suggestions for their upcoming meeting with Israeli PM Olmert and for action upon their return to the US. Congressman [...]
2006-09-27 13:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PREL
06BEIRUT3232LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER
[...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...]
2006-10-05 15:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3431LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh emphasized resolution of the Palestinian situation as the key to peace and stability throughout the region. He also indicated that improving Lebanese relations with Israel depended on Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar, Lebanon gaining control of the Sheba'a Fa [...]
2006-10-25 09:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT3563LEBANON: WORLD BANK MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON PARIS
[...] (U) World Bank Middle East Department Director Joseph Saba noted Nasrallah's October 31 ultimatum as disturbing and a challenge to the confidence that holds up Lebanon's fiscal house of cards, but views awareness of the need for essential economic reforms as recognized across the Lebanese polit [...]
2006-11-06 15:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3603UN OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION, TRIBUNAL,
[...] (S/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/10, UN officials Geir Pedersen, Michael Williams, and Salman Shaikh claimed that Israeli officials, whom they had met earlier that week, had hinted at stopping overflights if the USG could provide equivalent intelligence. Rejecting the Ambassador's [...]
2006-11-12 06:59:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM UNSC PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3766DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS
[...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...]
2006-12-05 17:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3829LEBANON: STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETS MARCH 14 LEADERS
[...] (C) Visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Puneet Talwar in late November met for two days with March 14 politicians, government figures, NGO leaders, and FPM leader General Michel Aoun. March 14 leaders envisioned an eventual political compromise would follow demonstrations, [...]
2006-12-14 13:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3860LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Visiting Senator Nelson praised Prime Minister Siniora's leadership and courage and said that he had instructed Syrian President Asad to stop interfering in Lebanon. The Senator reassured the PM that the United States would continue to support Lebanon regardless of difficulties or develop [...]
2006-12-19 16:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3914CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON
[...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...]
2006-12-29 16:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ECON LE PGOV
06BEIRUT414MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GOL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 10, the Ambassador and Econoff called on Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss GOL efforts to improve the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate in Lebanon and encourage the GOL to prepare a submission of recent IPR efforts and future plans [...]
2006-02-13 16:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE
06BEIRUT470MGLE01: CHIBLI MALLAT'S PLAN TO REMOVE LAHOUD
[...] (C) Lawyer (and would-be Lebanese president) Chibli Mallat described to us a plan to remove President Lahoud from office according to the constitution. Rather than amending the constitution yet again -- to void the 2004 amendment that extended Lahoud's term in office -- Mallat called for Par [...]
2006-02-16 17:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT550MGLE01: LEBANESE FORCES MP DESCRIBES LEBANON'S
[...] (C) MP George Adwan, who represents Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' in inter-communal negotiations, said much of the rhetoric coming from Michel Aoun and Samir Ja'ja concerning the tenure of President Lahoud is irresponsible and dangerous. Adwan believes the inexperience and excessive e [...]
2006-02-23 10:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT567SINIORA BRINGS THE POPE ON BOARD, SAYS "NO" TO
[...] (C) In a 2/22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora claimed to have convinced the Vatican to push for President Lahoud's resignation. He said that the Maronite Patriarch and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri are both on board with Lahoud's resignation, but that Michel Aoun still [...]
2006-02-24 15:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER SY LE IR
06BEIRUT581MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS
[...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]
2006-02-27 17:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT728MGLE01: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO
[...] On March 9, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Dr.Muhammad Baasiri, head of the Lebanese Central Bank's Special Investigation Commission. Baasiri will lead the Lebanese delegation to the Cairo plenary. 2. Baasiri, who recently completed his term as president of the MENA-FATF, was well-acqu [...]
2006-03-09 15:56:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN LE
06BEIRUT836MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...]
2006-03-17 13:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN LE
06BEIRUT969MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT
[...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...]
2006-03-28 07:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BERLIN1132GERMANY'S GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA: BACKGROUND TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy issues will feature in Chancellor Merkel's agenda for April 26-27 talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Siberia. Recent EU-Gazprom exchanges and German media have played up the emotional side of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. Economics Minister Glos and an al [...]
2006-04-27 05:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN
06BERLIN1227IRAN: GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 press conference, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU),Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and frequent commentator in the German media, provided a readout of his May 2-3 visit to Tehran. Polenz said that the nuclear subject had come to dominate the publi [...]
2006-05-05 15:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR
06BERLIN1443TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK
[...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...]
2006-05-26 19:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU
06BERLIN1494GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA"
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...]
2006-06-02 13:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN1651 GERMANY'S 2007 EU PRESIDENCY: THE ENERGY AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany expects to coordinate an ambitious energy initiative for the country's 2007 EU Presidency in the first half of 2007. Germany's EU Presidency will include a kind of "Lisbon Agenda" action plan for EU energy efficiency, use of renewables, and internal market coordination. [...]
2006-06-16 04:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD PGOV SENV EINV PREL EUN GM
06BERLIN1781SPD CALLS FOR MORE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26 the Social Democratic party (SPD) held a conference under the rubric: "Peace through Disarmament: International Law and Nuclear Nonproliferation." FM Steinmeier (SPD) and IAEA DG ElBaradei were the keynote speakers. During the conference, Steinmeier and other SPD l [...]
2006-06-27 15:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP IAEA NATO PGOV GM
06BERLIN2676S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT
[...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]
2006-09-13 07:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN2782GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY - LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce EU's meetings on September 13 and 14 with officials responsible for Germany's EU presidential agenda at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economics and Chancellery provided a comprehensive preview of Germany's EU presidency economic agenda. Ge [...]
2006-09-20 16:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG GM PGOV PREL EU
06BERLIN3045IRAQ/US/UK JOINT DEMARCHE ON IRAQ COMPACT;
[...] (C) Iraqi Embassy Counselor Qais Naif Abboud and Attache Bashar F. Al-Bander, UK Embassy Poloff Neil Holland, and Global Affairs Officer jointly delivered ref demarche October 16 to MFA Iraq Working Group Chief Ruediger Lotz and two of his staff including desk officer Christofer Burger. Abboud [...]
2006-10-19 18:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN IZ GM
06BERLIN3060SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN JAMES L.
[...] SUMMARY. Your visit to Germany -- Frankfurt October 23 and Berlin October 26-28 -- provides excellent opportunities to advance U.S.-German cooperation and to refute German public misperceptions about U.S. climate and energy policies. The visit particularly offers opportunities to engage on [...]
2006-10-20 18:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN3093U.S. OFFICIALS INSPECT SUSPECTED STOLEN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: USG and German Customs officials inspected the German auto dealer Eble 4X4 Restaurationen, located in Lahr, Germany, on October 4, 2006, on suspicions that Eble planned to export stolen U.S. military HMMWVs (reftel) from Germany. Although the USG officials continued to harbor su [...]
2006-10-25 09:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC MASS PARM GM
06BERLIN3412DEMARCHE TO GERMAN MFA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Sabine Sparwasser, MFA Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Affairs, on December 1. MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel also attended. Sparwasser stated that she expects EU coordination on any public statement regarding the upcoming Iranian ele [...]
2006-12-01 14:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3433SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA PDAS JAMES F. JEFFREY
[...] (C) After a brief honeymoon during her first year in office, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Grand Coalition government face low opinion ratings at home. This owes largely to difficulties with domestic economic, social, and political restructuring; the debate about the role of German troops [...]
2006-12-05 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3452GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...]
2006-12-07 18:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM
06BERLIN3490(C) MERKEL AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Improving the tone of transatlantic relations has been a key goal of the first year of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, and she largely has succeeded, to the benefit of the U.S. and Germany. Merkel has not taken bold steps yet to improve the substantive content of the relationship, however [...]
2006-12-13 10:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3492A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...]
2006-12-14 08:08:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALUNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE
06BERLIN3517ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OLMERT'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) (Summary) During Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's visit to Berlin on December 11-12 he held extensive discussions with Chancellor Merkel and met more briefly with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and President Koehler. Most of the discussions with Merkel took place without any other staff prese [...]
2006-12-15 15:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE SP SY XF GM
06BERLIN3529ENGAGING MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] Summary. Mission Germany has expanded its Muslim engagement efforts to include a series of roundtable discussions on U.S. foreign policy with prominent members of Germany's Muslim communities. Despite skepticism and suspicion from some interlocutors, most are keen to express their political [...]
2006-12-18 16:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM KISL PTER
06BERLIN3542FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor Charles King Mallory and NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby met with representatives from two German political foundations December 6-7. In separate meetings, representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FEF [...]
2006-12-20 09:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI GM
06BERLIN3558GERMANY SUPPORTS NARROW SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with German government officials and business associations show continued willingness to support targeted sanctions concerning Iran's nuclear and missile programs, but at the same time reflect little enthusiasm for pursuing broader sanctions against Iran. Official [...]
2006-12-21 10:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET ETRD GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERN1553FM CALMY-REY LASHES OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, EU \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 08:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SZ
06BERN1571STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 15:12:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL SZ SW
06BERN2122SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 16:16:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID EUN SZ
06BERN898SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 15:15:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SZ VE
06BISHKEK1297REPORT OF THE BISHKEK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 6, 2006 to review the disappearance of Major Jill Metzger, assigned to Manas Airbase. Present at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, DAO, PAS, CONS, MGT, RLA, GSO and Base Representative [...]
2006-09-07 09:55:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG PINR
06BOGOTA10323U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) October 24, 2006; 430PM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Daniel Tomlinson, NSC Attorney Advisor Patricia Pugh, L Political Co [...]
2006-11-07 15:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD PTER KJUS CO
06BOGOTA1642URIBE THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET IN LA MACARENA
[...] (C) President Uribe's frustration with another FARC attack on the security cordon protecting manual eradicators in La Macarena resulted in his reported comment February 16 that he would bomb areas of the park. The February 15 FARC attack killed six police officers and was the third major attack [...]
2006-02-22 15:39:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO SNAR
06BOGOTA3574SENATOR REED MEETS WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE OSPINA
[...] (C) In a cordial 50 minute meeting on April 19, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ambassador Wood met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Camilo Ospina, Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces General Carlos Ospina, Colombian National Police (CNP) Director Jorge Castro, and Vice Minister of Defense Jorge [...]
2006-04-21 22:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER CO
06BRASILIA1204AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES CITIGROUP BRAZIL FOR THE
[...] (U) Based upon its innovative approach to development and export, Charge d'Affaires nominates the U.S. multinational firm Citigroup Brasil for the Secretary's 2006 Corporate Excellence Award. 2. (U) Begin Text of Award Nomination With over 220,000 checking accounts, US$ 1.5 billion in [...]
2006-06-16 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
06BRASILIA1276SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...]
2006-06-26 15:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA1509SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78
[...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]
2006-07-27 13:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1670BRAZIL NONCOMMITTAL ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOB officials responded in a noncommittal fashion to visiting S/P Director Krasner's presentation on the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). During an August 4 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, GOB officials expressed concerns about the PDG's relationship, if any, to [...]
2006-08-14 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC BR
06BRASILIA1719BRAZIL'S TRIANGULAR DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM
[...] Summary: On August 4, Ambassador Sobel hosted a lunch for S/P Director Stephen Krasner and a cadre of Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and international officials, following Krasner's consultations with GOB officials on the Partnership in Democratic Governance (PDG) initiative. GoB interlo [...]
2006-08-17 18:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1966BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On 14 September, Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns and DATT) made a courtesy call on General Jorge Armando Felix, Minister for Institutional Security in the Brazilian Presidency. Felix's office oversees both national intelligence and narcotics prevention efforts nationwide, [...]
2006-09-18 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL BR
06BRASILIA2066REPORT ON BRAZIL WORKSHOP ON MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored with their Brazilian counterpart, the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO),a workshop entitled, "Measurements and Standards for Biofuels: Enabling a Transition from [...]
2006-09-28 12:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO TSPA SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA2521 BRAZILIANS BEGIN TO SPEAK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL "CRISIS"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Air Traffic Controllers' continued "work to rule" operation, which reduces the number of aircraft each controller handles to the maximum allowed by International Civil Aviation Organization standards (14),has made flight delays routine in Brazil: on November 27, accord [...]
2006-11-30 16:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA CASC ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA111SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 10, 2006
[...] (C) The departure of KDH from the ruling coalition (refs B-D),which resulted in the resignation of three cabinet Ministers and the Chairman of Parliament, has also affected our working-level contacts. The spokesman for former parliament Chairman Pavol Hrusovsky sounded shell-shocked as he [...]
2006-02-10 16:09:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO BO LO
06BRATISLAVA386SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIA-LEBANON UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on May 10 to MFA Directors for International Organizations, UN Security Council, and Middle East affairs. Colleagues from the British Embassy also followed-up on May 11. On May 12, Ambassador Vladimir Lomen from the UNSC Coordination Unit called to say [...]
2006-05-15 06:40:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC SY LE LO
06BRATISLAVA586SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 17 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 14:33:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA597AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED IRAQ WITH FM KUBIS
[...] (U) his cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Jan Kubis 7/19 briefed the Ambassador on the GOS,s progress on the Iraq portion of the government program, which is due to be announed August 1. Kubis noted the government has been uniform in its [...]
2006-07-20 15:46:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA619GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...]
2006-07-29 17:42:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETIZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA73SLOVAK REACTION TO PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on Palestinian election results on January 27. The text is available in English at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic welcome peaceful atmosphere in which t [...]
2006-01-27 15:46:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL KPAL UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA750CONGRESSMAN LANTOS URGES SLOVAKIA TO RESOLVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4 in Brtislava, Representative Tom Lantos (D-California) delivered the message to the GOS that ethnic Slovak-Hungarian tensions must be resolved and that the Slovak government needs to do more to assure its role on the world stage. Rep. Lantos met with Prime Minist [...]
2006-09-08 14:58:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL LE IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA763IRAQI FM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE, SEES NO PROBLEM WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The September 8 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari gave the Slovak government the impression that Iraq has no problem with the withdrawal of Slovak troops, as long as there is some symbolic follow-on presence in the form of training or other cooperation. Zebari thanked the go [...]
2006-09-13 15:14:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA783SLOVAKIA WILL MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) Continued dialogue with Syria, both in Damascus and New York, is an important way for Slovakia to demonstrate that it is an independent and fair-minded member of the UNSC, according to Ambassador Klara Novotna, Deputy Director of the 4th Territorial District and Head of the Middle East Divi [...]
2006-09-26 10:20:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER USUN SY LE LO
06BRATISLAVA804TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOVAKIA
[...] Based on data released by the Slovak Statistical Office, Slovakia's total industrial production reached Slovak Koruna (SKK) 1,345 billion (USD 45.6 billion) in 2005 (this applies to enterprises with more than 19 employees). Total textile production accounted for SKK 11,101 million (USD 376 mi [...]
2006-10-04 06:17:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX LO
06BRATISLAVA84SLOVAKIA; 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) Embassy Bratislava's submissions for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense follows in paragraphs 2-13. Information is keyed to paragraph numbers in Reftel. The POC for this report in Bratislava is Political Military Officer Aaron Chase. Telephone nu [...]
2006-02-01 14:18:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MCAP LO
06BRIDGETOWN1235EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING,
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy convoked an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Friday, July 14, 2006, attended by Ambassador, A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDA, PAS, OBO, and GSO. A/DCM explained the need to review the security posture of [...]
2006-07-14 21:04:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER BB
06BRIDGETOWN1453MFA STATEMENT ON UN RESOLUTION 1701
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received via fax a statement from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on UN Resolution 1701. Begin Text Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on the UN Resolution 1701 Calling for a Ceasefire in the Lebanon/Israeli Conflict [...]
2006-08-18 16:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDODIP DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1542ST. LUCIA'S DISCONNECTED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and MLO Aboyagye traveled to St. Lucia August 3 to dedicate two SOUTHCOM-constructed projects and meet informally with St. Lucia Prime Minister Anthony. While both ceremonies created positive public impressions of U.S.-St. Lucia cooperation, Ambassador Kramer [...]
2006-09-01 21:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1556BARBADOS: OP-ED RILES LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 26, a leading daily newspaper ran a half-page op-ed piece in its weekly "As A Matter Of Fact" column, which offended Barbados' Jewish community. Intended as criticism of the armed conflict in Lebanon, the article degenerated into the propaganda of intolerance. The pap [...]
2006-09-06 13:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC OPRC KPAO SCUL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1946ST. LUCIA: RULING PARTY HAS A LEG UP ON A CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia faces a close race in the upcoming national elections, which have not yet been called but are expecteD sometime in December. The opposition party is resting its hopes on the current desire for change apparent among the populace, while the ruling party is basing its cam [...]
2006-11-03 21:37:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN199FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB
06BRIDGETOWN2180 OCTOGENARIAN SIR JOHN COMPTON RETURNED TO THE HELM IN ST.
[...] (U) The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) unexpectedly dominated the December 11 St. Lucia parliamentary elections with an 11-6 win. This electoral upset returns 80-year-old Sir John Compton to the Prime Minister's seat for his seventh term in the position (Compton previously served 1964-7 [...]
2006-12-12 16:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN429GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...]
2006-03-08 16:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN911BARBADOS/TRINIDAD MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Teresa Marshall invited representatives from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to the MFA for a private briefing on the recently settled Barbados/Trinidad maritime boundary dispute. Marshall painted a picture of slipper [...]
2006-05-26 19:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPBTS EPET EFIS PREL BB TT XL
06BRUSSELS1153EU OFFICIALS PREVIEW MAY 24 EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings March 23 with visiting EUR/RUS Director Warlick, EU officials said their overall expectations for the May 24 EU-Russia Summit are low. The sides will begin discussions/negotiations on a successor framework document to replace the existing EU-Russia Partnership and Coo [...]
2006-04-04 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1512(C) BELGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT DETAINED IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 15:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR BE AU CA
06BRUSSELS1637Belgium's Environmental Management: The
[...] (U) Summary. In contrast with government rhetoric touting commitment to a clean environment, Belgium's environmental management ranks poorly among EU member states. The country's geography, linguistic divisions, and complex political structure contribute to a difficult environmental policym [...]
2006-05-16 16:50:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EINV BE
06BRUSSELS2249BELGIUM RECONSIDERS RENOUNCING NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The recent release of a political party-sponsored study of Belgium's nuclear energy options, combined with our analysis of views expressed more privately by Belgian government officials indicate that serious thought is being given to Belgium's future energy options. Opinion di [...]
2006-06-30 10:18:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG SENV PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2675TFLE01: BELGIANS CONSIDER INVOLVEMENT IN MIDDLE
[...] (U) Summary. Since the Qana raid, FM De Gucht called for an immediate cease-fire and offered Belgian military involvement in a stabilization force. On August 2, Charge clarified Belgian thinking and reviewed US ideas on the crisis. The Belgians think a UN PKO as the best option. On operations [...]
2006-08-03 12:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BE
06BRUSSELS2786LEBANON ISSUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELGIANS
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, PolCouns discussed the then pending UNSCR on Lebanon with Belgian MFA Director for the Middle East Christian Monnoyer on August 12. Monnoyer appreciated our efforts to keep him informed. 2. (C) In a discussion the previous day, Monnoyer confirmed that "very the [...]
2006-08-14 12:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS
06BRUSSELS2974BELGIANS WILL URGE DELIVERY OF STRONG MESSAGE TO
[...] (U) Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht will urge the delivery of a strong message to the Iranians at the conclusion of the September 1 Gymnich in Finland. Despite some nervousness on the part of several EU members, De Gucht reportedly expects little difficulty in reaching agreement to follow [...]
2006-09-01 12:05:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PGOV PREL BE
06BRUSSELS3103DEMARCHES ON SYRIA AND LEBANON
[...] (C) Poloff discussed points on Syria and Lebanon (refs A and B) with Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff, responsible for middle eastern affairs, in the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Bodson said Belgian Foreign Minister DeGucht generally believed a constructive dialogue was needed with all th [...]
2006-09-14 14:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALBE PGOV PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU IS
06BRUSSELS3109AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of more forces for Afghanistan, adding that he would get the details worked out with the Socialist coalition partners after local elections October 8. He also s [...]
2006-09-14 15:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE
06BRUSSELS3203DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE
[...] (C) The Belgian government generally shares USG goals at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, according to France Chainay, Director for Human Rights matters in the MFA's International Organizations Division. She told polcouns the Belgians were particularly anxious to avoid having one [...]
2006-09-22 11:03:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM BE
06BRUSSELS3578Belgian Chemicals Industry Faces Challenges
[...] (U) Summary. Belgium's chemical industry is one of the country's most important economic sectors, representing 16 percent of national GDP. Many American chemical companies maintain a significant presence in Belgium. The industry faces challenges as high demand draws investment to the develo [...]
2006-10-20 15:12:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEIND EINV BE
06BRUSSELS3664BELGIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL AT UNGA DEMARCHE --
[...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Bndicte Frankinet, the Director (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's International Organizations Division. She said the Belgian government generally shared U.S. views on both the resolutions discussed in reftel, and on the broader issue of fighting anti-Is [...]
2006-10-27 15:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL
06BRUSSELS3669BELGIUM'S COOL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING
[...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht's Deputy Chief of Staff for Middle East Affairs, Jean-Luc Bodson, told us the MFA could not agree with the USG request about dealing with the Syrians. Bodson explained that the Belgians thought the U.S. approach would be "counterproductiv [...]
2006-10-27 15:47:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS BE
06BRUSSELS409EU ON AMIS REHATTING: BRUSSELS DONOR CONFERENCE?
[...] (C) Summary. The EU agrees that AMIS rehatting to a UN peacekeeping operation should happen as soon as possible. Because of funding constraints, both the AU and the UN need to make important decisions this month. The UN has urged the Commission to host a donor conference in Brussels. While [...]
2006-02-06 15:49:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF DPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS4121EU SUMMIT TO ISSUE TOUGH MESSAGE TO IRAN
[...] EU Foreign Ministers will prepare a tough declaration on Iran and the Middle East for European leaders to approve at their December 15 summit in Brussels, according to Jesper Hostrup, Principal Administrator and Iran Coordinator in the European Commission,s Directorate General for External Re [...]
2006-12-13 18:22:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN IR KDEM PGOV PREL
06BRUSSELS4195SOLANA TELLS NATSIOS EU AND US NEED JOINT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 09:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALBE PREL SU
06BRUSSELS472MESSAGE ON LATIN AMERICA RESONATES WITH EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Brussels, WHA A/S Shannon's message that the U.S. was seeking partners in promoting the Summit of the Americas agenda for the hemisphere resonated strongly with EU officials, including EU HighRep Javier Solana. On Venezuela, the EU said it would continu [...]
2006-02-10 17:16:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EAID VE BL CU POGV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS493DEMARCHE TO EC ON HMONG CHILDREN
[...] (SBU) PRM Assistant delivered reftel A. talking points and met with the European Commission's, South East Asia Administrator at DG RELEX, Ulla Olsson, on February 9. Olsson admitted that she had only become aware of the situation concerning the Hmong children about a month ago. She indicated t [...]
2006-02-13 16:49:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALLA PHUM PREF PREL TH USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS899EU PUSHING FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON ASIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Chris Hill met with EU Foreign Policy Advisor Robert Cooper during a brief stop-over in Brussels February 17. Hill's perspective on key developments in DPRK, China, Burma and Indonesia were well-received by a fully [...]
2006-03-15 17:18:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR XE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS928GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO
[...] (C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 GAERC. EU Foreign Ministers will review how to handle Hamas, given rumors that Hamas could name the personnel it wants in a government over the March 18-19 w [...]
2006-03-17 13:52:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1219ROMANIAN LIMITS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary. Despite popular sentiment in Romania that it is already stretched thin in contributing to peacekeeping operations overseas, decision makers appear cautiously optimistic that Romania would contribute to an international peace keeping force, should there be an UN mandate to stabili [...]
2006-07-31 16:03:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1335ROMANIA: PLANS FOR STOCKHOLM DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Romania MFA has proposed/proposed a &symbolic but credible8 deployment of gendarmes to support the peace process in Lebanon, and as part of the Romanian contribution to be made at the Stockholm donors conference. The Prime Minister has not yet agreed to the proposal, and there i [...]
2006-08-25 15:21:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID LE RO
06BUCHAREST1479ROMANIA: SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) DepPolChief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Laura Mircea. Mircea noted that there was no solution to the Lebanese situation without Syria, and that within the EU process, Romania supported engaging Syria in discussions on the situation in [...]
2006-09-20 15:58:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER USUN LE SY EU RO
06BUCHAREST1583ROMANIA INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) Summary. Romania has expanded its participation in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) activities over the past year. Romania has strengthened domestic legislation and export controls, and improved interagency cooperation. Romania has focused on working with regional counterparts on [...]
2006-10-16 11:54:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMNUC MOPS PARM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1665DNI NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH OPPOSITION PSD
[...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with DNI Negroponte and the Ambassador, opposition PSD head Mircea Geoana evinced concern about a posssible post-EU accession malaise in Romanian politics, with weak and divided governance for the next several years. Geoana was skeptical about prospects for early ele [...]
2006-10-31 16:38:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1686GOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM MNF-I AND ITS BAGHDAD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 09:10:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1707ROMANIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER
[...] (C) The following information is geared to reftel cable request: A) Contact information for TFCO: John Rodgers; Economic Section Chief; 4021 200-3440; rodgersjr@state.gov; rodgersj@state.sgov.gov; B) Contact information for deputy TFCO: Benjamin Rockwell; Deputy Economic Section Chie [...]
2006-11-09 15:28:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKTFN ETTC KVPR EFIN PTER PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1883COMMUNICATION IN MUNAF CASE
[...] (C) DCM accompanied by PolCouns and Resident Legal Advisor met with representatives from the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Foreign Ministry December 19 to discuss reftel request to streamline communications between the USG and GOR regarding the Munaf case. DCM underscored the need [...]
2006-12-20 14:56:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO
06BUDAPEST2361HUNGARIAN RESPONSE: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (U) Ambassador Foley spoke with FM Goncz November 24 regarding the upcoming BMENA Forum for the Future per reftel. 2. (U) The Foreign Minister noted that she is committed to host an upcoming high-level conference on the Balkans in coordination with the Project on Ethnic Relations and will [...]
2006-11-24 14:40:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI PREL
06BUDAPEST2438HUNGARY'S REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 11:17:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS
06BUDAPEST644HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST:
[...] (U) MSZP is likely to gain seats from FIDESZ in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County. During a March 23-24 reporting trip to the area, most interlocutors predicted to poloffs that in addition to holding on to its two districts in the county seat of Nyiregyhaza, MSZP could win up to half the remaini [...]
2006-03-29 14:37:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUENOSAIRES1059MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...]
2006-05-10 19:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1079ARGENTINA DEMARCHE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN
[...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 11 to Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo of the Office of International Organizations of the Argentine Foreign Ministry. PolCouns reviewed points in reftel with Gomez and Raballo and underscored the importance we place on GoA supp [...]
2006-05-11 20:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SY LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES117MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S
[...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...]
2006-01-17 20:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE
06BUENOSAIRES1188MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...]
2006-05-24 19:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES119MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...]
2006-01-17 21:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE
06BUENOSAIRES1364MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IMF-ARGENTINA MIDDLE EAST FTAA-MERCOSUR
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Senate allegedly limiting US President Bush's war power in Iraq; the report of external auditors on the IMF performance in handling the 2001 Argentine crisis and the Independent Evaluation Office's review; the situ [...]
2006-06-16 19:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1441THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...]
2006-06-27 17:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1454ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...]
2006-06-28 20:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES146STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...]
2006-01-19 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR
06BUENOSAIRES1465USG-THE NEW YORK TIMES; MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the confrontation between the USG and The New York Times newspaper over the newspaper's disclosure of the USG's alleged banking espionage; US supporting the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories aimed at rescuing an [...]
2006-06-29 18:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1487RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...]
2006-07-03 20:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1535INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...]
2006-07-10 20:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1586US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...]
2006-07-18 10:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1587JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...]
2006-07-18 13:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES159MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...]
2006-01-20 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES163MEDIA REACTION IRAN ALLEGED A/S SHANNON'S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Argentina's alignment with the US against Iran and promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy; the Latin American intervention in Haiti; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' visit to Argentina and his announcement [...]
2006-01-20 22:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1679WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...]
2006-07-28 17:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES168MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES PRESIDENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' inauguration ceremony and the progress of indigenous movements in Latin America; the US attitude toward Morales; the US-Argentine relationship; the possible nomination of US Assistant Secretary Earl Anthony Wayne [...]
2006-01-23 19:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1681SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...]
2006-07-28 18:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1682WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...]
2006-07-28 18:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1707WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...]
2006-08-01 18:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES171CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA
[...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY),accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL),Richard Burr (R-NC),and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...]
2006-01-23 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES1743WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...]
2006-08-04 13:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1746ARGENTINA AND POSSIBLE TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told CDA on July 29 (ref. B) that Argentina will attend the Force Generation Meeting in New York--once scheduled--and would consider participation in a UN Lebanon force, depending on conditions on the ground. Since CDA's conversation [...]
2006-08-04 15:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES1786MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 18:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1787GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...]
2006-08-09 18:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1809MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...]
2006-08-11 19:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1825US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP review in Argen [...]
2006-08-14 15:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1869GOA'S DECISION NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO LEBANON; FUNDING OF
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories examine the Argentine government's rejection of the UNSC request to send troops to Lebanon; confirmation by a Hezbollah leader that some of its funding is sourced in Argentina; and an editorial about the terrorist threat highlighted by the plot uncov [...]
2006-08-18 20:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1886MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 16:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2033THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...]
2006-09-07 20:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2100FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES'
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...]
2006-09-15 11:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES213Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] The peso depreciated 0.7 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.07 ARP/USD. This week's depreciation is mainly explained by higher dollar demand by banks as well as greater Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, where it purchased USD 200 million and EUR 10 million in the [...]
2006-01-30 10:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2149IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...]
2006-09-20 18:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2274NORTH KOREA AND THE US; MIAMI HERALD EDITOR;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea's announcement that it will test its nuclear technology for military purposes and the USG's reaction to this announcement; the resignation of The Miami Herald editor due to Cuban Americans' pressure; a Latino-Coalition s [...]
2006-10-06 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2423AMIA BOMBING - REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST ORDER
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers widely report on the AMIA bombing prosecutor's request that an international arrest order be issued against former Iranian president Ali-Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani and seven other former Iranian government officials. The U.S.'s strong support for the investig [...]
2006-10-27 09:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2448ARGENTINA TO SEEK BALANCED RESOLUTION ON THE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that the Argentine government (GOA) supports efforts to realize a lasting a [...]
2006-10-31 14:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PREL PTER AR LE IS
06BUENOSAIRES2449ARGENTINA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that he would coordinate with his colleagues in the Division of Human Righ [...]
2006-10-31 14:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS AR
06BUENOSAIRES2458US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; US ELECTIONS;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the state of the US-Argentine relationship based on a report from the US Department of State about Argentina and what kind of cooperation the US expects from Argentina; the upcoming US elections; and the outcome of Brazilian elections [...]
2006-11-02 12:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2541WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...]
2006-11-14 13:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2691CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]
2006-12-05 19:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2694CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...]
2006-12-05 21:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2723CODEL GOODLATTE MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Goodlatte November 30 meetings in Argentina included discussions with senior officials at the GoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, and the Argentine Lower House of Congress, as well as with U.S. company representatives at the American Chamber of Commerc [...]
2006-12-11 14:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAGR AR OREP ETRD
06BUENOSAIRES2731ARGENTINA: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC THEMATIC
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered talking points in reftel to the MFA Office of International Organizations on December 7, prior to the long holiday weekend in Argentina. PolCouns followed up on November 11 with Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio. 2. (C) Fernandez Salorio said Argentina will be repr [...]
2006-12-11 20:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS AR
06BUENOSAIRES2754IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...]
2006-12-15 09:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2783IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...]
2006-12-19 19:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2784US TIES WITH CUBA AND VENEZUELA; RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's main international stories include the US relations with Cuba and Venezuela; the public image of Russian President Putin in the aftermath of the murder of former spy Litvinenko; and Iran's move to promote a "historical revision" of the Holocaust. All local newspap [...]
2006-12-19 19:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES433ARGENTINA ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING
[...] (C) On February 23 POLOFF delivered the President's February 22 statement (reftel) as well as the joint statement by Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director of the North Africa and Middle East Affairs Office in the MFA. POLOFF also asked for the GOA to issue a [...]
2006-02-23 20:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES439MEDIA REACTION US CANCELLATION OF BOLIVIAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the US canceling Bolivian Senator Zurita's visa; the discovery of an anthrax case in New York; the US enabling Argentine meat (except that from a province that was affected by a recent foot-and-mouth bout) to enter US markets; an [...]
2006-02-24 14:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES447ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points February 23 to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director in the MFA's Office of North American and Middle East Affairs. Jones said that the GOA had received no requests for a meeting with Hamas representatives, and that in any case, the GOA does not meet with "politica [...]
2006-02-24 18:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER KWBG AR
06BUENOSAIRES560GOA SUSPENDS BEEF EXPORTS AS AN INFLATION-FIGHTING
[...] (C) The GOA announced a 180-day suspension of beef exports in an effort to stem price increases. Exports to the EU that go toward fulfilling the Hilton Quota and those governed by bilateral agreements will not be affected. The suspension, described by a Cargill Argentina executive as "brutal, [...]
2006-03-10 14:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES665MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's warning that he will use "military force" against Iran if Tehran attempts to attack Israel; the implications of the US Human Rights Report; and the WTO supporting Argentine Siderca corporation in its [...]
2006-03-21 17:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES738MEDIA REACTION MOUSSAOUI STATEMENTS ISRAELI
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testifying that he and would-be 'shoebomber' Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on September 11, 2001 and fly into the White House; Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Pal [...]
2006-03-30 19:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES746THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA
[...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...]
2006-03-31 18:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPINR PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES782MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...]
2006-04-06 18:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES785MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...]
2006-04-06 20:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES800Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.2 percent m-o-m in March, well above market expectations of 1 percent following a 0.4 percent m-o-m increase in February. Last month's increase brought inflation to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to a 4 percent increase in th [...]
2006-04-10 12:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES866MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...]
2006-04-17 19:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES908MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...]
2006-04-21 20:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES966Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for
[...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...]
2006-04-28 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUJUMBURA607BURUNDI - RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] Following significant political progress, the overall humanitarian situation is improving in Burundi. The transition from relief to development is underway, but humanitarian coordination is essential to prevent critical gaps between relief and development assistance. However, several variab [...]
2006-07-18 07:28:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM ASEC PREL BY
06CAIRO1178SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, you will be the first Secretary of Commerce to visit Egypt since 1999. The business climate has changed significantly since then, especially with the installation in July 2004 of Ahmed Nazif as Prime Minister and a coterie of reform-minded ministers in economic ministrie [...]
2006-02-26 13:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO1233ISN A/S RADEMAKER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker, joined by DCM Stuart Jones, discussed Iran and a proposed Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 16. Moussa ackno [...]
2006-02-28 07:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO1309 Egyptian Media Coverage of Secretary Rices
[...] Summary. Secretary Rices visit to Egypt and the region garnered widespread media attention, from straightforward news reporting to significant television and print commentary. Between February 22 and 25, of the pro-government, opposition and independent papers monitored by Embassy Cairo, co [...]
2006-03-02 09:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XFNEA PPD
06CAIRO1367ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...]
2006-03-06 16:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC
06CAIRO1409 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 4: IRAQ;
[...] Summary. The past week saw strong reactions to the news of the violence in Iraq and to the one-year prison term meted out to a journalist from independent daily, Al-Masry Al-Yom, for publishing a story criticizing a former government minister (although the article was later subsequently retrac [...]
2006-03-07 14:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF IZ
06CAIRO1493PRIVATIZING SUGAR MAY BE BITTER IN THE SHORT TERM
[...] (SBU) The Egyptian Ministry of Investment (MOI) recently announced plans to sell 36% of Delta Sugar, a joint venture company, in an initial public offering (IPO). Announcement of the sale follows an earlier announcement that another public sector sugar producer, El Nobareyah, would be put up [...]
2006-03-11 12:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EIND EG
06CAIRO1696THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...]
2006-03-19 15:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG
06CAIRO1925WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN SHARM EL SHEIKH
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Cairo is preparing for the upcoming World Economic Forum on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm El Sheikh May 20-22, 2006. Given the heavy demand for suitable hotel space in Sharm during the summit as well as ot [...]
2006-03-29 09:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OVIP EG WEF
06CAIRO2064EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY
[...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...]
2006-04-04 13:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO2162CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...]
2006-04-09 14:27:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2165SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]
2006-04-10 11:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO2186 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 2-9.
[...] Summary: The fallout from the bloody clashes between Wafd party factions at the party headquarters on April 1 took center stage in Egyptian media coverage over the last week. While some commentators sought merely to assign blame for the violence, others took a more profound look at the Wafd [...]
2006-04-11 12:17:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO2350ARAB LEAGUE WITH U/S JOSEPH ON IRAN AND POLICY ON
[...] (C) Arms Control and International Security U/S Robert Joseph and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed Iran's nuclear program and the idea of a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) in their April 13 meeting. U/S Joseph told Moussa that the Iran nucl [...]
2006-04-19 11:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IS IR EG KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2364DEFMIN TANTAWI AND U/S JOSEPH DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE
[...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Robert Joseph April 13 that Egypt: shares U.S. concerns over Iran's effort to acquire nuclear weapons, will discuss possible measures to combat Iran's aims, resents threats of a possibl [...]
2006-04-19 14:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2477MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM
[...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...]
2006-04-27 14:22:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO258PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 11:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA
06CAIRO2648PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES FMF, SINAI SECURITY, IRAN,
[...] (C) Visiting PM A/S Hillen, joined by the Ambassador, discussed Darfur, security assistance, Sinai security and regional cooperation with FM Aboul Gheit and Defense Minister Tantawi April 30. On Sudan, Aboul Gheit said that Egypt would only send more forces to Sudan with Khartoum's full suppo [...]
2006-05-07 15:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS UN EG IS IR SU KPAL KNNP KMFO
06CAIRO269EGYPTIAN POSITION ON POSSIBLE IAEA REFERRAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: Following the visits of Vice President Cheney and IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg, the GOE position on IAEA referral of Iran to the UNSC is still evolving. While GOE statements suggest some positive movement, Egypt continues to raise regional concerns and its desire for a Mi [...]
2006-01-18 16:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKNNP IS IR EG IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO270CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS
[...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...]
2006-01-18 17:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH
06CAIRO3106EGYPT: MORE DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED FOR MAY 25
[...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based anti-government activists are planning for a third Thursday in a row of demonstrations on May 25. The date is the first anniversary of the referendum amending the Egyptian constitution to permit multi-candidate presidential elections, marred at the time by police attac [...]
2006-05-24 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO3139PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR MAKES BRIEF
[...] (C) En route to East Asia for another regional fund-raising tour and participation in an Arab-China ministerial gathering in Beijing, Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmud al Zahar visited Cairo May 24 where he met Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. MFA Palestinian Affai [...]
2006-05-25 13:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3348EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...]
2006-06-01 14:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO3358EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...]
2006-06-01 15:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO3422EGYPT: MFA TERMS IRI COUNTRY DIRECTOR'S PRESS
[...] (SBU) In a phone call to the Ambassador (in Washington) on June 3, FM Aboul Gheit expressed his concern with statements attributed to IRI Country Director Gina London in an undated interview, which ran in the June 3 issue of Nahdat Misr, an independent daily newspaper. Following up on the F [...]
2006-06-04 15:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3441MFA TELLS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TO HALT
[...] (SBU) In a June 5 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for the Americas Ambassador Salama Shaker told National Democratic Institute regional representative Joe Hall, joined by his local attorney Sarwat Shahid and poloff, to halt NDI outreach activities pending GOE approval of NDI's registration a [...]
2006-06-05 13:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3485 USAID/EGYPT LAUNCHES EXPANDED DEMOCRACY AND
[...] SUMMARY: IN MARCH AND APRIL 2006, USAID/EGYPT SIGNED THREE MAJOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS (IQCs) TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN EGYPT. THESE IQCS WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT USAID'S DG STRATEGY IN THE AREAS OF MEDIA, DECENTRALIZATION AND CR [...]
2006-06-06 13:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM EAID EG AID
06CAIRO3638EGYPT ON JUNE 12-16 IAEA MEETING; VISIT OF ALI
[...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit June 11 the U.S. desire that Egypt make a strong statement at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting calling on Iran to accept the offer made by P5 governments and Germany. Referring to his discussions with the Secretary G [...]
2006-06-12 14:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA MNUC IR EU EG KNNP
06CAIRO3672IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPT PRESSING AHEAD WITH
[...] (C) Drawing from reftel talking points, emboff reviewed planning for the Arab League's Iraqi National Accord conference with Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 12. Citing political and security considerations on the part of unnamed Iraqi political figures, as well [...]
2006-06-13 15:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ARABL EG IZ
06CAIRO3704EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT
[...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]
2006-06-14 08:20:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CAIRO3874GOE PROSECUTES STATE SECURITY OFFICER ON TORTURE
[...] (SBU) In a notable break with past practice, GOE prosecutors have moved to prosecute a State Security officer on torture charges. In recent years, there has been a modest trend of successful prosecutions of regular police officials on torture and abuse charges in Egyptian criminal courts. Pe [...]
2006-06-21 15:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO4185EGYPT "CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TESTS;
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche July 6 to MFA Cabinet staff member Moataz Zahran, stressing the importance of concerted international pressure on North Korea to curb its provocative missile tests and proliferation of missile parts and technology. Zahran acknowledged GOE concerns regarding [...]
2006-07-06 12:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP EG KN
06CAIRO4337REFORMING THE USAID PROGRAM IN EGYPT: A DETAILED
[...] (C) Summary: We propose an overhaul of our economic assistance programs for Egypt that would transfer funds directly to the Government of Egypt conditioned on successful performance on agreed benchmarks aimed at policy reforms. These reform efforts will focus on democracy and governance, heal [...]
2006-07-12 17:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID EG
06CAIRO4356EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...]
2006-07-13 11:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO448NEW EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH BRINGS
[...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with the Ambassador and key country team members in health and science affairs, newly installed Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly demonstrated that he will be a valuable addition to Egypt's reformer camp. Displaying a "can do," business-like attit [...]
2006-01-26 11:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV PINR EG KFLU
06CAIRO4604EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 25, 2006
[...] Summary. Today,s Egyptian major developing story in Egyptian media was President Mubarak,s statement before departing for Saudi Arabia during which he declared the current situation in Lebanon as "destructive chaos." Headlines continued to be strongly negative toward perceived US involvem [...]
2006-07-27 12:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER UK AG EG AL
06CAIRO4608 Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006
[...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...]
2006-07-27 13:53:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG
06CAIRO4675 REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE! EXPEL THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR!
[...] Summary. Egyptian media was overwhelmingly focused on the July 30 Qana bombing. Most headlines, television talk shows and commentaries expressed rage toward the US for the deaths of women and children, perceiving the US as, having planned the military campaign with Israel in order to pursue i [...]
2006-07-31 14:22:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4758 EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 2, 2006
[...] Summary. The Israeli ground offensive, Syria's readying of forces and reaction to President Bush's statements about the conflict in Lebanon while in Florida were themes in the day's headlines and news stories. Papers called the Qana bombing "terrorism" and accused Bush of insensitivity toward [...]
2006-08-02 13:35:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4760TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...]
2006-08-02 15:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS EG
06CAIRO4840 EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 6, 2006
[...] Summary. Continuation of fighting in Lebanon amid reports of a draft resolution sponsored by the US and France were the main stories in all papers on Sunday. Pro-government papers continued what we perceive as efforts to downplay support for Hezbollah in commentaries, while many papers cont [...]
2006-08-07 11:41:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4875 "SINIORA CRIES." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS:
[...] Summary. Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's emotional speech in Beirut yesterday, and the debate over whether Hezbollah or Israel is the victor of the war continued in television and print commentaries. All papers led with similar stories and headlines, including, "Siniora's Tears"; the "pu [...]
2006-08-08 13:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4939GAMAL MUBARAK DISCUSSES BEIRUT TRIP, UPCOMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gamal Mubarak briefed Ambassador and visiting Congressman Darrell Issa August 9 on his August 8 visit to Beirut, at the head of a 70-member Egyptian "solidarity" delegation. He predicted that the Egyptian Parliament's new session (beginning in November) will be "the constitutional refo [...]
2006-08-10 17:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE IS EG
06CAIRO5030 "THE END OF THE MYTH." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 14, 2006
[...] Summary. For the second consecutive day, headlines in opposition and independent papers, responded to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah by highlighting Israel's "last minute massacres" and portraying Israel as "failed." Government-controlled dailies focused on President Mub [...]
2006-08-14 14:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5239 EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 18-21, 2006
[...] Summary. Reactions to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad's August 17 speech has figured prominently in Egyptian news and commentaries, with the majority of monitored columns devoted to the subject since August 18. Commentaries and editorials have been largely disapproving of his "insults" towa [...]
2006-08-21 14:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IS LE EG SY
06CAIRO5317SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...]
2006-08-24 12:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP
06CAIRO5333 GOE SEEKS CLARIFICATION OF FAA PLANS
[...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) On August 6, econoff learned from Chairman of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) General Samir Abdel Maboud that a courtesy call by FAA desk officer Leeann Hart on the Egyptian Ambassador in Washin [...]
2006-08-24 15:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL EG
06CAIRO5496ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE RECEIVED WITH
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche September 3 to MFA Assistant Minister Hani Khalaf, and separately to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef. With regards to UNSCR 1701, both Khalaf and Youssef welcomed news of USG humanitarian and military support for Lebanon and registered stron [...]
2006-09-05 11:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPN UNSC UNGA ARABL EG
06CAIRO5527EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT
[...] (C) During a September 5 meeting with MFA Office Director for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Affairs, Osama Khalil, poloff delivered reftel demarche on topics expected to be discussed at a September 11-16 NAM Summit in Havana, Cuba. Khalil believed the summit would be uneventful, but noted the " [...]
2006-09-05 14:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UNSC PHUM PTER EG CU VE GT
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