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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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06SINGAPORE3442SINGAPORE - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES
[...] Per reftel instructions, post submits its draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per reftel instructions, [...]
2006-10-27 11:12:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
06SINGAPORE3592PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen briefed his interlocutors on U.S. efforts to promote regional security cooperation in Southeast Asia using a model that had been successful in the Gulf. Foreign Minister George Yeo responded enthusiastically and suggested including both secu [...]
2006-11-13 02:32:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPREL PTER MARR PGOV SN
06SKOPJE105MACEDONIA & NATO MEMBERSHIP: DEFENSE REFORMS ON
[...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Macedonia is in its 7th MAP cycle and has made significant progress in meeting its defense reform goals, but still falls short in terms of meeting political and economic MAP criteria. To be considered a strong candidate for NATO membership by mid-2007, with a view to rece [...]
2006-02-02 07:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MASS MK
06SOFIA1068LEBANON: BULGARIA CONDEMNS QANA ATTACK, CALLS FOR
[...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Bulgarian government has closely coordinated its position with that of the EU from the outset of the Israel/Hezbollah conflict. On July 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling for maximum restraint from all parties, condemning the kidnapping of Isr [...]
2006-08-01 14:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS LE BU
06SOFIA1491BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]
2006-10-26 13:54:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA482MILITARY BASING: MEDIA BATTLE SHIFTS IN THE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After the March 24 announcement (reftel) that the U.S. and Bulgaria had reached agreement on text for the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),Bulgarian officials at all levels have come out in support of the agreement. Continuing Embassy public diplomacy efforts, combined with [...]
2006-04-04 15:22:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA562SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]
2006-04-20 12:55:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA565SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]
2006-04-20 14:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA579YOUR MEETING MAY 4 WITH BULGARIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, whom you will meet May 4 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has played a key role in ensuring the continuity of this country's pro-U.S. foreign policy through three administrations in Sofia. By any measure -- percentage of GDP spent on deployments abroad, number o [...]
2006-04-25 12:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA83BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 08:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA90BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT.
[...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]
2006-01-23 10:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE109375IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]
2006-07-02 05:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06STATE113089JUNE 7 U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 15:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL CH KN IN IR PGOV
06STATE181050IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR BILATERALS WITH ROK AND JAPAN
[...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barabara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday Nov 3 and with Japan on Nov 6-7 to discuss ongoing and future cooperation in Iraq. The focus of the ROK talks is to define a concept of opera [...]
2006-10-31 22:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ JA KS IT
06STATE190845REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR
[...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...]
2006-11-22 21:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT
06STATE197205INSTRUCTIONS: CO-SPONSORING UNSCR 1701 PRST
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to join France and the UK in sponsoring the draft PRST in para 2 below, reacting to the Secretary General's letter on UNSC resolution 1701 SIPDIS implementation. USUN should report outcome of negotiations to Department and seek Department guidance regarding the fin [...]
2006-12-08 23:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC IS LE
06STATE61225UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]
2006-04-18 15:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STOCKHOLM1452LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM AUGUST 31
[...] (SBU) Donors pledged 942 million USD in early recovery and humanitarian aid at the August 31 Stockholm Conference for Lebanon,s Early Recovery, nearly double the 500 million target set by the Government of Sweden, which hosted the event. Representatives from 50 countries as well as UN agenci [...]
2006-09-12 13:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL LE SW
06SUVA469FIJI'S CIV-MIL SITUATION AWAITS NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama is returning early to Fiji. On the way, he has had a series of media interviews, reiterating past rhetoric: that he does not intend a coup but that bloodshed will come if Prime Minister Qarase fails to accede to military demands [...]
2006-11-01 23:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA490PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM 2006: A/S HILL UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill emphatically reaffirmed U.S. commitments and interests in the Pacific at the 2006 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Nadi, Fiji. In a new PIF-Leaders "special session" for the United States, Hill countered a suggestion that the U.S. has disengaged [...]
2006-11-13 15:26:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL EAID ECIN ETRD FJ XV
06SUVA519FIJI UPDATE 11/28: QARASE-BAINIMARAMA IN NZ; AMB
[...] (C) Fiji PM Qarase and RFMF Commander Bainimarama have agreed to meet in New Zealand 11/29 under an agreement brokered by NZ FM Peters. The Ambassador and other diplomats had a useful, scheduled meeting with RFMF leaders in Suva. However, Bainimarama later reacted angrily, and the RFMF issued [...]
2006-11-27 23:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA52TONGAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (U) Summary: Tongan Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, has resigned. Lavaka Ata, youngest son of the King of Tonga, submitted his resignation on Saturday, February 11, to his older brother Prince Regent Tupouto'a. Tupouto'a named Minister of Labour, Commerce, and Industries Fred Se [...]
2006-02-13 03:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM TN
06SUVA527FIJI UPDATE 11/30: QARASE SAYS "GENERAL
[...] (C) The RFMF spokesman described a tragic accident yesterday in which a helo flying off an Australian ship crashed in international waters south of Fiji as evidence that a foreign invasion is in the works. (Three Aussie naval ships are in the area for evacuation contingencies.) PM Qarase add [...]
2006-11-30 00:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA554FIJI UPDATE 12/12: QUIET DAY IN SUVA AS RFMF
[...] (C) PM Qarase said today he is seeking air options for a return to Suva; RFMF Commander Bainimarama warned against any plan to set up a "de facto government." The RFMF reportedly is sifting through applications for interim-government positions. Bainimarama asked Government CEOs to keep their [...]
2006-12-11 23:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA555THE FIJI COUP: WHAT EFFECTS? WHAT IMPLICATIONS?
[...] (C) A number of motivations lie behind Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama's coup, some seemingly noble, some not. An unbiased observer would have to conclude, though, that Fiji's situation was not so wrenching as to require illegally removing the Qarase Government. [...]
2006-12-11 23:51:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06TAIPEI103Taiwan: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2005, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign di [...]
2006-01-12 06:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI109Overview of Taiwan's Investment Climate
[...] Summary: Septel transmits AIT's mandated annual report with Taiwan's "Investment Climate Statement." Here we attempt to answer a different question: Are local and international investors, especially long-term investors, satisfied with Taiwan's investment climate, looking at both political a [...]
2006-01-12 06:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI1194DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (S) Summary. In his initial meeting with AIT Director Young, Defense Minister Lee Jye welcomed continued close support with AIT on defense subjects. Minister Lee reported that progress had been made on approval of procurement of three procurement items (PAC-2 Upgrade, P-3C, Submarine desig [...]
2006-04-06 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETCH MARR MAS PGOV PREL
06TAIPEI1469 Economic Briefing for April 2006
[...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in April 2006: --Exports boost Q1 economic growth --Central Bank fights inflation --U.S. companies eye Taiwan lottery --Irony: PRC words and deeds --KMT-CCP meeting improves cross-Strait relations --WTO consultations with PRC [...]
2006-04-28 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI1487TAIWAN TAKING OVER PRC ONE NOODLE BOWL AT A TIME
[...] (C) Two Taiwan firms, Tingyi and Uni-President, dominate the instant noodle and ready-to-drink tea markets in the PRC with a combined market share of more than 50 percent. Both complain of Taiwan's cross-Strait economic restrictions that prevent them from pursuing a strategy that looks at the [...]
2006-05-01 07:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV CH TW
06TAIPEI1627PAN-BLUE CROSS-STRAIT BILL: MOSTLY POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Pan-Blue legislators are pushing for a May 12 vote on a bill to amend the law which governs air and sea travel between Taiwan and the PRC. The bill proposes to eliminate restrictions on such travel, to set the stage for future direct cross-Strait transportation links. DPP and TSU [...]
2006-05-11 22:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
06TAIPEI1840DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETING WITH TAIWAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Chen told DUSTR Bhatia that Taiwan is interested in an FTA for economic reasons and is prepared to take steps needed to further open its market. Bhatia stressed the difficulties in an FTA and explained that it would be more practical to negotiate agreements in specific [...]
2006-05-30 07:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2044REACTIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT ON CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER
[...] (C) Summary: AIT's political contacts view today's announcement of the Taiwan-PRC agreement on charter flights as positive, but two Pan-Blue legislators said the agreement did not go far enough or was just a "tiny step." Our contacts believe the announcement will boost President Chen, curren [...]
2006-06-14 11:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2215RECALL MOTION AGAINST PRESIDENT CHEN FAILS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Blue opposition motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian failed to pass Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) on June 27, as was expected. Following the vote, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced he would not support a vote of no confidence in Premier Su Tseng-chang at this time [...]
2006-06-27 10:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
06TAIPEI2431U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister James Huang told the USCC delegation that the recent PRC-Taiwan joint announcement of cross-Strait charter flights was "the most significant breakthrough in cross-Strait relations of the past six years," and that prospects for further progress are good. Huang said [...]
2006-07-18 22:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2823MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: LIBYA
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. See para 9. 2. (S) Summary: On August 15, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) ref A comments on five export license applications as well as the general information on overdue responses contained in the August 14 Bremmer-Young e-m [...]
2006-08-16 22:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI3027CHEN PLAYS PRESIDENTIAL CARD AS PROTESTERS PREPARE
[...] (C) Summary: President Chen is going forward with his long-planned trip to visit diplomatic partners Palau and Nauru Sept 3-6 in an effort to bolster Taiwan's ties to its allies in the South Pacific. In so doing, Chen aims to highlight his determination to forge on as President in the face [...]
2006-09-01 11:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
06TAIPEI3038TAIWAN PROTESTS START OFF WITH A WHIMPER
[...] (C) Summary: Weekend protest demonstrations calling on President Chen to step down appeared poorly organized and under-attended partly as a result of heavy downpours. The "Depose Chen" campaign, led by former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Shih Ming-te, drew under 1,000 pre-re [...]
2006-09-05 10:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
06TAIPEI3233 TAIWAN DEFENSE BUDGET BATTLE IN FALL LY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and other party leaders are saying they want to move forward on defense procurement when the fall Legislative Yuan (LY) session begins September 19. While Ma has repeatedly assured AIT he is serious about defense and wants to pa [...]
2006-09-18 10:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR TW
06TAIPEI4114DPP CHAIRMAN YU SHYI-KUN ON DOMESTIC POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun told the Director on December 12 that the results of the December 9 Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections were a "small victory" for the party, with Chen Chu winning narrowly in Kaohsiung and Frank Hsieh turning in a good performance in Taipei. The elect [...]
2006-12-13 11:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI511CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC RELATIONS - SCHOLARS SEE
[...] (C) In recent discussions, Taiwan scholars of cross- Strait economic relations agreed that it is difficult to predict exactly how President Chen plans to implement his call for "active management" of cross-Strait economic relations. They conclude that his recent moves are an effort to consoli [...]
2006-02-16 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEINV EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI592PFP SAYS DON'T CALL US PAN-BLUE ANYMORE
[...] (U) Summary: The People First Party (PFP) is threatening to withdraw from the Legislative Yuan's (LY) majority Pan-Blue coalition if the Kuomintang (KMT) refuses to share political power or give greater respect to the PFP and its Chairman, James Soong. Eight prominent PFP legislators, one- [...]
2006-02-27 07:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
06TALLINN1049ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S TRAVEL TO
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome you to Tallinn as part of the President's historic visit on November 27-28 (Ref A). Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner with whom we share many common values. The timing of the visit is excellent - President Toomas Hendri [...]
2006-11-21 13:54:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TALLINN626ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]
2006-07-06 10:52:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN739 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a stead War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troops h casualties includi [...]
2006-08-15 15:17:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EN OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP IN TH MG FI
06TALLINN768ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]
2006-08-24 08:30:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN840ESTONIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING AIR
[...] (C) On September 14 2006 Embassy Tallinn received the following diplomatic note from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia presents their compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and have the ho [...]
2006-09-14 12:19:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN888SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Welcome back to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you back to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of Toomas Hendrik Ilves' election as Estonia's next President and the beginning of the parliament's fall session. The Government has approved a bill ext [...]
2006-09-27 05:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL EN
06TALLINN922DAS PEKALA VISITS ESTONIA, OCTOBER 3-4
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Pekala October 3-4 that the GOE is committed to extending the mandate of Estonia's troops in Iraq but that upcoming parliamentary elections will complicate the debate in parliament. They also expressed deep concern ov [...]
2006-10-11 13:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CVIS IZ AF EN RU
06TALLINN974ESTONIA PREPARES FOR SCHENGEN IMPLEMENTATION
[...] Summary: GOE officials expect implementation of the Schengen Agreement to be delayed until early 2009, because of a delay in the European Commission's introduction of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). In preparation for accession, the GOE is focused on bringing borde [...]
2006-10-26 15:03:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD EUN EN
06TASHKENT875FOLLOW UP BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) Per ref. A request by Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTTC),Post reviewed documentation from the April assessment of equipment provided under licenses 05-813909, 05-851518, and 05-921858 by Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) staff. Th [...]
2006-05-02 13:37:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KSEP UZ
06TASHKENT992PARANOIA IN FLIGHT: KARIMOV ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE IN
[...] (S) Summary: Prior to President Karimov's visit to Islamabad, Pakistani DCM Malik said the two largest issues facing Uzbekistan and Pakistan were transportation and customs problems. Pakistani Ambassador Kamran reported that Karimov's visit produced few tangible results, but stressed that the [...]
2006-05-22 10:44:00Embassy TashkentSECRETPGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TBILISI2754SOUTH OSSETIA TALKS AT AN IMPASSE
[...] (C) As described by OSCE, the October 12-13 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Vladikavkaz produced few real results because the Georgians and the other sides deadlocked over the Georgian proposal to change the format of the discussions. The commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces ( [...]
2006-10-17 13:42:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PGOV GG
06TBILISI3069THE ROSE REVOLUTION: THREE YEARS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Saakashvili administration came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution promising to build democracy, increase prosperity, and reincorporate Georgia's separatist regions. Three years after the Rose Revolution, the Saakashvili administration has much to be proud of. In place [...]
2006-11-22 15:32:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1179HONDURAN POPULIST PRESIDENT ZELAYA: MELISTAS PUSH
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately five months. Zelaya is acting more and more like a populist, and has stumbled through a series of missteps ever since his meeting with POTUS June 5. His willful mis-characteri [...]
2006-06-30 18:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA139HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]
2006-01-24 01:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1559OIL COMPANIES AND GOH NOW TALKING, THOUGH NO
[...] (C) Summary. Throughout the week of August 18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales reverted to his former style of publicly hurling invectives, largely blaming the international oil companies, particularly Esso and Texaco, for his continuing difficulties in implementing the proposed fue [...]
2006-08-25 18:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPINR EPET ENRG PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA524ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the [...]
2006-03-16 16:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD KCRM PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]
2006-03-16 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA622HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA,
[...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...]
2006-03-30 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA645END USE MONITORING: POST STILL WAITING FOR
[...] (U) This is an Action request for Embassy Santiago. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff, MILGP Commander, and DAO delivered ref A demarche and both English and Spanish non-papers on end use monitoring to Minister of Defense (MOD) Aristides Mejia on February 16. Although the issue was a se [...]
2006-04-03 21:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM ETTC PREL PINS PINR PGOV KOMC CI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]
2006-04-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TEGUCIGALPA853WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]
2006-05-09 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA872POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...]
2006-05-12 12:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO
06TELAVIV1009U.S.-ISRAEL JPMG FOLLOW-UP: ISRAELI RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) On March 2, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Senior Coordinator for Strategic Dialogues and Defense Cooperation Rami Yungman passed poloff the nonpaper in paragraph six -- Israel's response to a U.S. presentation on proposed defense sales to the Middle East that was made at the January 11 U.S.-Israel [...]
2006-03-13 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MARR MASS US XF IR IS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL
06TELAVIV1059ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] The Jericho Operation 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jericho Operation: *Israel Radio this morning quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that the US has never been responsible for the Jericho prison security. S [...]
2006-03-16 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1066GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...]
2006-03-16 18:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1083JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB.
[...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]
2006-03-17 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1261ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media bannered the killing of four Israelis in a suicide bombing last night in the West Bank. A Palestinian who was apparently disguised as an ultra- Orthodox Jew hitchhiked a r [...]
2006-03-31 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]
2006-04-03 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1331ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to highlight Acting PM Ehud Olmert's efforts to form a government coalition. Yediot and Israel Radio quoted Olmert as saying Monday that it can be assume [...]
2006-04-04 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported on seemingly moderate gestures and pronouncements from Hamas vis-a- vis Israel. Ha'aretz reported that Hamas has been sending go-between [...]
2006-04-07 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of Italian Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement in Mashhad on Tuesday that Iran has successfully enriched ura [...]
2006-04-12 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1593ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that on May 21, Ehud Olmert will pay his first visit to the United States as prime minister and will meet with President Bush. The newspaper sa [...]
2006-04-24 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1628REP. SHAYS AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSS HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Representative Christopher Shays April 20 that there is no Palestinian partner with whom Israel can negotiate. She described A/PM Ehud Olmert's "convergence" plan, in which Israel seeks to define a new eastern border after evacuating isol [...]
2006-04-26 14:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1648ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Interim PM Ehud Olmert will meet with President Bush on May 23. Israel Radio reported that this morning, two members of Islamic Jihad [...]
2006-04-27 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch as saying that Hamas might have found ways to circumvent the boycott imposed on fund transfers to the [...]
2006-04-28 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1752FM LIVNI OPPOSES USG ASSISTANCE TO ABBAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that by strengthening President Mahmud Abbas the USG could lend legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority (PA) without changing Hamas. Livni also said that the GOI does not plan to involve the Palestinians in [...]
2006-05-04 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV1782ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Warren Buffett's Israeli Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The acquisition by US tycoon Warren Buffett, who is the world's second-wealthiest man, of 80 percent of Galilee- based Iscar Metalworking for USD 4 billion, which h [...]
2006-05-08 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1817GAZA-ISRAEL COMMERCIAL CROSSINGS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The crossings between Gaza and Israel are important commercial ports. The GOI is devoting significant resources to upgrade and expand several crossings, including Erez, Kerem Shalom and Tarqumiya. The GOI has also instituted a risk management scheme in order to promote securit [...]
2006-05-10 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]
2006-05-16 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1963ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]
2006-05-19 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]
2006-05-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2112ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...]
2006-06-01 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that FM Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet today with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David SIPDI [...]
2006-06-06 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2307ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported on President Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday. Maariv cited a Pew poll held in various European and Muslim countries, according to which Fr [...]
2006-06-14 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2782SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE
[...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...]
2006-07-13 19:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2789ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV2961ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...]
2006-07-30 17:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV2964ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 07:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3195FM LIVNI: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO ITS
[...] (C) During her August 14th late morning briefing of the Diplomatic Corps in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened by expressing the hope that UNSCR 1701 would reshape the region and asserting that the Government of Lebanon (GOL) and the international community shared the burden of its [...]
2006-08-14 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL LE PINR PREL
06TELAVIV3199SHIMON PERES ON THE HOSTILITIES IN THE NORTH AND
[...] (C) Summary. During an August 10 meeting Vice Premier Shimon Peres told visiting U.S. Representatives Johnson, Miller, Royce, Shaw, and Sherwood, and Ambassador Jones that Hizballah's goal is to destroy Israel. Peres defended the Israeli Air Force (IAF) saying it is only targeting rocket lau [...]
2006-08-14 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ECIN IS
06TELAVIV3366SENATOR SPECTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF JUSTICE BARAK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) met with Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak at the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem on August 20. Justice Barak, who is retiring in September, dropped several hints that he might be expecting a call to lead a commission of inquiry if [...]
2006-08-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL IS
06TELAVIV3370CRITICISM OVER ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The cease-fire in Lebanon has rapidly eroded the strong public and political support for the Government's conduct of the war and has left both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz open to an increasingly loud chorus of criticism. Initial GOI att [...]
2006-08-24 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3399INITIAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR ON ISRAEL
[...] (C) In the wake of the 34-day Israel-Hizballah War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are reviewing their performance across the board, and taking stock of achievements and mistakes with an eye towards assigning blame, where necessary, and gathering lessons learned for application in future suc [...]
2006-08-25 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR LE IS
06TELAVIV3433OLMERT AND LIVNI TO CODEL LANTOS: CONTROLLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In brief, separate meetings August 27, Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and CODEL Lantos that controlling the border between Lebanon and Syria was the "most crucial" issue for proper implementation of UNSCR 1701. Congressman Lantos informed Olm [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PHUM UN
06TELAVIV3441ISRAELI DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS ON THE
[...] (S/NF) On August 24, a group of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) analysts briefed visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staffer Puneet Talwar on the IDI's preliminary assessment of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizballah in southern Lebanon. The IDI team was lead by Colonel [...]
2006-08-29 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3551HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS
[...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3561TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]
2006-09-07 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV3691(C) SNEH: SOLVE ISRAEL-PA CONFLICT BEFORE WAR WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with Staffdel Talwar, MK Ephraim Sneh said that that Israel needs to settle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians in the next two or three years. Sneh stated that after the conflict with Hizballah the concept of unilateral disengagement from the [...]
2006-09-15 14:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG LE IR SY IS
06TELAVIV3785SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...]
2006-09-21 16:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3909PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]
2006-10-04 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV4021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]
2006-10-12 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4162ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. PM Olmert Visit to Russia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz headlined that the US and Israel see eye to eye regarding the Syrian option and are both against opening a separate Israel-Syrian track. This tendency comes a [...]
2006-10-20 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4281ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...]
2006-10-27 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4293GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL
[...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...]
2006-10-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV4368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]
2006-11-02 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4375ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]
2006-11-03 05:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4376ISRAELI MFA ON IMPROVING UNSCR 1701 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have outlined for poloffs their "initial thinking" on possible ways to improve implementation of the UN arms embargo contained in UNSCR 1701. The MFA would prefer to establish a UN sanctions committee to deal with Lebanon, but realizes that such a move is unlikely [...]
2006-11-03 07:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PTER SY LE IS UN
06TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Israeli Relations 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Leading media reported that US top envoys Elliot Abrams and David Welsh met Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday. According to the media the two envoys demanded that Israel [...]
2006-11-03 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4508ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Ha'aretz) reported that President Bush, speaking after a meeting at that White House with PM Ehud Olmert, called Monday for the world to unite in [...]
2006-11-14 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4605APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Gabi Ashkenazi told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that although Israel does not expect another war with Hizballah in the near future, the MOD is studying what it could have done bet [...]
2006-11-24 13:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ECON SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV4662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV486ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV506ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that early next week, FM Tzipi Livni will leave for a visit to the U.S. In its lead story, Maariv reported that [...]
2006-02-03 12:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...]
2006-02-06 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV596GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]
2006-02-08 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
06TELAVIV662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV751ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]
2006-02-22 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV869ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV886ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. UAE Role in US Port Management ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch told members of Congress in Washington that the US is interested in isolating Hamas econom [...]
2006-03-03 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]
2006-03-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV981ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]
2006-03-10 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE1167CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...]
2006-05-23 14:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1262006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]
2006-01-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1707NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SEE POTENTIAL NICHE
[...] (S) Summary: Officially, the GONL continues to state that Dutch forces are "stretched too thin" in current operations in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans to make a meaningful contribution to a possible International Force (IF) in Lebanon. But MFA Deputy Head for Conflict Prevention Joop [...]
2006-08-04 15:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE2140NETHERLANDS/JSF: CABINET APPROVES FOLLOW-ON PHASE;
[...] (C) Summary: Following the weekly Cabinet meeting, the GONL announced September 29 its decision to participate in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The Cabinet announcement stressed that the GONL intends to sign the follow-on MOU with the US [...]
2006-09-29 14:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2306NETHERLANDS/JSF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FOLLOW-ON
[...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary majority approved a resolution October 24 to support GONL participation in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary approval represented the last hurdle prior to the GONL's plans to sign [...]
2006-10-24 16:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2346COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration officials Kenneth Peppard, Program Manager; and Mary Lucke Summers, Manager, to travel to the Netherlands from November 5-10, 2006 to serve as U.S. and North American reprsentatives to Civil Air Navigation Services Organization [...]
2006-11-01 14:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE2399 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED JOHN C. WYSS AND DAVID J.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 14:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA GM XG XT NL
06THEHAGUE2418COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R60 to travel to The Netherlands from December 12, 2006 - January 8, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. [...]
2006-11-08 16:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2514COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Supervisor Dennis Holley to travel to the Netherlands on December 1, 2006 to accompany Mr. Jamison on a tour of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...]
2006-11-29 13:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2532CUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROGER
[...] Country clearance is granted for Roger Fernandez, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to the Netherlands on December 12, 2006 to meet with Shell Oil Company representatives to discuss the Natural Gas Star International Program under the methane to markets Partnership. 2. Embassy point [...]
2006-12-01 14:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL
06THEHAGUE2553DUTCH RESPONSE: EU EMISSIONS TRADING AND
[...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 22 reftel demarche on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and its potential effects on international aviation to Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management (MOT). Fennes responded that the [...]
2006-12-05 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON SENV
06THEHAGUE2585COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service operation PD 07-28/29 R61 to travel to the Netherlands from January 13-February 3, 2007 to act as a strategic deterrence against criminal acts targetting civil aviation, to include hijacking. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2006-12-08 16:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2587NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...]
2006-12-11 14:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
06THEHAGUE2588COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06/11 R61 to travel to The Netherlands from January 8 - February 4, 2006, to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visito [...]
2006-12-11 15:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2595 SHARPER TOOLS FOR THE CT TOOLBOX: DUTCH
[...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Parliament approved three significant pieces of counter terrorism legislation in 2006. The first, permitting the use of intelligence information in criminal proceedings, went into effect November 1. The other two, which will expand the use of special investigative techniq [...]
2006-12-12 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2624COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team FO 07-11 R61 to travel to the Nethrlands from January 9-11, 2006 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...]
2006-12-18 06:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2625COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-09 R61 to travel to the Nethrlands from January 9-11, 2006 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...]
2006-12-18 06:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE2634NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MEDIA PROJECTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven Dutch-funded Iranian media projects, worth over 13 million Euros, have moved into the operational phase. The projects, begun in early 2006 at the behest of the Dutch parliament, represent the broadest Dutch media diversity efforts anywhere, according to MFA officials. En [...]
2006-12-18 16:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN PREL IR NL
06THEHAGUE311NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL
[...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...]
2006-02-10 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL
06THEHAGUE41NETHERLANDS/ISAF: WALKING A FINE LINE
[...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende hosted a strategy session January 9 to develop a compromise that would allow the debate on ISAF III to move forward to Parliament. D-66 Ministers Pecthold and Brinkhorst had announced over the weekend they continue to oppose an official Cabinet decision to support [...]
2006-01-09 17:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE453EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06THEHAGUE814ONDCP DIRECTOR'S APRIL 5-6 VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Director for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters visited The Hague on April 5-6, at the end of a three-nation tour that included stops in Afghanistan and Belgium. Walters met with Thomas Driessen, Director of the Dutch National Crim [...]
2006-04-12 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PINS PGOV AF NL CO NS
06THEHAGUE884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA ARC OFFICIALS
[...] Country clearance is granted for NASA ARC officials Sylvia Johnson, and Mark Kliss to travel to the Netherlands from May 14-20, 2006 to attend the 5th European Workshop on thermal Protection Systems and Hot Structures and to present a talk at the Opening Session; meet with NASA Langley Resear [...]
2006-04-21 12:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE987CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (U) The focus of the May Executive Council session will be on extension requests of destruction deadlines, and the U.S. request clearly will get the lion's share of attention. Now that delegations and capitals have had a chance to analyze the U.S. presentation from April 20, there probably wi [...]
2006-05-03 13:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
06TIRANA313SCENESETTER FOR MCC VISIT TO ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Albania (GoA),led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha, took office in September 2005. Berisha's governing coalition, led by his Democratic Party, was elected largely on a campaign promise to combat endemic organized crime and corruption. The new GoA has ta [...]
2006-03-28 14:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KMCA OTRA AL
06TIRANA420ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S
[...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...]
2006-04-27 08:52:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR AL
06TOKYO1023JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 02:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/06
[...] Date of submission 2. Proponents 3. Reasons 4. Result  [...]
2006-02-28 06:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1058 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1090 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1104JDA BUDGET: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (C) Summary. Japan's FY 2006 budget, scheduled for Diet approval on March 2, includes a fourth straight year of budget cuts for the Japan Defense Agency (JDA). If this trend continues, Japan will find itself with a less capable force that cannot maintain a defense posture commensurate with i [...]
2006-03-02 04:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PREL JA
06TOKYO1120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1149 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1169JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1170JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1186 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1199JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1217 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1224JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1249 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1257JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1268 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1272JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-12 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1306JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 07:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1327JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1342 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1382JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1404 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1444 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1445SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. The U.S.-Japan relationship is healthy and strong. Japan is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. The Department of Homeland Security plays a central role in four of the key elements of a 21st century U.S.-Japan allia [...]
2006-03-17 08:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PTER PREL JA
06TOKYO1449JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1453MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] "US National Security Strategy: Has US Learned from Iraq War?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (3/18): "The National Security Strategy released recently by President Bush represents a revision of the so-called Bush doctrine that was put together in the aftermath of 9/11. At a time when tension [...]
2006-03-20 02:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1461 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1469JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1490 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1521 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 07:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1536JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1557 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 07:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1577JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1598JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1616 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1620JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/29/06
[...]Mitani joined the NPA in 1974. His appointment to a vice minister- level post is a triple-jump appointment, according to a high government official. Lurking in the background is Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's intention to strengthen the intelligence- SIPDIS gathering capability of t [...]
2006-03-29 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1662JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1684JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1689 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 07:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1705JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1744 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-01 11:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1769 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1786 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1801JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1818 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1831JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1842 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/06
[...] The speech lasted for more than an hour, and he devoted a large part of it to economic issues. He noted, "We must create a small but strong government." He thus added his own view to the ongoing argument calling for a small government in order to indicate that he is not a mere successor to t [...]
2006-04-06 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1859JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1897HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-08 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1903 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-1
[...] The flight paths will avoid the skies over the Henoko, Toyohara, and Abu districts in Nago. 2. In determining the construction site based on the government's plan, consideration will be given to: (a) the safety of the residents near the new airfield; (b) natural conservation; and (c) th [...]
2006-04-10 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1919HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1925 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-3
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1931JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1962JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1977 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1978 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1984EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH
[...] (C) During an April 12 meeting, MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told EAP A/S Hill that Prime Minister Koizumi hopes to resolve several outstanding bilateral issues before he visits Washington in June 2006. Japan understands issues remain concerning the relocation of some Marine Corps as [...]
2006-04-12 10:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAGR MARR MNUC KNNP PARM KN IN IZ
06TOKYO1990JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2019JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2041 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2063 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...]
2006-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2094 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2117JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2144 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2176JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2196 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-22 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2207JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2224JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2237 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2276 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2298JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2322JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2353JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2377 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2400JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2445JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2467 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2481JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2540 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2564 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06
[...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]
2006-05-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2579JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2604 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2630JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/06
[...] The legislation is valid for only ten years. 2. Establish a realignment-related council in the Cabinet Office chaired by the prime minister. 3. Designate realignment-related special defense facilities to provide subsidies with municipalities in the vicinity. 4. Map out promotional p [...]
2006-05-15 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2640S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH JDA VM
[...] SUMMARY: (C) During their May 10 meeting, S/P Director Krasner and Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya reviewed Japanese efforts to implement the Security Consultative Committee agreement on alliance transformation and the evolution of Japan's role in international s [...]
2006-05-15 04:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA
06TOKYO2662 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 08:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2663U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In the May 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Session meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook, the three delegates o [...]
2006-05-15 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN EAID MARR UNSC IR IZ KS CH JA
06TOKYO2672JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2699JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2724JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2768 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2790JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2836 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2854JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2873 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 00:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2875JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2912JAPAN: ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] GOJ Approves Nuclear Energy Policy for the Next Decade: On October 14, the GOJ agreed to follow basic recommendations put forth by the Atomic Energy Commission that call for maintaining the policy of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for the next ten years. The new policy includes a study on t [...]
2006-05-25 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA TSPL SENV SOCI
06TOKYO2913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2920JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/06
[...] Of important bills, they intend to pass an administrative reform promotion law and a set of bills to reform the medical system through the Diet during the current session. The outlook is that it will be extremely difficult to enact a bill to revise the organized crime law that would make "consp [...]
2006-05-26 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2940THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE
[...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...]
2006-05-26 10:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2946JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2964 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2969JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2973THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...]
2006-05-31 06:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN
06TOKYO2975PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH DIET
[...] (C) Summary: During EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens' May 30 meeting with Diet member Fumio Kyuma, Kyuma called for increased defense industrial cooperation and underlined his support for concluding a bilateral agreement on protecting classified information. He said that Japan would be able to impl [...]
2006-05-31 07:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR JA
06TOKYO2980 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3004JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3012 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/06
[...] Japan and the United States have held intergovernmental consultations, in which the Japanese and US governments reviewed the structure of US forces in Japan as well as the Self-Defense Forces' roles, tasks, and capabilities. On Oct. 29, 2005, the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (SCC) a [...]
2006-06-01 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3038 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3052JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3151JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3170 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3182JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3250 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3252SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE EAGER TO HOST FOREIGN BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Shizuoka Prefecture, located between Tokyo and Nagoya is eager to attract foreign direct investment even as it confronts problems with its large population of foreign factory workers. End Summary 2. (SBU) Introduction. Shizuoka will roll out the welcome mat for foreign inv [...]
2006-06-13 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO3289JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3319 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 10:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3368JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 07:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3407JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3440JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3491JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3515DEFMIN NUKAGA LETTER TO SECDEF ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) Embassy has received a letter from Defense Minister Nukaga to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld dated June 22 regarding the changes to Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (full text in para 2; original to follow via pouch). 2. (U) The letter, rece [...]
2006-06-23 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPINS MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO3523JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3534 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3539JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3555JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3620 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3671SCENESETTER FOR YOUR JULY 2-8 VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Japan just as President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi herald the deepening, expanding scope of our bilateral security alliance. Our close coordination against the current North Korean missile threat, as well as recent strides in BMD cooperation, have illustrated th [...]
2006-07-02 23:02:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR OVIP PREL JA
06TOKYO3676JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06
[...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]
2006-07-05 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO374JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3743JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 03:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO375JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO377 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3782DPRK MISSILES: JAPAN PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese public outrage and anxiety continue to mount in response to yesterday's missile launches by North Korea. Press editorials called for sanctions, uniformly slamming the launches as "unforgiveable" and "reckless". Man-in-the-street comment echoed this anger. Local governme [...]
2006-07-06 09:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR UNSC JA
06TOKYO3789JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-09 22:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3818JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3838 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 22:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3867 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3879JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 02:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3909 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 05:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3910JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3911JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 05:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3922 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3930JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3952 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3996JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4011 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4020JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4027MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "GSDF Withdrawal from Iraq: Reviewing the Experience" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/20): "Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops have arrived in Kuwait after leaving Samawah. About 600 GSDF personnel will soon return home to Japan, bringing an end to their two-and-a- half-year hu [...]
2006-07-20 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4031GSDF MISSION TO IRAQ HAILED AS IMPORTANT MILESTONE
[...] (C) Summary: Media and political reaction to the July 17 withdrawal of the last Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit from Iraq on has focused on the success of the mission and its contributions to U.S.-Japan relations. Japanese officials are optimistic that the GSDF's positive experience in [...]
2006-07-20 04:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
06TOKYO4042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO406 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 23:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4061JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4100JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4118AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER AGREE TO REVIEW
[...] (C) Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga endorsed on July 21 a proposal by the Ambassador to initiate a broad-based "lessons learned" review of bilateral coordination in the wake of recent DPRK missile activities. The Ambassador emphasized the need to use this forum to institutionalize ad hoc da [...]
2006-07-24 18:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO4146 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO416JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4183JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 03:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4184MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: Immediate Ceasefire Must Be Priority" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (7/27): "Israeli military attacks on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon have been escalating, with civilian casualties continuing to mount. Though an immediate ceasefire is an urgent neces [...]
2006-07-27 03:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4275JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4292MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanon Crisis: Suspension of Air Strikes Insufficient" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/1): "The Israeli military launched a late-night air strike against a housing complex in Qana, southern Lebanon, killing about 60 civilians, at least 37 of whom were children.... Through the more than tw [...]
2006-08-01 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO430 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 09:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4305 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4343 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4356JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4372JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 00:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/06
[...] The US is taking seriously the inclusion of specified risk materials for BSE being found in a US beef shipment to Japan. It was a great shock to us. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already removed the companies involved from the list of beef exporters to Japan. It also has increased [...]
2006-01-27 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4417JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4434 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 23:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4439MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO
[...] "Lebanese Ceasefire: UNSC Resolution Must Be One on Which All Can Agree" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/8): "The resolution that the US and France submitted to the UNSC for a ceasefire in Lebanon was too pro-Israel, drawing immediate opposition from Lebanon and other countries. To [...]
2006-08-08 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4486JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4507JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...]
2006-08-10 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JA
06TOKYO4548 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4563MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-14 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4565JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 23:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4566MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-15 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4567MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]
2006-08-15 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4626KANAGAWA GOVERNOR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer confirmed to Kanagawa Governor Matsuzawa on August 14 that there was no conventional alternative to forward deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Yokosuka. When Matsuzawa tried to enlist the Ambassador into seeking GOJ funding for a Kanagawa Prefectu [...]
2006-08-15 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA
06TOKYO4628YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...]
2006-08-15 07:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO464 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4720 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/06
[...] Aso 2. Abe 3. Tanigaki Asia  [...]
2006-08-22 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4797 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4806JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4834JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO484JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4855ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ASO
[...] (C) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed appreciation for the Admiral's efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance and praised the "2 plus 2" statement as a "historical accomplishment in our bilateral relations." [...]
2006-08-24 06:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4892YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented interest among Japanese in the U.S.-Japan defense relationship. This is particularly true for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your meetings in Tokyo, and the high-profile you will lend to the USS Shiloh's arrival in [...]
2006-08-25 09:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4913IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]
2006-08-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4926JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/06
[...] Morihiro Hosokawa 68% 2. Junichiro Koizumi 50% 3. Tsutomu Hata 47% 3. Toshiki Kaifu 47% 5. Hayato Ikeda 44% 6. Ryutaro Hashimoto 43% 7. Tanzan Ishibashi 41% 8. Yasuhiro Nakasone 40% 9. Eisaku Sato 38 [...]
2006-08-29 04:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4994 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO501 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5033JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5067NAVY SECRETARY WINTER MEETS WITH MOFA DG KAWAI
[...] (C) Summary. Acceptance of new U.S. military assets, efforts to locate a suitable location for night landing practice, relocation of Futenma, and Japanese commitment to operations in Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean dominated the August 28 conversation between Secretary of the Navy Donald Wi [...]
2006-09-06 05:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV OVIP JA
06TOKYO5091JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO510JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5138A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]
2006-09-08 05:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5176ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]
2006-09-10 22:44:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5177ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]
2006-09-10 22:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5213SECNAV WINTER MEETINGS AT JDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent North Korean missile launches have heightened interest in ballistic missile defense cooperation, Japan Defense Agency (JDA) civilian and service chief counterparts told visiting Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter August 28. Self Defense Forces chiefs told Secretary [...]
2006-09-11 22:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO5243 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/06
[...] Establishing political leadership TOKYO 00005243 002 OF 010 1) For speedy and accurate decision making that can meet changing times, implement the following reforms to strengthen the political leadership and establish a top-down system led by the Prime Minister's Official Residence (K [...]
2006-09-12 08:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5249JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 02:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO529 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5336DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE"
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...]
2006-09-18 22:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO5339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO536JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5399 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5483 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5514IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...]
2006-09-25 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5566JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS
[...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...]
2006-09-26 08:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR IZ JA
06TOKYO5605 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO567JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5709PDUSD HENRY AND JDA'S MORIYA DISCUSS CHINA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned about China's lack of transparency in its military modernization, its campaign to end the EU arms embargo on Beijing, and its recent efforts to downgrade exchanges with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA),Administrative Vice-Minister Takemasa Moriya told visiting Pr [...]
2006-10-02 00:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR MCAP PREL CH JA
06TOKYO5740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5819JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5833JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5873 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5887The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...]
2006-10-11 02:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5914JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO593 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO599JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06
[...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]
2006-10-17 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6195 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO622JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6222 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6292 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 22:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6302JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06
[...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units  [...]
2006-10-31 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6316JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6389MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Hussein's Death Sentence: Will It Inflame Sectarian Conflict?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/7): "Saddam Hussein will be hanged, but it is questionable whether this will have a positive impact on the reconstruction of Iraq.... We are concerned that the death sentence [...]
2006-11-07 04:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO642 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6432 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO658JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6638JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6650 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6690 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6695JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-26 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6736JAPAN DEBATES COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposal to review constitutional interpretations that restrict the exercise of Collective Self-Defense has sparked a sharp debate within the government and ruling coalition. The focus of Abe's initiative has been on whether Japan has the authority to [...]
2006-11-27 23:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6770 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6842JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6858CCS SHIOZAKI-DUSD LAWLESS ON DPRI IMPLEMENTATION,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 23:14:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6897JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO691 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6941 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6943JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6994AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]
2006-12-15 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7010LAWLESS/ISHIHARA ON YOKOTA, FCLP, AND US
[...] (C) Summary: During a Friday, December 1 meeting with Under Secretary of Defense For Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Richard Lawless, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara: referenced the recent Abe-Bush discussion on civil-military dual-use of Yokota Air Base; explained his rationale for reques [...]
2006-12-17 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
06TOKYO7028 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7067JAPANESE PLEASED WITH VISIT OF INDIAN PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials are pleased with Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 Tokyo visit, according to MOFA contacts. During the visit, the "Global Partnership" inaugurated in 2000 was elevated to a "Strategic and Global Partnership" calling for closer political and diplomati [...]
2006-12-20 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAIR EINV ETRD SCUL KNNP IN JA
06TOKYO7071JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7072JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 02:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7139The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...]
2006-12-27 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7174 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7188JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7192 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO727 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO757JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO761 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 02:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO777 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO795 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO796 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO805JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06
[...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe  [...]
2006-02-15 04:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO820 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO827JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO851 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/06
[...] Perception of the war 2. Tokyo Trials/war criminals 3. War responsibility TOKYO 00000864 008 OF 013 Abe  [...]
2006-02-17 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO911JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO929JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO957 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO968JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TRIPOLI363LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...]
2006-07-26 10:38:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI374EUCOM J5 MG GRATION BEGINS MIL-MIL DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) EUCOM J-5 MG Scott Gration became the first American general officer to visit Libya in over a quarter of a century during a low key July 8-12 visit. His visit was hosted by MG Ahmed Mahmoud Az-Zway, the nominal head of the Staff College and Bureau of Technical Coordination, and de facto Li [...]
2006-07-30 11:25:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS LY
06TRIPOLI453CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]
2006-08-31 15:02:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI573BENGHAZI'S ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) Six months after a deadly riot at the Italian consulate that left more than a dozen killed, Econoff made a quick swing through Libya's downtrodden second city on September 13-14, accompanying a two-person team from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). 2. [...]
2006-10-05 08:24:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND LY
06TUNIS1603COM USAFE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE DISCUSS SOFA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his June 25-26 visit, the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe General William Hobbins met with Tunisian Minister of National Defense Kamal Morjane to discuss bilateral military relations. Morjane said the Ministry of Defense had provided the MFA with a draft response on [...]
2006-06-27 13:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KMIG TS
06TUNIS1672CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS2408TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE;
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]
2006-09-20 13:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06ULAANBAATAR232 State Secrets Law: An Invitation to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]
2006-03-31 07:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR554GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to
[...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]
2006-07-20 23:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR593KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]
2006-08-04 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR856Alaska National Guard State Partnership Bolsters Military
[...] (U) Summary and comment: During a mid-November visit by Alaska National Guard head Major General Craig Campbell, Mongolian military counterparts expressed appreciation for the State Partnership Program (SPP) relationship with the Alaska National Guard, but urged even more assistance. MG Camp [...]
2006-12-05 08:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ETRD KPAO MG
06USNATO425READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council (NAC): --DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. --Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. - [...]
2006-07-06 16:43:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
06USNATO603NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]
2006-10-13 13:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO615NATO ALLIES ENCOURAGE CROATIA IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Croatia presented its Annual National Plan (ANP) outlining its reform goals for the coming year. The Croatian delegation expressed its hope that Croatia would receive an encouraging message on its membership prospects out of the November NATO Summit and a member [...]
2006-10-18 07:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR HR
06USNATO641NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT OCTOBER 25, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Belgian FM De Gucht, addressing the NAC in his capacity as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),highlighted the OSCE,s intermediary role between Russia and Georgia, saying that there was "almost open conflict" between the two countries over South Ossetia, and argued for "addres [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO684NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 18:52:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO731RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]
2006-12-19 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USUNNEWYORK1268UNSC: JUNE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] Summary: During the monthly briefing on Middle East issues to the Security Council June 21, UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari reviewed recent events, including intra-Palestinian political developments and the welcome prospect of an imminent Olmert-Abbas meeting; an increase in violence resulting in dea [...]
2006-06-23 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1340UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ALL
[...] Summary. The Fifth Committee considered over 60 reports related to the budgetary, administrative and policy issues for UN peacekeeping at its second resumed 60th session from May 22 to June 30, 2006. By the end of the session, the Committee had agreed to financing resolutions for all 13 acti [...]
2006-07-11 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1544UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]
2006-08-15 22:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1545UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) chaired a meeting of UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) on Friday August 11 and two follow-on "technical meetings" on Saturday August 12 and Monday August 14 with both current and potential contributors. The purpose of these [...]
2006-08-15 22:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1549UN SEEKS FUNDS FOR EXPANDED UNIFIL MISSION
[...] The Security Council, by its resolution 1701 (2006) of August 11, 2006, decided to supplement and enhance the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, thereby authorizing an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL from 2,000 to a [...]
2006-08-16 19:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO AORC ACABQ IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1550DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...]
2006-08-17 12:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1570UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES
[...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...]
2006-08-18 01:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1597UN PRESENTS SYG,S 1701 REPORT ON THE FIRST WEEK
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations August 21 on SYG Annan,s report on the first week of implementation of UNSCR 1701, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi reported on the "encouraging" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) [...]
2006-08-21 23:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1611UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON
[...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...]
2006-08-23 00:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1622UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: A/S HILLEN PRESSES
[...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings with UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown and Department of SIPDIS Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on August 24, PM A/S Hillen emphasized the importance of ensuring that the international community helps [...]
2006-08-25 18:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1660UNSC/DARFUR: COUNCIL INCHING TOWARD ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an August 28 meeting of the Security Council on Darfur, the majority of delegations said that the dire situation in Darfur argued for swift Council action to finalize and adopt the UK-U.S. draft resolution by August 31, although delegations acknowledged that the Governme [...]
2006-08-28 23:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1703COUNCIL APPROVES UN DARFUR FORCE BY COUNT OF
[...] (U) In an August 31 formal meeting, the Security Council adopted the UK-U.S. draft resolution expanding UNMIS' mandate into Darfur. The draft included nine co-sponsors: Argentina, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Slovakia, Tanzania, the UK and the U.S. The final vote count was 12 votes in favo [...]
2006-09-01 19:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1945SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios pushed DPKO to move quickly on implementing the UN support package for AMIS. Guehenno voiced cautious optimism regarding recent developments related to Dar [...]
2006-10-12 00:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK221961ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FOUR
[...] Summary: On November 22, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed four resolutions, including one condemning the Israeli destruction of oil tanks in Lebanon. Four countries joined the US to vote No on the Lebanese resolution, with the EU members/applicants among the [...]
2006-12-06 17:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EFIN SENV UNGA IS LN
06USUNNEWYORK349HAITI: UNSC AND CORE GROUP COMMEND LATORTUE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an open briefing to the UN Security Council and a subsequent meeting of the Haiti Core Group on February 22, Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Gerard Latortue commended his government and the Haitian people on the conduct of first-round elections on 7 Feb [...]
2006-02-24 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA
06USUNNEWYORK576UN/IRAQ:HIGH-LEVEL U.S.-UN DIALOGUE ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a useful and detailed March 16 meeting, the U.S. and UN, led by S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and DPA U/SYG Gambari respectively, exchanged views on Iraq. The U.S. expressed appreciation for the work of the UN, especially SRSG Qazi, and urged an increased UN role, especially [...]
2006-03-23 16:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK589UN/IRAQ: UNSC QUARTERLY MEETING ON UNAMI AND MNF
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In the March 15 UNSC meeting on Iraq, SRSG Qazi expressed concerns about sectarian violence and the human rights situation in Iraq, but described success in meeting the benchmarks in the political process. On behalf of the MNF, Ambassador Bolton briefed progress in trans [...]
2006-03-23 23:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK942UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PEACEKEEPING
[...] Summary. At its second resumed session, beginning May 22, the Fifth Committee is scheduled to consider all 13 peacekeeping budgets for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. In addition, the Committee will also consider the budgets for the Support Account and the UN Logistics Base in Brind [...]
2006-05-10 17:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK944UN ON SUDAN: 'PLEASE GIVE US MONEY'
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Secretary-General (SYG) Annan hosted a May 4 meeting of the Group of Friends of Darfur to drum financial support for the humanitarian assistance program in Darfur, which, according OCHA U/SYG Egeland, is facing a $500 million funding shortfall. DPKO A/SYG [...]
2006-05-10 20:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNI PGOV PREL SU UNSC
06VATICAN160HOLY SEE: FURTHER DISCUSSION ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary. Vatican acting FM Parolin called in charge for further discussion on Lebanon. Charge reviewed USG position and confirmed that Parolin's request for USG support of an extension to the 48-hour pause had been relayed to Washington. The Vatican has twice spoken to Israel about this [...]
2006-08-01 17:45:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT LE
06VATICAN206VATICAN: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES, TONE SHIFTING
[...] (C) In a further effort at damage control following his remarks last week in Germany, Pope Benedict has invited ambassadors from predominantly Muslim countries to meet with him September 25. Criticism of the pontiff from the Muslim world has been well documented; there are, however, various [...]
2006-09-22 16:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PTER KIRF VT
06VATICAN269LATIN AMERICA: 1999 VATICAN DOCUMENT STILL GIVES DIRECTION
[...] (SBU) Latin America is home to about half of the world's more than one billion-plus Catholics, making it a key region for the Holy See. It is also a region where the Catholic Church is losing many adherents, especially to evangelical groups. For these reasons and others, Latin America is oft [...]
2006-12-27 18:04:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI ECON VT XM
06VIENNA2313AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...]
2006-08-01 15:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU
06VIENNA2322AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME
[...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]
2006-08-03 11:30:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2690AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 08, 2006
[...] The third in a series of television debates between Austrian political leaders was a face-off Thursday night between the Social Democrats' boss Alfred Gusenbauer and BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler. As expected, the two politicians strongly disagreed on issues including the bank Bawag and immigr [...]
2006-09-11 07:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2765AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 15, 2006
[...] The former head of Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, has been arrested at his home in the south of France. Elsner is under criminal investigation in connection with currency speculations and losses at Bawag. The Justice Ministry in Vienna says the 71-year-old Elsner was arrested because there was a f [...]
2006-09-15 14:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3041AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 13, 2006
[...] Coalition negotiations over formation of a new government begin Friday. OeVP says it will play hardball, trying to push through its budget goals and retain the Finance Ministry. Current Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser no longer rules out staying in office in the next government. Independent daily [...]
2006-10-13 12:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3196AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 31, 2006
[...] Despite massive protests from the OeVP and the BZOe, the Social Democrats -- with the support of the Greens and the Freedom Party -- went ahead during Parliament's first session yesterday with plans to create a committee to investigate the government's decision to purchase 18 Eurofighter jets. [...]
2006-10-31 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3460AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 01, 2006
[...] The SPOe and the OeVP have reached an agreement on the so-called "basic security payments" -- a clear sign of progress in the negotiations between the two parties on the formation of a coalition government, Austrian media say. According to the Social Democrats chief coalition negotiator, the d [...]
2006-12-01 13:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA715REPORT ON EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Discussions of a possible EU mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dominated the EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Innsbruck on March 6-7. Despite press speculation that countries would offer up forces for such a mission while in Innsbruck, the ministers agreed only to dis [...]
2006-03-09 11:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR CG BK SR EUN AU
06VIENTIANE447DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: LAOS REWRITES ITS
[...] (C) Laos isn't unique among countries whose governments rewrite history to serve their own ends, but the Communist leadership here has taken the process to its extreme. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has concocted a black-and-white version of the recent past that is designed pure [...]
2006-05-19 04:30:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALSOCI PGOV PINR LA
06VILNIUS102SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]
2006-02-02 08:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS103 LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]
2006-02-02 08:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS1032LITHUANIA LOOKS TOWARDS RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Looking towards the Riga Summit, Lithuania hopes for encouraging words on Baltic air policing and NATO enlargement. The GOL remains committed to success in Afghanistan, where it may redeploy special forces in 2007. End Summary. Lithuania considering sending SOF to Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-16 13:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LH LT
06VILNIUS1073LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper on November 27 to officials in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of our interlocutors was aware of the European Commission's specific proposal to force non-EU air carriers to join the EU Em [...]
2006-12-01 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV LH EUN
06VILNIUS11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER
[...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...]
2006-01-06 05:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS1119DEFENSE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told the Ambassador that the GOL is still considering sending Special Operations Forces (SOF) to Afghanistan during their December 13 meeting. He also expressed interest in U.S. plans in Iraq, where Lithuania has troops, emphasized the i [...]
2006-12-18 10:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL LH AF
06VILNIUS129LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]
2006-02-09 08:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDLH NOTAG
06VILNIUS233 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STRONG BILATERAL
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on February 28 to discuss regional development, promote student travel to the United States, and pay a courtesy call on Lithuania's new Air Force Commander. The Ambassador highlighted our strong bilateral relation [...]
2006-03-06 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
06VILNIUS45 LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]
2006-01-30 09:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS573LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT: EU INCOMPLETE WITHOUT TURKEY
[...] (SBU) President Adamkus argued for the eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union in a June 17 interview with Turkish newspaper Miliyet, according to the Lithuanian press. Adamkus plans to make an official visit to Turkey later this week, where he will meet President Sezer, PM Erdogan, [...]
2006-06-19 13:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LH TU
06VILNIUS682U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]
2006-07-19 13:21:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS705LITHUANIAN AND BELARUSIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDERS
[...] (C) Lithuanian Air Force Commander Arturas Leita invited Belarus's Air Force Commander Oleg Paferov to Lithuania to discuss an alleged June 19 border incursion by a Belarusian helicopter into Lithuanian territory, an event which Belarus denies. The Lithuanian side was seeking an explanation fo [...]
2006-07-31 14:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS808COURTESY CALL ON NEW DEFENSE MINISTER OLEKAS
[...] (U) Classified by: Pol/Econ Chief Rebecca Dunham for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Lithuania's new Defense Minister Juozas Olekas underscored continuity in Lithuania's defense priorities and optimism about future spending during the Ambassador's courtesy call. [...]
2006-08-29 14:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LT
06VILNIUS818LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...]
2006-09-05 13:55:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH
06VILNIUS946LITHUANIA OUTLINES BELARUS POLICY, ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian activism in support of reform in Belarus continues. In EU structures, Lithuania argues for an exception for Belarus to the anticipated 60-euro Schengen visa fee, encourages smarter spending of Commission money to support democratic forces in Belarus, and will possibly [...]
2006-10-13 15:02:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH BO
06VILNIUS988BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 05-1007717: HELISOTA AND
[...] (U) This report contains business-sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We visited the premises of Helisota Ltd. on October 16 and met with the company's Director General (Josif Legenzov),Production Manager (Vaclovas Kliunka),Director of International Sales (Anatoli [...]
2006-11-03 11:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC LH UK EZ
06WARSAW1676MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG POLITICAL WILL IN POLAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opposition to hosting a U.S. MD site in Poland is, as the opposition to the Iraq War, thin and not strongly felt. All major political parties on the left and the right continue to support an MD site, and the government leadership is committed to the project. There is no do [...]
2006-08-11 14:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW207POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]
2006-02-09 12:54:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
06WARSAW2323READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]
2006-11-03 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS IZ PL
06WARSAW497POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]
2006-03-17 09:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW504POLAND MOVES TO ACCELERATES MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] SUMMARY: Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Defense Minister (DefMin) Sikorski announced their shared intention to accelerate modernization of the Polish military at a press conference following the annual meeting of Defense Ministry and Armed Forces leadership on March 13. Their plan include [...]
2006-03-17 14:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW862MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIKORSKI ON F-16 PROGRAM, IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 08:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAPS PREL PL IZ
06WELLINGTON133SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL ABIZAID TO NEW
[...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on 23-25 January. The Government has just returned from its lengthy Christmas and summer holiday period and has real anxiety that it is vulnerable to opposition attacks in a number of areas, including foreign and defense policies and the Gov [...]
2006-02-21 21:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON18SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADM
[...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visits on January 15-19 (PACAF) and January 16-22 (PACOM). New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February [...]
2006-01-10 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON449THINLY STRETCHED NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AIMS HIGH,
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) is being rebuilt after decades of neglect. The Labour Government, ideologically drawn to a peace-keeping role for the NZDF, has nonetheless proved willing to deploy small expeditionary forces around the world. Given that the entire military [...]
2006-06-12 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PMIL NZ
06WELLINGTON478"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON479"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON521BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Following instructions in reftel, post contacted Steven Johnson, director of Heli Cam Aviation Limited. Johnson confirmed that he has received an R44 Raven II helicopter, manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Company, with gyro stabilization equipment installed. 2. Johnson said that possessio [...]
2006-07-09 22:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON550 MALIAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COOK ISLANDS
[...] Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on July 5, 2006. The Note has been faxed to EB/TRA and to EAP/ANP. Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America an [...]
2006-07-14 02:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NZ
06WELLINGTON732EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ:
[...] (C) Summary: During September 13 meetings in Wellington, GNZ officials told EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann that PM Clark and NZ Ministers support greater US-NZ cooperation. McGann and his counterparts agreed that meetings over the coming months between both sides' leaders and senior officials [...]
2006-09-19 01:26:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD NZ US
06WELLINGTON736GNZ THINKING ON ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS, LOGISTICS
[...] (SBU) GNZ officials welcome USG participation in and support for January events hosted by PM Clark to commemorate the International Polar year and the 50th anniversary of US-NZ cooperation in Antarctica. New Zealand may also host events in-country for official USG visitors, including those una [...]
2006-09-19 19:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV OTRA NZ US
06WELLINGTON773DELAY IN USG APPROVAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S A-4 PLANE SALE A
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defence Force is evaluating how the further delay or cancellation of the GNZ's proposed sale of its last air combat planes to a private U.S. buyer could impact defense planning. NZDF will probably [...]
2006-10-02 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON815NZ WORRIES FRICTIONS COULD DERAIL PACIFIC ISLAND
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is working behind the scenes to help ensure that frictions over the Solomon Islands and other regional issues do not derail the October 23-26 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) meetings. PMs Clark and Howard are scheduled to discuss their goals for the meeting by telephone [...]
2006-10-18 04:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON910NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI
[...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]
2006-11-20 20:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON938GNZ HOSTS FIJI'S QARASE AND BAINIMARAMA FOR TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Bainimarama on November 27, New Zealand's Foreign Minister won his agreement to a meeting with Fiji's PM Qarase; PM Clark then called the PM and persuaded him to come for the meeting. The meeting will take place at New Zealand's Government House from 10:00 a.m. [...]
2006-11-28 05:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON943GNZ SAYS FIJI TALKS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT IS TAKING NO
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) characterized the meeting as a "considered and serious discussion" of Bainimarama's nine demands [...]
2006-11-29 07:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WINDHOEK79POHAMBA LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, President Hifikepunye Pohamba officially launched the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). In his speech marking the event, Pohamba reiterated his distaste for corruption and urged the ACC to pursue all corrupt individuals "regardless of their status in s [...]
2006-02-03 10:31:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ECON PHUM WA
06YAOUNDE1431CAMEROON MILITARY READY TO ENGAGE IN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with DATT, General Ren-Claude MEKA, Chief of Staff of Cameroon's Armed Forces, said Cameroon was prepared to eventually contribute up to a batallion for international peacekeeping operations. Cameroon has the political and military will to participate in PKO, but [...]
2006-09-15 07:48:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV CM
06YEREVAN1019A PROSTITUTE'S STORY: SEX AND TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) Poverty and desperation are the largest factors contributing to trafficking in persons in Armenia, according to prostitutes, police and NGOs in Vanadzor, Armenia's third-largest city. We met them during a July 14 trip to the city, where prostitutes gather after dusk in the traffic circle outsid [...]
2006-07-28 12:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALHSTC KTIP KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1330ARMENIA'S SOVIET-STYLE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE A
[...] (SBU) Armenia celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its independence on September 21 with an over-the-top Soviet-style display of military power in a long parade on Yerevan's Republic Square and a host of other events celebrating Armenia's development. Literally thousands of soldiers and c [...]
2006-09-25 09:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1422TV STATION DROPS INTERVIEW WITH OPPOSITION
[...] (C) A regional television station run by members of a pro-governmental parliamentary group decided not to air an interview with the head of the opposition Orinats Yerkir party and former parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdasarian. The move demonstrates the low level of professionalism of the Arm [...]
2006-10-11 12:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO AM
06YEREVAN1514 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-OCTOBER 2006
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC conducted an End-Use Monitoring (EUM) inspection of Harris radios provided to ARM MOD in Southern Armenia with 92 percent accountability results. Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) facility is being prepared for shipment to Armenia. FMF AM-B-BAA, A-1: Peacekeeping [...]
2006-10-27 12:13:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1639MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST CALL-UP MESSAGE
[...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. BATTALION OPERATIONS TRAINING: MTT B. TEAM COMPOSITION: 10 SOLDIERS: ONE EACH, MTT OIC (LTC),POST INFANTRY BATTALION COMMAND),PERSONNEL OFFICER (LT),INTELL OFFICER (CPT),OPERATIONS OFFICER (MAJ),FIRE SUPPORT OFFICER (CPT),AIR OFFICER (CPT),LOGISTICS [...]
2006-11-22 04:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1675 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-OCTOBER 2006
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC continues to develop the ARM Peacekeeping Brigade equipping plan for consideration in FY08. Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) facility is beginning to arrive in Armenia. FMF AM-B-BAA Peacekeeping battalion equipment is also arriving. Awaiting FMF Harris radio reque [...]
2006-12-05 10:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1694 ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) Since Armenia's severe energy crisis in the early 1990s, energy security and independence have been critical priorities for the government of Armenia (GOAM). This cable, drawn primarily from conversations with representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Energy and USAID energy project [...]
2006-12-08 13:29:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG AM
06YEREVAN481 ARMENIAN MPS REJECT PUBLIC TV'S CALL TO END
[...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Artur Baghdasarian announced that NA leaders decided to reject calls by Chairman of Armenian Public TV and Public Radio Aleksan Harutiunian to abolish a law requiring Public TV to broadcast National Assembly sessions. Oppositi [...]
2006-04-04 12:28:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN721 A1-PLUS FAILS YET AGAIN TO WIN FREQUENCY
[...] (SBU) The independent television and media company A1-Plus failed to win a radio frequency in the latest of its recurrent attempts to resume broadcasts. The National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR, a regulatory body appointed by President Robert Kocharian) rejected the A1-Plus appli [...]
2006-05-26 11:12:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN830REBEL A1-PLUS MEDIA OUTLET MAY BE FORCED OUT OF
[...] (SBU) Independent media outlet A1-Plus is being forced to vacate its offices, which may result in the shut-down of its website and newspaper. The Ministry of Territorial Administration has offered a new set of offices to the news outlet, whose television station was forced off the air in 2002 [...]
2006-06-20 10:15:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
06ZAGREB113CROATIA ACCELERATING ON NATO-READINESS
[...] (C/REL NATO) The political and military elite of Croatia believe they are ready to join NATO today. However, government efforts to educate the general public about why NATO is important to Croatia have been slow to get started. The GoC has developed a NATO-membership driven strategic defense [...]
2006-01-27 14:57:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL HR
06ZAGREB1461ISAF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP INCREASE, TWO-YEAR
[...] (U) On December 8, Parliament approved a two-year extension of the Croatian troop deployment to NATO's International Stabilization and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan by a vote of 102 to 1. The extension also authorizes expanding the force from the current 147 to 200 soldiers in 2007 a [...]
2006-12-08 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC AF HR
06ZAGREB215CROATIA PROSECUTES ARMS SMUGGLER
[...] (S) Croatian authorities finally brought suspected arms proliferator Sinisa Adrinek to trial on February 16 for attempting to sell software for a weapons guidance system to Iran. Although interagency cooperation improved somewhat (ref A),Croatian authorities appear to have temporarily lost A [...]
2006-02-17 13:42:00Embassy ZagrebSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR HR
06ZAGREB281CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND AND THE
[...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared major political obstacle [...]
2006-03-02 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV MARR HR
07ABIDJAN1110COTE D' IVOIRE SCENESETTER FOR D VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d,Ivoire. You will be the highest ranking USG official to visit Abidjan since 2005 when AF Assistant Secretary Connie Newman visited to discuss the peace process. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG interest i [...]
2007-10-31 18:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN14COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...]
2007-01-05 16:39:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
07ABIDJAN168COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO PROMISES TO INTEGRATE
[...] (C) In a controversial but not entirely unexpected move, President Gbagbo announced February 13 that the 4000 "New Recruits" would be hired into the military. This move came after on February 1-2, New Recruits fired automatic weapons in the air in several towns in government-held territory to [...]
2007-02-15 11:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL IV
07ABIDJAN539UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRKE CONTINUES, PROMPTS
[...] (SBU)The public university teachers, strike, which has continued on and off for more than a year, has garered renewed attention by the recent actions aganst it by the thuggish, pro-Gbagbo students, unin, FESCI (septel). The strike, led by the Natioal Coordination of Higher-Level Teachers and [...]
2007-05-22 17:19:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB IV
07ABIDJAN558COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION RAID HEADQUARTERS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday, May 21 a mob of more than 200 youth from the Federation of Secondary and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI) concurrently attacked the offices of two prominent Ivoirian human rights NGOs, the Ivoirian League for Human Rights (LIDHO) and the Association for the [...]
2007-05-25 21:07:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IV
07ABIDJAN705THREE KILLED BUT PRIME MINISTER SORO UNHURT AFTER
[...] (C) Multiple sources confirm Prime Minister and New Forces leader Guillaume Soro is alive and well after an RPG attack on an airplane in which he was traveling at Bouake airport on the morning of June 29. ONUCI Acting SRSG Abu Moussa told us that, according to UN Air Ops personnel who witnesse [...]
2007-06-29 16:39:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL KPKO IV
07ABIDJAN719WHO TRIED TO KILL SORO? THE SPECULATION IS WELL
[...] (C) Summary. Since the June 29 attack on Prime Minister Soro, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive. The facts remain scarce, adding fuel to the unending speculation. The suspects are numerous, ranging from the most obvious (disaffected members of the Forces Nouvelles) to the absurd (ONU [...]
2007-07-03 11:01:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO IV
07ABIDJAN764COTE D'IVOIRE'S GOVERNMENT DRIFTS AFTER ATTACK ON
[...] (C) Summary. Since the March 29 attack on the aircraft carrying Prime Minister Soro, the peace process implementation has been at a near-standstill. Soro and his small team appear knocked off stride (although he could be "playing possum" and proceeding cautiously while recovering his footi [...]
2007-07-13 15:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN8PM BANNY: POLITICAL GRIDLOCK
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 3, Prime Minister Banny stated that Cote d'Ivoire is basically in political gridlock. All the political actors are waiting to see what will happen next. He characterized President Gbagbo's five proposals for dealing with the crisis as non-pro [...]
2007-01-04 14:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALIV PGOV
07ABIDJAN962COTE D'IVOIRE: FRANCE'S VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. French Deputy Chief of Mission Sebastien Minot told Poloff September 11 that the differences in the positions of the Ivorian government and the Forces Nouvelles on disarmament and identification may be difficult to reconcile and could derail the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) [...]
2007-09-13 16:41:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IV FR
07ABUDHABI1015JUNE 11 U.S.-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE
[...] (S) Summary: Department of State International Security and Nonproliferation/Counterproliferation Initiatives (ISN/CPI) Director Tony Foley led an interagency delegation to the June 11 US-UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF) working groups meetings in Abu Dhabi to discuss questions relate [...]
2007-06-19 08:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI1161U.S.-UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: Since the May 2007 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),and earlier meetings of the Joint Military Committee (JMC) working groups and Air and Missile Defense working group, we have seen progress in our bilateral mil-to-mil and security relationship in the areas of defense cooperation and [...]
2007-07-12 09:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI1180DUBAI RULER/UAE PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON IRAQ,
[...] (S) Summary: On July 15, Ambassador met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR). MbR complained about the Iranian influence in Iraq and voiced his belief that the current situation in Iraq is a civil war which w [...]
2007-07-16 15:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PARM EAID IR IZ LE AF PK SY
07ABUDHABI1206SATELLITE COOPERATION AGREEMENT - INFORMAL UAE
[...] (S/NF) DATT met with UAE Air Force Intelligence Chief Colonel Mahash Al-Hameli on July 16 to follow-up on our previous approaches on the draft U.S. - KSA, UAE, and Qatar Satellite Cooperation Agreement (SCA). Col Mahash said he preferred a bilateral agreement with the USG on this subject. T [...]
2007-07-19 08:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC KSTC PARM PREL SA QA AE
07ABUDHABI1214SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...]
2007-07-19 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1292SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S
[...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]
2007-08-01 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI145GENERAL ABIZAID TALKS IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WITH
[...] (S) Summary. On the evening of January 21, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan hosted CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid for dinner. They discussed regional security issues, but Iraq was clearly the focus o [...]
2007-01-31 12:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM IZ IR AF AE
07ABUDHABI1479SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...]
2007-09-05 13:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE
07ABUDHABI1564 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-U.S., SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] SUMMARY: An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" compares U.S. and Israeli claims about Syrian nuclear weapons/technology to statements about Iraqi WMD, and wonders whether the U.S. is lying, "again". A columnist in "Al-Bayan" views the U.S. and Israel as collaborating to weave around Syria the same pa [...]
2007-09-19 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI158SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF U/S FORE TO THE UAE
[...] (SBU) U/S Fore, Mission UAE warmly welcomes you and looks forward to your February 13-14 visit to Dubai. Your meeting with Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) will allow us to make progress on our new consulate compound (NCC) project and request [...]
2007-02-01 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETTC IR MASS AE
07ABUDHABI1595IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI1699SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...]
2007-10-10 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1700UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB
[...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...]
2007-10-10 14:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1854UAE APPRECIATES AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (S) Ambassador Crocker met November 1 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) and Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Both expressed appreciation for USG engagement on Iraq and the Ambassador's visit to consult with them. Crocker told the UAE leaders he had come not [...]
2007-11-06 15:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1981BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION
[...] Ref A requested that post conduct a Blue Lantern pre-license check of Springfall International, Sharjah Airport Free Zone for application 050072891 (F-16 spare parts to the Pakistani Air Force) due to it being a unfamiliar foreign consignee. Post notes that Springfall International was the subj [...]
2007-12-10 09:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ETTC KOMC AE
07ABUDHABI1998UAE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
[...] Summary: the UAE, the second largest economy in the Arab World, is in the midst of aggressive economic development. Dubai is building high profile luxury projects such as the "Palms" and the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Dubai. On November 19, 2007, Amman ESTH Hub Officer visited Abu [...]
2007-12-13 13:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI203 UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 10:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
07ABUDHABI368UAE 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]
2007-03-05 15:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUDHABI421MINSTER OF ECONOMY SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD PREL PGOV PARM IR AE
07ABUDHABI458UAE MOVING FORWARD ON GSD; DEFINING THE AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Following the October 19, 2006 Gulf Security Dialogue session held in Abu Dhabi, Embassy has identified and clarified key areas of potential cooperation with the UAEG, particularly vis-a-vis the "existential threat" the UAE perceives from Iran. Future GSD discussions with the UAE [...]
2007-03-18 11:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI480UAEG CONFIRMS MAY 7 DATE FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 14:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE
07ABUDHABI493IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITIES NON-PAPER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI527UAE PRESIDENT ASSURES IRAN OF UAE NEUTRALITY IN
[...] (U) In a March 27 interview with the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed declared that the UAE rejects the use of its land, air and territorial waters to be used in an attack on another country. Responding to a question whether it would be possible for [...]
2007-03-28 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM IR AE
07ABUDHABI69UAE AVOIDS USING AIR ROUTES OVER DISPUTED UAE-IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In an apparent reaction to disagreements between the UAE and Iran regarding jurisdiction over air routes passing near the disputed island of Abu Musa, the UAEG has reportedly ceased using a major air corridor over the Gulf. The change adds pressure to an already congested air cor [...]
2007-01-18 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL ECON IR AE
07ABUDHABI70 UAE AVOIDS USING AIR ROUTES OVER DISPUTED UAE-IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In an apparent reaction to disagreements between the UAE and Iran regarding jurisdiction over air routes passing near the disputed island of Abu Musa, the UAEG has reportedly ceased using a major air corridor over the Gulf. The change adds pressure to an already congested air cor [...]
2007-01-18 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL ECON IR AE
07ABUDHABI717UAEG CONFIRMS PARTICIPANTS FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE
07ABUDHABI868 MEDIA REACTION: WELCH'S VISIT TO LEBANON/AMNESTY
[...] SUMMARY: The unsigned editorial in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the latest Amnesty International report which accuses the U.S. of human rights violations. A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" is critical of David Welch's visit to Lebanon, feeling it is meddling in sovereign Lebanese affairs. A Qatari int [...]
2007-05-24 10:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI876FOLLOW-UP ON UAE RESPONSE TO LEBANESE REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) Action request. Please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (C) On May 24, Col. Jack McGuinness (Ret.),Military Advisor to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),provided Embassy with the text of a message he sent to UAE Director Military Intelligence Brigadier Eissa Saif al Mazrouie an [...]
2007-05-24 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS LE AE
07ABUDHABI956AFGHAN DEFMIN WARDAK MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) Summary: On June 8, Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak told Ambassador that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has informed President Karzai that the UAE would donate nine Mi-19 helicopters to Afghanistan. General Wardak has passed the UAE and other donor c [...]
2007-06-10 12:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMASS MOPS MCAP PREL AF AE
07ABUDHABI964ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN/IRAQ WITH USNAVCENT
[...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff in Abu Dhabi on June 6. MbZ stressed the need for communication and [...]
2007-06-11 11:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMOPS MCAP KNNP PTER IR IZ AE
07ABUJA1276DOKUBO-ASARI RELEASED ON CONDITIONAL BAIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Federal High Court on June 14 released Niger Delta militant leader and Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari on conditional bail based on his deteriorating health. This decision reverses the Nigerian Supreme Court's June 8 ruling that [...]
2007-06-18 15:07:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PINR NI
07ABUJA1320NIGERIA STRUGGLES TO MEET AMISOM COMMITMENTS
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: The Nigerian military battalion designated to serve in the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) is under-manned, under-equipped, and under-trained. The military leadership does not say, and probably does not know, when its troops will be AMISOM-ready. While the USG has s [...]
2007-06-21 16:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO NI
07ABUJA1508NIGERIAN PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES PARALYZED BY
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: There has been little progress in recent months within the Government of Nigeria (GON) to expand its peacekeeping role in Darfur and Somalia under the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The GON has been without ministerial le [...]
2007-07-13 12:54:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PINR PREL NI
07ABUJA1932NIGERIAN HOUSE SPEAKER EMBROILED IN SPENDING
[...] (C) Summary: Patricia Etteh, the new Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, has been implicated in a scandal involving unauthorized contracts allegedly totaling about USD 5 million to renovate her official residence and purchase several luxury cars. Etteh, who was elected Speaker larg [...]
2007-09-06 10:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA1949BUHARI INSIDER ON ANPP INTRIGUES, POSSIBLE MASS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: All-Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari confidante retired Air Vice Marshal Mouktar Mohammed disclosed that Buhari's lingering distrust of the ANPP has been justified, in part, following the party's imminent withdrawal of its petition at the pres [...]
2007-09-07 09:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
07ABUJA2035NIGERIA: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR PRE-LICENSE
[...] Poloff contacted Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Logisitcs Commander G.F. Abdul to inquire about the status of the reported sale of C-130 spare parts (reftel). Abdul said the NAF had not received C-130 spare parts in 2007. He further noted that while the NAF had received spare parts from United Te [...]
2007-09-19 09:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NI
07ABUJA2398NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING AT MINISTRY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12, 2007 meeting at the Ministry of Defense, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Minister of Defense Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed affirmed common goals on defense- and peacekeeping-related matters. Minister Ahmed indicated that the GON was moving forward on p [...]
2007-11-16 12:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKDEM MASS PGOV PREL NI
07ABUJA697SNAPSHOT OF KEY NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL RACES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Similar to the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP). The only formidable challenge the Action Congress (AC) presen [...]
2007-04-12 14:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA746OBSERVATION OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A single characterization of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly elections across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones is impossible. Observations cover the full range -- from parts of Enugu and the Niger Delta regions where elections were simply never held, to some areas [...]
2007-04-19 15:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA916GENERAL AGWAI ON DARFUR, PERSONNEL CHANGES
[...] (C) General Martin Luther Agwai met with the Ambassador and Defense Attach on May 11 to discuss his trip to the U.N. the week of May 14 and his next assignment as Force Commander for AMIS (African Union Mission in Sudan) and transition of this force to a U.N. peacekeeping force. Following his [...]
2007-05-11 10:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO NI
07ACCRA1791GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS: DAM AT CRITICAL LEVEL; EMERGENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables on Ghana's energy sector. The first, ref A, provided background on the crisis and near-term remedial measures. The second, ref B, focused primarily on the impact of the crisis on the mining sector. This cable provides an update on the crisis [...]
2007-08-24 13:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG GH
07ACCRA1916GHANA - ICAO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RECAP OF CIVIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff delivered the third ICAO Assembly demarche requesting support for U.S. candidacy to the ICAO Council. Ghana's Minister of Aviation indicated support would be based on reciprocity as Ghana also seeks re-election. The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) inquired about t [...]
2007-09-11 14:39:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD GH SENV
07ACCRA2443GHANAIAN WOMEN - 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS BUT A LONG WAY TO GO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing more than half the population, Ghanaian women have contributed substantially to Ghana's development since independence. Aside from their critical role in Ghana's economy, women participate in the public sphere, taking on leading positions in politics and civil socie [...]
2007-11-27 12:59:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI ECON GH
07ACCRA2533ONE YEAR LATER: NARCOTICS COMMITTEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Just over a year ago, the GOG released the Georgina Wood Committee report in response to a public outcry after several embarrassing cocaine scandals in 2005. The GOG endorsed the report and pledged to quickly implement its proposals, but it has largely failed to do so. Most key [...]
2007-12-13 17:16:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GH
07ACCRA2577CODEL INHOFE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, President Kufuor and Ghana's Defense Minister told CODEL Inhofe that Ghanaian peacekeepers for Somalia and Darfur must be properly equipped before a deployment. Otherwise, he said, it would be akin to "sending them to the slaughter." Kufuor and Ghana's military l [...]
2007-12-20 10:08:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KWMN MARR MOPS GH
07ACCRA593GHANA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
[...] Summary: On March 6, Ghanaians celebrated 50 years of independence with a colorful parade and other events attended by delegations from all over the world. The GOG appreciated the presence of the U.S. Presidential delegation, headed by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jack [...]
2007-03-14 17:37:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL GH
07ADANA10SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 07:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA103SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04-08
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 04-08, 2007. 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: 2. HURRIYET: A remote-controlled PKK [...]
2007-08-09 10:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA11SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 07:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA112SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 25, 2007. Please note Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized herein. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE: Selahattin Demirtas, [...]
2007-09-26 05:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA52SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 06, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 12:18:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA84SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 20, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 20, 2007. 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: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: MHP Adana part [...]
2007-06-20 14:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1017SOMALIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA'S ROLE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopia's point person on Somalia negotiations, on April 4 to review Ethiopia's approach to the Hawiye clan and reconciliation, and later with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) chief Getachew. [...]
2007-04-05 12:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA104ETHIOPIA: SEN. BROWNBACK CONFERS WITH PM MELES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles briefed Sen. Brownback and his staff on Ethiopia's military operation in Somalia during a Jan. 12 meeting. Meles said that the GOE had learned from U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan that it was essential to place the burden for establishing security and political [...]
2007-01-16 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA1309ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-04-27 12:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1406ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-05-08 15:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA181SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]
2007-01-23 14:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA2197(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: WFP OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An American security coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP),who has traveled extensively in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region to coordinate WFP airdrops, assesses that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) does not seek to target Americans or humanitarian [...]
2007-07-13 17:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA238ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...]
2007-01-26 07:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2561ETHIOPIA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR JULY 2007
[...] SUMMARY. --FEDERAL BUDGET: The Ethiopian Parliament unanimously approved a USD 4.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2007/08. The budget is Ethiopia's highest, representing a 24 percent increase over the 2005/06 budget, and a 44 percent increase over 2004/2005. The defense budget officially ro [...]
2007-08-16 10:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR EAIR ET
07ADDISABABA2620ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED
[...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...]
2007-08-23 09:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA263USAU SUPPORT FOR AMISON DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Background: The US Mission to the AU is in constant contact with: Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and the Director of Peace Support Operations Bereng Mtimkulu. As a result of six weeks of quiet diplomacy to AU planners, a dialogue and relationship has been established. (C) It [...]
2007-01-30 10:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA2968ETHIOPIA: UNMEE MILITARY OBSERVER REPORTS ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27 Poloff met with an Amcit United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observer (Milob) to discuss the military situation along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and report on Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) activity. According to the milo [...]
2007-10-04 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2981ETHIOPIA: DIASPORA BUSINESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: The World Bank, USAID, and Netherlands Embassy sponsored the first Diaspora Business Conference on September 19, 2007. The conference aimed to illustrate how the Diaspora community can benefit from investment opportunities in Ethiopia. Participants heard remarks from the GOE, the Wor [...]
2007-10-04 14:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3027ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military or government candidates who have been nominated for a USG-sponsored seminar, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidates have [...]
2007-10-11 11:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS ET PGOV
07ADDISABABA3036ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION
[...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...]
2007-10-15 08:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON ET
07ADDISABABA3434MELES TELLS CODEL INHOFE HR2003 INSULTING
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles acknowledged Ethiopia's challenges as an emerging democracy to a visiting CODEL led by Senator James Inhofe, but clearly stressed that H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - was an insult and risks jeopardizing the excellent U.S.-Ethiopi [...]
2007-12-03 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3435ETHIOPIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] Requested information about the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia follows and is organized per reftel instructions. 2. For further references, please contact Political/Economic Affairs Officer Kimberly Wright at: WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor In 2005 [...]
2007-12-03 04:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
07ADDISABABA409USAU PARTICIPATES IN UNDPKO AND AU PLANNING FOR
[...] (SBU) During the period 5-8 February 2007, COL Tim Rainey, Sr. Military Liaison Officer and CAPT (Ret.) Bob Cunningham, Logistics Advisor to the Africa Union (AU),Members of the US Mission to the African Union (USAU),participated in the AU planning for the deployment of the African Union Mi [...]
2007-02-08 19:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU
07ADDISABABA453USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of discussions at the TCC(s)/International Donor/Partner Coordination meeting held at 0900hrs on 12 FEB 2007, Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner, Peace and Security Commission thought it necessary to conduct a meeting of the &core of the core group8 for deployme [...]
2007-02-13 12:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA467USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 12 FEB, Mr. Bereng Mtimkulu, Head, Peace Support Department (PSOD) of the African Union, chaired a military planning meeting of the &core group8 of troop contributing countries and international donors/partners who have formally pledged troops or financial/logistical suppo [...]
2007-02-15 04:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA694REVIEW OF OUTCOME OF FRENCH RECAMP V TRAINING
[...] (U) Participants: USAU staff joined African and partner countries (what countries) there was no US participant at this meeting, with the exception of USAU observers. 2. (U) Background: The purpose of the February 21-22 meeting was for the participants to: (1) review outcomes of French R [...]
2007-03-06 06:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA852SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (S) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the proposal to provide USD 15 million in Section 1206 funds for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Kenya, and Tanzania, as part of the East Africa Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Post supports funding the proposal in FY07, with the following observations (see [...]
2007-03-19 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNMASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA90SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR ALLGEIER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country is focused primarily on the recent military operation in Somalia, but Ethiopia is making progress on development through growth and diversification of exports and substantial advances in education and health care. Septel d [...]
2007-01-12 10:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL ET
07ADDISABABA956ETHIOPIA: VISIT TO WEST OROMIYA REVEALS POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A four-day visit to Ethiopia's western Oromiya region to assess the political climate in anticipation of local elections scheduled for the end of the year found that tension between opposition parties and local government officials remains high. Recent clashes with security servi [...]
2007-03-29 15:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA977MANAGING A TOUGH MIL TO MIL RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a difficult meeting, Ethiopian Chief of Staff General Samora outlined for visiting Combined Joint Task Force ) Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral James Hart on March 28 of Ethiopia's new military priorities: -- General Samora said air mobility was critical as a result of [...]
2007-04-02 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS ET SO
07AITTAIPEI1072MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S BID IN THE WORLD HEALTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major dailies focused their front-page news coverage May 12-14 on the crash of an air force F-5F fighter jet in Hsinchu County while carrying out a preliminary action for the 23rd Hankuang Exercise. The other focus is Premier Su Tseng-chang's resignation from his position. [...]
2007-05-14 06:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1195MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 30 on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks at the video conference with the National Press Club (NPC) Tuesday; on the 2008 presidential election; and on other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a bann [...]
2007-05-30 23:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1269MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1285MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 7 on the 2008 presidential election; on the government's proposed minimum wage hike starting July 1 and its impact on local businesses; on a car accident involving a local singer; and on an alleged corruption scandal i [...]
2007-06-07 22:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1610MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S REFERENDUM ON UN BID, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 18 news coverage on the 2008 presidential election, on the aftermath of a nationwide amnesty implemented Monday, and on a business scandal involving senior financial officials. The pro-unification "United Daily News" front-paged an [...]
2007-07-18 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1891MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 18-20 on Typhoon Sepat, which hit Taiwan Saturday morning and caused severe damage to Taiwan's agriculture; on the Taiwan government's controversial decision on the use of ractopamine in pork; on the 2008 Taiwan pres [...]
2007-08-20 09:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2096MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 12 on the UN referendum, on the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference held in Annapolis Tuesday, on the Olympics torch relay route, and on Taiwan's first draft "Telecommunication Broadcasting Management Law." T [...]
2007-09-12 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2124MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage on September 15-17 to the two large-scale rallies launched by the ruling DPP and opposition KMT in Kaohsiung and Taichung, respectively, on Taiwan's UN bid. News coverage also focused on the crash of a Thai passenger pla [...]
2007-09-17 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2186MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN BID, ARMS PROCUREMENTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 25-26 on the aftermath of a Taipei District Court's decision Monday to detain an agent and a former agent of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on suspicion of spying for China; on the 2008 presidential [...]
2007-09-26 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI252MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN POLITICS, WAR IN IRAQ,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage February 1 on former President Lee Teng-hui, who made an about-face move by saying Wednesday that he has never advocated Taiwan independence; and on the rezoning of electoral districts for the year-end Legislative Yuan elec [...]
2007-02-01 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2550MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, TAIWAN'S UN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 1-3 on the controversy over the voting system for the January legislative elections; on China's refusal to allow the USS Kitty Hawk and its supporting vessels to dock in Hong Kong in late November; and on the 2008 [...]
2007-12-03 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2643MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE'S STATEMENT ON TAIWAN'S UN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 22-26 news coverage on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's criticism of Taiwan's referendum on a bid to enter the UN under the name of "Taiwan" as "provocative," and President Chen Shui-bian's response. Meanwhile, where the m [...]
2007-12-26 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI334MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NAME CHANGE CAMPAIGN, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage February 10-12 on the DPP government's name change campaign, on the 2008 presidential elections, and on other local political issues. The pro-status quo "China Times" front-paged a banner headline February 11 that said "S [...]
2007-02-12 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI59MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1140AHMADINEJAD VISITS ALGIERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad's August 6-7 visit to Algiers generated significant noise, but apparently little of substance. The press, responding to a pre-visit public relations effort by the Iranian embassy here, obligingly described the Ahmadinejad visit as part the "r [...]
2007-08-13 08:17:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER OPEC ENRG ETRD KISL KNNP IR AG
07ALGIERS1618HATTAB CASE SHOWS RECONCILIATION STILL AN OPEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hassan Hattab, notorious for helping create the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 1998, has become a symbol of the unresolved debate over national reconciliation in Algeria. Although the details of his situation are shrouded in mystery, a disproportionate amount [...]
2007-11-06 07:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL AG
07ALGIERS1809AFTER THE LATEST ALGIERS BOMBINGS: THIS WILL BE A
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The December 11 bombings in Algiers demonstrate that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) can adapt its tactics to discredit the Algerian government even if it cannot destabilize the state. Its tactics have evolved and it is more frequently targeting foreigners. AQIM seeks to copy ta [...]
2007-12-20 10:12:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PINS ASEC AG
07ALGIERS1823BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] On 23 December 2007 we met with Saadi Saib, Assistant to the Provisioning Manager for Air Algerie, to conduct the post shipment end use check on license 050036215. Saib attended the meeting in place of Mr. Zaoeali, the Provisioning Manager listed as the contact on reftel. While we were not a [...]
2007-12-26 16:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM AG
07ALGIERS619OFFICIAL ELECTION PERIOD UNDERWAY BUT DOES ANYONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the May 17 legislative elections, free electronic media access is now available to qualified Algerian political parties and independent candidates, signaling that the official national legislative election has begun. The parties generally express satisfaction with [...]
2007-05-03 11:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS892LAWYERS' SIT-IN PAYS OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After organizing a 400-lawyer sit-in at the National Courts on June 18, the Algerian National Bar Association (BNA) was able to secure a meeting with the justice ministry to air its grievances. On June 20, BNA President Abdelmajid Sellini met with the ministry's secretary genera [...]
2007-06-25 09:02:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV AG
07AMMAN1031JORDAN'S SECURITY SERVICES
[...] (C) The security services, made up of the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and the General Intelligence Directorate (GID),together constitute a vital and solid pillar of the Hashemite monarchy. The security services, along with the tribes (Ref E and [...]
2007-03-07 13:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV MARR MASS PINR SNAR KPAL JO
07AMMAN1276Embassy AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations, and Government of Jordan (GoJ) officials on March 7 to share information on avian flu preparedness. The GoJ is focusing now on pandemic preparedness, and [...]
2007-03-21 04:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU XF JO
07AMMAN1541SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (C) King Abdullah and the Jordanian government are looking forward to your visit here. The Jordanian government plays a key role in the administration's top priorities in the region, including the effort in Iraq, reviving progress toward a Palestinian-Israeli settlement and broader Arab-Isr [...]
2007-04-11 14:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JO
07AMMAN1821JORDAN AND THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (S) The Government of Jordan and its most senior leadership continue to view U.S. success in Iraq as essential to its own security. Since the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom it has agreed to a series of U.S. requests for important political and logistical assistance. The GOJ has supported [...]
2007-04-30 12:52:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO
07AMMAN2017Developing Aqaba - The Gateway to Jordan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 2-3 trip to Aqaba, the Ambassador discussed the significant achievements in development of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) with local officials, shipping agents, students, young entrepreneurs, scientists, and environmental activists. The private sector has i [...]
2007-05-13 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV SENV SOCI JO
07AMMAN2240JAF TO TRANSFER MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (U) Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) has identified the following items for transfer to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): 2 million rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, 1 million rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, and 500,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. [...]
2007-05-24 13:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL JO LE
07AMMAN3057IRAQ/IRAN: AMMAN MEETING WITH IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC
[...] (S) Iraqi Shi'a clerical insider Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect),outlined to Emboff his views on the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years),political developments in the Hawza, and ongoing Iranian interference in Iraq. Jawad a [...]
2007-07-18 12:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IR JO
07AMMAN3159PETRA'S VICTORY AS NEW WORLD WONDER CAPTIVATES A NATION,
[...] (U) Summary: Petra's candidacy and victory as one of seven "New Wonders of the World" have dominated the news and attention of Jordan since mid-June. Tourism has been growing in Jordan in spite of regional instability, and officials are optimistic that Petra's new designation will cause the t [...]
2007-07-25 14:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON SCUL JO
07AMMAN3284JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR
[...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...]
2007-08-02 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO
07AMMAN3286CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION
[...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...]
2007-08-02 13:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO
07AMMAN3813KING CALLS FOR LOWER FOOD PRICES DURING RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices have been rising dramatically in Jordan in the run-up to Ramadan. Merchants and animal breeders are citing rising fuel and feed costs, but government officials question whether merchants are taking advantage of increased consumption during Ramadan to reap greater pro [...]
2007-09-13 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON KISL SOCI JO
07AMMAN3909Jordan's Economic Zones Aim to Attract Investment and
[...] Summary: Jordan has taken an approach of developing geographically delineated, policy-favored commercial zones to attract investment and promote economic development. In addition to industrial estates and free zones, King Abdullah recently announced the launch of a fourth economic developmen [...]
2007-09-23 04:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV JO
07AMMAN4612JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN
[...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...]
2007-11-19 11:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL
07AMMAN4692JORDAN'S NEW KAMIKAZE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, technocratic cabinet is led by a Prime Minister with a track record of delivering on the King's economic reform agenda. His cabinet colleagues include some of Jordan's best-known reformists, among them four women. The poor showing of the King's main opposition, t [...]
2007-11-26 16:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JO
07AMMAN4693BIOGRAPHIES FOR JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) In the wake of November 20 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit submitted his resignation to the King November 22, paving the way for a new government. On November 23, the King designated Nader Dahabi as the new Prime Minister, and the new cabinet was sworn in on November 25. [...]
2007-11-26 17:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNJO PGOV PINR
07AMMAN551GOJ TO REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Increasingly concerned by violence in the Palestinian areas and in Iraq, and by prospects that both conflicts could further destabilize the region, senior Jordanian officials have told Ambassador that the GOJ will soon ask the U.S. for supplemental military and economic assistan [...]
2007-02-07 07:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MASS EAID JO
07ANKARA1081ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1108TURKEY'S GOVERNING BIG TENT PARTY -- SPLITS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The political crisis sparked by Foreign Minister Gul's failed bid for the presidency has exacerbated pre-existing divisions within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). While AKP has always been a "big tent" coalition of the devout, the moderate, the nationalists and t [...]
2007-05-10 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ANKARA1126IRAQ: TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey provides significant logistical support for the coalition in Iraq, supports U.S. policy goals and the Iraqi government, and has tried to play a useful diplomatic role. At the same time, its concerns about the future of Iraq -- and in particular its discomfort about Kirkuk [...]
2007-05-11 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1135UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmet Yoruk told us May 11 that the implementing language for UNSCR 1737 is still awaiting the approval of the Council of Ministers and that the UNSCR 1747 implementation package has not yet been forwarded to the Prime Ministry. The GOT [...]
2007-05-11 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PARM EAIR IR TU
07ANKARA116TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL'S VISIT: SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gonul's January 25-26 visit, preceding the February visits of Foreign Minister Gul and Chief of the General Staff GEN Buyukanit, provides an opportunity to reaffirm the US commitment on Iraq; urge a measured Turkish response to a possible Congressional Armenian [...]
2007-01-22 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AR
07ANKARA1165BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK
[...] Per reftel request, we consulted with Aselsan Electronics Industries Director of Airborne and Naval Programs Metin Sancar on May 11 regarding license number 050003636 and agreement TA 0864-50. Sancar confirmed both the order and the end user. Sancar said that the contract under license no. 0 [...]
2007-05-16 08:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
07ANKARA1174SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM/CC GENERAL SCHWARTZ MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrival comes at a crucial political moment as the derailed presidential bid of FM Gul has forced an early parliamentary election scramble. The Turkish General Staff,s (TGS) April 27 harsh statement against the nomination of FM Gul as president, and Gul,s subsequent withdraw [...]
2007-05-16 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1179IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]
2007-05-16 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1219TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007
[...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]
2007-05-21 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA1242Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Nelson/Lott to Turkey
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...]
2007-05-22 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1243Scenesetter for the Visit of the Congressional Study Group
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...]
2007-05-22 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1291TURKISH DCHOD COMPLAINS ABOUT US F-16 OVERFLIGHT
[...] (S) The Turkish Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun informed DCM on May 24 that two US F-16 aircraft violated Turkish airspace when they crossed the border from Iraq at approximately 12:01 that afternoon and crossed back into Iraq at 12:02 (Note: It is unclear whether th [...]
2007-05-25 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1300F-16 VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE: PRESS
[...] (C) The Turks first contacted us on May 24 to raise what they described as an obvious unintended violation of their airspace earlier in the day (ref a). In that discussion, D/CHOD Saygun told DCM that he was bringing the issue to our attention simply to avoid accidents in the future. We subs [...]
2007-05-29 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA132U/S BURNS MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN --
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting in Ankara, Turkish U/S Ertugrul Apakan told U/S Burns that Turkey supports the U.S. strategy of reinforcing Iraq with additional troops. He appealed for U.S. help on the PKK and for a delay in Kirkuk referendum. Apakan expressed concern about Iranian infl [...]
2007-01-24 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1345ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-01 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1348THE U.S. AS POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN TURKEY'S
[...] (C) Summary and comment: As Turkey's parliamentary election campaign heats up, all players will use any hook to drag the US into the campaign. The name of the game is to embarrass, trip up or sideline PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). The context includes an overheated polit [...]
2007-06-01 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU US
07ANKARA1352SULEYMANIYAH INCIDENT HITS RAW NERVE; TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: The encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga security units in Suleymaniyah on June 1 sparked a reaction throughout the Turkish government. The Turkish General Staff issued a public statement about the encounter which included a warning that another such incident w [...]
2007-06-02 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA137TURKEY PROPOSES IRAQI RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S.'s strategy for Iraq but remains deeply concerned about the lack of political consensus in Baghdad or the PKK and Kirkuk issues, GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told visiting PDAS James Jeffrey on Jan. 19. Jeffrey explained the thinking behind the Pres [...]
2007-01-24 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1376TURKISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISMISSES US
[...] (C) GEN Aslan Guner, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Intelligence branch (J-2) informed us on June 1 that TGS is not upset about the May 24 incident in which a US F-16 crossed over into Turkish airspace for several minutes, stating that the Turkish media had overblown the situation. G [...]
2007-06-04 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1396TURKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT US C-130 CHAFF/FLARE
[...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry on June 4 registering a complaint that on May 20 a US C-130 transiting Turkish airspace en route from Iraq to Romania released chaff and flares just over the Iraqi border in Cizre, Turkey, and requesting the Embassy urge relevant US [...]
2007-06-05 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA142TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...]
2007-01-24 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU
07ANKARA1440ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1507ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1509FIRST US-TURKEY MIL-MIL COMBINED PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the initial bilateral US/Turkey Combined Planning Committee (CPC) meeting, hosted by the US European Command J-5 on May 22-24 in Stuttgart, US and Turkish action officers exchanged views and developed proposals on a full range of military-to-military cooperation. Separate [...]
2007-06-14 05:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS MASS TU
07ANKARA1536ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1593TURKEY: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES CONTINUATION
[...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry on June 21, 2007, advising that the Council of Ministers adopted, on 17 May 2007, Decree No. 12189 extending the validity of the bilateral agreement for US use of Incirlik Air Force Base as a logistics hub to move non-lethal supplies to [...]
2007-06-21 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1603ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1620TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007
[...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...]
2007-06-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE
07ANKARA1630USAFE GENERAL HOBBINS DISCUSSES IRAQ AIR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Chief of Defense Gen Buyukanit and Turkish Air Force Chief Comert told USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey is sensitive about U.S. reconnaissance and other aircraft operating close to the Turkish border in northern Iraq. Buyukanit warned that even small inc [...]
2007-06-26 08:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1745ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1812TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007
[...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...]
2007-07-17 07:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU
07ANKARA1823TURKEY NOTIFIED OF USAFE MANPOWER REDUCTION PLANS
[...] (S) We informed MFA Head of Department for the Americas Oguzhan Ertugrul on July 17 of US Air Force Europe plans to reduce manpower over three fiscal years across the command (ref b). We provided specific figures for reductions planned for Turkey by location, emphasizing that the adjustments a [...]
2007-07-18 09:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO TU
07ANKARA1882TURKEY/IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IRAQI CLAIMS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We have investigated and found no evidence to support Iraqi claims (ref a) that Turkey undertook major cross-border strikes into Iraq on July 18. JAC Molesworth, as well as the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir, which monitors regional airspace, report no [...]
2007-07-23 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1890TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL GROVE, JULY 25-28,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in Sunday's polls and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential partner, supporting co [...]
2007-07-24 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU
07ANKARA1922TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in the July 22 election and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential par [...]
2007-07-27 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU
07ANKARA1923TURKEY'S ROBUST ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING AND
[...] (U) Summary: Turkey's contributions to multi-national peacekeeping operations around the world are significant. Possessing NATO's second largest military, Turkey has led operations in the Middle East and the Balkans, and has provided troops and support to UN initiatives in Africa and East Asia [...]
2007-07-27 07:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN TU
07ANKARA1970TURKEY: NEW AIR FORCE AND NAVY COMMANDERS TO BE
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Military Council (YAS) will meet August 1-4 and is expected to name new Turkish Air Force and Navy commanders. In all, five three-star officers will be promoted to four stars to replace officers retiring this year. Chief of Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Yasar Buyu [...]
2007-08-01 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR TU
07ANKARA1977WELCOME CONGRESSMAN SHAYS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes as the recently elected parliament prepares to approve a new government and elect the country's next president. Terrorism and Iraq remain key issues, and the return of pro-Kurdish representatives to parliament after 14 years may offer a chance for i [...]
2007-08-01 17:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL PTER ECON ENRG OREP AM IZ TU
07ANKARA20ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2020EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUL 2007)
[...] Summary: MFA notifies Embassy that final step in the entry-into-force of NP Cooperation Agreement depends on information concerning status of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Agreement. Twenty-four Turkish Customs officials attend Targeting and Risk Management Workshop in Ankara. This worksh [...]
2007-08-08 05:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2021TURKEY: ANNUAL MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND DISMISSALS
[...] (C) Summary: Results of the 2007 Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting, announced August 4, included the promotion of 34 generals and admirals and the extension of service for 40 general officers. As expected, General Aydogan Babaoglu was named Air Force Commander, and Admiral Muzaafer Metin [...]
2007-08-08 09:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA2046TURKISH D/CHOD SEEKS AIR RECON OF IRAQI BORDER
[...] (S/NF) The Turkish military would like to conduct air reconnaissance missions up to 10 kilometers inside Iraq over PKK terrorist camps located along the Turkish-Iraqi border, D/CHOD General Saygun told Charge on August 9. Charge reminded Saygun that the US had previously conducted this type [...]
2007-08-10 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2049TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2007
[...] The Silk Road-2007 Flag Officers Seminar (the 8th annual seminar) was held on July 2-6 in Antalya. Defense ministers and army chiefs from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries participated in the seminar. In the keynote address, Chie [...]
2007-08-10 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL UP GR TU
07ANKARA2112TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND
[...] (C) On August 14, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar requested US assistance with an investigation of a truck seized by Turkish police in the Mediterranean Sea port of Mersin on August 2. The truck contained portable radios and first aid supplies which, according [...]
2007-08-15 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER GM TU
07ANKARA2120TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new parliament is in the midst of electing Turkey,s next president, following general elections in July. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory, returning with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Tur [...]
2007-08-16 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ECON ENRG IZ OREP PGOV PINS PTER TU
07ANKARA2168ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA217TURKEY/IRAQ: SPECIFIC ISSUES RAISED DURING
[...] (U) Action Request at para. 4. 2. (S/NF) In the context of January 30-31 talks in Ankara on countering PKK terrorism from northern Iraq, Turkish anti-PKK envoy Edip Baser raised several specific allegations concerning U.S. activities in Iraq in a private meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Rals [...]
2007-02-01 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA222TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...]
2007-02-02 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU
07ANKARA2304TURKEY CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Historical ties, shared experience, and common interests in the region have forged a 60-year bond of friendship and alliance between Pakistan and Turkey that has endured political and ideological changes in the two countries. Despite an Islamic ideology that is in marked contra [...]
2007-09-10 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV MARR MASS IN PK TU
07ANKARA2419ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2454ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 06:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA253GENERAL BUYUKANIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Yasar Buyukanit ascended to the top of Turkey,s military just six months ago in September 2006. His actions since then have positioned him as one of the most dominant players in this political scene. He has spoken out aggressively in public fora about Turkey,s foreign policy, its domesti [...]
2007-02-06 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2538FALL-OUT FROM HFAC PASSAGE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish government and public reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 approval of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) was fueled by harsh statements from opposition political party leaders and some media commentators, as well as strong remarks by the Pr [...]
2007-10-15 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2584TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...]
2007-10-18 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
07ANKARA2591ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2592RESPONSE TO TURKISH DCHOD REQUEST FOR OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (s) Ambassador conveyed message in reftel to Turkish D/CHOD Gen. Saygun during a meeting October 16. Saygun appreciated the follow up and said he will be in touch with the Turkish Air Force and others regarding US plans for overflights closer to the Iraq-Turkey border. He made no further men [...]
2007-10-19 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA26TURKEY: 2006 DECA INSPECTION DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TU
07ANKARA2601PROVOCATIVE PKK ATTACKS IN SE TURKEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PKK terrorists have carried out attacks on Turkish security and other targets over the last 36 hours, accounting for the deaths of at least 12, and possibly more, security personnel. At least 16 security personnel were injured, along with another 17 civilians in a separate attack [...]
2007-10-22 08:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV TU US IZ
07ANKARA2620TURKEY TAKES TO THE STREETS - PUBLIC FURY AT PKK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A volatile social situation is rapidly emerging here in the wake of Sunday's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks near the Iraqi border, the third in as many weeks. Spontaneous protests are mushrooming into large unscheduled demonstrations, and public displays of anger and nat [...]
2007-10-23 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA2624TURKEY: GOVERNMENT PURSUES DIPLOMACY; CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While FM Babacan pursued talks with senior Iraqi leaders in Baghdad October 23, the GOT continued its effort to calm domestic fury in the wake of October 21 terrorist attacks. Government officials implemented a little used law to muzzle radio and television broadcasts related to [...]
2007-10-24 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2633ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2635ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2643ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2657ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2678ADVANCE NOTICE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (S) This is an action message. Post requires action to provide timely advance notification of US reconnaissance flights along the Iraqi-Turkish border as promised in ref a. 2. (S) As instructed, Ambassador notified D/CHOD Gen. Saygun October 16 that the U.S. planned to resume air reconnaiss [...]
2007-10-30 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2697GOT DECIDES ON SANCTIONS, CONVEYS EXPECTATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Council of Ministers agreed upon an as yet undisclosed package of economic sanctions aimed at the PKK and those who help them in Northern Iraq. Civilian flights that use Turkish airspace to travel to and from Erbil appear to have been largely curtailed, though [...]
2007-11-01 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2716ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2733TURKEY'S KURDS RELIEVED BY OUTCOME OF PM ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in southeast Turkey have all reacted positively to PM Erdogan's Oval Office meeting, noting that the chance of a cross-border land attack by Turkish forces has diminished significantly, though many still expect air strikes against PKK targets in the Qandil mountains [...]
2007-11-07 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2776ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2786ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2815SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...]
2007-11-21 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2865CRASH OF ATLASJET FLIGHT FROM ISTANBUL TO ISPARTA, TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to Isparta, Turkey crashed 12 km from the Isparta Airport at approximately 01:45 local time on 30 November, 2007. The plane was a McDonald-Douglas 83. The remains of all 57 onboard have been located by Search and Rescue teams. The pilot, Serh [...]
2007-11-30 17:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC TU
07ANKARA2867TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...]
2007-12-02 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU
07ANKARA2891ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2898TURKEY: SECDEF'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (S) Our real-time intelligence and cooperation with Turkey in attacking PKK encampments in northern Iraq has turned around a relationship that soured in September and October due to the Armenian genocide resolution and PKK attacks. You should highlight our commitment to helping Turkey combat t [...]
2007-12-05 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2917BLOCKING MONEY FLOWS TO THE PKK IN NORTHERN IRAQ:
[...] (S) Summary. As the United States works together with Turkey to implement the President's directive for effective action against PKK terror, we must also redouble our efforts to shut down the financial support that flows from Europe into PKK headquarters located in northern Iraq. While previ [...]
2007-12-07 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2959TURKEY: 2007 DECA INSPECTION FOCUSES ON INCIRLIK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 11:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR TU
07ANKARA2968TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007
[...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...]
2007-12-14 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL
07ANKARA2974TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST
[...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...]
2007-12-16 10:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2983TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...]
2007-12-17 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2985ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2991TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKES ON
[...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK positions in the Zap region, in northern Iraq along the Turkey-Iraq border, between 1200 and 1400 hours local time on December 17. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided advance warning to the Ankara Coordination Center (ACC) located in the Offic [...]
2007-12-17 17:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2997TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ ON
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish troops in battalion strength entered northern Iraq in the Hakurk and Ava Shin regions late December 17 and into December 18. Turkish General Staff (TGS) claims this was a hot pursuit operation, initiated by a local commander and to a limited depth, and therefore was unabl [...]
2007-12-18 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA3004ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3006TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT and military officials continue to praise the strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq and deny that civilian targets there were hit. However, inadequacies in interagency coordination and the sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plague GOT efforts to addre [...]
2007-12-18 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA3031Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2007)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 16-23, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...]
2007-12-27 06:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA3033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 08:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA310EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JAN 2007)
[...] Summary: Turkish Parliament ratified the U.S. - Turkish NP Cooperation Agreement, a major step in fully opening the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor continued coordination of training opportunities for Turkish Customs Officials. GOT approved the upgrade of previously installed por [...]
2007-02-14 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA316Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Dicks to Turkey
[...] Summary: Your visit comes at a critical period in the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Dink murder, a potential U.S. congressi [...]
2007-02-14 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA338WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...]
2007-02-16 06:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA379TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007
[...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...]
2007-02-22 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU
07ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA476ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA517ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA529ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA55ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA581TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...]
2007-03-14 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU
07ANKARA585ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA604ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA632TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...]
2007-03-20 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO OVIP TU
07ANKARA64ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA653TURKEY: FESTIVE NEVRUZ CELEBRATIONS PASS WITHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA671TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL URGES AGAINST CLOSURE OF NATO
[...] (C) Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul expressed to Ambassador on March 21 Turkey's concerns regarding NATO consideration in the Command Structure PE review of closing Component Command Air Izmir. Closure of that command would be "bad news for the Turkish people" for two reasons, accord [...]
2007-03-23 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
07ANKARA76TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...]
2007-01-17 05:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU GR
07ANKARA77 TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...]
2007-01-17 09:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU
07ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA812PKK VIOLENCE MAGNIFIES TURKISH ANGER AT IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: A sudden spike in Turkish casualties in operations against the PKK -- along with mounting anger at what is seen here as increasingly provocative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani -- have likely combined to put the possibility of a Turkish cross-border operation back on the table [...]
2007-04-09 10:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA82TURKEY: GOT AND KRG MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government and the GOT are moving in the direction of initiating a dialogue, perhaps in early February, according to Masoud Barzani's foreign policy advisor (and former KDP Ankara rep.) Safeen Dizayee. According to Dizayee, GOT officials this week offered to [...]
2007-01-17 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PREF TU IZ
07ANKARA840EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAR 2007)
[...] Summary: Two USG nuclear smuggling and forensic experts met with Turkish Atomic Energy scientists to continue cooperation on nuclear forensic review. EXBS Advisor completed mid-year program review and consultation trip to Washington DC. EXBS Advisor continued work with Turkish Customs to i [...]
2007-04-11 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA863MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...]
2007-04-13 05:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU
07ANKARA889ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA957MNF-1 GEN. PETRAEUS MEETING WITH TURKISH D/CHOD
[...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding Gen. David Petraeus met April 22 with Turkish General Staff (TGS) D/CHOD Gen. Ergin Saygun at Incirlik Air Base to discuss Iraq. Saygun stressed Turkey's strong interest in Iraq's success and in putting past US-Turkish differences behind us. He expressed misgiv [...]
2007-04-24 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA961ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANTANANARIVO160 AUSTR Encourages Madagascar to Build on AGOA Success
[...] SUMMARY: AUSTR Liser engaged public and private AGOA partners during her February 6-8 visit to Madagascar. While the AGOA third-country extension will boost the apparel sector, Madagascar also shows promise in diversifying exports to the United States. High cost and reduced service in shippi [...]
2007-02-16 08:39:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
07ANTANANARIVO414TULEAR RIOTS CONTINUE, OTHER CITIES ON LOW SIMMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of unrest in Tamatave, political opposition groups are trying to take advantage of a string of student-initiated protests over poor university conditions and black-outs in a number of coastal cities -- particularly Tulear (REF A) -- to further their anti-referendum age [...]
2007-04-27 10:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA
07ANTANANARIVO438COMOROS ISLAND IN DE FACTO SECESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seizing control of the Union radio station and Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's home on Anjouan May 3, "President" Mohamed Bacar's forces seem to be even more in control of the island. The first reported deaths of Union soldiers have sparked conflict between villag [...]
2007-05-04 12:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO566 ANJOUAN'S BACAR MOVES TO DERAIL COMOROS VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence broke out again on the Comoran island of Anjouan June 5 as island strongman Mohamed Bacar continued his pattern of extralegal efforts to cling to power. Bacar, who stepped aside as island president to run for reelection (Reftels),appears to have no intention of losing [...]
2007-06-06 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO836AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Little more than 48 hours after arriving in Madagascar, Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt presented his credentials to Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana. In a wide-ranging discourse, the President expressed appreciation for U.S. programs and support, while requesting further assi [...]
2007-08-22 13:19:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO933AU SANCTIONS NEXT IN THE COMOROS IMPASSE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) is expecting the African Union (AU) to apply concrete measures against rebel Anjouan warlord Col. Mohamed Bacar when its Foreign Ministers meet September 18 in Cape Town. Privately, we have heard the next step is likely to be sanct [...]
2007-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO935COMOROS: PRESIDENT APPEALS TO U.S. WHILE HOPING
[...] (C) Summary: With virtually his whole country's progress and prospects held hostage over the continuing impasse in Anjouan (reftel),Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi nonetheless projected an air of friendly calm in his first meeting with Ambassador Marquardt on September [...]
2007-09-18 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ASHGABAT1001TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SERVICE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent introductory meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, officials of Turkmenistan's National Civil Aviation Service expressed interest in possible developme [...]
2007-09-21 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1165 TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 12:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1180 TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 06:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1227 TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV IN BRUSSELS: A BRIEF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's November 5-7 visit to Brussels seemed to reinforce that Turkmenistan is following its own path and, as yet, has little interest in the kinds of outward-looking compromises that could mak [...]
2007-11-13 04:42:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SCUL EU TX
07ASHGABAT1303TURKMENISTAN: LOSS OF BLANKET CLEARANCE - WHAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After first declining to renew an existing blanket clearance for U.S. aircraft, Turkmenistan changed its position and granted the renewal when the U.S. government challenged the decision. A combination of factors probably led to the initial denial, includig pressure from Russia, [...]
2007-11-29 14:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT144Turkmenistan: Security Cooperation Has a Bright Future
[...] (SBU) During two law enforcement/security meetings with four different ministries, the U.S. government assistance delegation visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 were provided positive assessments of current United States - Turkmenistan cooperation in the law enforcement and security sph [...]
2007-02-06 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT203TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE TELLS
[...] (C) First Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel Atabayev was friendly and relaxed during his February 15 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher. Echoing the tone and words of Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev when he met with the EUR/ACE law enforcement assistance team on January [...]
2007-02-16 13:56:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR TX US
07ASHGABAT422HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN ON TURKMENISTAN AND
[...] (C) During an April 20 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan Istvan Venczel discussed developments in Turkmenistan and briefed Charge on the current political situation in Iran. Venczel, who has lived in Tehran since 2003, commented on issues of concern in Turkmenistan -- inc [...]
2007-04-25 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX IR
07ASHGABAT460LTG WHITCOMB VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN, 24-25 APRIL
[...] (C) Commander, ARCENT was cordially received in meetings with Turkmenistan's Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister on April 25, 2007. The Deputy Defense Minister characterized current military cooperation with the United States as 'good,' especially in the areas of humanitarian [...]
2007-05-07 12:39:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT57TURKMENISTAN IN DECEMBER -- DEATH OF NIYAZOV AND THE
[...] (U) Post's December outreach was a mix of highs and lows associated with the annual battle to conduct testing for the Future Leaders Exchange Program, with low-key but effective outreach events at home in the Public Affairs Section. December's drama was matched and surpassed by the sudden dea [...]
2007-01-17 09:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT609TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV,S STATE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov's June 15-16 visit to Tehran demonstrated that Iran continues to call the shots in its relationship with Turkmenistan. The joint communique, calling Iran's foreign policy "a stabilizing and peaceful force in the world," was more a reflection of Pe [...]
2007-06-21 12:59:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASMARA346EU-ERITREA COURTSHIP?: MEANINGFUL CHANGE SHOULD BE
[...] (C) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has recently personified (at least for him) reasonableness and cooperation in meetings with the EU representatives and UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson. Simultaneously, however, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to excoriate [...]
2007-04-02 15:39:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ER SO SU UK EU
07ASMARA500 PRESIDENT ISAIAS FOCUSES ON DOMESTIC ISSUES AND BORDER IN
[...] SUMMARY: On May 24, the 16th anniversary of Eritrea's independence, President Isaias Afwerki spoke at length about domestic economic concerns and the border. The President's speech squarely blamed the U.S. for the lack of progress in demarcating the border and described international initiati [...]
2007-06-06 14:22:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR ER
07ASMARA620PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO GSE VIEWS ON
[...] (U) In an interview posted on www.shaebia.org on July 9, Yemane Ghebremeskel, Director of the Office of President, offered the position of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) on a wide range of topics -- from religious freedom and human rights to international relations and Somalia. ( [...]
2007-07-16 10:36:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF ER
07ASMARA930UNMEE MILITARY COMMANDER REPORTS LOWERED TENSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Taisir, just back from a two-week visit to the field, reports Eritrean troops are reinforcing defensive positions. He said the near-starvation rations of the conscripted troops have stunted Eritrean military capability. General Taisir said P [...]
2007-12-10 12:06:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS KPKO ER
07ASTANA1709KAZAKHSTAN: SCO HAS NO PLANS TO USE THE BISHKEK
[...] (S) On June 15, Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to Yerlan Shamishev, Chief of the SCO Security Section in the Asian Cooperation Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shamishev assured Poloff that as of the present time, the SC [...]
2007-06-20 00:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KZ
07ASTANA1848KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: While some in the government seek to dampen expectations about the opposition's performance in upcoming parliamentary elections, the opposition itself is uniting and preparing to run an active campaign highlighting social justice issues and the presidential Nur Otan party's Achill [...]
2007-07-09 00:09:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KZ
07ASTANA2239KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS ELECTION ROUNDUP, AUGUST 17
[...] (U) This is the seventh and final cable in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's August 18 Mazhilis and Maslikhat elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The official campaign season closed at midnight on August 16. ------------------- [...]
2007-08-17 08:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2511MERMOUD DISCUSSES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In September 3-5 meetings with leaders of Kazakhstan's government and business, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud discussed the planned October 22 Washington inauguration of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstani Public Private Partnership Initi [...]
2007-09-13 09:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EINV ELTN PGOV PREL KZ
07ASTANA2581 Kazakhstan Moves Cautiously Toward KAZBRIG Deployment;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has indicated that it is ready to commit units from its light infantry brigade, "KAZBRIG" to an overseas Peace Support Operation (PSO). An official announcement is expected after the details of the deployment (location, command and control ((C [...]
2007-09-18 23:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC MASS KZ
07ASTANA613KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexu [...]
2007-03-07 12:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ASTANA614KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people traffQked for the purposes of forced labor and sexua [...]
2007-03-07 12:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ASTANA856GE SEEKS TO BUILD ON SUCCESSES IN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 13 and 29, high-ranking GE executives discussed with Ambassador Ordway the company's plans for Kazakhstan. Six months after signing a contract, valued at about $700 million, with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ, Kazakhstan's national railroad company),the company held in [...]
2007-04-04 09:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ENRG EAIR ETRD EPET KZ
07ASUNCION140PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Airborne Brigade (BAT) 2. First Air Brigade (1BDA) 3. Army Special Forces (TEE) 4. Marine Infantry Command (COMIM) 5. Presidential Escort Regiment (REP) 6. National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD) 7. Logistics Command (CDO LOG) 8. National Police Special Operations Force (FOPE) 9. [...]
2007-02-22 15:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION182PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Airborne Brigade (BAT) 2. First Air Brigade (1BDA) 3. Army Special Forces (TEE) 4. Marine Infantry Command (COMIM) 5. Presidential Escort Regiment (REP) 6. National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD) 7. Logistics Command (CDO LOG) 8. National Police Special Operations Force (FOPE) 9. [...]
2007-03-08 12:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION256PARAGUAYAN PRIEST LUGO'S CONVERSION TO POLITICS A
[...] (C) Catholic priest Fernando Lugo exploded onto the Paraguayan national political stage as a potential candidate for Paraguay's presidency in March 2006 as the keynote speaker at an anti-government demonstration. However, Lugo is hardly a novice to politics judging from his family's involve [...]
2007-03-29 20:57:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDEM KCRM PA
07ASUNCION285PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Staviridis, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You com [...]
2007-04-04 21:40:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION338PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S THOMAS SHANNON
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Paraguay and promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal or [...]
2007-04-23 21:09:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
07ASUNCION394PARAGUAY: AN OUNCE OF DRUG DISRUPTION WORTH A KILO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay remains a major transshipment corridor for (mostly Bolivian) cocaine, Colombian FARC arms-for-drugs deals and regional money-laundering. But the combination here now of strong leadership, new infrastructure, strengthened legislation, beefed-up human resources and the be [...]
2007-05-16 23:04:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PA
07ASUNCION396COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]
2007-05-17 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ASUNCION451PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MAY 26 -
[...] SUMMARY: -- TIP Consultant Quits Amid Threats -- Second Peacekeeping Force Deploys -- Director of Intellectual Property Leaving Post -- Civil Society Input for MCA -- Supporting Transparency in Local Leadership -- Support for Ethics Code Grows -- Court Backs Tax Compliance TIP CONSULT [...]
2007-06-04 15:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KCRM PA MASS MOPS
07ASUNCION489PARAGUAY: DUARTE PURGES DISSIDENTS FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s Secretary, Carlos Liseras, announced June 5 changes in the cabinet. The Minister of Public Works and Minister of Interior have been replaced or reassigned. In addition, Duarte replaced the Director of Yacyreta Binational Entity, the Executive Director of Itaip [...]
2007-06-13 14:40:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL ECON PA
07ASUNCION500PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE JUNE 9-15,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Wasmosy Case Nearing Acquittal -- Proposed Reorganization of the Air Force -- Banana Blockade -- Tigo Widens Coverage -- TFCA Group Has First Meeting WASMOSY CASE NEARING AN ACQUITTAL 2. (U) Former President Juan Carlos Wasmosy may soon be acquitted of his 2002 fraud [...]
2007-06-15 20:44:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AID ECON PA
07ASUNCION515PARAGUAY: MONEY WELL SPENT; COPS ARRESTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) seized the largest cocaine transshipmentin Paraguayan history in Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),during a joint intelligence operation between the Brazilian federal police, DEA, and SENAD. SENAD confiscated 450 kg of cocaine and arrested si [...]
2007-06-20 18:47:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PINR SNAR PA BR
07ASUNCION689SCENE-SETTER FOR LT. GEN. SEIP'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Lt. Gen. Seip August 21-22. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist f [...]
2007-08-20 20:02:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION774EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE POURS IN TO DAMPEN FIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Duarte administration declared a state of national emergency September 12 in response to the worst fire disaster in Paraguayan history -- three weeks after the fires started -- and provided limited emergency relief to affected areas. An OFDA expert monitored the fires by air [...]
2007-09-18 23:32:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAGR MASS PA
07ASUNCION970SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL REID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CODEL Reid November 25-27. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist [...]
2007-11-20 18:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ATHENS1342GREECE: FOREST FIRES, BRUTAL HEATWAVE TAKE TOLL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An eight-day heat wave and onslaught of rural fires destroyed the old-growth Mt. Parnitha National Forest in Attica, as well as other swaths of precious forest resources throughout Greece. In the face of at least nine deaths, critics have called the government "confused" and "s [...]
2007-07-02 04:32:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI GR
07ATHENS1459GREEKS NOTIFIED ON USAFE REORGANIZATION AND
[...] (S) Per reftel instructions, on July 16, Air Attache notified the International Relations Section of the A2 Branch of the Hellenic Air Force of the reduction in one position in APO staffing. COUNTRYMAN [...]
2007-07-19 04:43:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO GR
07ATHENS153199TH U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 23, the 99th meeting of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Greece, was held at Souda Bay NSA on the island of Cre [...]
2007-07-31 13:27:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL GR
07ATHENS1714FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 28 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Though apparently fewer in number, wildfires continue to burn, principally in the Peloponnese peninsula and on the island of Evia but also elsewhere. Risk of fire remains high. According to the Fire Service spokesperson, no villages are currently threatened but the winds remain unpre [...]
2007-08-28 15:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1761GREEK FIRES: SEPT. 4 UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Greek Fire Service has announced that all wild fires are now out. PM Karamanlis presented a recovery plan to the nation over the weekend, as did opposition PASOK's Papandreaou. FM B [...]
2007-09-04 15:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR
07ATHENS1800 GREECE WILDFIRES - USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT AND
[...] According to Greek firefighting authorities, the 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, injuring numerous others, and burning 270,000 hectares of land. In response to a request from the Government of Greece (GOG),the U.S. Agency for International Developme [...]
2007-09-10 04:58:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV XG ZL GR
07ATHENS184INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF
[...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...]
2007-01-26 14:07:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR
07ATHENS2019 GREECE WILDFIRES - USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT
[...] According to Greek firefighting authorities, the 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, injuring numerous others, and burning 270,000 hectares of land. In response to a request from the Government of Greece (GOG),the U.S. Agency for International Developm [...]
2007-10-10 10:25:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV XG ZL GR
07ATHENS459AEGEAN MIGRAINE: GREECE REACTS TO NATO EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 decision to withdraw NATO participation from the February 27 Noble Archer exercise over the Aegean island of Agios Efstratios has created an uproar in Greece. The Greek press blasted NATO for being "duped by Turkey" into believing the island's status was under disp [...]
2007-03-02 17:31:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS49698TH U.S.-GREECE JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 98th session of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly relations between the U.S. Souda Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Crete and the Government of Greece (GoG),was held in Athens on February 28 and made p [...]
2007-03-08 14:56:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL GR
07ATHENS502GREECE PART 2: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007
[...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2007 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in tha [...]
2007-03-09 09:14:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07ATHENS788BALKAN CHODS' MEETING OVERSHADOWED BY TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18-19, Balkan region chiefs of defense (CHODs),as well as U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander Admiral Ulrich, attended the first of what have now been agreed to be annual Balkan CHOD summits. Greek press attention thus far has been focused on Turkish CHOD General Buyuka [...]
2007-04-19 15:00:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS80MFA ON AEGEAN ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD sources deny the Greek and Turkish CHODs ever agreed on fighter jets flying unarmed intercepts over the Aegean. Sources said that such an agreement would be "unwise" and that CHOD Chinofotis had no authority to make such an arrangement. Despite some recent nega [...]
2007-01-12 13:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GR
07ATHENS872GREECE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref a, Embassy has assessed Greece's ability and willingness to contribute military or civilian resources to enhance the security mission in Iraq. Greece has made financial, logistical, equipment, and training contributions to Iraq and may be amenable to further similar contr [...]
2007-05-02 15:16:00Embassy AthensSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GR
07ATHENS936DEFENSE MINISTER MEIMARAKIS: MAN OF MYSTERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Meimarakis -- who generally avoids diplomats -- ventured out for a rare lunch with the Ambassador on May 4. The elusive Meimarakis, accompanied by GDDI Procurement Director Vangelis Vassilakos, International AFfairs Deputy Chief Demosthenies Stoides and Diploma [...]
2007-05-10 15:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR
07BAGHDAD1118SUNNI VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on March 30, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed his recent travel to Japan, Jordan, and Turkey. He cited Japan's extension of its law authorizing its air force mission in Iraq as a major success of the trip. Hashimi said that he gave Presid [...]
2007-03-31 17:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ JO TU JA SA IR
07BAGHDAD1210MINDEF QADIR WELCOMES AMBASSADOR BACK TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim Al Mufriji hosted a dinner to welcome the Ambassador back to Iraq. Abdul Qadir introduced his key military leaders; provided a briefing on the status of the ministry; and stressed his commitment to sustaining a military [...]
2007-04-08 05:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1236CG'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH THE PM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 5, MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and DCM Speckhard met with PM Maliki and discussed the following issues: -- Engagement: Maliki discussed his meeting with the commander of an insurgent group which now wanted to join the fight against Al Qaeda; -- Detentions: Ma [...]
2007-04-10 05:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PTER PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD1359APRIL 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During the April 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers discussed the following issues: -- Reactions to the April 12 Attacks: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus argued that security at the Council of Representatives may have been breached [...]
2007-04-20 18:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD138AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UK OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12 UK Ambassador Asquith, accompanied by Ambassador Simon McDonald, head of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iraq Office, discussed with the Ambassador the implementation of the Baghdad Security Plan, the performance of Prime Minister Al-Maliki, the detention of [...]
2007-01-14 14:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD147CODEL BAYH/CLINTON/MCHUGH MEETS WITH IRAQI LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13, 2007 Senator Bayh (D-IN),Senator Clinton (D-NY) and Representative McHugh (R-NY 23) met with the Iraqi government leadership over lunch, and then held separate meetings with Prime Minister Al-Maliki and Vice President Abdul Mehdi. Many of the CODEL's questions foc [...]
2007-01-15 08:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1498UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BASRAH TO TRANSFER BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, UK Secretary of State for Defense Des Browne told the Ambassador that August is a key month for UK forces in Basrah. If all goes as HMG plans, Multi National Division-Southeast will transition Basrah to provincial Iraqi control (PIC) and hand the Basrah Palace keys ov [...]
2007-05-04 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PNAT PINS MARR MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1584MINDEF AGREES TO DETENTION REFORM AS POPULATION
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At the urging of MNSTC-I Commanding General Lieutenant General Dempsey, Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir agreed on May 6 to address the abuse and substandard detention conditions discovered recently by an MOD-led inspection team visit to the Baghdad military intelligen [...]
2007-05-14 16:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1605CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: PREPARING FINAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Constitutional Review Committee's (CRC) May 15 deadline to submit its recommendations to the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed with measurable progress on key issues but without final consensus on issues such as resource distribution and power-sharing. The most compreh [...]
2007-05-16 15:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD1606DHI QAR: FIGHTING BETWEEN JAM AND IRAQI SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL MNC-I) Summary: This is a situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) and elements of [...]
2007-05-16 16:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1626DHI QAR SITREP: REPORT ON FIGHTING IN DHI QAR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL AUS, UK, USA) Summary: This is the second situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) [...]
2007-05-20 07:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD1649CLARIFYING THE UN ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Michael Schulenburg told the SIPDIS Ambassador May 18 that UNAMI urgently needs a new UN resolution to update and expand its mandate. Schulenburg described what he termed a lack of political will at the UN as the mo [...]
2007-05-20 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UN IZ
07BAGHDAD1699ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We request the release of U.S. sensors and weapons (described in para 3-5) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) for incorporation onboard Iraqi Air Force (IAF) aircraft to advance the GOI's counter-terrorism capability and sec [...]
2007-05-23 08:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1795VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...]
2007-05-30 01:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD1851IRAQI FM ZEBARI ON UNSCR MID-YEAR REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance: see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On June 4, 2007, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari provided Ambassador Crocker with a copy of a draft letter he intends to send to the United Nations prior to the mid-year review of UNSCR 1723 on June 14. The draft letter r [...]
2007-06-04 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALUN MARR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1898BAGHDAD'S KARADAH DISTRICT IS HAVEN FOR RICH AND
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Local council leaders from the Karadah district of Baghdad told PRTOff that since they began recording the number of displaced persons in their district, 4,000 families have moved into Karadah, and that in the past three weeks th [...]
2007-06-08 16:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREF IZ
07BAGHDAD2031IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) The work of the Provincial Reconstruction and Support Teams based at Hillah (PSTs Karbala-Wasit and Najaf-Diwaniyah, and PRT Babil) has been of concern to Embassy Management and senior Department officials for some time. The effectiveness of our Hillah-based personnel has been hampered b [...]
2007-06-20 08:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC IZ PREL
07BAGHDAD2398HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS DETAINEE ABUSE RISING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim repeated to PolCouns anecdotes of torture cases that Sunni Vice President (VP) Dr. Tareq al-Hashimi, during a July 8 conversation with Ambassador Crocker, had credited her with reporting to him. She noted that the volume of detain [...]
2007-07-18 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2608AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 2 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, USAID Mission Director Bambi Arellano, and Rule of Law (RoL) Coordinator Jim Santelle, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim discussed the following subjects: -- problems within the Iraqi detention system (including alleged disappea [...]
2007-08-06 11:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL
07BAGHDAD267PM MALIKI DISCUSSES THE COR, IRAN AND SYRIA, AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 23, Prime Minister Maliki said he would deliver a speech to the Council of Representatives (CoR) on January 25 encouraging the members to reduce or delay their recess. (Note: The CoR voted on January 23 to extend their sessions until Feb [...]
2007-01-25 20:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR SA
07BAGHDAD2697PLANNING FOR KADHIMIYA PILGRIMAGE SHOWS INCREASED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of sectarian violence at the August 9 annual pilgrimage to the tomb of the 7th Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad provided evidence of increased coordination capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),compared to last year, in which some 20 pil [...]
2007-08-14 02:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2713NINEWA: GETTING HAJJ FLIGHTS OFF THE GROUND AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salih and Acting Minister of Transportation verbally committed to ensuring that this year's Hajj flights will leave from Mosul Airport during an August 1 meeting with Ninewa Governor Kashmoula, senior Ministers and Provincial Director Generals (reftel). Thi [...]
2007-08-15 12:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EAIR ECON KISL PGOV PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD2817HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VISITS RULE OF LAW COMPLEX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights (MOHR) Wijdan Salim stressed on August 13 that the jurisdiction of judges at the Rule of Law Complex (ROLC) in Baghdad's Rusafa district should be expanded to include processing of all detainees held onsite at the Rusafa detention center to prevent indefi [...]
2007-08-22 12:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KJUS IZ
07BAGHDAD2835BAGHDAD: SEVEN TACTICS MILITANTS USE TO SEIZE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Extra-legal governance institutions created by Shia and Sunni militants repeatedly use the same tactics to seize and maintain control of Baghdad's neighborhoods. In almost all areas of the city, militants initially found a role and a purpose in forcibly displacing people from the [...]
2007-08-24 11:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREF PTER PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD2847A BAGHDAD COMMUNIST BECOMES A SUNNI CHAMPION
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A key figure has emerged on the Baghdad political scene in Subhi al-Meshadani, the lone Sunni on the Baghdad Provincial Council. Subhi, a member of the Iraqi Communist Party, has recently vaulted from the backbenches of provincial [...]
2007-08-25 17:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER
07BAGHDAD2907IMPLICATIONS OF MUTHANNA GOVERNOR'S ASSASSINATION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) Summary: It is not yet known who is responsible for the assassination of Muthanna Governor Hassani. Members of his Jalabtah branch of the Albu Hassan tribe have taken tribal retribution, but the violence has been constrained [...]
2007-08-29 18:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3044NINEWA: YEZIDI LEADERSHIP FEARS FURTHER TERRORIST
[...] (C/REL TO ACGU) On August 29, TL Hyland traveled to Ayn Sifni in northeastern Ninewa to discuss the political and security situation with Emir Teshin Beg, secular leader of the Yezidi minority, in the wake of the terrorist attacks August 14 on two Yezidi villages (reftels C, D, E). Teshin Be [...]
2007-09-11 06:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM PREL MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3063SEPTEMBER 9 MCNS MEETING -- MALIKI URGES COALITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki strongly urged Coalition Forces (CF) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to use restraint and proportional force when searching for rank-and-file militia members and insurgents. He deplored the death of innocent civilians killed during a recent CF operation and [...]
2007-09-12 02:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3104NINEWA: 2007 HAJJ FLIGHTS: PROGRESS TO DATE,
[...] (SBU) PRT Ninewa organized a September 5 meeting of the Mosul Airport Hajj Operations Committee for Iraqi Prime Ministerial Advisor on Airports and Seaports Ahmed Al-Saadawi and Ninewa Governor Kashmoula. Both reported the Hajj Committee had approved Mosul as a point of embarkation for 2007 [...]
2007-09-15 05:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV EAID IZ
07BAGHDAD3160PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT OF JAM CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PRT reporting Muqtada al-Sadr's August 30th declaration "freezing" Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) operations has had no real impact on JAM-associated violence in the south. This lack of impact highlights the fragmentary nature of JAM and raises questions about Sadr,s relevancy. [...]
2007-09-20 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ PGOV
07BAGHDAD3215SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: EMPLOYEES RESURRECT ANBAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Just outside the Anbar town of Faris, the employees of a state-owned (SOE) steel plant stepped up after the 2003 Gulf War and, completely on their own, kept the shop running. Today, against the odds, they continue to produce an array of high-quality steel products and may so [...]
2007-09-24 18:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD3256 Electricity in Erbil: Operating on Private Generators.
[...] (U) The city of Erbil established a system of government-subsidized private generators to provide electricity to meet the region's power shortages after Saddam cut power in 1998. While dangerous, noisy and crudely wired, these generators provide most consumers reliable power for an average of [...]
2007-09-28 13:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3257UPDATE ON JOINT COMMISSION ON PSD ISSUES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3341FIRST MEETING OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PSD ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-07 18:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ
07BAGHDAD3367VP ABDEL MEHDI ON LONG-TERM STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: Just back from an extended visit to neighboring Arab states and Iran, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on October 6 that his soundings among Iraq's political leaders provide grounds for optimism that a bilateral long-term strategic relationship agreement can be [...]
2007-10-08 14:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
07BAGHDAD3383UK RELENTS ON BASRAH GOVERNOR; OUTLINES FUTURE
[...] (S) UK Ambassador Prentice told Ambassador Crocker October 8 that the UK would stop boycotting Basrah Governor Wa,eli following the decision of the local administrative court that Wa,eli could not be removed from office by the Provincial Council. Prentice had informed PM Maliki, who was reporte [...]
2007-10-09 18:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEINV MOPS PGOV PINR PTER UK IZ
07BAGHDAD3504PSD INCIDENT UPDATE: EMBASSY APPROVES CONDOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 18:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ
07BAGHDAD3521OCTOBER 21 MCNS: AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR GOI ACTION
[...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for Coalition Forces to exercise restraint in military operations to avoid civilian casualties, noting that the Council of Representatives (COR) was questioning the sovereignty and purpose of the government. [...]
2007-10-23 21:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3546IRAQI PRESIDENT CALLS ACTION AGAINST PKK "FUTILE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador in a meeting October 22 that he thought fighting the PKK was futile and airstrikes against PKK camps would be ineffective, but thought strikes would cause little backlash in Baghdad. The Ambassador impressed on Talabani that the [...]
2007-10-26 09:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ TU
07BAGHDAD3565 CHALABI'S SERVICES COMMITTEE SHOWS PROMISE
[...] SUMMARY: Pending a formal executive order from Prime Minister, Nouri AL Maliki, the services committee holds regular meetings and shows early signs of cooperation and action. At an October 25 meeting, the Committee made several decisions. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------- Fuel an [...]
2007-10-28 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3638PM MALIKI MEETING WITH CDA AND GEN PETRAEUS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and CDA held their weekly meeting with Prime Minister Maliki November  [...]
2007-11-02 16:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER BA IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3679ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of ANV-20/20 NVD Infinity Focus System (NSN: 6625-01-431-8615) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command [...]
2007-11-06 11:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3680ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command and Coalition Forces t [...]
2007-11-06 11:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3710BAGHDAD EPRT: OMAR AL-JABOORI ON SUNNI
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to the Vice President, told E-PRT Team Leader September 11 that Shia assistance to Sunnis fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq forms the essence of reconciliation. As part of an on-going discussio [...]
2007-11-12 06:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD3771EXPANDING TAILORED NATO-IRAQ COOPERATION
[...] (S) Summary: USNATO forwarded an Italian non-paper (ref A) for Embassy Baghdad and Department consideration about the future role of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) in a post-UNSCR environment. NTM-I fills a critical niche in the training and mentoring of mid-level leadership of the I [...]
2007-11-16 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3772MALIKI PLANS GENERAL AMNESTY; BASRA PIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the November 11 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) meeting, PM Maliki stated his intention to proclaim a general amnesty; Ambassador Crocker responded that this was a bold move that the U.S. supported and could work with the GoI on the details. Maliki also pushed [...]
2007-11-16 04:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD3802THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED
[...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...]
2007-11-20 02:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD3805THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED
[...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...]
2007-11-20 13:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD3839REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-11-25 12:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3869MOD GENERAL ABBADI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BASRAH ISF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3874MCNS NOVEMBER 25, 2007 ADDRESSES SPD, CLCS, AQI,
[...] (C) Summary: The November 25 meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) reviewed the situation of Concerned Local Citizen (CLC) groups' evolution and future, success to date against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),protection of Iraqi refugees returning to Baghdad, dealing with Fo [...]
2007-11-28 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3913TALABANI BLASTS MALIKI BUT IS OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte, S/I Satterfield, and CDA Butenis met November 30 with Iraqi President Talabani. Talabani endorsed Washington,s efforts to renew the UNSCR resolution authorizing the presence of U.S. and other Coalition forces and expressed serious impatience with Prime Ministe [...]
2007-12-02 17:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD3965REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-12-06 11:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD4088PRESIDENT TALABANI HOSTS 750 BAGHDAD TRIBAL
[...] (S) On December 13, President Jalal Talabani hosted at his Baghdad compound 750 Baghdad sheikhs (Sunni and Shia) along with Vice President Hashimi, Interior Minister Bolani, Parliament Defense Committee Member al-Samaraie, General Petraeus, the Charge, the UK Ambassador, and other distinguish [...]
2007-12-17 05:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD4141STAFFDEL GARVEY MEETS WITH DEFMIN ABDUL QADR
[...] Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Member Patrick Garvey met with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadr Muhammed Jasim December 7 to discuss the current state of Iraqi defense forces and development efforts in the MOD. While noting the significant progress that the Iraqi milita [...]
2007-12-20 08:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV NATO IZ
07BAGHDAD4143BRITISH FS SAYS HMG AND USG THINKING ON IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a December 17 meeting, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, (FS) accompanied by UK Ambassador SIPDIS to Iraq Christopher Prentice and MNF-I Deputy CG William Rollo, told Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I CG Petraeus that, post-Basrah PIC, Her Majesty's Government (HMG) wan [...]
2007-12-20 13:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV UK IZ
07BAGHDAD4163AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS TROOP DRAWDOWN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd confirmed the drawdown of the Australian battle group and training elements at Tallil by August 2008. He noted that Australia was not leaving the coalition; some units would stay citing the P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, the frigate in the Arabian G [...]
2007-12-23 14:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD447 Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary --
[...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. U. S. Air Force Attacks Peshmerga in Mosul --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) PUK media outlets reported that late Thursday night the U. S. Air Force attacked a PUK office in al-Karama neighborhood in Mos [...]
2007-02-11 06:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU
07BAGHDAD490FM ON REGIONAL CONFERENCE, TURKEY, IRAN, AND
[...] (S) Summary: During a February 6 meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar al-Zebari and the Ambassador discussed an upcoming regional conference the MFA intends to host; current issues the GOI has with Turkey, Iran and Syria; and the FM's recent travels to Italy and Davos. The FM reiterat [...]
2007-02-13 08:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD493VP HASHEMI ON MOD, SUNNI ROLE IN BSP, MODERATE
[...] (S) Summary: VP Hashemi told the Ambassador February 8 that the Sunni Tawafuq bloc's nomination of Sunni MoD Abdul Qader during government formation was a "grave mistake." Hashemi reviewed examples of Abdul Qader's "weak" performance as Minister. The VP reported on progress with moderate fron [...]
2007-02-13 08:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IR SA IZ
07BAGHDAD798VP MAHDI DISCUSSES DE-BAATHIFICATION REFORM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi described the assassination attempt against him, calling it a "well organized inside job." He discussed the issue of de-Baathification reform and stressed the importance of addressing the needs [...]
2007-03-05 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KJUS PGOV PREL
07BAKU1309IRAN AND ARMENIA PURSUE STRONGER TRADE TIES, WHILE
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C) Summary: During an October 1-5 visit to Armenia, Baku-based Iran Watcher met with foreign policy analysts, religious leaders, academics, and bankers to further explore Iranian-Armenian relations. Armenian analysts believe Iran' [...]
2007-11-01 07:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IR AJ AM
07BAKU1408REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST NATO INDIVIDUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to embark on a second NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP-2),it is clear that Azerbaijan,s first IPAP (IPAP-1) has played an important role in encouraging reform within the extremely conservative Ministry of Defense (MoD) and more broadly within [...]
2007-11-27 06:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ NATO
07BAKU228AZERBAIJAN: READOUT ON MID-FEBRUARY NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a readout provided to resident NATO Ambassadors of a visit to Azerbaijan by representatives of the NATO international staff for the week of February 12, 2007, their outlook for Azerbaijan was much more positive than previously. This would be reflected in their assess [...]
2007-02-21 15:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU249DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES IRANIAN-RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador and a State-DOD delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Peter Rodman, SIPDIS Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General Safar Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran were increasing thei [...]
2007-03-01 04:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU252\\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ PART I OF II: AZERBAIJAN
[...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, the Embassy has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizatio [...]
2007-03-01 11:19:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
07BAKU37PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DRL A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 18-19 visit to Azerbaijan, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron secured President Aliyev's agreement to launch an intensified bilateral dialogue on the development of democracy in Azerbaijan in sessions to be held at [...]
2007-01-09 11:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS ENRG RU IR AJ
07BAKU486AZERBAIJAN STRONGLY PROTESTS CHANGED USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ on April 20 reacted harshly to the USG's recently published revisions to the language in the 2006 Human Rights report on Armenia, pointing to new wording that "Armenian forces occupy large portions of Azerbaijani territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh," as a weakenin [...]
2007-04-21 15:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ MARR PHUM
07BAKU60HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, EDITORS SHARE DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19, several prominent human rights activists shared their views on democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron. The Assistant Secretary outlined the three key areas of democracy - electoral democracy, governance, and civil society - and exp [...]
2007-01-12 15:13:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU780 Embassy Baku Concurrence on FY08 Requests for Section
[...] (U) The Office of Defense Cooperation at US Embassy Baku, in conjunction with US European Command, has developed several requests for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Chief of Mission strongly supports these requests as being significant proposed contr [...]
2007-06-25 04:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR KTIA AJ
07BAMAKO1361THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN MALI - MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 10:52:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ASEC ML
07BAMAKO394SOCEUR AIRLIFT PROMOTES PEACE IN NORTHERN MALI
[...] Cable provides text of letter from Ambassador McCulley to RADM William H. McRaven, Commander SOCEUR, concerning airlift support provided to the Kidal Forum in Northern Mali from 23-24 March: Dear Admiral McRaven: I write to thank you and the US Special Operations Command for your suppor [...]
2007-04-05 16:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO554UPDATE ON MAY 11 ATTACK AT TINZAWATENE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 17:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO696GOVERNMENT WORKERS STRIKE OVER COST OF LIVING
[...] Government and some private sector workers went on strike June 26 to protest the failure to address cost of living and pay issues agreed to during collective bargaining negotiations in 2006. The UNTM (National Union of Malian Workers) called for the two day "warning strike" after discussions [...]
2007-06-27 10:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PGOV ECON ML
07BAMAKO960TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN
[...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...]
2007-08-31 07:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML
07BAMAKO961TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN
[...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...]
2007-08-31 07:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN160BRUNEI DEFENSE WHITE PAPER FURTHER ALIGNS GOB WITH
[...] (C) Brunei's newly updated Defense White Paper promises to further transform Brunei's military capabilities to enable Brunei to play a wider role in regional security initiatives and disaster response. We have advocated that the GoB take just these kinds of steps to counter current regional s [...]
2007-06-07 03:17:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN230BRAVO ZULU FOR DV FLYOUT TO USS NIMITZ
[...] (U) BRAVO ZULU to the USS Nimitz for outstanding support for a DV flyout by the Minister of Energy of Brunei, Pehin Yahya Bakar on August 2. Pehin Yahya, the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force and acting CHOD Pehin General Mahmud Saidin, the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Of [...]
2007-08-03 06:03:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR OVIP PREL EPET BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN246BRUNEI AND MALAYSIA CLOSER TO RESOLVING OFFSHORE
[...] (C) At the annual Malaysia-Brunei Leaders Consultations, Prime Minister Abdullah and Sultan Bolkiah made progress toward resolving a maritime border dispute that has prevented exploration of potentially large offshore oil and gas fields located in areas claimed by both countries. Officials hop [...]
2007-08-16 07:49:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL MY BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN51RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN BRUNEI: HOW ST. ANDREW GOT
[...] (C) The Anglican Parish of St. Andrew,s has finally received a permit to resume rebuilding its church in Bandar Seri Begawan, the first major construction project on a non-Muslim house of worship to be approved in Brunei in decades. This follows several months in which the congregation was i [...]
2007-02-09 08:26:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BX
07BANGKOK1049THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wing Commander Virush PEAMHOG, Chief of Civil Case Section (Judge Advocate) Royal Thai Air Force who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]
2007-02-22 03:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1050THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wing Commander Supot MITYODWONG, Chief of Education Section (Judge Advocate),Directorate of Administration, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected [...]
2007-02-22 03:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1051THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Squadron Leader Yingyos YORDSAWAI, Legal Officer (Judge Advocate) of Directorate of Civil Engineering, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to att [...]
2007-02-22 03:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1052THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wijittra SOOKLERT, Legal Officer of the Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2007-02-22 04:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1537THAILAND SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE
[...] (U) The information provided applies to Embassy Bangkok. New RSO at ConGen Chiang Mai will report septel for ConGen Chiang Mai and Udorn areas. Appropriate members of post's core Emergency Action Committee have cleared this cable. ------------------- Political Violence ------------------- [...]
2007-03-15 04:06:00Embassy BangkokSECRETASEC PTER
07BANGKOK1754THAILAND'S NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE: BETTER LIVING
[...] (C) Summary. Since taking power in September 2006, the Army-dominated interim government has publicly moved to re-engineer the old, communist-era Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) into the key internal security coordinating mechanism for the Thai government. While the exact nature [...]
2007-03-23 10:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2020 THAI TELECOM CONCESSIONS ON THE PRECIPICE
[...] Summary: Thailand's Council of State is reviewing amendments made over the years to the private telecom concessions and is likely to conclude that the amendments were granted illegally. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MITC) could use the Council's finding to move ah [...]
2007-04-07 05:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECPS TH
07BANGKOK2282 HEALTH MINISTER POSTPONES U.S. TRIP, DEFENDS CL'S
[...] Summary: Thailand's Minister of Public Health postponed his planned trip to the U.S. this week, citing medical reasons. Although he will no longer have the opportunity to explain his Ministry's actions on compulsory licenses before the USG Special 301 decision is issued, he remains enthusiast [...]
2007-04-23 23:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TBIO TH
07BANGKOK2498SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BGEN JOHN TOOLAN
[...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, get a sense of Thai-Burmese relations and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]
2007-05-03 09:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MARR TH
07BANGKOK2545THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-05-08 01:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2643SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USARPAC COMMANDER LTG
[...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise and assess the current political situation. It will also allow you to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and h [...]
2007-05-11 02:19:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK2644SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM J5 RADM MIKE
[...] (C) Summary. Mike, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, represent PACOM interests in Thailand and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]
2007-05-11 02:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK2749SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL'S VISIT TO THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Chris, your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political class are currently debating an initial draft of the constitution, to be finaliz [...]
2007-05-16 10:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3378SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW VIOLENCE STATISTICS; MORE
[...] (C) Summary. While the number of violent attacks and deaths in Thailand's southernmost provinces have not dramatically risen in 2007, the casualty rate through April has increased, suggesting a qualitative shift in the violence. Indeed, the insurgents appear to be more confident in their att [...]
2007-06-18 09:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR KHUM TH
07BANGKOK358SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF OSD PRINCIPAL
[...] (C) Summary. General Toolan, your visit to Bangkok will be the first by a senior Pentagon official since the September 19 coup in Thailand and will provide an excellent opportunity to press Thai officials to rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and hold [...]
2007-01-18 09:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK3674THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...]
2007-07-05 02:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3885SCENESETTER FOR SOCPAC COMMANDER CAMBRIA
[...] (C) Summary. GEN Cambria, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for voting on a new constitu [...]
2007-07-16 10:08:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4108JUSMAG/THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI AND SOCPAC have requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend th [...]
2007-07-30 08:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4762THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-09-05 00:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4822 Education and Civil Society in the Deep South: Bitterness
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28-29, 2007 trip to the three southernmost provinces of Thailand - Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala - PAO, AIO, ARSO and two locally-employed Thai staff (LES),visiting rural educational institutions to deliver educational resources and materials about the United St [...]
2007-09-06 10:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK502VISIT TO THAILAND OF OSD ASIA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary. During his meetings with Thai officials, OSD Asia Director Brigadier General Toolan provided Thai military and civilian officials with Washington's perspective on the September 19 coup, underscoring our desire that Thailand rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafti [...]
2007-01-24 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MARR PTER TH
07BANGKOK5376EXBS: INTERNATIONAL BORDER (LAND) INTERDICTION
[...] An invitation cable was presented to the Kingdom of Thailand to conduct a 5-day course on International Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) at a designated land border in September 2007. The invitation was accepted for training to occur September 17-21, 2007. The location was ident [...]
2007-10-12 00:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK5503THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY
[...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]
2007-10-21 23:47:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5504THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY
[...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]
2007-10-21 23:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5646DEFENSE MINISTER PLEDGES NO INTERFERENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told the Ambassador that the Thai military is committed to not interfering in the coming political campaign and that the Council for National Security could dissolve as it has no role to play at this point. Boonrawd stated his hope that the Burm [...]
2007-11-01 10:39:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MCAP TH BM
07BANGKOK5689SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL TYSON
[...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government th [...]
2007-11-06 05:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5839CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES MONARCHY, POLITICS IN
[...] (C) I paid a farewell call on Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on November 13. He appeared pleased with the news that his father had been able to jam two days earlier for two hours with the visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He said in general terms that the institution of the monarchy had help [...]
2007-11-16 06:52:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK592BANGKOK'S DON MUANG AIRPORT TO REOPEN FOR SOME
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Thai Ministry of Transportation announced plans to reopen Bangkok's old Don Muang airport for commercial traffic. Airlines operating domestic flights will be invited to move operations back to Don Muang on a voluntary basis. The new policy will result in onl [...]
2007-01-30 09:50:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEAIR TH
07BANGKOK6011SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEAF
[...] (C) Summary. General Leaf, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government thr [...]
2007-11-30 09:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6099THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-12-12 08:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6105THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-12-13 05:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6248THAI ELECTIONS: PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CLOSE, BUT NO
[...] (C) Unofficial results following Thailand's December 23 election indicate that the Pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has won 227 seats in the 480-seat parliament, but not enough for an absolute majority. (We note that this is not yet a final result.) It remains unclear if the PPP will en [...]
2007-12-24 10:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6281SOUTHERN DIALOGUE FACILITATOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 26 a representative from the Henri Dunant Center (HDC) -- the organization facilitating talks between the Thai government and southern Thai separatist groups, briefed the Ambassador on the status of the on-going dialogue. According to the representative, the mid-De [...]
2007-12-27 23:55:00Embassy BangkokSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6296MEDIA FREEDOM IN COMMUNITY RADIO: A VIEW OF NORTHERN
[...] (SBU) On December 12-13, AIO and LES Specialist visited community radio stations in the northern region of Thailand. Community radio members with whom we met expressed concern over the current operating environment, but indicated that not much had changed between the Thaksin and post-Thaksin e [...]
2007-12-31 10:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK729THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...]
2007-02-06 08:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK740THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COBRA GOLD
[...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold is America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia. Much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand, it is a projection of American power and engagement in Asia. Cobra Gold is vital to advancing our strategic interests in Asia, including advancing regional securi [...]
2007-02-07 01:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK857THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Plt.Off. Tanaphon CHANHOM, Flying Training School, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emb [...]
2007-02-13 01:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BASRAH100GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP),which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...]
2007-10-26 18:33:00REO BasrahSECRETMCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
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