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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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08STATE116100AUTHORIZATION FOR P-1 NORTH KOREAN REFERREAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETCH KN KS PREF PREL
08STATE116304U.S. AND EU DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and EU officials held their biannual discussions on East Asia (termed COASI, or Consultations on Asia) in Washington on October 3. In addition to a general review of developments in the region, this session included an exchange of views on the future of India, China, and ASEA [...]
2008-10-31 14:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EU XB NK CH
08STATE116428NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
2008-10-31 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE117745U.S.-ROK PYROPROCESSING COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: On October 20, 2008, the United States explained to the ROK its determination that the pyroprocessing process as contemplated by the ROK was reprocessing and proposed new parameters for U.S.-ROK bilateral cooperation in this area. Following discussion of the issu [...]
2008-11-05 15:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY KS
08STATE117889YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paras 3, 9-12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK (North Korea). Ambassador or Charge is requested to engage at the highest [...]
2008-11-05 18:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
08STATE118181NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP - ENRICHMENT AND
[...] (SBU) This is an action cable. Paragraph 3 contains the text of a non-paper on the issue of reaching consensus on the criteria-based approach to amending the Nuclear Suppliers Guidelines to strengthen controls over the export of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) facilities, equipment, and te [...]
2008-11-05 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY KS
08STATE119006IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Post please see para 6. 2. (S) This message responds to questions raised by MOFAT officials in response to the October 22 notification of the imposition of sanctions on Yolin Tech, Inc, Ltd. under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) [...]
2008-11-07 19:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETKR MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE120155BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on application 050108473 for the export of fiber optic inverters to South Korea. Post is requested to com [...]
2008-11-12 18:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KS
08STATE123035AUGUST 2008 VISIT TO NORTH KOREA BY A UAE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In July 2008, the U.S. raised with the UAE information indicating that North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working to acqui [...]
2008-11-19 22:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE KN
08STATE123081OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]
2008-11-20 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE123211ASEAN RELATED SUMMITS: BACKGROUND AND ACTION
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for Embassies in ASEAN capitals (except for Rangoon),and for BEIJING, CANBERRA, NEW DELHI, SEOUL, TOKYO and WELLINGTON. 2. (U) Thailand will host a series of eight summit meetings in Chiang Mai from December 15 to 18: -- The Fourteenth ASEAN Summit; -- The Tw [...]
2008-11-20 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PREL ASEAN
08STATE124032(S) PSI: NORTH KOREAN VESSEL OF POSSIBLE
[...] (S//REL Singapore) We have information that a North Korean-flagged vessel, the M/V SO HUNG 1, will arrive at Singapore's Outer Port Limits for bunkering on or around 24 November. Our information indicates that the Singapore-based firm Seabridge Bunkering PTE Ltd may provide bunkering servic [...]
2008-11-22 00:49:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC SN KN
08STATE126248FOLLOW-UP ON ATTEMPTS BY NORTH KOREA'S KOMID TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Background and Action Request: In September 2008, we advised the GOJ that in July 2008, North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working with the Chinese comp [...]
2008-12-01 15:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETBM CH ETTC JA KACT KN KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE128957NEA MSP GUIDANCE 2011
[...] The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Performance Pla [...]
2008-12-08 20:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KICA KSEP KSPR OTRA PREL XF
08STATE129010FY 2011 MISSION STRATEGIC PLAN (MSP) GUIDANCE FOR IO MISSIONS
[...] TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY - Para 2 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS POLICY OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 3-9 MSP OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 10-32 FUNCTIONAL BUREAU GUIDANCE --Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) - Para 33 --Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Busi [...]
2008-12-08 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN KSPR ABUD UN
08STATE130301CORRECTED COPY: CONSOLIDATED FY 2011 MISSION
[...] Summary: The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Perform [...]
2008-12-11 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT EAID KICA KSEP KSPR PREL EAP
08STATE13055(S) SWISS FIRM EXPORTS MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN,
[...] (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180-CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin, an entity with a history of procuring items on behalf of Iran's defense industry (including the Shahid Hemmat Industr [...]
2008-02-07 20:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE131183THANK YOU FROM THE SECRETARY FOR NEA VOTES ON
[...] (U) This is an action message for action addresses. See para 6. 2. (U) Summary: NEA posts' outreach to host countries, at all levels, paid off November 21 when the UN General Assembly's Third Committee adopted three top priority resolutions on the human rights situations in North Korea, [...]
2008-12-15 16:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PHUM PREL UNGA
08STATE131866SYRIAN TRADING ENTITY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The USG has information indicating that in May and June 2008, the Syrian trading firm Hamza Company expressed interest in purchasing computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling machines f [...]
2008-12-16 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ SY
08STATE133199INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]
2008-12-20 01:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133202(U) SIXTH SENIOR DIALOGUE THIRD SESSION:
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Acting A/S Patricia A. McNerney, ISN David Gordon, Director of Policy Planning S/P John J. Norris, EAP DAS David Sindey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Justin Higgins [...]
2008-12-20 01:41:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
08STATE135048SHIELD S04B-08: SYRIA ARRANGING TO ACQUIRE CW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S//NF) BACKGROUND: The U.S. has obtained information indicating that a Syrian institution with connections to the country's chemical and biological weapons programs is attempting to acquire Australia Group-controlled glass-lined reactors, [...]
2008-12-30 14:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM ETTC SY IN PREL
08STATE1514U.S.-JAPAN-KOREA POLICY PLANNING TALKS - WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning Director David Gordon opened United States-Japan-Korea Policy Planning Talks by hosting Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai, and Korean Deputy Foreign Minister In-kook Park for a working dinner December 16, during which they exchanged [...]
2008-01-07 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL JA KS
08STATE1522U.S.-JAPAN-KOREA POLICY PLANNING TALKS - WORKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable reports on the working lunch and afternoon session of the U.S.-Japan-Korea policy planning trilateral held on December 17 (see reftel for reporting on the welcome dinner and morning session). At the lunch, S/P Director David Gordon, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for [...]
2008-01-07 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH EAID JA KS PGOV PREL
08STATE17302COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: EAP/K DPRK UNIT CHIEF
[...] Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs DPRK Unit Chief Yuri Kim to travel to Beijing en route to Pyongyang to support the New York Philharmonic's visit to North Korea February 25-27. Ms. Kim will then travel to Seoul for consultations. Ms. Kim will arrive Beijing [...]
2008-02-20 22:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08STATE17337MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
[...] (SBU) U.S. Office Pristina reports Serb members of the Kosovo Police Service will remain in their jobs for the time being, despite shunning the government of Kosovo. (Kosovo MG/U.S. Office Pristina e-mail and telcon) 2. (SBU) Post reports KFOR will transfer control over the destroyed no [...]
2008-02-21 05:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE2034MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]
2008-01-08 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE22047UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei and Under Secretary Burns met February 25 immediately prior to the P5 1 Political Directors, meeting on Iran. AFM He highlighted U.S.-Chinese agreement on the strategic importance of diplomatic approaches to North Korea and Iran. [...]
2008-03-04 17:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETBM CH ECON ENRG IR PGOV PREL XD
08STATE24292INFORMATION ON BANK MELLI FOR ITALY,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The EU is expected to consider sanctions against Iran the week of March 10. On February 6, EU experts prepared a list of 19 new entities and 15 new individuals to be designated under the EU's Comm [...]
2008-03-07 23:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETEUN IT KNNP PARM
08STATE27694MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Paris please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND AND ACTION REQUEST: In keeping with established practice, we want to urge the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners to present proposed Information Exchange (IE) topics and try to come t [...]
2008-03-17 17:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR
08STATE29098ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF BANK MELLI, BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) This cable provides additional information for addressees to deliver along with the information in REF A. ------------------------ OBJECTIVE/ACTION RE [...]
2008-03-20 14:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IR
08STATE30247INFORMATION ON IRAN,S USE OF BANK MELLAT SEOUL FOR PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 15:46:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EINV MNUC IR
08STATE30297SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR USG PERSONNEL IN THE
[...] (U) This cable provides supplemental guidance for U.S. contractors traveling to and/or assuming temporary duty (TDY) in the DPRK for the purpose of implementing denuclearization measures pursuant to Six-Party and other related agreements (''Contractors''). This guidance supplements guidance p [...]
2008-03-24 17:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC AMGT AMED KN CH
08STATE31896PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31939PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE33804EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...]
2008-04-02 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN
08STATE34278(S) UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION
[...] (S/Rel China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan) Posts are instructed to immediately approach appropriate host government officials to alert them to a rescheduling of this flight from March 11 (Ref A) to April 11 and request that they continue to [...]
2008-04-02 21:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN XB XG ZK ZL XD XF
08STATE34976MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (C) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the MTCR Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 10-11, 2008, and the small-group meeting on April 9. /////////////////// Small Group Meeting /////////////////// 2. (C) Per REF A, on April 9, France wil [...]
2008-04-04 00:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC TSPA KSCA FR
08STATE35673CHINESE FIRM SUPPLYING MISSILE-RELATED MATERIALS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information indicating that the China-based firm Shenyang Huali Economic Trading Company recently supplied to Syria consignments of steel, as well as vibration test equipment controlled by the Missile Techn [...]
2008-04-07 14:06:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN
08STATE35867(S) RESPONDING TO SWISS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In Ref A, we advised Swiss officials of information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180- CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin - an entity with a history [...]
2008-04-07 18:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE3728A/S WELCH'S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM
[...] (U) January 3, 2008, 12:00 p.m., Washington 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S Welch Amanda Johnson, NEA/MAG (notetaker) Libya Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam Secretary for Americas Affairs Ahmed Fituri SIPDIS Ambassador Ali Aujali Director of Americas Affairs Mohamed al-Matri ---------- [...]
2008-01-11 23:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR LY UN SU YI
08STATE37957POSSIBLE RELEASE OF A.Q. KHAN
[...] (C) Washington is concerned that the government of Pakistan may release A.Q. Khan. Washington requests Post to please draw from points in para 4, as appropriate, with senior government officials including the Director General of Strategic Plans Division Lt. Gen (retd) Kidwai. End summary and actio [...]
2008-04-10 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL
08STATE40151SHIPMENTS OF STEEL MATERIALS FROM CHINESE COMPANY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information indicating that in February 2008, the China Dandong Zhong Lian Petrochemical Limited Company was making arrangements to send two shipments of steel materials - suitable for [...]
2008-04-16 20:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN KNNP CN
08STATE42285HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Mission please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Guidance for use by the UNVIE Rep to the April 23, 2008 "Informal Meeting on the HCOC" is provided in paragraph 3. 3. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: The U.S. understands that the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic [...]
2008-04-22 15:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08STATE43685YEMENI DELEGATION MARCH 2008 VISIT TO MEET WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that in early March 2008, a Yemeni delegation was planning to travel to North Korea to meet with representatives from the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) - N [...]
2008-04-24 20:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
08STATE43800(S) RESPONSE TO TURKEY ON SUSPECT NORTH KOREAN
[...] (S/Rel Turkey) Post is instructed to immediately approach appropriate host government officials to discuss North Korea's request for overflight permission of a charter Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang to Damascus. Turkish officials should be encouraged to continue to request that the aircraft [...]
2008-04-24 23:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PREL PARM NK SY TU
08STATE43804(S) UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF POSSIBLE
[...] (S/Rel Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan) Posts are instructed to immediately approach appropriate host government officials to alert them to a rescheduling of a previously discussed Air Koryo flight from April 11 (Ref A) to April 28 and request that they [...]
2008-04-24 23:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PREL PARM KN SY
08STATE43817SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On September 6, 2007, Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor Syria was clandestinely constructing, we judge with North Korean assistance. The reactor site was in Syria's eastern desert region in a location [...]
2008-04-25 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL
08STATE44438MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR)
[...] (C) The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) held a productive Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 10, 2008. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Martin Briens chaired the meeting. RPOC discussion focused on r [...]
2008-04-28 11:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KSCA ETTC MTCRE FR
08STATE44906SHIPMENT OF NORTH KOREAN PARTS WITH MISSILE
[...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach Chinese officials at an appropriate level regarding a cargo of North Korean electronic relays possibly trans-shipping through Chinese ports en route to Syria. Post may draw from objectives, background, and non-paper below as appropriate. - [...]
2008-04-29 00:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH KN SY
08STATE45218U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] This is an action cable. Department requests that action addressees present the points in paragraph 7 as a demarche to appropriate host government officials and report responses. Embassies Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Cairo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico, Pretoria, Santiago, and Singapore are req [...]
2008-04-29 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE49721BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-7. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check regarding the export and use of satellite components. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern che [...]
2008-05-09 20:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC FR KOMC
08STATE50792DEMARCHE REQUEST - RELEASE OF JAPANESE RICE STOCKS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Japan currently holds stocks of approximately 2.4 million metric tons (MT) of rice, of which 1.5 million MT was imported to fulfill its Uruguay Round Minimum Market Access requirements (MMA). Under its MMA obligations, Japan is [...]
2008-05-13 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAGR ECON ETRD JA
08STATE51536FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] (U) This is an action message; see paras 3-9. 2. (SBU) Per reftels, Embassies have been asked to undertake activities and encourage host governments and NGOs to undertake activities for a day of solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. For post information only, President Bush is expec [...]
2008-05-15 00:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU
08STATE5584FOLLOW-UP: BANK MELLI ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In November, REF A cautioned that Iran's Bank Melli has reached an agreement in principle to purchase a Turkish bank. Other recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand [...]
2008-01-17 20:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR TU EFIN ETTC
08STATE56778AIR KORYO FLIGHT: THANKING TURKEY, CENTRAL ASIAN
[...] (S//REL Recipients) ACTION REQUEST: Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials and thank them for their cooperation regarding an Air Koryo flight that was scheduled to transit Central Asian and Turkish airspace en route from North Korea to Syria. The aircraft was [...]
2008-05-28 13:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC
08STATE56959AUTHORIZATION FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE REFERRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 17:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CB KN KS PHUM PREF PREL
08STATE62236BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests AIT Taipei assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of missile components and technical data to Taiwan. AIT Taipei is requested to complet [...]
2008-06-10 14:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NL TW
08STATE62767DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) India has a longstanding position at the UN against the use of country-specific language in resolutions and it seems they are extending that position to statements issued by the Community of Democracies (C [...]
2008-06-11 13:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN ZI SF PO CA
08STATE63666HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]
2008-06-12 20:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE64210REPORT: 2008 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the NPT PrepCom in the current review cycle was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 28 - May 9. One hundred six Parties participated, including a U.S. delegation led by Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford, and were able [...]
2008-06-13 20:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE69020ANOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS ON SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND
[...] OBJECTIVE: The following background points should be used in responding to host government or press inquiries regarding actions taking place June 26, 2008, related to the Six-Party Talks "Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement." Posts are encouraged at their discre [...]
2008-06-26 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KNNP
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE69934PRESS STATEMENT ON STEPS TO END DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] ACTION REQUEST - USUN is instructed to support and vote for in the Council meeting of Monday, June 30 the text in para 2 below of a UNSC press statement on latest steps towards securing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. End of action request. 2. Begin text of press statement: T [...]
2008-06-30 14:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP MNUC USNC KN
08STATE69979NORTH KOREAN FIRM,S EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: We have information that as of April 2008, a North Korean weapons trading firm was working to procure a variety of electronics from Japan's Secolo Corporation for an end-user in Syria. Th [...]
2008-06-30 15:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA SY KN
08STATE70827UNSC 1718 INFORMAL MEETING, JULY 2, 2008
[...] Mission should draw upon the statement below in July 2 UNSC informal consultations on UNSCR 1718 on nonproliferation in North Korea. 2. The Security Council meets today to discuss events concerning the DPRK and the implementation of UNSCR 1718 concerning nuclear nonproliferation. I am ve [...]
2008-07-02 00:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC KN
08STATE72081FY 2008 SUPPLEMENTAL AND FY 2009 BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL
[...] On June 30, the President signed the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252). This legislation contains funding critical to USAID and Department of State operations and foreign assistance programming. The bill represents strong support for Administration priorities such as [...]
2008-07-04 04:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD EAID PREL KSPR
08STATE73774(S) M/V ANTARES I: SUCCESSFUL COMPLIANT BOARDING
[...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials to express our appreciation for a recent successfully concluded compliant boarding of the M/V ANTARES I. Posts may draw from objectives, background, and talking points/non-paper below, as appropriate. The vessel is Li [...]
2008-07-09 21:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETGM KN LI MNUC PARM PREL SY
08STATE74485(S) FOLLOW-UP TO OUR REQUEST TO BOARD
[...] (S//REL Malta) Post is requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding our request over the weekend of June 7-8 concerning the Maltese-flagged vessel M/V FIFTH OCEAN. Post may draw from background, objectives, and talking points/non-paper below, as appropriate. As ap [...]
2008-07-11 12:20:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC EWWT MT
08STATE74921(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser DCO [...]
2008-07-12 14:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08STATE74922(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]
2008-07-12 14:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE7837GUIDANCE FOR USG PERSONNEL IN THE DPRK
[...] (U) This cable provides guidance for all U.S. personnel traveling to and/or assuming temporary duty (TDY) in the DPRK for the purpose of implementing denuclearization measures pursuant to Six-Party and other related agreements ("USG personnel"). The Department appreciates the excellent, vital [...]
2008-01-25 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC AMGT KN
08STATE79112(S) FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN BETWEEN DPRK
[...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding a planned North Korean flight to Iran of proliferation concern and encourage them to deny overflight for the aircraft or require that it land and be subjected to inspection before proceeding. Posts may draw [...]
2008-07-23 15:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETMNUC PARM PREL AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ
08STATE79520ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S MEETING WITH PLA LTG
[...] (S) In the first-ever meeting between the International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) bureau and the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney met with Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng on July 14. Discus [...]
2008-07-23 21:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETCH KNNP MCAP PREL
08STATE80081(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DPRK-IRAN FLIGHT
[...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding additional information vis-a-vis a chartered North Korean passenger flight to Iran (REF A). It has come to our attention that a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting is scheduled to be held in Iran on 27-30 Jul [...]
2008-07-24 21:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ
08STATE80523UAE FIRM,S INTEREST IN CONTROLLED SWISS MACHINE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG [...]
2008-07-25 18:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE81224VISIT TO THE UAE BY REPRESENTATIVE OF NORTH
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In June 2008, North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, Korean Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working to acquire a visa so that its representative could travel to the United [...]
2008-07-28 21:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE82014PROPOSAL FOR 2008 NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (S/Rel China) Embassy is requested to advise appropriate PRC officials that Washington is prepared to conduct the next round of the U.S.-China Nonproliferation Dialogue to further advance the joint agenda we agreed upon at the successful Aug [...]
2008-07-30 16:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KNNP CN PREL
08STATE82164FOLLOWING UP WITH TAIWAN ON TRANS MERITS (S)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 20:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETKN MTCRE PARM PREL TW
08STATE90838SINGAPORE FIRM DISCUSSES SUPPLY OF MTCR-
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Singapore, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has acquired information indicating that the Singapore firm Satair Pte Ltd is working to supply U.S.-origin, export-controlled gyroscopes to the Malaysia-based entity Skylife Worldwide. Sp [...]
2008-08-22 20:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KTCRE PREL SN MY
08STATE91989(S) CANCELLATION OF DPRK-IRAN FLIGHT: THANKING
[...] (S//REL Recipients) SUMMARY: On 23 July, we informed Central Asian states of a possible flight of proliferation concern transiting Central Asian airspace en route from North Korea to Iran. Because similar flights in the past have transported personnel and items of proliferation concern, we [...]
2008-08-27 12:37:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC AF CH KG KZ TI TX UZ
08STATE92723ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]
2008-08-28 20:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93981ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiativ [...]
2008-09-03 00:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN
08STATE94723IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...]
2008-09-04 15:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETGR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08STATE95334CORRECTED COPY - DUE DATE, PARAGRAPH REFERENCES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session and will need the support of capitals to win key votes, which include resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as possible initiative [...]
2008-09-05 18:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN
08STATE95622U.S.-ROK Strategic Consultations for Applied
[...] (SBU) September 2, 2008, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm, Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte David Gordon, Director, Policy Planning A/S Mark Kimmitt, PM DASD David Sedney, DOD-OSD DAS Alex Arvizu, EAP Sung Kim, EAP Kurt Tong, EAP/K Kaye Lee, D Staff [...]
2008-09-06 04:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP MARR PARM PREL KS
08STATE98963CONTACT POLICY FOR THE 63RD UNGA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) USUN personnel and TDY personnel representing the U.S. government at the UN are requested to adhere to the guidelines below in official and social interactions with governments and entities that require special treatment. [...]
2008-09-16 16:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP PREL UNGA
08STATE99002SOLICITING UAEG SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Getting China to aggressively implement United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as more effectively enforce its own export controls regarding transfers of d [...]
2008-09-16 17:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PINR
08STATE99612ATTEMPTS BY NORTH KOREA'S KOMID TO EVADE JAPANESE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The U.S. has information that in July 2008, North Korean's primary weapons trading firm, Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working with the Chinese company New East Interna [...]
2008-09-17 20:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA BM
08STATE99667M/V ANTARES I: RESULTS OF COMPLIANT BOARDING
[...] (S//REL Germany) On 13 June 2008, a boarding team from the USS Bulkeley boarded and searched the M/V ANTARES I, a Liberian-flagged, German-owned cargo vessel, on 13 June in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The boarding was conducted in accordance with our bilateral Proliferation Security Initi [...]
2008-09-17 21:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL GM LI KN SY
08SURABAYA32GORONTALO: VISITING A TROPICAL NEBRASKA, INDONESIA'S CORN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known across Indonesia both for its corn production and dynamic Governor, Sulawesi's Gorontalo Province has gained a reputation as a showcase of public administration best practices. In an effort to sort hype from ground truth, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer a [...]
2008-03-05 10:40:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SUVA224FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA -- WITHOUT PRETENSIONS. ALSO
[...] (C) During a meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in Vanuatu last week, and in a media interview on the side, interim PM Bainimarama made clear publicly that he sees himself as the Ataturk of Fiji, the military man who has the vision to right the nation's wrongs and build a bright f [...]
2008-06-01 16:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR FJ
08TAIPEI1091EAP/CM DIRECTOR JOHN NORRIS'S MEETINGS WITH NSC
[...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings on July 15 with NSC Secretary General Su Chi and Foreign Minister Francisco Ou, EAP/CM Director John Norris welcomed recent cross-Strait progress and noted U.S. efforts urging Beijing to take a constructive and flexible approach toward cross-Strait relati [...]
2008-07-24 05:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CH TW
08TAIPEI1120SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (SBU) My AIT team and I are looking forward to your visit, which will help underscore the importance of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. I will meet you upon arrival at the airport Saturday afternoon, August 9, and, with my AIT team, will provide you a briefing after your check-in at the hotel. [...]
2008-07-31 10:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR TW
08TAIPEI1147HONORARY KMT CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) Summary: Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the Director on August 4 that he will meet with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Wang Yi in Beijing on August 5, the first day of his trip to China to attend the Olympic opening ceremony on August 8. Lien stressed the importance of U.S. support [...]
2008-08-05 10:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1407USCC MEETING WITH TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's key short-term goals in its relations with the United States are securing the approval of the pending package of weapons systems, obtaining public U.S. support for Taiwan's proposal on meaningful participation in UN specialized agencies and strengthening of bilateral co [...]
2008-09-25 07:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MCAP TW US CH
08TAIPEI1579TAIWAN CAUTIOUS ON DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: During recent meetings with a visiting U.S. envoy, Taiwan government and NGO officials displayed little understanding or concern about human rights issues in North Korea. While willing, in principle, to expand cooperation with the United States, local thinktank Taiwan Foundation [...]
2008-11-07 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TAIPEI1758LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) assured the Director on December 16 that he would support speedy action by the LY to approve Taiwan's accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Wang discussed plans for his upcoming visit to Washington for the [...]
2008-12-19 06:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ECON ETRD PHUM CH TW
08TASHKENT1307 UZBEKISTAN: THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) sets overall policy and coordinates the financing of regional programs in the Aral Sea Basin. Tashkent IFAS office head Usman Buranov insists the question of regional water management now is exclusively political and is in [...]
2008-11-14 00:36:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV EAID SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT151DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NORTH KOREA OVERFLIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 12:44:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT186(S//NF) DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 11:39:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT252RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: NORTH KOREA OVERFLIGHT
[...] (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) arranged a meeting with poloff on February 25 to pass an official response to our recent demarche (reftel) and diplomatic notes requesting cooperation on a flight of interest between North Korea, Syria, and Iran. The response noted that the outbound [...]
2008-02-26 12:01:00Embassy TashkentSECRETPARM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT401(S/NF) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK-IRAN-SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 12:57:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT496(S) UZBEKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the updated information concerning the North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on April 25. Fayzullaev said that the information would be relayed to other GOU agencies, and asked whether the Government of [...]
2008-04-28 07:31:00Embassy TashkentSECRETKNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR UZ
08TELAVIV114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1560ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]
2008-07-18 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1574ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in The Jerusalem Post) reported that PM Ehud Olmert will be replaced as Kadima leader in mid-September, barring unforeseen circumstances, after the Kadima council re [...]
2008-07-22 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1693U/S ROOD DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL: NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) On July 16, Acting Under Secretary John Rood held a Strategic Affairs Dialogue with members of the GOI, including MFA, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI),and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). This is the last of three cables covering the dialogue, focusing on non-proliferation and ar [...]
2008-08-04 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER KNNP MNUC MCAP KN
08TELAVIV2007ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that the index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped by 4.5% yesterday. Both Yediot and Maariv listed the losses sustained by the richest Israelis. Maariv bannered: QT [...]
2008-10-03 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since September 2006. The blue-chip TA-25 index lost 6.3 percent to fall below 800 for the first time [...]
2008-10-06 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2569A/S DESUTTER'S COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter held consultations with GOI officials and Israeli think tanks October 30 as a part of her Compliance Diplomacy visit to the Middle East. The purpose of these consultations was to discuss t [...]
2008-11-18 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM KNNP KTIA IS
08TELAVIV2797ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Khaled Mashal, the head of HamasQs political bureau, as saying that Hamas does not plan to extend its truce with Israel beyond this Friday, Dec [...]
2008-12-15 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised on Wednesday to respond "firmly" to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's verbal attacks [...]
2008-02-21 12:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz's web site quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying today before a business conference in Tokyo that he is not certain that Israel and the PA will be able to reach a peace agreeme [...]
2008-02-26 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV453ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...]
2008-02-27 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV724ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...]
2008-04-15 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza and four others were injured. The radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that four Hamas activists [...]
2008-04-16 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV944ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]
2008-04-25 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV967ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV973ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1035CWC: WRAP UP FOR DECEMBER 8-18, 2008
[...] (SBU) During his brief visit December 8, A/DAS Kenneth Staley met with the Algerian Ambassador to discuss plans for a conference on chemical terrorism and security in Algeria next year. Delrep followed up later in the week with the Algerian delegate to OPCW; it appears that Algeria's concept [...]
2008-12-19 08:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE419CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): PARIS SEMINAR
[...] (U) The French Ministry of Defense through its Delegation for Strategic Affairs and its Foundation for Strategic Research sponsored a seminar limited to Australia Group members plus China and Russia March 25 and 26 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. The seminar was held to provide background in [...]
2008-05-16 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC FR
08THEHAGUE420CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]
2008-05-16 15:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE425CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART II: EVENTS AND
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref a),and the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref b). Other cables will f [...]
2008-05-19 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE480CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MEETING WITH
[...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Javits and Delrep met with OPCW Director General Pfirter to discuss the way forward on U.S. and Russian destruction documents and the DG,s recent trip to China. As per Ref A, Amb. Javits explained the conditions that must be met for the U.S. to join consensus on the [...]
2008-06-05 15:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALCH PARM PREL RS CWC
08THEHAGUE503CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 2008
[...] (U) During the weeks of May 27 and June 2, no official OPCW meetings took place. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met twice and was briefed by the new head of public affairs for the Technical Secretariat (TS). The Dutch government hosted a visit to a DuPont plant site on May 29. [...]
2008-06-10 12:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE67CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR TWO
[...] (U) January 14-18 saw a gradual increase in scheduled OPCW activities following the December/January holiday period. Discussions during the French-hosted P-5 meeting seem to be an early indicator that the objectives of the P-5 States Parties for the Second Review Conference will be marked by a [...]
2008-01-24 07:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE755CWC: WRAP-UP FOR AUGUST 25 TO SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
[...] (SBU) August ended along with the dry spell of formal meetings at the OPCW. Delrep met with Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the final inspection of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Storage Facility at Newport, Indiana on August 26 and 27. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) [...]
2008-09-15 10:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE757NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...]
2008-09-15 13:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL UN PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE860CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OCTOBER 6-10, 2008
[...] (U) Consultations continued at what is, for the OPCW, a rapid pace with three budget meetings, and facilitations on Articles VII, X, XI and universality. None made much progress, but the budget discussions reached a climax with new documents proposing a 531,540 Euro adjustment that would req [...]
2008-10-14 12:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE88CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (U) At the end of the tenth anniversary year of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),most U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 were advanced if not fully achieved. An Executive Council (EC) chairman very supportive of the U.S. was elected in May. Article VII implementation moved forward, a [...]
2008-01-29 15:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE898CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (U) Like the Dutch weather, the sunshine and progress of Executive Council 53 in June (Ref A) returned to more typical dark clouds and rain in Executive Council 54, October 14-17. Despite daily meetings, lobbying, and a small group of key delegations meeting to try and find compromise, the w [...]
2008-10-24 16:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08TIRANA103ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TOKYO1001TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave front-page play to the Dalai Lama's press remarks on Thursday, during which he expressed his opposition to the violent protests that disturbed the Olympic torch relay in London, Paris, and San Francisco. 2. "We Should Protect Both Human Rights and Olympic Torc [...]
2008-04-11 04:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1002MOSCOW LINKS EUROPEAN AND ASIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Moscow officials expressed renewed concerns about Tokyo's missile defense cooperation with the United States during the April 7 Japan-Russia Strategic Dialogue meeting held in Tokyo. First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov drew links between the security environments in Eur [...]
2008-04-11 06:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM JA RS
08TOKYO1003JAPAN EXTENDS DPRK SANCTIONS BY SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) The Japanese Government announced April 11 that it had decided to extend economic sanctions against the DPRK for an additional six months. In making the announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that "We can end part or all of the measures against the DPRK at any time i [...]
2008-04-11 06:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1029ROK FM YU TOKYO VISIT CONFIRMS SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY,
[...] (C) Summary. Japan and South Korea confirmed plans to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" and pledged to make a "New Era" in Tokyo-Seoul relations a reality during ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's April 3-6 visit to Tokyo. During detailed discussions on North Korea, the two sides called on the DPRK [...]
2008-04-15 08:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO1030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1043 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO106SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Japan occurs in the immediate aftermath of Diet passage of legislation allowing the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) to resume refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's unprecedented decis [...]
2008-01-11 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO1061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1072 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1074RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SAYS AIM AND INTENT OF JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary. The aim and intent of Japan's ballistic missile defense system are "obvious" and "understandable," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on April 14. The Russian FM "indirectly admitted" that a Russian strategic bomber in [...]
2008-04-18 09:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RS
08TOKYO1082JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1084TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning include a further decline in public support for Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "U.S.-ROK Coordination Reaffirmed, Yet Tasks Remain" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondents wrote (4/20): "Turning around bilateral relations, which were strained u [...]
2008-04-21 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1095JAPAN-RUSSIA POL-MIL DIALOGUE REVIEWS MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary. Russia inquired about the status of United States-Japan ballistic missile cooperation, including whether Tokyo's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system could obtain data directly from the United States, during the April 11 Japan-Russia Political-Military Dialogue in Tokyo. Japan [...]
2008-04-21 08:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM JA RS
08TOKYO1096 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1101JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1102TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND ANTI-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include alleged insider trading by a Nomura Securities employee and Monday's rocket attack on a Japanese tanker by a small unidentified vessel off Yemen. 2. "Japan-ROK Summit Should Be Start of New Ties" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri argu [...]
2008-04-22 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1113Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...]
2008-04-22 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD
08TOKYO1115JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1124JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1136CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and senior member on the House Committee on Science and Technology, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met with senior Japanese government members and [...]
2008-04-24 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1143JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1150LEE MYUNG-BAK VISIT A "GREAT SUCCESS"
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry and ROK Embassy contacts hailed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April 20-21 Tokyo visit as a "great success," as both leaders sought to expand Japan-Korea relations into a "mature partnership" aimed at addressing international issues, and to open a "New Era" in Tokyo [...]
2008-04-25 06:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO1153 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1158TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK-SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top coverage to the landslide victory of the DPJ candidate over his LDP rival in Sunday's bi-election in Yamaguchi. 2. "Is Bush Administration Going Back to Hard line?" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (4/26): "The impact of the Bush a [...]
2008-04-28 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1159JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO120JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1221FUKUDA-PUTIN SUMMIT AVOIDS DISCUSSION OF MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dimitry Medvedev avoided raising Russian concerns about Japan's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and United States-Japan BMD cooperation during Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's April 25-26 Moscow Summit. Japanese officials " [...]
2008-05-02 11:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RU
08TOKYO1233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1238SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL
08TOKYO1241JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1253JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1257TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to the finding that the GOJ has asked the ROK Lee administration for help in arranging a meeting in South Korea between the parents of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota and Megumi's daughter, who is in North Korea. 2. "Medvedev Needs to Be [...]
2008-05-09 04:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1263DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...]
2008-05-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM
08TOKYO1272DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...]
2008-05-10 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS
08TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1288 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1296JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1308 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1335 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1354CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN PREVIEWS DUBLIN MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to handling cluster munitions (CM) in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) but will likely join an expected consensus reached at the Dublin meeting of the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Masatoshi Shimbo told Embassy [...]
2008-05-16 10:00:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TOKYO1362JAPAN LEANING TOWARD DEPLOYING TROOPS TO UNMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will send a survey team to Sudan in the near future to explore the feasibility of dispatching Japanese Self Defense Force (SDF) personnel to join UNMIS, according to MOFA Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama. Nakayama, who led Japan's delegation to the Thi [...]
2008-05-19 06:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID KPKO SU JA
08TOKYO1367JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1373THE FIFTH ASIAN SENIOR-TALKS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward and ISN Counterproliferation Director Tony Foley represented the U.S. at the fifth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP V) in Tokyo April 25, 2008. Recent news on North Korea's proliferation activities conducted [...]
2008-05-20 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ENRG ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1398 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1402JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1409 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1419JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1434 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO145 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1471JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1504 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1513JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1517SEN. LIEBERMAN'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE POLITICIANS
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 28 visit to Tokyo, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) exchanged views on climate change, Japanese politics, and regional security with ranking Diet Members from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Senator Lieberman underscored that the c [...]
2008-06-03 10:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1527PARLIAMENTARY GROUP STRONGLY DISCOURAGES DE-LISTING
[...] (C) Independent lawmaker Takeo Hiranuma, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Keiji Furuya and the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Hiroshi Nakai told the Ambassador June 3 that the &unprincipled8 de-listing of North Korea before the abductee issue is resolved might adversely affect U.S [...]
2008-06-04 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA KN
08TOKYO1532JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1543JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1548JAPAN-DPRK: "INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS" TO TAKE PLACE
[...] (S) Summary: MOFA Asia DG Saiki will meet Ambassador Song Il-ho in Beijing on June 7 for an "informal exchange of views" that will focus on abductions and other issues, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and Foreign Minister Koumura announced June 6. Previewing these announcements earlier in t [...]
2008-06-06 07:11:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA KN
08TOKYO1555SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (S) While your upcoming visit to Tokyo will focus primarily on multilateral and G-8 issues, the Mission would like to share with you some background on where our relations with Japan now stand. Your meetings with Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka and your host, Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae, w [...]
2008-06-08 23:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA
08TOKYO1558JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1571JAPAN-DPRK: TALKS TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 11-12
[...] (C) Summary: Japan and the DPRK held informal discussions June 7 and will meet formally in Beijing June 11-12 to discuss abductions and other outstanding bilateral issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki and DPRK Ambassador Song Il-ho agreed on the importance of both sides' achieving results, MOFA told Emb [...]
2008-06-09 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KN
08TOKYO1573 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1583 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1587U/S BURNS PARTICIPATES IN TRILAT SOM IN TOKYO
[...] (C) Summary. The political directors from the United States, Japan, and Australia met for more than two and a half hours in Tokyo on June 9 for a Senior Officials Meeting of the Trilateral Security Dialogue (TSD SOM). The principals included Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Sas [...]
2008-06-10 08:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID MOPS JA AU
08TOKYO1588JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1600JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1602TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the passage on Wednesday in the opposition- controlled Upper House of a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "Hasty Delisting Dangerous" The conservative Sankei editorialized (5/12): "...North Korea issued a [...]
2008-06-12 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1605JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON ROADMAP
[...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Seoul called for Six-Party Talks (6PT) participants to develop a roadmap for DPRK denuclearization during the June 5 Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue discussions in Tokyo. Both sides agreed on the difficulty of persuading the DPRK to submit a complete declaration. The ROK [...]
2008-06-12 06:48:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ETRD JA KN KS
08TOKYO1606JAPAN-RUSSIA DISCUSS POSSIBLE PUTIN VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (C) Summary. Japan and Russia discussed, but did not set dates for, a possible Tokyo visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a June 3 Deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo. During discussions designed to set a positive tone for the July 7-9 G-8 meeting at Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the [...]
2008-06-12 06:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD JA RS XH KN
08TOKYO161 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1613JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1629TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 FINANCIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers led with the aftermath of Saturday's major earthquake in northern Japan. 2. "Statements Alone Cannot Stop Inflation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/16): "In a joint statement, G8 finance ministers pledged to take a concerted line in order to s [...]
2008-06-16 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO164JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: TOKYO OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) Summary. During the recent Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue, former VFM Shotaro Yachi told his South Korean counterpart that PM Yasuo Fukuda places great importance on balancing the strength of the United States-Japan alliance with Japan,s Asian diplomacy, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on J [...]
2008-01-22 09:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1641INITIAL REACTION TO DPRK DEAL MOSTLY POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the announcement that Japan will partially lift its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, in return for a reinvestigation into the abductions issue and cooperation on repatriating four 1970's-era Japanese hijackers, dominated the news over the weekend. Media attenti [...]
2008-06-16 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1643JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1667JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1675LDP LEADER YAMASAKI AND DIET GROUP SUPPORT LIFTING
[...] (C) Summary: Japan should lift sanctions and provide immediate energy assistance in exchange for the DPRK reopening its inquiry into the abduction issue, senior LDP Lower House member Taku Yamasaki has told the Embassy. However, Yamasaki and his 40-member supra-partisan group of Diet members [...]
2008-06-18 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1679 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1699JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1700TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a GOJ advisory panel decision on Thursday to launch around July 5 the "dubbing 10 system" that would increase the number of legal copies that can be made by viewers of digital TV programs to ten from the current one. 2. "We Are Unconvinc [...]
2008-06-20 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1707 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1717JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1724NEW MOFA APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL
[...] (SBU) Japanese Foreign Ministry Senior Official Masashi Mizukami relinquished his APEC duties as of June 1, and took the opportunity of a June 18 meeting with EMIN (reftel) to introduce his successor, Kenji Hiramatsu, Deputy Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau. Hiramatsu told [...]
2008-06-24 00:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD APECO PREL JA
08TOKYO1726JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1727TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Tuesday morning papers gave front-page coverage to the finding that North Korea will submit a nuclear declaration on June 26. 2. "Fukuda Needs to Hold Talks with U.S. President" On the apparent accelerated move by the Bush administration to remove North Korea from the [...]
2008-06-24 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1729D/SENK DISCUSSES BROADCASTING INTO THE DPRK
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings June 19, Deputy Special Envoy for North Korea Christian Whiton urged Diet, Prime Minister's Office and MOFA interlocutors to expand U.S.-Japan cooperation in broadcasting medium-wave from Japan to the DPRK or helping to financially support independent groups [...]
2008-06-24 04:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1737PM FUKUDA TO PUBLIC: NO GAP WITH U.S. ON DELISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stressed to the press June 24 that he is in full agreement with the United States on the importance of resolving the North Korea nuclear issue. If removing North Korea from the state sponsors of terror list leads to nuclear progress, then "it should be [...]
2008-06-25 02:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1738TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items in Wednesday morning papers included the first-ever port call by a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship in China on Tuesday. 2. "Efforts to Resolve Abduction Issue to Continue" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/25): "...We should not forget that delist [...]
2008-06-25 02:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1741ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES SEEK CONTINUED ATTENTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the abductees' families passed a letter to Embassy Tokyo June 25 urging the G8 to take up the cause of abductions during the upcoming Foreign Ministerial and Summit meetings. The representatives also expressed "shock" and "disappointment" about the possible U. [...]
2008-06-25 06:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1745ASD SHINN PRESSES JAPAN ON REALIGNMENT, PLANNING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Shinn used June 16 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) counterparts to register strong concerns about delays in base realignment, emphasize the importance of robust bi [...]
2008-06-25 07:48:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
08TOKYO1746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1753JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1754TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ZIMBABWE AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Thursday morning included the announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura on Wednesday that more than 1,400 civil servants received cash, beer coupons, and other forms of inducements from taxi drivers when being driven home late at night on taxpayer money and t [...]
2008-06-26 03:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1755ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...]
2008-06-26 04:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1771TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tokyo papers gave top play on Friday morning to President Bush's notification to Congress on Thursday of his intent to delist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism following Pyongyang's submission to China of a declaration of its nuclear programs. 2. "Declaration Sh [...]
2008-06-27 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1772 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1778FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...]
2008-06-27 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO178AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...]
2008-01-23 09:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB
08TOKYO1783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1790TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan among Japan, China, and South Korea to hold a joint medical response drill in October aimed at dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. 2. "U.S., China Enhance Security Coordination" A correspondent for the top-circulation, mode [...]
2008-06-30 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1791 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1798TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Mainichi gave top play to the finding that a GSDF staffer last February lost a USB memory device containing a unit deployment chart for a U.S.-Japan defense exercise. 2. "Secretary Rice Calls for Closer Coordination for DPRK Denuclearization" The liberal Main [...]
2008-07-01 03:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1802 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1806NORTH KOREAN FIRM'S EFFORTS TO PROCURE ELECTRONICS
[...] (S) EconOff delivered points in ref July 1 to METI Export Controls Deputy Director Nobuhiro Aibe. METI Export Controls Director Takao Shishikura offered EconOff the following nonpaper in English. The METI nonpaper is marked "Confidential." 2. (S) Begin text of GOJ English nonpaper: [...]
2008-07-01 08:59:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC JA
08TOKYO1808JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1817TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR USTR SCHWAB
[...] (C) Our economic engagement with Japan remains less than it should be given that Japan is our fourth largest trading partner with over USD 700 million in goods and services trade flowing each day between our two countries. However, while "trade disputes" may no longer be the first phrase th [...]
2008-07-02 09:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...]Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]
2008-07-03 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1828 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1843ABDUCTEE PARENTS MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 2 invited to his residence Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, parents of 13-year old abductee Megumi Yokota to discuss the recent decision to being the delisting process to remove North Korea from the Department's States Sponsors of Terrorism list. The Yokotas were acc [...]
2008-07-06 22:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PHUM PTER NK JA
08TOKYO1844JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1845TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top play to Sunday's summit between President Bush and Prime Minister Fukuda ahead of the G8 summit. 2. "Sunset of U.S.-Japan Relations under Bush Presidency" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/7): "U.S.-Japan relations under the Bush administrat [...]
2008-07-07 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1859 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1878 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1915JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1927TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories this morning included the resumed six-party head-of-delegation meeting in Beijing on Thursday, as well as Toyota's plan to temporarily halt auto production at three plants in the U.S. 2. "Do Not Compromise on Verification Regime" The top- circulation, moderate Yomi [...]
2008-07-11 03:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO193JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1946TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged the GOJ release of a middle school textbook manual that effectively describes two ROK-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan as Japanese territory. 2. "Calmness Needed to Deal with Territorial Dispute" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7 [...]
2008-07-15 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1952 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1963JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1971 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1978JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1983DASD WILKES DELIVERS AFGHAN OPTIONS TO JAPAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese officials and politicians indicated a willingness to consider substantial new financial and personnel contributions to Afghanistan in response to an updated set of Afghan options presented on July 15-16 by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes. DASD Wilkes' Japanese inte [...]
2008-07-17 04:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1991JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1998JAPAN URGES IRAN TO "TAKE SERIOUSLY" TALKS WITH
[...] (S) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae July 17 met with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi and urged him to tell Tehran that it should "take seriously" talks with E.U. Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana that will be attended by Under Secretary B [...]
2008-07-18 08:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2036JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2038TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND U.S.-
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the strong earthquake that hit the Tohoku area just after midnight. 2. "First Priority Must Be Given to Strict Verification of Nuclear Declaration" On the informal six-party foreign ministerial held in Singapore on Wednesday, the b [...]
2008-07-24 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO204JAPAN STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEKONG REGION
[...] (C) Summary. The Japanese Government plans to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, including $20 million to develop poverty-stricken areas and another $20 million for construction projects on the two "East-West Corridors." Former Prime Minister Abe [...]
2008-01-25 06:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL TH CB BM LA VM JA
08TOKYO2045 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2050TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY FOREIGN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included the arrest of a defense "insider" on suspicion of tax evasion. 2. "U.S. Should Consider Canceling Delisting" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/25): "What is common both on the nuclear and abduction fronts is that North Kore [...]
2008-07-25 04:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 11:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2058JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2067JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2075 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2085 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2097DASD MAHNKEN MEETINGS IN JAPAN ON BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning Dr. Thomas Mahnken met with Japanese counterparts from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs (MOD and MOFA),Cabinet Secretariat and the Japan Self Defense Forces Joint Staff Office (JSDF JSO) on July 17 to encourag [...]
2008-07-31 05:27:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA MARR PARM PINR PREL
08TOKYO21JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2112JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2122JAPANESE CABINET RESHUFFLED: PLAYING IT SAFE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda August 1 announced a new cabinet and a new leadership lineup for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The new cabinet reflects a cautious balance of party factions that may strengthen Fukuda's base within the ruling coalition but will likely do [...]
2008-08-03 22:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
08TOKYO2123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO214JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2154TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST ATTACK IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage to a series of sudden thunderstorms that hit Tokyo on Tuesday. 2. "Concerns Remain About Beijing Olympics" The liberal Mainichi's editorial argued (8/6): "...It should be noted that the terrorist at [...]
2008-08-06 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2159 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2179JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2186REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...]
2008-08-08 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA
08TOKYO2195TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA/OSSETIA AND U.S.-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included another terrorist attack on Sunday apparently carried out by Muslim separatists on a local government complex in the city of Kuqa in west central Xinjiang, China. 2. "Prevent Conflict from Getting Out of Control" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun [...]
2008-08-11 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2196JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2214TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Russian ground troops' advance on Monday into the city of Gori in central Georgia. 2. "No Progress without Verification" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The USG has decided to postpone delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of [...]
2008-08-12 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2221JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2223TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the decision made on Tuesday by Russian President Medvedev to end Russia's military operations in Georgia. 2. "Russia Should Completely Pull out of Georgia" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/13): "Russian President Medvedev ann [...]
2008-08-13 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2225 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2226AMBASSADOR, NEW DEFMIN DISCUSS DPRI, OEF
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the Ambassador on August 12 that he will focus on winning local support for realignment and raising public awareness on the need for Japan's participation in the War on Terror. Hayashi said that during his August 19-20 visit [...]
2008-08-13 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO2227JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...]
2008-08-13 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2231TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a White House statement urging Russia to cease its military operations in Georgia. 2. "Gesture Alone Will Not Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/14): "The governments of Japan and the DPRK reached an agreement to reinv [...]
2008-08-14 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2242 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 22:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2244JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO227TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Five of six national dailies gave top play to the ruling coalition's move to submit to the Diet stopgap legislation aimed at maintaining the gasoline tax at the current level beyond April. 2. "Bush Keen to Set Path toward Addressing Global Warming" Public broadcaster NHK's Was [...]
2008-01-29 07:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2273 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2277JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2281RIGHT-WING VISIT TO DPRK CITED AS SIGN OF WARMING
[...] (C) Summary: Just prior to Japan's talks with the DPRK in June, North Korea granted permission for representatives of a Japanese right-wing group to make an unusual - perhaps unprecedented - visit to the DPRK for discussions on collecting and repatriating the remains of Japanese veterans from [...]
2008-08-19 05:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2285 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2287AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH
[...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...]
2008-08-19 08:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG
08TOKYO2288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2301JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2303SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S ATTENDANCE AT JAPAN'S G8 SPEAKERS' MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1-3
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 04:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON OREP JA
08TOKYO2305JAPAN OPPOSED TO SYRIA IAEA BOG CANDIDACY
[...] (C) EST Chief delivered points in ref to MOFA Special Assistant for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Taijiro Kimura August 20. Kimura said Japan shared the United States' view that Syria was an unacceptable candidate for the IAEA BOG because of Syria's cooperation with North K [...]
2008-08-21 07:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF JA
08TOKYO2310TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave prominent top play to the Japanese team's gold medal in women's softball in the Beijing Olympics. 2. "Russia's Continued Stationing of Troops Unacceptable" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/22): "Russia's announcement that it will continu [...]
2008-08-22 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO232JAPAN PM FUKUDA SHIFTING "SLIGHTLY" ON ABDUCTION
[...] (C) Summary. The newly-established LDP Subcommittee on Korean Peninsula Issues, created by senior LDP members Taku Yamasaki at the behest of Prime Minister Fukuda, reflects the PM,s "slight" shift to a dialogue-oriented approach to resolving the nuclear, missile, and abduction issues, Diet co [...]
2008-01-29 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2332JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2337TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a consensus forged among ruling coalition officials that the extraordinary Diet session will convene on September 12 and run through November 20. 2. "U.S.-Russia Summit Needed" The liberal Mainichi argued (8/26): "Rather than leaving his s [...]
2008-08-26 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2344TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: North Korea's announcement that it has halted nuclear disablement, as well as Russia's recognition of two rebellious regions of Georgia as independent states, received front-page coverage on Wednesday. 2. "Brinkmanship Cannot Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/27 [...]
2008-08-27 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2351 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2358TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included the discovery of the body of a Japanese aid worker who was kidnapped earlier in Afghanistan by an armed group, as well as a secret accord forged among U.S., European, and Japanese monetary authorities in March concerning the defense of th [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2369JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2371TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the formation of a new political party by five parliamentarians. 2. "Do Not Make Concessions on Verification" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/29): "A closer look at North Korea's statement (on its halt to nuclear disablement) [...]
2008-08-29 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2380JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2400FUKUDA RESIGNS, WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR OEF, DIET,
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda surprised the nation on September 1 by unexpectedly announcing his intention to resign in a hastily-arranged, late-evening news conference. Ruling party executives have moved quickly to set in motion plans for a new LDP presidential election, likely in the S [...]
2008-09-02 09:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2405JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2416LDP SETS DATE FOR PARTY ELECTION, AS ATTENTION
[...] (C) Summary. One full business day after Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise announcement that he will step down, his ruling LDP worked quickly to stem the damage and galvanize both party members and the public behind his eventual successor. LDP executives have decided to hold elections for a n [...]
2008-09-03 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO2418JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO242TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the ruling coalition's submission to the Lower House of a bill to extend by two months the provisional gasoline tax. 2. "How to Deal with Remaining Fissures" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/30): "...There were no sincere words [...]
2008-01-30 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...]
2008-09-04 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2428 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2431JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2442 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2452TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with the disclosure by Treasury Secretary Paulson that the USG will use public funds to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 2. "Can Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Be Maintained?" On the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG) decision to endorse the U.S [...]
2008-09-08 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2457 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO247 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08
[...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...]
2008-01-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2476JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2480TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included U.S. media repots on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Creating New Solidarity" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/10): "...Where has the worldwide solidarity created in the wake of 9/11 gone? The Bush administra [...]
2008-09-10 03:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2499JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2500TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HEALTH OF DPRK LEADER
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the official kickoff yesterday of the LDP presidential election, with most saying that party Secretary General Aso appears to have support from almost half of the party's Diet members. 2. "What Is Going on in No [...]
2008-09-11 05:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2505 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2514TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the finding on Thursday that some of the pesticide- tainted rice from China that was intended for industrial use has been served at 119 hospitals and nursing homes in Japan. 2. "Preparations Needed for All Possible Contingencies" The con [...]
2008-09-12 06:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2523 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2531 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2533BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...]
2008-09-16 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO2534ABDUCTIONS: MOFA NOT COUNTING ON A DPRK RESPONSE
[...] (C) Soon after Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation announcement on September 1, the DPRK informed the Japanese that it will delay standing up its abductions reinvestigation committee until after it "can confirm the policy of the new Japanese administration," Foreign Minister Koumura anno [...]
2008-09-16 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KN JA
08TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08
[...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]
2008-01-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO256BISTF PLENARY FOCUSES ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (S) The January 16 plenary meeting of the DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and preparatory Director-level meetings focused on the status of long-term milestones from the annex to the BISTF Terms of Reference (TOR) and broader Japanese government participat [...]
2008-01-31 08:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO2564JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2625CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan still expects to sign the Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions (CM) on December 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Asahiko Nakajima told Political-Military Affairs Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard on September 10. At the same time, [...]
2008-09-23 09:16:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM JA PINR NATO
08TOKYO2629JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2646JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08
[...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]
2008-09-25 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2655JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2656TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the results of their respective nationwide opinion polls on public support for the Aso cabinet, which was launched on Wednesday. 2. "Can George Washington Be Fortress of Peace?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/26): "...The deploym [...]
2008-09-26 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2678 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2682JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO271 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2715TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY, NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged a coordinated decision by the central banks of the U.S., Japan, and Europe to provide financial markets an additional $330 billion in liquidity in order to make credit available in dollars amid a freeze in lending among commercial banks. [...]
2008-09-30 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2727 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2742 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2745SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT
[...] (C) You will arrive in Japan in the wake of a dramatic leadership change. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is regarded as a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, who we expect will try hard to maintain course for our important bilateral initiatives, including the realignment of U [...]
2008-10-01 09:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2747JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2785JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2798 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2802JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2808ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...]
2008-10-08 06:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KN JA
08TOKYO2813JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2825TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Japan's plan to propose at the G7 meeting on Friday an emergency IMF loan program for newly emerging economies and small- and medium-sized nations. 2. "New Thinking Needed for Unprecedented Crisis" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1 [...]
2008-10-10 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO283DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN
[...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...]
2008-02-04 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2834 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2845SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...]
2008-10-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR
08TOKYO2849 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 06:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2867TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND GLOBAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Top stories on TV networks included the sharp rebound in share prices in U.S., European, and Asian markets on Monday following the announcement of the coordinated action plan by G7 policymakers to cope with the f [...]
2008-10-15 00:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2869JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2875 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2879 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2882AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met October 16 with two prominent representatives of the abductees' family association -- Chairman Shigeo Iizuka and Shigeru Yokota (the father of Megumi Yokota, the best known abductee) -- to discuss the recent delisting of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror. [...]
2008-10-16 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO2883DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...]
2008-10-16 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO2890JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2895SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER
[...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]
2008-10-17 07:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2896 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO29TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] "U.S. Should Be Tough with North Korea" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/7): "...The U.S. and Japan are urging North Korea to completely abandon its nuclear programs. However, Pyongyang has yet to produce a 'complete and correct declaration' of its nuclear programs as agreed [...]
2008-01-07 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2904JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2915PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT 9 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating, accompanied by the Ambassador, told Foreign Minister Nakasone during an October 9 courtesy call that continued Japanese refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) are critical for success in Afghanistan. Na [...]
2008-10-20 06:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MARR JA
08TOKYO2920 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2924JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2930RETIRED GSDF GENERAL GRIM ABOUT FUTURE ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Retired Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) General Naruhiko Ueda privately painted a bleak picture of the GOJ's ability to control sales/re-sales of dual-use and military items. Ueda said the lack of cooperation among government ministries, weak Customs enforcement activ [...]
2008-10-21 05:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2938JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2954MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]
2008-10-22 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2959TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR PACT,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a USG announcement on Wednesday that the U.S. will host an emergency financial summit on November 15 in Washington. 2. "U.S.-India Pact to Endanger NPT Regime" The liberal Mainichi's correspondent in Vienna wrote (10/23): "Last mo [...]
2008-10-23 04:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2963 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2969JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2978 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2980INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...]
2008-10-24 08:37:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA
08TOKYO2983JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2997 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3000JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3010JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3023JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 05:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3033 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO304 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO305JAPAN-DPRK: DIET STEPS UP INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) LDP faction leader and long-time North Korea watcher Taku Yamasaki believes that North Korean denuclearization must be achieved this year through the Six Party talks. Delisting the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror should also be effectively leveraged for the goal of denuclearization. Yama [...]
2008-02-05 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO3051 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3069ASO MOVES DECISIVELY TO LIMIT FALL-OUT FROM ASDF
[...] (C) Summary: "To say our country was an aggressor nation in World War II is a false accusation," Air Self Defense Force Chief Toshio Tamogami concluded in a prize winning essay made public on October 31. Already a delicate time politically, the government took steps to control the fallout, a [...]
2008-11-04 08:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3070 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3081TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OBAMA VICTORY AND CROSS-
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top play to a set of recommendations on the nation's pension system compiled by a GOJ panel, noting that the proposal included a substantial increase in the consumption tax to finance the social security system. 2. "Shift to Interna [...]
2008-11-05 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3088JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3090 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3092S/P DIRECTOR GORDON MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to Tokyo October 28-30 to attend Trilateral Policy Planning talks with Japanese and South Korean counterparts, S/P Director David Gordon also met with several former senior Japanese government officials who now are active in academic or advisory capacities. Gordo [...]
2008-11-06 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL NK CH IR JA
08TOKYO3094JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3104U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...]
2008-11-09 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO3109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3114U.S. - JAPAN - KOREA TRILATERAL POLICY PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trilateral Policy Planning talks were held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination Lim Dae-Hong. Main topics [...]
2008-11-10 06:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV KGHG KSCA KDEM XE
08TOKYO3115S/P GORDON'S TRILATERAL POLICY TALKS WITH JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea was a major topic of discussion at Trilateral Policy Planning talks held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and [...]
2008-11-10 06:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN JA
08TOKYO3120U.S.-JAPAN ROLES, MISSIONS AND CAPABILITIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The bilateral Roles, Mission and Capabilities Working Group (RMC WG),co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Sedney and State Department Japan Office Director Russel, along with Deputy Director General counterparts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, m [...]
2008-11-11 22:54:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PINR PREL
08TOKYO3124 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 00:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3137JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO3138 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3139JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08
[...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]
2008-11-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3148TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND G20
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning were today's opening of the G20 financial summit in Washington and the dismissal of an ASDF general for sexual harassment in September. 2. "Do Not Allow North Korea to Refuse Sampling" The conservative Sankei editorialized (11/14): "It was learne [...]
2008-11-13 02:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3188 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3205RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...]
2008-11-19 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN
08TOKYO3215DPRK: JAPANESE EXPERT RECOUNTS RODONG SINMUN
[...] (S) DPRK expert Hajime Izumi recently recounted for Embassy Tokyo his late October meetings with Lee Yong, Beijing Bureau Chief for North Korea's Rodong Sinmun. During their discussions, Lee stressed that it would be unacceptable for a non-Six Party participant to provide energy assistance to [...]
2008-11-21 05:39:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO3218 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3235JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3244 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3251JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3272 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3281TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AIRPORT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the 27.3 percent drop in auto sales in Japan in November from a year earlier. The papers also front-paged President-elect Obama's appointment on Monday of Sen. Hilary Clinton as secretary of state. 2. "Reconciliation Necessary for 'Land of Smiles'" [...]
2008-12-02 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3302JAPAN SEES DRAMATIC DOWNTURN IN OCTOBER EXPORT DATA
[...] (SBU) Reflecting reduced demand for Japan's key exports in the global economic slowdown, Japanese goods exports fell in October, according to Ministry of Finance trade data released November 20. Exports were down 7.7 percent year-on-year, with the largest declines in automobiles, semiconductor [...]
2008-12-03 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA
08TOKYO3305JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3314 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3323 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3327JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3333ASO AND MEDVEDEV DISCUSS NORTHERN TERRITORIES
[...] (C) Summary. Japan PM Aso expressed concern with the pace of working-level discussions on the Northern Territories during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the margins of the November 22-23 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru. Medvedev said a solution would require strong political will by [...]
2008-12-08 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA RS KN
08TOKYO3339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3340TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to a set of recommendations by a government panel on decentralization. 2. "How to Carry Six-Party Efforts over into Obama Administration" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/9): "...The ongoing six-party head-of-delegation meeting has unprecedented s [...]
2008-12-09 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3345JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3347TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies gave top play to Sony's plans for layoffs. 2. "India, Pakistan Remain Calm" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (12/10): "Concerns emerged over a possible rise in tension between India and Pakistan in response to the Mumba [...]
2008-12-10 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3366TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo and the six-party talks in Beijing.' 2. "Chinese Arbitration Facing Crucial Moment" A correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Beijing (12/11): "In view of the cont [...]
2008-12-11 04:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3370 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3373JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 06:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3374TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a decision on Thursday by the ruling coalition not to specify when to raise the consumption tax in its tax system reform outline for fiscal 2009. 2. "North Korea's Offensive Attitude Should Not Be Allowed" The moderate Yomiuri editorializ [...]
2008-12-12 06:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3379THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...]
2008-12-12 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3383 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3388 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3402 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3416JAPAN-CHINA-KOREA TRILATERAL SUMMIT FOCUSES ON
[...] (U) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hosted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak at a one-day summit in Dazaifu, Fukuoka on December 13. The three leaders issued joint statements that focused on "future-oriented comprehensive cooperation" in economic, political, [...]
2008-12-16 07:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PARM CH KS KN JA
08TOKYO3419 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08
[...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]
2008-12-16 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3435DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]
2008-12-17 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3453JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3459TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OPEC, CARIBBEAN-LATIN AMERICA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the likelihood that Toyota will post an operating loss in the current business year ending in March for the first time in half a century. 2. "Plunging Prices No Excuse Not to Curb Reliance on Oil" On OPEC's decision to slash oil producti [...]
2008-12-19 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3466 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3470JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3483 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3492JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3508JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]
2008-12-30 02:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3534 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3541 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO39JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO394JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO423JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO433JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO434TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with updates on the search for two fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by an MSDF vessel early Tuesday morning. 2. "Rough Road Ahead for New Pakistani Government" The liberal Asahi's chief Asia news writer contended (2/20): "T [...]
2008-02-20 02:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO454JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO458TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND CUBA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Election Results Deal Blow to Musharraf" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/21): "...Whatever administration is established in [...]
2008-02-21 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO469JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO475ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...]
2008-02-22 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA
08TOKYO476SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Begin Text. Madam Secretary, You arrive in Japan at a sensitive time in our relationship. Less than three weeks ago, a 38-year-old Marine confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl. I flew to Okinawa with the Commander of U.S. Forces Japan to express our own outrage and sympathy for th [...]
2008-02-22 11:50:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL ECON JA
08TOKYO483JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO491 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO492ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Tokyo February 25 to begin a four day visit to Japan. Accompanied by a 24-member business delegation, a main priority of the visit will be to bolster bilateral economic ties. In addition to bilateral ties, regional issues such as the [...]
2008-02-25 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD IS JA
08TOKYO495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO496TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DESTRUCTION OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged Prime Minister Fukuda's summit with new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Monday, during which the two affirmed the resumption of reciprocal visits and enhanced trilateral coordination with the U.S. on North Korea. 2. "Des [...]
2008-02-26 04:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO505 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 00:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO508JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO513TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening. 2. "Reform Should Be Realized through Real Transfer of Power" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/27): "...Fidel Castro appears to intend to remain as first secre [...]
2008-02-27 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO514PRC STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S JAPAN VISIT: TAIWAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Taiwan, improving food safety, the dispute over the East China Sea, North Korea, Burma, and environmental cooperation with his Japanese interlocutors during his February 21-23 visit to Japan. Both Japan and China are seeking to preve [...]
2008-02-27 05:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG CH TW JA
08TOKYO522JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO527TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the admission by Vice Defense Minister Masuda that top MSDF Staff Council officials questioned the chief navigator of the destroyer involved in last week's fatal collision with a trawler without prior approval from the Japan Coast Gua [...]
2008-02-28 06:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO542TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Tokyo Shimbun report from Beijing on China's alleged proposal regarding North Korea's nuclear declaration. 2. "Risk of U.S. Economic Slowdown Increasing" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/29): "The risk is growing for the U. [...]
2008-02-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO543 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO547PM FUKUDA AND PRESIDENT LEE MARK "NEW ERA" IN
[...] (C) Summary. Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and ROK President Lee Myung-bak marked a "new era" in bilateral relations and agreed to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" during a February 25 summit in Seoul. The two sides tentatively agreed that Lee would visit Tokyo April 20-21. The two leaders of [...]
2008-02-29 09:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO550JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO570NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM,
[...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...]
2008-03-04 08:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO584 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO611ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]
2008-03-07 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO629TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KILLING IN EAST
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the police finding that two senior DPRK spy agency officials close to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appear to have instructed agents in or around 1978 to abduct two Japanese couples who were repatriated in 2003. 2. "Cycle of Retaliati [...]
2008-03-11 07:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO666JAPAN AND CAMBODIA HOLD MINISTERIAL DEFENSE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: During a first-ever meeting between the Japanese and Cambodian Ministers of Defense, Japanese Minister Ishiba told Cambodian Minister Tea Banh on March 5 that Japan will provide disaster relief support to Cambodia and allow Cambodian students to study at Japan's defense academy. [...]
2008-03-12 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CB JA
08TOKYO68JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO697JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO717TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET, U.S.
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the GOJ's failure to nominate a new candidate for BOJ governor by Monday, predicting that the post will be vacant for some time after current chief Fukui steps down tomorrow. 2. "Riots Caused by Failure of China's Ethnic Policy" The top-ci [...]
2008-03-18 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO722 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO765JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO785JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO809JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO821INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING
[...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI),according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...]
2008-03-25 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO823 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO837JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO839LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE
[...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...]
2008-03-27 02:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO849JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO86JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO868JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO881JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO888 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO895TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included plans by Japanese police to question as early as today the U.S. sailor whose credit card was found in the car of a slain taxi driver in Yokosuka on March 19 concerning his possible involvement in the murder. 2. "No More Indulgence Towa [...]
2008-04-02 02:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO898 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO90JAPANESE FRUSTRATED WITH SRI LANKANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned by Sri Lanka's decision to withdraw from the cease-fire agreement it had with the LTTE, and was surprised and miffed by this move, since President Rajapaksa had only three weeks earlier personally assured Prime Minister Fukuda that his government agreed a politic [...]
2008-01-11 02:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CE JA
08TOKYO905JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO912JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...]
2008-04-03 08:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD
08TOKYO913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO920JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO93DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...]
2008-01-11 04:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID JA PHUM PREL ZI
08TOKYO933JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO939TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NATO SUMMIT, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London by a group of protestors opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, as well as Sunday's summit in Sochi, Russia, between President Bush and Russian President Putin. They reportedly adopted a n [...]
2008-04-07 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO944 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO960AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]
2008-04-08 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TOKYO967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO97FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND
[...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...]
2008-01-11 06:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF
08TOKYO976MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...]
2008-04-09 09:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF AU KS CH TT JA
08TOKYO979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO98JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...]
2008-01-11 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO983TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's one-one-one Diet debate between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President Ozawa. 2. "Don't Be Baited by North Korea" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/10): "...Even after the U.S.-DPRK talks in Singapore, there is no cl [...]
2008-04-10 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO994JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO134Ontario Mayors Seek Federal Auto Sector Investment
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Ontario's economy shows continued signs of slowing, mayors from Ontario's auto manufacturing jurisdictions met at General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario, on April 25 to discuss the health of the automotive sector in Ontario. Because of the huge capital costs required for automoti [...]
2008-05-01 19:47:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO44Toronto's Iranian Diaspora
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]
2008-02-15 13:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TRIPOLI505NEGOTIATIONS OVER MIL-MIL MOU CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 16:05:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS PINS LY
08TRIPOLI632LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008
[...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...]
2008-08-04 09:58:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY
08TRIPOLI976LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...]
2008-12-22 08:43:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
08TUNIS1152DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri on November 12 to underscore the importance the United States attaches to the resolution on Iran, as well as the resolutions on Burma and North Korea. The Ambassador went through US views in detail with Khemiri. [...]
2008-11-12 17:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN TS
08TUNIS416TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) This cable contains and action request: Please see para 3. 2. (C) During an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics, MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Elyas Kasri asked about the recent news about Syria's covert nuclear program. Referring to reftel talking p [...]
2008-04-28 07:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL TS
08TUNIS444FOREIGN MINISTER "REVOLTED" BY "UNJUST" WHITE
[...] (C) The Foreign Minister summoned the Ambassador on May 5 to complain that the White House Statement commemorating World Press Freedom day had been "revolting" and "unfair" in likening the press freedom situation in Tunisia to that in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, China, and North Korea. [...]
2008-05-05 16:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TS
08ULAANBAATAR153MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT URGES ACTION ON MINING AS PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 7 address to Mongolia's Parliament on the opening day of its spring session, President N. Enkhbayar called on lawmakers to act swiftly on mining legislation, and said indecision is costing the country opportunities for investment and development. In a 25-minute speec [...]
2008-04-08 06:22:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KCOR KNNP KDEM MG
08ULAANBAATAR159(C) MFA, GIA REPS SAY MONGOLIA WON'T DEPORT DPRK
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior officials of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in separate early-April meetings, offered somewhat divergent views on a number of DPRK refugee-related issues, but both denied that the Mongolian Government has cha [...]
2008-04-11 08:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPREF SMIG PREL KMCA PHUM PINR MG
08ULAANBAATAR182UNHCR REP: MONGOLIA WILL NOT/NOT FORCE REFUGEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's Regional Rep for China and Mongolia, Veerapong Vongvarotai, visited the Embassy on April 24 and said UNHCR has appealed to the South Korean Government to reconsider its refusal to admit three North Korean refugees currently in Mongolia. Veerapong said it is "not possible" [...]
2008-04-25 08:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREF SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR2Mongolia's Coal: Dispelling That Old Black Magic
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A few Mongolian officials claim that Mongolia's coal deposits stretch west to east in an unbroken (and unsubstantiated) 170-billion ton belt of untapped hydrocarbon wonder. However, Western firms actively prospecting for both thermal and coking coal argue that Mongolia's coal re [...]
2008-01-02 06:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN PREL ELTN ETRD MG
08ULAANBAATAR202JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...]
2008-05-01 09:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS
08ULAANBAATAR33UNHCR PLANS TWO NEW DPRK SHELTERS IN MONGOLIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Mongolia's Border Force, UNHCR is planning to establish two new shelters in eastern Mongolia for DPRK refugees, UNHCR Senior Regional Protection Officer Nai Jit Lam told us on January 23. Lam said the two shelters will each cost around $35,000, contain 25 to 30 [...]
2008-01-24 03:30:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KREF EAID PHUM MG
08ULAANBAATAR418MONGOLIA ENGAGED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] (C) On September 11, PolOff delivered to MFA Department of Multilateral Cooperation Deputy Director Gunaajav BATJARGAL reftel points urging Mongolia not to support "no-action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee; to support anticipated resolutio [...]
2008-09-11 09:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN MN UNGA
08ULAANBAATAR44MONGOLIA OFFERS TO HOST 6-PARTY PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (C) Mongolian Foreign Ministry Advisor to the Foreign Minister Ambassador B. Doljintseren invited the DCM in January 23 to note that Mongolia wants to be helpful in the peace process in Northeast Asia and that last year Mong [...]
2008-01-24 09:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL KNUC MARR KS KN MG
08ULAANBAATAR73NEW MONGOLIAN SHELTER FOR DPRK REFUGEES UP AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees at a new Mongolian Border Force shelter are receiving adequate treatment while being processed for resettlement. On February 5 we visited the Nalaikh shelter, which opened in late October 2007 and is located one hour outside Ulaanbaatar. We were joined by M [...]
2008-02-07 09:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KREF EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR90THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...]
2008-02-25 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA290IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD
[...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]
2008-05-20 18:09:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA411SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO VIENNA FOR A/S HILL AND
[...] (S) The forthcoming visits by A/S Hill on July 25 and Acting ISN A/S McNerney on July 27 provide an opportunity to lay to rest concerns expressed by Director General ElBaradei and the Secretariat on the IAEA's role in the upcoming verification work in the DPRK (ref A). The IAEA has a consi [...]
2008-07-22 12:13:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KN KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 500, [...]
2008-12-05 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA658IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 50 [...]
2008-12-18 15:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08USEUBRUSSELS1475DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU
[...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...]
2008-09-23 15:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU
08USNATO122NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 2 OF 2
[...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 2 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY, repeated from Cable 1 of 2: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Governme [...]
2008-04-08 17:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO130READOUT OF NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING - APRIL
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The NATO IS was tasked to lay out how ISAF,s &internal plan8 agreed at Bucharest will be implemented. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault announced the opening of a Border Coordination Center in Nangarhar. SHAPE anticipa [...]
2008-04-14 05:20:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO151NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that Karzai urged caution in judging the Kabul security situation following the April 27 assassination attempt. IMS Assistant Director for Operations Li Gobbi stated that Pakistani "peace deal [...]
2008-04-30 18:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO407READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...]
2008-10-31 17:33:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC
08USUNNEWYORK1002NATO BRIEFS UN SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) At a Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) meeting, October 30, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Martin Erdmann told SC members that NATO is taking a concrete and practical approach to countering terrorism. He reported that coordination of NATO members [...]
2008-11-03 16:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER UNGA PREL PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK1008AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...]
2008-11-04 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK
08USUNNEWYORK1030UNGA VOTES FOR COOPERATION WITH PREPCOM, OTHER
[...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered on November 3 its agenda item on UN cooperation with other international organizations, and passed five resolutions by consensus and one voted text calling for cooperation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty O [...]
2008-11-06 19:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OARC KNNP KISL
08USUNNEWYORK1074UN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 4 - 6 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (the Special Committee). The debate inclu [...]
2008-11-17 15:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
08USUNNEWYORK117363RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]
2008-12-16 00:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK1175ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...]
2008-12-16 19:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM XF EG
08USUNNEWYORK1192UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD
[...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...]
2008-12-19 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
08USUNNEWYORK1207UNGA TAKES ACTION ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On December 18, the UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions, adopting 39 draft resolutions by consensus and 17 by vote. Five remaining resolutions, which had budget implications and needed review by the Assembly's Fifth Committee, were adopted on December 24. [...]
2008-12-24 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM KSOCI KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK139U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...]
2008-02-14 13:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU
08USUNNEWYORK254UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: CHAIRMAN DELIVERS QUARTERLY
[...] (C) On March 17, Belgian PermRep and Iran Sanctions Committee Chair Johan Verbeke presented his fifth quarterly report on the Committee's work to the Security Council. From December 19 to March 17, the Committee received one report on the implementation of UNSCR 1737, bringing the total to 88 [...]
2008-03-20 00:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK379AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MONTHLY DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on April 17 to discuss a range of issues, including Burma, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, UN Security Council Reform and UN Budget and Management. Takasu said Japan was "very worried" about the situation in Burma, and was d [...]
2008-04-28 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC JP
08USUNNEWYORK446CONNAUGHTON, DOBRIANSKY BRIEF SYG ON MAJOR
[...] (SBU) In a May 6 meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban, CEQ Chairman Jim Connaughton and U/S Dobriansky briefed on progress in discussions within the Major Economies Meeting process toward a Leaders Statement in July. They also shared details on new U.S. domestic legislation and the recently [...]
2008-05-19 22:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV KGHG TRGY TSPL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK641AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH JAPANESE PERMREP
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on July 16 as part of regularly scheduled consultations. Takasu began with a review of the G8 Summit and said Japan wanted to continue to discuss the issues raised there in New York. He touted a September 24 high-level event [...]
2008-07-18 17:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK874UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]
2008-09-29 16:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
08USUNNEWYORK883UN GENERAL DEBATE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHERS
[...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 27 continued discussing the food, energy and financial crises; United Nations democratization; terrorism; and regional conflict resolution. Russia defended its actions in Georgia with a criticism of the anti-terrorism coal [...]
2008-09-30 16:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AORC UNGA RS SW TS HU ZA LT ID
08USUNNEWYORK887UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE,
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]
2008-09-30 20:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
08USUNNEWYORK902KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...]
2008-10-03 16:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN
08USUNNEWYORK91163RD UNGA GENERAL DEBATE MARKED BY CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate took place September 23-29, with 111 Member States addressing the Assembly. The overarching theme was a call for collective action to address the global financial, food, environment and energy crises and reinvigorate efforts to [...]
2008-10-06 23:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS ECON AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK930UNDP AND UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER
[...] This cable reports on the Executive Board session of the UN Development Program (UNDP) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA),September 8-12, 2008 in New York. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Board accepted a management "roadmap" to discuss the resumption of UNDP operations in North Korea. [...]
2008-10-11 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNDP UNFPA EAID SOCI
08USUNNEWYORK99663RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...]
2008-10-31 21:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08VATICAN14POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]
2008-01-14 16:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VIENNA1007AUSTRIA ON THE UNSC: POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: If Austria is successful in its bid for a 2009-10 rotating UNSC seat, its positions on most urgent Security Council issues would reflect the EU consensus, MFA contacts convincingly tell us. On Iran, however, successive Austrian governments have shown a deep-seated philosophical b [...]
2008-07-16 13:48:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC PARM PINR KNNP ENRG MNUC
08VIENNA1361AUSTRIAN POSITION ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 07:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN AU
08VIENNA612008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]
2008-01-15 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA726AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008
[...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]
2008-05-28 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VLADIVOSTOK103WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY
[...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...]
2008-09-18 10:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK109SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA
[...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...]
2008-10-08 06:56:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET KS KN RS
08VLADIVOSTOK64RUSSIAN FAR EAST: LOCAL FIRM WINS TENDER TO BUILD LANDMARK
[...] Summary. A local company has won a tender to build a landmark bridge across Vladivostok's picturesque Zolotoy Rog Bay. Tikhookeanskaya Mostostroitelnaya Kompaniya (TMK),based in the southern Primorye town of Ussuriysk, won under suspicious circumstances, however: all of the other firms drop [...]
2008-06-20 08:26:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDELTN PGOV KCOR ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK82RUSSIAN FAR EAST FISHING: THE NORTH KOREAN CONNECTION
[...] (U) Summary. Fishing is often said to be the most criminalized industry in the Russian Far East. After several months of planning, one small fishing company in Zarubino agreed to allow the CG and one FSN to accompany the trawler MPC 254 on a fishing trip in Peter the Great Bay. While the Aug [...]
2008-08-06 00:15:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV
08VLADIVOSTOK89A HIKE THROUGH LEOPARD TERRITORY
[...] (U) Consulate staff hiked through World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) leased forest in Barabash on August 17. The trail takes about two hours and includes information on the leopard habitat and how the forests of the Far East have changed. The forests are much more diverse than in northern Ru [...]
2008-08-18 02:52:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK94RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...]
2008-08-22 06:21:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD RS
08WARSAW1104POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...]
2008-09-23 05:51:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPHUM PREL KN PL
08WARSAW314MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]
2008-03-10 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW643POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD?
[...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]
2008-06-04 12:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WELLINGTON140DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. During EAP DAS Christensen's April 7 visit to New Zealand, MFAT officials explained that the China-NZ free trade agreement (FTA) derived from New Zealand's concern over becoming marginalized in emerging East Asian trade relationships, coupled with China's willingness to enter int [...]
2008-04-23 23:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD PHUM PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON15CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...]
2008-01-18 03:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ
08WELLINGTON154 FM PETERS TO ADJUST BEHAVIOR AS ELECTION NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 8, Foreign Minister Winston Peters repudiated the China-New Zealand FTA, widely hailed as the premier foreign policy accomplishment of Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Government. Clark was widely criticized when she appointed Winston Peters as New Zealand's Foreig [...]
2008-05-07 19:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND
08WELLINGTON24UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ
[...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...]
2008-01-29 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON264DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]
2008-08-27 01:12:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON35NEW ZEALAND: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S JANUARY
[...] (C) Summary. New Zealand PM Clark believes the indifference of most Japanese to whaling leaves the most extreme whaling advocates free to drive GOJ policy. Clark opposes Antarctic tourism and she is pleased with her government's efforts to get developing economies to accept some responsibi [...]
2008-02-07 03:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SENV NZ AY AF BM FJ UK IN MY
08WELLINGTON356A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...]
2008-10-24 01:29:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL NZ
08YAOUNDE1033CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...]
2008-10-21 06:41:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM
09ABIDJAN410IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON
[...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...]
2009-07-06 12:24:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV
09ABUDHABI1101SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN
[...] (U) Mission UAE looks forward to hosting Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman's December 8-10 visit to Abu Dhabi. THE UAE AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powe [...]
2009-11-23 11:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI1117SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN
[...] (U) Mission UAE looks forward to hosting Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman's December 8-10 visit to Abu Dhabi. Reftel provided a separate classified scenesetter. THE UAE AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Ar [...]
2009-12-01 11:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI1151ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE WARNS DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a December 9 meeting in Abu Dhabi (other meetings reported septel),Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) that the USG shared many energy policy priorities with the UAE, including renewable energy development and th [...]
2009-12-17 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM ENRG IR YM AE
09ABUDHABI547UAE: NORTH KOREA POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points on North Korea with Acting Director of MFA's Office of International Organizations Mohammed al-Absi on May 31, stressing the dangers of dealing with designated North Korean entities intent on pursuing programs contrary to the goals of UNSCR 1718. Al-Absi [...]
2009-06-02 11:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM KN AE
09ABUDHABI736CROWN PRINCE SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (ABZ) for a dinner covering a range of reg [...]
2009-07-20 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON IR AE
09ABUDHABI783TREASURY A/S COHEN RAISES IRAN, NORTH KOREA, TALIBAN WITH UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (S) On July 16, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Finance and Financial Crime David Cohen met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser al Suweidi in order to discuss progress on suggestions to protect the UAE's financial system from abuse by Iran. Governor al Suweidi opened t [...]
2009-08-04 15:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON IR AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI857MEDIA COVERAGE OF UAE NORTH KOREAN ARMS SEIZURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UAEG officials, though initially reluctant to comment, have now publicly confirmed media reports of the seized cargo of ANL Australia after reporters in Dubai learned of it from shipping industry sources. Subsequent widespread media coverage highlighted the UAE's previously low- [...]
2009-08-30 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC IR NK AE
09ABUDHABI862 SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH SHAYKH
[...] (C) Mr President: Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed is looking forward to renewing your acquaintanceship, established during his 2006 call on you. --------------------------------------------- ---- MbZ - The Man --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) Shaykh Mohammed bin Zay [...]
2009-08-31 10:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL AE
09ABUJA1210NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...]
2009-06-30 12:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA
09ABUJA2061NIGERIA LIKELY TO REPEAT LAST YEAR'S VOTES ON UNGA
[...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche (Reftel) to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central American Affairs Acting Director Rabia Shehu November 16. PolOff encouraged the Nigerian Government (GON) to vote against no-action motions on country specific human rights resolutions at the upcoming [...]
2009-11-16 17:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA NI
09ABUJA2096DEMARCHE WITH NIGERIA ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered demarche (Ref A) to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Acting Director Rabia Shehu and International Organizations Deputy Director John Gana November 19, encouraging the Nigerian Government (GON) to vote against United Nations General Assemb [...]
2009-11-19 17:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL NI
09ABUJA640NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREAN TD-2
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. response to the North Korean launch of a TD-2 missile to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs First U.N. Division on April 17. Any substantive comments will be reported septel. SANDERS [...]
2009-04-17 10:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN NI
09ABUJA88NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]
2009-01-16 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ACCRA1209GHANA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke by phone with Foreign Minister Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni November 16 to deliver reftel points concerning the impending no-action votes on Iran and Burma in the Third Committee. Ambassador stressed the importance of allowing discussion on country-specific human rights res [...]
2009-11-17 12:18:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA GH
09ACCRA462009 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. Former President Kufuor encouraged foreign investment as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. President Mills is expected to continue this policy. The Ghana Investment Advisory Council (GIAC) [...]
2009-01-20 15:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
09ACCRA676DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 14:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ISN IO USUN XA XY GH
09ADDISABABA1553DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...]
2009-07-02 12:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET
09ADDISABABA1770MELES: ETHIOPIA FOLLOWING DIFFERENT "DEMOCRATIC"
[...] (S) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador Yamamoto on July 23 that Ethiopia is pursuing a "democratic" paradigm fundamentally different from that accepted by the United States. Meles stated that he rejects President Obama's assertion -- as posed in the President's July 11 speech in Ghan [...]
2009-07-27 06:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2720ETHIOPIA ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS:
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Grum Abay, chief of MFA's Directorate of International Organizations, told pol/econ counselor and deputy on November 17 that the ministry has not instructed the Ethiopian Mission to the United Nations how to vote on any of the three country-specific UNGA resolutions or their r [...]
2009-11-17 15:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA ET
09AITTAIPEI1030MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25 on two more confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus, on the threat posed by the H1N1 epidemic to the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in the disaster zones caused by Typhoon Morakot, and on the reconstruction a [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1040MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 27 on the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan and the Taiwan government's plan to cope with the threat of the epidemic; on the possible visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morako [...]
2009-08-27 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI107MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday from January 24 to February 1, 2009. During this period, news coverage in major Taiwan Chinese-language dailies focused on the weather, traffic and New Year celebrations around the island. In terms of editorials and commentaries, several [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1076VICE PRESIDENT TELLS DIRECTOR DALAI LAMA VISIT MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Director's September 2 introductory call, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan hoped to begin discussions with the PRC on a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, but noted it was unclear if the Dalai Lamai's visit to [...]
2009-09-02 11:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR SENV EINV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI111MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1117MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused September 15 news coverage on the captain of a Taiwan navy submarine being swept overboard during a mission; on the confrontation between Taiwan and Japan vessels over a Taiwan fishing boat's alleged intrusion into Japanese waters; on th [...]
2009-09-15 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1199MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3-5 on Typhoon Parma, which is lingering south of Taiwan and bringing heavy rain to northern and eastern parts of the island; and on the island-wide celebrations of the Mid-autumn Festival Saturday. In terms of edi [...]
2009-10-05 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their January 7 news coverage on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case, on the dual citizenship controversy surrounding legislator Diane Lee, and on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, KMT-lean [...]
2009-01-07 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]
2009-10-07 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI122MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 5 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal cases, and on thousands of people in Taiwan paying homage to Dharma Master Sheng Yen, who passed away Tuesday. I [...]
2009-02-05 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1222MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1239MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO-U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 17-19 on the Council of Grand Justices' constitutional interpretation regarding former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; on a seminar held jointly by Taiwan's Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies (APS) and [...]
2009-10-19 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1259MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASIA, U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 23 on Taiwan re-opening its market to U.S. bone-in beef; on the turmoil inside the ruling KMT over the alleged bribery in the party's recent Central Standing Committee elections; and on the Taiwan military's plan to [...]
2009-10-23 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1337EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER THROUGH
[...] (SBU) On October 23 and November 6, the Advisor, Econ Chief, POL Officer, and Econ Officer met with officials of the Department of North American Affairs of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA is interested in getting more involved in nonproliferation issues. The Advisor brief [...]
2009-11-10 07:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1339MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 10 on rumors that the United States had halted all U.S. beef exports to Taiwan given the Taiwan government's tight control over the product; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the unidentified cash f [...]
2009-11-10 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1352MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 13 on the Taiwan government's probe into the toxic ducks found in Kaohsiung; on the APEC meetings currently going on in Singapore; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The KMT-leaning "China Times" ran a [...]
2009-11-13 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1416MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]
2009-12-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...]
2009-02-17 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI191MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI219MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI226RESULTS OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 TAIWAN GAMEPLAN IMPLEMENTATION TALKS HELD IN TAIPEI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 08:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW
09AITTAIPEI237MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...]
2009-03-04 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI256MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI269MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...]
2009-03-11 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI285MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI359MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI407MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 4-6 news coverage on North Korea, which launched a long-range rocket over Japan Sunday; on the Local Government Act passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday, which will allow cities and counties to merge and become special munic [...]
2009-04-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI415TAIWAN OFFICIALS OUTLINE PLANS FOR CROSS-STRAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the April 1-3 visit of an interagency trade delegation led by Deputy Assistant USTR Eric Altbach (septels),senior Taiwan officials outlined Taiwan's plans to negotiate a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Although details remain vague, [...]
2009-04-07 10:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI554MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 23-26 news coverage on the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Taiwan; on former South KoreaN President Roh Moo-hyun's suicide; on the junior high school students' exams for entering senior high schools; and on developments in cross-Str [...]
2009-05-26 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI631MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 27 news coverage on the meeting between KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday and the developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip to C [...]
2009-05-27 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI634MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 04:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI642 MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...]
2009-06-02 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI648MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 3 on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Central America, including the Ma Administration's latest foreign aid policies and his interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on two local companies' alleged ins [...]
2009-06-03 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI652MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI662MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 5 news coverage on the change in the board of directors of Formosa Petrochemical Corp. founded by the late business tycoon Wang Yung-ching; on the results of senior high school entrance exams; and on the commemoration of the twentie [...]
2009-06-05 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI682MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...]
2009-06-10 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI694MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI709MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 13-15 on the potential hike in commodities prices; on the legislature's passage of the Act Governing the Development of Renewable Energy; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's running in the election for the KMT chairmanship [...]
2009-06-15 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI768MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI777MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI786DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES
[...] (C) Pol Chief delivered the points in ref A to MOFA North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng on June 25. Tseng noted that, although Taiwan is not a UN member or party to key non-proliferation regimes, it makes every effort to comply with relevant resolutions and standards. [...]
2009-06-30 01:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TW
09AITTAIPEI881MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...]
2009-07-22 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI89MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 22 news coverage on the son, daughter-in-law and brother-in-law of former President Chen Shui-bian, who all pled guilty Wednesday to involvement in the family's money laundering operations; and on the inauguration of U.S. P [...]
2009-01-22 07:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI897MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25-27 on the 2009 World Games, which closed successfully in Kaohsiung on Sunday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's election as KMT Chairman Sunday; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials a [...]
2009-07-27 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI908MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...]
2009-07-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI927MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI938MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 5 on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; on the Taiwan government's move to take over a financially troubled local insurance company; on the looming water shortage for Taiwan; an [...]
2009-08-05 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI942MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI961MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 7-10 to typhoon Morakot, which hit Taiwan Friday and Saturday, and the record-breaking torrential rains it brought has triggered the most devastating floods in southern Taiwan in the last fifty years. In terms of [...]
2009-08-10 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI971MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI975EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) On July 21, the Advisor and the EconChief met with Lin, Sheng-Chung, Vice Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The meeting was to provide first-hand knowledge of EXBS work in Taiwan and to elevate export control discussions above the working level. (SBU) Vice Mi [...]
2009-08-13 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09ALGIERS1085ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...]
2009-12-07 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS514BOUTEFLIKA: SERIOUS WESTERN SAHARA AUTONOMY IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bouteflika told Codel Burr Algeria would consider modifying its position on Western Sahara, and engaging the Sahrawis, if Morocco seriously implemented UN resolutions on self-determination. While Algeria would respect whatever outcome the Saharans chose, including auto [...]
2009-06-03 06:36:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OREP PGOV PINR PTER PINS KNNP AG
09ALGIERS998ALGERIA'S THIRD COMMITTEE RECORD UNLIKELY TO CHANGE
[...] We delivered reftel points November 4 to MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance Ahmed Saadi. Saadi said that Algeria, as a matter of principle, did not support country-specific resolutions in the Third Committee. Dialogue and engagement were more effective approache [...]
2009-11-05 17:42:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN AG
09AMMAN1260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]
2009-06-04 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN2260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a GDP per capita of $5,100 and a population of over 6.3 million. Over 78% of the people live in urban areas and one third of all Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 66 percent of the economy, industry covers about 30 percen [...]
2009-10-12 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN2769GOJ CONFIRMS TO T UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher, during a December 2 visit to Jordan, emphasized to then-Prime Minister Dahabi and other senior Jordanian officials the need for strong commitments on uranium enrichment and reprocessing in order to conclude a 123 Agreement. She explained that due to [...]
2009-12-22 10:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPARM ECON ENRG PREL KNNP JO
09AMMAN469DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDANIAN VIEWS OF THE NPT
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on February 5 to MFA nonproliferation pointman Khaled Takhayneh, seeking official comment on Jordan's goals regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the upcoming review process. On February 18, PolOff met with Takhayneh, who offered a general [...]
2009-02-19 14:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ANKARA1047TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1054TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1119TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1135TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1139TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1253TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1619TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1762TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1798SHIELD S19-09: IRAN SEEKS CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (S) We delivered reftel information to MFA Acting Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Murat Sogangoz on December 2. We highlighted discussions about Raja Shimi's role in Iran's chemical weapons program in the Australia Group (AG),noted our reporting requirements under the Ir [...]
2009-12-17 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR TU
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA510TURKEY SUPPORTS CONDEMNATION IN UNSC OF NORTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 05:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETUNSC PREL KNNP KN TU
09ANKARA544TURKEY WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 08:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALUNSC NK
09ANKARA557ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA61ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA742TURKEY CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] MFA issued a statement on May 25 condemning North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test and urging the DPRK to comply with its obligations. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION): We condemn the nuclear test announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on 25 Ma [...]
2009-05-26 07:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KN TU
09ANKARA747TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA751TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA757TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA764TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA769TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA776TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA787TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA803TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA969TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ASHGABAT1481DEPUTY CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, in a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, reiterated the Turkmen government's energy sector policies of diversifying sales of natural gas, hiring service companies to work on development and explora [...]
2009-11-18 15:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT442TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO NORTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 12:52:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN TX
09ASHGABAT805TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TX
09ASTANA1028 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...]
2009-06-16 11:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1090 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...]
2009-06-29 08:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA1164 KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...]
2009-07-13 03:52:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1407 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]
2009-08-18 07:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1427 KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...]
2009-08-21 08:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ
09ASTANA1541KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]
2009-09-18 11:12:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA2202 KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...]
2009-12-23 05:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ
09ASTANA607KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]
2009-04-08 11:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA748 KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]
2009-04-30 05:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ
09ASTANA816 KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...]
2009-05-08 02:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA953 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29
[...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]
2009-06-05 05:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA982 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]
2009-06-08 10:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASUNCION617AMBASSADOR AYALDE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUGO TO REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: I met with President Lugo late October 16 at Lugo's request. Lugo was in good spirits but very concerned about the kidnapping of cattle rancher Fidel Zavala in Concepcion Department. Lugo recognized that the EPP (Paraguayan People's Army) was "very dangerous" and hoped for Zavala's saf [...]
2009-10-22 21:03:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM PA
09ASUNCION651PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 19:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN
09ATHENS1179GREEK RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, POL officers delivered reftel points regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1874's financial and trade provisions and the U.S. Advisory on North Korea to Loukas Tsokos and several other representatives of the MFA's Office for UN and International Organizations, Disarmament Issu [...]
2009-07-08 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP GR
09ATHENS1443GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...]
2009-08-26 14:04:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR
09ATHENS1623SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE
[...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...]
2009-11-12 17:08:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU
09ATHENS1637GREEK RESPONSE: PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) On November 12, PolOffs delivered reftel points to Paulina Chotzoglou of the MFA's A10 Directorate, North Korea desk. Poloffs underscored the importance of sharing information and designating entities and individuals associated with DPRK proliferation efforts and expressed hope that the [...]
2009-11-17 13:45:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC GR KNNP
09ATHENS509GREECE -- RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to LouQsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive res [...]
2009-04-07 07:43:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS515GREECE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive [...]
2009-04-07 12:06:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS757Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...]
2009-05-11 14:53:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU
09BAGHDAD2652009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 05:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD317 VISAS FOR IRAQIS - A STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY
[...] (U) As we proceed to implement the Strategic Framework Agreement, the United States faces a significant obstacle to achieving its objective of an Iraq that is a stable ally with effective institutions accountable to its people. That obstacle is the 120 to 150-day wait time required of most Iraq [...]
2009-02-07 05:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL
09BAGHDAD3375VIEW FROM NAJAF: GOVERNOR ZURFI PROVIDES UPDATE ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 10, provincial governor Adnan Zurfi welcomed Multi-National Division-South (MND-S) Major General Nash to Najaf. Governor Zurfi announced the arrests of suspects related to recent attacks on a PRT mission and IED detonations near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Endeav [...]
2009-12-31 07:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV PTER PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD514PUK RESHUFFLE POINTS TO DPM BARHAM SALIH FOR KRG PM
[...] (C) Summary. Internal wrangling among the Kurdish political leadership is going to generate changes among the Kurdish leaders in Baghdad and Kurdistan and will likely leave the Kurds less able to work with PM Nouri al-Maliki in a serious way, at least in the short term. The latest spate of h [...]
2009-02-27 11:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD791CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS EVOLVING SECURITY CONCERNS,
[...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 19, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General MNC-I Lieutenant General (LTG) Austin discussed evolving security concerns, politics surrounding the budget, efforts to capture former Sons of Iraq (SOI) leader Ad [...]
2009-03-23 09:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAGHDAD934COALITION DRAWDOWN DEMONSTRATES IRAQ,S MIXED
[...] (C) Coalition Forces, once representative of 39 countries participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have now mostly departed Iraq, indicative of significant improvements in Iraq's security environment and Iraq's own recognition of its sovereignty. Coalition members provided varying degrees of [...]
2009-04-06 09:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
09BAKU708AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is the first in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: President Aliyev refuses to sign Parliament's "mole" law that would have put a GOAJ-chosen deputy into every foreign company; Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) works w [...]
2009-09-04 11:44:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAMAKO295MALI: DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 16:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN141DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE OF ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Ambassador Todd met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary, Datin Maimunah, to deliver reftel demarche. Ambassador Todd stressed the important role both Brunei and ASEAN play in support of UNSCR 1874. While highlighting the need to avoid unnecessary confro [...]
2009-06-24 07:55:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN205SENATOR BILL NELSON WELL RECEIVED VISIT TO BRUNEI
[...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson's well received visit to Brunei focused on numerous key USG policy goals and objectives. During wide ranging meetings with the Sultan of Brunei, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, the Senator received assurances that Brunei res [...]
2009-08-28 03:29:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL BX PINR
09BANGKOK1088 UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...]
2009-05-01 05:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH
09BANGKOK1158 MGSF01: ASEAN+3 Flu Ministerial May 7-8
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 Health Ministers from ASEAN + 3 (including China, Japan and South Korea) gathered in Bangkok for a "Special Meeting on Influenza A(H1N1);" a senior officials meeting took place on May 7. The resulting Joint Ministerial Statement asserted that a pandemic was imminent, th [...]
2009-05-12 10:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1201THAILAND: RESPONSE TO ASSK'S ARREST
[...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit held a press conference May 15 to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, to call on the Burmese government not to extend her detention, and to ask the Burmese authorities to clarify the situation about the Amcit swimmer who visited ASSK's compound. [...]
2009-05-15 10:19:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1290THAI MFA ISSUES STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a statement May 26 condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) May 25 nuclear test and expressing support for continued Six-Party Talks. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya attended the Asia-Europe (ASEM) m [...]
2009-05-28 09:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TH KN
09BANGKOK1500THAILAND TO ENFORCE UNSCR 1874
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador stressed to MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul the importance of Thailand fully implementing UNSCR 1874 during a June 22 meeting. The RTG would implement the resolution, and relevant Thai agencies had already met to discuss the resolution and determine legal [...]
2009-06-23 09:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KN TH
09BANGKOK1662THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will arrive July 21 in a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after revered but ailing 81 year old King Bhumibol eventually passes. Despite a deep and broad alliance partnership that continues to deliver sign [...]
2009-07-13 07:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1720SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI
[...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...]
2009-07-16 23:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1763SECRETARY CLINTON'S BANGKOK "TOWNTERVIEW": SUBSTANTIVE,
[...] Summary: During Secretary Clinton's recent trip to Bangkok she participated in a one-hour hybrid media event organized by the Embassy Public Affairs Section. The "Townterview," as some have called it, combined both an exclusive interview and a town hall setting. The program was hosted by two [...]
2009-07-24 06:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV OIIP PREL SCUL OPRC TH
09BANGKOK1822THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPM
[...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and the Ambassador that the Abhisit Vejjajiva government was committed to resolving the political conflict via the rule of law and democracy. The government would not be [...]
2009-07-29 10:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TH CB
09BANGKOK1842THAILAND: FM KASIT EXPLAINS ASEAN AND ARF RESULTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit invited the diplomatic corps to an ASEAN Ministerial and ASEAN Regional Forum readout session July 30. His comments covered ASEAN aspirations going forward as a "community of peoples," global challenges facing the region, and security challenges, specifically North K [...]
2009-07-30 11:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ARF TH BM KN
09BANGKOK1901THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...]
2009-08-05 10:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH
09BANGKOK1939THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FM KASIT ON US-THAI
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged Thai FM Kasit Piromya August 6 on U.S.-Thai relations, DRPK and the ARF Chair Statement, Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Cambodian border issues, the Lao Hmong, and Viktor Bout's extradition. Ambassador and Kasit agreed on the need to elevate the nature of t [...]
2009-08-07 09:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK2182AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN BANGKOK
[...] (C) Summary. During meetings with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Bank of Thailand, Ambassador Philip Goldberg and delegation stressed the importance of full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1874 and 1718. Thai Foreign Ministry officials reiterated [...]
2009-08-28 10:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC TH KN
09BANGKOK2208THE ASEAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN plans to launch its newly-developed human rights body, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) at the 15th ASEAN Summit in October in Thailand. Although local and international NGOs have already described the Terms of Reference (ToR) adopted by Fore [...]
2009-08-31 12:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK23SENATOR WEBB REVIEWS U.S.-THAI RELATIONS WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Jim Webb underscored the importance of the U.S.-Thai bilateral relationship in a series of wide ranging meetings that included Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya; former Ambassador to the U.S. and now Deputy Principal Private Secretary to His Majesty the King, Krit Garn [...]
2009-01-07 07:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP TH
09BANGKOK2588THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...]
2009-10-09 00:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2712SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...]
2009-10-22 09:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2929THAILAND: NO CHANGE IN APPROACH TO
[...] (C) DCM and PolCouns engaged Acting PermSec Chitriya Pimthong, the highest ranking MFA official in country November 18, on U.S. priorities for upcoming country human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea (ref A; Thai positions previously reported in Ref B). Referencing Thai FM Ka [...]
2009-11-18 09:53:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2984FOCUSED ON SPECIAL 301: ALONGKORN PROMOTES THAILAND'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 9, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot and new Director General of Intellectual Property Pajchima Tanasanti emphasized to emboffs, visiting USTR official Rachel Bae and State Department IP official JoEllen Urban that the Abhisit Administration re [...]
2009-11-24 09:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK3006SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND
[...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...]
2009-11-25 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3129THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...]
2009-12-14 08:38:00Embassy BangkokSECRETETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK3145THAILAND: A KEY, IF SOMETIMES RELUCTANT, PARTNER
[...] (C) Introduction: Thailand is one of our closest partners on refugee affairs, having hosted perhaps the largest number of long-term refugees in the world over the past four decades. Over the past thirty-five years, some half-million refugees have moved through Thailand to resettle in third countrie [...]
2009-12-15 09:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK3196SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Schwartz: Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes you to Thailand and looks forward to working with you on the objectives you have outlined. Though it is the long-standing issue of the Lao Hmong refugee community that brings you here, the U.S. has many refugee and migrant-re [...]
2009-12-18 09:08:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK3223EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY
[...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...]
2009-12-22 09:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK3234THAI PUBLIC OPINION SWINGS IN FAVOR OF DPRK
[...] (C) Public commentary regarding the Thai government's December 11 seizure of a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport has turned markedly positive after some initial media coverage and statements from the political opposition that questioned the interdict [...]
2009-12-23 07:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK499THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 08:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
09BANGKOK706AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]
2009-03-20 04:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS
09BANGKOK906THAILAND: STILL DRAFTING OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) We spoke to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Pattarat Hongtong April 8 to underscore reftel U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch and the President's statement, which we had shared with FM Kasit's personal aide and the Director of the North American Divi [...]
2009-04-08 10:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN TH
09BANGKOK952THAILAND STATEMENT CALLS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH A
[...] (U) Following Embassy engagement with the MFA April 8 (Ref B),the Royal Thai Government subsequently released a statement expressing concern regarding North Korea's missile launch. The statement expressly states that Thailand believes the launch was in contravention of UNSCR 1718. 2. (U) [...]
2009-04-10 10:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN TH
09BANGKOK987FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Madame Secretary: Your meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on April 23 offers you the opportunity to reaffirm our nation's strong commitment to democracy in Thailand and our continued support for a broad-based partnership with this vital Southeast Asian friend and ally. Coming on t [...]
2009-04-20 04:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS ECON TH
09BASRAH59(C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...]
2009-11-05 12:58:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR
09BEIJING1012DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF GOODS
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A points concerning designation of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 to Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan in a pull-aside following his meeting with Senior East Asia Advisor for the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank [...]
2009-04-16 09:39:00Embassy BeijingSECRETUNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09BEIJING1013APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...]
2009-04-16 22:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN
09BEIJING1024PRC/DPRK: VFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] (C) North Korea has not shut the door to the United States or to Six-Party Talks, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told Staffdel Jannuzi April 16. VFM He downplayed the possibility of a DPRK nuclear test, urged the United States to "keep talking" with the North Koreans and praised U.S.-China co [...]
2009-04-17 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP OVIP KS CH
09BEIJING1095CNO ADM ROUGHEAD DISCUSSES MIL-MIL TIES, PIRACY,
[...] (S) In an April 18 meeting with Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said China adhered to the principle of peaceful development and noted that the PLA Navy (PLAN) had been expanding to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. AD [...]
2009-04-23 09:57:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA CH KN
09BEIJING1120U.S. UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND PRC DG CHENG
[...] (C) In Beijing to represent Energy Secretary Chu at the April 20-24 International Nuclear Energy Ministerial, U.S. Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye on April 22. Ambassador Schulte complimented DG Cheng for Chi [...]
2009-04-27 06:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC IAEA CH IR NK
09BEIJING1125MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, IRAN, U.S. POLICY, DALAI
[...] NORTH KOREA "Three doubts in North Korean issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/27): "There are three questions concerning North Korea's development of nuclear weapons. First, is it a goal or a method? Second, concerning the nu [...]
2009-04-27 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1170APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits
[...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...]
2009-04-30 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX
09BEIJING1176XXXXXXXXXXXXDISCUSSES G-20, DPRK,
[...] (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he would ask for approp [...]
2009-04-30 13:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ECON EFIN PARM PHUM KUNR CH TW KN KS
09BEIJING1221MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, CHINA
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and China deal with naval confrontation in the Yellow Sea quietly" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/07): "Yesterday, the U.S. media reported the confrontation between the U.S. and China in the Y [...]
2009-05-07 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1227MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS,
[...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]
2009-05-07 23:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1241 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3 Sent
[...] (U) As of COB on May 4 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF C). 2. (SBU) Post has become aware of four American citizens who are being or were recent [...]
2009-05-08 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1247BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...]
2009-05-08 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1253SHIELD S13-08: CHINA SEEKS MORE INFORMATION OF PRC
[...] (S) In response to Ref A demarche, urging China to investigate and prevent a group of employees from Zhejiang Material Industries Chemical Group and Shanxi Weiqida Pharmaceuticals Company from traveling to Iran to provide technical training and expertise, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Depar [...]
2009-05-11 02:38:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING1261CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...]
2009-05-11 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1275MAY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONTINENTAL SHELF, SRI LANKA,
[...] Key points at the May 12 MFA press briefing: -- China has submitted information to the UN on the outer limits of its continental shelf. -- The work of Chinese companies in building a port in Sri Lanka is "a normal business action" and reports that it is otherwise are "distortions" and "gro [...]
2009-05-12 13:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH KN
09BEIJING1299MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]
2009-05-14 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1314SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, the Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism of high-level visits. They will want to use your visit to demonstrate that China is deepening links with all parts of the U.S. Government. They will welcome [...]
2009-05-15 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1347MEDIA REACTION: A/H1N1, CHINESE SPY, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] A/H1N1 "The domestic increase of the A/H1N1 virus in Japan shocks neighboring countries" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/19): "Yesterday, Japan confirmed that the number of A/H1N1 cases in Japan has increased to 139. Both China [...]
2009-05-19 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1395MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GEITHNER'S VISIT, PELOSI'S
[...] NORTH KOREA "20 Chinese experts are polled on North Korean nuclear issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/26): "Qing Hua University professor Sun Zhe believes, "North Korea's nuclear test is blackmail in nature. North Korea took [...]
2009-05-26 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1397MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen
[...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...]
2009-05-26 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP
09BEIJING1398PRC/DPRK: CHINESE MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION RE DPRK
[...] (C) China wanted any UN Security Council resolution responding to the DPRK's May 25 nuclear test to be measured, be made in the interest of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and support the denuclearization of the Peninsula and the Six-Party Talks, MFA North American Affairs DG Zheng [...]
2009-05-26 13:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH
09BEIJING1417MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE, A/H1N1
[...] NORTH KOREA a. "North Korea launches two missiles to fight against the Security Council" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/27): "The U.N Security Council has expressed its severe opposition and criticism about North Korea's nuclea [...]
2009-05-27 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1428CODEL PELOSI MAY 27 MEETING WITH PRC PRESIDENT HU
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with CODEL Pelosi, Chinese President Hu Jintao noted that China hoped that the developed world would take the lead on climate change by providing financial assistance and technical support to developing countries but admitted the developing countries had a res [...]
2009-05-29 09:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH KN
09BEIJING1429CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU
[...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...]
2009-05-29 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1433MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, INDIA, CHINA'S SAVINGS RATE,
[...] NORTH KOREA "It is an inferior policy to pressure with a nuclear test" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(05/28): "The recent nuclear tests conducted by the DPRK may become a crucial step in future DPRK issues. [...]
2009-05-29 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1434PRC/DPRK: CHINA RESPONDS WITH SPECIFICITY TO U.S.
[...] (C) China supported adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution that would respond appropriately to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, MFA Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told Charge d'Affaires May 31. The resolution would demonstrate the international community's seriousness in safeguarding th [...]
2009-05-31 13:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH
09BEIJING1440MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER'S VISIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] GEITHNER'S VISIT "Complaint diplomacy should be discarded" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun) (06/01): "Before the visit began, Geithner informed the Chinese media that the first goal of the visit is to inform China about the measures the U.S. will take to deal with [...]
2009-06-01 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1446SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...]
2009-06-02 05:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV
09BEIJING1464MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER VISIT, NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] GEITHNER VISIT a. "Geithner explains the prospects of the fiscal deficit; while speaking, he made a concerted effort to speak in Chinese" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/02): "An expert suggests that Geithner's visit is to co [...]
2009-06-02 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1468JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI,
[...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...]
2009-06-02 23:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR
09BEIJING147CHINA'S SEVEN-POINT ROADMAP FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's January 15 farewell call, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed gratitude for the President's support for strong bilateral relations and asked the Ambassador to deliver a seven-point message to Washington: -- Appreciation for President Bush's pe [...]
2009-01-16 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR EFIN PK IN KN KS TW IR
09BEIJING1474MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1495JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN
[...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...]
2009-06-04 23:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN
09BEIJING1519MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, JUNE 4
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. stimulates its economy, China needs to benefit as well" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/05): "Although the American economic stimulus plan limits U.S. government procurements to American-made produc [...]
2009-06-05 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1531S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...]
2009-06-08 07:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS
09BEIJING1534MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S SPEECH IN EGYPT, NORTH KOREA
[...] OBAMA'S SPEECH IN EGYPT "Obama is not the terminator of cultural conflict" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(06/08): "Obama intends to fix the divergences between the U.S. and the Muslim world through his speech [...]
2009-06-08 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1546MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. needs China vs. China needs the U.S." The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (06/09): "U.S. officials and economic personnel have frequently visited China. They all have similar attitudes concerning avoiding ag [...]
2009-06-09 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1547CDA AND MFA DG ZHENG ZEGUANG: DPRK, MIL-MIL,
[...] (C) In a June 9 luncheon hosted by the Charge, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang said that senior officials who met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg had been impressed by his seriousness of purpose and by his explanation of the U.S. position on how [...]
2009-06-09 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CASC SENV CH
09BEIJING1549JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW
[...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...]
2009-06-09 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO
09BEIJING1557MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Smart Power, 3Ds, and soft diplomacy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (06/10): "After Obama took office, he successively visited the American States, Europe and the Middle East. In this way, he manifests an obvious difference between himself and [...]
2009-06-10 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1571Secretary Geithner's June 1 Meeting with Vice
[...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting in Beijing, Vice Premier Wang Qishan told Treasury Secretary Geithner that discussion in the Economic Track of the late July Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) should be strategic, include bilateral and global issues, and neither duplicate nor replace discussions [...]
2009-06-11 05:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING1578MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GREEN DAM SOFTWARE, EASTERN
[...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. stance on the North Korea issue gets tougher" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(06/11): "Secretary Clinton recently implied that the U.S. will take tough actions against North Korea. Analysts think the tougher stance by the U.S. is related to sub [...]
2009-06-11 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1579JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO
[...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...]
2009-06-11 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1587MEDIA REACTION: A/H1N1 VIRUS, TIBET, NORTH KOREA
[...] A/H1N1 VIRUS "Alert level of H1N1 is raised to the highest. This is the first time in 41 years" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/12): "The World Heath Organization is expected to announce that H1N1 is pandemic. This is the fi [...]
2009-06-12 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING160MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, NORTH
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "China could take more initiative when dealing with Obama" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/20): "Recently, American scholars advised Obama to visit China for his first official presidential visit. Although Ob [...]
2009-01-20 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1621MEDIA REACTION: GUANTANAMO UYGHURS, NORTH KOREA, IRAN
[...] GUANTANAMO UYGHURS "Eastern Turkistan prisoners want to open a restaurant in Bermuda" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/16): "Recently Western media organizations have reported on every move of the four East Turkistan Prisoners sen [...]
2009-06-16 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1626JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL
[...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...]
2009-06-16 09:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1634CDA AND MFA ASIAN AFFAIRS ON DPRK
[...] (C) In a June 16 luncheon in honor of visiting Hong Kong CG Joe Donovan hosted by the Charge, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX said that China liked a U.S. proposal described by Ambassador Bosworth here on June 5 to put all issues related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula into a package for [...]
2009-06-17 06:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING1638MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AMERICAN BONDS
[...] IRAN "Iran falls into a suspected color revolution" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/17): "Two Chinese experts expressed that because Iran has a supreme leader with high authority it is hard to compare it to the former Soviet stat [...]
2009-06-17 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING164January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe,
[...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]
2009-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BEIJING1649CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO IRANIAN ELECTION
[...] The recent Iranian presidential elections and their aftermath were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblog platforms in China over the past week. Netizen commentary on traditionally liberal sites expressed support for students with some even comparing the situat [...]
2009-06-17 10:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINT CH IR
09BEIJING1663JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM,
[...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...]
2009-06-18 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN
09BEIJING1704MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, And U.S. POLICY
[...] IRAN "Obama is conflicted concerning Iran" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/23): "Obama maintains restraint when stating his opinion concerning Iran. This restraint reflects that the Obama administration has a far different polit [...]
2009-06-23 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1710JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN
[...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]
2009-06-23 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING1728MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, INTERNET SUPERVISION, WTO
[...] North Korea "U.S. wants to use China to put sanctions on North Korea" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/24): "The two-day U.S. China Deputy Defense Minister level talks started yesterday in Beijing. Such talks between the two coun [...]
2009-06-24 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1753MEDIA REACTION: WTO, U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, FEDERAL
[...] WTO "Don't use free trade to force China" English-language daily published by Global Times/Huanqiu Shibao, the international edition of the People's Daily (06/25): "Restricting the export of strategic resources is China's indivisible right. Free trade excuses cannot violate the basic right [...]
2009-06-25 08:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1757JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA,
[...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...]
2009-06-25 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE
09BEIJING1761PRC/DPRK: CHINESE SCHOLARS ON UNSCR 1874 AND
[...] (C) Chinese scholars in recent conversations with PolOff said that Pyongyang's response to UNSCR 1874 had been "tepid" so far and that North Korea's domestic political situation did not appear to be tense. The DPRK had not anticipated such a strong reaction to its nuclear test from the internation [...]
2009-06-26 07:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MOPS EFIN KN KS CH
09BEIJING18212009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During the first session of the 10th U.S.-PRC Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) held June 23-24 2009 in Beijing, both the U.S. and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegations affirmed that presidents of the two countries had charged them with improving the military-to-military relations [...]
2009-07-01 00:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18232009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS: ASIA
[...] (S) China appreciates and shares the concerns of the United States, Japan and South Korea regarding the North Korean nuclear test, Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Michele Flournoy [...]
2009-07-01 00:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18272009 U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT)
[...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff, stretched what was to be a sixty minute Small Group session with Ms. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP),into ninety minutes, and focused his remarks on objecting to U.S. arms sales [...]
2009-07-01 01:20:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1834MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET CENSORSHIP, CYBER WAR, NORTH
[...] INTERNET CENSORSHIP "Foreign media demonizes the fighting over Green Dam software" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/02): "The postponement of the Chinese government's installation of Green Dam software has been widely welcomed by [...]
2009-07-01 05:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1839WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations
[...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]
2009-07-01 12:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1843WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations
[...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]
2009-07-04 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1844SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS
[...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...]
2009-07-05 02:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1845INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE
[...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...]
2009-07-05 02:50:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING1867MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China don't need a Fourth Joint Communiqu yet" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(07/06): "The Obama Administration is continuing the stable development of U.S.-China relations [...]
2009-07-05 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1911SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...]
2009-07-08 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1923MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, NORTH KOREA
[...] XINJIANG RIOT a. "The west helps Rabiye take control in 'Xinjiang independence' organization" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/09): "Rabiye, who knew little about the 'Eastern Turkish' issue, has become the behind-the-scenes dire [...]
2009-07-09 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1924SCENESETTER FOR DOC SECRETARY LOCKE VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Secretary Locke, I wanted to send you a note that addresses some of the issues you will raise from a China mission perspective. I know that your staff has prepared papers on these matters and hope we are not duplicating some of their observations. 2. (SBU) Clearly, Chinese leaders are [...]
2009-07-09 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1952MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, NORTH KOREA
[...] XINJIANG RIOT a. "By being extreme, western media loses China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/10): "China is changing, but western media's attitude towards China seems forever unchanged. When the '7.5' incident happened, weste [...]
2009-07-10 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1969PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY
[...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]
2009-07-13 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1973INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING
[...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...]
2009-07-13 10:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH
09BEIJING1989PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED
[...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]
2009-07-14 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING201CHINA GIVEN ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CHINA'S SHENYANG
[...] (S) After noting continued "unavailability" of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials to meet with PolOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Charge shared reftel information providing additional details about a Chinese company's assistance to Nor [...]
2009-01-22 10:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE ETTC SY KN CH
09BEIJING2025JULY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, RIO TINTO
[...] Key points at the July 16 MFA press briefing: --China "opposes any country providing a platform" for Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer's "separatist activity." --China's position on mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions has been "consistent and clear" and China would "follow the principles [...]
2009-07-16 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2080CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE WEAPONS-RELATED
[...] (S) On July 21, Poloff conveyed reftel points and non-paper regarding the possible transfer through Beijing on July 9 of torpedo batteries and technical personnel from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Y [...]
2009-07-21 09:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MNUC CH IR KN
09BEIJING2094MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY
[...] U.S.-CHINA "Former U.S. Speaker of the House wants to use nuclear-armed Japan to suppress China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/22): "The former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently openly used a nuclear-armed Japan [...]
2009-07-22 07:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2112TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS,
[...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]
2009-07-23 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2118MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RETURN TO ASIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S
[...] U.S. RETURN TO ASIA "China should pay a high degree of attention to the United States returning to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/24): "It is foreseeable that in the future China will be facing pressure from the United S [...]
2009-07-24 07:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON ENRG CH
09BEIJING2141MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE, NORTH KOREA, THE
[...] U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE "The first round of the U.S.-China S&ED will start with a good opening" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/27): "The first round of the S&ED symbolizes the new era and structure of the U.S.-China relationship. The dialogue has three c [...]
2009-07-27 08:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2149CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]
2009-07-28 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETEFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2174MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN
[...] S&ED "The first S&ED ended: friendly atmosphere, few outcomes" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (07/30): "Yan Xuetong, Director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University, argued that although the S&ED has [...]
2009-07-30 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2184MEDIA REACTION: S&ED IMPACT ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] S&ED IMPACT ON U.S. CHINA RELATIONS "What challenges is Obama's China policy facing?" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/31): "In many Chinese experts' eyes, the U.S. was ultra-courteous to the Chinese delegation at the S&ED, and a broad range of [...]
2009-07-31 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2198MEDIA REACTION: U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY, S&ED, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY "Three major changes in the U.S.'s East Asian policy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/03): "Two recent moves by the United States show that the U.S.'s attitude towards the integration of East Asia is changing. First, the U.S. signed a [...]
2009-08-03 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING22LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]
2009-01-06 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2223MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. ARMS DEVELOPMENT, U.S.
[...] NORTH KOREA "Clinton visits Pyongyang to bring back journalists" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun) (08/05): "Although the United States' position on U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks has not changed and the U.S. government is still insisting that former U.S. Presid [...]
2009-08-05 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2247MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, NORTH KOREA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Clinton advances into Africa" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/06): "Liu Naiya, an expert on African and Asian affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, noted that the [...]
2009-08-06 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2262MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Hillary Clinton's Africa visit did not meet her ambitions" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (08/07): "In the twenty-first century, the United States needs Africa more than Africa needs the United Sta [...]
2009-08-07 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2263PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]
2009-08-07 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2361MEDIA REACTION: WTO RULING, U.S. "RETURNS TO ASIA," CHINA'S
[...] WTO RULING "WTO ruling will spur improvement of China's audio-visual industry" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/14): "If the World Trade Organization ruling is effective, American audio-visual products, primarily Hollywood films [...]
2009-08-14 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2372MEDIA REACTION: U.S-JAPAN-CHINA, U.S. BURMA POLICY, CHINA
[...] U.S-JAPAN-CHINA "The U.S. does not need to use 'Japan's nuclear weapons' to deter China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/17): "At Japan's insistence, the U.S. has promised to provide 'nuclear protection' to Japan. The U.S. als [...]
2009-08-17 08:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2382MEDIA REACTION: THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN
[...] THE MIDDLE EAST "The U.S., Russia, and the EU start another round of chess in the Middle East" (pg 3) The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/18): "Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's meeting with U.S. leaders will play a key role in the Middle East Peace Process. T [...]
2009-08-18 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2391MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS,
[...] NORTH KOREA "North Korea Collapse Theory" can stop (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/19): "Zhang Qiyun, a professor at Beijing University, said that Western media always focuses on speculating North Korea's collapse. The [...]
2009-08-19 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2412MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghanistan: election goes beyond win-lose battle (pg 5)" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(08/21): "Since President Obama became the U.S. President, in spite of the U.S. sending more troops to Afghanistan, Afghanistan's security [...]
2009-08-21 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2425MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, DALAI LAMA, NORTH KOREA
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghans lost in the elections (pg 5)" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(08/24): "Afghanistan's election is an important step for the west's 'democratic example' in Afghanistan. Citizens of Kab [...]
2009-08-24 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2438PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]
2009-08-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2477MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING248MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2490SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]
2009-09-01 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2521 WELCOME TO BEIJING
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...]
2009-09-02 08:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS
09BEIJING2522MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, JAPANESE ELECTION,
[...] SIX PARTY TALKS "What if the Six-Party Talks completely fail? (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/02): "There are several possible outcomes If all the parties involved in the Six-Party Talks insist on maintaining their own [...]
2009-09-02 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2525CHINA/G-20: FOUR WANTS, ONE DON'T WANT, AND A
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is drafting China's G-20 Pittsburgh Summit position paper, under the direct guidance of Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei. VFM He would like the summit communique to contain statements endorsing macroeconomic stimulus plans, calling for North-S [...]
2009-09-02 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING2526AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI:
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...]
2009-09-02 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING253MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, FINANCIAL CRISIS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. POLICY "What does the 'Buy American, hire American' Bill mean?" A Shanghai-based news company under Shanghai Media Group, China Business News (Diyi Caijing Ribao)(02/03): "Recently the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill called the 2009 American Economic Recovery and Reinves [...]
2009-02-03 09:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2535SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR
[...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]
2009-09-03 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING254CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA
[...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...]
2009-02-03 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING255FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL
[...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...]
2009-02-03 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA
09BEIJING2552MEDIA REACTION: JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE, U.S. NAVAL
[...] JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE "U.S. and Australia invite China to participate in military exercise" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/04)(pg 1): "The invitation by the U.S. and Australia - through their respective media outlets - to Chi [...]
2009-09-04 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2570XINJIANG STABILITY, ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS, PAKISTAN, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 8 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government was capable of dealing with the situation in Xinjiang and would handle the issue according to law. -- China hoped that Israel would "be prudent and take measures to facilitate the early resumption of talks" with Pal [...]
2009-09-08 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC SENV CH KN KS JP IN IR AE IS PK TW
09BEIJING2593CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST
[...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]
2009-09-10 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2646SEPTEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK TRIPS, TIBET ISSUE,
[...] Key points at the September 15 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson had no information about reported trips to the DPRK by either State Councilor Dai Bingguo or Premier Wen Jiabao. -- China firmly opposed foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama and opposed the Dalai Lama's engageme [...]
2009-09-15 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN IR IN JP AF
09BEIJING2660AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...]
2009-09-16 15:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2669MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S. NATIONAL
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "Obama is not reliable" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(09/17)(pg 2): "The special protection case on tires reflects the remarkable cultural differences between China and the United States. Chinese experts were so optimistic a [...]
2009-09-17 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2670SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH
[...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...]
2009-09-17 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF
09BEIJING2688MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S.-NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "U.S. pressures China and India on emissions reduction before the G20" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/18)(pg 11): "China and India have made significant progress on environmental protection and economic devel [...]
2009-09-18 07:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2693SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...]
2009-09-18 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW
09BEIJING2720SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS
[...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...]
2009-09-22 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS
09BEIJING2724MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS,
[...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...]
2009-09-23 06:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS
09BEIJING2730REFCOORD MEETING WITH MFA: REFUGEE LEGISLATION,
[...] (C) Summary: China has worked to pass domestic refugee legislation for the past 10 years, but "technical issues" and differences among interested ministries have prevented the legislation from being codified into law, according to an MFA official. Reiterating the well-known PRC position on No [...]
2009-09-23 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS
09BEIJING2744China's Food Security Challenges and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although China has eliminated widespread hunger and malnutrition within its borders, Beijing still faces challenges in ensuring predictable, affordable domestic food supplies, including: land and water constraints, ecological problems, trade barriers, a poor regulatory and inve [...]
2009-09-24 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING2772 BEIJING WELCOMES DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary James Steinberg and delegation to China September 28-29, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Mr. Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Sung [...]
2009-09-25 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP AMGT CH KS JA
09BEIJING2792MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EAST ASIA, CHINA TRADE POLICY
[...] IRAN "China could take more initiative on the Iran issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/29)(pg 14): "In the past, China could, together with Russia, oppose U.S., UK, and French proposals on Iran. However, now that the U.S. ha [...]
2009-09-29 08:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2794SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA,
[...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...]
2009-09-29 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF
09BEIJING280ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...]
2009-02-05 08:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING2802TIBET: CHINA URGES CANCELATION OF SPEAKER PELOSI'S
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called in the Ambassador September 30 to urge cancellation of House Speaker Pelosi's planned meeting and joint press conference with the Dalai Lama. Tibet, VFM He said, is a "core interest," and such a meeting would impinge upon China's sovereignt [...]
2009-09-30 07:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2811PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...]
2009-09-30 11:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2812NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...]
2009-10-03 00:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING2824MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA
[...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...]
2009-10-07 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2825MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama plays 'hurry scurry' with the Dalai Lama" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(10/08)(pg 3): "Obama does not want the Dalai Lama making trouble at a critical time when the U.S. needs Ch [...]
2009-10-08 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2847OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE,
[...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...]
2009-10-13 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2850MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE a. "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize and Shocks the World" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/10)(pg 1): "Jin Canrong, professor of the People's University of China, commented that giving the Prize to Obama is [...]
2009-10-14 02:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2863MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA-JAPAN
[...] U.S. POLICY "Looking into the hidden truth about Obama's first Asia trip" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated with the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/13)(pg 14): "On Obama's first trip to Asia, his attendance at the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Singapo [...]
2009-10-14 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2864SUBJECT: EAP A/S CAMPBELL AND MFA DG ZHENG
[...] (C) Summary: The international community's engagement strategy and overall policy of sanctions against Burma have failed, said MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang in an October 13 working lunch with EAP A/S Campbell. A/S Campbell called for incre [...]
2009-10-14 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV CASC SENV CH TW BM
09BEIJING2868PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...]
2009-10-14 10:46:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH
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