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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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06DAMASCUS3695SYRIA'S LABWANI SUFFERING ONGOING LEGAL WOES, RIAD
[...] (C) Summary: Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared July 25 in criminal court for the second time in two weeks, with the judge again postponing decision on the defense team's request to show in open court Labwani's televised interviews on Al-Hurra and Al-Mustaqbal. Labwani's next [...]
2006-07-27 09:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3700TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 11 THURSDAY JULY 27,
[...] (U) Summary: The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, arrived in Damascus July 26 for talks with SARG officials on the crisis in Lebanon and the Rome Conference, according to Arab regional media. DAO reports increasing displays of pro-Hizballah Arabic-language banne [...]
2006-07-27 13:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3701ASAD CONFIDENT ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION, WELCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met for an hour July 25 with David Lesch , his American biographer, who is in country with his family for a short visit. Asad appeared relaxed and confident about the way events were playing out in Lebanon. He mentioned the possibility of Syrian interven [...]
2006-07-27 13:41:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3711TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 12 FOR SUNDAY, JULY
[...] (C) Summary: An Israeli missile strike on July 29 destroyed the road serving a main Lebanese border crossing between Damascus and Beirut about five miles west of the official Syrian border crossing, effectively closing the crossing, according to contacts and press reports. Several hundred p [...]
2006-07-30 12:44:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3718Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli operation in Lebanon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Secretary General of Hizbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, stressed in a televised speech on al- Manar TV station that Israel has failed to achieve anything militarily so far in its 18-day aggression on Lebanon, and that Israel has received very tough blows. He adde [...]
2006-07-31 07:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3720FM MU'ALLIM CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE, NOTES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Walid Mu'allim told assembled chiefs of mission in Damascus July 30 there was no justification for the deadly attack at Qana and criticized U.S. diplomatic efforts for blocking the international community from imposing an immediate cease-fire. Mu'allim reported that he had be [...]
2006-07-31 11:22:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3721Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli War against Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the new Israeli massacre in Qana. Headlines featured President Asad's telephone conversation with Lebanese President Lahoud expressing pain and shock at the crime that Israel has committed against innocent civilians in Qana. President Asad reaffirmed Syria' [...]
2006-07-31 11:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3742TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 13 FOR MONDAY JULY 31,
[...] (S) Summary: For the second time in two days Israel bombed the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, more than three miles from the Syrian border. Syrian artillery, missile and ground forces are being defensively dispersed from their garrisons throughout Syria and Syrian air defenses [...]
2006-07-31 13:04:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PREF LE SY
06DAMASCUS3744SYRIA'S LABWANI APPEARS IN COURT, DEFENSE ASKS FOR
[...] (C) Syrian opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared in court July 31, with the criminal court judge granting the defense team's request to play two televised interviews, including one with Al-Hurra, in an open court session, possibly as early as Labwani's next court appearance on August 23, [...]
2006-07-31 14:02:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS3754TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 14 FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
[...] (U) Summary: Syrian President Asad asked the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for the Lebanese "resistance" against Israel, according to reports of Asad's July 31 annual address commemorating the foundation of the Syria Arab Army. Israel launched its t [...]
2006-08-01 12:33:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3779Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad addressed the Syrian armed forces on July 31 in a speech published in "The People's Army" magazine, marking the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syrian Army. Asad said that the anniversary is being observed this year "amid internati [...]
2006-08-01 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3805Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad and Chinese President Jintao exchanged letters of congratulation marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Asad expressed confidence that the relations of friendship and co [...]
2006-08-02 13:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3806TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 15 FOR WEDNESDAY,
[...] (U) Summary: Syria's President Asad was expected to meet visiting Spanish FM Moratinos August 2 in Damascus, according to Arabic regional media. Germany's FM linked Syrian cooperation in ending fighting between Israel and Hizballah to closer relations with the European Union, including impr [...]
2006-08-02 13:41:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3835TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 16 FOR THURSDAY,
[...] (U) Summary: Visiting Spanish FM Moratinos was scheduled to meet Syrian President Asad and VP Shara'a on August 3 in Damascus. Moratinos arrived in Damascus August 2 and met with Syrian FM Mu'allim, discussing the need for an immediate cease-fire, according to the official Syrian Arab News A [...]
2006-08-03 14:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3836AMR MOUSSA EXPECTED IN DAMASCUS, SAUDI AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 30 visit to Damascus, Egypt's FM met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, repeating Egyptian demands from an earlier visit after the outbreak of the Israel-Hizballah conflict that Syria publicly and privately push Hizballah to return Israeli soldiers and cease fighting, [...]
2006-08-03 14:58:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG LE
06DAMASCUS3837SYRIAN ACTIVIST URGES U.S. TO LAY DOWN MARKERS
[...] (C) Recently released Damascus Spring detainee Fawwaz Tello asserted in a recent meeting with Poloff that despite the ongoing Israel-Hizballah conflict, the SARG must not be allowed to cross "red lines" in its ongoing crackdown against Syrian human rights and civil society activists. The SARG [...]
2006-08-03 14:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS3848Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Israel/Lebanon,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-06 12:24:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3851TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 17 FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 6,
[...] (S) Summary: Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal called the August 4 al-Qaa strike that killed 26 Syrians "a racist, fascist and terrorist act committed with American weapons." The Syrian Foreign Minister on August 5 sent two letters regarding the al-Qaa killings to the UN SYG and the he [...]
2006-08-06 15:57:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3863Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Qatar,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad has sent a message of support and solidarity to Lebanese President Lahoud, conveyed by Foreign Minister Waleed al-Mouallem, to confirm Syria's solidarity with and support of the steadfastness of the Lebanese people and the national resistance [...]
2006-08-07 13:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3864PROPOSED SARG AVIATION DEALS TO AVOID US SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Minister of Transport Yador Sulieman Bader,s public touting of the attractiveness of the January 2006 Russian offer (Ref B) to sell Syrian Arab Airlines (SyrianAir) five to seven Russian-built aircraft to replace their aging Airbus/Boeing fleet, no deal has yet been signed [...]
2006-08-07 13:30:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS388Damascus Media Reaction: HAMAS Election Win, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with a delegation from the Council for the National Interest, a U.S. NGO. A SANA release stated that the talks dealt with ways of activating ties in the interest of both countries and thereby achieving security and stability in the region [...]
2006-02-02 13:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3896TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 19 FOR TUESDAY AUGUST
[...] (U) Summary: In Beirut, Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim continued praising Hizballah (the "Lebanese National Resistance"),noting in his public remarks that Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora had been politically strengthened by Hizballah's military successes. Mu'allim also rejected the draft UNSCR. Top SARG [...]
2006-08-08 15:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3899Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Greece,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad called Lebanese President Lahoud on August 8 to discuss the French- American draft UNSC resolution and the international positions on it. Both presidents stressed that any formula must have unanimous Lebanese support. During the conversation, [...]
2006-08-09 07:44:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS391U.S. DELEGATION MEETS SYRIAN PRESIDENT, CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A seven-member delegation, including former heads of U.S. missions, met separately February 1 with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, FM Farouk al-Shar'a, and Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al, according to delegation members in a subsequent meeting with the Charge. The Asad meeting re [...]
2006-02-02 14:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL SY
06DAMASCUS3914Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Syrian Cabinet listened to a political review by Foreign Minister Mouallem confirming that Arab Foreign Ministers oppose any UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon that doesn't include Lebanese demands, and any other resolution that gives Israe [...]
2006-08-09 13:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS392AN ALAWITE-SUNNI CHAT ON KHADDAM, FUTURE OF REGIME
[...] (C) The criticisms and maneuvering of former VP Khaddam continue to generate intense private discussion in Syria. According to Sunni politician XXXXXXXXXXXX on January 30, a retired senior Alawite military officer pribvately endorsed Khaddam's views and noted fears that he and other former A [...]
2006-02-02 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS3927SYRIA RESPONSE TO UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) In preparing the annual Syria submission for the Global Trafficking in Persons report, Post did not come across any public or private statements or media reports about trafficking in persons (TIP) or sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping personnel based in Syria. [...]
2006-08-10 12:24:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO
06DAMASCUS3928Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Syria/France,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Mostafa Othamn Ismael, Advisor to the Sudanese President, who reiterated the importance of working to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, and called for withdrawal of occupation forces from South Lebanon. Ismael expressed [...]
2006-08-11 09:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS393NEW KFC IN SYRIA WITNESSES ITS FIRST ANTI-AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Having opened only recently with generous media coverage, demonstrators associated with the Committee to Boycott U.S. Products staged a protest against the new KFC restaurant in Damascus this week. The organizers of the protest are not affiliated with the Central Boycott Office [...]
2006-02-02 15:12:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS394RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON PRESS CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES PLANS FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INSTITUTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 conversation with PolOff, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed the SARG's prevention of the released Damascus Spring detainees' January 31 press conference and explained some of his requests for U.S. support in greater depth. In a later meeting, he d [...]
2006-02-02 15:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS3945Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers gave prominent coverage to the adoption of UNSC Resolution No. 1701, with detailed descriptions of its contents. Papers also reported a press statement by Lebanese Foreign Minister Salloukh praising the UN Human Rights Council's resolution condemning the Israeli aggress [...]
2006-08-13 13:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3965SYRIA,S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ,S FUEL TRADE
[...] (U) Syrians are involved in both the legal and illicit trade in oil and oil derivatives from Iraq. On the legal side, the Syrian Oil Marketing Bureau (OMB) imports 10,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil and 1,000 BPD of residual fuel-oil (RFO) from Iraq. In exchange, the Syrians export 60 [...]
2006-08-14 09:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET KCOR JO KU SY TU IZ AE
06DAMASCUS3969Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a telephone call from UN SecGen Kofi Annan. Their talks dealt with the situation in Lebanon following the UNSC resolution and with implementation of the ceasefire. Papers also quoted an official Syrian source as saying that Syria sup [...]
2006-08-14 12:42:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3998ASAD SPEECH, ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES, FORESHADOW
[...] (C) Summary: Until the August 15 speech of President Bashar al-Asad, the SARG adopted a tone of cautious, critical tone in its reaction to UNSCR 1701, expressing little enthusiasm but avoiding statements that could be read as outright rejection. Asad's combative speech was much more critica [...]
2006-08-15 13:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3999Damascus Media Reaction: Asad, Nasrallah, Olmert,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that President Asad will deliver a speech focusing on the latest political developments in the region at the inauguration of the Fourth General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union. Papers also featured a televised speech by Hassan Nasrallah, SecG [...]
2006-08-15 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4000ASAD ATTACKS MARCH 14 GROUP, ARABS, UNSCR 1701 IN
[...] (C) Summary: In a defiant August 15 speech delivered in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad adopted a confrontational tone and criticized different aspects of UNSCR 1701 and the negotiations that led to its passage. He underlined at several points the importance that facts on the grou [...]
2006-08-15 15:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4023Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Syria/Germany,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's address at the Fourth General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union. President Asad delivered what the media described as his strongest attack ever on the Lebanese anti- Syrian parliamentary majority, Arab governments, Israel an [...]
2006-08-16 12:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4025SYRIA REJECTS MEETINGS WITH ICRC PRESIDENT, ICRC
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC President Jakob Kellenberg cancelled a planned August trip to Syria after the SARG refused to offer him any high-level meetings, according to Damascus-based ICRC representative Jean-Jacques Fresard. Fresard described noted that in during a recent encounter with Hamas leader [...]
2006-08-16 13:57:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV KPAL SY IR IZ
06DAMASCUS4026SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: TRIALS, TRAVEL BANS
[...] (C) Summary: The SARG continues to crack down on Syrians critical of the SARG, pursuing court cases against activists such as Ali and Mohammed Abdullah and Fateh Jammous, and restricting travel by civil society figures, according to contacts. Despite the ongoing crackdown, the Damascus Decl [...]
2006-08-16 14:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS404ANTI-EUROPEAN RIOTS HIT DAMASCUS, AS FOUR
[...] (C) Summary: Mobs angered about cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed published in Europe ransacked and set on fire the Norwegian Embassy and the building housing the Danish, Chilean, and Swedish Embassies in Damascus in the late afternoon of February 4, destroying the first and heavily damagi [...]
2006-02-05 14:36:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SY
06DAMASCUS4045INITIAL REACTIONS TO THE IKHTIYAR AND JAMA'A'S
[...] (U) On 16 August, the quasi-independent Syrian news web site, Champress, ran an article on the Treasury Department's designation of Hisham Ikhtiyar, director of the Ba'ath Party Regional Command's National Security Bureau, and Jama,a Jama,a, former commander of Syrian Military Intelligence's h [...]
2006-08-17 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS4046Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Syria/Britain,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian Cabinet stressed that President Asad's address to 4th General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union reflected the impulse of the Syrian people and all the Arab nation and expressed the Arab street's support for the Lebanese national resistan [...]
2006-08-18 06:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4071Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon/Israel, Syria/Norway,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Israel's violation of the cease-fire in Lebanon through its landing attempt in Boudai village in the Bekaa Valley, and the ongoing dispute concerning France's participation in the international force. Papers also reported a meeting on Saturday between Foreign Mi [...]
2006-08-20 12:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4091Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Syria/Egypt,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers today reported that Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, will pay a working visit to Syria today during which he will hold talks with President Asad that will focus on bilateral relations and current developments in the region. Papers also featured a [...]
2006-08-21 11:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4092SYRIANS DO A LITTLE DAMAGE CONTROL ON BASHAR
[...] (C) Summary: Political and economic contacts in Damascus have largely written off the August 15 speech of President Bashar al-Asad as ill-timed and reflecting the young Syrian leader's inexperience and lack of political judgment. The speech has prompted renewed personal criticism of Bashar [...]
2006-08-21 12:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS4094SURVEY OF SYRIAN WATER SECTOR - 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of national water shortages, it has become clear that Syria faces a water crunch that, if not addressed comprehensively, will balloon into a crisis in the medium to long term. Rapidly growing demand for water from various sectors of Syrian society in recent years com [...]
2006-08-21 13:25:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECIN ECON EIND EAID SENV SY EWWT
06DAMASCUS4128 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Qatar/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the working visit to Damascus by Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and his meeting with President Asad, which focused on the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its repercussions, the current Arab position, the situation in the Palesti [...]
2006-08-22 13:28:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4129DISPLACED LEBANESE DEPART SYRIA BY TENS OF
[...] (C) Summary: As of August 21, an estimated 144,800 displaced Lebanese had departed Syria back to their country, with a relatively small number staying with Syrian host families, according to UN estimates. UN and international agency officials in Damascus expressed surprise and concern over [...]
2006-08-22 15:20:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL SY LE IR IZ
06DAMASCUS4161ROYAL DUTCH SHELL LARGEST WINNER IN CURRENT BID
[...] (C) Summary. In addition to being awarded new concessions in the most recent bid round, Royal Dutch Shell is aggressively pursuing a number of new initiatives which, if successful, would expand the company's already considerable presence in Syria. More quietly and with a much lower profile, [...]
2006-08-23 13:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS4162Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Syria/Spain,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and his meeting with President Asad, that focused on bilateral relations, developments in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, the Israeli aggression against Lebanon [...]
2006-08-23 14:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4184 Damascus Media Reaction: Asad Interview,
[...] Summary: President Asad's interview with Dubai TV was the major topic in papers today. President Asad said he would view deployment of international troops along the Lebanon-Syria border as a hostile move toward his country. "It robs Lebanon of its sovereignty. No single state in the entir [...]
2006-08-24 11:28:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4186SYRIAN POLICY POST ASAD SPEECH: NO FUNDAMENTAL
[...] (C) Summary: Despite Syrian President Asad's confrontational rhetoric in his August 15 speech, there is unlikely to be any fundamental change in the overall orientation of Syrian policies, either foreign or domestic, although periodic damage control will be evident as a tactical adjustment, [...]
2006-08-24 16:22:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS4200DEFENSE SHOWS LABWANI INTERVIEW ON AL-HURRA IN
[...] (C) Summary: The defense for jailed Syrian opposition figure Kamal Labwani showed in court August 23 two televised interviews with Labwani in which he repeatedly rejected foreign military intervention in Syria and the imposition of economic sanctions. A flap occurred at the end of the sessi [...]
2006-08-27 11:45:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS4202 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a message from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad on developments in the region and bilateral relations, conveyed by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Baqeri. Baqeri also met with Vice President Shara and Foreig [...]
2006-08-27 13:30:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS421KURDS DISMISS LATEST SARG GESTURES ON STATELESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to recent media reports, a delegation of 43 Kurdish tribal leaders recently met with high-ranking Syrian officials to discuss the restoration of citizenship for Syria's 300,000 stateless Kurds. While the SARG publicly touted the meeting as a further step towards resol [...]
2006-02-06 11:31:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4236UNICEF ACTING REPRESENTATIVE SKETCHES OUT SYRIA
[...] (SBU) The Charg paid a courtesy call August 27 on UNICEF's acting director, Marc Lucet, who said that UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF planned to do a joint assessment of the remaining displaced Lebanese who are thought to be staying in private homes in about six locations in Syria. UN agencies had rep [...]
2006-08-28 13:53:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS4237Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/India,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Talks focused on regional and international developments and the current situation in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Iraq, and views were exchanged about reviving the Middle East peac [...]
2006-08-28 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS425SYRIA CONTINUES ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 14:57:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV SY LE
06DAMASCUS4251Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria/Venezuela,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of the visit to Lebanon by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Headlines featured Annan's meeting with Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and their press conference in Beirut, in which Annan expressed full solidarity with the Lebanese [...]
2006-08-29 11:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS426Damascus Media Reaction: Cartoons on Prophet Mohamed,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that on Saturday angry mobs protesting cartoons depicting the prophet Mohamed as a terrorist stormed the buildings housing the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus. Protestors set fire to both missions and pillaged the contents of the first-floor office o [...]
2006-02-06 15:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS427SHEIKH CONFIRMS SARG INVOLVEMENT IN ESCALATING
[...] (C) Summary: An influential Sunni sheikh provided details February 6 that seem to confirm SARG involvement in escalating the situation that led to the violent rioting in Damascus two days earlier, including communications between the PM's office and the Grand Mufti. He also noted that SARG aut [...]
2006-02-06 16:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4271Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Venezuela, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with the visit to Syria by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Banner headlines reported the warm welcome prepared for President Chavez and featured the press statements made by President Asad and President Chavez at Damascus airport during which Chavez noted t [...]
2006-08-30 11:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4274UNHCR SEEKING ACCESS TO DETAINED AHWAZIS, SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Damascus has stepped up efforts to gain access to three Iranian Ahwazis, who are recognized refugees and who are believed to be in detention in Damascus, despite press reports about their extradition back to Iran, according to senior UNHCR protection officer Dietrun Gunther [...]
2006-08-30 14:45:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PINR SY IR IZ
06DAMASCUS4283Damascus Media Reaction: Chavez Visit, Golan, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today continued to give prominent coverage to Venezuelan President Chavez's visit to Damascus. Papers reported that President Asad held a plenary meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart in the presence of members of the two delegations; afterward, the two leaders held [...]
2006-08-31 13:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4284THE SARG PLAYS WITH THE POWER SWITCH TO LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Though the SARG,s chronic electricity shortage has recently threatened to turn acute, its most recent cutoff of electricity to Lebanon appears to have been an attempt to remind the GOL that Syria holds the economic levers in the bilateral relationship. End summary. 2. (U) [...]
2006-08-31 13:58:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4314SYRIA'S RIAD SEIF A HALF PRISONER, DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary: Former Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif met with A/DCM for 90-minutes August 30 to discuss ongoing events in Syria, including organizing by the Damascus Declaration group. Recently the group issued a statement criticizing the August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar al-As [...]
2006-09-05 06:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4315EXPECTED SYRIAN PARTICIPATION IN UNGA
[...] In response to Post's diplomatic note requesting information solicited in reftels, the SARG notified Post on September 4 that Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim will head the Syrian delegation to UNGA, accompanied by his spouse, Sawsan al-Khayat. According to the SARG's diplomatic note, other delegati [...]
2006-09-05 07:26:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OVIP PREL UNGA SY
06DAMASCUS4340WITH TALK OF "RESISTANCE" ON THE GOLAN, ACCENT IS
[...] (C) Summary: Recently contacts have reported that there is a still developing shift in regime thinking about the supposed benefits of continuing to keep the Golan front quiet. Press accounts have reported the nascent formation of "Syrian popular resistance" groups, modeling themselves on Hi [...]
2006-09-05 16:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4341Damascus Media Reaction: Annan's Visit, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports of the visit to Damascus by UN SecGen Kofi Annan and his meeting with President Asad, Vice President Shar'a, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem, and Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Faysal al-Miqdad. Talks focused on the need to consolidate the Lebanese ceas [...]
2006-09-06 04:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4365Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan following up on the situation in Lebanon, and Annan's interview with the daily newspaper Al-Hayat (Sept. 6 edition) describing Syria's cooperation with the UN regarding regional issues as "pos [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4385Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Peace Process,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today continued to focus on Lebanon, highlighting the visit to Lebanon by a Syrian popular delegation that represented social and parliamentary activists, in addition to Moslem and Christian clergymen. The intent of the visit was to confirm Syria's popular and formal s [...]
2006-09-07 11:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4419RUSSIAN FM MEETS SYRIAN PRESIDENT; SARG SAYS NO TO
[...] (C) Visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met for an hour September 7 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed by separate hour-long meetings with Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a, and FM Walid Mu'allim, according to a senior Russian diplomat here. The conversations focused on implem [...]
2006-09-10 13:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS4436 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Peace Process,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with a statement to Egyptian TV by Information Minister Muhsen Bilal denying media reports that Syria accepted the deployment of European border guards to monitor the Syrian-Lebanese border. He stressed that the telephone conversation between President Asad a [...]
2006-09-11 13:21:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4439ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK U.S. EMBASSY, ONE LOCAL
[...] (U) Summary: At least four assailants attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus at 1010 local time September 12, using grenades, gunfire and two apparent car bombs. One car exploded, but a van at the back gate did not. No U.S. Embassy personnel were injured, with the exception of a local guard [...]
2006-09-12 10:53:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4441CHARGE PUSHES ASSISTANT FM HARD ON SECURITY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Following the armed attack on the embassy September 12, Charge met with Assistant FM Ahmad Arnous, to press the SARG on his concerns about security for the embassy. Charge urged the SARG to be transparent and to offer full cooperation on the investigation including through bet [...]
2006-09-12 14:21:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4443SITREP 2: UPDATE ON DAMASCUS ATTACK
[...] (C) Information obtained by RSO from local security officials and Embassy video footage provides more details about what actually happened during the September 12 attack on the Embassy. Video footage indicates that the attack against the Embassy began 10 minutes earlier than previously repor [...]
2006-09-12 14:30:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC SY
06DAMASCUS4445EMBASSY DAMASCUS REQUESTS PERMISSION TO RE-OPEN
[...] (C) The EAC met September 13 to assess the threat environment and security issues in the wake of the September 12 armed attack on the Embassy (reported septel). As part of its discussion of the issue of the Embassy's medium-term security posture, the EAC decided to request that the departmen [...]
2006-09-13 13:56:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC AEMR AMGT
06DAMASCUS4446SARG COMPLAINT RE PERSONAL BANKING PROBLEMS IN
[...] (C) On the margins of a late August meeting with the director of protocol at the MFA, another MFA official, Bassam Sabbagh, raised with the Charge a complaint from the Syrian Embassy in Washington that it was being cut off from necessary banking services in the U.S. Sabbagh had no specifics o [...]
2006-09-13 13:56:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4448LOCAL PRESS REACTION TO ATTACK ON U.S. EMBASSY
[...] (U) No one has yet claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, but the SARG is publicly blaming militant Islamists. Asharq Al-Awsat reported that a "Syrian security member was killed by the bullets of an American Marine element that was on the roof of the Embassy." However, the RSO confirms [...]
2006-09-13 15:39:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS4482MEETING WITH SYRIA'S RIAD SEIF, DAMASCUS-BEIRUT
[...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met with Damascus Declaration leader Riad Seif on September 12, just shortly before the attack on the U.S. Embassy. Seif said he had chosen to stop reporting to the security services and was traveling outside the city, including to Homs to meet with recently released Dam [...]
2006-09-14 12:40:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4534Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/PLO, Pope Anti-Islam
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by former Palestinian PM Ahmad Qurei, who met with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Abbas. He also met with VP Shara and held a press conference in which he expressed hope that a Palestinian national unity government wo [...]
2006-09-18 14:25:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4560 Damascus Media Reaction: Pope Anti-Islam Remarks,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of Syrian Grand Mufti Badreddin Hassoun's meeting with the Papal Nuncio in Damascus, Giovanni Battista Morandini, in which Hassoun warned against inflaming a conflict between Islam and Christianity. He accused some hegemonic powers of seeking to [...]
2006-09-19 12:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4584Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, UNGA Session,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports on Syrian- Lebanese relations, featuring the visit to Damascus by Fathi Yakan, Chairman of the Islamic Action Front in Lebanon, who met with President Asad and reviewed with him developments in the region, particularly in Lebanon in the wake of th [...]
2006-09-20 12:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4588REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT TEAM
[...] (C) Post appreciates Department's prompt reaction in dispatching DS agent Aylward who is serving a critical function supporting RSO at Embassy Damascus. RSO is currently involved in multiple efforts to investigate the attack on the Embassy and assess ways to make the Embassy safer. The SARG [...]
2006-09-20 14:23:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV ABLD SY
06DAMASCUS4609Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, UNGA Session,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Ali Larijani, Head of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, and his meetings with President Asad and VP Shara, focusing on regional and international developments, especially in Iraq, Lebanon, and the occupied Palestinian [...]
2006-09-21 13:13:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4610CIRCUMSTANCE SAVES ASAD AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the isolation resulting from the SARG,s increasingly confrontational stance vis-a-vis the international community and its immediate neighbors, the country,s economy appears to once again be saved by circumstance from SARG incompetence and malfeasance. As a result of the c [...]
2006-09-21 15:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4612INITIAL EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PRESS SARG ON INCREASED
[...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the September 12 attack on the Embassy, the Embassy has pressed the SARG through various channels for increased security for USG facilities in Damascus and for complete sharing of details of the SARG investigation into the attack. RSO has relied on informal conta [...]
2006-09-21 16:31:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS4613SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: LABWANI IN COURT,
[...] (C) Summary: Jailed political activist Kamal Lawbani appeared in court September 19, as an assistant public prosecutor reaffirmed potential capital changes against him. The public prosecutor's statement seemed to shift the basis for the charges from two televised interviews given by Labwani [...]
2006-09-21 16:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS4614REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian contacts have expressed relief that no Americans were killed or injured in the September 12 attack on the Embassy. Partly due to the almost complete lack of official information from the SARG on the attack, many contacts, echoing widespread street views, are speculating [...]
2006-09-22 08:56:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SY
06DAMASCUS4635Damascus Media Reaction: UNGA session, UNSC Session on
[...] Summary: Papers continued to report meetings held by FM Walid al-Mouallem on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, citing his meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talbani, Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Bruno Ugharti, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, German Foreign Minist [...]
2006-09-25 08:20:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4679Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war maneuvering, UN
[...] Summary: Syrian papers covered the latest Brammertz Report, focusing on the idea that Syria has been generally cooperative in the U.N. commission's investigation. The papers also covered a meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid al Mouallem and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who [...]
2006-09-26 15:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS473Damascus Media Reaction: Prophet Muhammad Cartoons,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received Al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Al-Sadr Current in Iraq. Talks focused on the situation in Iraq, the results of the recent election, and the ongoing consultations to form an Iraqi government. The president called for unifying I [...]
2006-02-07 13:57:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4733Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, Assad
[...] Summary: The Syrian press on October 1 and 2 focused on the interview President Assad gave to Spanish daily El Pais. The papers covered Assad's call to start peace negotiations from the point they stopped in 2000. He said that peace could be achieved in 6 months if negotiations resume from [...]
2006-10-02 12:34:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4737"WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVEYARD" SYRIAN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Summary: The SARG has publicly reacted positively to the latest Brammertz report but officials are privately troubled by some of its language, including the focus on linkages between the Hariri assassination and other politically-targeted killings that occurred in the same time frame. [...]
2006-10-02 15:52:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS4779Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, Rice's
[...] Summary: The Syrian press on October 4 and 5 focused on the October 1973 War between Arabs and Israel. All government-owned papers earmarked full pages to mark the 33rd anniversary of the war. They described it as "the first Arab War in the History of the conflict (between Arabs And Israel) [...]
2006-10-05 09:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4796THE SARG FETES AN EU ASSISTANCE VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. The SARG has used the visit of a delegation from the European Commission this week to imply, once again, that Syria,s international isolation is coming to an end. Delegation members assert to us, however, that they anticipate no change in EU policy towards the SARG for the fores [...]
2006-10-06 06:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4797SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: PROTEST PREVENTED,
[...] (C) Summary: Security services used limited force to prevent a demonstration October 5 in downtown Damascus, which had been called for by three leading Kurdish parties and publicly supported by the Damascus Declaration group and the externally based National Salvation Front. Security agents [...]
2006-10-06 07:18:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS4798ASAD DEMANDS RE-ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. In back-to-back interviews with European media, (Der Spiegel and El Pais),President Asad made points in public that we have heard in private: the SARG will not allow the status quo to endure; the only way to avoid further conflict is if there is a policy-level USG re-engagement [...]
2006-10-06 08:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4844Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, MEPP,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press focused on the following issues October 6-9: All government-owned papers published the full texts of the interviews which President Assad gave to the BBC on October 9 and to Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa on October 7. They focused on the President's accusation that the [...]
2006-10-10 14:53:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4845JAILED SYRIAN ACTIVIST LABWANI CALLS FOR MORE
[...] (C) On October 3, Poloff met with the wife of detained political activist Kamal Labwani, the couple's daughter, and a Labwani cousin. Mrs. Labwani had visited her husband in prisoner earlier that day. She said he was in good spirits and health, however, as in the past, the couple was not abl [...]
2006-10-10 15:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4846SYRIA'S INTERIOR MINISTRY WRAPS UP INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary: An Interior Ministry official announced October 5 to the official media that it had concluded its investigation into the September 12 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. The impetus for the attack was U.S. policies in the region, according to the Ministry official. Two suspe [...]
2006-10-10 15:28:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC
06DAMASCUS4876THE SARG OVERSTATES THE POWER OF A TURKISH-SYRIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey will begin supplying Syria with approximately 200 megawatts of electricity per year through an electrical grid connection with Turkey's Birecik power plant. After having remained static for three years, the implementation of this agreement will still only provide 3.3% of Sy [...]
2006-10-11 16:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4877SYRIA'S DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP PLANS TO GO MORE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: Damascus Declaration leader XXXXXXXXXXXX said in an October 3 meeting with A/DCM that the Damascus Declaration group turns a year old this month and plans to expand its activities from internal group organizing to public outreach. The group is still waiting for a response about [...]
2006-10-11 16:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4886Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, MEPP,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press focused on the following issues October 11-12: Syrian papers covered the visit to Damascus of Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled Ben Ahmad Al-Thani. Sheikh Khaled conveyed a message from King Hamad of Bahrain to President Assad on issues related to the Midd [...]
2006-10-12 12:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4898NO SIGN OF IMPROVED SYRIA-EGYPT RELATIONS,
[...] (C) SYRIA-EGYPT RELATIONS: Poloff met with an Egyptian diplomat October 11 to discuss recent press reports about an October 10 summit between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, which ultimately did not take place. The diplomat said that relations between the two l [...]
2006-10-12 14:51:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY EG
06DAMASCUS4963VISAS CONDOR: SYR(AL HOURANI, AFAF),REASON:SEC 306
[...] ..CAB: VISAS CONDOR - DMS0000I8J00 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: AL HOURANI, AFAF ..NAT: SYR ..DOB: 01JAN1941 ..SEX: F ..VLO: NEGATIVE ..CCB: DAMASCUS ..COB: SYR ..OCC: HOUSEWIFE ..EMP: ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: N001820127 ..PPI: 24JUL2006 ..PPE: 23JUL2012 ..PPC: DAMASCUS, SYRIA ..PPS: SYR ..ETA: 20OCT2006 [...]
2006-10-17 12:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS AL
06DAMASCUS4974Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, MEPP,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press covered (October 13 - 16) the following topics: President Assad met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Sunday. Papers quoted Moratinos as saying that "Syria is part of the solution rather than the problem." President Assad held an Iftar o [...]
2006-10-17 12:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5SARG TRUMPETS NEW GULF INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: According to SARG announcements in local and international news, the Syrian economy attracted billions of dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Arab sources during 2005. The investors have yet to make major commitments, however, and the announcements are a continuation [...]
2006-01-02 11:36:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON SY
06DAMASCUS5026Damascus Media Reaction: MEPP, Palestinian Developments,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press between October 17 - 19, covered the following issues: President Asad met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Sunday. Papers quoted Moratinos as saying that "Syria is part of the solution rather than the problem." President Asad held an Iftar [...]
2006-10-19 12:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5031U.S.-SYRIA RELATIONS, SITUATION IN LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: Describing U.S-Syria relations as at their lowest point ever, pro-regime foreign policy analyst Imad Shueibi, told A/DCM October 15 that anger and frustration in the regime towards the U.S. have reached new heights in the wake of the September 12 attack on the Embassy and what is [...]
2006-10-22 05:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IS
06DAMASCUS5059Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, Syria/Slovakia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a phone call from President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in which both leaders talked about the situation in the region and bilateral relations between Syria and the UAE. Papers also reported Dr. M [...]
2006-10-22 14:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5061SARG HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMATIC STOCK MARKET TO
[...] (C) Summary: The SARG is moving ahead on its efforts to open a Syrian stock market by formalizing the establishment of the new exchange. Some contacts assert that Syria could open the exchange in 2007 and that it will provide many benefits to the Syrian economy, including, stimulating capita [...]
2006-10-22 15:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5095Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Spain, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a letter from Iranian President Ahmadinejad conveyed by visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki. The letter focused on regional developments, mainly in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. President Asad and Minister [...]
2006-10-29 15:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5096SARG TO SIGN RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT DEAL
[...] (C) Former Russian Prime Minister and current President of the Russian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Yevgeni Primakov, is in the middle of a two day visit to Damascus. In addition to consultations with President Asad and others yesterday, leading Shi,a businessman, Saeb Nahas told Charge [...]
2006-10-30 11:45:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAID EAIR PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5097Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Syria/Poland,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on October 29 with Former Premier of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Primakov. Talks focused on current international and regional events and bilateral relations. Primakov presented to President Asad the Arabic version of his ne [...]
2006-10-30 12:01:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS512Damascus Media Reaction: Beirut Riots/Accusations
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Muqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr Movement in Iraq, has rejected accusations that infiltrators enter Iraq through Syria, stressing that there is not any evidence of this. Al-Sadr, during a visit to the Syrian northeastern city of Raqqa described Syr [...]
2006-02-08 14:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5137Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with a delegation of the Foreign Journalists Association in which he underscored the role of media and journalists in conveying facts and enhancing communication among civilizations. President Asad answered questions about the peace pro [...]
2006-10-31 13:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS514 DANISH COMPANY ALRA FACES THREATS AND ECONOMIC LOSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the destruction to the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, many Syrians are encouraging non-violent protests of the Mohammad caricatures, including a general boycott of Danish products. The Syrian distributor for Alra Danish dairy products says that as a [...]
2006-02-08 15:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS516SYRIA: ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT
[...] (U) Post is submitting two projects in order of priority for the ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons Projects. Post currently does not have any anti-trafficking projects and would be able to monitor and evaluate project progress with the assistance as described in reftel. 2. (U) First Projec [...]
2006-02-08 15:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG SY
06DAMASCUS5160Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Peace Process, Iraq,
[...] Summary: The main focus in Syrian papers today was Lebanon. Papers featured reports on the confiscation of a 'suspicious' parcel by customs at Beirut International Airport containing silencers for military pistols. The parcel, dispatched from the UK through "Liban Post" Lebanon's postal serv [...]
2006-11-01 13:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS517THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA; PART I: COULD THEY
[...] (U) This is the first of two cables that assess the potential political influence of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART I. DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD POWER; CONSTRAINTS ON MB INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: In the wake of former VP Khaddam's flirtation with the M [...]
2006-02-08 15:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY
06DAMASCUS5187Damascus Media Reaction: Arms Smuggling
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers today reacted to statements by Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN Secretary General's envoy to Lebanon, and John Bolton, US Ambassador to the United Nations, saying that weapons continue to be smuggled to Lebanon from Syria. Papers featured a statement on Wednesday by Le [...]
2006-11-02 13:26:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5189SARG COMPLAINTS ABOUT SYRIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) FM Mu'allim's chef de cabinet Bassam Sabbagh met Charge October 31 to complain that Syrian Ambassador to the U.S. Imad Mustafa has problems sending faxes and making phone calls to the MFA here from both the Syrian chancery and his residence. Sabbagh said Mustafa had called the Minister t [...]
2006-11-02 13:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS527Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by Alexy Tserub, Russian Ambassador in Tunis, during a press roundtable confirming his country's rejection of pressure against Syria. "Syria has implemented what was requested from her in the UN Security Council resolutions and she has fully cooperat [...]
2006-02-09 14:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5276 Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Parliament Conference,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Arab Parliamentarians attending a meeting of the Interim Arab Parliament in Damascus. Arab League SecGen Amr Mousa also attended. President Asad held a separate meeting with Mousa, which focused on current events in the Ara [...]
2006-11-07 11:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5277 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Jordan, Syria/Libya, Arab
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a letter on Saturday (11/4) from King Abdullah II, focusing on regional developments and ties between Syria and Jordan. The letter was conveyed by Abdul Hadi Majali, Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament and Chairman of the Interim A [...]
2006-11-07 11:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5279Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Europe, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on November 6 with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, focusing on Syrian-European relations, general developments and a potential European role in the Middle East peace process. Headlines featured a joint press conferen [...]
2006-11-07 14:56:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS528MOOD OF THE SARG; CABINET RESHUFFLE RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: A long-time Embassy contact reported February 8 that the regime is satisfied with the fallout from the February 4 rioting in Damascus, believing it allowed the SARG to present itself as a great protector of Islam and because the caricature/rioting "narrative" has overwhelmed any [...]
2006-02-09 15:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5283TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (C) TFCO: William Roebuck, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, 963-11-3391-3807, RoebuckW@state.gov or RoebuckWV@state.sgov.gov. 2. (C) Deputy TFCO: Todd Holmstrom, Political/Economic Section Chief, 963-11-3391-4287, HolmstromT@state.gov or HolmstromTC@state.sgov.gov. 3. (C) Post recommends [...]
2006-11-08 13:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER
06DAMASCUS5284THE REFORMER EMERGING?
[...] (C) Summary. After having kept a lower profile for most of the summer, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Dardari, reemerged recently to announce a number of new economic reforms. The initiatives are part of the SARG,s slow and halting effort at reforming its moribund econo [...]
2006-11-08 14:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5285SYRIAN BANKING CONFERENCE HEAVY ON CHEERLEADING,
[...] (C) Summary. A recent Syrian banking and financial services conference served as a showcase of self-congratulation for the SARG,s economic reforms, asserting Syria is an engaged member of the global economy. Various conference speakers bashed United States policy towards Syria and speculated [...]
2006-11-08 16:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5288 Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: The Syrian press today focused on the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories in light of the recent Israeli escalation, especially in Beit Hanoun. Papers reported Foreign Minister Mouallem's meeting with Khalid Mish'al, Chief of HAMAS' Political Bureau, and Dr. Ahma [...]
2006-11-09 11:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5289FM MUALLEM TO VISIT IRAQ?
[...] (C) Though we have heard conflicting reports from our Syrian interlocutors, those purporting to be speaking on behalf of the regime insist Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will visit Iraq next week, on or about November 12. Hashem Akkad, MP and Asif Shawkat intimate, told us as of Novemb [...]
2006-11-09 16:14:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5290POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATEMENT ON SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: In response to USG queries, Syrian civil society and human rights activists favor a U.S. statement in support of political reform and greater respect for human rights in Syria. There is also agreement that such a statement should call upon the SARG to ensure the well-being of a [...]
2006-11-09 16:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5295Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, US Veto of Gaza
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on November 13 reported President Asad's meeting with a US Protestant delegation, headed by Pastor Rick Warren, a prominent Protestant cleric. They discussed Syrian-American relations. The American delegation said that the US administration was mistaken in not start [...]
2006-11-13 14:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5302ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING - READOUT
[...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott Office (ALBO) was held November 6-9 in Damascus, with representation from the same 14 countries that attended the last meeting in May 2006 (ref A). Some participants feel the semi-annual conference has outlived its usefulness and [...]
2006-11-14 14:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALABLD ECON KBCT PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS5304Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Senegal, Syria/Oman, Syrian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today (Nov. 14) reported that President Abdullah Wad of Senegal received an oral message from President Asad on bilateral relations and regional and international developments. The message was conveyed by Minister of Information Dr. Mohsen Bilal. The Senegalese presi [...]
2006-11-14 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS531THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA, PART II: COULD THEY
[...] (U) This is the second of two cables that assess the potential power of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART II. REASONS FOR THE EXAGGERATED ESTIMATES OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: Most estimates of potential Muslim Brother support range between ten and thirty [...]
2006-02-09 16:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY
06DAMASCUS5314Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today (Nov. 15) reported that Vice President Shar'a met separately with Faruq Qaddumi, Chief of the PLO Political Department, and Dr. Mustafa al-Barghuthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative. Talks focused on the situation in the occupied territories and [...]
2006-11-16 12:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5316Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by Dr. Sami Khiyami, Syrian Ambassador to the UK, in an interview broadcast on Wednesday (Nov. 15) by the Syrian Satellite TV channel, saying that Syria has repeatedly declared that it will be the prime beneficiary from revelation of the truth abou [...]
2006-11-16 14:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5318Damascus Media Reaction: Asad/Annan, Syria/Qatar,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a telephone call from UN SecGen Kofi Annan during which they reviewed political developments in Lebanon and Iraq. Papers also reported President Asad's meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani, [...]
2006-11-19 15:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5320Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, Syria/Iraq, Golan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that President Asad received on Sunday (Nov. 19) a letter from Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaied Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, concerning bilateral relations. The letter was delivered by the UAE Ambassador in Damascus Yousef al-Medfaei. On [...]
2006-11-20 13:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5326SYRIAN VIEWS ON FM MOALLEM,S VISIT IRAQ
[...] (U) UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 21 ASSASSINATION OF PIERRE JAMAYEL, FOREIGN MINISTER WALID MUALLEM,S TRIP TO IRAQ DOMINATED THE HEADLINES AND CONVERSATIONS IN DAMASCUS. SYRIANS OF VARIOUS STRIPES VIEWED THE VISIT AS A SUCCESS AS IT EXTENDED SARG INFLUENCE IN IRAQ WITH BOTH ITS TRADITIONAL ALLIES AND T [...]
2006-11-22 16:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5327TURKISH-SYRIAN FTA: THE VIEW FROM DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary. After over a year of no movement, Syrians generally view Turkey,s recent announcement that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries was ratified, and will enter into effect on January 1, 2007 as a sign of Turkish political support for the SARG as it works to emerge [...]
2006-11-22 16:40:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL SY TU
06DAMASCUS5328THE VIEW FROM THE SYRIAN HINTERLAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY A/ARMA, VISITED DEIR AZOUR, NOVEMBER 13-14, MEETING TWICE WITH THE HEADS OF TWO LARGE BEDOUIN TRIBES THERE. THE TWO EXTREMELY URBANIZED SUNNI TRIBAL LEADERS WERE FOCUSED ON U.S. POLICY IN THE REGION AND ASKED REPEATEDLY ABOUT WHETHER THE US. HAD MADE OR IN [...]
2006-11-22 16:58:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5338Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Faisal Miqdad received Russian Deputy FM Alexander Sultanov on Saturday (Nov. 25). Talks focused on developments in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq. The two sides stressed the importance of continuous consultations between the two [...]
2006-11-27 10:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5341Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Nov. 27 reported President Asad's and VP Shara's meetings on Nov. 26 with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov, focusing on the tension in the region caused by foreign interference. In statements following the meeting, Sulatanov described his meetings [...]
2006-11-27 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5343Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Cyprus, Med-Euro
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Nov. 28 reported President Asad's meeting on Monday with Dimitris Hristofyas, Speaker of the Cypriot Parliament, focusing on the situation in the region and bilateral cooperation. Papers also reported Syrian FM Mouallem's participation in the Med-Euro Ministerial [...]
2006-11-29 07:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5345 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Canada, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on November 29 reported that the Foreign Ministry summoned the Canadian ambassador to Damascus, Mark BelliO1, to protest Canada's vote against the two resolutions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council regarding the Israeli violations in the occupied Syrian Golan and th [...]
2006-11-29 15:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5346 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Canada, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on November 29 reported that the Foreign Ministry summoned the Canadian ambassador to Damascus, Mark Belli, to protest Canada's vote against the two resolutions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council regarding Israeli violations in the occupied Syrian Golan and the Pale [...]
2006-11-29 15:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5348STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETING WITH FM MU'ALLIM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Puneet Talwar, met with Foreign Minister Mu'allim and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikdad on November 22 in two separate meetings to discuss Lebanon, Iraq, U.S.-Syrian relations, and the broader issues of the Middle E [...]
2006-12-03 07:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5349SARG FEELING CONFIDENT IS THE MESSAGE TO STAFFDEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Puneet Talwar, held meetings in Damascus November 22 with an opposition member, informal SARG advisor, journalist, and others. The common perspective from the meetings is that the SARG feels it is operating from [...]
2006-12-03 07:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5358Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 3 featured a Dec. 2 press statement by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome stressing the importance of dialogue and cooperation with Syria to solve the region's issues and establish stability. Mr. Prodi warned against the partitioning of Iraq, saying th [...]
2006-12-04 10:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5361Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestine, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 4 reported the visit to Damascus by Palestinian PM Ismail Hanieh and his meeting with PM Ottri on Dec. 3, focusing on bilateral relations and regional developments. Papers also reported FM Mouallem's meeting on Sunday with Mr. Chizari Maria Raghalini, Direct [...]
2006-12-04 14:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5362IRAQ/SYRIA RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS
[...] (C) Charge spoke to both the Iraqi Charge and the Algerian Ambassador (Iraq had been represented here as an interests section of the Algerian Embassy) on the status of resumption of Syrian-Iraqi diplomatic relations. Iraqi Charge Sabah al-Imam said that since the November 19-21 FM Muallim vi [...]
2006-12-04 15:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5367GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary. German FM Steinmeier paid a very brief visit to Damascus to discuss, primarily, regional issues. Nothing was promised by either side and little progress was made on influencing either countries, stance on regional conflicts. Nonetheless, the local German Embassy assesses the vi [...]
2006-12-06 13:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5368Damascus Media Reaction: Golan Prisoners, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 6 reported that on Dec. 5 the Syrian Foreign Ministry addressed formal messages to UN SecGen Kofi Annan, the Chairman of the Security Council, the High Commission for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council, informing them about the poor health of Sitan Nmr A [...]
2006-12-06 13:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5371ISLAMIC BANKING IN SYRIA: DESIRED, BUT VULNERABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Clearly behind the rest of the region in allowing Islamic banking, the SARG is now prematurely rushing forward on opening the sector, as it has done with the stock market and other "economic reforms," to assert that just like its Arab neighbors, it too has joined the modern globa [...]
2006-12-07 11:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS5377Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Shara, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 7 reported that President Asad received Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 6 The two leaders reviewed the situations in Iraq, the occupied territories, and Lebanon, and mutual cooperation, reiterating the importance of achieving security and s [...]
2006-12-07 15:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5378SYRIANS REFUSE TO DEPORT ACCUSED AMCIT MURDERER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Syrian MFA notified us by a dipnote (text included below) received December 2 that the SARG has rejected our request to deport Amcit accused murderer Muaz Haffar (AKA to the Syrians as Omar al-Sawwaf). The dipnote, dated [...]
2006-12-07 16:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CASC ASEC SY
06DAMASCUS5379 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Baker/Hamilton
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem met on Dec. 9 with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chi Jion and an accompanying delegation. Talks focused on developments in the region, particularly in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq, and on bilateral relations [...]
2006-12-10 13:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5380THREE GOVERNORS FIRED, THE QUESTION IS WHY?
[...] (U) Summary. Amid allegations of incompetence and family scandals, three regional governors in Syria have been dismissed in the past ten days. Some argue the changes reflect President Bashar al Asad's focus on performance as a sign of seriouness on reform, while others believe the dismissals [...]
2006-12-10 13:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5381RIAD SEIF, OTHERS, VIEW LEBANON STRUGGLE AS
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition figure Riad Seif and other Syrian contacts insist that the current political struggle in Lebanon is "the critical battle" for the U.S. and Europe. For Seif, that battle "must not be lost," if the U.S. wants to retain influence in the Middle East. He recommended U.S. [...]
2006-12-10 15:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS5390COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DODD, DECEMBER 19-21
[...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senator Christopher Dodd, and the other members of his delegation: Ms. Janice O'Connell (SFRC),and COL Mike Barbero, U.S. Army Senate Liaison. 2. (U) Control officer and point of contact for this visit is Pol/Econ [...]
2006-12-12 13:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP SY
06DAMASCUS5395 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Netherlands, Syria/South
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 13 reported the visit to Damascus of Bernard Bot, Dutch Foreign Minister, and his meetings with President Asad, PM Shara and FM Mouallem, focusing on developments in Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories. Both sides agreed to enhance bilateral relations [...]
2006-12-13 12:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5399INFLUENCING THE SARG IN THE END OF 2006
[...] (S) Summary. The SARG ends 2006 in a much stronger position domestically and internationally than it did 2005. While there may be additional bilateral or multilateral pressure that can impact Syria, the regime is based on a small clique that is largely immune to such pressure. However, Basha [...]
2006-12-13 16:03:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5403Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Senegal,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 14 reported that President Asad met on Dec. 13 with US Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Talks focused on the latest developments in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories. President Asad called for non-interference in Lebanese affairs, since the Lebanese [...]
2006-12-14 11:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5411PRESIDENT ASAD TELLS SEN. NELSON SARG WILLING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL),member on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (and soon-to-be appointed member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, we were told) met for approximately one hour with President Bashar al-Asad and FM Mu'allim [...]
2006-12-15 12:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5412Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Yemen, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 17 reported President Asad's visit to Yemen and his meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salih focusing on regional developments and bilateral relations. Papers also reported President Asad's press interview published Dec. 15 in a Rome-based daily La Rep [...]
2006-12-17 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5419REGIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE SEEN AS SUCCESS FOR
[...] (U) Summary. Syria hosted from December 11-14 the fourth biannual Scientific Research Outlook (SRO-4) meeting of the UAE-based Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) in Damascus. In attendance were a handful of Americans, including Dr. Osman Shinaishin from the National Science Founda [...]
2006-12-19 09:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALTSPL ECON EU SY
06DAMASCUS5422REACHING OUT TO SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Summary: While we continue to meet with and provide whatever support we can to political opposition figures and human rights activists in this very repressive atmosphere, we are also attempting to reach to Syria's wider civil society. This wider civil society in Syria may provide a signif [...]
2006-12-21 06:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5423Syria/UAE, Syria/Lebanon, Syria/PLO, Syria/EU,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 18 reported President Asad's visit to the UAE on Dec. 17 and his meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Talks dealt with the deteriorating situation in the occupied territories. Both leaders stressed the necessity of preventing clashes [...]
2006-12-21 07:42:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5424 Syria/UAE, Syria/Russia, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon (12/19)
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 19 reported President Asad's arrival in Moscow starting a two-day working visit to the Russian Federation during which he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation in the Middle East and ways to strengthen bilateral relations. Paper [...]
2006-12-21 07:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5428Syria/Russia, Brammertz Report, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: On Dec. 20 Syrian papers focused on President Asad's Dec. 19 visit to Russia and his meeting with President Putin. Headlines featured this portion of Asad's statement in a news conference after meeting President Vladimir Putin. "We want to have a dialogue but you have to differentiat [...]
2006-12-21 09:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5429SYRIAN ACTIVIST ANWAR BUNNI IN COURT; EU REP TO
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Syrian human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni appeared briefly December 19 in Damascus Criminal Court on charges connected to his signature on a document calling for improved Syria-Lebanon relations, as well as for involvement with a European Commission-funded human righ [...]
2006-12-21 10:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5431SYRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Maria d.G. Olson is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Pl. Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: OlsonM@state.gov. Tel: (963) (11) 3391-3785. Cell Phone: (963) 94405166. 2. (SBU) The Syrian Government continued to provide political and material support to Hizballah and pol [...]
2006-12-21 12:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5447SENATORS DODD AND KERRY PUSH PRESIDENT ASAD TO
[...] (C) Summary. Senators Kerry and Dodd had a wide-ranging conversation with President Asad that focused on Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Senators cautioned Asad that his relations with America would not improve without his regime changing its destabilizing policies [...]
2006-12-28 06:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5448SENATORS DODD AND KERRY DISCUSS REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. Senators Kerry and Dodd told FM Walid Mu'allim that the time was ripe for strong unilateral action by the SARG if it truly wanted to be part of the solution for regional crisis in Lebanon, Iraq, and among the Palestinians. Mu'allim commented that the SARG would pursue security an [...]
2006-12-28 06:45:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5449CODEL SPECTER MEETS SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. Senator Arlen Specter met with Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim for 75 minutes on December 25 in Damascus. The conversation covered U.S.-Syria relations, Syria's desire for resumed peace talks with Israel, allegations that Syria continues to meddle in Lebanon, steps to st [...]
2006-12-28 06:48:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV LE IZ SY
06DAMASCUS5452Syria/US, Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the Dec. 19-20 visit to Damascus by US Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry and their meetings with President Asad and FM Mouallem. Talks focused on the level of relations between Syria and the United States and ways to activate the comprehensive peace pro [...]
2006-12-28 17:08:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5453Syria/AL, Syria/OIC, Syria/Japan, Syria/Yemen, Iran,
[...] Summary: On Dec. 24 Syrian press reported President Asad's Dec 21 meeting with SecGen of the Arab League Amr Mousa in which Mousa briefed Asad on the consultations he conducted on behalf of the AL regarding developments on the Lebanese arena. Headlines featured President Asad's support for t [...]
2006-12-28 17:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS594IRAQI CLERIC MOQTADA SADR VISITS SYRIA, MEETS ASAD
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrived February 5 in Damascus for an extended visit that included two meetings with the Syrian President on developments in Iraq and elsewhere regionally. Sadr also visited the city of Raqqa, located between the Syrian capital and the Iraqi [...]
2006-02-13 10:12:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY IZ
06DAMASCUS598 SYRIA JOINS THE UNOFFICIAL DEVELOPING NATIONS GROUP AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, the SARG announced that it had joined the unofficial developing nations group at the WTO, the latest in an ongoing campaign to portray the SARG as strengthening international economic relationships. Syria is receiving $1.6 million USD in pre-WTO accession assistan [...]
2006-02-13 11:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN SY
06DAMASCUS601ASAD PROMOTES SHARA'A TO VP IN MAJOR CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: In a major cabinet reshuffle, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad promoted his foreign minister to Vice President and appointed 11 new ministers with portfolio (and three new ministers of state). He retained his PM, DPM, and 17 ministers (three without portfolio). The most importan [...]
2006-02-13 12:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS602Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Iran, Danish
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a press statement to Lebanese magazine "al-Mughtarib" by Lebanese FM Fawzi Salloukh saying "there is a need for good ties with Arab countries, especially Syria." Salloukh considered the continuous Israeli violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the maintenance of [...]
2006-02-13 13:44:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS605ASSESSMENT OF TARGETED FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Post offers the following observations based on its experience thus far with targeted financial sanctions against SARG officials and other Syrian entities. First, maximizing media coverage of the designation increases the "name and shame" effect. The designation of Asif Shawkat [...]
2006-02-13 14:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS624Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Danish
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara has informed Moqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr movement in Iraq, about Syria's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchange diplomatic representation at level of ambassadors after the formation of the new Iraqi [...]
2006-02-14 14:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS625A YEAR AFTER HARIRI'S ASSASSINATION: ASAD STRIKES
[...] (C) Summary: One year after the murder of Rafik Hariri, the Syrian regime seems both confident and, increasingly, willing to adopt a more confrontational stance towards the West, making moves such as receiving Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Damascus and facilitating the violent demonstrat [...]
2006-02-14 15:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON SY LE
06DAMASCUS63Damascus Media Reaction: Khaddam's Statements to Al-
[...] Summary: Al-Ba'th reported a statement issued by the Khaddam family in the Syrian region of Banias expressing "rejection and denunciation" of Abdul-Halim Khaddam's statements to Al-Arabiya and saying that the former VP expressed his personal views only. The statement says the family members st [...]
2006-01-04 13:20:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS639ALEPPO,S INDUSTRIALISTS GENERALLY UPBEAT
[...] (C) Summary. During a recent visit to Syria,s second city, Aleppo, we found the business community there to be guardedly optimistic and pursuing expansion plans in a range of existing and new business sectors. The Aleppines attributed their less than critical assessments of the Bashar al-As [...]
2006-02-15 10:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS641SARG PROCLAIMS 2005 TO BE YEAR OF INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Though Syrian officials and the government-controlled press have dubbed 2005 the &year of investment in Syria,8 SARG investment figures are generally highly exaggerated and the profit-making potential of approved projects remain largely unrealized. Recent investment in Syria fa [...]
2006-02-15 12:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD SY
06DAMASCUS642SARG RELIEF AFTER UNIIIC'S VIENNA QUESTIONING;
[...] (C) Summary: Long-standing Embassy contact Dr. Samir al-Taki told Polchief February 5 that the Syrian suspects who traveled to Vienna in mid-January for a second round of questioning emerged saying that UNIIIC investigators gave the impression they had no new leads to follow up on or question [...]
2006-02-15 12:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SY IR
06DAMASCUS65APPLYING TARGETED SANCTIONS TO SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 13:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS668Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Assassination
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a mass rally by Syrians in occupied Golan observing the 24th anniversary of the 1982 strike, called by the sons of occupied Golan to reject Israel's annexation of the Golan and impose an Israeli identity on its sons. Speakers emphasized that they stood behind Pr [...]
2006-02-16 12:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS669PLACING CART BEFORE HORSE, AND THE REIGNS IN THE
[...] (SBU) After almost eight months of inactivity since President Asad signed the Syrian Security and Exchange Commission (SSEC) law in June 2005, local press reported this week that a commission finally has been named by presidential decree to draft the law for the creation of the stock market it [...]
2006-02-16 12:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS671Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri's Anniversary
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers sharply reacted to the speeches that Walid Jumblatt, Sa'd al-Hariri, Samir Ja'ja, and other anti- Syria Lebanese figures delivered in the demonstration staged in Beirut to mark the first anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri's assassination. T [...]
2006-02-16 12:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS673BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON SYRIA'S NEW MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar al-Asad appointed eleven new ministers with portfolio and three new state ministers without portfolio on February 11. The following includes basic biographical (and previously unavailable) data on new appointees. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...]
2006-02-16 14:23:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
06DAMASCUS674COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE COORDINATOR
[...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance to Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill for travel to Damascus from February 28 through March 4, 2006. After clearing customs, traveler will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver who will display a sign with the [...]
2006-02-16 14:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06DAMASCUS68APPLYING TARGETED SANCTIONS TO SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary. As post has reported previously, the average Syrian would welcome targeted sanctions that focus on regressive elements within the Asad regime. The best mix in our judgement would be sanctions that are phased, multi-lateral, and widely publicized. Most of our Syrian interlocuto [...]
2006-01-04 14:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS686HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: TAYYARA, ABDULLAH FREED;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights contacts report that Najati Tayyara and Omar Abdullah have been released following their February 14 detentions. Meanwhile, the wheels of Syrian justice continue to grind slowly in the cases of human rights activists Nizar Rastanawi, Haithem Maleh, and Hassan Abdu [...]
2006-02-20 15:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS69SARG ORDERS SYRIAN BANKS TO FREEZE KHADDAM'S ASSETS
[...] (C) On January 2, the SARG ordered all Syrian banks, as well as those subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in the Syrian free zones, to freeze immediately the assets of former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam and his family. A faxed letter from the Central Bank's Combating Money Launderin [...]
2006-01-04 14:14:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SY SANC
06DAMASCUS701ANNOUNCEMENT TO FUND OPPOSITION HARSHLY CRITICIZED BY ANTI-REGIME ELEMENTS, OTHERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have been quick to condemn the USG's public statement announcing the designation of five million USD for support of the Syrian opposition, calling it "nave" and "harmful." Contacts insist that the statement has already hurt the opposition, and that the SARG will use it in [...]
2006-02-21 14:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS702RIAD SEIF DETAILS RECENT SECURITY SERVICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition figure Riad Seif discussed his recent problems with security services, which have focused their energies and threats towards Seif's February 5 interview in an-Nahar newspaper. Seif also related that he received his first official invitation, via intermediar [...]
2006-02-21 15:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS703Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Cartoon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Lebanese rejection of the calls for foreign custodianship and the positions expressed by the "March 14" forces. Omar Jaftali editorialized in Tishreen that it is shameful that some Lebanese have sold themselves for a fistful of dollars. However, he said that [...]
2006-02-22 07:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS710IRAN-SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION MEETS TODAY AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Syrian-Iranian Higher Economic Commission meets today in Damascus, but few contacts believe the meeting will produce any immediate results in improving the investment climate or increasing the two countries' anemic trade volume. Although the Commission is expected to addres [...]
2006-02-22 14:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV ETRD IR SY
06DAMASCUS711SCANDINAVIANS MOVING QUIETLY TO REPAIR RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks after three Scandinavian embassies in Damascus suffered moderate to severe damage in SARG-sanctioned demonstrations to protest the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European media, it appears that all three governments are moving quietly to repair relation [...]
2006-02-22 14:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS717EGYPTIAN DIPLOMAT SIGNALS MUBARAK VISIT TO DAMASCUS
[...] (C) An Egyptian diplomat cited two recent phone calls between Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as well as a Kuwaiti news report, as indicators of a possible upcoming Mubarak visit. The Kuwaiti article reported that Mubarak would visit Damascus on February [...]
2006-02-23 13:31:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG SY LB
06DAMASCUS718Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Hamas, US Policy (2/23)
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers reported an official Syrian statement condemning the attacks on the Shiite mausoleum and Sunni mosques in Iraq. Eid Abu Sekke opined in Al-Ba'th that the U.S. and its allies are not happy with the election of Hamas and are against democratic changes in the region wh [...]
2006-02-23 14:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS727SYRIANS DENOUNCE ATTACKS ON IRAQI SHRINES AND
[...] (U) Syrian officials and religious leaders strongly denounced the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara and subsequent attacks on Sunni mosques and warned against attempts to fragment Iraq's national unity. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted an official source on February [...]
2006-02-26 13:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI IZ SY
06DAMASCUS760MORE ON USG FUNDING OF SYRIAN OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The USG's Syrian Democracy Announcement continues to provoke conflicting views here among the opposition and other political figures. Reftel reported on an initial sounding that produced primarily negative views. A second look at the issue has prompted a more nuanced set of rea [...]
2006-02-27 09:57:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SY
06DAMASCUS775READ OUT FROM IRAN-SYRIA ECONOMIC MEETING
[...] (C) The annual meeting of the Iran-Syria Higher Economic Commission ended last week, meeting Syrians' already low expectations that it would lack economic significance (ref A). Government dailies trumpeted the signing of MOUs on a range of economic issues, from environmental protection to inv [...]
2006-02-27 14:04:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD SY IR
06DAMASCUS810Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Hamas, Secretary Rice's
[...] Summary: Syrian papers highlighted the meeting held by F.M. Walid al- Mo'allem with Hamas leader Khaled Masha'al after the latter returned from his tour of the countries of the region. Ezeddin al-Darwish editorialized in Tishreen that he expects "further escalation" in the region after Secr [...]
2006-02-28 10:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS844FACTS ON US BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN SYRIA
[...] (SBU) The following information is offered for EU posts, consideration and reference when discussing aligning EU and USG policy vis--vis the SARG (ref A). Two discrepancies between USG and EU economic policy are apparent from Damascus: EU missions continue to promote business investment in S [...]
2006-03-01 12:32:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS86Damascus Media Reaction: Khaddam, Mubarak/Chirac Summit,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Finance Ministry has frozen the assets of Khaddam's wife, sons, grandchildren and their husbands and wives with the aim of securing the sum which will be revealed by the judicial investigation. The decision came in response to the deliberation i [...]
2006-01-05 12:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS888SYRIAN FOREIGN POLICIES PAYING OFF, SAYS REGIME
[...] (C) Summary: Longtime Embassy contact and regime insider Imad Shuebi asserted that the SARG is feeling confident in its standoff with the U.S. and is looking ahead with renewed assurance. Syria has correctly played its foreign policy cards on Lebanon, Hamas and Iran, and is reaping the bene [...]
2006-03-02 14:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL LE IR SY
06DAMASCUS894RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON SARG PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 2 meeting with Charge and PolChief, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed his recent problems with Syrian security services and their strategy to shut down his activities, his interactions with other opposition figures as he continues to hone his politic [...]
2006-03-02 14:50:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS90KHADDAM'S STREAM OF CRITICISM PUTS THE SARG BACK
[...] Summary: (C) A range of contacts have described former VP Khaddam's December 30 interview with al-Arabiyya TV network as tremendously damaging to the regime. They characterize him as a very smart and highly experienced politician and statesman who would be unlikely to make such explosive re [...]
2006-01-06 12:39:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS929HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: QAMISHLI VIOLENCE?; DAMASCUS
[...] (C) CONTACTS DISMISS PRESS REPORTS OF KURDISH CLASHES WITH ARMY: Kurdish contacts dismissed press reports that an armed clash, resulting in many Kurdish injuries, had taken place in the northeastern city of Qamishli between Syrian armed forces and members of the PKK-affiliated Democratic Un [...]
2006-03-06 07:06:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS958ASAD CALLS ON HAMAS NOT TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 4 speech at the opening of a pan-Arab conference in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad urged Hamas not to recognize Israel, criticized efforts to oust Lebanese President Lahoud, and labeled U.S. actions in Iraq as part of a plan to divide and conquer the cou [...]
2006-03-06 13:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LB SY
06DAMASCUS959SARG CHOOSES CONFRONTATIONAL STANCE IN MEETINGS
[...] (C) Diplomats at the EC mission in Damascus were quick to downplay the importance of the visit last week of EU parliamentarian and President of the Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Mashrek, Beatrice Patrie. SARG dailies reported that Patrie met with both Abdallah Dardari, Deputy [...]
2006-03-06 14:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS962MANAGING A TEMPORARY STALEMATE WITH THE SARG
[...] (C) Summary: In important respects, U.S. relations with Syria seem to have reached an impasse. Over the past six weeks, Syrian contacts, some of them regime proxies, have voiced the opinion that the SARG senses it has hung tough with a set of hard-line policies that are paying dividends. As [...]
2006-03-06 16:13:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS963SARG CLOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION-FUNDED CIVIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG authorities closed the European Commission-funded Civil Society Training Center on March 1, only nine days after its widely-covered opening on February 21. The training center is one of five recently launched EC-sponsored projects in Syria. The shutdown coincided with th [...]
2006-03-06 16:32:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS987Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Hamas, President Bush's
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers highlighted statements by F.M. Walid al- Mo'allem during the Arab League's ministerial meeting that Syria has reached a "good understanding" with the International Investigation Committee. Papers also highlighted the meeting in Damascus of the Arab Parties Confere [...]
2006-03-08 08:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DARESSALAAM1137UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK OK, BUT NOT THE TIME FOR
[...] (C) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Council Unit, told Poloff on July 6, that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) supports a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea (DPRK) launching ballistic missiles July 4 and 5. Njiku said these launches are a concern to ev [...]
2006-07-06 13:04:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM UNSC KN KNNP TZ
06DARESSALAAM11752006 TRADE FAIR REFLECTS STRONGER U.S.-TANZANIAN
[...] The 2006 Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) revealed the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) efforts to gradually transition away from a "shopping mall" atmosphere toward a genuine international trade show. While there remains a long road ahead before the DITF, which ran from June 29 t [...]
2006-07-13 12:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGMT ECON EINV ETRD PREL TZ
06DARESSALAAM811TANZANIA SUPPORTS SYRIA-LEBANON UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 14:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC SY LE TZ
06DJIBOUTI372DJIBOUTI AND ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that Djibouti shares similar points of view with the United States regarding the four key issues on the agenda in the upcoming Arab League Summit. He also offered insights on other issues such as Iran, Somalia, and a Common Defense [...]
2006-03-27 05:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS SO SU IR IZ DJ
06DJIBOUTI554DJIBOUTI RESPONSE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN UN
[...] On May 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nasser Mohammed Hassan, the Assistant Director for Bilateral Affairs in charge of America and Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff explained that this was an urgent matter, and Hassan replied that he would forward the information imme [...]
2006-05-10 11:48:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC SY LE DJ
06DOHA1216QATAR'S ISLAMIC FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES
[...] SUMMARY. Qatar's four main Islamic banks comprise up to 20% of the financial sector. The Islamic banks continue to grow rapidly, from $2.6 billion in assets in 2003 to $4.5 billion in 2005, attributing their success to ethical banking and due diligence. Islamic banking is in such demand that th [...]
2006-08-14 11:07:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV BMGT BEXP QA
06DOHA1265QATARI AMIR: AFTER ARAB "VICTORY," TIME TO TALK
[...] (U) Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made the first visit to Lebanon by an Arab leader after the end of the recent fighting. Following a tour of bombed-out areas of southern Beirut, he held a press conference with Lebanese President Lahoud carried live on Al Jazeera, in which he said "t [...]
2006-08-22 15:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE QA
06DOHA127A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Silverberg met with FM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) January 21 to discuss UN Security Council issues related to the Darfur conflict in Sudan and Syria's adherence to UNSC 1559. The Foreign Minister said Qatar is keen to cooperate with the United States. But he said he hoped [...]
2006-01-26 14:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SU SY QA UNSC
06DOHA1288SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR
[...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]
2006-08-27 10:43:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA1603DEMOCRACIES CONFERENCE DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS;
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Conference of New or Restored Democracies did not meet the Qatari hosts' greater expectations and a range of participants felt that international representation was at a low level. The Israeli FM's plans to attend and then cancellation left the conference organ [...]
2006-11-02 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAL IS QA
06DOHA1610IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...]
2006-11-05 14:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA
06DOHA1659AL JAZEERA ENGLISH LAUNCHES - FINALLY
[...] MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER ITS INITIAL CREATION IN 2004, THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF AL JAZEERA - NOW KNOWN AS AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) - LAUNCHED TO GREAT FANFARE IN DOHA NOVEMBER 15. 2. IN LAUNCHING THIS PROJECT, THE AMIR OF QATAR HAS DISBURSED UNDISCLOSED, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY VAST, SUMS OF [...]
2006-11-16 14:38:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA
06DOHA1737QATAR WILL CONSIDER DEPOSIT IN LEBANON'S CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the crisis in Lebanon with Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud (number two in the Qatari MFA) December 13. Al-Mahmoud said that Lebanon's Ambassador in Qatar had recently requested that Qatar act as a mediator between the Lebanese government and oppostion facti [...]
2006-12-13 14:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN MASS LE QA
06DOHA293U/S HUGHES' MEETINGS WITH QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: U/S Karen Hughes visited Doha Feb 17-19 to attend the US-Islamic World Forum, sponsored by the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While in Doha, she met with the Foreign Minister and Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir. This cable rep [...]
2006-02-26 13:14:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ IR QA
06DOHA442WHITE HOUSE MEETING FOR AMIR OF QATAR
[...] (C) As part of the President's and Secretary's initiative to strengthen relations with moderate Arab countries, I strongly advise that the Amir of Qatar be invited to call on the President in the White House while he and Sheikha Mozah are in the US for their daughter's graduation from Duke. The [...]
2006-03-23 05:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL QA
06DOHA5SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANTHONY
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you back to Doha. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership open and responsive to the proposed Strategic Investment Initiative (SII) for several reasons. Our goals for regional democratic reform largely coincide with those of Qatar. Also, the Qat [...]
2006-01-02 09:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA77SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...]
2006-01-17 14:53:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC
06DUBAI10GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND
[...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...]
2006-01-02 12:28:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO
06DUBAI1450COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES STRATEGIC TRADE AND EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 09:46:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ECIN ECON PREL PGOV AE
06DUBAI1847DUBAI SHELTER NOT CLOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 10:32:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI AE
06DUBAI2600ETHIOPIAN DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 09:52:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM SOCI KCRM ET AE SY
06DUBAI2762ETHIOPIAN DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 11:02:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM SOCI KCRM ET AE SY
06DUBAI3132IRAN'S CENTRAL GOVERNOR MAY LEAVE OVER OBJECTION TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: According to one source, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) may be removed for questioning President Ahmadinejad's request to transfer Iranian government money into private accounts inside and out of the country. The source claims a personal friendship with the gover [...]
2006-05-24 16:00:00Consulate DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON EFIN
06DUBAI4503TFLE01:IRAN'S RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 14:52:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IS SY LE ZP MOPS
06DUBAI5246IRPO: THE STATUS OF IRAN'S ASSYRIAN AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 13:03:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR
06DUBAI6940RAS AL KHAIMAH SHEIKH DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, FREE TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 13:27:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KDEM AE
06DUBAI730IN IRAN, CARTOON CONTROVERSY SIMMERS BUT DOESN'T BOIL OVER
[...] (U) Summary: In response to the publishing of "blasphemous" cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a number of European newspapers, Tehran has recalled its ambassador to Denmark and announced a cut in all trade ties with the country. Denmark pulled its diplomats out of Iran due to unspecified thre [...]
2006-02-14 14:05:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06DUBLIN202GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND WILL NOT OPPOSE EUROPEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 14:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN293IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON SYRIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 10:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUBLIN42IRISH-IRAQI RESIDENT RETURNS TO DUBLIN AFTER IRAQ
[...] (C) On December 24, the leader of the opposition in Ireland called the Ambassador seeking information about the detention in Baghdad of Ahmed Abbas Naji Khursheed, the brother of Irish citizen Dr. Nizar Naji Khursheed (an MD practicing in respiratory care in Ireland). Emboff met with the now [...]
2006-01-13 18:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ EI
06DUBLIN566IRELAND IN LINE WITH EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 11:50:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUSHANBE524TAJIK SNAPSHOT OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE LENS OF
[...] Reporting on the United States in the independent Tajik print media varies from week to week and issue to issue, but a definite pattern is discernable. The United States, along with Russia and Iran, are always featured prominently in the weekly independent print media. While each paper will [...]
2006-03-20 12:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06EFTOUSUNNEWYORK1560SYRIAN AMBASSADOR STOPPED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN has received a note verbale from the Syrian Mission to the UN which requests an explanation for the delay experienced by Syrian PermRep Ja'afari on arrival at Kennedy Airport on July 6. Acco [...]
2006-08-17 15:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP SY UN JA AFARI BASHAR
06FREETOWN603TFLE01: LEBANESE IN SIERRA LEONE APPEAL TO U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: On July 25, five representatives from the Lebanese community in Sierra Leone met with the Ambassador and PolOff to present a letter asking for strong U.S. action to broker a ceasefire with Israel. The President of the Lebanese Community in Sierra Leone said that the bombings are out [...]
2006-07-26 08:52:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC ASEC MOPS SL LE IS
06GENEVA1456JUNE 13 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
[...] Discussion during the June 13 informal consultations focused on the second, more substantive week of the June 19-30 Human Rights Council inaugural session. President-designate Luis Alfonso de Alba provided attendees with a draft program of work (e-mailed to IO-RHS and DRL-MLA-DL),which drew [...]
2006-06-14 14:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA1954HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT
[...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]
2006-08-12 11:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2030INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...]
2006-08-23 05:21:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL
06GENEVA2913HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE
[...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]
2006-11-15 19:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
06GUANGZHOU18749Guangdong Muslims: Few but Increasing (C-DI5-01546)
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Guangdong Muslim population is small but rapidly increasing. The increasing numbers are due mostly to economic reasons (Guangdong's booming manufacturing economy attracts domestic and foreign Muslims) rather than religious ones (South China has no Islamic institution of h [...]
2006-06-23 08:36:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SCUL SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU20888Rise in Number of Middle Easterners: Threat or
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past five years, the number of Middle Eastern businessmen in Guangdong Province has exploded to an estimated 7,000 (the majority coming from Yemen, Jordan and Syria). Additionally, during the Canton Trade Fair, as many as 11,000 Middle Eastern visitors flood the city [...]
2006-07-05 23:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI CH
06HELSINKI1042OCTOBER GAERC - FINNISH PRESIDENCY VIEWS
[...] (U) PolChief met with Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Oct. 12 to discuss the October GAERC. Syrjala welcomed our demarche points and offered the following: SUDAN ----- 2. (SBU) Syrjala highlighted the increasing urgency that the EU feels regarding the need for a transition from an [...]
2006-10-12 12:21:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE
06HELSINKI1217PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East Officer Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen thanked us for sharing further information about SARG efforts to destabilize the Lebanese government and expressed great concern about what may happen next in Lebanon in light of the recent murders and [...]
2006-12-08 15:17:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS FI
06HELSINKI122AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING AI-RELATED IMPORT
[...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's responses to reftel regarding avian influenza (AI)-related import restrictions on U.S. poultry. ----------- POULTRY BAN ----------- 2. Finland bans the import of poultry from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) affected countries, in accordance [...]
2006-02-09 11:48:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR USTR TBIO FI
06HELSINKI495SALE OF TELESCOPING MASTS TO SYRIA
[...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, MFA Director for the Unit on Arms Control. Kansikas-Debraise was unfamiliar with the Finnish company Mastsystem International which, as yet, has made no application for an export license to sell any communication or other equ [...]
2006-06-01 10:59:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETETRD ETTC FI PARM PCI PREL SY
06HELSINKI733TFLEO1: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, on July 31. Tuomioja said that his just-completed trip to the Middle-east confirmed his view that Israel could not achieve its military goals, and that an immediate cease-fire followed by a comprehensive settl [...]
2006-07-31 15:45:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MEPP EUN FI
06HELSINKI830UPDATE ON FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ACTIONS IN SUPPORT
[...] (C) MFA Unit for Security Policy Director Kimmo Lahdevirta offered an update on the Finnish Presidency's recent efforts to urge EU member states to make troop contributions to UNIFIL. 2. (C) While signals out of Paris continue to be mixed, it now appears clear that the French intend to cont [...]
2006-08-21 13:14:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV FI
06HELSINKI842FINLAND TO STRONGLY URGE SYRIA TO RESPECT LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: DCM and PolChief met with MFA Political Director Vierros-Villeneuve Aug. 22 to express US disappointment regarding the Aug. 23 visit of Syrian FM Walid Al-Moallem to Helsinki; to remind the GOF of the need to isolate Syria diplomatically; and to urge that the Finns use the meeting [...]
2006-08-22 12:25:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI854FINNS TELL SYRIA TO HONOR UNSCR 1701; SYRIANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Aug. 23 in Helsinki, Finnish FM Tuomioja told Syrian FM Al-Moallem that the EU expected the Government of Syria (GOS) to support the ceasefire in Lebanon and wider peace in the Middle East by respecting all provisions of UNSCR 1701; by honoring the arms embargo in Lebanon; and b [...]
2006-08-24 13:50:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI859AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Ware met with Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki. Lehtomaki described her August 14-16 trip to Lebanon and Israel, noting that she was particularly surprised by how quickly refugee centers emptied following the announcem [...]
2006-08-28 04:57:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EUN PREL FI
06HELSINKI903GYMNICH
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers held informal consultations in Finland Sept. 1-2, focusing on the Middle East, Iran and Russia. In response to a press report that alleged an EU Presidency call for increased contacts with Hamas, Finnish FM Tuomioja and others made several very strong state [...]
2006-09-08 06:26:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM FI IR IS RU EU
06HELSINKI933MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON: FINNISH
[...] (U) Charge delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Markus Lyra September 13. She underscored the need for the international community to help the Lebanese Government gain sovereignty over its own territory; US efforts to provide humanitarian and [...]
2006-09-13 13:57:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IS LE ECON FI
06HELSINKI934FINLAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA
[...] (C) Charge delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Markus Lyra September 13. She emphasized that the US and EU share the goal of preventing new hostilities in Lebanon and the rest of the region, but that our views on contacts with Syria continue [...]
2006-09-13 13:58:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER USUN LE SY EU FI
06HELSINKI994SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER
[...] Half way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more out-in-front leader we might have preferred. Often valuing consensus above all, the Finns have been unusually content to see the Commission take the lead on many issu [...]
2006-09-28 13:43:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI
06HILLAH130SISTANI MOSQUE FRIDAY SERMON STRIKES ANTI-AMERICAN TONE
[...] (SBU) Approximately 3500-4000 people attended the Friday afternoon sermon given by Sheikh Sayed Ahmed Al-Safi, generally regarded as a close associate and spokesman for Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Al-Safi's speech was covered by several national television outlets. 2. (SBU) Al-Safi told his [...]
2006-08-10 11:42:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PTER PGOV IZ
06HILLAH76WASIT SADRISTS: SISTANI EDICT ON MILITIAS DOES NOT APPLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Wasit Sadr Office, Bashaar Al-Mousawi, in an April 30 meeting with Regional Embassy Office (REO) Al-Hillah staff, insisted that the April 27 statement on militias from Grand Ayatollah Sistani does not apply to Sadrist Jaysh Al-Mahdi forces in the province. JAM for [...]
2006-05-02 18:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ
06ISLAMABAD9708FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-25 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-26 01:37:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISTANBUL1504SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-26 VISIT OF CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Turkey warmly welcomes the visit of Codel McCain to Turkey. Turkey is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly calling on Ir [...]
2006-08-22 08:32:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC DA GG IT MW OREP TU
06ISTANBUL2015ISTANBUL'S ECUMENICAL RAMAZAN: BOREK, BARDAKOGLU
[...] (U) Summary: Turkey's lively diversity and internal contradictions are no more apparent than in Istanbul during the month of Ramazan. While nearly 70% of Turks as a whole are reported to fast during this period, the evenings' numerous iftars are often more social and political than they are s [...]
2006-11-02 14:05:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TU
06JAKARTA10563BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI),continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...]
2006-08-25 06:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA13497INDONESIA ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Indonesia's election to the UNSC demonstrates President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) desire to raise his country's international profile. We have recently seen the emergence of a more flexible, multi-faceted style of Indonesian diplomacy, particularly where SBY's personal initiatives a [...]
2006-12-15 09:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC UNSC ID
06JAKARTA2819ADMIRAL FALLON CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon called on President Yudhoyono (SBY) Feb. 23. SBY emphasized the importance of bilateral cooperation in multiple areas. He spoke of the progress in implementing peace in Aceh, and judged that in his view the situation will be fully settled within [...]
2006-03-02 13:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KN BM ID MASS PGOV
06JAKARTA3680TIP UPDATE: POLICE RAIDS FREE CHILD PROSTITUTES
[...] (SBU) The new head of Indonesia's national police anti-trafficking unit (Unit III) has targeted removal of children from prostitution as his first operational priority. Unit III's chief reports that police units in Surabaya, Batam and Jakarta have freed some 37 child victims in these locatio [...]
2006-03-21 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM ID
06JEDDAH286THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART II - THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the formal meeting between the Consul General and Nejran Governor Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, CG, Congenoff, and A/RSO were invited for drinks with the Governor at his home. Throughout the 2 hour-long informal meeting Prince Mishael spoke candidly [...]
2006-04-11 10:40:00Consulate JeddahSECRETEAID ECON IR KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06JEDDAH339MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 28:
[...] (C) Imam Sheikh Al-Qahtani was absent from this weeks' prayers, reportedly because of his father's death. Prior to the commencement of the sermon, however, many in the congregation attributed Sheikh Al Qahtani's absence not to the death of his father but to his possible arrest by the Mabahit [...]
2006-05-03 12:48:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH346PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 6, as part of the Consulate's ongoing efforts to conduct a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah, ConGenOff met with a Pakistani preacher who heads an all-Pakistani Evangelical church based in Jeddah. Their group has the support of the Consul General of Pakista [...]
2006-05-10 06:53:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH357MOSQUE SERMONS FORM SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 5:
[...] (C) On May 5, after a week's absence due to the death of his father, Imam Mohammad al-Qahtani returned to Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar with a fiery sermon against immorality and in support of Palestinians. His sermon began with a condemnation of the decadence evident in the Musli [...]
2006-05-15 11:21:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH379CONVERSATION WITH TABUK GOVERNOR: "ROAD MAP,"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met Prince Fahad, Governor of Tabuk. In a wide-ranging discussion of Middle Eastern and domestic conditions, Prince Fahad singled out the Palestinian problem as the most critical issue and a fundamental cause of extremism in the [...]
2006-05-22 13:51:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON KISL KPAL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH387OIC OFFICIAL: LIBYANS AND SYRIANS BEHIND FEEBLE
[...] (C) In a May 23 discussion with ConGenOff at a reception sponsored by Post, Bilal K. Sasso, head of protocol and public relations at the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),attributed the recent but feeble attempt to rejuvenate the Israel Boycott Office to pressure from the Libyan a [...]
2006-05-24 13:01:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON IS KISL KPAL PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH449AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...]
2006-07-05 04:04:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH472LAYALINA: SHOWING THE SOCIAL SIDE OF SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) Since the December 2005 debut of Layalina magazine in Saudi Arabia, the publication has stretched the limits of Saudi culture (reftel). The magazine regularly features Saudis and foreigners in the social scene at restaurants and events and a large section on the men's side of weddings. Ov [...]
2006-07-12 07:30:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH475FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN MEETING OF IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 11, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD A-FAISAL AND DISCUSSED THE RECENT TEHRAN MEETING OF THE IRAQ NEIGHBORS GROUP AND THE IMPENDING INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ CONFERENCE. IN TEHRAN, THE "FRANK" MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ADDRESSED A VARIETY OF PRACT [...]
2006-07-12 13:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL PTER SA
06JEDDAH477CORRECTED COPY--FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud a-Faisal and discussed the recent Tehran meeting of the Iraq Neighbor's Group and the impending International Compact for Iraq Conference. In Tehran, the "frank" multilateral discussions addressed a variety of prac [...]
2006-07-13 02:27:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH481AMCIT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT SAUDI DEFENSE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A U.S. citizen, who promotes American defense interests in the Kingdom, reported on a meeting he held with his SAG contact who participated in the SAG-French meeting in June about upcoming defense contracts. The AmCit told the Consul General on July 9 that the French are using [...]
2006-07-16 13:18:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MCAP KCOR PGOV PINR
06JEDDAH582 LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC
[...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter and declarations via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission To Secretary Rice. 2. The letter to Secretary Rice presents the Declaration on the Situation in Lebanon and the Declaration on the Situation [...]
2006-09-04 04:40:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH606SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING
[...] (U) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...]
2006-09-11 16:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH623SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING
[...] (S) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...]
2006-09-24 15:07:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JERUSALEM1644CONTINUING FATAH-HAMAS FRICTION
[...] (C) Supporters of Fatah and Hamas continue to clash in the wake of Khalid Meshaal's statements in Damascus on April 21, the appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadanah to the Interior Ministry, and Abu Mazen's subsequent cancellation of that appointment. Damascus-based Hamas leader Meshaal, speaking [...]
2006-04-24 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PTER
06JERUSALEM1673YASSER ABED RABBO: MAKING THE CASE AGAINST HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasser Abed Rabbo argued that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Fatah needed a more coherent strategy to deal with Hamas and gain support among the public. Abed Rabbo said th [...]
2006-04-25 15:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1686PECDAR HEAD MAKES PITCH FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting with the Consul General, former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohammed Shtayyah criticized statements from Hamas leader Khaled Mishal, which he said reflected the inability of the Hamas-led PA to respond to the growi [...]
2006-04-26 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1850PALESTINIAN POLITICAL FIGURES ON SALARIES,
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor Akram Hanniyyah and PLC member Salam Fayyad commented to Consul General in separate May 9 meetings that the payment of PA salaries is a critical issue. Hanniyyah pressed for immediate disbursement of the USD 70 million in Cairo, saying it would shift the press story fro [...]
2006-05-09 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1904HAMAS RESPONSE TO QUARTET MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PA government and HAMAS leadership put out varied responses to the Quartet's decision to establish a mechanism to deliver aid to Palestinians. Prime Minister (PM) Isma'il Hanniyah complained that the international community is still placing conditions on the PA. Foreign Mi [...]
2006-05-12 09:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2898MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) IDF forces reportedly moved through the central section of Gaza on July 12, dividing the Gaza Strip in two. An IDF airstrike on a house near Gaza City killed seven Palestinians and wounded several others, possibly including Hamas military wing leader Mohammed Deif. Initial reports regard [...]
2006-07-12 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2902MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) IDF military action in Gaza continued on July 12-13, although news coverage was overshadowed by the developing situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border. PA sources list 26 Palestinians killed on July 12, including the family that died in the IDF attack that reportedly wounded Hamas milita [...]
2006-07-13 12:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3005PLO ENVOYS RETURN EMPTY-HANDED FROM DAMASCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two PLO envoys traveled to Damascus on July 9 in order to deal with the crisis that began with the kidnapping of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25. The envoys met with Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa', Syrian Ba'ath officials, the Democratic Front for the Liberation o [...]
2006-07-17 11:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL ASEC IS
06JERUSALEM4632RELIGIOUS WORKERS FACE VISA DENIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: American religious workers from Christian organizations in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain visas from the Government of Israel (GOI). Of those issuQ visas, many receive only a 3-month tourist visa or a one-year &humanitarian wor [...]
2006-10-27 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4979SHIKAKI ON HAMAS AND PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 14 meeting with USSC Dayton, Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, assessed that Abu Mazen can reach an agreement on a new government with what he described as the "moderate" element of Hamas. Shikaki said that he b [...]
2006-12-18 05:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
06JERUSALEM5000FAYAD CALLS FOR LEADERSHIP, SUGGESTS BARGHOUTI IN
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. SENATORS MCCAIN (AZ),LIEBERMAN (CT),COLLINS (ME),THUNE (SD),AND REPRESENTATIVE KIRK (IL) MET DECEMBER 18 WITH PLC MEMBER AND FORMER MINISTER OF FINANCE SALAM FAYYAD AND SAID AFTERWARDS THAT THEY WERE UPLIFTED BY HIS OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF A WORSENING PALESTINIAN CRISIS [...]
2006-12-19 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM5064CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. During their December 28 meetings with Senator Specter, PLC members Salam Fayyad, Hanan Ashrawi and Sa,eb Erekat emphasized (1) the reconstruction of PA security forces, (2) reform within Fatah, and (3) renewed efforts in a rapid, viable negotiating process. Erekat praised PA P [...]
2006-12-29 13:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM666MOI DG SALAMAH: HAMAS WILL NOT COLLAPSE QUICKLY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PA Interior Ministry Director General Ibrahim Salamah told Poloff and USSC staff during a February 13 meeting that he disagreed with predictions of a rapid collapse of a HAMAS-led government. Salamah said HAMAS is capable of enduring international pressure for quite some time tha [...]
2006-02-14 16:10:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM723JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (2/17): HAMAS IN A NEW
[...] Columnist Samih Shbeib commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Following the Formation of the [Palestinian] Legislative [Council]" (2/17): "Israel and the United States do not view Hamas as a political party capable of standing up to recent Middle East developments, and accordi [...]
2006-02-17 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
06JERUSALEM725NEW PLC: POSITIVE ABU MAZEN SPEECH; HAMAS
[...] (C) In the February 18 swearing-in of the new Palestinian Legislative Council, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) asked Hamas to form the next government, but also attempted to bind Hamas to negotiations with Israel based on previous agreements and President Bush's vision of a two-state solu [...]
2006-02-18 16:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM955RAJUB: ABU MAZEN MUST SHOW LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 6 meeting with the Consul General, former PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajub repeatedly called for Abu Mazen to show strong leadership on internal Fatah reform and executive powers. Rajub withheld judgment on the March 4-6 meetings of the Fatah Revolutionary [...]
2006-03-07 13:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC KPAL IS
06KABUL532 ANTI-CARTOON DEMONSTRATIONS WIDESPREAD, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The publication of cartoons in Denmark and across Europe depicting the Prophet Mohammad has spawned protests across Afghanistan. Demonstrations thus far have remained relatively small, but have grown increasingly violent over the past three days. Rock-throwing protestors cause [...]
2006-02-06 16:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF DA
06KHARTOUM1105SUDAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTE RESPONSE
[...] Per reftel, Sudan does not require any firms to comply with Arab League or Organization of the Islamic Conference boycotts of Israel. Sudanese and foreign firms are not required to complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furnish boycott-clearance certificates as a prerequisite for lice [...]
2006-05-10 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PIRF KBCT ABLD ETRD AL SU
06KHARTOUM1477SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...]
2006-06-23 11:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SO US AL SU
06KHARTOUM2565SPLM'S ALOR IDENTIFIES NCP INNER CIRCLE FOR NATSIOS
[...] (C) In a meeting with Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 14, Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said policy change would come from President Omar al-Bashir's inner circle, led by Presidential Advisor Nafie al Nafie. He recommended getting African and Arab nations, [...]
2006-10-29 05:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2815SUDAN SDN DESIGNATION AND SUDATEL
[...] (C) Regarding the designation of additional Sudanese companies as "specifically designated nationals" (SDNs),Embassy Khartoum notes the following information regarding Sudatel: A. The potential impact if Sudatel were named as an SDN would cause complications including but not limited to s [...]
2006-12-07 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN US SU
06KHARTOUM791DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: RESOLUTION PASSED TO
[...] (C) Summary and comment: In the Arab League resolution adopted on Sudan and Darfur at the Khartoum Summit on March 29, the AL decided to increase support for AMIS, and "to bear the AU forces' expenditures in Darfur from six months starting from 10/01/06." Preambular language includes referen [...]
2006-03-29 14:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM811 Arab League Summit: Khartoum Declaration
[...] The Arab League Summit took place March 28-29 in Khartoum (reftel). The Khartoum Declaration was printed on March 30 by the daily London Al-Quds Al-Arabi in Arabic. 2. The text of the Arab League Khartoum Declaration per FBIS translation of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi publication is as follows [...]
2006-04-02 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM850MFA Paper Outlines Foreign Policy Objectives
[...] Summary: During the April 1-5 MFA ambassadorial corps conference (reftel),the ministry circulated a thought piece on the future of Sudanese foreign policy. Its key points are as follows: Sudan is entering a new era following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan must thus [...]
2006-04-06 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US SU
06KIRKUK107(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...]
2006-05-02 07:14:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR
06KIRKUK116SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...]
2006-06-04 14:08:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ENRG IZ
06KIRKUK128(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]
2006-07-15 14:45:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK139KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...]
2006-08-15 11:31:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK26KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES
[...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...]
2006-02-04 17:19:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU
06KIRKUK37(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...]
2006-02-16 19:39:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK53GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KDP GRIPING ABOUT TALABANI
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. RC met separately on February 28 with Falah Bakir, a close aide to the KRG-E PM (and future unified KRG) PM Barzani, and with Fadil Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo. On Baghdad government formation, Bakir downplayed Talabani's rol [...]
2006-03-05 19:11:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ IR
06KIRKUK58KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]
2006-03-09 17:02:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK65KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...]
2006-03-18 19:08:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK75KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]
2006-03-31 15:29:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK81SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...]
2006-04-10 05:42:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK83ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]
2006-04-10 13:50:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK93BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...]
2006-04-16 08:48:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
06KUALALUMPUR1259SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]
2006-07-07 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1353MIDDLE EAST: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador called at the Foreign Minister's request, FM Hamid urged that the U.S. get all sides in the current Lebanon crisis to implement a cease fire as soon as possible. He labeled Israel's response to the kidnapping of its soldiers as "dis [...]
2006-07-21 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MY IS LE
06KUALALUMPUR1458MALAYSIA HOSTS OIC CONFERENCE ON LEBANON AND
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on August 3 hosted dignitaries from 17 other countries belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss and plan a course of action in the Lebanon and Palestine conflicts. Predictably, Abdullah called for an immedi [...]
2006-08-03 23:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR419SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA OF USTR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; the March 8 rollout of the FTA added momentum to the upward trend. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and is a reliable, if quiet, partner in the fight against terrorism. While [...]
2006-03-10 09:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV MY
06KUALALUMPUR705SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...]
2006-04-18 08:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR832SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...]
2006-05-08 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY
06KUWAIT101WHO'S WHO OF WORLD LEADERS ARRIVES IN KUWAIT TO
[...] A who's who of the Middle East and the world's most prominent leaders has been pouring into Kuwait since January 15 to mourn the death of Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (reftels),Amir of Kuwait since 1977, and to pay their respects to a "great leader and a great man" who led the cou [...]
2006-01-16 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT1055CODEL MCCAIN THANKS GOK FOR IRAQ SUPPORT; PM TELLS
[...] (C) Summary: Senator McCain and a delegation of Senators, Congressmen, and Governors met March 24 with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, and other senior Kuwaiti officials to express U.S. gratitude for Kuwait's generous assistance to Operation Iraqi F [...]
2006-03-27 06:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1077FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Talal Dashti, one of twelve candidates in an election for a vacant Municipal Council (MC) seat, told Poloff March 26 he refused to participate in a pre-election Shi'a primary to choose one of the seven Shi'a candidates in the election to represent the constituency's S [...]
2006-03-28 07:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1135FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL DECISION SPARKS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Kuwait Municipal Council denied on March 20 a Catholic group's request for land to build a new church. The denial caused a vigorous public debate over the limits of religious freedom for non-Muslims in Kuwait. All agreed on freedom of conscience, but some argu [...]
2006-04-02 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1195PROMINENT KUWAITI INVESTMENT FIRM ESTABLISHES
[...] (U) Global Investment House (GIH),a leading Kuwaiti and GCC investment company announced on April 3 the establishment of a "Palestine Fund" for institutions and individuals seeking to invest in the emerging Palestinian Territories (PT) market. 2. (U) Quoted in the Arab Times (local Englis [...]
2006-04-05 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN WE GZ KU
06KUWAIT1321MEDIA REACTION: UNNEIGHBORLY IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1342KUWAIT STRESSES NEED FOR GCC CONSENSUS IN
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Joseph met April 11 with former GCC Secretary General Bishara; First Deputy PM and Defense and SIPDIS Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak; and National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled. He also spoke with Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah. [...]
2006-04-18 08:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KU IR
06KUWAIT1347DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 12:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC EU KU
06KUWAIT1391MEDIA REACTION: Iran
[...] Saturday, April 22, 2006 -- The moderate Arabic-language daily Al-Anbaa published "The nuclear scenario" by Mr. Mifrih Al-Noumis Al-Anzy in which he wrote: "There are four possible explanations for the current crisis in the Gulf: one, Iran's interference in Iraqi domestic matters to cause th [...]
2006-04-24 04:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1449KUWAIT TO HAMAS' AL-ZAHAR: CHANGE YOUR WAYS OR
[...] (C) During an April 26 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah informed the Ambassador that the GOK delivered a clear message on the need to cooperate with the international community to Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmod Zahar during his April [...]
2006-04-26 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IS
06KUWAIT1519DEFENSE AND INTERIOR MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCING
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 1 meeting with Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense and Interior Minister, the Ambassador raised shutting down jailed terrorists communications and U.S. interest in proceeding quickly on two military construction projects. Durin [...]
2006-05-02 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KTFN KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1521KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR GCC INFORMAL SUMMIT;
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on May 2. The Ambassador placed special emphasis on the need for the GCC to embrace the new Iraqi government in both political and economic terms and thus act as a magnet countering [...]
2006-05-02 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM WE IS XF KU
06KUWAIT1600TOP PARLIAMENTARIANS SHARE VIEWS ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 3, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, Deputy National Assembly Speaker Mishari Al-Anjari, and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, who also serves as Speaker of the newly created Arab Parliament, shared their [...]
2006-05-07 05:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1675REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS:
[...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...]
2006-05-11 03:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT1745HIGH-LEVEL VISITS FROM SYRIA, IRAQ, AND LEBANON TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 15 meeting, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah said that leaders from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq who all visited Kuwait in the past two weeks came in search of investment and development funds. All pressed for government and private investment, and Kuwait believes there are invest [...]
2006-05-15 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1790KUWAIT TELLS DOD-STATE-NSC TEAM GCC CONSENSUS
[...] (C) Summary: In May 14 meetings with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled and MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, a senior State-Defense-NSC team (DOD PDUSD Henry, State PM A/S Hillen, and NSC Senior Director Doran) reiterated the U.S. commitment to Gulf security, outlined the U.S. Gu [...]
2006-05-19 17:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1921PARADE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TALK IRAN IN KUWAIT:
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah briefed the Ambassador on the flurry of Foreign Minister visits -- Russia, China, Iran, and Germany -- who visited Kuwait May 20 - 22. All were in the region to discuss bilateral issues or to attend the Asian Cooperative Dialogue meeting i [...]
2006-05-24 17:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1980SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 2-3 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF NEA
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait. Your June 2-3 visit follows the recent productive visits of other Department principals -- Under Secretary Joseph, Assistant Secretary Hillen, Counselor Zelikow, and Assistant Secretary Wayne. You will meet with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Post [...]
2006-05-30 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2025ARAB AND KUWAIT FUND HEADS CALL FOR CLOSER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings on May 29 and 31 with the Ambassador, Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and Abdulatif Al-Hamad, Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) reaffirmed their organiz [...]
2006-05-31 17:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ AF GZ WE XF KU
06KUWAIT2066NEA A/S WELCH'S JUNE 3 MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In June 3 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, the Kuwaiti leadership affirmed support for the U.S. position on talks with the Iranian government and offered advice that the USG keep its public statements low-key, exercise maximum patience in sticking with talks, and continue to exer [...]
2006-06-03 20:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IZ KPAL KU
06KUWAIT2194KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEMISE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-10 17:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2231CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...]
2006-06-12 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP
06KUWAIT2297KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JUNE 19-21 OIC
[...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad on June 13. Al-Murad, who will represent the GOK at the June 19-21 meeting in Baku, said that Iran was not on the OIC agenda and there would be [...]
2006-06-14 17:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KU
06KUWAIT2392FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ELECTION PARTICIPATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The participation of women in the June 29 parliamentary elections is having a profound impact on Kuwaiti society. Issues of equality and social import have taken a prominent place in the local media, and candidates have been forced to address issues important to w [...]
2006-06-19 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KWMN KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2417KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC KU
06KUWAIT259WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN KUWAIT?: EXPECTED SUCCESSION
[...] (U) The Council of Ministers nominated Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as the 15th Amir of Kuwait during an emergency meeting the evening of January 24, hours after Parliament unanimously voted Amir-designate Shaykh Saad Al-Salem Al-Sabah medically incapable of holding the positi [...]
2006-01-25 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT2694APPEALS COURT ACQUITS FOUR KUWAITI YOUTH WHO
[...] (U) On June 26, Judge Saleh Al-Muraishid of Kuwait's Appeals Court acquitted four men -- Fahed Al-Mutairi, Dhari Al-Zahamil, Abdullah Al-Shimmari, and Zayed Al-Enezi -- of charges of entering Iraq to fight U.S.-led coalition forces. The four were extradited from Syria in 2004 and convicted an [...]
2006-07-05 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT2776IRAQI PM MALIKI LEADS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION ON
[...] (S/NF) MFA Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah told CDA on July 10 that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been "very very positive" and that Maliki had made a good impression on GOK officials. His reconciliation initiative briefing elicited promises of "full support" from the Amir. T [...]
2006-07-10 13:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2836(C) TFLE01: GOK CALLS ON U.S. TO PRESSURE ISRAEL
[...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah convoked the Charge on July 15 to convey a message from the Amir to President Bush about the situations in Lebanon and the West Bank. Al-Jarallah described Lebanon and Palestinian areas as "boiling now" and said recent deve [...]
2006-07-15 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2854KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-16 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2856KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-16 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2857KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-16 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2878TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 07:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2883TFLE01: TWO MORE PRO-HIZBALLAH PROTESTS; KUWAIT
[...] (U) According to press reports, 400 protesters gathered the evening of July 17 in front of a mosque about five miles from the Embassy to show their support for Hassan Nasrallah and Hizballah. Carrying pro-Hizballah banners and placards bearing anti-U.S. and anti-Israel statements, they calle [...]
2006-07-18 15:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KU LE IS
06KUWAIT2898ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND KUWAITI AMIR DISCUSS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 17 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and new Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Energy Secretary Bodman congratulated the GOK on recent landmark parliamentary elections, thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support of USG effort [...]
2006-07-19 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2938TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-23 08:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2952COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DISCUSSES TIFA, IRAQ,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez met with new Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Al-Hajeri to discuss bi-lateral trade issues and to congratulate Al-Hajeri on his appointment as Minister. The meeting focused on moving forward the stalled Trade and Investment Framew [...]
2006-07-23 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2953KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]
2006-07-23 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3027TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-29 11:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3044TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-30 10:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT306KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORTING IRAN TO THE
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. Al-Jarallah reacted by asking what more the GCC could do, and expressed willingess to pursue the matter further. The Ambassador queried promine [...]
2006-01-29 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3072TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 10:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3095TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3099TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]
2006-08-02 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3187TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 08:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3205KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 08:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3214KUWAITI FM URGES P-5 TO SUPPORT UNSCR THAT
[...] (C) Summary: The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister convoked representatives of P-5 missions on August 9 to urge support for a UNSC resolution that would incorporate the fundamental elements of PM Siniora's 7 point plan. Kuwait sees the UNSC faced not just with a ceasefire resolution, but at a decisio [...]
2006-08-09 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL LE KU
06KUWAIT3269KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-13 09:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3275IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE: THE VIEW FROM KUWAIT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Post engaged contacts in Kuwaiti security agencies, but found no substantive reports of Iraqi fuel being smuggled into or through Kuwaiti territory. However, a mid-level Kuwaiti security official revealed to NCIS agent at Post principal routes and methods for smuggling Iraqi [...]
2006-08-14 04:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEFIN EPET IZ KCOR KU
06KUWAIT3283KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH, AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 07:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3295KUWAITI FM TROUBLED BY LEBANON, BUT IDENTIFIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed on August 14 to review regional developments. The FM welcomed UNSCR 1701 and believed the dispatch of a more robust UNIFIL force would help the ceasefire to hold. He stressed the need for continued intern [...]
2006-08-14 15:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3306KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AFTER THE WAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 07:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3309KUWAIT PROVIDING 800 MILLION PLUS IN OFFICIAL AND
[...] (SBU) In a 15 August meeting with Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Badr Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Ambassador asked about GOK aid to Lebanon. The Finance Minister responded that the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) would be depositing $500 million in the Lebanese Central Bank. (Note: KIA is Kuwait's [...]
2006-08-15 09:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KU LE
06KUWAIT3320KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERPRETING LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 09:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3360KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - Debating the Lebanon War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-19 10:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3369KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON DELIVERED FOR ARAB
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah, the President of the National Security Bureau, during an August 19 meeting. Shaykh Ahmed said he believed the Arab League would fully support UNSCR 1701 in its upcoming ministerial meeting and agreed that Syrian an [...]
2006-08-20 06:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3379KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON FALLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-20 10:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3383KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S RESISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3392KEY ISSUES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5 VISIT OF KUWAITI
[...] (S/NF) Status of Bilateral Relations: Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah's September visit is his first official U.S. trip since becoming Amir in January. As Prime Minister, he last visited the United States in July 2005. Kuwait, a major Non-NATO ally since 2004, has strongly supported coa [...]
2006-08-21 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KU SCENESETTER
06KUWAIT3418KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTER THE WAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3444KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3447(C) KUWAITI OFFICIAL CORROBORATES INFORMATION ON
[...] (C/NF) In an August 23 meeting, PolOff delivered cleared USNAVCENT Intelligence information on Hizballah missiles used against Israel to Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah, the Office Director of the President of the National Security Bureau, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah. (Note: This information was [...]
2006-08-23 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MNUC IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3550KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, ISRAEL, AND LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-03 08:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3558KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-04 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3597ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (S/NF) Note: Per ref A, this assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Kuwait is keyed to four principal areas: background information, legal regime, implementation and communication. For additional reporting, please visit Embassy Kuwait's classified website. End note. [...]
2006-09-06 12:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNBA EG JO KU EFIN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
06KUWAIT3687KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AL-ZAWAHIRI'S THREATS, SYRIA, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 11:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3697AMBASSADOR URGES SUPPORT FOR LEBANON, CONFIRMS
[...] (C) During a meeting on a variety of topics with the senior official in country at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador urged the Kuwaiti authorities to respond quickly to the GOL's request for security equipment, noting that support for LAF deployment in the South is critical, along [...]
2006-09-14 16:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT374PROMINENT GCC INVESTMENT BANK CURTAILING
[...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting, representatives from Global Investment House (GIH),one of the GCC's largest and most successful investment banks, informed Econoff that new GIH investments in the Palestinian territories were on-hold pending a reevaluation of the company's investments in the [...]
2006-02-04 17:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON WE GZ KU XF
06KUWAIT3830FORMER GCC SECRETARY GENERAL: "NO COMMON GCC
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told PolOff September 19 the GCC had "no common strategy on Iran," a problem he attributed largely to friction between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He believed an effective GCC strategy should sup [...]
2006-09-24 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3856FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]
2006-09-26 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT397GCC STRATEGY ON IRAN: "HOPING FOR A MIRACLE"
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told Poloff in a February 1 meeting that while the GCC "has no other option than to comply with any UNSC resolution," it would not publicly support such a step. GCC countries had exp [...]
2006-02-05 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL SENV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4405ENGAGEMENT OF REGIONAL STATES FOR IRAQ: WHAT CAN
[...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for ideas on Iraq-Kuwait engagement. Kuwait's relationship with Iraq continues to be colored by their difficult shared history. While Kuwaitis are elated to see Saddam condemned by an Iraqi court, and recognize the danger of a failed state on thei [...]
2006-11-07 14:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL IZ XF MOPS MAPP
06KUWAIT4509APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]
2006-11-25 10:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4510 APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/13 MEETING WITH KUWAIT NSB
[...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 13 with Kuwait National Security Bureau President Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and regional developments. Shaykh Ahmed sought reassurances on U.S. policy in Iraq. He encouraged the U. [...]
2006-11-25 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4512APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]
2006-11-25 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4549KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-03 13:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4568GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH THE KUWAITI AMIR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, the Amir warmly welcomed General Abizaid back to Kuwait, noting the enduring friendship between his country and the United States. On Iraq, the Amir said the U.S. needs to quickly hand over authority to Iraqi security forces, and reduce its own exposur [...]
2006-12-04 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4584MFA U/S ON IRAN, BOEING, GCC SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to Kuwaiti MFA U/S Jarallah, the French were "talking tough" on Iran during the Amir's recent visit to Paris. He said French interlocutors anticipate near-term U.S. policy adjustments on Iraq. On Lebanon, the French FM called for pressure on Syria and support for the [...]
2006-12-06 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR IZ IR DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4585UN COUNTERTERRORISM ASSESSMENT TEAM MEETS WITH G-8
[...] (U) On December 4, a visiting United Nations Counterterrorism Executive Directorate delegation met with Ambassadors from the G-8 nations and from Spain, Switzerland and Australia to discuss Kuwait's implementation of UNSCR 1373, the level of the terrorism threat in Kuwait and the counterterror [...]
2006-12-06 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KTFN EFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4609FINANCE MINISTRY TALKS TAXES, AID, AND DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 9, Econcouns met with acting Assistant Undersecretary of Finance Khalid Al-Rubeian to discuss Kuwait's new draft tax law, the December 7 designations by the United States of three Kuwaitis for support to Al-Qaida, and assistance to the Palestinians. Al-Rubeian said t [...]
2006-12-10 09:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ KU
06KUWAIT4612SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]
2006-12-10 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4625KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]
2006-12-11 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT464SECURITY BUREAU CHIEF SAYS KUWAIT TO BE EXAMPLE OF
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, responding to the Ambassador's concerns that the GOK was not as focused as before on CT efforts, reviewed a five-year plan developed by the Ministry of Awqaf to promote moderation and exert control over Kuwaiti mosques. [...]
2006-02-08 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT4650LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON ECONOMIC AND SECURITY
[...] (C) In response to reftel encouraging additional economic and security assistance to Lebanon, Econcouns spoke with MFA Director of Arab Affairs Jassem Al-Mubaraki and Director of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development December 13 to encourage additional assistance beyond the substan [...]
2006-12-13 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
06KUWAIT4680KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON SYRIA ENGAGEMENT, HANIYEH
[...] (C) Summary: According to MFA Arab Affairs Director Al-Mubaraki, Bashar al-Asad has signaled to Kuwait and others his readiness for a deal with the U.S. Kuwait has no plans to meet with the Syrians at a senior level. Palestinian PM Haniyeh could visit Kuwait in the near future, though deta [...]
2006-12-20 06:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KU SY
06KUWAIT4702KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During back-to-back meetings on 12/24 with a Congressional delegation and the Ambassador, The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that the key issues facing the coalition in Iraq are transferring security responsibility to Iraqis and checking Iranian influence. He said we are in a [...]
2006-12-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CVIS KU IR
06KUWAIT578GCC FEARS BEING LABELED PRO-ISRAELI FOR
[...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Advisory Committee, told Poloff in a February 19 meeting the GCC was hesitant to directly confront Iran over its nuclear program for fear of being labeled by Iran as pro-Israeli, a view he repeated [...]
2006-02-19 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT608KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S.
[...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]
2006-02-21 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT913REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS:
[...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...]
2006-03-18 04:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06LIMA1833PERU: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Director of UN Affairs, Miguel Barreto on 3/10. On 3/11 Barreto told Poloff that the GOP in general supports the points, specifically the importance of restoring Lebanese sovereignty and independence. Barreto said he had not yet see [...]
2006-05-11 22:27:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC SY LE PE
06LISBON1642PORTUGAL OFFERS VIEWPOINT ON LEBANON SECURITY
[...] (C) On August 7, Acting Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to Acting Director for International Political Organizations Helena Paiva and Israel-Arab Affairs Desk Officer Maria Joao Coutinho. Paiva, who previously worked for the Portuguese Mission to the UN, agreed t [...]
2006-08-07 15:25:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE PO
06LISBON1768FM AMADO TRAVELS TO MIDDLE EAST IN EFFORT TO RAISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: FM Luis Amado will be traveling to Libya, Cairo and Amman the week of August 21 as part of Portugal's effort to play a larger role in the international arena, particularly in the Middle East, in the run-up to its EU Presidency during the latter half of 2007. Minister Amado pl [...]
2006-08-21 13:02:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO EG JO LY
06LISBON1803PORTUGAL: URGING IRAN/SYRIA TO RESPECT ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 15:14:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDIR LE SY MARR MOPS PREL PARM
06LISBON1845PORTUGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN
[...] (C) On August 29, the Foreign Minister's Diplomatic Advisor provided Charge d'Affaires with a read-out of Foreign Minister Amado's August 24 meeting with Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal. Bilal asserted that the Middle East needed to be "reengineered" from the inside and that anything [...]
2006-08-29 17:57:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO IR SY
06LISBON1921AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...]
2006-09-08 16:57:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PO US VE
06LISBON2134PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA,
[...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]
2006-09-26 15:50:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LISBON2269PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE
[...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...]
2006-10-13 07:21:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO
06LISBON2366SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]
2006-10-20 17:13:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LISBON2562PORTUGAL ON GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the GAERC, Portuguese interlocutors provided a brief on the relevant issues. Amongst other issues, Portugal believes that Kosovo should not have an army, Israel needs to cooperate with the Rafah crossing project, EU support for the Lebanese Armed Forces is mired in [...]
2006-11-13 16:27:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM YI SR BK IS LE IR RS UZ CU
06LJUBLJANA162SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA
[...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on March 15, 2006 to MFA Human Rights Office Director Mateja Mrak Thorn. Mrak Thorn assured PolMiloff the MFA would consider the points as it coordinated a joint response with other EU member states. ROBERTSON [...]
2006-03-15 06:56:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA55SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 30 GAERC
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Peter Grk January 25, 2006. 2. (C) Iran: Grk thought the most important item on the GAERC agenda would be Iran and what the EU-3 would have to say. He said Slovenia hoped the international community would speak with o [...]
2006-01-26 04:55:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL
06LJUBLJANA552SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6
[...] (U) The desires of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel to contribute to UNIFIL (reftels A and B) have now been backed up with a MoD recommendation to send between two and six personnel to support the stabilization of Lebanon. FM Rupel announced August 24 that a fina [...]
2006-08-24 14:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS SI
06LJUBLJANA729SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 13-14 FOREIGN
[...] (U) Polecon Chief met on 8 November with Slovenian MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Arih agreed with the US view that Serbian elections had little to do with final status discussions/decisions on Kosovo. He thought a slight delay might be [...]
2006-11-09 13:43:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LONDON6133(C) UK NOT SENDING DELEGATIONS TO SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 15:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR SY LE UK
06LONDON7695INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 55th Session of IMO's MEPC convened 9-13 October 2006 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). The meeting was attended by 86 members, one associate member, one country not a member of IMO (Cook Islands),six United Nations agencies, eight intergovernmental organi [...]
2006-10-31 16:45:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC
06LONDON7856TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT US SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) The UK has urgently requested U.S. support for a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK is seeking the earliest possible UN designation of Al Ghabra. [...]
2006-11-07 17:12:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LONDON7974TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE ON AL GHABRA 1267
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) The UK intends to prenotify P-5 partners November 24 of its intent to request a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to submit the request to [...]
2006-11-16 16:35:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LUXEMBOURG639PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE IRAQ STUDY
[...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with Ambassador Wagner on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed hope that the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report would prove productive in helping the USG to resolve problems in Iraq. He said he was surprised that the study (and especially its findings) had [...]
2006-12-13 15:55:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SY LU EUN
06MADRID1262MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]
2006-05-19 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SP
06MADRID1490AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on June 8 to review bilateral relations and to discuss regional issues of joint interest, including developments in Peru, Bolivia, Iran, Syria, and North Africa. Regarding the CIA flights issue, Vice President de [...]
2006-06-09 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1526SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...]
2006-06-13 17:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1564SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]
2006-06-16 13:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1722SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...]
2006-07-06 10:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1832SPAIN'S DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ HOSPITAL DONATION,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Spain's Deputy Foreign Minister Leon confirmed to Ambassador Aguirre on July 18 that Spain will donate USD 22 million to the Basrah Children's Hospital and should have no problem delivering the funds by September 1. Leon reiterated that Spain will vote for Guatemala rather than [...]
2006-07-20 13:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP VZ IZ BO
06MADRID1923SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 27 MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre had a wide ranging discussion with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on July 27, the day after Moratinos, return from the Lebanon Core Group meeting in Rome. Moratinos was very pleased with his treatment by the Secretary during the meeting and especially [...]
2006-07-31 11:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA SP
06MADRID1962SPAIN ON SYRIA/HIZBALLAH AND POSSIBLE TROOP
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD Director General for Defense Policy told poloff on August 3 that, although Spanish FM Moratinos has said that it is "very premature" to talk about troop contributions before there is a UNSC resolution, Spain is likely to contribute 800 or more troops to an internationa [...]
2006-08-03 13:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR LE SY SP
06MADRID2281SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON MIDEAST, NORTH AFRICA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Ronda in southern Spain's Andalucia region, Ambassador Aguirre spent the afternoon and evening of September 9 with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Ambassador pressed Moratinos on recent incendiary comments from President Zapatero regarding Iraq, and he raise [...]
2006-09-13 08:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG SP
06MADRID2334SPAIN SEES ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA AS NECESSARY
[...] (C) In a Sept. 13 meeting with MFA Director General for Middle East Alvaro Iranzo, PolCouns discussed reftel points on Syria, stressed that the United States strongly discourages high-level contacts with the SARG and made clear that the USG is not asking third parties to deliver any messages [...]
2006-09-15 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER USUN LE SY EU SP
06MADRID2335SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NCIS/OSI,
[...] (C/NF) Charge paid an introductory call on MOD Secretary General for Policy Admiral Francisco Torrente on September 15. Charge told Torrente that the US deeply appreciates the hospitality and use of Spanish bases, as well as the strong foundation that the military-military relationship provides to [...]
2006-09-15 16:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP LE AF
06MADRID2359SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]
2006-09-19 15:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2360SPANISH POSITION IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Spanish EU Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on September 13. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain agrees with U.S. positions on Sudan, Bosnia, Congo, and Ukraine. Fernandez-Arias did not anticipate discussion of Kosovo, Macedonia, or [...]
2006-09-19 15:23:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EU SP KPAL
06MADRID2381EL PAIS ARTICLE CRITICAL OF ASPECTS OF THE FIGHT
[...] Summary: El Pais, Spain's most influential daily paper, and the one most closely aligned with the current Socialist government, has run an article called "The list nobody wants to be on: The system of rosters featuring details of suspected terrorists must be improved, experts believe." The ar [...]
2006-09-22 12:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP
06MADRID2543SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...]
2006-10-06 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2544SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2624SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...]
2006-10-17 07:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP
06MADRID2630SPAIN: MORATINOS MEETINGS IN DAMASCUS
[...] (C) A senior member of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' staff called in Political Counselor on 10/17 to provide a written readout for the Secretary of Moratinos' 10/14-15 visit to Damascus. A scanned copy of this document was e-mailed on the classified system to EUR/WE. We have made [...]
2006-10-18 07:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2657SPAIN: UPDATE ON KEY TERRORISM-RELATED CASES
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the October 24 visit to Madrid of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Post presents a brief update on several of the most important pending or recently completed terrorism or criminal cases in the Spanish judicial system. Spain has made great strides in disrupting terro [...]
2006-10-20 12:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER SP
06MADRID2776SPAIN PUSHING FOR MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials confirmed reports in the Spanish media that Spain is promoting the idea of a new Middle East peace conference, with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as its center-piece. Press reports hinted that this Spanish project enjoyed the support of the USG a [...]
2006-10-31 08:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2871SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 8 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the November 13-14 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement with the United States on most topics, but he singled out [...]
2006-11-13 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2893SPAIN: DEPUTY FM LEON ON MIDEAST CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging November 14 meeting with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, DCM reviewed the state of bilateral relations, relayed USG concerns regarding Spain's call for a new major Middle East conference, and discussed U.S. interest in stronger U.S.-Sp [...]
2006-11-15 17:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE SY CU SP
06MADRID3006SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
[...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...]
2006-12-07 09:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP
06MADRID38SPAIN ARRESTS 20 ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
[...] (U) Spain arrested 20 people on January 10 on charges of recruiting and training potential terrorists to be sent to Iraq to carry out attacks against coalition forces. The individuals arrested in Barcelona are suspected of being members of a cell that recruited and trained terrorists who carr [...]
2006-01-10 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID41Investment Climate Statement, Spain
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]
2006-01-10 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID568FM MORATINOS ON SYRIA, VENEZUELA, MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on March 2 for discussion of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat, developments in Iran and Syria, Spain's reported plans to sell arms to Libya, and Spain's desire for deeper USG engagement in North Africa. Moratinos indi [...]
2006-03-07 17:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID621AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (C) Summary. During her two-day visit to Madrid, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform, met with Spanish National Security SIPDIS Advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA Director General for International Organizations Arturo Laclaustra, and MFA Director General for For [...]
2006-03-14 09:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UN SP
06MADRID722VICE PRESIDENT ON SYRIA, AFRICA, BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 17:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID779SPAIN: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 10:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP UN
06MADRID801SPAIN: SEVEN ARRESTED SUSPECTED OF ACQUIRING ARMS,
[...] (S) Spanish National Police units arrested seven suspected arms traffickers in Madrid and Alicante in raids on March 29. The suspects are from various countries including Spain, Syria, Argentina, Egypt, Estonia and Germany. They are suspected of working to acquire arms and explosives for Isl [...]
2006-04-03 15:42:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
06MADRID916SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 29 FOR MARCH 11 ATTACKS
[...] (U) On April 11, National Court Judge Juan del Olmo released a 1460-page indictment of 29 people for their involvement in the March 11,2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Press reports say that after two years of investigation, the judge found that the local terrorist cell cons [...]
2006-04-12 15:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SP
06MANAMA1214FINANCES, FAST TRACK, AND FISTICUFFS: BAHRAIN'S
[...] (C) The lower house Council of Representatives (COR) July 2 approved a BD 3.79 billion 2007-08 two-year budget following the government's invocation of a fast-track procedure that required the COR to act within 15 days of receiving the draft bill. It now moves to the upper house Shura Counci [...]
2006-07-05 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN BA POL ECTRD
06MANAMA1313TFLE01: FM SHAIKH KHALID ON LEBANON, ROADMAP
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 18, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid was clearly anguished about the hostilities in Lebanon. The Lebanese have worked so hard to bring their country back from civil war, but now there is much destruction and many civilian deaths. Shaikh Khalid voiced [...]
2006-07-19 11:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1317TFLE01: PUBLIC PROTESTS, EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS ON
[...] (C) Between five and 15 thousand men, women, and children marched July 18 to express their support for Lebanon and Hizballah. Protesters chanted pro-Hizballah and anti-American statements. Leading Shia political society Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman spoke at the rally SIPDIS statin [...]
2006-07-19 13:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1391TFLE01: GOB CONDEMNS QANA BOMBING, PUBLIC ACTIVE
[...] (C) The PM's Cabinet expressed July 30 its strong condemnation of the Qana bombing and urged the international community to intervene to stop the bloodshed of innocent civilians. While still relatively low-key and orderly, the number of public events has increased, including plans by leading [...]
2006-07-31 13:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1458TFLE01: DEPUTY PM PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PLAY ROLE OF
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the Charge August 7 that the United States had to play the role of honest broker to help settle the Lebanon crisis. While recognizing that Palestinians, Lebanese and Israelis are all suffering, he complained that the U.S. was paying c [...]
2006-08-07 15:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD POL
06MANAMA1473TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT
[...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MANAMA1513BAHRAINIS REACT WITH JOY AND RELIEF TO END OF
[...] (C) Bahrainis have greeted the implementation of a cessation of violence in Lebanon with joy and relief - joy at what many view as Hizballah's "historic victory" and relief that they are no longer viewing daily images of Lebanese civilian casualties and destruction. The Cabinet August 13 rel [...]
2006-08-15 16:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1534BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 ARAB
[...] (C) The Charge August 19 delivered reftel demarche concerning the August 20 Arab League Ministerial meeting in Cairo to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Before responding to the points delivered, Shaikh Abdul Aziz asked if [...]
2006-08-19 14:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA LE IS REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1550FINANCIAL CRIMES LAW ENACTED AMID BOOM IN LEBANON
[...] (C) The King August 8 signed a financial crimes law that crimininalizes money laundering and terror finance, thus entering the law into force. Ministry of Justice Under Secretary Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa told EconOff that SIPDIS the law's terrorism definition, which has a cutout for [...]
2006-08-22 10:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER BA REGION CTR ECTRD
06MANAMA1559BAHRAINIS RAISE FUNDS FOR LEBANON; HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Bahrain's media have been filled with stories about efforts to deliver financial and material assistance to the Lebanese people in the aftermath of implementation of the cessation of hostilities. The government has donated $5 million to the local Lebanon Fund and $1 million to UNICEF. Th [...]
2006-08-23 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN PTER BA LE IS REGION POL
06MANAMA1596CROWN PRINCE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS IN WAR
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador August 29 that he was pleased with the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA). He proposed that the Bahrain Navy join one of the coalition task forces coordinated out of Bahrain, in particular CTF-150, which o [...]
2006-08-30 13:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1599KING STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL
[...] (S) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad, during an August 29 discussion with the Ambassador, repeatedly stressed the value he placed on the U.S. relationship, and the importance of the U.S. role in maintaining peace and security in the region. He expected Bahrain to initiate discussions shortly with [...]
2006-08-31 09:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV BA OFFICIALS REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1638BAHRAIN FM DISCUSSES AL MIDDLE EAST PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador that the Arab League this week fine-tuned its proposal for a Middle East peace ministerial at the UNSC, which it hopes will be held September 21. According to Shaikh Khalid, he will deliver the speech on behalf of the Arab League. It wi [...]
2006-09-08 19:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BA IS REGION
06MANAMA1788READOUT OF BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S OCTOBER 12
[...] (C) During an October 15 meeting covering the U.S.-Bahrain Gulf Security Dialogue (septel),the Charge asked MFA Assistant Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa for a readout of Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa's October 12 visit [...]
2006-10-15 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IS SY REGION
06MANAMA1849KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]
2006-11-01 07:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1850CROWN PRINCE TELLS GSD DELEGATION THAT U.S., GCC
[...] (S) Crown Prince Salman told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that the U.S. and its GCC allies need to send a strong message to Iran, and suggested holding a major military exercise in the region. He thought it would be "a great motivator" for the other GCC countries f [...]
2006-11-01 07:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1851MFA PLEASED WITH SUBSTANCE OF GSD INITIATIVE
[...] (S) MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation October 18 that the Dialogue is a serious effort with "substance, not just ideas" to deal with regional security. He sees U.S. proposals to improve bilateral military [...]
2006-11-01 07:52:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1903BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
[...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]
2006-11-08 09:20:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1908U/S HUGHES, ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY DISCUSS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In a discussion with senior Ministry of Islamic Affairs officials November 1, U/S Hughes sought to elicit ideas for continued cooperation to broaden the reach of the message of religious tolerance and to [...]
2006-11-09 05:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OEXC OIIP PTER KISL BA OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2019READOUT ON GERMAN FM VISIT TO SYRIA, DISCUSSION OF
[...] (C) Meeting with NSC Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs Dr. Michael Doran December 8, German Foreign Ministry Political Director for Maghreb/Middle East Affairs Dr. Horst Freitag discussed German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier's December 4 visit to Damascus. Freitag said that [...]
2006-12-10 15:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER KPAL KPKO KWBG BA REGION
06MANAMA2024CROWN PRINCE AND A/S HILLEN DISCUSS SECURITY
[...] (C) In their December 8 meeting on the eve of the opening of the IISS Manama Dialogue conference, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told a U.S. delegation led by State A/S Hillen, CENTCOM Vice Admiral Nichols, and NSC Senior Director Doran that the stronger the U.S. message is o [...]
2006-12-11 12:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA2045URGING BAHRAIN TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 13:04:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER KPAL BA SY
06MANAMA2049BAHRAINI FM, A/S HILLEN, AND A/S RODMAN EXPLORE
[...] (C) Meeting with the U.S. delegation to the IISS Manama Dialogue conference December 8, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid said that Iranian FM Mottaki had told him earlier in the day that Iran did not want nuclear weapons, saying they would be of no benefit to Iran. Shaikh Khalid said he was pe [...]
2006-12-19 07:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA2067SENATOR NELSON AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) In their December 18 meeting, Crown Prince Salman told Senator Nelson that Bahrain is 100 percent committed to the bilateral relationship and credited the United States with protecting the stability and security of the region. The Senator briefed Shaikh Salman on his recent meeting with S [...]
2006-12-26 07:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER OREP BA REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2069SENATOR NELSON DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, IRAQ WITH
[...] (C) Senator Nelson December 18 met with members of both chambers of Bahrain's parliament and later with representatives of three non-governmental organizations involved in observation of the recent parliamentary and municipal elections. Al Asala (Salafi) political society member Isa Abul Fat [...]
2006-12-26 07:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OREP BA BILAT HUMRIT POL
06MANAMA333AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in a February 12 meeting with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, discussed recent Ashoora celebrations in Bahrain, reviewed worldwide reactions to the release of Danish cartoon depiction's of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, and was provided wit [...]
2006-03-05 15:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER OFFICIALS BILAT CTR
06MANAMA568BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-08 12:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA706BAHRAIN: COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA PATRIOT ACT
[...] (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director Ahmed Bumtaia. Bumtaia promised to review the non-paper and affirmed his commitment to protecting the integrity of Bahrain's financial system. He assured Emboffs there would be [...]
2006-04-25 05:33:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA818CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING
[...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with Crown Prince Salman May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, building up defenses in the Gulf, and the situation in Iraq. The CP said the GCC leaders were far more cooperative towards each other than i [...]
2006-05-09 11:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA937SUPREME COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE SECGEN REQUESTS U.S.
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on the Secretary General for the recently-formed Supreme Council for Defense, Shaikh Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, on May 28. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad meets daily with the Council, which is composed of the King, Crown Prince, Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-05-30 06:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM KMPI BA REGION OFFICIALS POL
06MANILA4855PHILIPPINE PLANS FOR ASEAN SUMMITS IN CEBU
[...] (C) Summary. The Philippines plans to make a new counterterrorism convention and recommendations on an ASEAN Charter the highlights of the December 11 ASEAN Summit. The subsequent ASEAN 3 Summit and East Asia Summit will probably break no new ground and will not include new participants, [...]
2006-11-30 07:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN PTER ASEAN XE RU CH JA KN KS RP
06MAPUTO1599MOZAMBIQUE - DEMARCHE ON RECONSIDERING HIGH-LEVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 08:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PTER MZ SY
06MINSK1294MFA CRITICIZES RAISING BELARUS AT UNSC, FEARS
[...] (C) On December 20, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Department Grigoriy Lyashuk presented Ambassador Belarus' concerns regarding possible sanctions resulting from the passage of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act and the United State's use of the UN Security Council to raise the i [...]
2006-12-20 14:07:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM BO
06MINSK148Suspicious Belarusian Trade
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]
2006-02-13 10:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK341Minsk Election Weekly XIV (March 18-March 24)
[...] This is the fourteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. ---------------- Election Results ---------------- 2. CEC Gives Final Results On March 23, CEC Head Lidiya Yermoshina described L [...]
2006-03-28 13:08:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK427EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]
2006-04-19 13:19:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK521EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 12, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Zubr Leader Nikita Sasim Sentenced to Three Months in Jail On May 12, Zubr youth leader Nikita Sasim was sentenced in Baranichsky Regional Court to three months arrest f [...]
2006-05-16 14:26:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK532EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 19, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko Receives Syrian Baath Party Official On May 18, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Abdullah al-Ahmar, assistant secretary general of Syri [...]
2006-05-22 11:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK605CZECHS BLOCK SENIOR GOB VISAS, PASS
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Embassy recently passed over information that Lukashenko's son, Dmitry, and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his family all applied for Czech visas. The Czechs did not issue to Dmitry or Sidorsky, even though neither is on the EU's visa ban list. The Czech Charge also [...]
2006-06-09 12:57:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK648Sudan and Belarus Sign Military Pact, Minsk Stays Silent
[...] (U) On June 16, on-line Sudanese newspaper the Sudan Tribune announced that Sudanese Defense Minister General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation protocol with his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Maltsev on June 15 in Minsk. The article claimed Hussein was in Belarus June 13 [...]
2006-06-19 10:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETRD UNSC SU BO
06MINSK694EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]
2006-07-10 05:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK787LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ
[...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]
2006-07-27 10:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MONTREAL572AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ICAO'S TCB DEPUTY DIRECTOR ON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request (para 9): The Deputy Director of ICAO's Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) Bachar Hakim, visited the Ambassador on May 17, 2006 to inform him of TCB's recommendations to Syrian Arab Airlines on the replacement of ten aging Boeing aircraft, which are currently [...]
2006-05-18 19:18:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ECON PREL ICAO CA SY UNDP
06MOSCOW10382LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...]
2006-09-18 11:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IS SY LE RS
06MOSCOW10439RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]
2006-09-19 12:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW11833RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO ATGM TRANSFER TO SYRIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Russia's investigation into the transfer of anti-tank guided missiles to Syria has confirmed that some Russian-made weapons had been funneled to Hizballah. As a result, the head of the Tula design bureau responsible for the transfer has been fired, and the Foreign Ministry has [...]
2006-10-20 15:23:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PARM ETTC RS SY IS
06MOSCOW12029PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche October 25 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Senior Counselor Vladimir Baibakov. Baibakov provided the following points: -- the GOR was aware of the concern over the SARG's attempt to undermine the Siniora government; -- Russia sees Siniora a [...]
2006-10-27 05:49:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS RS
06MOSCOW12035OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]
2006-10-27 10:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW12457RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]
2006-11-15 15:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12628RUSSIA KEEPS UP THE PACE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: Following the assassination of Lebanese Minister Gemayel, Russia has become increasingly concerned about political violence in Lebanon, but is unwilling to press Damascus on its role. The MFA preferred to offer legalistic arguments about whether there was compelling proof of S [...]
2006-11-27 08:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY LE IZ RS
06MOSCOW12986RUSSIA/LEBANON: PM SINIORA'S VISIT
[...] (C) PRIME MINISTER SINIORA CAME AWAY SATISFIED WITH HIS DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT TO MOSCOW; THE ATMOSPHERICS WERE EXCELLENT ACCORDING TO LEBANESE AMBASSADOR ASSEM JABER'S READOUT TO THE CHARGE. BESIDES PUTIN, SINIORA MET WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY IGOR IVANOV, EX-FOREIGN MINISTER PRIMAKOV A [...]
2006-12-19 17:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IR LE RS
06MOSCOW13073GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S MOSCOW VISIT: MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER PAGE 02 RUEHMOA3073 C O N F I D E N T I A L STEINMEIER MET WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV, AND FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 21. ACCORDING TO A READOUT FROM GERMAN AMBASSADOR WALTER SCHMIDT, WHO PARTICIPAT [...]
2006-12-22 13:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR LE GE RS
06MOSCOW13098MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: President Putin sought to lower tensions between Lebanon and Syria during back-to-back mid-December visits by PM Siniora and President Asad, according to the Russian MFA, and had urged that a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis be found through negotiations and not i [...]
2006-12-26 16:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE SY IZ RS
06MOSCOW13171RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...]
2006-12-29 12:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS
06MOSCOW13175RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF ISNPA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) DCM delivered on December 29 the notification of new U.S. sanctions levied on four Russian entities for violating the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. In delivering reftel points, the DCM explained the sanctions reflected our serious concern about potentially destabilizing arms transfers [...]
2006-12-29 16:17:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06MOSCOW1323RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON INVITATION TO HAMAS
[...] (C) On February 10 Ambassador Burns called on DFM Saltanov seeking clarification of Putin's invitation to Hamas leadership to visit Moscow. Ambassador said the announcement of an invitation to Hamas had come as an unwelcome surprise to Washington (and other Quartet capitals). It was very im [...]
2006-02-10 15:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER RS
06MOSCOW3345THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]
2006-03-31 10:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06MOSCOW3362P-5 HOLD UN CONSULTATIONS MARCH 2 IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Russia hosted a meeting of P-5 IO Directors March 2 in Moscow to discuss UN Security Council and management reforms, the proposed Human Rights Council, the Peacebuilding Commission, and other issues related to implementation of the World Summit Outcome Document, as well as appoin [...]
2006-03-31 12:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC RS
06MOSCOW4316THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]
2006-04-21 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW5008DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SYRIA/LEBANON RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 06:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC SY LE RS
06MOSCOW873KABARDINO-BALKARIA: AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Few local officials in Kabardino-Balkaria are willing to talk about the October 13-14 attacks in Nalchik by Islamic extremists against government, law enforcement and security sites. Those who did during a January 25-26 visit to the Republic by Embassy officers cited joblessness [...]
2006-01-30 11:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAID RS
06MOSCOW9354RUSSIA WEIGHING ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) In addition to contemplating a limited contingent of military personnel to serve in UNIFIL (septel),Russia is considering providing additional shipments of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon according to the MFA and the Lebanese Ambassador in Moscow. MFA Syria and Lebanon Section Chief [...]
2006-08-25 14:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE RS
06MOSCOW9533A CAUCASUS WEDDING
[...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]
2006-08-31 06:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW9627RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRPERSON KOSACHEV ON US, IRAN, LEBANON, CIS, NGOS, INTERNAL POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russia Duma Konstantin Kosachev expressed concern over the deteriorating tone in US-Russian relations. Kosachev explained his opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran abs [...]
2006-08-31 14:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSUL18HOW JA'AFARI PLAYS IN THE PROVINCES: NINEWA REACTIONS TO
[...] (C). PRT Ninewa spoke to several political party leaders from across the province to elicit reactions to the Shia coalition's re-nomination of current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'afari to a second term. The overwhelming majority of political parties appear to be disappointed by the selectio [...]
2006-02-19 14:01:00REO MosulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL35NINEWA: "CIVIL WAR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA"
[...] (C) Since the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22, we have asked contacts if they believe civil war is imminent. Several point to areas with high populations of Shia, such as Tal Afar, as ripe for civil war once Coalition Forces are drawn down. Actual incidents range from [...]
2006-03-26 16:38:00REO MosulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL36KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK REP CLAIMS NINEWA "HANGS IN THE
[...] (C) According to the Western Ninewa director of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mustafa Khokhe, Ninewa province "hangs in the balance." Ethnic tensions and the flow of terrorism from Iraq's neighbors are all contributing to a potentially combustible situation, he claims. He says Tal Afar, [...]
2006-03-30 14:04:00REO MosulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MUSCAT10MEDIA REACTION: Ex-Syrian Leader's Comments, Economic
[...] The privately owned daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on January 1 under the title "Behind Khadam's Separation": "The former Syrian vice president Abdul Halim Khadam's clashes with fellow Syrian leaders date to former president Hafiz al- Asad's time, but his disputes increased during B [...]
2006-01-04 08:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT1015OMAN FM UPDATE ON IRAN, GULF SECURITY
[...] (C) In a June 20 meeting, FM Yusuf bin Alawi again voiced optimism that Iran would respond positively to the West's latest offer, but noted that several Arab states were angry that details on security assurances to Iran were not discussed with them first. He sees a 1987 Security Council resol [...]
2006-06-26 07:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ELNT EWWT EPET XF IR MU
06MUSCAT1122MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-LEBANESE CONFLICT; OMANI LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Omani press decries "Israeli aggression." Private "Al-Watan" daily laments "Arab silence." The state-owned "Oman" deems Hezbollah to be conducting "legitimate resistance." In online discussion, participants applaud Oman's new labor law, even if "American pressure" is behind it, and [...]
2006-07-17 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1151MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON; DANGER OF REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: "Lebanon is burning, and the whole world is standing still watching," according to government-owned daily "Oman," which also calls for a ceasefire to stop "Zionist aggression." A columnist for "Oman" condemns Arab governments for "acting against the will of their citizens." Privatel [...]
2006-07-24 13:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1177TFLE01: OMAN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERY OF
[...] During a July 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary (deputy-secretary equivalent) Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi expressed his concern regarding the logistics of delivering humanitarian assistance for Lebanese relief efforts. Sayyid Badr noted that Oman is current [...]
2006-08-01 05:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI MU
06MUSCAT1249MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S OP-ED, LEBANESE DEPLOYMENT,
[...] SUMMARY: Arabic- and English-languages dailies carry Secretary Rice's op-ed, "A Path to Lasting Peace." The Arabic-language state-owned daily says Lebanese unity is "essential." A private Arabic daily, decrying Israeli "terrorism," calls for a strong Lebanese army, navy, and air force. END [...]
2006-08-22 03:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1327ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE: OMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi will not attend the Arab League Ministerial in Cairo. Alawi is supportive of UNSCR 1701, but criticized Israel for refusing to lift its blockade of Lebanon. On Sudan, Alawi said that Oman will join its Arab League counte [...]
2006-09-06 12:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SU MU
06MUSCAT1482MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDEAST TOUR, DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] SUMMARY: "Oman" expresses skepticism about Secretary's latest Middle East tour, supports dialogue with Pyongyang, and claims that the Greater Middle East Initiative aims to weaken Arab culture. "Al-Watan" says the West's "double standards" are responsible for North Korea's nuclear program, an [...]
2006-10-16 11:44:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1507MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR, CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARY: Youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" calls Secretary Rice's Middle East tour "nothing new." Privately owned "Al-Watan" writes about political challenges facing Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, and claims the Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. Government-owned "Oman" says Japan's North Korea p [...]
2006-10-22 09:58:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1561MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...]
2006-11-06 10:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1588OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...]
2006-11-14 13:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ MU
06MUSCAT1600SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P.
[...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...]
2006-11-15 14:11:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
06MUSCAT162MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA
[...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...]
2006-02-08 08:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU
06MUSCAT168OMAN ONLINE: FTA AND LABOR RIGHTS, OMANI REACTION TO
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2006-02-08 13:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
06MUSCAT1707NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]
2006-12-20 07:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT222QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS:
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A demarche February 14 thanking the Omani government for its role in helping to calm public reactions to the offensive Danish cartoons and urging continued efforts to promote peaceful dialogue. To date, there have been no acts of violence stemming from the carto [...]
2006-02-15 15:16:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL KPAO PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT390OMAN RESPONSE TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA
[...] The government of Oman has formally requested clarification on the following points regarding reftel demarche on financial assets of persons implicated in the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri: -- Pursuant to which principle can such an advisory notice be issued to financial i [...]
2006-03-16 06:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN MU
06MUSCAT50MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN PRESSURE ON IRAN, ARAB MEDIA AS
[...] The government-owned daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 8th under the title "Nuclear Weapons and Attacks Against Iran": "American threats from Secretary of State Rice to refer the Iranian nuclear file to the [U.N.] Security Council come in the framework of the unnecessary Americ [...]
2006-01-08 13:46:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
06MUSCAT618SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FM YUSUF BIN ALAWI
[...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will be in Washington, DC, approximately April 20-25 for meetings with Secretary Rice, Secdef Rumsfeld, USTR Portman and other Administration and Congressional officials, optimally to include Vice President Cheney. Secretary Rice la [...]
2006-04-17 12:50:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MNUC KPAL PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT622FM UPDATE ON IRAN, PSI ATTENDANCE, AND U.S. VISIT
[...] (C) FM Bin Alawi confirmed Omani attendance at upcoming PSI events in May and June, as suggested during the recent visit of U/S Joseph. Clarifying remarks on Iran, he said Oman harbors no illusions about Iranian actions but nevertheless cannot advocate actions that might trigger conflict. He [...]
2006-04-17 13:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PGOV ETRD IR XF MU
06MUSCAT781OMAN ESCHEWS DAMASCUS BOYCOTT MEET
[...] (U) As reported in regional and international media, including by the Syrian Arab News Agency, Oman was not/not represented in a four-day conference of Israel Boycott Liaison Officers that began May 15 in Damascus. 2. (SBU) A senior contact in the Foreign Ministry reiterated to P/E Chief Ma [...]
2006-05-16 11:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KBCT KIRF PHUM AL IS MU
06NASSAU277SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant Anti-American demonstrations? - No B. Have there been Anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months? - No C. Have these demonstrations [...]
2006-02-17 13:53:00Embassy NassauSECRETASEC AMGT PTER
06NDJAMENA433CHAD: SEBY AGUID AND THE ZAGHAWAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby's Zaghawa clan is severely divided, a result of his insufficient support for the Darfur rebellion and fears of tribal retribution against his rule, according to the son of the Sultan of Iriba. Recent conversations with him provided insights into the Zaghawa and [...]
2006-03-20 17:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NEWDELHI166SYRIAN OIL DEAL DEMARCHE: INDIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref-A demarche points, Additional Secretary Ahmad of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CDA that he had had concerns about the economic benefit of the joint India-China purchase of equity in a Syrian oil field, and that -- had he known there would be [...]
2006-01-10 01:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV IN SY CH IS LE
06NEWDELHI3755MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...]
2006-05-30 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3844MEA SAYS SYRIAN FM WILL NOT VISIT INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 09:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI5470INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]
2006-08-04 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NEWDELHI657UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI7106EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OIL AND NATURAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Kavita Vijh conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC),Kolkata, on [...]
2006-10-16 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI8191INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...]
2006-12-06 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI8511SENATOR SPECTER MEETING WITH P.M. SINGH
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA) called on Indian P.M. Manmohan Singh December 24. Both agreed on the historic impact of the U.S./India civil-nuclear agreement on bilateral relations. P.M. Singh offered the caveat that the significance will be historic once the 123 Agre [...]
2006-12-26 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD ETTC EAGR IR IS IZ JO KN
06NICOSIA1166TFLE01 SITREP: EMBASSY NICOSIA SUPPORT FOR
[...] (S) Combined Task Force (CTF) Brigadier General Jensen advised post at 1430 that Akrotiri air base cannot be used for the NEO's Beirut air bridge (BAB) after July 18. Embassy Nicosia is working with the CTF to relocate the BAB to either Larnaca International Airport or Paphos International A [...]
2006-07-18 11:16:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1361CYPRUS TO AUCTION OFF EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] Summary: The Government of Cyprus intends to auction off drilling rights for possible off-shore deposits of oil and gas at the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007. The Norwegian company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is preparing both a "2-D" and "3-D" analysis of 60,000 square kilometers of seabe [...]
2006-08-11 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD EINV ECON CY
06NICOSIA1549CYPRIOTS REVEAL NEXT STEPS ON M/V GREGORIO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Cypriot investigations into the activities, crew, and cargo of the M/V Gregorio I (Reftels) are nearly complete. Foreign Ministry officials informed the Embassy September 12 that the 21 vehicles in the vessel's holds comprised an air defense system; their search had uncovered n [...]
2006-09-13 04:00:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA CY GR
06NICOSIA197GOC OFFERS TO HOST MEETING OF SENIOR DANISH
[...] (C) Danish Ambassador Svend Waever told Ambassador Schlicher on February 10 that the President's Diplomatic Advisor, Tasos Tzionis, had just called him with an offer to host a meeting on Cyprus between senior officials from Copenhagen and their counterparts from Damascus and Beirut to discuss [...]
2006-02-13 07:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KISL DA LE SY GR CY
06NICOSIA2048CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:42:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2053CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2054CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]
2006-12-20 15:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA313REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]
2006-03-02 12:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA431DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK ON
[...] (C) On March 21, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas agreed to pass the request to his director, but explained that, as with most issues related to human rights in the Middle East, [...]
2006-03-21 15:15:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY CY
06NICOSIA533DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE EU IN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 7 to relevant action officers at the MFA. Charalambos Hajdisavvas, who handles the Middle East portfolio in the Political Affairs Division, stressed EU support for Syria's continued isolation and highlighted the EU's decision to freeze its prop [...]
2006-04-10 13:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD
06NICOSIA721 Turkish Cypriot Areas Become Active Transit Point
[...] Located along a heavily-used migration route and hobbled by weak border controls, the area administered by Turkish Cypriots - the unrecognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)" - is becoming an attractive transit point for undocumented economic migrants, especially from the Middle [...]
2006-05-17 12:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFRD PGOV PREL TU CY EUN SMIG CVIS
06NICOSIA756DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDRESSING SARG HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On May 17, Poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that the ROC will not issue a unilateral statement condemning human rights violations in Syria. Cyprus would, however, supp [...]
2006-05-19 13:37:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL
06NICOSIA912ASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST FOR RIGHTS IN CYPRUS;
[...] (C) Summary: As Cyprus struggles with a large influx of asylum sekers who have put a major strain on the limited facilities of this small country, NGO advocates contend that the situation for asylum seekers is increasingly desperate and that the GOC continues to deny them rights to which they [...]
2006-06-15 08:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM CY
06NOUAKCHOTT1411MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: DARFUR,
[...] (C) Darfur. In a December 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed to discuss several foreign policy matters, Charge raised the issue of last week's recent meeting in Khartoum of ACP countries, at which President Vall spoke on behalf of all West African members. Sid'Ahmed said h [...]
2006-12-12 11:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL MR SU SY UNSC
06NOUAKCHOTT457MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]
2006-04-19 16:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT568SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...]
2006-05-15 15:35:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT979SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN
[...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...]
2006-08-08 08:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06OSLO1054NORWAY: THE SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO, POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A on August 22 to the head of Norway's Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. Eltervaag assured us that Norway was in full support the embargo and that no new 'political' delegations were scheduled to travel to Damascus or Tehran. Eltervaag also explained the [...]
2006-08-23 14:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS LE MARR MOPS NO PGOV PREL
06OSLO132NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]
2006-02-08 16:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO1416NORWEGIAN FM'S VISIT TO SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA STRIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE RETURNED 8 NOVEMBER FROM A SCHEDULED VISIT TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT THAT INCLUDED A SURPRISE STOP IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL. DURING HIS MEETING WITH STOERE, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD EMPHASIZED HIS INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. A [...]
2006-11-16 15:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID LE MOPS NO PGOV PREL PTER IS
06OSLO3NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 13:52:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE NO
06OSLO540"RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY
[...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...]
2006-04-27 15:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL
06OSLO909NORWAY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST: AID,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has focused all of their energy on the situation in the Middle East, hosting an emergency donor conference for Palestinians in Geneva on 14 July, calling in the Israeli Ambassador to Norway to demand an end to hostilities, and promising to engage the US a [...]
2006-07-21 14:49:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OTTAWA3253CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...]
2006-10-27 17:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI
06PANAMA303EMBASSY ACTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH PANAMANIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador recently held two dinners linked to Islamic religious celebrations to launch an Embassy effort to help create an atmosphere of mutual respect and candid interchange and to reverse increasing local perceptions of anti-Muslim policy bias by the United States. The Ambassador's effort [...]
2006-02-15 20:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PARAMARIBO81SURINAME'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY REACTS PEACEFULLY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 19:50:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI SCUL NS
06PARIS105MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]
2006-01-06 18:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1141MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS12362/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]
2006-02-28 11:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1264MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS128PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]
2006-01-09 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1293SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]
2006-03-01 17:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1296(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A),MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...]
2006-03-01 18:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
06PARIS1411FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]
2006-03-06 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1428PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]
2006-03-07 10:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1497FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...]
2006-03-09 09:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR
06PARIS1588MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]
2006-03-13 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS166PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]
2006-01-10 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1699FRENCH ON PM DE VILLEPIN'S MARCH 13 WORKING VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French MFA, counter-terrorism and energy policy were the two central topics of Prime Minister de Villepin's March 13 talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Zapateros. Prior to the ministerial, the French sent a strong message to the Spanish MFA on their dissatisfa [...]
2006-03-16 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SP FR SY LE
06PARIS1700FRENCH MFA AGREES ON NEED FOR GREATER EU
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials share U.S. concerns on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria, and have recommended that the GoF seek an EU presidency statement and joint EU demarche in Damascus to address the issue. MFA officials did not see much prospect for addressing Syria human rig [...]
2006-03-16 18:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LE SY FR
06PARIS1719(C) FRENCH MFA ON POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the margins of a March 15 discussion on human rights in Syria (reftel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot commented briefly on March 8-9 political consultations in Cairo between France and Egypt, for which the French delegation was led by MFA Political Director Stanis [...]
2006-03-17 15:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY EG KISL UNSC FR
06PARIS1735FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]
2006-03-17 17:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1799MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1924CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN
[...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]
2006-03-24 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS1925MIXED, BUT MOSTLY DISCOURAGING FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR
[...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: In a preliminary response to U.S. designation of Al-Manar, senior Elysee officials reaffirmed GoF resolve in banning Al-Manar broadcasts in France due to hate speech concerns, while reiterating the GoF´s desire for continued contact with, and opposition to EU designat [...]
2006-03-24 18:15:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL LE SY PTER ASEC ETTC FR
06PARIS2060MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS212MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Guantanamo Israel
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-12 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2138 UNESCO: CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS U.S. IN
[...] Summary: Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO took the opportunity to attack the U.S. today in a UNESCO committee charged with monitoring human rights cases. Ambassador Oliver responded with a short formal statement denouncing the Cuban intervention. End summary. 2. UNESCO's Commit [...]
2006-03-31 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNESCO
06PARIS2253MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2318SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT
[...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]
2006-04-07 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS282FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT
[...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]
2006-01-17 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LY BG FR
06PARIS31MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3124 USUNESCO - ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED FOLLOW-UP TO
[...] (U) Summary: Wanting to touch base following last month's Executive Board at UNESCO, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO called on Ambassador Oliver to thank the U.S. for its work on the resolution regarding Jerusalem and on the "cartoon" issue. Strategy was discussed about best ways to work togethe [...]
2006-05-11 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIS UNESCO
06PARIS3226MFA OPEN TO FURTHER INTERVENTIONS ON SYRIA HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant affairs Herve Besancenot May 15, urging a more forceful GoF public stance. While agreeing that SARG repression had increased, Besancenot conceded that the French em [...]
2006-05-16 10:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SY FR
06PARIS329 UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING
[...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]
2006-01-18 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS332FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2006-01-18 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3429 USUNESCO HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAY CHIDIAC
[...] Ambassador Oliver hosted a reception in honor of the well-known Lebanese television journalist May Chidiac yesterday evening, May 18th, at the Ambassador's residence. Chidiac was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Day Prize in April in recognition of her courage in defending [...]
2006-05-22 13:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL LE UNESCO
06PARIS3482(C) UK EMBASSY UPDATE ON KHADDAM TRAVEL TO UK,
[...] (C/NF) UK Embassy First Secretary Tom Fletcher (protect throughout) updated poloff May 19 on the planned travel of former Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam to the UK, which has now been postponed to the last week of May/first week of June. Fletcher reported that Khaddam had delayed his [...]
2006-05-23 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UK SY FR
06PARIS351MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-19 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS379MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iranian President in Syria -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS40MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]
2006-01-04 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4175(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]
2006-06-16 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4176 FRENCH TV TF-1 REQUEST TO INTERVIEW POTUS
[...] SUMMARY. France's leading private television station has contacted the Ambassador to request an interview with President Bush in advance of the G-8 meetings. We strongly endorse this request and ask (para 6) Department concurrence and support in securing White House approval. END SUMMARY. [...]
2006-06-19 07:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL FR
06PARIS4218AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]
2006-06-20 08:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]
2006-06-20 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4225(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]
2006-06-20 10:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4296 (U) UNESCO PRIZES
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]
2006-06-21 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4360(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]
2006-06-23 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4386DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS
[...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]
2006-06-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4390 UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND
[...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]
2006-06-26 14:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4443FRENCH CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy) SUMMARY: At a cordial, exploratory conference hosted by France on June 20, French, German, Italian, UK, and US participants committed to work together to implement the G8 Gleaneagles Statement to identify, track and freeze WMD proliferation-related assets and [...]
2006-06-27 15:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL KNNP ETTC PARM FR
06PARIS4521MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4663GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED
[...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]
2006-07-07 12:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4795MEDIA REACTION REPORT - P5 + 1 Meeting in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4850FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]
2006-07-17 15:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4864MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iran -G8 Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4913MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4944MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4955UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN
[...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]
2006-07-20 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4966MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4979FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]
2006-07-21 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4986MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5020MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 11:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5053FINANCE MINISTER DOWN ON DOHA, IRAN; BULLISH ON
[...] (C) French Finance Minister Breton told the Ambassador on July 24 that turmoil in the Mideast resulting from Iran,s nuclear program and the war in Lebanon are of great concern to the world economy. Breton said negotiations in the Doha trade round are not working because the EU can go no fart [...]
2006-07-25 15:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS5067MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 10:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5080MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5116MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5185MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5216MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5289MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5305TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]
2006-08-05 12:55:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5311MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli - Lebanese Conflict:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5386MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5409MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 10:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5414PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON
[...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]
2006-08-10 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5512MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5555MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 08:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5574MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 11:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5595MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5608UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
[...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]
2006-08-21 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS5611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5666MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5713MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France's Commitment
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 12:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5733CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]
2006-08-25 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5737FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]
2006-08-28 12:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5744MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5763LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS
[...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]
2006-08-28 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5768 (U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]
2006-08-29 09:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5769MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5811FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]
2006-08-29 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5815MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5824CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]
2006-08-30 12:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5851MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS59MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS596CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]
2006-01-30 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS5990MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6056FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL
[...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and c [...]
2006-09-11 08:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6061FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL
[...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and ca [...]
2006-09-11 08:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6125MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6145DEMARCHE ON SYRIA DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 13:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PREL SY
06PARIS6166MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6275MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FRANCE WANTS A SYMBOLIC QUARTET
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 18 meeting, MFA DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot (protect throughout) said that President Chirac's repeated calls for a Quartet meeting on the margins of the UNGA were meant to provide an alternative to the UNSC ministerial meeting on the Middle East proposed by the Arab [...]
2006-09-19 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6594TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (S/NF) On September 12-13, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey led a Treasury-State delegation to Paris to meet with French officials and senior executives from France-based international banks to raise awareness of deceptive means employed by Iran-related banks, [...]
2006-10-04 10:29:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN PTER PREL KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6642FRENCH MFA ON HIZBALLAH, ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6820PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (C) Poloff shared reftel points 10/16 with Martin Guillard, the MFA's Office Director equivalent for the Levant (NEA/ELA). Guillard said the French are "absolutely in agreement" on the need to support PM Siniora and to pass a sobering message to Damascus. (He did not indicate whether the Fre [...]
2006-10-16 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6843FRENCH PONDER NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: While the French MFA's NEA and IO equivalents are convinced of the need to support PM Siniora, implement UNSCR 1701, and ensure UNIFIL's credibility, they have not yet ironed out differences in their thinking on potential next steps -- and may be seriously overestimating the poten [...]
2006-10-17 13:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS685MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6938FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...]
2006-10-20 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6943 MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK SANCTIONS, IRAQ AND FRENCH-TURKISH
[...] (SBU) This week's commentary led with items on potential sanctions following North Korea's nuclear test and the difficulty of finding a balance between a firm stance and China's concerns over the "disintegration" of North Korea (DPRK),with a number of media linking the DPRK and Iran. Iraq sta [...]
2006-10-20 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6945FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...]
2006-10-20 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7024SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...]
2006-10-25 17:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG
06PARIS706SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...]
2006-02-02 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR
06PARIS7118ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON
[...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]
2006-10-30 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7211"WE'RE STUCK": FRENCH GLUM ON LEBANON,
[...] (S) Summary: In an Oct. 31 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Jean Felix-Pagagnon said FM Douste-Blazy was unlikely to attend the November 30 session of the Forum For the Future in Jordan. Felix-Pagagnon went on to offer a remarkably [...]
2006-11-03 16:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7242MFA POLICY PLANNER SEES YEARS OF VIOLENCE AHEAD IN
[...] (C) Christian Nakhle, head of the Middle East and North Africa cell at the Centre d'Analyse et de Prevision (i.e., the "CAP," the Quai's S/P-equivalent),shared his views of Lebanon and Iraq with NEA Watcher on 11/3. Nakhle, whose analyses are distributed within the MFA but do not constitute [...]
2006-11-06 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7269(S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...]
2006-11-07 14:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS7321EGYPTIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL: NABIH BERRI IS A JOKE,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Paris NEA Watcher met 11/7 with his Egyptian counterpart, Yahya Oda, and 11/8 with Lebanese Charge d'Affaires Ghady al-Khoury (protect),to discuss political developments in Lebanon. While Oda predicted the current dialogue between the March 14 Group and Hizballah/Aounist [...]
2006-11-09 11:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7322FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND
[...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]
2006-11-09 11:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7337FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON
[...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...]
2006-11-09 16:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS
06PARIS7439 MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...]
2006-11-17 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS744ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]
2006-02-03 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS7461UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY
[...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]
2006-11-20 14:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7534 MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY,
[...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...]
2006-11-24 15:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7579GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7666U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]
2006-12-05 08:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7668FRENCH MFA EVER MORE PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East, told us December 4 that he was "quite pessimistic" about Lebanon's future and doubtful that PM Siniora's government would survive. Nevertheless, he said the MFA was not inclined at present to favor [...]
2006-12-05 10:33:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7684DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...]
2006-12-06 13:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7698LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...]
2006-12-07 11:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7705 EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]
2006-12-07 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7727ISRAELI FM LIVNI'S DECEMBER 5-6 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Livni had a fairly terse exchange with FM Douste-Blazy on the status of the Sheba Farms and the need for the Palestinians to explicitly accept the Quartet principles. Douste-Blazy, to the surprise of his MFA underlings, asked Livni to consider entering into secret talk [...]
2006-12-08 15:57:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7729 MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...]
2006-12-08 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7731FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT
[...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...]
2006-12-08 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PARIS7787CHIRAC ADVISER HINTS AT SOFTENING IN FRENCH
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Dominique Boche (President Chirac's Middle East adviser) hinted at a possible softening in France's position on establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Boche said that France would support whatever position the Government of Lebanon (GOL) too [...]
2006-12-14 10:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7803HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION
[...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...]
2006-12-15 05:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7806USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS
[...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]
2006-12-15 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS7873UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON
[...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...]
2006-12-20 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE FR
06PARIS7884FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]
2006-12-21 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7904S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND
[...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]
2006-12-26 11:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR
06PARIS792WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...]
2006-02-08 08:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA
06PARIS8MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS850 UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE
[...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]
2006-02-09 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCU VE UNESCO
06PARIS915FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW
[...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...]
2006-02-13 17:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR
06PARTO13(U) Secretary Rice's July 24, 2006 conversation
[...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). SIPDIS 2. (U) July 24, 2006; 4:30 pm; Beirut, Lebanon. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Amb. Jeffrey Feltman U/S Karen Hughes, R A/S David Welch, NEA Elliot Abra [...]
2006-08-03 16:23:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA LE SY IS PTER MOPS
06PARTO9(U) Secretary Rice's February 23 Meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) SIPDIS 2. (U) February 23, 2006; 1150 Beirut, Lebanon 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman Deputy Assistant to the President Elliott Abrams [...]
2006-03-02 20:41:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA KISL PGOV PHUM LE
06PORTMORESBY361PNG UNDERSTANDS BUT CAN'T COMMIT ON VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 04:02:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PP
06PORTOFSPAIN1214OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS
[...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...]
2006-10-20 14:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN272T&T FM NONCOMMITTAL ON US-RECOMMENDED BEHAVIOR
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding official contact with representatives of the newly-elected Hamas government of the Palestinian Authority. The Ambassador noted the US and EU desi [...]
2006-03-02 18:36:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL
06PORTOFSPAIN618PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM
[...] (C) Political officer met with Imtiaz Ali, organizer of the Caribbean Muslim Forum (CMF),on May 15. Ali mentioned that initial planning was for this year's CMF to be held Easter weekend, to establish a pattern following the 2005 CMF, but that due to difficulties with organizing it for April [...]
2006-05-19 15:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN767CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM IN T&T
[...] (U) The 2006 Caribbean Muslim Forum took place at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies on June 18-19. Pol intern attended forum. Approximately 40-50 people attended, most from Trinidad but with a handful from throughout the region. The crowd was made up of about 2/3 East [...]
2006-06-22 18:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER KISL TD
06PRAGUE1060CZECHS COMMIT AID TO LEBANON, TROOPS UNDER
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The Czechs have continued to indicate a willingness to support the U.S. position throughout the Lebanon/Israel crisis, and are now committed to providing aid to Lebanon. The Czech MFA confirmed on August 28 that the Czechs will offer $1 million for Lebanon at the Stock [...]
2006-08-31 09:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1124CZECHS: STILL NO DECISION ON UNIFIL TROOPS (BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs remain undecided on whether to commit troops to UNIFIL (the MFA still supports it, but MOD sources say budgetary constraints make troop commitment "highly unlikely"). Nevertheless, the Czechs have committed or spent nearly $1 million in humanitarian aid and assistance i [...]
2006-09-13 13:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1134CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the September 15 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq),the Balkans, and Africa. The Czechs support sanctions for Iran, although they hope for international consensus. On Palestine, the Czechs will urge the EU to issue GAE [...]
2006-09-14 15:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE1267CZECHS ON OCTOBER 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the October 12 GAERC, the EU will focus on the Middle East, the Russia-Georgia conflict, the Balkans, Sudan, and North Korea. On the Middle East, the EU will likely support sanctions for Iran, support President Abbas in Palestine, and address the security situation in Lebanon. T [...]
2006-10-12 16:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL RU EZ
06PRAGUE1406CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon),Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...]
2006-11-09 15:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE
06PRAGUE1417CZECHS COMMENT ON CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary. Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Jan Cisek fears violence could erupt as early as November 18 if Hizballah and PM Fouad Siniora's government fail to reach a compromise. In addition to Syrian meddling, the Ambassador noted additional factors contributing to the current instability: Israe [...]
2006-11-16 07:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EZ
06PRAGUE1545CZECHS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Prague December 10-11, NEA PDAS James F. Jeffrey met with MFA officials and members of the Czech Parliament Foreign Relations Committee to discuss Iran, recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, and Middle East issues generally. The Czechs responded favorably [...]
2006-12-22 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR EZ
06PRAGUE306CZECHS TEACH IRAQIS IMMIGRATION CONTROL
[...] (U) Summary. The Czechs are helping the Iraqi government learn how to manage Iraq's borders. In February, the Czechs brought ten senior Iraqi government officials to Prague to learn best practices in asylum and migration policy. The visit -- sponsored by a partnership between the Czech governm [...]
2006-03-23 14:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRAGUE539CZECHS CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff met May 17 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of the Human Rights Department, to discuss reftel on human rights abuses in Syria. Stromsikova said the Czechs are concerned about deteriorating human rights conditions in Syria, and were aware of the abuses iden [...]
2006-05-19 12:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SY EZ
06PRETORIA1290SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT
[...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]
2006-03-30 16:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06RABAT132IRAN: CODEL DUNCAN WEIGHS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, Codel Duncan, visiting Morocco January 24-26, stressed to Deputy FM Fassi Fihri US concerns with Iran's development of a nuclear program and encouraged Morocco to put its weight behind US and European efforts to reign in the Iranians within the framework of the UNS [...]
2006-01-25 15:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL MO PGOV
06RABAT1358PJD AND HAMAS: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco's largest Islamist political party, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) (Ref A),could win up to 46 percent of the votes in the 2007 legislative elections, according to results from a hypothetical vote question in a poll conducted by the International Republican I [...]
2006-07-17 17:07:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PINR MO
06RABAT1372TFLE01: MFA VIEWS ON LEBANON, GAZA AND THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17, Charge met with Ambassador Mohamed Azeroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Arab League meeting held in Cairo over the weekend and recent events in Lebanon. Azeroual views the [...]
2006-07-19 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MO
06RABAT1470THE MFA DISCUSSES LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: On August 1, Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),requested a meeting with the Ambassador. Ambassador and Fassi Fihri met for more than two hours and discussed the Western Sahara (septel) and recent events in Lebanon, particularly the [...]
2006-08-01 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMO PGOV PHUM
06RABAT1497DEPUTY MINISTER FASSI FIHRI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 3, Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),met with Ambassador Riley and the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, for a courtesy call. Ambassador Khalilzad was in Morocco for other meetings with UAE officials. The conversat [...]
2006-08-08 11:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT1564MINISTER DELEGATE DISCUSSES LEBANON AFTER UNSC 1701
[...] (SBU) On August 16, both Arabic and French language newspapers said that the Lebanese government announced that Turkey, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Malaysia and Morocco would be sending troops. On August 17, Foreign Minister Benaissa was quoted in the French-language newspapers as saying: "The [...]
2006-08-17 16:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IS LE MO
06RABAT1774BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEET
[...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the thirteen member Business Executives for National Security (BENS) group met with Abdallah Saleddine Tazi, Director of American Affairs, Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the North America, Mexico and Central America Division, Karim Halim, Counselor in the Directorat [...]
2006-09-22 18:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PINS ECON MO
06RABAT2050MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE REGARDING UPCOMING
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 3. Hami, spoke unofficially because Mohammed Azeroual, the Di [...]
2006-11-03 16:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IO IS IZ LE SY ECON MO
06RABAT2259MOROCCO/IRAQ: NO REVELATIONS BUT ZEBARI GETS
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East and International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual briefed Polcouns December 13 on the December 6-8 visit to Morocco of Iraqi FM Hoshiyar Zebari. Azeroual said Zebari paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Abdel Wahed Radi [...]
2006-12-14 12:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR SY MO
06RABAT29REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]
2006-01-06 18:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT50REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]
2006-01-10 17:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT519ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: MOROCCAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) DCM met March 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations Mohamed Azeroual to stress the importance of ref(a) issues for the upcoming Arab League (AL) meeting in Khartoum. Azeroual confirmed that FM Benaissa will lead the Moroccan delegation as King Mohammed is currently "busy [...]
2006-03-23 16:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SU MO
06RABAT661 THE BARCELONA PROCESS IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Currently, the European Union (EU) has over $1.5 billion in ongoing projects in Morocco under the Barcelona Process (BP). These projects cover issues related to economics, social services, environmental protection and human rights. The European Commission (EC) in Rabat repor [...]
2006-04-13 16:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO
06RIGA738LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered points in refs a and b to Veronika Erte, MFA A/S-level official responsible EU affairs September 13. Erte noted that the Latvian cabinet had approved Latvia's GAERC positions at a cabinet meeting on September 12, but nevertheless welcomed hearing USG views. There [...]
2006-09-13 15:03:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU LG
06RIGA743LATVIA ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 15:07:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LG
06RIGA848LATVIAN VIEWS ON LEBANON/SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-17 11:10:00Embassy RigaSECRETPREL PINR LE SY LG
06RIYADH1380FEMALE SHI'A ACTIVIST: PRESSURE FOR REFORM MUST
[...] (C) Summary: Aliya Al-Fareed (protect),longtime Shi'a political activist, discussed the state of reform in Saudi Arabia with PAO and PolOff in her home in Al-Safwa near Qatif. Al-Fareed was recently appointed to the National Society for Human Rights; she is the only woman among the five memb [...]
2006-03-06 11:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH2542Avian Flu: Saudi Arabia Closing Small Poultry
[...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the WHO representative, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),and Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that the SAG has established necessary preparations for avian flu, including action plans, an emergency "hotline" number, monitoring and testing sites for migratory birds, a [...]
2006-04-09 13:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR SA
06RIYADH275ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE SHI'A "SHIRAZIS"
[...] (C) Kamal Al-Khattee, son of a former Shi'a judge in Qaif, discussed with PolOff the evolution of the Shi'a faction known as the "Shirazis," who include Hassan Al-Saffar, Jafar Al-Shayeb, Tawfiq Al-Sayf, and others. According to Al-Khattee, they moved from Iran to Syria and elsewhere in the 1 [...]
2006-01-23 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH3312THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE?
[...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]
2006-05-02 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH3589SHI'A CLERIC DISCUSSES SLOW BUT SIGNIFICANT
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolOff on April 28, Shi'a cleric Faisal Al-Awami gave a broadly positive account of changes in Saudi Arabia over the past 10 to 15 years. Al-Awami, who, like many of his politically and religiously active Shi'a colleagues, studied in Iran and Syria starting in the early [...]
2006-05-10 08:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL KIRF SA
06RIYADH4723SHI'A CLERIC ASKS U.S. TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE
[...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, introduced by a post contact as a leading Saudi follower of Karbala-based Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Al-Mudarassi, told PolOff in a June 11 meeting that the U.S. should play a more active role in calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. "All reform in the Kingdom is taking [...]
2006-06-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH6003SAUDI RED CRESCENT TO SEND HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO
[...] (U) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]
2006-07-29 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE EAID SA
06RIYADH6037TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY STILL PLANNING
[...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]
2006-07-29 20:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6040TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO BEIRUT
[...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message concerns the travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. 2. (C) Poloff conveyed reftel E information to Emboff at the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon (Saudi POC) early on the morning of July 30 [...]
2006-07-30 09:29:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6058AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS AND VISA
[...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter discussed three issues with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal via telephone on July 29. First, they discussed the issue of the Saudi humanitarian aid convoy to Lebanon (Ref A). The Ambassador assured the Foreign Minister that Post staff was working in coordination with Saudi [...]
2006-07-30 16:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR CMGT SA LE
06RIYADH6473RIYADH RECORD: JULY 30-AUGUST 4
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG provided humanitarian assistance to victims of the crisis in Lebanon through air and land convoys as well as increased financial assistance. The Saudi public's discontent increased with the SAG's perceived support for U.S. policy in Lebanon, and protesters of U.S. suppor [...]
2006-08-14 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6940KING ABDULLAH AND FOREIGN MINISTER PRESS COMMENTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Recent statements to the press by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal appear to be a concerted effort by the SAG to address strong public criticism of its position on the Lebanon crisis and ties to the U.S., as well as accusat [...]
2006-09-03 11:02:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH7211AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING
[...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]
2006-09-16 09:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06RIYADH7838USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]
2006-10-05 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06RIYADH8401THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT
[...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]
2006-10-22 09:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH8414MAKKAH DECLARATION - WHERE HAVE ALL THE SHI'A
[...] (U) Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders signed on October 20 the "Makkah Declaration," which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a to kill each other (reftel). Many are likening the ten-point declaration to a "fatwa," or religious ruling, although the signatories have not described the document as suc [...]
2006-10-24 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH8415SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]
2006-10-24 20:14:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8416SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]
2006-10-24 20:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8811UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2006-11-12 04:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET PTER ENERG SA
06RIYADH8813UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON
[...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]
2006-11-12 04:41:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENERG PTER SA
06RIYADH8835FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A
[...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]
2006-11-13 13:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8989MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY
[...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]
2006-12-04 13:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8990MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY
[...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]
2006-12-04 14:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9SAUDI VIEWS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) director Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz sought and shared views on Iran and Syria during a December 27 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. They told the Ambassador that while it was possible t [...]
2006-01-02 14:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR IR SA SY IZ
06RIYADH9078APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend at his farm outside Riyadh November 15, the King focused on the multiple threats from Iran. He said he had sent strong messages to President Putin and Presi [...]
2006-12-13 15:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9083APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN
[...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]
2006-12-14 13:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9089APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN
[...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]
2006-12-16 07:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9093APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-16 13:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9095xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-16 14:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06RIYADH9173ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]
2006-12-26 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9174CROWN PRINCE REITERATES SAUDI NONINTERFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IZ SA
06ROME1025ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...]
2006-04-05 08:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1308ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]
2006-05-03 08:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1492ITALY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (C) Political Minister Counselor met May 16 with MFA Middle East Deputy Luca Del Balzo to deliver reftel, urging that the Italians speak publicly about the need for the SARG to improve its human rights record and release detainees. Del Balzo responded that the U.S., the EU and Italy were in [...]
2006-05-17 11:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME173SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI
[...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]
2006-01-18 16:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME1856ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...]
2006-06-23 09:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME2006IRAN: TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIAL SEES INCREASING
[...] (C/NF) An Italian UN official based in Tehran says Iran is using all means at its disposal -- from support for terrorist groups to its own counter-narcotics campaign -- to boost its influence in the region. Accustomed to years of economic sanctions and international isolation, key Iranian powe [...]
2006-07-14 07:50:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2034FINMECCANICA STILL PURSUING RADIO CONTRACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Finmeccanica contacted Embassy officials July 14 to inform us they intend to bid on a contract to provide TETRA radios to two municipal police forces in Iran. Finmeccanica's decision is reportedly driven solely by business considerations, and was taken after delivery of Ref A ta [...]
2006-07-18 05:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR IT
06ROME2061ISRAEL SEES IMPROVEMENT ON THE ITALIAN LEFT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Israel sees an improving attitude by much of the Italian left toward Israel, according to an Israeli Embassy official in Rome. In a July 18 address to Parliament, FM D'Alema said Israel's reaction to Hezbollah in Lebanon was legitimate, but "went beyond all reasonable proport [...]
2006-07-19 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR LE IS IT PGOV
06ROME2335LEBANON: ITALY READY TO HELP WITH TROOPS, BRIDGE
[...] (S) Italy is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 troops quickly to UNIFIL and up to 3,000 overall. The Foreign Minister told NEA A/S Welch the cabinet unanimously approved Italy's participation in UNIFIL during its August 18 meeting. Italy is persuaded, based on its own high-level consultations wi [...]
2006-08-18 17:34:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2429D'ALEMA, LEBANON, AND ENGAGING ITALY
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emblematic of both the possibilities and challenges posed by Italy's center-left government. Prickly. Ex-Communist. Europeanist. Critic of Iraq war. Critic of alleged US unilateralism. Political opponent of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. [...]
2006-08-30 14:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME2436ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES
[...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...]
2006-08-31 08:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT
06ROME2489ITALY URGES SYRIA TO STOP ARMS FLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Prodi sent his diplomatic adviser to Damascus September 6 with a message for Asad urging compliance with the terms of resolution 1701 and a halt in the arms flow to Lebanon. It was the latest in a series of direct Italian messages to Syria, coming on the heels of [...]
2006-09-06 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME263 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]
2006-01-30 08:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME2637VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]
2006-09-19 09:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2872NIAG 6136: ITALIANS PLEDGE FURTHER COOPERATION IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ecmin delivered Ref A talking points October 13 to Guilio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Terzi pledged continued GOI support for our efforts to halt exports related to Iranian development of WMD, and said he would ask the Min [...]
2006-10-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC CH IR IT
06ROME2965WELCH REJECTS "AMBIGUITY" ON HAMAS RECOGNITION OF
[...] (S) Italy's MFA Middle East director Riccardo Sessa says European countries want to help move the Israeli-Palestinian issue forward, but the issue is how best to do so. He said a breakthrough could require a greater degree of ambiguity on the issue of Hamas recognition of Israel. NEA A/S Welc [...]
2006-10-26 11:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT XF
06ROME2983ITALY HOPES MEPP DISCUSSIONS IN ALICANTE REALISTIC
[...] (C) Political M/C and Poloff called on Italian MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti October 25 to discuss Italy's upcoming participation in Middle East peace process discussions hosted by the Spanish. Pezzotti said Italy hoped to play a constructive role in focusing discussions on [...]
2006-10-27 16:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF LE UN IT
06ROME2984ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]
2006-10-27 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME3131ITALY WARNS SYRIA ON DESTABILIZING LEBANON
[...] (C) Italy is concerned about possible Syrian-inspired efforts to destabilize Lebanon and PM Prodi has contacted President Bashar al-Asad with a message of warning. Despite the recent resignations of six cabinet ministers, Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly told the Italians he was confident in th [...]
2006-11-20 17:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR LE IT
06ROME3132ITALY: IRAN SANCTIONS UNAVOIDABLE, BUT ESCALATION
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Director Cesare Ragaglini says there is now no choice on the Iran nuclear issue but to move forward with sanctions. This is a matter for some concern, though, because it will set in motion a process of escalation whose outcome is unpredictable. We should also be looking [...]
2006-11-21 06:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT
06ROME3213 AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY AI
[...] SUMMARY: FAO SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICIAL JUAN LUBROTH GAVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, ON HIS MISSION TO TURKEY TO ASSESS THE AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION. THE FAO ASSESSMENT IS MORE OPTIMISTIC THIS WEEK COMPARED TO LAST WEEK WHEN FAO WARNED AI COULD BECOME ENDEMIC TO TURKEY. THE MA [...]
2006-01-17 15:34:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME3214ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...]
2006-12-01 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT
06ROME3246TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON UNSCR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office, gave Econoff November 16 the names of two naturalized Italian citizens who have petitioned the GOI for delisting from UNSCR 1267 designation. (Re [...]
2006-12-07 09:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3272D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]
2006-12-12 11:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME3312ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON ISG RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSE
[...] (C) Summary. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the MFA's Iraq Task Force, says many of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations, such as embedding coalition members inside police, military and institutional structures, have already been tried and found to be difficult to implement. Other rec [...]
2006-12-15 18:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT
06ROME3320OLMERT REJECTS ITALIAN PUSH ON SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C/NF) Israeli PM Olmert visited Italy December 13 and talks focused on Lebanon, the Middle East peace process, and Iran. He deflected calls by both the Italian PM and FM for a gesture on Shebaa Farms to buttress embattled Lebanese PM Siniora. Olmert noted this would be seen as a nod to Syri [...]
2006-12-18 13:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL XF IR LE IT
06ROME450FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...]
2006-02-14 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RU IT
06ROME460ITALIAN MINISTER FLAUNTS CARTOONS IN T-SHIRTS
[...] (U) On February 14, Minister for Reforms Roberto Calderoli announced he had printed t-shirts emblazoned with the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and would start wearing them. Calderoli is a member of the anti-immigrant Northern League party that is part of PM Berlusconi's center-rig [...]
2006-02-15 12:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME461PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]
2006-02-15 12:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME556ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]
2006-02-23 09:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME586TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-25 10:59:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME626AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT
[...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME638SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS
[...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...]
2006-03-02 14:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN
06ROME956ITALIANS OPEN TO EU VISA BAN AGAINST LUKASHENKA,
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Poloff met with Antonino Cascio of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio said the MFA is concerned that an extended visa ban, including a ban on Lukashenka, could prove to be ineffective and could backfire if Lukashenka [...]
2006-03-29 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO IT
06SANAA136YEMEN WILL RECEIVE BASHAR, DELIVER "TOUGH" MESSAGE
[...] (C) Ambassador took the opportunity to deliver reftel points to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the sidelines of a reception for a visiting UK minister on January 24. Qirbi confirmed that the ROYG had "agreed" to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit, but that the date had not yet been f [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY YE
06SANAA2255SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...]
2006-08-07 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM
06SANAA389CABINET SHAKE-UP: BIOGRAPHIES FOR NEW MINISTERS
[...] On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet (reftel). The reshuffle included changes to 22 ministerial portfolios, 15 of which went to individuals not previously in the government. Among the new faces are two women, now heading the Ministries of [...]
2006-02-15 12:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV YM INR DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANJOSE2263COSTA RICA REESTABLISHING TIES TO ARAB WORLD; ALSO
[...] SUMMARY: Costa Rica has restored diplomatic relations with Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen, following its decision to move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. The GOCR also plans to open embassies in India and Singapore. The GOCR will use these newly-expanded ties to seek addi [...]
2006-10-14 10:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL XF BA EG KU YMCS
06SANTIAGO11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]
2006-01-03 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1531MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - LEBANON, GAZA INCURSIONS
[...] On July 14, private channel 4 Red TV: "Chile joined the international community in condemning violence in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley met with the Ambassadors to Chile from Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority. Minister Foxley condemned Israe [...]
2006-07-18 14:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1552MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - LEBANON, GAZA INCURSIONS
[...] All TV stations reported on the crisis in the Middle East. 2. On July 18, private TV channel "Chilevision" international pundit Raul Sohr commented: "Hezbollah is demonstrating that it still has a large capability to attack Israel.... Therefore the strategic position in the region has radic [...]
2006-07-19 19:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1644MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH COMBAT,
[...] On July 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled "The Urgency of a Cease Fire in The Middle East." Quotes: "There is no doubt that the conflict has multiple and complex elements...but this does not mean the international community cannot do so [...]
2006-07-31 20:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO2587CHILE MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] On December 18, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled "Iraq: Peace Options." Quote: "It took President Bush three years...to realize that the war in Iraq cannot be separated from the regional context. [...]
2006-12-18 18:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IZ IR CI
06SANTIAGO446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: You arrive in Santiago on the eve of the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Since her run-off election on January 15, President-elect Bachelet has named a gender-equal and technically sound cabinet. It is a cabinet not subject to the cont [...]
2006-03-03 17:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO549SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Director for Middle East Affairs Luis Palma told EPOL Counselor on March 16 that he believed isolating Hamas now could complicate Middle East peace efforts. Chile believes the international community should respect "the democratic will of the Palestinian people" [...]
2006-03-17 11:11:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL CI
06SANTIAGO630SCENESETTER FOR CNO AND C3F VISITS TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-03-27 11:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MARR MASS OVIP PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO664 MEDIA REACTION - HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO957SCENESETTER FOR AETC/CC VISIT TO CHILE (U)
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-05-08 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD OVIP PGOV MARR CI PREL
06SAOPAULO1013EUROPE: POPULAR UNREST IN BUDAPEST; UNITED NATIONS: KOFI
[...] "Announced Crisis Reflects Increasing Dissatisfaction With Entry in the EU" Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo's Budapest correspondent reports (9/20): "The tape showing the confirmation that Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany lied about the budget during four [...]
2006-09-20 10:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1199MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: IRAN ROLE IN IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST:
[...] "To Negotiate With Iran? That Is The Question" International affairs commentator Newton Carlos wrote in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (11/17): "The bipartisan committee that is looking for a way to get the US out of the Iraqi quagmire has already signaled that [...]
2006-11-17 11:15:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1248MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT; WESTERN
[...] "Exit Door" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (12/10): "The Iraq Study Group report clearly says that the situation is bad and that there is not much one can do to improve it.... The document is an opportunity for the White House to change the focus [...]
2006-12-11 12:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO269LEBANESE SUSPECT IN HARIRI ASSASSINATION ARRESTED
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Brasilia. 2. (SBU) Sao Paulo State Civil Police arrested Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat (PDOB Lebanon 23 JAN 1976) on March 12 based on an Interpol warrant for her involvement in the mid-2003 collapse of the Lebanese-based Al-Madina Bank. She is the [...]
2006-03-13 20:22:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KCRM BR LE
06SAOPAULO360REP. ISSA'S MEETING WITH LEADERS OF LEBANESE COMMUNITY IN
[...] (SBU) During the visit to Sao Paulo of CODEL Grassley (septels),Rep. Darrel Issa (CA) held a separate meeting with four leaders of Sao Paulo's Lebanese community. They discussed the size and activities of Brazil's Lebanese community as well as the influence of the broader Arab community on th [...]
2006-04-04 13:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ETRD PTER EFIN BR LE
06SAOPAULO415WASTED OPPORTUNITIES -- SAO PAULO BUSINESS TELLS A/S WAYNE
[...] (SBU) E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Economic and Business Affairs, visited Sao Paulo April 5-6 to participate in the World Economic Forum on Latin America. During his visit, he also had several meetings with Sao Paulo business leaders, who generally agreed that whil [...]
2006-04-19 12:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EINV BR
06SAOPAULO498SAO PAULO'S ARAB COMMUNITY: DIVERSITY AND DIVISIONS
[...] (SBU) While the Lebanese Christian community in Sao Paulo is active in politics, the Arab community in general (Muslim and Christian) lacks political clout at the national level. In fact, our conversations with a number of Christian and Muslim leaders of Sao Paulo's large Middle Eastern comm [...]
2006-05-09 16:00:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KPAO KISL KIRF SOCI SCUL BR
06SAOPAULO652MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S DEATH; SAO
[...] "The Terrorist's End Does Not Resolve, But Helps" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (6/9): "Finally, good news came from Iraq: Zarqawi was killed.... Morally, the butcher's death can only be saluted with relief. Zarqawi had a relevant role in the [...]
2006-06-09 12:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO800MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; GLOBAL
[...] "Peacekeeping Force" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/25) opined: "The proposal of an international force made up mainly of European troops to be sent to the South of Lebanon is praiseworthy.... That seems to be the best way both for an immediate ceasefire and to ensur [...]
2006-07-25 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO893MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL/HIZBULLAH COMBAT;
[...] "No One Won" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/15) editorialized: "Following a month of fighting and more than a thousand deaths, a ceasefire has finally been established between the Israeli Army and Lebanese militia Hizbullah. Both were defeated.... The Israel [...]
2006-08-15 12:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SARAJEVO1695BIH REACTIONS TO THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli-Lebansese crisis, and the broader Middle East conflict are garnerning an increasing amount of public and political attention in BiH. Government statements and media reports are generally factual and correct, but some local public figures have begun to manipulate the [...]
2006-07-28 17:11:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE SY BK
06SARAJEVO1748BOSNIA: CITIZENSHIP REVIEW UNDERWAY AS NEGATIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Embassy has been working with the GBiH for more than a year to address the potential threat posed by mujaheddin improperly granted citizenship after the 1992-1995 war. The BiH Citizenship Review Commission, established in January 2006 to review these cases, has received around [...]
2006-08-04 06:09:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER ASEC PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO2072BOSNIA - EMBASSY WINS TACTICAL VICTORY ON
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The Embassy succeeded in persuading the Parliament Collegium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Law, with its problematic provision for reapplication for citizenship, off the House of Representatives' agenda until after the Octo [...]
2006-09-08 07:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER SMIG PREL PGOV BK
06SEOUL3993DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF
[...] (S) On November 17 poloff delivered reftel points to Kim, Jae-Woo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)'s Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Kim said this was the first he had heard of the May 2006 incident and could not confirm the accuracy of the press reports. He a [...]
2006-11-17 08:46:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR
06SEOUL423DPRK ECONOMY: CHINESE EXPERTS FORESEE ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) A January 18-19 academic conference in Beijing explored the potential for North Korea to change its "military first" security policy in order to realize more meaningful economic reform, faster economic growth and an increase in international aid. The American organizers of the event wor [...]
2006-02-07 06:35:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PREL PGOV KN KS CH JA
06SINGAPORE3775(S) SINGAPORE-NORTH KOREA MACHINE TOOL DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) E/P Counselor and Econoff on December 13 delivered reftel talking points to Michelle Teo-Jacob and Yvonne Ow of MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Teo-Jacob and Ow were receptive, and said they would pass the inf [...]
2006-12-13 10:53:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN
06SKOPJE865MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:41:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER USUN LE SY EU MK
06SOFIA1187BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT VOTES FOR UNIFIL DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Kyuchukov briefed Charge Karagiannis on the Council of Ministers' August 20 decision to deploy troops in support of UNIFIL's expanded mission. Kyuchukov emphasized that the scope of Bulgarian participation in UNIFIL will be determined by thre [...]
2006-08-21 14:49:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE BU
06SOFIA1205BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1701, MINISTER TO ATTEND
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A & B talking points to Margarita Isaeva from the MFA's Near East and Africa Directorate on August 25. Isaeva was unaware of any planned delegations to or from Iran or Syria, and considered them unlikely for the foreseeable future. However, she promised to share our c [...]
2006-08-25 13:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS MARR IR LE SY SW BU
06SOFIA1316BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...]
2006-09-14 15:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1330BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAMAS, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Bulgaria's plans to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah following the formation of a "national unity" government in the Palestinian territories, Charge' cautioned deputy Foreign Minister Faim Chaushev, stressing the steps Hamas would have to take in order to legi [...]
2006-09-18 15:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL XF AF IS LE SY IZ IR LY BU
06SOFIA1667BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]
2006-12-15 09:33:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA1692BLUE LANTERN, APPLICATION 05-050020397:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, Poloff met with TEREM Executive Director Mariyan Yovchev on December 18 and spoke with MoD Arms Control Director Nikola Mihaylov on December 19. Post believes this transaction to be legitimate and has no information to recommend against its a [...]
2006-12-21 06:58:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC BU
06SOFIA276BIGTIME SMUGGLER, MONEY LAUNDERER GUNNED DOWN IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of Bulgaria's biggest contraband dealers and money launderers, Ivan Todorov (a.k.a. the Doktor),was shot dead in broad daylight in central Sofia February 22. The killing of Todorov shattered a three-month period of calm since the October murder of controversial banker Emil [...]
2006-02-23 16:03:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM ASEC BU
06SOFIA83BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 08:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA89BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 10:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE111144RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] (U) This is an action request for all posts. All posts are requested to deliver the points in para 2 below giving USG reaction to North Korea's July 4-5 launch of multiple ballistic missiles, including a Taepo Dong-2 intercontinental-range ballistic missile. All posts are also requested to pro [...]
2006-07-06 02:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP
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
06STATE117616E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: On June 29, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 authorizing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the assets of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators and their supporters (reftel). E.O. 13382 auth [...]
2006-07-18 19:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV IR
06STATE196230IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE
[...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]
2006-12-07 02:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE197169GUIDANCE: UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during UNSC resolution 1701 consultations currently scheduled for December 11. 2. (SBU) Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary General's letter detailing progress made on UNSC resolution 1701 implementation. -- The [...]
2006-12-08 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE
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
06STATE199552GUIDANCE: CONSULTATIONS ON BRAMMERTZ REPORT,
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 during consultations on the 6th UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) currently scheduled for December 18, 2006. 2. (U) Begin points. -- We welcome the 6th report from the UN International Independent [...]
2006-12-15 19:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL LE SY
06STATE203587IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have transfe [...]
2006-12-28 15:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06STATE203597IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kuala Lumpar please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have t [...]
2006-12-28 16:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MY
06STATE203732IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Islamabad please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have tran [...]
2006-12-28 19:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC
06STATE203788IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Mexico City please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have tr [...]
2006-12-28 21:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX
06STATE203798IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Baghdad please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have transf [...]
2006-12-28 21:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC
06STATE203803IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have trans [...]
2006-12-28 21:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH
06STATE203861IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Khartoum please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have trans [...]
2006-12-28 22:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SU
06STATE40904DISCOURAGING MORATINOS' SYRIAN STRATEGY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos' unannounced March 7 trip to Damascus to meet with Syrian FM Muallim is at variance with US and EU policy on avoiding high-level visits to Damascus. This policy gives concrete form to the international isolation of th [...]
2006-03-14 15:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP SY LE IS FR UN
06STATE47923E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF TWO SWISS ENTITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern and US Mission to the EU please see paragraph 3. Embassies Beijing, Moscow, Seoul, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Background: On June 28, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 allowing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the [...]
2006-03-26 21:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV MNUC
06STATE79031MTAG 05-96: UKRAINIAN FIRM ZAPORIZHZHYA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kiev please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: Since 2002, we have discussed with the GOU cooperation between the Ukrainian entity Zaporizhzhya Regional Foreign Economic Association (RFA) and Iran's missile program (Ref A). Most recently, in Febr [...]
2006-05-16 18:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE MNUC UP IR
06STATE86446DEMARCHE: ATTENDING IRAN-HOSTED CONFERENCE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request. Iran plans to host an "Iraq and its Neighbors" conference - to include Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and Bahrain, as well as a UNAMI representative - proposed May 31- [...]
2006-05-26 23:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
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
06STOCKHOLM192SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the image [...]
2006-02-13 10:02:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM1924IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]
2006-12-11 14:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM196SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]
2006-02-13 13:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM198SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]
2006-02-13 13:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06TAIPEI1619TAIWAN MOVES ON EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENTS
[...] (S) AIT delivered ref A talking points to Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su and received a report from Su on the investigation into machine tools orders from the Iranian company Azma Pisheh and the Syrian company Sinan that we requested in ref B. AIT has sent an informal translation of [...]
2006-05-11 05:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1790TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIZBALLAH, IRAN, AND WHO
[...] (S) Summary. Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director that Taiwan will respect U.S. sensitivities regarding both Hizballah and Iran. His unannounced visit to Lebanon in April was intended to establish friendly relations and explore commercial opportunities. The meeting with a [...]
2006-05-25 08:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECCT PARM MTCR WHO TBIO IR TW
06TAIPEI2532MTAG:JULY 2006 UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (S) Summary: On July 24, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)ref A talking points on recent machine tool transfers to Syria. At the same meeting, the AIT Container Security Initiative (CSI) Team Leader discussed in detail technical issues related to the inspection of ca [...]
2006-07-27 08:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2701MTAG: AUGUST 2006 UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (S) Summary: On August 9, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)ref A talking points on recent machine tool transfers to North Korea by Ching Hwee International Trading and ref B results of three export license reviews. BOFT noted that the U.S. response on export license [...]
2006-08-09 22:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT
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
06TAIPEI3725TAIWAN PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT CONTROL CASES
[...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Taiwan Director General of the Ministry of Justice, Investigation Bureau Yeh Cherng-maw assured AIT Director Young of full cooperation in investigating export control cases and other illicit trade. End Summary. 2. (C) On October 30, AIT Director Young met Ministr [...]
2006-11-01 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALASEC ETTC ECON ETRD PREL SNAR TW
06TALLINN1082ESTONIA CONCERNED OVER PRESERVING SINIORA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 15:19:00Embassy TallinnSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EN
06TALLINN476DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SARG HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 14:28:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SY EN
06TALLINN746DELIVERED SOLICITING UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 09:38:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOOPS UN UNSC IS LE EN
06TALLINN774ESTONIA: IRAN/SYRIA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 14:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL IR LE SY XG EN
06TALLINN849ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 07:18:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER USUN LE SY EU EN
06TELAVIV1017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV102ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1042ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 12:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
06TELAVIV1101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]
2006-03-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV117ISA DISKIN DISCUSSES HAMAS AND PLC ELECTIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA or "Shin Bet") Director Yuval Diskin briefed Representative Gary Ackerman January 5 on the future of Israeli politics in light of Prime Minister Sharon's health, the revolution within Fatah, and the implications of a Hamas victory in upcoming Palestinia [...]
2006-01-09 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV IS KPAL KDEM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1184A CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE PRIMER ON MARCH 28
[...] Summary. The chairperson of the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC),Supreme Court Judge Dorit Beinisch, told the Ambassador March 22 that she is confident of the solid organization of Israeli elections, and explained details of the voting process as it will unfold on Election Day. Ex [...]
2006-03-24 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1216ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...]
2006-03-29 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1319ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO
[...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]
2006-04-04 04:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1324GILAD ON HAMAS'S RELATIONS WITH JORDAN, EGYPT, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MOD Pol-Mil Bureau Head Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on March 31 that Hamas' close relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan would negatively impact Jordan's security. While he had raised the issue with GOJ officials, he claimed that they are "afraid t [...]
2006-04-04 07:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV1376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that today, President Moshe Katsav invited Acting PM Ehud Olmert today to form a gover [...]
2006-04-06 12:00:00Embassy 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
06TELAVIV1473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]
2006-04-14 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]
2006-04-17 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1511ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1533ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who successfully proposed revoking the Jerusalem residency of the Hamas legislators, persuaded a governmental foru [...]
2006-04-20 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon 4. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted Senator Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate and a serving member of the Senate Armed Servi [...]
2006-04-21 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1582ISRAELI DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES IRAN, TERROR THREAT
[...] (S) In a meeting April 20 with Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS),Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Judd Gregg (R-NH),Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz expressed Israel's gratitude for U.S. support in the Global War on Terror, and its cooperation in military and defense industry matters. Mofaz listed the [...]
2006-04-21 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINS MASS MNUC EG SY LE IR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
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
06TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]
2006-04-26 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1643ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT,
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told Representative Christopher Shays, Representative Jim Marshall, and the DCM that Iran's main goals are to acquire nuclear weapons, support Hizballah and other proxies, and to increase Iranian influence in Iraq. Eiland sai [...]
2006-04-26 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MARR KNNP IZ IR IS 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
06TELAVIV1700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel's 58th Independence Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on events related to the Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars, and Israel's 58th Independence Day, which will be celebra [...]
2006-05-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1745ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV177ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. administration intends to invite Acting PM Ehud Olmert to Washington before the elections in Israel. The radio reported t [...]
2006-01-12 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1843OLMERT TO SEEK U.S. VIEWS ON CONVERGENCE PLAN IN
[...] (S) Summary: According to Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has a large agenda for his discussions in Washington scheduled for May 23, including the so-called convergence plan. Spiegel claimed that the &plan8 is less a detailed strategy, than a general policy. He i [...]
2006-05-10 17:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1844OLMERT: CONVERGENCE TO BE MAIN THRUST OF MY
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with CODEL Cochran on April 21, a tired but upbeat Ehud Olmert detailed his "convergence" plan to establish Israel's final borders within four years and begin the relocation of thousands of Israeli settlers. Olmert told the CODEL that he had formed a coalition of 84 [...]
2006-05-11 07:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EG IR IS KBCT KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]
2006-05-15 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
06TELAVIV1932ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...]
2006-05-17 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV194ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1945A/S SILVERBERG AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told IO A/S Silverberg and the Ambassador May 14 that time is running out in the international community's efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. She outlined Israel's justification for the "convergence" plan, denying that t [...]
2006-05-18 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KPAL KWBG IR LE IS KNNC UN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV201MOFAZ DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador, A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, General Dayton, and PolCouns January 12 that the GOI would not talk to Hamas members elected to the PLC if they did not give up their terrorist activities. He said that the elections should take place a [...]
2006-01-13 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hizbullah-IDF Clashes 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Israel Radio reported that last night, for the first time since the disengagement, the IDF made an incursion into the Beit Lahiya area of the northern Gaza Stri [...]
2006-05-30 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Ehud Olmert are speaking of a "split realignment." The newspaper wrote that one of the options that Olmert is considerin [...]
2006-05-31 13:31:00Embassy 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
06TELAVIV2140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]
2006-06-05 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV220IDF'S HALUTZ WARNS OF HAMAS ELECTION SUCCESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz predicted to A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador on January 13 that Hamas will win at least 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming PLC elections and will seek ministerial positions within the government. Halutz said that the GOI cannot nego [...]
2006-01-16 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2339ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Paris Wednesday that realignment is unstoppable. The Jerusalem Post wrote that Olmert left his meeting with French President Jacques Chira [...]
2006-06-15 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2346SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...]
2006-06-15 18:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 05:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2511MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN
[...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...]
2006-06-24 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2618ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' JUNE 28 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales June 28 that Israel is grateful for U.S. support during the crisis in the Gaza Strip that began on Sunday with the attack on Kerem Shalom and the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. She said that there is not m [...]
2006-06-30 08:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV2620OLMERT TELLS AG GONZALES THAT AIM IS SAFE RETURN
[...] (C) In a June 29 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Prime Minister Olmert told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that: -- The kidnapping of a solider near Gaza is "a pure act of terror" and a "clear violation of international law." Olmert said that no one can any longer argue t [...]
2006-06-30 09:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2621ISRAELI MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONCERNED WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Minister of Justice Haim Ramon encouraged the United States to take action at the United Nations regarding Khalid Misha'al, whom Israel believes is behind the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom. Ramon also [...]
2006-06-30 09:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KJUS IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2676ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2714ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]
2006-07-07 13:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All TV and radio stations broke out with the escalating situation on the Israeli northern border. According to reports, Hizbullah has kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. The Hizbullah attack be [...]
2006-07-12 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2781ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON EXPORT CONTROL REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD DG Jacob ("Kobi") Toren told the Ambassador July 11 that the GOI's new Export Controls Division took over the processing of new export licensing requests this month. Toren also explained that the government hoped to formally submit the Defense Export Control Act to the Knes [...]
2006-07-13 17:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PINS IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2787HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 12, Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog indicated that Israel would soon retaliate against targets in Lebanon for Hizballah's attack across Israel's northern border. Herzog lamented the timing of the dual crises in Gaza and Lebanon, claiming the deteriorating [...]
2006-07-14 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2788KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS ISRAEL MUST REACT STRONGLY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador July 12 that Israel must react strongly to Hizballah's July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and killing of eight others in its cross-border attacks that day and that Israel cannot appear weak. She expressed hope that the internation [...]
2006-07-14 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2789ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2879MOSSAD CHIEF DAGAN ON LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mossad Director Meir Dagan briefed CODEL Hoekstra on the Israeli campaign against Hizballah and the greater long term threat posed by Iran. Dagan stated that the initial aims of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon were focused on eliminating strategic weapons held by Hizballah and symbolic [...]
2006-07-24 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV2893DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: ISRAEL IS CHANGING
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Defense Intelligence (CDI) MG Amos Yadlin told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, Chairman and members of the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence, respectively, and the Ambassador July 22 that the GOI's military goals i [...]
2006-07-25 19:01:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS LE SY
06TELAVIV2901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV2915PERETZ CALLS FOR MNF ABLE TO BLOCK HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Amir Peretz told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, and the Ambassador July 23 that the GOI's goals in Lebanon are to secure the release of the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, see the implementation of UNSCR 1559, and give a [...]
2006-07-27 06:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE
06TELAVIV293IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT
[...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]
2006-01-20 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2950FM LIVNI DISCUSSES LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Congressman Robert Wexler July 26 that, when hostilities between Israel and Hizballah conclude, the international community must keep Hizballah out of southern Lebanon and must prevent arms from reaching the group via Iran. Livni suggested that an inte [...]
2006-07-28 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UN LE IS
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
06TELAVIV299OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON"
[...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...]
2006-01-20 16:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-Hizbullah Conflict 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with an IDF commando raid on a hospital in the Hizbullah stronghold of Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Leading media reported that the commando [...]
2006-08-02 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3031ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3040ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA!
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...]
2006-08-03 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE
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
06TELAVIV3079ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT
[...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...]
2006-08-08 08:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS LE IS
06TELAVIV3103ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 7 Diplomatic Corps briefing held in response to public Lebanese efforts to influence the United Nations Security Council, FM Livni told UNSC Ambassadors that Israel may not honor a ceasefire unless it is backed up by a force to stop rearming by Hizballah and expressed clea [...]
2006-08-08 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS LE UNSC PREL MOPS
06TELAVIV3144LEBANON: GOI EXPLAINS CABINET DECISION TO GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 9, PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, and DefMin Amir Peretz explained a security cabinet decision that reportedly authorizes a possible expansion of the scope of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. According to the MFA [...]
2006-08-10 13:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV3145LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]
2006-08-10 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3155LEBANON: NATAN SHARANSKY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH,
[...] (C) Summary: Likud Knesset member Natan Sharansky met with Representative Ed Royce on August 10 and discussed the current conflicts with Hizballah and Hamas as well as the longer term prospect for democracy in the Middle East. Sharansky said that he is not surprised by Hizballah's strong resistance [...]
2006-08-11 07:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER LE IS
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
06TELAVIV3196IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...]
2006-08-14 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3198KNESSET SPEAKER DISCUSSES CRISIS WITH CODELS
[...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) and MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) told CODELs Miller and Royce on August 9 that Hizballah's July 12 attack demonstrated that the nature of the conflict between Israel and Iran is ideological and not territorial. Itzik explained that the Hizballah actions, follow [...]
2006-08-14 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS
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
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