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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 09BEIJING287 | FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...] | 2009-02-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN |
| 09BEIJING2870 | PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...] | 2009-10-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH |
| 09BEIJING2872 | A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...] | 2009-10-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH |
| 09BEIJING2882 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SCO, RMB APPRECIATION [...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell visits China to find a path for Obama to resume Six-Party Talks" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(02/03)(pg A16): "On whether the U.S. is in favor of an "East Asian Communi [...] | 2009-10-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING2897 | READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...] | 2009-10-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS |
| 09BEIJING2912 | OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH [...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...] | 2009-10-20 23:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK |
| 09BEIJING2923 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; PRC 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff [...] | 2009-10-22 00:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ETRD ECON |
| 09BEIJING2924 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...] | 2009-10-22 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN |
| 09BEIJING2958 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "Increasing trust, eliminating doubts, and friendly cooperation" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (10/24)(pg 3): "Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office at the Ministry of National Defense, said that since P [...] | 2009-10-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING2963 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 00:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PARM PGOV PREL OVIP |
| 09BEIJING2964 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...] | 2009-10-26 00:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN |
| 09BEIJING2965 | PRC: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. [...] | 2009-10-26 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL PGOV PARM MNUC |
| 09BEIJING2968 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...] | 2009-10-26 00:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN |
| 09BEIJING2979 | MEDIA REACTION: REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH, MYANMAR, [...] REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH "Seizing the opportunity of U.S.-China 'strategic reassurance'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/26)(pg 14): "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently (September 24 in a speech at t [...] | 2009-10-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING2980 | OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...] | 2009-10-26 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA |
| 09BEIJING2996 | CHINA/AML: DAS GLASER'S MEETING WITH PEOPLE,S BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau was willing to consider formation of an anti-money laundering and illicit finance working group under the framework of the S&ED, PBOC Anti-Money Laundering Bureau Director General Tang Xu told Treasury DAS Glaser on [...] | 2009-10-29 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER CH |
| 09BEIJING2997 | OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...] | 2009-10-29 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA |
| 09BEIJING3000 | NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH [...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...] | 2009-10-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR |
| 09BEIJING3056 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Poll shows Americans both love and hate China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/05)(pg 3): "Experts said that the [Thomson Reuters/Ipsos] poll, which was conducted right before Obama's visit to China, aga [...] | 2009-11-05 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3060 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...] | 2009-11-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM |
| 09BEIJING3061 | NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE, [...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...] | 2009-11-05 23:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN |
| 09BEIJING3097 | TRACK-1.5 CHINA-U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent bilateral track-1.5 discussions on strategic nuclear issues, several themes emerged, particularly with respect to PRC concerns regarding the direction of U.S. nuclear strategy and policy: (1) China wants "strategic reassurance" from the United States that ballistic m [...] | 2009-11-13 01:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MARR MNUC MASS CH |
| 09BEIJING3113 | NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...] | 2009-11-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR |
| 09BEIJING3118 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.-CHINA [...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "Obama steps onto the big Asian stage" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/13)(pg 1): "According to U.S. media, a new world order has arrived. Professor Jin Canrong at People's University of China sa [...] | 2009-11-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3132 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3138 | NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA |
| 09BEIJING315 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, U.S. POLICY, [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "The order of the visits gives clues to Clinton's diplomacy goals" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/09): "Secretary Clinton has carefully arranged her Asia trip. She is creating a b [...] | 2009-02-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING3163 | NOVEMBER 24, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: LIANG GUANGLIE'S DPRK [...] Key points at the November 24 MFA press briefing: -- The PRC views Liang Guanglie's visit to the DPRK as a "normal exchange" between the two militaries. -- The PRC supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue in advance of U.S. Ambassador Bosworth's trip to the DPRK. -- The PRC states that India's ballis [...] | 2009-11-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH IN KN RP |
| 09BEIJING3172 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...] | 2009-11-25 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR |
| 09BEIJING3211 | DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...] | 2009-12-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK |
| 09BEIJING3214 | CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (U) China has made progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Chinese government is implementing the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012) and has issued regulations and directives to strengthen its response to sex trafficki [...] | 2009-12-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
| 09BEIJING3226 | CHINESE WATCHING U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The PRC hopes the ongoing U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will foster significant disarmament as a reflection of President Obama's "Prague vision" of a nuclear weapons-free world, which in turn would "positively" impact China's nuclear policy, several academics told PolOff in r [...] | 2009-12-03 04:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PGOV MARR CH |
| 09BEIJING3241 | CHINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/R BOSWORTH [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Ambassador Bosworth and his delegation to Beijing December 11-12 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6539-3027 Office: (86-10)8531-3189 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fax: (86-10)8531- [...] | 2009-12-04 06:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CH |
| 09BEIJING3243 | BEIJING WELCOMES U/S WILLIAM BURNS AND DELEGATION, DECEMBER 8-9, 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Under Secretary William J. Burns and delegation to China December 8-9, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Ms. Laura M. Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary; Mr. Thomas C. Reed, General Services Offic [...] | 2009-12-04 07:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP |
| 09BEIJING3253 | BEIJING WELCOMES CODEL MURRAY JANUARY 10-16, 2010 [...] (U) Embassy Beijing and Consulate General Shanghai warmly welcome Senator Murray and delegation to China January 10-16, 2010, for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Greg May, Political Officer Home: (86-10)8046-5023 Office: (86-10)8531-4062 Cell: (86)139-1056-6 [...] | 2009-12-04 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASEC CH OREP |
| 09BEIJING3264 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "The world sets its eyes on Copenhagen" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(12/07)(pg 13): "Many people describe the Copenhagen Conference as the last chance to save the globe. For Bangkok and cities in the neighboring area, climate change has beco [...] | 2009-12-07 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3276 | DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...] | 2009-12-08 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA |
| 09BEIJING3294 | NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: The UN's World Food Program (WFP) Beijing-based North Korea coordinator on December 9 told Econoffs that North Korea's "middle class" would be the worst hurt by Pyongyang's recent currency revaluation. Furthermore, despite official North Korean estimates that the 2009 harvest was [...] | 2009-12-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH |
| 09BEIJING3297 | DECEMBER 10, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Ambassador Bosworth will be arriving in Beijing December 11 following his visit to North Korea. -- At the Copenhagen Conference, China hopes the concerns of developing countries are addressed. -- Xi Jinping will visit ROK, Japan, [...] | 2009-12-11 00:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA |
| 09BEIJING3311 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, COPENHAGEN, ARMS [...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "In receiving the peace prize, Obama defends war" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/11)(pg 1): "When receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama said that although wars have led to tragedies, militar [...] | 2009-12-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3312 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009 [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...] | 2009-12-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC |
| 09BEIJING3313 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...] | 2009-12-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH |
| 09BEIJING3327 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 22:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
| 09BEIJING3330 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
| 09BEIJING3338 | DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...] | 2009-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA |
| 09BEIJING3376 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "Holding to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(12/17)(pg 4): "The root cause and the nature of climate change must be clarified before all the countries will reach consensus; [...] | 2009-12-17 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 09BEIJING3392 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...] | 2009-12-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON |
| 09BEIJING3397 | TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...] | 2009-12-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB |
| 09BEIJING3414 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY [...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...] | 2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK |
| 09BEIJING3467 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE, [...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...] | 2009-12-28 06:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS |
| 09BEIJING3477 | CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Maanshan Huntian Equipment Ltd. Company's efforts to supply controlled steel to a North Korean weapons trading firm to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Officer Zhao Kun on December [...] | 2009-12-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR ETTC PREL CH KN |
| 09BEIJING3489 | DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...] | 2009-12-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS |
| 09BEIJING350 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...] | 2009-02-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW |
| 09BEIJING398 | FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...] | 2009-02-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT |
| 09BEIJING412 | NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...] | 2009-02-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO |
| 09BEIJING431 | FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...] | 2009-02-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK |
| 09BEIJING439 | CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...] | 2009-02-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
| 09BEIJING498 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Shelving stereotypes a must for cooperation" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/06): "...Concerted cooperation between China and the U.S. depends fundamentally on whether the two countries can transcend the stereotypes mentally of international re [...] | 2009-02-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
| 09BEIJING509 | CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...] | 2009-02-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
| 09BEIJING526 | AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...] | 2009-03-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER CH |
| 09BEIJING530 | MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA [...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...] | 2009-03-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING545 | March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH |
| 09BEIJING57 | DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...] | 2009-01-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA |
| 09BEIJING58 | PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN [...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...] | 2009-01-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN |
| 09BEIJING607 | FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...] | 2009-03-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS |
| 09BEIJING614 | JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S. [...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...] | 2009-03-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
| 09BEIJING666 | PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...] | 2009-03-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR |
| 09BEIJING692 | MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...] | 2009-03-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP |
| 09BEIJING713 | March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...] | 2009-03-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES |
| 09BEIJING752 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama admini [...] | 2009-03-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING754 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama adminis [...] | 2009-03-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING765 | JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...] | 2009-03-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA |
| 09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] | 2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
| 09BEIJING777 | Shandong's Economy Hit by Economic Slowdown but Still [...] (SBU) Summary: Shandong Province, China's second largest in terms of GDP and population, has witnessed a significant drop in trade and foreign investment during the first two months of 2009, according to contacts in Jinan and Qingdao who recently met with EconOff. However, contacts asserted t [...] | 2009-03-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH KS |
| 09BEIJING780 | DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...] | 2009-03-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
| 09BEIJING801 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] | 2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
| 09BEIJING855 | EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...] | 2009-03-31 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF |
| 09BEIJING856 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...] | 2009-03-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS |
| 09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
| 09BEIJING885 | APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE |
| 09BEIJING886 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S. Military [...] G-20 "The focus of the G20 should not only be on how to handle the financial crisis" a. Shanghai based News Agency under Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (04/02): While we are paying so much attention to the solutions to the financial crisis at the G- [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING922 | MEDIA REACTION: Obama's Nuclear Speech, North Korea, [...] Obama's Nuclear Speech "Obama's 'nuclear weapon-free world' is easier said than done" The official Communist Party international news publication Guangming Daily(Guangming Ribao) (04/07): Calls for a nuclear-free world existed for a long time before President Obama talked about it in his [...] | 2009-04-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
| 09BEIJING923 | APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...] | 2009-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW |
| 09BEIJING951 | CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...] | 2009-04-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN |
| 09BEIJING952 | PRC/DPRK: POST-LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE [...] (C) The Chinese are telling the P-3 countries, Japan and the ROK the same thing about the DPRK's missile launch: it might have been a satellite launch (technical data are ambiguous) and therefore we cannot conclude that it was a UNSCR violation, pass another resolution or apply additional or e [...] | 2009-04-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
| 09BEIJING953 | APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...] | 2009-04-09 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR |
| 09BEIJING973 | CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...] | 2009-04-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH |
| 09BEIJING982 | FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...] | 2009-04-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH |
| 09BEIJING983 | APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI |
| 09BEIJING991 | NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...] | 2009-04-15 05:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY |
| 09BEIJING992 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...] | 2009-04-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH |
| 09BEIJING996 | PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...] | 2009-04-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
| 09BELGRADE643 | SERBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SR |
| 09BERLIN1251 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...] | 2009-10-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US |
| 09BERLIN1258 | MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...] | 2009-10-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU |
| 09BERLIN1285 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS |
| 09BERLIN1300 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...] | 2009-10-20 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK |
| 09BERLIN1449 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...] | 2009-11-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR |
| 09BERLIN1458 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...] | 2009-11-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG |
| 09BERLIN1469 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...] | 2009-11-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU |
| 09BERLIN1483 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference [...] | 2009-11-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG |
| 09BERLIN1487 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...] | 2009-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU |
| 09BERLIN1494 | GERMANY SUPPORTS THIRD SUBSIDIARY BODY AT 2010 NPT [...] (C) Summary. Germany supports the USG effort to include a third subsidiary body at the NPT RevCon to address Article X (treaty withdrawal) issues. However, it believes the road ahead could be difficult due to NAM opposition. End Summary. 2. (C) Post delivered reftel points on November 20 t [...] | 2009-11-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BERLIN1539 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...] | 2009-12-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD |
| 09BERLIN1545 | GERMANY WILL RUN ONLY IN 2012 FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) MFA Human Rights Department deputy Martin Huth told Poloff December 4 in response to reftel message that Germany will not run for UN Human Rights Council membership until the term 2012-2015, due mainly to Germany's need to focus its resources on its upcoming bid for non-permanent membershi [...] | 2009-12-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM GM |
| 09BERLIN1566 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change: EPA on CO2 3. Terror Attacks in Iraq 4. Bosworth in North Korea 5. Afghanistan: Gates Visit 6. Mideast: EU Ministerial on Jerusalem 7. Iranian Clashes  [...] | 2009-12-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR KN KGHG IZ XF |
| 09BERLIN1570 | GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...] | 2009-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL |
| 09BERLIN187 | GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...] | 2009-02-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BERLIN196 | MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM |
| 09BERLIN218 | MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...] | 2009-02-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG |
| 09BERLIN245 | EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...] | 2009-02-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER |
| 09BERLIN276 | MEDIA REACTION: KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRELAND, HUMAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korea 3. Western Strategy on Afghanistan, Elections 4. Northern Ireland Attacks 5. Human Rights 6. Financial Crisis 7. Stem Cell Research 8. Iran  [...] | 2009-03-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN AF UK IR |
| 09BERLIN324 | MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...] | 2009-03-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT |
| 09BERLIN339 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...] | 2009-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN |
| 09BERLIN417 | NORTH KOREA TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel points to Nikolai von Schoepff, head of the Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Division at the German MFA, and Hans Koeppel, who directly follows the North Korea issue, on April 6. Both stated that the GoG shares U.S. concerns about the incident and hoped [...] | 2009-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PARM KN KNNP GM |
| 09BERLIN443 | MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...] | 2009-04-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
| 09BERLIN448 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...] | 2009-04-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
| 09BERLIN561 | (S) GERMANY EXPANDING OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMS AND EYE CLOSER USG PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
| 09BERLIN631 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR TEST, GITMO, AFPAK, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Test 3. Guantnamo Detainees 4. Pakistan, Afghanistan 5. Iran and the Middle East 6. EU-Russia Meeting 7. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US KN PK AF IR XF RS FR AE |
| 09BERLIN637 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE |
| 09BERLIN713 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI |
| 09BERLIN791 | GERMAN MFA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA supports the U.S. effort to mobilize the international community to fully implement UNSCR 1874. In this regard, the Germans suggest that we focus our efforts on new EU president Sweden, which they say remains skeptical about enhanced sanctions against North Korea. [...] | 2009-07-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EUN KN GM |
| 09BERLIN803 | MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...] | 2009-07-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG |
| 09BERLIN851 | FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...] | 2009-07-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY |
| 09BERLIN879 | STAYING AHEAD OF PROLIFERATORS REVOLVES AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the global financial crisis adds pressure to stimulate growth through increased exports despite the ever increasing threat from proliferation/terrorism, the question of how to effectively administer national export control measures has never been more important or for that m [...] | 2009-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD KOMC PARM PGOV PINR BR UK IR GM |
| 09BERLIN905 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...] | 2009-07-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
| 09BERN108 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): SWISS [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government generally believes that the U.S. Administration has outlined a "good agenda" for the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. Switzerland has sponsored UN resolutions on de-alerting nuclear weapons, and will continue to do so. Fo [...] | 2009-03-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP AORC PREL UNGA IAEA SZ |
| 09BISHKEK1140 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian republic of five million people. Agriculture plays an important role in the Kyrgyz economy, which has not been as heavily affected by the global economic downturn as some neighboring countries. Nonetheless, poverty and high unemployment lead [...] | 2009-10-21 02:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
| 09BISHKEK211 | KYRGYZSTAN 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2009 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2009-03-16 02:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
| 09BISHKEK221 | KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MP CLAIMS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DCM on March 6, member of Parliament from the opposition Social Democratic Party Bakyt Beshimov claimed that he had survived an assassination attempt in the form of a staged car accident in the mountains outside Jalalabad, and that GKNB Chairman Sutalinov told hi [...] | 2009-03-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KG |
| 09BISHKEK224 | KYRGYZSTAN 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2009 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2009-03-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
| 09BISHKEK225 | KYRGYZSTAN 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2009 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2009-03-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
| 09BISHKEK470 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER - MARCH 2009 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyzstan was ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a recent Forbes magazin [...] | 2009-05-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
| 09BISHKEK79 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime on paper with a broad base of commercial l [...] | 2009-01-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG |
| 09BOGOTA2083 | US ADVISORY ON NORTH KOREA DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT [...] On June 30 Econoff delivered text of U.S. Treasury Advisory on North Korea as requested reftel to Patricia Cortes, North American Director, Colombian Ministry of External Relations. She acknowledged receipt and said it was being distributed to the appropriate contacts in the Government of Col [...] | 2009-07-01 17:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CO |
| 09BRASILIA1038 | VISIT OF WMD COORDINATOR SAMORE TO BRASILIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. NSC WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Brasilia August 6-7 to hold discussions with senior Brazilian officials on North Korea, Iran and strengthening international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. Samore approached the Brazilians as potential partners in nonprolifera [...] | 2009-08-20 18:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUP PARM PREL NPT IAEA MNUC BR |
| 09BRASILIA1040 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Post has recently held extensive conversations with Brazilian authorities on the NPT revcon, particularly in connection with the August 5-6 visit of NSC WMD coordinator Samore (reported septel). Brazil believes that a successful revcon will be in its interest but defines success as the [...] | 2009-08-20 20:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
| 09BRASILIA1141 | BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...] | 2009-09-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR |
| 09BRASILIA1230 | QOM REPORT GETS THE BRAZILIANS THINKING [...] (C) Summary. During an October 1 meeting with poloff, Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Central Asia (including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Director Ricardo Luis Pires Ribeiro da Silva acknowledged that the September 24 report to the IAEA on the Qom nuclear facility ch [...] | 2009-10-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP BR IR |
| 09BRASILIA1261 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...] | 2009-10-23 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR |
| 09BRASILIA1280 | BRAZIL RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] On October 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE). Poloff also provided nonpapers on: no-action motions, Iran, Burma, DPRK and the elections resolution. 2. NO-ACTION MOTIONS: Brazil opposes [...] | 2009-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM PREL BR |
| 09BRASILIA132 | BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...] | 2009-02-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR |
| 09BRASILIA1411 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF WHA [...] (C) Mission Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia. It is more than a courtesy to say that your trip comes at a significant time for U.S.-Brazil relations. A promising start with the new U.S. Administration is beginning to ebb as high-level initiatives have been delayed and Brazil ha [...] | 2009-12-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP BR |
| 09BRASILIA177 | UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 1: [...] (C) Summary. As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself under the influence of four powerful personalities whose ideologies are shaping its foreign policy priorities [...] | 2009-02-11 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR |
| 09BRASILIA196 | BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...] | 2009-02-13 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR |
| 09BRASILIA391 | BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...] | 2009-03-28 00:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL BR |
| 09BRASILIA426 | BRAZIL WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil is pleased that the US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (reftel),but the director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Exterior relations could not state whether Brazil will vote for the U.S. End summary. Pleased U.S. Is Coming Back - - - - [...] | 2009-04-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BR |
| 09BRASILIA453 | BRAZIL HAS NO RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (U) Charge delivered demarche (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs in the Ministry for External Relations, who made no specific response on the North Korean rocket launch. Jaguaribe shared Brazil's views on North Korea in general and Brazi [...] | 2009-04-14 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN BR |
| 09BRASILIA667 | BRAZIL POSTPONES OPENING PYONGYANG EMBASSY OVER [...] (U) Summary. In response to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, Brazil is indefinitely postponing sending its Ambassador-designate to Pyongyang to open the Brazilian embassy (reftels). The Ministry of External Relations (MRE) issued an uncharacteristically strong note in which it "vehemently con [...] | 2009-05-26 20:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC MCAP KN BR ZN |
| 09BRASILIA679 | BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...] | 2009-05-28 20:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR |
| 09BRASILIA694 | NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...] | 2009-06-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN |
| 09BRASILIA757 | BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...] | 2009-06-16 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NAR PREL BR |
| 09BRASILIA78 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...] | 2009-01-16 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
| 09BRASILIA844 | BRAZIL PLEDGES COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (ref A) on June 29 to First Secretary Ricardo Portugal in Asia and Oceania Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, who stated that Brazil was already working on complying with inspection-related provisions of UNSCR 1874. Portugal confirmed that Brazil [...] | 2009-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BR |
| 09BRASILIA960 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...] | 2009-08-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL BR |
| 09BRATISLAVA298 | CHINESE PRESIDENT HU IN SLOVAKIA: BUSINESS AND PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Slovakia on June 18-19. While the Slovak Government deemed the visit a success because it affirmed China's regard for Slovakia "as an important EU country" and produced contracts between Slovak and Chinese companies valued at 75.5 million euro, [...] | 2009-07-07 15:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH LO PHUM |
| 09BRATISLAVA45 | SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...] | 2009-01-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO |
| 09BRATISLAVA70 | FICO'S ROLE MODEL: VLADIMIR PUTIN? [...] (C) Name this leader: He consolidated power and popularity during a period of unprecedented economic growth. As a hedge against any current or future challengers, he attacks the opposition and media relentlessly. He accuses NGOs of seeking to undermine the government and has supported legislati [...] | 2009-02-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO RU |
| 09BRUSSELS1021 | EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...] | 2009-07-27 04:56:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
| 09BRUSSELS1118 | PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Lambert has just left a position as Deputy Chief of the Cabinet of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht. Based on his insider's view of B [...] | 2009-08-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC |
| 09BRUSSELS1271 | UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, during her first trip to Europe as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher held separate meetings on non-proliferation and disarmament issues with the EU's envoy for non-proliferation, Annalisa Giannella, EU Council Director [...] | 2009-09-21 14:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL XF EUN ETTC |
| 09BRUSSELS1301 | U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF |
| 09BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
| 09BRUSSELS261 | EU ARCTIC POLICY: BRUSSELS LOOKS NORTH [...] (SBU) On February 20, Janos Herman, Policy Advisor and Deputy Political Director, DG External Relations, called on USEU's Economic Section to discuss the policy paper (i.e., communication) "The European Union and the Arctic Region" (issued in November) and the Commission's request for observer [...] | 2009-02-24 10:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS525 | BELGIUM CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN BE |
| 09BRUSSELS579 | EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Brussels-based EU officials working on Burma policy issues appreciated receiving reftel points on the status of the ongoing U.S. policy review. Although the EU still intends a straight rollover of its Common Position and restrictive measures, Foreign Ministers may issue politic [...] | 2009-04-17 19:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS769 | U.S-EU CONSULTATIONS ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Mgration Samuel Witten led a U.S. delegation of PRM and USAID officials in Brussels May 19 or the annual humanitarian Strategic Policy Dialogue (SPD) between the U.S. and the European Commission, the world's two largest hum [...] | 2009-06-03 15:37:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS812 | BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 11 with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, about the candidacy of Jean-Pol Poncelet for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Bauwens was in Budapest. He said that he was disappointed that Poncelet had n [...] | 2009-06-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC ENRG PARM BE |
| 09BRUSSELS920 | EU AND NORTH KOREA [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE |
| 09BRUSSELS956 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL BE |
| 09BUCHAREST754 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN [...] (U) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA DirGen for Bilateral Affairs Gheorghe Magheru (supervising all regions but North America and Europe) and MFA DirGen for Strategic Affairs Calin Stoica (supervising North America),during a previously planned meeting to discuss EU-North Korea [...] | 2009-11-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC EFIN KNNP UNSC KN RO |
| 09BUCHAREST762 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED EU DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PARM UNSC KNNP KN RO |
| 09BUDAPEST113 | HUNGARY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post provides the following responses provided by the MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department, keyed to questions outlined in ref A, paragraph 8. 3. A. (C) What are the host government's objectives for the NPT in general, and [...] | 2009-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NPT MNUC ENGR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST286 | HUNGARY WITH THE EU ON BURMA ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) MFA Asia/Pacific Deputy Director Laszlo Kuti and desk officer David Ambrus discussed reftel with PolOff on April 9. While acknowledging that Hungary has very limited contact, including trade, with Burma, Kuti said that the GOH fully supports the EU Common Position, and expects no changes [...] | 2009-04-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST288 | NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT ON MISSILE [...] (S) During a meeting on April 9 unrelated to reftel, MFA Asia and Pacific Department Deputy Director Laszlo Kuti told PolOff that he met with the Vienna-based North Korean Deputy Chief of Mission on April 8 to discuss the recent missile launch. Kuti stated that the North Korean diplomat was un [...] | 2009-04-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST306 | HUNGARY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel diplomatic note and talking points (ref A) to Krisztina Kovacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kovacs reiterated the GOH's support for the U.S. candidacy for the UN Hu [...] | 2009-04-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST474 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO HUNGARIANS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to the MFA Asia/Pacific Department's Deputy Director General Laszlo Kuti on June 30. Kuti commented that the information was in line with Hungary's position vis-a-vis North Korea. He stated that Hungary fully supported the EU's statement on the issue a [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST669 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sandor Racz, Senior Advisor to the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Racz expressed Hungary's concurrence with the U.S. position on the IAEA Gene [...] | 2009-09-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST779 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON THIRD [...] (U) PolOff and EmbOff delivered reftel points October 22 to Anna Miklos, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Desk Officer. Miklos expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss Third Committee agenda items in advance, adding that the Hungarian position parallels USG priorities. She sa [...] | 2009-10-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST831 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (SBU) On November 12, Econoff delivered reftel points to Dr. Szilvia Balazs from the MFA's International and EU Public Law Department; Dr. Andrea Kadar, Head of Unit of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Strategic Issues Dept; and to Dr. Krisztina Kovacs, Head of Unit of the Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC UNSC HU |
| 09BUDAPEST865 | HUNGARY COMMENTS FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA HU |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1078 | MEDIA REACTION: UN CALL FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; HONDURAS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on the UN call for nuclear disarmament; the implications of Zelaya's return to Honduras; and the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "UN makes an historic [...] | 2009-09-25 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1282 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17-23; 11/23/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international opinion pieces and editorials last week were mostly related to President Obama's trip to Asia and its impact on the US-Sino bilateral relationship; President Obama's policy on the Middle East; the Guantanamo Bay detention center; and the outcome of the FOA [...] | 2009-11-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1300 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-30; 11/30/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories were related to: the outcome of the Honduran presidential election; expectations for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil and Bolivia. 2. HONDURA [...] | 2009-11-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1305 | (C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian [...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...] | 2009-12-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES964 | ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
| 09CAIRO1960 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...] | 2009-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG |
| 09CAIRO1976 | TREASURY DAS DANIEL GLASER,S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KN PTER ECON PGOV EG |
| 09CAIRO868 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor indicated that he would discuss with the Governor and others the possibility of a formal policy directive prohi [...] | 2009-05-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09CAIRO975 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor suggested that it would not be difficult to issue a formal policy directive prohibiting Egyptian banks from opening or [...] | 2009-05-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09CAIRO993 | DEMARCHE REGARDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
| 09CANBERRA1089 | AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...] | 2009-12-11 00:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CH FJ AS |
| 09CANBERRA127 | SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: DFAT North Asia Division North East Asia Branch Assistant Secretary Daniel Sloper told Poloff on February 5 that ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan,s meetings in Perth and Sydney January 22-24 were to finalize arrangements for President Lee Myung-Bak,s visit to Australia dur [...] | 2009-02-06 03:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS ETRD KS PREL |
| 09CANBERRA138 | PRIME MINISTER REIGNS OVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since becoming Prime Minister in December 2007, Kevin Rudd has appropriated control of foreign-policy formulation and decision-making, leaving his Foreign Minister to perform mundane, ceremonial duties and relegating the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to a backw [...] | 2009-02-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA179 | AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA181 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA348 | NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and the President's April 5 statement, and drew from the "if asked" points, in an April 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan and Director for Counter-Proliferation Gerry McGuire of the Department of F [...] | 2009-04-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN AS |
| 09CANBERRA354 | AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON NORTH KOREAN [...] In a televised interview on April 7, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called the April 5 North Korean launch of a Taepo-dong 2 missile "deeply and gravely concerning" and charged North Korea with being in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. He said he had spoken with South Korean For [...] | 2009-04-07 07:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC AS |
| 09CANBERRA376 | DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...] | 2009-04-14 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH JA KN PK PREL |
| 09CANBERRA414 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...] | 2009-04-28 00:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP |
| 09CANBERRA418 | TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...] | 2009-04-29 01:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS |
| 09CANBERRA513 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY [...] Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith issued a strong public statement of support for the recent agreement to begin negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) on June 1. Smith cited the growing international consensus on the need to act against the spread of nuc [...] | 2009-06-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA526 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defense Department Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Australia Labor Party's (ALP) left wing, but in reality will allow the GOA to continue its [...] | 2009-06-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MCAP PGOV PREL |
| 09CANBERRA529 | CORRECTED COPY - DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE [...] (S/NF) CORRECTED COPY - Changed Text in para 1 line 1 and para 2 line 1. Summary: Australian Defense Department Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Austra [...] | 2009-06-05 03:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MCAP PGOV PREL |
| 09CANBERRA594 | DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, DPRK AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Recently appointed Defense Minister John Faulkner told Charge on June 25 that during his discussions with the RC South Ministers and NATO Defense Ministers in Netherlands and Belgium earlier this month, he urged that the issue of command in Oruzgan Province be resolved befor [...] | 2009-06-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS PREL |
| 09CANBERRA643 | MESSAGE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Australian Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Mike Callaghan on July  [...] | 2009-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL |
| 09CANBERRA758 | PEAK BODY VIEWS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOWN UNDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Australia has an expanding LNG sector (see Perth septel) and contracting oil sector. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) represents both and has argued for increased government incentives and regulatory simplicity to encourage further oil expl [...] | 2009-08-17 02:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV AS |
| 09CANBERRA855 | AUSTRALIA-ROK-INDONESIA TRILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C/NF) An inaugural trilateral held in Canberra on September 9 between Australia, the ROK and Indonesia resulted in a vehicle still in search of an idea. While the concept has strong support from the heads of government, the trilateral discussion was wide ranging and did not produce substantiv [...] | 2009-09-18 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KS ID AS |
| 09CANBERRA861 | AUSTRALIAN PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY Australia's UNGA priorities are promoting its bid for a 2013-2014 Security Council seat, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, as well as UN financial and budgetary issues. Australia is delighted with the U.S. initiative to have a UNSC discussion on dis [...] | 2009-09-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
| 09CANBERRA892 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS NEW BURMA APPROACH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the Burma Policy Review Conclusions and is conducting its own review of Burma policy. Brendon Hammer, First Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, reacted very positively to the Burma Policy Review Conclusions ( [...] | 2009-09-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM AS |
| 09CAPETOWN189 | PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) has been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs ar [...] | 2009-08-28 07:10:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CAPETOWN195 | PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) have been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs a [...] | 2009-09-03 14:34:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CAPETOWN196 | National Commitee for arms control fails to disclose arms [...] (SBU) On September 2, Poloff attended the Defence and Military Veterans committee meeting in Parliament where Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, briefed the committee on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). This was originally supposed to be a [...] | 2009-09-04 15:21:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CARACAS495 | CHAVEZ IN TOKYO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Tokyo followed the Bolivarian model - heavy on theater and light on substance. Shifting from the negative rhetoric against the U.S. displayed on previous stops in Iran and Qatar, Chavez hit more positive notes in Japan. While media reports i [...] | 2009-04-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
| 09CHENGDU102 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: CONVERSATIONS WITH XICHANG CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Summary: According to Catholic and Protestant church members in the city of Xichang in southern Sichuan Province, urban and rural churches in the area operate relatively freely. The local Catholic community boasts nine priests and 25 nuns, regularly receives priests from South Korea and Ta [...] | 2009-06-11 03:21:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV CH |
| 09CHENGDU232 | CITIES OF CHONGQING AND CHENGDU: RIVALS AND BROTHERS [...] (U) Summary: Chongqing and Chengdu have a long history of rivalry, but are increasingly becoming part of a larger megalopolis. Chongqing's GDP growth was 12.5 percent in the first half of 2009, ranking it sixth among all provinces, and resulted from: construction of new economic and financial [...] | 2009-10-16 09:31:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAGR ELAB PGOV PINR CH |
| 09CHIANGMAI57 | GMS: POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BORDER INEFFICIENCIES FORM ROAD [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) issued by Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane. Econ staff of both posts traveled together by road from the China-Lao border to the Lao-Thai border to collect the information reported in these ca [...] | 2009-04-23 07:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ECIN ETTC EWWT ETRD CH LA TH |
| 09CHISINAU392 | US RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN MD |
| 09CHISINAU395 | MOLDOVA WILL CHECK FOR NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN MD |
| 09CHISINAU694 | MONGOLIA’S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On August 12, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director for Asian Affairs J. Sukhee briefed poloff on the annual Mongolia-DPRK consultations that concluded on August 11. MFAT State Secretary Tsogtbaatar led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with [...] | 2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG |
| 09COLOMBO1043 | MALDIVES OPPOSES IRAN'S NO-ACTION MOTION ON UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Vice President Ahmed Shaheed assured Ambassador of the support of the government of the Maldives (GOM) and of the Maldives intention to oppose the &no-action8 motion on the human rights resolution on Iran. Shaheed instructed their mission in New York not to participate in t [...] | 2009-11-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV |
| 09COLOMBO1159 | DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency; disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups; reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation Tigers of [...] | 2009-12-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO32 | DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ON MEDIA [...] (c) Summary: In a January 8 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested by Ambassador, the President offered little hope that investigations into recent attacks on the press would lead anywhere, but agreed to provide security for two prominent critics. He predicted the Sri Lankan mil [...] | 2009-01-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
| 09COLOMBO516 | SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY [...] (S) Charge raised reftel points concerning possible GSL purchase of lethal military equipment (LME) from North Korea and Iran with Foreign Minister Bogollagama on May 11. Bogollagama categorically denied that the GSL is attempting to procure weapons or arms from either country. He also underscored [...] | 2009-05-12 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL KNNP CE |
| 09COLOMBO67 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 09COLOMBO688 | SRI LANKA: RE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Aruni Wijaywardena, Director General of the UN and Multilateral Affairs office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 29. Ambassador Wijaywardena said she would see that the information is disbursed among the various appropriate agencies of the [...] | 2009-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ISN EAP CE |
| 09COLOMBO968 | SRI LANKA DENIES NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCURE LETHAL [...] (S) In a much-delayed response to our Ref A demarche on possible Sri Lankan procurement of lethal military equipment from North Korea and Iran, Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Americas Division Kshenuka Senewiratne on October 16 said they appreciated U.S. concerns [...] | 2009-10-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09CONAKRY381 | DEMARCHE - IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (U) On June 29, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua. The Minister made no substantive response concerning the subject. 2. (U) The Minister requested a French translation of the non-paper accompanying the demarche. Post has requested this tr [...] | 2009-06-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ISN EAP TREASURY GV |
| 09CONAKRY382 | DEMARCHE - IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) On June 29, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua. The Minister made no substantive response concerning the subject. The DCM also discussed with the Minister Guinea's record of supporting North Korea during UN votes and urged the Foreign Mini [...] | 2009-06-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ISNV IO USUN GV |
| 09CONAKRY92 | MIDDLE GUINEA - AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip into Guinea's mountainous central province revealed an impoverished economy dominated by subsistence agriculture, low-value-added artisanship, and imported consumer goods. Banks almost exclusively offer only short-term credit at interest rates over 21%. Chronic lack [...] | 2009-02-05 09:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ELTN EIND ENRG ECPS GV |
| 09COPENHAGEN291 | MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S VISIT TO DENMARK [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospects for U.S. climate and energy legislation and its potential impact on an international climate agreement in December were foremost in the minds of Danish interlocutors as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer visited Copenhagen May 26 - 29. Hoyer, in meetings with senior Dan [...] | 2009-06-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV DA |
| 09COTONOU136 | BENIN - RESPONSE TO TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN BN |
| 09COTONOU157 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: February 2 The following articles were published: An article in the [...] | 2009-04-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
| 09COTONOU282 | COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media June 2 The following articles were published: An [...] | 2009-07-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
| 09COTONOU606 | COTONOU: NOVEMBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media November 2 The following articles were published: [...] | 2009-12-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO BN |
| 09DAKAR1069 | CONFLICTING MESSAGES ABOUT WADE'S MONUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is constructing the monument, a valuable tract of land is said to have been given to Mbackeou Faye, one of [...] | 2009-08-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
| 09DAKAR288 | (SBU) Visionary Monument or Bromdignagian Folly? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between December 1-14, 2009 Senegal will host the World Festival of Negro Arts (FESNAM). The event will focus on African renaissance and is also meant to coincide with the unveiling of a fifty-meter high "African Renaissance statue" commissioned by President Abdoulaye Wade. Wad [...] | 2009-03-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
| 09DAMASCUS377 | CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS682 | "INTERNET PIONEERS" SEEK TO USE WEB TO EASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three twenty-something Syrian entrepreneurs recently started an Arabic-language website called Masaader.com ("Sources") and a marketing and advertising research firm associated with the British Internet-based marketing firm YouGov in the hopes of developing Syria-specific Interne [...] | 2009-09-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY |
| 09DARESSALAAM65 | SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...] | 2009-02-02 03:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ |
| 09DHAKA1039 | WILLING TO PLAY BALL: BANGLADESH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) In a wide ranging meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Bangladesh,s No. 2 diplomat, Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, emphasized the importance of close ties with the United States and discussed the potential for some movement on UN- related concerns and recognition of Kosov [...] | 2009-11-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG |
| 09DHAKA1071 | BACK TO THE FUTURE? BANGLADESH SWITCHES UN VOTE [...] (C) In a return to the position of the previous democratically elected government, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) chose to abstain on a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution condemning the human rights situation in North Korea. By doing so, the Government reversed the stance taken by t [...] | 2009-11-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PINR BM KN BG IR |
| 09DHAKA974 | BANGLADESH MEDIA CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR WINNING [...] Summary and comment: President Obama's selection for this year's Nobel Peace Prize received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum generally applauded the President's selection. Most mainstream commentary agreed with the Nobel c [...] | 2009-10-14 23:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG |
| 09DILI104 | TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...] | 2009-04-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT |
| 09DILI37 | JOSE RAMOS-HORTA VISITS WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 24-26, 2009, Jose Ramos-Horta will make his first visit to Washington as President of Timor-Leste. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes to acquaint himself with leaders of the new Obama Administration and renew old friendships among members of the U.S. Congress. He [...] | 2009-02-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JOSE RAMOS HORTA |
| 09DJIBOUTI317 | DJIBOUTI: SUPPORTS AU POSITION ON CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN [...] (C) DCM raised demarche talking points (ref A) on April 15 with Mohamed Ali Hassan, MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs. Hassan said that in such matters, Djibouti often sought to align itself with "collective statements," rather than voice its view independently. In response to the recent Nort [...] | 2009-04-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID MA PREL |
| 09DOHA180 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...] | 2009-03-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA205 | KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...] | 2009-03-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA |
| 09DOHA210 | SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...] | 2009-03-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA471 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY ANALYZES QATAR'S LNG [...] (SBU) On July 23, 2009, Ambassador met with William Cattan, an oil and gas attorney with Dewey & LeBoeuf, to discuss the outlook for Qatar's Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry. Mr. Cattan previously worked for one of Qatar's national natural gas companies, RasGas, and has considerable insight [...] | 2009-07-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG QA |
| 09DOHA495 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] (C) According to diplomatic sources in Doha, Qatar has recently moved ahead with investment and infrastructure plans in Poland with the goal of augmenting its list of current LNG clients. The first stage of this engagement was the purchase of two Polish shipyards that are able to produce the n [...] | 2009-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
| 09DUBLIN59 | IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...] | 2009-02-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09DUSHANBE1113 | TAJIKISTAN NAMED TOP REGULATORY REFORMER -- NOW FOURTH-WORST [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan has been named a "top 10 regulatory reformer" by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC),after improving in five of the ten areas the Bank uses to compute its annual "Doing Business" rankings. Tajikistan now ranks 152 out of 183 countries, up from [...] | 2009-10-02 04:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1348 | RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...] | 2009-12-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1433 | STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...] | 2009-12-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI |
| 09GABORONE336 | BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE486 | BOTSWANA AND IRAN: FOOTBALL AND DIPLOMACY [...] (C) On June 9, the Botswana Football Association (BFA),the governing body for soccer in Botswana, announced plans for a match between the Iranian national soccer team and Botswana's national team the Zebras to be held July 5 in Gaborone. Botswana, like the rest of the Southern Africa, is try [...] | 2009-06-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR BC |
| 09GENEVA1065 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-047. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 23, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 4. (S) U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mullen, and Chief of the Russian Gener [...] | 2009-11-25 12:13:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA920 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 21, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first Ad Hoc Group meeting chaired by Secretary of Defense Representative Dr. Warner [...] | 2009-10-28 11:08:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA971 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-023. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 29, 2009 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. Delegation hosted a reception for the Russian Delegation at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on [...] | 2009-11-05 10:42:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GUANGZHOU59 | GUANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCHES - GROWING DESPITE SPORADIC POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou's underground house churches continue to grow, particularly among students and professionals, even in the face of periodic police pressure and oversight of large gatherings and religious training. Church leaders tell us that most area house churches continue to hold serv [...] | 2009-02-03 08:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH |
| 09HANOI112 | VIETNAM'S VIEWS ON THE NPT [...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns outlined U.S. priorities for the NPT in anticipation of the third Preparatory Committee meeting in May prior to the NPT Review Conference in 2010. He emphasized [...] | 2009-02-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA |
| 09HANOI1426 | Setting the scene for CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...] | 2009-12-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
| 09HANOI166 | VIETNAM OPENS FIRST REFINERY, ENDS RELIANCE ON IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam celebrated the long-awaited opening of its first oil refinery on February 22. The new facility, located in central Quang Ngai Province, in one of Vietnam's poorest regions, ends the country's reliance on imported fuel and will allow Vietnam to curtail fuel imports by 30 pe [...] | 2009-02-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM |
| 09HANOI180 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
| 09HANOI192 | CHARGE AND MFA DISCUSS BURMA, NORTH KOREA, DARFUR; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging lunch discussion March 2, the CDA and the MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Le Hoai Trung, exchanged views on Burma, North Korea, and Darfur; Vietnam's territorial claims under the Law of the Sea; and nonproliferation. The CDA urged DG T [...] | 2009-03-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON MNUC PARM UNSC NPT BM CH |
| 09HANOI215 | WHAT USE ARE LIPS AND TEETH? VIETNAM'S AMBIVALENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's foreign policy, normally pragmatic to a fault, betrays a certain tension when it comes to North Korea. Influential voices in the Party speak of ideological affinity and historical bonds, while others in Vietnam's foreign policy establishment advocate a more sober asses [...] | 2009-03-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UNSC CH KS KN VM |
| 09HANOI324 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: VIETNAM'S UN POSITION REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite early indications that it would simply hew to China and Russia's line, Vietnam's position on a possible UN Security Council resolution in fact remains undecided. In an April 8 conversation, the MFA's International Organizations Official responsible for Security Council m [...] | 2009-04-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC PGOV KN VM |
| 09HANOI336 | CODEL McCain Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: In their April 6-8 visit to Vietnam, CODEL McCain covered a wide range of issues with the Vietnamese leadership, including the recent DPRK missile test, the need for a new bilateral agreement on adoptions, the GVN's desire for market economy status and the need for greater respec [...] | 2009-04-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON ETRD SENV PHUM CASC VM |
| 09HANOI368 | VIETNAM ON NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 17 conversation with PolCouns, the MFA's DG for MFA International Organizations Director General, Le Hoai Trung, described Vietnam's efforts to urge the DPRK to "show restraint" and remain engaged in the Six-Party Talks. Prior to the April 5 missile launch, Vietnam's [...] | 2009-04-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VM |
| 09HANOI582 | BUILDING VIETNAM'S MILITARY DETERRENT WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Increasingly concerned about China's assertive behavior in the South China Sea, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is pressing ahead with its military modernization program. To better defend its territorial claims and economic interests and present a more potent deterrent to Chine [...] | 2009-06-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PINR PINS PREL RS VM |
| 09HANOI740 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City comes at an important moment in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Overall, bilateral ties have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. Th [...] | 2009-08-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI829 | North Korean Asylum Seekers Enter Danish Embassy [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF VM KN |
| 09HANOI846 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (SBU) Director Slaughter: Your Policy Planning Talks with the Vietnamese, the second since discussions were inaugurated last October, comes at an important moment in the bilateral relationship. Overall, ties between our two countries have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and [...] | 2009-08-26 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI847 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM |
| 09HANOI848 | President Triet Assures Ambassador that Relations Good, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting August 18, State President Nguyen Minh Triet assured the Ambassador that Vietnam's leadership remained committed to deepening reform and viewed its relationship with the United States as positive and improving. Noting that Vietnam would chair ASEAN in 2010, [...] | 2009-08-26 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD BM VM |
| 09HANOI851 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM |
| 09HANOI925 | Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...] | 2009-12-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM |
| 09HANOI978 | Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...] | 2009-09-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM |
| 09HARARE931 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON REPUBLIC OF KOREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean (ROK) community in Zimbabwe, though small, is heavily involved in the economy and works closely with ZANU-PF officials, especially Grace Mugabe, the wife of the president. In addition to small firms (photo shops and wig stores),Koreans are involved in coal and [...] | 2009-12-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 09HARARE938 | BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...] | 2009-12-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI |
| 09HAVANA248 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FIGHTS ANEMIA, WANTS SATELLITE [...] (C) The World Food Program (WFP) is working to fight anemia and provide emergency assistance to hurricane victims in Cuba. Although Cuba is food insecure (importing 80 percent of its food),few Cubans suffer from malnutrition, according to the WFP country director. However, anemia caused by [...] | 2009-04-28 10:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IO CU |
| 09HAVANA551 | CUBA AND CHINA: THE BEST OF TIMES [...] (SBU) Bilateral relations between China and Cuba are at their historic best, according to China's top legislator Wu Bangguo. China and Cuba traded high level visitors this week as Wu visited Havana and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visited Beijing to commemorate the 49th anniversary [...] | 2009-09-08 17:59:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CU CH |
| 09HAVANA660 | CUBA'S BLOCKADE: LITTLE INFORMATION FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. It is hard to overstate how isolated Cubans are from the outside world. Cubans have little or no access to outside news or media, foreign TV or radio programming, or even internet or email. There is little in the way of local content to make up for this dearth of information. W [...] | 2009-11-02 20:26:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECPS PHUM CU |
| 09HELSINKI360 | FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN WEATHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has been a partner in Afghanistan with boots on the ground since 2002, and its political leaders, with few exceptions, continue to demonstrate their commitment to the mission both publicly and privately. However, having suffered only one fatality so far, Finland's politic [...] | 2009-10-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 09HOCHIMINHCITY688 | A TALE OF THREE CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES: THE GOOD, THE WEIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The three south-central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh may occupy the same long stretch of coast, but strong local leadership commitment to economic reform enables Binh Dinh to thrive while Khanh Hoa meanders and Phu Yen stumbles. The annual Vietnam Provi [...] | 2009-12-28 07:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI VM |
| 09HONGKONG1204 | UNSCR 1874: HONG KONG AWAITS BEIJING'S GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) On June 30, EconOffs conveyed reftel A and B points to Wendy Chung, Principal Assistant Secretary, and Anna Chor, Assistant Secretary, at the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB). Chung confirmed that CEDB will take the lead in drafting the HKG's [...] | 2009-06-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ECON EFIN MNUC KNNP KN HK MC |
| 09HONGKONG1266 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...] | 2009-07-10 08:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
| 09HONGKONG1267 | HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...] | 2009-07-10 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
| 09HONGKONG1296 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...] | 2009-07-16 04:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
| 09HONGKONG1297 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...] | 2009-07-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
| 09HONGKONG1304 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call July 15, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said Hong Kong's low tax rate doesn't mean it is a tax haven. The government's decision to submit legislation to conform with the latest tax information standards is meant to simplify neg [...] | 2009-07-16 06:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG1315 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...] | 2009-07-17 09:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK |
| 09HONGKONG1331 | CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...] | 2009-07-20 08:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HK |
| 09HONGKONG1493 | MACAU PROMISES COOPERATION ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Macau Monetary Authority Chairman Anselmo Teng promised continued cooperation on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) initiatives. Macau will pass legislation to allow the Special Administrative Region to share tax information in accordance [...] | 2009-08-11 10:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCRM MC |
| 09HONGKONG1637 | HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...] | 2009-08-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK |
| 09HONGKONG2092 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT; CHINA; NORTH [...] President Obama's China visit 2. China 3. North and South Korea HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-11-13 07:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
| 09HONGKONG2313 | THE MACAU SAR ECONOMY AT 10: EVEN JACKPOTS HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after reversion to mainland China, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) bears little resemblance to the somnolent Portuguese-run enclave of popular imagination that existed before 1999. The opening of the gaming market and a flood of Chinese tourists, combi [...] | 2009-12-18 10:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MC CH HK |
| 09HONGKONG280 | SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...] | 2009-02-13 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL MARR OVIP HK |
| 09HONGKONG290 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA; SINO-U.S. [...] Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 2. Sino-U.S. relations 3. U.S. economy 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-02-17 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG638 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; G-20; NATO [...] North Korea 2. G-20 3. NATO HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-04-06 09:28:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG985 | CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Summary: Veteran democratic politician Martin Lee warned CODEL Pelosi May 30 that Beijing was "reneging" on its promises of elections by universal suffrage, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, and a high degree of autonomy in matters specified in the Basic Law. He said Hong Kong people t [...] | 2009-06-01 03:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH HK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1035 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1119 | KAYANI IS “DESPERATE†FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...] | 2009-05-25 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1138 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1145 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1440 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2160 | XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED [...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...] | 2009-09-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09ISLAMABAD2203 | FOREIGN MILITARY SALE OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS FRIGATE TO THE PAKISTAN NAVY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD2453 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD25 | Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD3104 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD980 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISTANBUL425 | A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER TOLD US THAT TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. HE SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) IS MUSCLING OUT OTHER PARTNERS; IRAN REFUSES TO LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES; BANK MELLAT IS UNRELIABL [...] | 2009-11-13 18:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINS TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL453 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Consulate economic officers visited the offices of PROFEN Muhendislik (Engineering) Sanayi Ticaret on December 2, 2009 and met with Managing Director Onder Havuzlu, Sales Director Sadettin Avcilar and Sales Director Ilgar Alibeyli. The purpose of this [...] | 2009-12-10 13:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
| 09JAKARTA1023 | INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...] | 2009-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA1050 | NORTH KOREA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored the importance of vigorous enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea's nuclear program to senior contacts in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Our contacts reiterated Indonesia's commitment to enforcing [...] | 2009-06-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ID KN |
| 09JAKARTA1130 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) Indonesian officials assured that they will take steps to ensure immediate implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 designed to limit North Korea's ability to fund WMD and ballistic missile-related activities, arms procurement and sales. Embassy delivered points contain [...] | 2009-07-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1183 | POSSIBLE INDONESIAN DELEGATION VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed to us that it continues to review whether to send a delegation to North Korea in a bid to assist the negotiation track. The ROK Pol/C told us that his government had discussed the matter with the GOI and believed that the effort could potentially be constr [...] | 2009-07-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ID KS KN |
| 09JAKARTA1184 | INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...] | 2009-07-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1204 | AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR GENERAL RETNO ASSESS PROGRESS [...] (U) Action request in Para 5. 2. (SBU) On July 16, Ambassador and DCM met with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for America and Europe, Amb. Retno Marsudi, to provide updates on elements of the developing comprehensive partnership between the United States and Indonesia. They [...] | 2009-07-17 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KN PGOV |
| 09JAKARTA1417 | ASEAN -- SECGEN SURIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 25 diplomatic briefing at ASEAN headquarters in Jakarta, Secretary General Surin outlined developments in the areas of establishing an ASEAN human rights mechanism and addressing regional stability issues, such as North Korea. Surin reiterated ASEAN's call for the [...] | 2009-08-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN ID |
| 09JAKARTA1456 | DCM REVIEWS PARTNERSHIP, PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met September 1 with Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Marsudi said her visit to Washington last week had gone well. She then reviewed Indonesian perspectives on the Comprehensive Partnership and the GOI's desire for info [...] | 2009-09-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1471 | GOI RECEPTIVE TO U.S. "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO/RHS Director Keshap recently visited Jakarta. Keshap met with senior GOI officials to garner support for a draft resolution on "Freedom of Expression" to be tabled at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session. The GOI indicated support for U.S. proposals aimed at [...] | 2009-09-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1820 | SCENSCETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Advisor Einhorn, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia and have growing cooperation on nonproliferation. The GOI is favorably disposed toward what it views as [...] | 2009-11-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC ECON AORC IAEA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1902 | NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH INDONESIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their November 4-6 visit to Jakarta, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (S/SANAC) Einhorn and Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Amb. Burk urged their Indonesian counterparts to try to encourage Iran and North Korea to [...] | 2009-11-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IAEA NPT ID |
| 09JAKARTA196 | ACEH PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE ESCALATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Two shootings in as many days have killed two members of the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA - the successor organization to the GAM separatist movement) and injured a third on the night of February 3 and the afternoon of February 4. The shootings follow in the wake of an attempt [...] | 2009-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ID |
| 09JAKARTA2071 | U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer ( [...] | 2009-12-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KDEM OVIP ID AF |
| 09JAKARTA2082 | INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...] | 2009-12-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF |
| 09JAKARTA378 | INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...] | 2009-03-04 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA447 | ASEAN SECRETARIAT -- POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's February 18 visit to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta has generated positive momentum regarding U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia. ASEAN Secretariat officials welcome the U.S. decision to pursue accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and look forward [...] | 2009-03-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA ASEAN ID |
| 09JAKARTA624 | NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH -- INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has conveyed the U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch (ref B) and the official White House statement to officials in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). On April 5, DEPLU's official press spokesman expressed Indonesia 's concer [...] | 2009-04-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID KN |
| 09JERUSALEM1343 | SETTLER LEADER SHARES VIEWS ON US POLICY, FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Radical settler leader Arieh King called U.S. policy in Jerusalem "anti-Semitic" and attacked USG officials, including President Obama, during a meeting with PolOff July 29. He demanded that the ConGen "stop meddling in domestic Israeli legal issues." He accused th [...] | 2009-08-04 13:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM1703 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 08:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1815 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 09:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM852 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09KABUL2763 | DOD Business Transformation Delegation Visits Afghanistan [...] (U) The Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force on Business Development and Stability Operations -- led by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul Brinkley -- visited Afghanistan July 26-30, 2009, chiefly to identify economic opportunities/ventures that could boost local employment significantly [...] | 2009-09-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV EMIN PREL AF |
| 09KABUL3285 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK-FUNDED PORTION OF RING ROAD STALLED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to a recent ultimatum from the Afghan government, Chinese contractor CREC has minimally resumed work on a critical section of the ring road in Badghis, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The contractor had agreed in July to restart the project once the GIRoA [...] | 2009-10-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV AF |
| 09KABUL3633 | PLANNED SOUTH KOREAN PRT IN AFGHANISTAN: A FEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL KS AF |
| 09KABUL3812 | AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...] | 2009-11-30 06:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AFIN |
| 09KABUL3852 | KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary and comment: During his five-day visit to Afghanistan, November 12-17, Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon solidified Korean plans to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan Province. In meetings at I [...] | 2009-12-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV KS AF |
| 09KAMPALA1268 | UGANDA: UNGA IRAN, BURMA, NORTH KOREA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff urged Uganda to vote against no action motions and in favor of Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea per reftel on October 28. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Issac Sebulime, and the Acting Chief of the Ministry's Social Unit, Marti [...] | 2009-11-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
| 09KAMPALA1307 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA IRAN, BURMA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 05:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
| 09KAMPALA185 | UGANDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE SETTING STAGE FOR 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told audiences in the opposition stronghold of West Nile that he would not reward areas that voted against him as he announced his new cabinet on February 16. There were few significant changes, with old timers and south-westerners dominating t [...] | 2009-02-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UG |
| 09KAMPALA272 | 2008 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (S) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Not generally, however during the reporting period there was one public protest of significance held by the local Muslim population on 16 January [...] | 2009-03-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | APER ASEC |
| 09KATHMANDU1002 | KATHMANDU MEETING AGREES ON PLANS TO HELP TIGERS [...] (U) Summary: More than 200 tiger experts, government representatives and non-governmental organizations met in Kathmandu October 27-30 to consider how to reverse the alarming reduction of tigers in the wild in the last hundred years from 100,000 to about 3,500. The World Bank and the governm [...] | 2009-11-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE XD NP |
| 09KATHMANDU617 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP |
| 09KATHMANDU618 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN [...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...] | 2009-07-10 03:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP |
| 09KATHMANDU643 | MEDIA REACTION: TOWARDS A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
| 09KATHMANDU740 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMANITARIAN ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
| 09KATHMANDU869 | MEDIA REACTION: INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
| 09KHARTOUM1128 | NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...] | 2009-10-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 09KHARTOUM1319 | Energy Ministry Official Says Sudan's Oil to Run Out by [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, Hamad Elneel Abdulgadir, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) complained to Poloff that the Ministry's efforts in training Southern Sudanese for oil industry jobs had been a failure, one reason that the National Petroleum Commission [...] | 2009-11-23 08:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SU |
| 09KHARTOUM177 | INFORMING SUDAN OF U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING MISSILE [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Fernandez delivered talking points and non-paper (reftel) on February 8 to MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq had no specific response to the demarche except to note that he would pass the information on to the appropriate channels, and that Sudan has no aggressiv [...] | 2009-02-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN SU |
| 09KIGALI279 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...] | 2009-05-08 06:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW |
| 09KIGALI394 | RWANDA: IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL RW |
| 09KIGALI690 | UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...] | 2009-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA UN RW |
| 09KINGSTON390 | JAMAICA: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN JM |
| 09KINGSTON518 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to urge Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to undertake specific actions to ensure immediate and robust implementation of financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 in order to prevent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from using Jamaican jurisdictions to [...] | 2009-07-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON904 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to solicit cooperation and support for USG priorities at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),Third Committee, and to seek the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s insights on other resolutions. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of [...] | 2009-10-27 19:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HURI PREL KOCI KWMN KISL ISCON UN UNGA |
| 09KINSHASA161 | DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...] | 2009-02-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG |
| 09KINSHASA255 | ANNUAL CIWG MEETING - KINSHASA [...] (S/NF) The Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) met on 03/13/09. The A/DCM, ORA, DAO, POL, and RSO attended the meeting. 2. (S/NF) All CIWG members concurred that the technical and humint capabilities of host country intelligence services are extremely limited. 3. (S/NF) Financial [...] | 2009-03-19 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 09KINSHASA345 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP CG KN |
| 09KINSHASA636 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 2 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said that North Korean efforts to acquire a nuclear capability pose a threat to international peace, noting that a country with a "sick" leader could be unpredic [...] | 2009-07-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UNSC CG |
| 09KINSHASA67 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on January 21 to Valentin Matungul, the MFA's Cabinet Director, underscoring USG concerns with respect to the Bi Ro Bong's apparent visit to DRC territory. PolOff urged the GDRC to either deny docking to the ship or require it to submit to an inspection. [...] | 2009-01-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC CG KN |
| 09KUALALUMPUR1006 | MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA REPORTING ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) In a December 16 phone call, Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) told econoff that FIU is preparing reports on Malaysian bank actions to curtail activity or close North Korean and Iranian nationals, accounts. The FIU plans to provide [...] | 2009-12-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN ETRD ETTC PINR PTER |
| 09KUALALUMPUR113 | AMBASSADOR KEITH'S MEETING WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (C) The Ambassador met MFA Secretary General Rastam February 17 for an extended dinner conversation covering our commitment to ASEAN, a range of Iran-related issues, Burmese refugees, our trade relationship, bilateral ties, and Malaysia's desire to be part of the Anti-Piracy Contact Group. Ra [...] | 2009-02-19 00:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR125 | MALAYSIA ON NPT ISSUES [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor met with Mr. Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division, on February 20 to discuss the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle. No Changes Foreseen, But A Co [...] | 2009-02-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA |
| 09KUALALUMPUR231 | RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS [...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...] | 2009-03-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR258 | MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...] | 2009-04-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR409 | MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...] | 2009-05-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR434 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Malaysia's new Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during the Ambassador's June 1 introductory call, endorsed enhanced economic ties with the U.S. and offered an opening to discuss government procurement in our pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks. The Ambassador urged [...] | 2009-06-04 01:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON ETRD ETTC IR MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR484 | CHARGE REVIEWS MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES WITH MFA [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Acting Secretary General Zainol Abidin and the Charge held a broad-ranging discussion of multilateral political and security issues on June 9. Zainol noted Prime Minister Najib's directive to build stronger, more substantive ties with Washington. The Charge pressed Zain [...] | 2009-06-16 03:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG MARR KNNP IAEA ASEAN IR MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR503 | URGING MALAYSIA TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, urging Malaysia and ASEAN members to fully implement UNSCR 1874 and transparency in North Korea transactions, to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) S. Ganeson on June 23. Polcouns recalled Prime Minister Najib's strong st [...] | 2009-06-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ASEAN KN MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR537 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 POLITICAL MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...] | 2009-07-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL |
| 09KUALALUMPUR538 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...] | 2009-07-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL |
| 09KUALALUMPUR549 | GOLDBERG DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg and an inter-agency team including Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Glaser met with senior GOM officials from the central bank, Ministry of Finance, and other agencies to consult on implementation of UN Security Counci [...] | 2009-07-08 23:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN MY KN KS |
| 09KUALALUMPUR859 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28,2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009, 09:00 a.m.; Prime Minister's Office, Putrajaya, Malaysia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador James Keith DNI Ambassador Joseph DeTrani Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan Deputy Assistant Secre [...] | 2009-10-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV ECON MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR863 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Putrajaya. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot [...] | 2009-10-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV PHUM MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR917 | MALAYSIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR ON NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In November 3-4 meetings with senior Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB),Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),and Bank Negara officials, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn discussed the importance of Malaysia adopting an export c [...] | 2009-11-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV IR MY KNNP |
| 09KUALALUMPUR942 | MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...] | 2009-11-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR956 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY ADMIRAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. You will be participating in the Airpower and Maritime Conferences and meeting high ranking defense officials not only from Malaysia, but from other countries around the world who are participating in this year's Langkawi Intern [...] | 2009-11-25 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 09KUWAIT345 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS [...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5 statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the GOK [...] | 2009-04-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KU |
| 09KUWAIT540 | GOK CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA TESTS [...] (C) During a May 28 call on MFA's International Organization's department (and pending receipt of formal demarche instructions),PolCouns queried acting department chief Rashed Al-Saleh about GOK reaction to North Korea's May 24 nuclear test and its May 25-26 reported missile tests. Saleh conf [...] | 2009-05-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KU KN |
| 09KUWAIT619 | KUWAIT ECONOMIC UPDATE - JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: -Despite high profile defaults, Kuwait continues to be spared most of the ravages of the global financial crisis. S&P recently reaffirmed its "AA-/A-1 " ratings, citing Kuwait's "robust external balances." -Current oil prices will likely produce a budget surplus [...] | 2009-06-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET KU |
| 09KUWAIT632 | KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Econcouns met with MFA Asia Department Counselor (number 2) Rashed Al-Hajri on June 25 to seek GoK cooperation in enforcing the terms of UNSCR 1874. Al-Hajri stated, unequivocally, that Kuwait understood its responsibility under UNSCRs and would abide by them fully, adding that "UNSCRs [...] | 2009-06-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KN KU |
| 09KUWAIT735 | KUWAIT FUND SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN STALLED DUE TO [...] (U) Poloff and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Follow-up Department Counselor Abdulla Mehdi July 20. Mehdi agreed to review the points with Ambassador Khalid Maqamis, Head of Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provide a respon [...] | 2009-07-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AF KU |
| 09LAPAZ1557 | BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...] | 2009-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA BL |
| 09LAPAZ977 | BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...] | 2009-06-30 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL |
| 09LISBON385 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S 12 JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg met on 12 July with Yu Myung-hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The meeting lasted 30 minutes; it took place on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial conference in Lisbon. Min [...] | 2009-07-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PO KN |
| 09LJUBLJANA23 | SLOVENIA: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] On January 9, two Emboffs visited Krka Pharmaceutical company in Novo Mesto to conduct "Blue Lantern" check, per reftel. Emboffs interviewed Dr. Ales Rotar, Managing Director of Krka, and conducted standard post-shipment check of an ImagIR camera lens. End summary. Krka Overview ----------- [...] | 2009-01-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SI |
| 09LONDON1455 | "TEMPERATURE LOWERING" UNDER UK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Russia seeks to "work around" its intractable problems with the UK, and not allow them to hold hostage progress on areas such as the robust commercial and financial relationship between the countries. According to new Russian DCM Alexander Sternik, the fact that the UK is the second [...] | 2009-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL RU UK |
| 09LONDON1750 | (S) TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES UK TO TAKE IRAN SANCTIONS; PRESS INTERPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:50:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER ECON IR UK |
| 09LONDON1761 | THE ROAD TO 2010: HMG'S STRATEGY FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. On July 16, the Cabinet Office released a 52-page document entitled "The Road to 2010 - Addressing the Nuclear Question in the Twenty First Century," which charts the UK's road map to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in April-May 2010. The document (f [...] | 2009-07-31 14:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IR KNNP MNUC MOPS PARM PGOV PREL |
| 09LONDON2111 | IMO: REPORT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened 13)18 July 2009 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). Major U.S. policy interests were advanced by MEPC: 1) approving a North American Emission [...] | 2009-09-10 19:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK |
| 09LONDON2198 | U/S TAUSCHER’S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-09-22 14:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK |
| 09LONDON2509 | TORIES ABANDON EU REFERENDUM, BUT CRY "NEVER AGAIN" [...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative leader David Cameron abandoned his party's plans for a UK referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as the treaty becomes law on December 1. In a November 4 speech, Cameron lamented that the country, under Labour governments, was denied the chance for a referen [...] | 2009-11-05 18:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU UK |
| 09LONDON2616 | UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 17:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG |
| 09LONDON2622 | UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and Introduction: The United Kingdom (UK) hosted a conference of P5 states on 3-4 September 2009 to discuss confidence building measures (CBMs) on nuclear disarmament and associated non-proliferation issues. The conference originated in a proposal made by then Defence Secre [...] | 2009-11-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG |
| 09LONDON2680 | DPRK: AMB BOSWORTH'S DEC 2 MEETINGS WITH UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign Office junior minister Ivan Lewis and Asia Pacific Director Scott Wightman told Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Stephen Bosworth in separate December 2 meetings that the UK and EU want to support the USG's efforts to see North Korea return to multil [...] | 2009-12-02 15:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS FR UK |
| 09LONDON492 | HMG SHARES U.S. STRATEGY AND CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (S) Summary. The UK shares U.S. concerns and has a similar strategy regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria's nuclear programs (ref): HMG is urging IAEA Board Member countries to advocate strong national statements "at the upcoming Board of Governors meeting (that) will reflect the co [...] | 2009-02-25 18:00:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SYR UK |
| 09LONDON540 | NUCLEAR FUELS: HMG SEEKS INPUT ON THEMES, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C/NF) Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials highlighted the overall goal of building multilateral trust and cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in a February 26 planning meeting for the UK March 17-18 Nuclear Fuels Conferen [...] | 2009-03-02 10:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG TRGY KNNP UK |
| 09LONDON843 | UK CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH; SUPPORTS STRONG [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG convoked DPRK ambassador to express strong concern over the April 5 North Korean missile launch; supports a strong response to North Korea's violation of UNSCR 1718 to deter other proliferators; and believes Russia may be open to a new UNSCR. FCO contact indicated that DPR [...] | 2009-04-08 13:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP UK RU KN EU |
| 09LUANDA50 | (S) POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Reftel demarche was delivered on January 23 to the Ministry of Foreign Relations Acting Director for American Affairs, Jeronimo Gaspar de Almeida. P/E Chief explained that while it was unclear whether the BI RO Bong's cargo was conventional arms or WMD-related, transfers of WMD-related or [...] | 2009-01-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Luanda | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC |
| 09LUSAKA637 | ZAMBIA PREPARED TO BREAK WITH TRADITION AT UN [...] (C) Summary. A senior Zambian Foreign Ministry official, Winnie Chibesekunda, is predisposed to breaking with NAM, AU, and SADC ranks at UN fora in order to address issues individually and on their own merit. In response to the reftel demarche, she expressed some willingness to support coun [...] | 2009-09-15 09:27:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC ZI ZA |
| 09LUSAKA649 | MORE ON ZAMBIAN PREPARATIONS FOR UNGA, UN HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. The Zambian Government (GRZ) is inclined to call for measures to address human rights problems in Burma, North Korea, and Sudan at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council. A senior Foreign Ministry official voiced some displeasure with Zambia's tendency to engage in bloc [...] | 2009-09-22 08:44:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UNESCO KV CU BM ZA |
| 09MADRID1006 | BRIEFING SPAIN ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy has engaged with Spanish counterparts to learn more about Spanish intentions to support the P5 1 process. While the working level interlocutors are more inclined than in the past to consider the need for sanctions if ongoing discussions do not bring positive results i [...] | 2009-10-15 09:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SP |
| 09MADRID1166 | DASD TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend concluded two days of discussions November 18 by telling his counterpart, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta, he was optimistic after what he called a "meeting of the minds." Dur [...] | 2009-12-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP |
| 09MADRID1196 | SPAIN: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON RUN-UP TO NPT REVCON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid bilateral meeting on preparations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon),Spanish MFA non-proliferation officials appeared well disposed to cooperate with the USG regarding the RevCon and explicitly asked how Spain, as rotating EU Pr [...] | 2009-12-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA |
| 09MADRID179 | SPAIN PROVIDES ITS VIEWS, PRIORITIES ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 replied to Post's faxed list of questions from Reftel A, paragraph 8, with more than two typed pages of answers. He noted that the GOS answers had been cleared by MFA Special [...] | 2009-02-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09MANAGUA301 | VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...] | 2009-03-19 21:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA314 | VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...] | 2009-03-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU |
| 09MANAGUA375 | NICARAGUA RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 19:28:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM NU |
| 09MANAMA55 | BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. Each paragraph is keyed to the format provided reftel. End Summary. 2. Bahrain Investment Climate Statement 2009 A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- The Governmen [...] | 2009-02-01 04:28:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OPIC KTDB USTR BA |
| 09MANILA102 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2007, (Ref B),regarding child labor laws and regulations [...] | 2009-01-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RP |
| 09MANILA1112 | STRONG PHILIPPINE REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Echoing President Obama's condemnation of North Korea's latest nuclear test as a reckless threat to the world's peace and security, the Philippine government reacted strongly in the wake of a May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),pressing the [...] | 2009-05-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP |
| 09MANILA1128 | PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a free-ranging private discussion over breakfast May 28, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo underscored to the Ambassador the gravity with which his government views recent provocative moves by North Korea, and he indicated that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal [...] | 2009-05-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP KN |
| 09MANILA1254 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FOREIGN SECRETARY, DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) In a June 11 private discussion over breakfast with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, the Ambassador underscored the extreme seriousness with which the United States views the Burmese junta's trumped-up charges against pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, and the show trial [...] | 2009-06-11 07:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM |
| 09MANILA1317 | PHILIPPINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Per reftel, Ambassador and other Embassy staff engaged in a robust outreach effort June 22 to senior-most levels of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea. In the absence of Philippine Foreign [...] | 2009-06-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP |
| 09MANILA1337 | PHILIPPINES MOVING TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (C) In a followup conversation June 23 with Acting Foreign Secretary Franklin Ebdalin, the Ambassador stressed that North Korea's nuclear testing represented a major threat to the region and to our respective countries, and that it was vital that all concerned partners move rapidly to impleme [...] | 2009-06-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP |
| 09MANILA1397 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSS NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging July 1 breakfast meeting, the Ambassador asked that Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo press ASEAN to enlist Burmese cooperation on North Korean ship inspections, and Secretary Romulo requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton to discuss greater U.S.-A [...] | 2009-07-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP |
| 09MANILA1465 | FOREIGN SECRETARY REQUESTS ASEAN MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RP |
| 09MANILA1497 | PHILIPPINES POSITIVE ON U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RP RS |
| 09MANILA1521 | PHILIPPINES PUSHES ASEAN ON NORTH KOREA, BURMA [...] (C) In a frank private July 20 discussion over breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed dismay at ASEAN's timid stance on issues pertaining to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Burma. Secretary Romulo related his impression of an [...] | 2009-07-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PHUM PREL RP KN BM |
| 09MANILA1568 | SUSPENSION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ROGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demonstration of resolve to pursue peace with Muslim separatists during her final 10 months in office, President Arroyo on July 23 announced the suspension of offensive military operations against rogue Muslim rebels in central Mindanao, setting her administration down an amb [...] | 2009-07-24 08:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID RP |
| 09MANILA1712 | FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON OVAL OFFICE, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private August 12 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed heartfelt appreciation for the warm reception President Arroyo's party received at the Oval Office on July 30, and for the highly successful cabinet-level meetings [...] | 2009-08-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM KN |
| 09MANILA1943 | FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private September 14 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo pushed for the next U.S.-ASEAN Summit to be held in the United States, and said that a prominent Filipino Senate critic would soon raise the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) [...] | 2009-09-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UNGA MARR KNNP LY KN IR RP |
| 09MANILA444 | PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...] | 2009-03-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP |
| 09MANILA739 | PHILIPPINES WEIGHING RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN RP |
| 09MANILA86 | Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...] | 2009-01-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP |
| 09MANILA986 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with newly appointed Philippine Chief of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Victor Ibrado May 7, affirming U.S. support for our strong bilateral military relationship and congratulating him on his selection as commander of the Armed Forces. Although Ibrado had b [...] | 2009-05-07 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP |
| 09MASERU102 | LESOTHO: NO POSITION TAKEN ON NORTH KOREA LAUNCH [...] Poloff delivered reftel statement to the Director of the Europe and Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations. 2. The director, who is new to this position, stated that the GOL has taken no position on this issue. This is an issue normally handled by the [...] | 2009-04-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN LT |
| 09MEXICO1021 | MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...] | 2009-04-08 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
| 09MEXICO1477 | MEXICO LOOKS TO CONSOLIDATE CENTRAL AMERICAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico will launch negotiations later this year with its Central American neighbors to consolidate its three trade agreements in the region into one treaty. With this initiative, Mexico appears to be looking beyond the current global crisis and position itself as the fulcrum o [...] | 2009-05-29 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
| 09MEXICO160 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...] | 2009-01-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX |
| 09MEXICO1863 | MEXICO ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Poloff conveyed points on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 (reftel) June 26 to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE) and Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for [...] | 2009-06-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MX |
| 09MEXICO2677 | MEXICO ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Poloff discussed Government of Mexico (GOM) views on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),negotiation of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts (ref. A) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Direct [...] | 2009-09-09 22:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09MEXICO3455 | U/S OTERO LEADS USG TO HRC "REFLECTION GROUP" [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico and France hosted a meeting in Mexico City October 29-30 on strengthening the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and to discuss the 2011 Review of its mandate by the General Assembly. A hand-selected group of HRC Member States, representing its five regional grou [...] | 2009-12-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX PHUM PINR PREL PGOV |
| 09MEXICO724 | MEXICO'S VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (U) Deputy PolCouns met with Julian Juarez Cardenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Ministry, to solicit Mexico's views on the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Juarez remarked that this was the first time in his experience that a USG of [...] | 2009-03-10 23:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09MEXICO803 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO, [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...] | 2009-03-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
| 09MEXICO822 | U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...] | 2009-03-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX |
| 09MEXICO823 | U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...] | 2009-03-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX |
| 09MEXICO827 | U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...] | 2009-03-20 21:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX |
| 09MEXICO981 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...] | 2009-04-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
| 09MONTERREY371 | NUEVO LEON'S NEW CABINET HAS FEW SURPRISES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina released the names of his cabinet members on October 3. With the exception of his choice for the Secretary of Public Security, Medina's choices overwhelmingly reflect continuity from the prior administration, which is not surprising give [...] | 2009-10-06 22:31:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PINR MX |
| 09MONTEVIDEO580 | URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...] | 2009-10-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
| 09MONTEVIDEO584 | URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...] | 2009-10-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
| 09MONTREAL80 | ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...] | 2009-03-09 23:55:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KS KN IC ICAO |
| 09MOSCOW1005 | GOR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA WITH A FM [...] (C) In the wake of North Korea's announced withdrawal from the Six Party Talks and the expulsion of inspectors in response to the UN Security Council's censure of its April 5 missile launch, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang April 23-24 with a stop over in Seoul aft [...] | 2009-04-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
| 09MOSCOW1021 | CODEL LEVIN MEETS MARGELOV -- MD, Iran, Afghanistan, DPRK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with CODEL Levin, Russian Federation Council International Relations Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov said momentum on missile defense had been lost when the U.S. did not take up Russia on its offer on using the Gabala and Armavir radar stations, but state [...] | 2009-04-21 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS |
| 09MOSCOW1047 | CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES IRAN AND MISSILE DEFENSE WITH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In an April 14 roundtable at his foundation, former President Mikhail Gorbachev expressed to Codel Levin cautious optimism on improving bilateral relations and called attention [...] | 2009-04-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KNNP OREP RS |
| 09MOSCOW1108 | WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS David Shear and ConGen staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' flows, [...] | 2009-04-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU UNSC KNNP KN |
| 09MOSCOW1111 | FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...] | 2009-04-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS |
| 09MOSCOW1115 | CODEL Levin with Duma Foreign Relations Chairman Kosachev [...] (SBU) On April 15, State Duma International Relations Chairman Kosachev told Senators Levin, Collins, and Nelson that President Medvedev had issued instructions to finalize a post-START agreement by the end of the year. Although he stated that negotiators must re-link arms control and defensi [...] | 2009-04-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW1276 | RUSSIAN EXPERTS OFFER VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Russian experts on the DPRK see Pyongyang's April 5 missile test and subsequent announcement of withdrawal from the Six-Party Talks as a ploy to obtain further concessions from [...] | 2009-05-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW132 | TURNING RUSSIA INTO A MORE HELPFUL SIX PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Russian Six Party negotiator Grigoriy Logvinov is pressing for closer coordination with the new Administration. Early consultations, in Washington or Moscow (on the margins of the February 19-20 NEAPSM Working Group meeting),could potentially turn the GOR into a more helpful [...] | 2009-01-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN KS CH RS |
| 09MOSCOW1354 | GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...] | 2009-05-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW1402 | DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH [...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...] | 2009-05-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW1431 | DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...] | 2009-06-01 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW1491 | MISSILE DEFENSE, JDEC, NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary. During interagency delegation discussions in Moscow May 28 on prospects for developing joint cooperation on ballistic missile defense (MD),outstanding issues regarding establishment of the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC),and non-proliferation deliverables for the July summit, [...] | 2009-06-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW1508 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS DRPK UNSCR TEXT, SEEKS CLARITY ON [...] (C) Russian DFM Aleksandr Borodavkin called in Ambassador Beyrle late June 8 (Moscow time) to discuss the current draft UNSCR under consideration in New York condemning North Korea for its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. Borodavkin opened by noting that, in principle, Russia is read [...] | 2009-06-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV NK RS |
| 09MOSCOW1772 | DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna Yevstegneyeva. Our Bri [...] | 2009-07-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW1781 | U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...] | 2009-07-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS |
| 09MOSCOW1912 | RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...] | 2009-07-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS |
| 09MOSCOW2053 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian Foreign Ministry and financial officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, assured Ambassador Philip Goldberg and his delegation that Russia fully supports United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 and was already taking measures regardin [...] | 2009-08-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC RU KN |
| 09MOSCOW2490 | STAFFDEL BRUDER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Staff Delegation Bruder visited Moscow August 31-September 4 to seek ways to sustain momentum in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the successful July 2009 Presidential meeting in Moscow. While Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Margelov suggested re [...] | 2009-09-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV OREP RS |
| 09MOSCOW2529 | ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S SEPTEMBER 30 VISIT TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations with GOR officials on September 30, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed ways to implement bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised progress since t [...] | 2009-10-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS IR AF UP GG |
| 09MOSCOW2710 | MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH KOREA WILLING TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Koreas Division Director Alexander Minaev said that recent Chinese and Russian overtures and the political heat of UN sanctions have made North Korea more willing to return to multiparty talks, although the regime may require a face-saving measure to do so. Eager to [...] | 2009-11-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW2781 | MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: POLITICAL FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's second annual address to a joint session of the State Duma and Federation Council today built upon the intellectual foundation he had already laid in his September article "Russia, Forward!" (Ref A). Repeatedly citing the article and specific proposals from the [...] | 2009-11-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW291 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH DFM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin told Ambassador February 6 that Russia was prepared to cooperate with the U.S. to "assure American success" in Afghanistan, citing economic and humanitarian assistance, the NATO transit agreement, planned SCO conference in March, infrastructure pr [...] | 2009-02-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG AF IR KS KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW2931 | INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO AFGHAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting at the MFA, Ambassador Beyrle previewed the President's West Point speech with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin and Zamir Kabulov, head of the Second Asia Department. Borodavkin noted that the U.S. and Russia both had a stake in stabilizing Afghan [...] | 2009-12-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS AF PK |
| 09MOSCOW2935 | RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX [...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...] | 2009-12-03 06:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV PREL RS KN |
| 09MOSCOW3056 | MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...] | 2009-12-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS |
| 09MOSCOW419 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...] | 2009-02-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
| 09MOSCOW423 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...] | 2009-02-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
| 09MOSCOW572 | THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...] | 2009-03-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS |
| 09MOSCOW659 | GOR WALKS A FINE LINE ON POSSIBLE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. The possible test firing of a North Korean long range missile has put the GOR in a delicate position. On the one hand, Moscow appears to be providing North Korea breathing room by urging all parties to exercise restraint and to provide Pyongyang the benefit of the doubt. It has [...] | 2009-03-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
| 09MOSCOW812 | ENCOURAGING U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RUSSIA [...] Resetting relations with Russia is a key foreign policy objective for the Obama administration. We need to reduce levels of tension and mistrust, and refocus the relationship on ways to integrate Russia into regional and global institutions as a responsible player that can dramatically affect [...] | 2009-04-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV RS |
| 09MOSCOW861 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...] | 2009-04-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW890 | RUSSIAN APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Igor Sagitov and North Americas Department Counselor Aleksandr Shilin on April 7 to deliver the reftel points on the need for a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the April 5 DPRK launch of the Taepo-Dong 2 long-rang [...] | 2009-04-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW895 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...] | 2009-04-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS |
| 09MOSCOW986 | NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to MFA's International Organizations Department. Second Secretary Anna Ignatieva, after consulting with her superiors, responded that the sanctions issue was currently under interagency consideration, but the Russian UN mission will have a response t [...] | 2009-04-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PARM KN RU |
| 09MUNICH20 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON ARMS CONTROL [...] (U) Flanked by well-received calls for a renewed push for arms control and disarmament by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher, German FM Steinmeier used the Munich Security Conference (MSC) as a platform to reiterate his arms control agenda and to em [...] | 2009-02-10 15:21:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
| 09NASSAU320 | BAHAMAS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S/NF) Post deliverd reftel demarche points and non-paper on the UN Security Council 1718 Sanctions Committee designation of three additional North Korean entities subject to the relevant asset freeze provisions to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Divi [...] | 2009-05-19 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM |
| 09NASSAU528 | SUBJECT: UAE SEIZES BAHAMAS-REGISTERED VESSEL CARRYING NORTH KOREAN ARMS TO IRAN [...] (C) United Arab Emirates officials seized the Bahamas-flagged ANL Australia several weeks ago after discovering various heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, onboard. Local media report that the ship was destined for Iran. The incident puts North Korea and Iran in direct violati [...] | 2009-09-03 18:50:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON PGOV PREL ETRD |
| 09NASSAU775 | GCOB REACTS TO EMBASSY OP-ED CRITICISM ON UN VOTING [...] (C) The Embassy received the attached letter, press statement and explanation of vote from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (DPM) Brent Symonette on December 24. The letter and statement were issued in response to the Ambassador's op-ed, published in several of the local d [...] | 2009-12-29 20:55:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BF |
| 09NEWDELHI1060 | INDIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN EXPRESSING [...] In response to North Korea's nuclear test, on May 25 India's External Affairs Ministry issued the following statement: "We have seen reports that DPRK has conducted a nuclear test on 25 May 2009. For the DPRK to conduct such a test in violation of its international commitments would be un [...] | 2009-05-26 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1069 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, NORTH KOREA MISSILE [...] "NEW GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL," editorial in the May 26 nationalist Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA. "Nepal's former Prime Minister Prachanda may accuse his successor Madhav Kumar Nepal of hatching a conspiracy to oust his government, just as he accused India. Instead of a confrontation, Madhav should [...] | 2009-05-27 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1081 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, OBAMA'S ECONOMIC [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL DANGEROUS TO THE WORLD: DOESN'T FRANCE KNOW THAT?" op-ed in May 28 centrist Marathi daily PRAHAAR. "While every neighboring country, particularly India, is worried about the prospect of Pakistani nuclear arms falling into the hands of Islamic insurgents, we hear new [...] | 2009-05-28 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1092 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN [...] "SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in the May 28 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN. "Even after six months, Pakistan has done nothing to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. U.S. efforts to bring about an India-Pakistan rapprochement should be a matter of concern for India. America wants [...] | 2009-05-29 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1113 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...] | 2009-06-01 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1210 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...] | 2009-06-11 17:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1260 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-INDIA [...] "NATURAL CONCLUSION," editorial in June 16 nationalist Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is not unnatural for Indian policymakers to conclude that Pakistan will not take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. The basic reason behind Pakistan's tenacious anti-India attitude [...] | 2009-06-17 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1282 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "MANMOHAN-ZARDARI MEETING," editorial in June 18 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The only outcome of the Singh-Zardari meeting in Yekaterinburg is the decision to have a meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries. In Yekaterinburg, Singh firmly told Zardari that his mandate was to [...] | 2009-06-19 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1331 | INDIA URGES NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO SIX-PARTY [...] (SBU) External Affairs Minister Krishna, in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan in Delhi June 23, agreed that it was "important for the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks," according to a press release from the Ministry. Indian media characterized the statement as "a [...] | 2009-06-26 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1338 | PRIME MINISTER SINGH DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh shared his views on the bilateral relationship and regional security challenges with visiting National Security Advisor Jones June 26. The Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary of State's planned visit to develop the "enormous opportunities" in the relationsh [...] | 2009-06-29 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1340 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TERRORISM; [...] "TALIBAN'S TYRANNY IN FAILED PAKISTAN," editorial in June 29 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The Taliban-orchestrated violence and mayhem is becoming a severe challenge for Pakistani administrators, with innocent civilians becoming targets of mindless acts of terrorism that has ruined [...] | 2009-06-29 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1397 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ; NEW [...] "NORTH KOREA'S FRUSTRATION," editorial in July 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "What is wrong with North Korea? It again test fired missiles Thursday and Saturday, in complete disregard of international opinion. What was Pyongyang trying to convey by testing on the U.S. Independence [...] | 2009-07-07 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1432 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "A SHAMELESS CONFESSION," editorial in July 10 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "President Zardari made a sensational admission, saying Pakistan nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives. Now anything that Zardari does is not simple. So he might take a u-turn and deny or tw [...] | 2009-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI151 | INDIA TO INVESTIGATE DETONATOR SALES TO SYRIA, [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Mr. Vipul told Poloff January 23 that India took very seriously ref A information about the sale by two Indian firms of Wassenaar-controlled detonators to Syria, and said India would inv [...] | 2009-01-23 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER IN SY |
| 09NEWDELHI1621 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PRIME MINISTER'S NEW POLICY," op-ed in August 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh's message in Parliament was clear: Pakistan is a tough neighbor, and we along with other nations should prepare it to denounce terror. Since Pakistan has nuclear weapons, all nati [...] | 2009-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1655 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, THE [...] "MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND INDIA'S PAK POLICY," op-ed in August 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Even though India's extended hand has been slapped again and again by Pakistan, right-minded Indians still desire peace and stability on the subcontinent -- but with dignity. Instead of P [...] | 2009-08-07 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1668 | INDIA DETAINS SUSPICIOUS DPRK VESSEL FOR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed August 8 that the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the DPRK-flagged merchant vessel MUSAN and detained its 39 crew members after the vessel unexpectedly dropped anchor off Hut Bay at Little Andaman Island August 5, failed to respond to attem [...] | 2009-08-10 15:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1707 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO UPBEAT AND EXPANSIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Foreign Secretary Rao August 12, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of the Strategic Dialogue and of implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, as well as bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumb [...] | 2009-08-13 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1782 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...] | 2009-08-25 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1797 | INDIA TO INVESTIGATE RDX SALE TO SYRIA, UPDATE ON PENDING CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC IN IR SY |
| 09NEWDELHI1836 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MEA STATE MINISTER SHASHI THAROOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with Ambassador Roemer, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor asked the U.S. to weigh in with Pakistan on cross-border terrorism and to stay the course in Afghanistan. He indicated that there is room for the U.S. and India to cooperate more [...] | 2009-09-02 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1961 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-PAKISTAN; [...] "CHINA-CONCERN," editorial in September 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Army Chief Deepak Kapoor's saying that there is no cause for alarm over alleged Chinese incursions is not enough. There should be more clarification from the governmen [...] | 2009-09-22 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1983 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...] | 2009-09-24 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1991 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, [...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...] | 2009-09-25 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2008 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, NPT ISSUES, [...] "EXPANDING HORIZONS: GROWING FROM 8 TO 20," editorial in September 28 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "Rather late in the day but the G8 nations, including the U.S., have ultimately realized the need to bring developing nations like India to the negotiating table. Following the G20 official a [...] | 2009-09-29 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2032 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR [...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...] | 2009-10-01 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2094 | SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...] | 2009-10-13 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2176 | INDIA'S STANCE ON 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social Division Under Secretary Abhishek Verma on October 23. Verma emphasized that despite India,s longstanding opposition to Country Specific Resolutions (CSR) as they lead to &finger pointing and intens [...] | 2009-10-26 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2285 | INDIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche on November 12 and 13 to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division, Y.K. Sinha, and UN Economic and for Social (UNES) Division, Rajiv Misra, respectively. Emphasizing the importance we place on the Indian G [...] | 2009-11-13 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN IR BM KN |
| 09NEWDELHI236 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "UNNECCESARY ACTION," editorial in February 7 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has done it again, speaking out of turn and thereby harming the interest of the nation. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week almost snubbed Narayanan in pu [...] | 2009-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI249 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI26 | SHIELD SO4B-08: INDIA AWARE OF SYRIAN ATTEMPT TO [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs(DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra told Poloff January 6 in response to reftel demarche that the appropriate Indian agencies were aware of reports that Syria was attempting to acquire dual-use chemical weap [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM ETTC SY IN PREL |
| 09NEWDELHI35 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India is not capable of la [...] | 2009-01-08 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI670 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM, [...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...] | 2009-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI674 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) During his introductory April 6 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, Charge Burleigh delivered reftel points to Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar (Americas),providing both officials with copies of the White House statement. The Charge urged the G [...] | 2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI678 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM, [...] "ARBITRARY ACT" editorial in April 6 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The United Nations Security Council is obviously ineffective in checking North Korea. North Korea's desire to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction seems to be turning into an obsession. There is a need to find a permanen [...] | 2009-04-07 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI690 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20 SUMMIT, [...] "SECOND CRISIS," editorial in April 7 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "If North Korea's missile launch is not taken seriously, another crisis of the proportions of the global economic recession may start. The 6-nation dialogue to make North Korea halt its nuclear program is taking its own sweet t [...] | 2009-04-08 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI706 | FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NEW CHARGE D'AFFAIRES [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly April 6 tour d'horizon with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge d'Affaires Burleigh raised the "unfinished business" of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and End-Use Monitoring, protested Indian tactics which have delayed construction of Mu [...] | 2009-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KNNP PARM PREL SCUL IN PK |
| 09NEWDELHI734 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN GIVING IN TO TALIBAN," editorial in the April 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Demonstrating a clear lack of will to challenge the Taliban, Pakistani president Asif Zardari has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliba [...] | 2009-04-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI742 | INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...] | 2009-04-15 15:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI745 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of another report in April 8 independent, centrist Eastern India based English language daily THE TELEGRAPH by Washington correspondent K.P. Nayar: 2. (BEGIN TEXT): Washington, April 7: The speech was delivered in Prague. But its echoes are being felt in New Delh [...] | 2009-04-16 04:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI769 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN WILL NEVER GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK," editorial in the April 16 DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has firmly stated that the peace talks cannot be resumed unless Pakistan stops allowing anti- India terrorist activities on its soil and acts against the perpetrators of the M [...] | 2009-04-17 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI782 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI8 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...] | 2009-01-02 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI891 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100 [...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...] | 2009-05-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI925 | INDIA AND NONPROLIFERATION: REACTION TO CALL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Indian media commentators have expressed concern with Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's May 5 opening statement at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Revi [...] | 2009-05-07 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NIAMEY508 | URANIUM MINING IN NIGER: EXPLODING PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 4, President Mamadou Tandja laid the foundation stone of a massive new uranium mining complex at Imouraren, Niger. The project will be developed by AREVA, the French nuclear giant, which is majority owned by the Government of France. Imouraren will be the second largest [...] | 2009-07-07 12:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EINV ENRG KCOR KNNP SENV NG |
| 09NIAMEY551 | SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...] | 2009-07-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG |
| 09NICOSIA444 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCR MEASURES ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Per reftels, on June 29 Poloffs delivered ref points on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 to MFA North Korea Desk Officer, Sevag Avedissian. Avedissian stated that the GOC shares the international community's concerns over North Korea and plans to implement the financial and inspection-related measures [...] | 2009-07-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP KN CY |
| 09NICOSIA58 | CYPRUS WASHING HANDS OF M/V MONCHEGORSK? [...] (S) SUMMARY: It is becoming evident that the Republic of Cyprus, likely fearing Cyprus Problem-related "reprisals" from Damascus, hopes to avoid having to interdict and/or divert to an RoC port the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged, Russian-owned ocean freighter carrying arms from Iran to S [...] | 2009-01-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR SY CY |
| 09NICOSIA726 | CYPRUS: WILL CONSULT WITH EU STATES ON ADDING [...] (SBU) On November 13, Poloff delivered ref points and accompanying non-paper to Alkis Ieromonachou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Ieromonachou said Cyprus would review the information and consult with othe [...] | 2009-11-13 10:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EUN UNSC CY |
| 09OSLO230 | NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH OBAMA'S DISARMAMENT SPEECH, [...] (C) GON Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, told poloff that the contents of Obama's Prague speech were "in line what Norway has argued for," including a follow up to START, and helpful reinforcing language on the CTBT, the NPT, and a verifiable FMCT. He noted that Norway has [...] | 2009-04-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NO |
| 09OSLO416 | NORWEGIANS WILL IMPLEMENT NORTH KOREA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jo Hovik, Senior Advisor in the MFA Legal Section. Hovik said that UNSCR 1718 was already fully implemented into Norwegian law, and UNSCR 1874 is being worked on by the MFA in concert with other ministries. Norway has a law which automatically incorpo [...] | 2009-06-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ECON EFIN KNNP |
| 09OSLO647 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...] | 2009-10-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF NO UN |
| 09OTTAWA147 | CANADIAN NPT PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2009 PrepCom and 2010 RevCon to advance NPT legitimacy by making concrete progress towards a consensus document that confirms the treaty's three pillars -- disarmament, non-proliferation, and peaceful uses -- and acknowledge [...] | 2009-02-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC ENRG UNGA IAEA CA |
| 09OTTAWA257 | CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT EVENT, SEEKS ADVICE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff said he, or perhaps one of his Seoul-based colleagues, would represent Canada at the Global Initiative to Combat N [...] | 2009-03-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KGIC PARM PREL CA |
| 09OTTAWA272 | CANADA STRONGLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE TEST [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) North Asia Deputy Director Karine Asselin told poloff on April 6 that Canada agrees with the U.S. on the seriousness of the situation after the weekend DPRK missile test launch. Despite the apparent failure of the test, Assel [...] | 2009-04-06 20:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN CA |
| 09OTTAWA448 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Mission Canada warmly welcomes the Secretary to the International Joint Commission centennial celebration on June 13 and to the bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. I along with Consul General John Nay and his staff from Toronto will be on hand to welcome you. 2 [...] | 2009-06-09 20:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CA |
| 09OTTAWA495 | INAUGURAL U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...] | 2009-06-25 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA |
| 09OTTAWA550 | FIRST U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...] | 2009-07-17 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA |
| 09OTTAWA610 | CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...] | 2009-08-06 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA |
| 09OTTAWA700 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. OUTREACH ON MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: Canadian nonproliferation and enforcement officers told visiting U.S. officials that Canada is in broad agreement with U.S. goals for the upcoming plenary session of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Canadian political leaders are likely to support U.S. efforts to sin [...] | 2009-09-09 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC MTCRE ETTC KSCA TSPA CA |
| 09OTTAWA861 | Canada's Prime Minister Ventures to China for First Time [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China as Canadian leader December 3-6. He will most importantly meet with President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Canadian officials, his main empha [...] | 2009-12-01 22:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD EMIN PHUM CH CA HK KS |
| 09OTTAWA869 | Canada taking "harsher line" on DPRK's UPR [...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK (reftel),according to Cyndy Nelson, Policy Advisor for Human Rights, and Daniel Ulmer, Policy Officer for Human Rights, in the Human [...] | 2009-12-03 22:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC SOCI UN KN CA |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU1173 | BURKINA FASO: STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE "DEFAMATION [...] (C) Burkina Faso has regularly abstained on "Defamation of Religion" votes. It will be a challenge to get Burkina Faso to change its position to align more closely with ours and will require direct interventions with President Compaore. Burkina Faso's membership in the OIC and the fact that [...] | 2009-12-18 11:34:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV OPDC UV |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU244 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM UV |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU245 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM UV |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU259 | DEMARCHE TO BURKINA FASO ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) On April 13, Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Der Kogda, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pol/Mil officer explained that the USG was seeking the support of Burkina Faso and of its UN Mission for a draft presidential statement (PRST) abo [...] | 2009-04-13 09:33:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NK PREL KNNP UNSC UV |
| 09PARIS1227 | UNGA 65: FRANCE'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's August 26 speech to French ambassadors provides clear insight into France's priorities for UNGA and the Pittsburgh G20 summit. These include, greater "global governance," including economic regulation and broader efforts to address climate change; UN refor [...] | 2009-09-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AORC KNPR APER UNGA FR |
| 09PARIS1233 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON'S SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2009 [...] (C) Summary. Phil: We look forward to supporting your participation in the annual German Marshall Fund Conference on Transatlantic Trends and your efforts to press forward the priorities we share with the French. The bilateral relationship has seldom been better or more cooperative. The Fre [...] | 2009-09-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF RU IR FR |
| 09PARIS1266 | AMBASSADOR URGES FRANCE TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As negotiations on the draft resolution for the UN Security Council Summit on Nonproliferation and Disarmament continue in New York, Post is strongly emphasizing to the French the importance of reaching P5 consensus. So far, the GOF message remains one of concern that a resolutio [...] | 2009-09-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL FR |
| 09PARIS1292 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS [...] (C) French Missile Technology Control Regime Point of Contact (MTCR POC) Florent Aydalot responded on September 22 to the proposals contained in reftel, as follows: - Information Exchange and Technical Experts Meeting (IE-TEM) Working Group: Aydalot said he wondered whether introducing a new [...] | 2009-09-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL FR |
| 09PARIS1296 | FRANCE APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, the French MFA hosted a hastily arranged briefing for the Ambassadors of China, South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. on a mission President Sarkozy has asked former French Culture Minister Jack Lang to undertake regarding North Korea. The French explained Sarkozy took [...] | 2009-09-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KN KS XB FR |
| 09PARIS1355 | FRENCH OFFICIALS REPEAT DISARMAMENT CONCERNS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, have once again stressed their concern that U.S. disarmament policy might lead to political pressure on France to make further cuts to its own nuclear arsenal, pressure France would resist. Nevertheless, the GOF says it wants to e [...] | 2009-10-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM KACT PREL FR |
| 09PARIS1389 | FRENCH ENVOY ON INFORMATIONAL MISSION TO NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, confirmed that newly appointed Special Envoy to North Korea Jack Lang is going on an information gathering mission to Six-Party capitals to provide President Sarkozy a more comprehensive "snapshot" of the DPRK denuclearization is [...] | 2009-10-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RU FR |
| 09PARIS1418 | FRENCH NSA ON AF/PAK, CLIMATE CHANGE, EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID KCFE KGHG KMFO NATO AF PK CN RS |
| 09PARIS1438 | FRENCH ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF [...] (C) The French Presidency's Counselor for North Africa and the Middle East, Nicolas Galey, discussed French activities in the Arabian Gulf with PolMinCouns and poloff on October 22. Galey said President Sarkozy will visit Saudi Arabia November 17 to 19 to highlight the importance of this bil [...] | 2009-10-26 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PINS PREL SA KU AEC FR |
| 09PARIS1473 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PARIS -- NOVEMBER 8, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Madam Secretary, your Paris Embassy and the French are eager to welcome you to France. FM Kouchner quickly invited you to lunch or a meeting on Sunday, which is not a usual practice. He looks forward to talking with you about key issues, including Afghanistan, Iran, and rel [...] | 2009-11-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM MOPS SENV KGHG AF FR RU PK |
| 09PARIS1558 | "NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...] | 2009-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
| 09PARIS1721 | DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...] | 2009-12-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
| 09PARIS1749 | NPT REVCON: FRENCH MFA ON MANAGING THE NAM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 23 meeting, MFA Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) officer Celine Jurgensen presented the latest French thinking on managing challenges from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries in the run up to the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). She also expressed concern abo [...] | 2009-12-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP FR |
| 09PARIS637 | SCENESETTER FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary. French officials view the upcoming continuation of the 2 plus 2 political-military talks, initially launched in November of last year, as an important affirmation of the new administration's desire for increased bilateral cooperation and coordination with France on major global [...] | 2009-05-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR FR AF PA KN MN SR |
| 09PARIS669 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission France extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes two years into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period marked by strong coordination between the U.S. and France on key strategic issues. Your interlocutors will likely make a case for dedic [...] | 2009-05-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRN EWWT PREL FR |
| 09PARIS708 | READOUT OF U/S BURNS AND USDP FLOURNOY'S [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a series of political-military discussions in Paris on May 14 between U/S Burns and USDP Flournoy with their French counterparts Gerard Araud and Michel Miraillet, the French pledged support for our non-proliferation efforts with North Korea and Russia and urged close [...] | 2009-05-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO FR AF PA SE |
| 09PARISFR1452 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: NATURAL SCIENCES [...] Summary. A Ministerial Round Table on Oceans and UNESCO's Natural Sciences Commission met October 12-16 as part of UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Ministerial focused on ocean governance, ocean monitoring and climate change. The Natural Sciences Commission primarily focused on existin [...] | 2009-10-29 14:55:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY PREL UNESCO |
| 09PARISFR48 | SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...] | 2009-01-14 17:37:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA |
| 09PARTO112706 | (C) Secretary Clinton's November 14, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Kin Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (U) November 14, 2009; 10:15 a.m.; Singapore. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge Dan Shields Lieutenant General Paul Selva DAS Scot Marciel Deputy Chief of Staff [...] | 2009-11-27 22:16:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PARM KNNP |
| 09PARTO113007 | (U) Secretary Clinton's November 12, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Kin W. Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) November 12, 2009; 1:30 p.m.; Manila, Philippines. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney Ambassador Scot Marciel, EAP DAS Deputy Chief of [...] | 2009-11-30 16:51:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PTER PHUM |
| 09PARTO12 | (U) Secretary Clinton's July 22, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) July 22, 2009; 3:10 PM Phuket, Thailand 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell NSC Senior Director Jeff Bader Deputy Chief of St [...] | 2009-08-03 14:53:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL JA KN CH |
| 09PARTO32028 | (C) SECRETARY CLINTON'S MARCH 5, 2009, MEETING [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) March 5, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kurt Volker EUR A/S Dan Fried NSC Senior Director Liz Sherwood-Randall Lie [...] | 2009-03-20 23:54:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY MOPS NATO PGOV PREL |
| 09PARTO40903 | Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Richard Boucher Mr. Jacob Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Lt. Gen Paul Selva, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mr. Daniel King (Embassy Notetaker) [...] | 2009-04-09 20:43:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | SECRET | OVIP CASC PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS AF JA PK |
| 09PERTH40 | INFRASTRUCTURE KEY FOR AUSTRALIAN LNG PROJECTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is set to take a significant step forward over the next 18 months when a third LNG project, Woodside's Pluto, becomes operational and the massive Gorgon Gas project in Western Australia (WA) receives the widely-anticipat [...] | 2009-08-27 05:05:00 | Consulate Perth | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET AS |
| 09PHNOMPENH25 | SECVET COMPLETION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH [...] (SBU) One individual was security vetted by ROK on January 13, 2009. The individual's bio info is listed below. 2. (SBU) Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. CAMPBELL [...] | 2009-01-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH416 | CAMBODIA SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG ASEAN STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn told Pol/Ec Chief June 23 that Cambodia was supportive of a strong ASEAN statement on UNSCR 1874 and North Korea, and would lean toward supporting even stronger language than the ASEAN's joint press statement wi [...] | 2009-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH437 | Cambodia: Demarche Delivered UNSCR 1874 Financial [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points and Treasury Department Advisory June 29 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note. Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Econoff also shared a copy of the diplomatic note with Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor, N [...] | 2009-07-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH578 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CLINTON NORTH KOREA VISIT WITH FM HOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong, the Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche on former President Clinton's visit to North Korea. Ambassador relayed that Clinton's visit was strictly a private mission and that U.S. pol [...] | 2009-08-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH602 | SENATOR WEBB MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Jim Webb concluded a successful one-day visit to Cambodia August 18 on a positive note during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in which there was general agreement on new ways to approach Burma. Webb detailed his interest in the region and in stronger relations with [...] | 2009-08-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER MASS KJUS PHUM BM CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH71 | 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...] | 2009-01-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH79 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's first call on Prime Minister Hun Sen since presenting credentials, the PM took the opportunity to renew his personal relationship with the Ambassador and review the evolution of U.S.-Cambodian relations over the past several years, highlighting several areas [...] | 2009-01-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM ECON EAID CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH845 | UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS - [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Chief demarched MFA IO Director Tuy Ry November 16 on the Iran, Burma and DPRK resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, noting the significance of these country-specific resolutions and urging Cambodia to re-think its past mixed record on these votes. Praising Cambodi [...] | 2009-11-16 10:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CB |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE629 | HAITI: UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP NK HA |
| 09PORTLOUIS280 | MAURITIAN IDEAS CONCERNING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that the Mauritian mission to the Human Rights Council had sent him some suggestions and proposals, which he was considering. The reelect [...] | 2009-09-11 04:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MP |
| 09PRAGUE130 | CZECHS PLEASED WITH USG PRESENCE AT UNHRC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff provided the reftel points to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha and UN Department Director Jan Michal on February 27. Dlouha noted that our presence at UNHRC proceedings is most welcome news and inquired whether we planned to engage in a [...] | 2009-03-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ PHUM |
| 09PRAGUE671 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and non paper on November 12 to Milan Cicer, Director of the Czech Financial Intelligence Unit at the Ministry of Finance, and Katerina Sequensova, Director of the MFA UN Department. There was no immediate response. Thompson-Jones [...] | 2009-11-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EZ |
| 09PRAGUE89 | Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...] | 2009-02-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09PRETORIA1354 | NON-PAPER DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Ms. NP Notutela, the Director of United Nations at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation on June 30. Ms. Notutela had no comment on the SAG position on the matter. Post will report any substantive responses septel. [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
| 09PRETORIA1618 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
| 09PRETORIA2565 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
| 09PRETORIA596 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-03-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 09QUITO254 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...] | 2009-04-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA |
| 09QUITO423 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] (SBU) On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry. The Embassy sent the MFA a hard copy of the points on May 19, but we have been unable to have a meeting until now due to travel by our GOE [...] | 2009-06-08 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN EC |
| 09QUITO521 | GOE DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a diplomatic note on June 4 which states Ecuador's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, refers to related provisions in Ecuador's October 2008 constitution, and calls for resumption of the Six Party [...] | 2009-06-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN IR |
| 09QUITO559 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and Treasury Advisory to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Leon Aviles on June 30. Aviles said that the GOE agreed with the UN resolutions and will work to implement them. He did have concerns about possible DPRK attempts at counterfeiting USG curr [...] | 2009-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP EC |
| 09RABAT1001 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO |
| 09RABAT195 | MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...] | 2009-03-06 18:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO |
| 09RABAT231 | MOROCCO SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Lemkin, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, and as a resul [...] | 2009-03-24 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV MARR MCAP PHUM PTER ECON MO |
| 09RABAT326 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Smith, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, [...] | 2009-04-14 17:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 09RABAT542 | MOROCCO GIVES CLEAR SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MO |
| 09RABAT566 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS UNSCR 1874 ON NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco supports the USG position on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 and has agreed to take financial measures designed to limit the ability of the Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to fund weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile-related activities. Implem [...] | 2009-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL MO |
| 09RABAT843 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Huddleston and Admiral Moeller, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serv [...] | 2009-10-14 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
| 09RABAT967 | SCENESETTER FOR THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: General Amos, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model for eco [...] | 2009-12-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PHUM ECON MARR EAID PBTS MO |
| 09RABAT998 | SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WARD, COMMANDER, [...] (SBU) Summary: General Ward, we welcome you back to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model f [...] | 2009-12-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MASS PREL ECON PGOV PHUM EAID MO |
| 09RANGOON10 | BURMA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GAMBARI, DPRK [...] (C) During a January 5 meeting with Burmese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nyan Win, the Charge reiterated the USG's concerns about ongoing human rights abuses in Burma, including the continuing arrests and recent long sentences for political activists. He stressed the importance of dialogue b [...] | 2009-01-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM |
| 09RANGOON33 | BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...] | 2009-01-14 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM |
| 09RANGOON387 | UNSC RES. 1984 - BURMA SAYS IT WILL ENFORCE UNSC [...] (C) The Government of Burma says it called in the DPRK Ambassador on June 23 to state clearly that no North Korean ship carrying prohibited cargo under UNSC Resolution 1874 should enter Burmese territorial waters, according to U Hau Do Swan, the Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, [...] | 2009-06-25 03:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 09RANGOON392 | ANOTHER UNSC 1874 DEMARCHE; BURMA REITERATES [...] (C) The Burmese Government must respect UNSC resolutions, knows what it must do regarding Res. 1874, and intends to cooperate with the international community, including the United States, on this issue, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General (DG) for International Organiz [...] | 2009-06-26 04:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 09RANGOON405 | TALKING WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA IN RANGOON [...] (S) Japanese Ambassador to Burma Nogawa told Charge that on June 29 he conveyed his Government's "serious concerns" about DPRK proliferation to MOFA Deputy Minister Maung Myint and urged Burma to "fully enforce" UNSC Res. 1874. Nogawa added that Japan is willing to help Burma move toward de [...] | 2009-06-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 09RANGOON409 | (S) BURMA AND NORTH KOREA: RICE FOR ARMS [...] (S) A well-placed private business contact reports that the Burmese Government, through military-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),has exported approximately 20,000 metric tons of rice to North Korea through June 2009. According to the local director of SGS Consultants, the GOB ha [...] | 2009-07-02 05:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
| 09RANGOON412 | BURMA: CRONIES PROVIDE CREDIT TO DELTA FARMERS [...] (C) Agricultural contacts confirm that the majority of farms in the Irrawaddy Delta have recovered considerably from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, enabling them to increase rice production by 10 percent over April 2008 levels. In many areas, soil conditions have improved, and NGOs, the UN [...] | 2009-07-07 04:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV BM |
| 09RANGOON414 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS JUMP; EXPORT BAN POSSIBLE SOON [...] (C) During the first quarter of 2009, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported approximately 645,000 metric tons of rice, 33 percent more that Burma exported in all of 2008, reflecting increased production. Exported rice came from Mandalay, Sagaing, and [...] | 2009-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
| 09RANGOON418 | BURMA: BAN DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGES; GENERALS DON'T REPLY [...] (C) During UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's July 3-4 visit to Burma, he met with Than Shwe, PM Thein Sein, several opposition and ethnic leaders, and his UN Country Team. Ban reportedly conveyed a strong message on the need for political and economic reform to the generals. He also visited [...] | 2009-07-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 09RANGOON471 | BURMA: NLD UNCLES SUPPORT SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO [...] (C) During a July 27 exchange with members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC),aka the "Uncles," the Charge solicited the Uncles' feedback on Secretary Clinton's message to the GOB in Phuket. The assembled Uncles (minus Win Tin and Aung Shwe for hea [...] | 2009-07-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BM |
| 09RANGOON494 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEBB TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Rangoon looks forward to your visit, the first CODEL to Burma since Senator Kerry came in 1999. A Strained Bilateral Relationship --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The lack of CODELs reflects years of tension between the U.S. and Burma, mostly relat [...] | 2009-08-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD BM |
| 09RANGOON502 | (S) BURMESE OFFICIAL CONFIRMS BURMA-DPRK [...] (S) Australian Ambassador to Burma Michelle Chan informed CDA that XXXXXXXXXXXX told her the Burma-DPRK connection is not just about conventional weapons. There is a peaceful nuclear component intended to address Burma's chronic lack of electrical power generation. When Chan cited reports of a Bur [...] | 2009-08-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL NPT PGOV PINR KN BM |
| 09RANGOON539 | BURMA: SENIOR GENERALS START A CONVERSATION; HOW [...] (S) Burma's senior generals used Senator Webb's visit to deliver an unequivocal message: the GOB wants better relations with the United States. They want direct communication with Washington and have identified an envoy -- regime insider and former Ambassador to the United States U Thaung. It [...] | 2009-08-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL BM |
| 09RANGOON659 | BURMA: NLD SUPPORTS POLICY REVIEW, CAUTIONS [...] (C) During a September 24 meeting with National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) members, CDA previewed the expected outcomes of the USG policy review. The Uncles responded positively, noting they appreciate the USG's interest in increasing engagement with the GO [...] | 2009-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 09RIGA203 | LATVIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH, SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN LG |
| 09RIGA546 | LATVIA WILL CONSIDER ADDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN KNNP KN ETTC EUN UNSC LG |
| 09RIGA581 | LATVIA WILL REVIEW US QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO NORH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 07:13:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AORC UNGA LG |
| 09RIYADH1207 | INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM ON FY 2008 "PARIAH" STATE [...] Embassy delivered reftel action message September 12 to International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretary General Noe van Hulst. We received the following response from the IEF SyG on September 14. Begin text: In response to your letter of September 12, 2009, I can provide you with the following i [...] | 2009-09-15 04:07:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT AORC ENRG PREL IEF SA |
| 09RIYADH540 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM |
| 09RIYADH555 | DEPUTY FM SEES IRAN UNDER EVERY ROCK [...] (S) The Saudis accuse Iran of taking advantage of political instability throughout the Middle East and South Asia to increase its influence. --(S/NF) Saudi Deputy FM Prince Turki bin Mohamad Al-Kabeer opined that Iran will achieve its goal of developing a nuclear weapon then the U.S. or othe [...] | 2009-04-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON PGOV SA IR IZ SY |
| 09ROME1240 | G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING [...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...] | 2009-11-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM |
| 09ROME1271 | ITALY TO SUPPORT PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post conveyed subject list of designated North Korean entities and individuals (reftel) to officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF). Both responded favorably and stated that the GOI would support EU designation of the enti [...] | 2009-11-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP EUN KN PARM UNSC IT |
| 09ROME144 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the first Political Directors Meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Venice, February 2-3. All participants showed great interest in the new Administration's approach to major policy issues -- most notabl [...] | 2009-02-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM MNUC IT AF PK IR KN BM |
| 09ROME171 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...] | 2009-02-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
| 09ROME396 | ITALY CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (U) On Sunday April 5, the Italian MFA issued a statement condemning the North Korean Missile launch, calling it a violation of UNSCR 1718 and characterizing it as a threat to global nonproliferation efforts. The GOI, in its capacity as G8 President, calls on North Korea to cease all activitie [...] | 2009-04-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IT |
| 09ROME754 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...] | 2009-06-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR |
| 09ROME776 | TRIESTE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: FOCUS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns headed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Trieste June 25-27. The G8-only portion of the meetings focused on global and regional challenges but the forum grew on June 26th to include meetings between the G8 and Afghan and Pakistani foreign m [...] | 2009-07-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM |
| 09ROME867 | ITALY BLOCKS SALE OF YACHTS TO N. KOREA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
| 09RPODUBAI235 | IRAN’S FIRST FAN: DISSATISFACTION WITH AHMADINEJAD MAY [...] (C) Summary: As emotions run high following a week of adversarial debates between Iran's four presidential candidates, the outcome of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying match against the UAE could add to voters' dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad just 36 hours before they head to the pol [...] | 2009-06-09 14:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR |
| 09SANAA1170 | SALEH PRESSES FOR MEETING WITH OBAMA [...] (S/NF) On June 27, President Saleh urged the Ambassador to hurry preparations for a state visit to Washington, suggesting it would help remove obstacles impeding the transfer of Yemeni GTMO detainees to Saudi custody. On internal issues, Saleh dismissed concern over unrest in Yemen'ssouthern [...] | 2009-06-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDRG CASC PREL YM |
| 09SANAA1939 | FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS [...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...] | 2009-10-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV KISL SCUL YM |
| 09SANAA2029 | FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...] | 2009-11-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL SA YM |
| 09SANAA2249 | YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...] | 2009-12-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE |
| 09SANAA268 | KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PARM MTCRA PREL KN YM |
| 09SANAA441 | YEMENI RESPONSE TO KOMID DEMARCHES [...] (C) On March 11 POL/E Chief received a response to ref A, B and C demarches from Nejwa al-Serri, First Secretary in the MFA's Office of the Two Americas. She said that the ROYG is committed to supporting all UNSC resolutions and does not believe that its relationship with North Korea violates [...] | 2009-03-14 07:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM |
| 09SANAA482 | SANAA EAC DISCUSSES SECURITYPOSTURE DUE TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/18/2009, the Sana'aEAC convened to discuss Post's security posture ue to the terrorist attack on the South Korean mtorcade (ref A). The EAC decided that American stff will travel in armored vehicles and the Embasy shuttle will have an armed RSO security escort util furthe [...] | 2009-03-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEM ASEC YM |
| 09SANJOSE281 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: COSTA RICA TENTATIVELY [...] (C) We delivered reftel on April 3 to outgoing Costa Rican Deputy UN Permrep Jairo Hernandez, MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and MFA Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero. Murillo stated that the GOCR agreed that the launch of any North Korean rocket would indeed constitute a violation of UNSC [...] | 2009-04-06 14:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL KNNP CS |
| 09SANJOSE286 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) On April 6 we delivered Ref A to MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and MFA Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero. The GOCR had no immediate substantive response in addition to that expressed in Ref B. 2. (U) Post recommends that USUN continue to follow up with the GOCR Mission in New Yor [...] | 2009-04-06 22:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM CS |
| 09SANJOSE301 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS UN PRST ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) After alerting our vacationing MFA counterparts on Easter Sunday, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero the morning of April 13. Murillo stated that Costa Rica initially would have preferred a stronger response, including [...] | 2009-04-13 21:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC NK CS |
| 09SANJOSE489 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE DPRK [...] (SBU) On June 12 we met with Costa Rican MFA Coordinator of U.N. Security Council issues Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero to discuss reftel talking points. In parallel we also contacted Elaine White, COS to FM Bruno Stagno. Murillo thanked us for the information, and expr [...] | 2009-06-12 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM UNSC CS |
| 09SANJOSE727 | THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica, which abolished its military over fifty years ago, considers itself a leader on non-proliferation and disarmament issues. President Oscar Arias recently wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post calling for the abolition of all Latin American militaries. Costa Ri [...] | 2009-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09SANSALVADOR1017 | GOES TO SUPPORT MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) On October 23, MFA Director of Foreign Policy, Joaquin Maza, delivered to PolOffs a note confirming that the GOES will support the U.S. candidate to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),Lucretia Myers, in the upcoming ICSC elections (see reftel A). A translation of the [...] | 2009-10-28 16:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PROG ES |
| 09SANSALVADOR1055 | GOES TO VOTE FOR BURMA, IRAN, DPRK UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 21:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ES |
| 09SANSALVADOR556 | MFA CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA; KOSOVO TBD [...] (U) DPRK: Poloffs met June 16 with new Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Castaneda on a courtesy call and to deliver reftel details about Resolution 1874. Castaneda raised the issue of the North Korean nuclear tests before we did. He called it a very delicate and complex subject, but s [...] | 2009-06-17 20:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC KN KV ES |
| 09SANSALVADOR631 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 18:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ES |
| 09SANTIAGO111 | CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 6, copper prices showed a steady rise, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Inflation fell to [...] | 2009-02-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI |
| 09SANTIAGO1198 | CHILEAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON TPP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rodrigo Contreras, Director for Bilateral Relations at Chile's trade ministry equivalent (DIRECON) welcomed President Obama's announcement on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). He though TPP could bring order to the mix of trade agreements in the Pacific reg [...] | 2009-12-10 18:38:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CI |
| 09SANTIAGO238 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION: CHILE PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT, SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA Special Policy Director Alfredo Labbe, Chile will continue to cooperate with the U.S. and EU partners on nuclear nonproliferation issues. Labbe insisted that the U.S. and western partners need to take concrete actions, such as ""de-alerting"" nuclear arsenals and red [...] | 2009-03-12 18:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09SANTIAGO326 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 6 [...] The death of an 11-year old boy who was waiting for a heart transplant has brought to the forefront the problems with organ donations and transplants in Chile. The Llaima volcano has become active again and the Region of Araucania is on red alert. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. [...] | 2009-04-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO330 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 7 [...] Economic activity in February declined 3.9%, the worst drop since 1999. The Llaima volcano continues to spew ashes and lava. One-hundred people have been evacuated from the surrounding areas. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. U.S. Royal Gold will buy the Andacollo gold mine in the [...] | 2009-04-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO498 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28 [...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...] | 2009-05-28 18:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO514 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...] | 2009-06-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTIAGO643 | CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 10 [...] The Central Bank lowered the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5%, which will also lower the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The bank will maintain this rate for at least six months. Chile-Russia Military --------------------- 2. Defense Minister Francis Vidal confirmed there have been t [...] | 2009-07-10 18:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 09SANTODOMINGO449 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DR |
| 09SANTODOMINGO456 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DR |
| 09SANTODOMINGO459 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DR |
| 09SANTODOMINGO757 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) Acting EcoPol Chief and EconOff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Mabel Feliz Baez, the president of the National Drug Counsel. Feliz Baez oversees the Financial Analysis Unit (UAF),which has oversight over financial transactions. Feliz Baez said she was aware of the United Nations resolu [...] | 2009-07-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP DR |
| 09SAOPAULO189 | Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Africa: Sudan, Darfur violence, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 11:16:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR |
| 09SAOPAULO224 | MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 16:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR |
| 09SAOPAULO229 | MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: North Korea, Cuba and Iran [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 12:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR |
| 09SAOPAULO311 | Media Reaction Sao Paulo- North Korea, al Qaeda in Brazil, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 20:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR |
| 09SAOPAULO312 | MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 11:38:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR |
| 09SAOPAULO314 | MEDIA REACTION SAO PAULO: CUBA; NORTH KOREA MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 20:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR |
| 09SARAJEVO785 | BOSNIA: INTENT ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) The Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina shares USG concerns (reftel) about North Korea's May 25 nuclear test and the prospect of the DPRK obtaining WMD material despite UNSC sanctions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for the UN and Other International Organizations Sanja KEN [...] | 2009-07-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BK |
| 09SEOUL10 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 02, 2009 [...] "North Korea Returns to the Past with Its Strategy of 'Tongmi Bongnam'" (Hankook Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) 2. Frustrating Editorial (JoongAng Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 34) 3. Let U.S. Congress be an Example to Korean Lawmakers (Chosun Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) Features [...] | 2009-01-02 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1000 | URGING ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874: ROK [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On June 23, POLMC conveyed reftel points to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, asking the ROKG to seek greater cooperation from the ASEAN (Association of Southeas [...] | 2009-06-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1005 | NORTH KOREA SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO KEEP KAESONG [...] (C) Summary: The third round of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) talks on June 19 convinced involved ROK participants that North Korea would not close the KIC, because the North Korean delegation did not walk out during the lengthy meeting and the next meeting date was brought up by the DPRK d [...] | 2009-06-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1006 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 23:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1013 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL102 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL1020 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1022 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1024 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 06:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1029 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 04:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1049 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL105 | LEE GIVES CABINET A SHAKE, BRINGS IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ROK President Lee Myung-bak gave his cabinet a makeover January 18 and 19, naming Yoon Jeung-hyun his new Finance Minister (septel),Hyun In-taek Unification Minister, and Won Sei-hoon National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director. In naming close campaign advisor and "Denuclear [...] | 2009-01-21 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1057 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1058 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1059 | KOREAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC HEADS TO PYONGYANG TO [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Professor Han S. Park from the University of Georgia met with Pol M/C to brief us on his upcoming visit to Pyongyang. Park said that he had made frequent trips to the DPRK and had deep connections with its leaders and members of the Asia Pacific Peace Committee and th [...] | 2009-07-06 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1066 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 05:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1067 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1070 | LEE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO DEFENSE REFORM 2020 [...] (C) On June 26, the ROK Government announced significant revisions to the "National Defense Reform 2020" plan. In short, the plan will increase the ROK's counterstrike/counterfire capability in the face of the growing North Korean missile threat, while reducing the numbers of ROK troops by 1 [...] | 2009-07-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV KS KN JA CH TW |
| 09SEOUL1073 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...] | 2009-07-08 01:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1080 | NO BREAKTHROUGH AT KAESONG; NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: The fourth round of inter-Korean negotiations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on July 2 adjourned without significant results. The ROKG continued to emphasize the need for the ROK detainee's release; DPRK was solely focused on the USD 500 million fee, increased wages, an [...] | 2009-07-08 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1081 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1097 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1098 | CYBER ATTACKS: NIS PREMATURE IN BLAMING NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Reports by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS),leaked by National Assembly lawmakers, that blamed North Korea for the recent spate of Denial of Service cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean websites quickly fueled hysteria in South Korea's conservative print [...] | 2009-07-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
| 09SEOUL1103 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1111 | USING MEDICINE TO OVERCOME THE NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Green Doctors, a Busan-based NGO running the only clinic in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),hopes to open a 150-bed hospital in the near future. In addition to providing medica [...] | 2009-07-14 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ELAB XE KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1112 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1116 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 05:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1119 | DPRK GDP GROWS 3.7 PERCENT IN 2008 ACCORDING TO BOK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Korea (BOK),South Korea's Central Bank recently released its annual estimate of GDP growth of the DPRK. The estimate, the methodology of which is the subject of consi [...] | 2009-07-15 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1122 | PROFESSOR HAN PARK ON HIS TRIP TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13 office call, Professor Han S. Park briefed the Ambassador on his July 4-8 visit to Pyongyang during which he had lengthy discussions on the welfare of the two detained AMCITS and the Six-Party Talks. Park's principal interlocutors were the top three officials of the [...] | 2009-07-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL PINR KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1126 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1134 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1142 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 06:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1148 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1149 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL115 | MOFAT VICE MINISTER REQUESTS NEW ADMINISTRATION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador, First Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak offered congratulations on President Barack Obama's inauguration and requested continued consultations on the KORUS-FTA as well as on North Korea. He emphasized the importance [...] | 2009-01-22 06:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1152 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL116 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL1164 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1167 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1169 | A/S KURT CAMPBELL´S MEETING WITH SENIOR SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSA Kim told A/S Campbell during a July 20 meeting that the ROK believed the North Korean regime could "hold on for sometime" after the death of Kim Jung-il. In the case of a total collapse, Kim unambiguously stated that North Korean territory is part of the ROK and unification is the [...] | 2009-07-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1170 | A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE [...] (C) In a July 19 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, representatives of NGOs working with North Korean refugees -- themselves all North Korean refugees -- described their work, their lives in DPRK, the North Korean leadership, and humanitarian challenges of North Korean ref [...] | 2009-07-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1171 | A/S CAMPBELL’S MEETING WITH ROK UNIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Unification Minister Hyun In-taek outlined Kim Jong-il's health and succession concerns, key figures and the current state of the DPRK for A/S Campbell. Although Kim Jong-il (KJI) remained firmly in control of the regime for now, he was unlikely to live beyond 201 [...] | 2009-07-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1174 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1176 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL118 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 22, 2009 [...] Korean Peninsula Initiative in Obama's Inaugural Address (Chosun Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 26) 2. A Profoundly Changed Foreign Policy (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 22, 2009, Page 23) 3. Reasons Why Obamanomics Should Not End in Failure (Hankook Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 39) 4. Messages [...] | 2009-01-22 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1182 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 06:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1186 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1192 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 06:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1194 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...] | 2009-07-30 03:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1200 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1203 | ROK FISHING BOAT SEIZED IN DPRK WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A South Korean fishing boat was seized by the DPRK on July 30. A senior MOU official confirmed to us later in the day that the boat was seven miles north of Northern Limit Line (NLL) when it was seized. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 30, a South Korean fishing boat with four [...] | 2009-07-30 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MARR PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1210 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1218 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 06:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1223 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 04:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1224 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1233 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1235 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1241 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...] | 2009-08-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1243 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 22:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1252 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1254 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...] | 2009-08-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
| 09SEOUL1255 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL126 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 23, 2009 [...] Report Urged U.S. to Center on Japan and China (JoongAng Ilbo, January 23, 2009, Page 4) 2 2. U.S. Ambassador Urges the ROK to Give Washington Some Time Regarding FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 23, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Fears of "Negative Growth:" ROK Economy Shrank [...] | 2009-01-23 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1264 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1274 | DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA; [...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...] | 2009-08-12 04:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1277 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1284 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1285 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1288 | EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY; [...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...] | 2009-08-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL129 | FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS [...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...] | 2009-01-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1292 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1293 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1294 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1295 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1306 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is cable is an action request. See para 19. 3. (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROKG) on July 21-22 hosted a USG delegation at a workshop in Seoul to discuss the Prolifera [...] | 2009-08-14 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS IR |
| 09SEOUL1308 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1316 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1318 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1319 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG'S OBITUARY [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung died of complications from pneumonia on August 18 in Seoul. He was 83. The funeral is tentatively planned for August 25. Kim's staff told poloffs on August 14 that Kim's family hoped Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would [...] | 2009-08-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL132 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL1326 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1327 | SOMBER REACTION TO KIM DAE-JUNG'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public reaction to the death of former President Kim Dae-jung (reftel A) is somber and lacks the anger and anti-government sentiment that followed former President Roh Moo-hyun's death (reftels B,C) in May. Debate about funeral timing is ongoing as of COB August 19, but sour [...] | 2009-08-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
| 09SEOUL1336 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1344 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL135 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 28, 2009 [...] "Goodbye Guantanamo" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 24, 2009, Page 22) 2. "Obama Takes a Stand against Torture" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 24, 2009, Page 23) 3. Relocation on Shaky Ground (JoongAng Ilbo, January 28, 2009, Page 30) 4. Kim Jong-il's Growing Interest in Progress at Six-Party Talks [...] | 2009-01-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1357 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1358 | FM YU TELLS ALBRIGHT DENUCLEARIZATION IS TOP [...] (SBU) At a breakfast for the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the funeral of former ROK President Kim Dae-jung, FM Yu Myung-hwan told former Secretary Albright that Seoul's message to the North Korean funeral delegation had been simple: without progress on denuclearization, improvement in Nort [...] | 2009-08-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1364 | AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH'S AUGUST 23 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (C) In a brief August 23 meeting, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reported to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth that President Lee had told a DPRK delegation that, until the nuclear issue was resolved, there would be limits on ROK economic cooperation with the [...] | 2009-08-26 00:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNUC KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1373 | DESPITE NORTH-SOUTH THAW, BLUE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two trusted Ministry of Unification (MOU) interlocutors told us August 26 that the prevailing sentiment within the ministry is that the visit of the DPRK funeral delegation represented a "breakthrough" in inter-Korean relations. MOU expects positive results from the inter-Korean [...] | 2009-08-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1374 | DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...] | 2009-08-27 01:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1377 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1379 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON KJI'S HEALTH AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador that focused primarily on Hyundai Asan's business in North Korea (septel),Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jong-eun said Kim Jong-il (KJI) appeared to be "in control of everything," was very charismatic and, ignoring advice from his docto [...] | 2009-08-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1380 | WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...] | 2009-08-27 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1383 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1384 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS DPRK SANCTIONS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to former President Kim Dae-jung's funeral met with leaders of the opposition, left-of-center Democratic Party (DP). The Korean lawmakers were frankly critical of U.S. and South Korean policy toward the North. Nevertheles [...] | 2009-08-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1385 | CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 18 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (U) Summary: During an August 18 meeting, ROK President Lee Myung-bak stressed his satisfaction with the close cooperation between Washington and Seoul on the DPRK nuclear issue and speculated that the leadership succession in North Korea was unlikely to be smooth. The U.S. delegation emph [...] | 2009-08-28 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1386 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...] | 2009-08-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1387 | DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...] | 2009-08-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1388 | CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...] | 2009-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS |
| 09SEOUL1389 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...] | 2009-08-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1390 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1391 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1400 | INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August 26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions. Ministry of [...] | 2009-09-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1413 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 05:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1418 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1420 | CABINET RESHUFFLE SIGNALS SHIFT TO CENTER; [...] (U) Summary: The Blue House announced a cabinet reshuffle on September 3, replacing six ministers, including the Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, and creating a new position of Minister for Special Affairs. The first major cabinet reshuffle since President Lee Myung-bak took o [...] | 2009-09-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1421 | NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS [...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...] | 2009-09-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1434 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1436 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1441 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1450 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1451 | CHUNG MONG-JOON ASSUMES GNP CHAIR; STAGE SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chung Mong-joon assumed the chair of the Grand National Party (GNP) on September 7 after the former chair, Park Hee-tae, resigned to run for an open seat in the October 28 by-elections. Chung, a six-term National Assembly Member, was an independent until joining the GNP in 2007, [...] | 2009-09-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1453 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL146 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 29, 2009 [...] Clean Energy Race Could Leave Korea Behind (Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. Secretary Clinton: "The Six-Party Talks Are Essential... We Will Also Pursue Direct Contact with North Korea" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 17) 3. O'Connor: "Political Leaders Shou [...] | 2009-01-29 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1463 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1464 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1468 | DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...] | 2009-09-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1469 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009 [...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...] | 2009-09-15 01:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
| 09SEOUL1471 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1474 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1484 | SUBJECT: IRAN -- ROKG POSITIVE ABOUT JOINING THE [...] (SBU) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on 9/16 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to join the international effort to urge Iran to respond constructively to the P5 1 offer and to fulfill its international responsibilities. POL [...] | 2009-09-17 01:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC |
| 09SEOUL1488 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009 [...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...] | 2009-09-17 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1495 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL15 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) demonstrated excellent law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, and provided terrorism-related training to law enforcement officials from various developing countries. Traditionally focused on potent [...] | 2009-01-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KS |
| 09SEOUL150 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 30, 2009 [...] U.S., North Korea Should Return to "September 19 Six-Party Statement" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 27) 2. Candlelight Comeback (JoongAng Daily, January 30, 2009, Page 10) Features 3. The WEST Program Is Criticized for Wasting Money (Dong-a Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 12) [...] | 2009-01-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1501 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1502 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1507 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1512 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1513 | SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...] | 2009-09-23 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR |
| 09SEOUL1527 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1528 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1529 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...] | 2009-09-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1531 | MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo [...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...] | 2009-09-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN |
| 09SEOUL1539 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1542 | JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which constitutes the heart and soul of the Democratic Party (DP),seemed uninterested in [...] | 2009-09-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
| 09SEOUL1548 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM AFFIRMS KOREA'S NK [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Young-sam, in a September 24 lunch with the Ambassador, said President Lee Myung-bak's insistence on reciprocity in South-North relations was correct and that we should be prepared for every possibility as the DPRK navigates a difficult power transition. Kim [...] | 2009-09-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1550 | JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Please disregard SEOUL 01542. Amended version corrects place names. 2. (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which c [...] | 2009-09-28 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
| 09SEOUL1554 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1556 | CHINESE DCM ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming, one of the PRC's most experienced DPRK-watchers, told DCM Tokola that the PRC hoped for a quick, positive decision by Washington on bilateral talks with Pyongyang. An upside to holding discussions in North Korea, he said, was that the DPRK inte [...] | 2009-09-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1559 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL156 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009 [...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...] | 2009-02-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1563 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Finance Minister Named -- Labor Drive Campaign Extended -- DPRK Shuts Down Wholesale Market -- DPRK Expands Telecommunications Network -- Pyongyan [...] | 2009-09-30 05:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1566 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1570 | IRAN - ROKG RESPONSE TO URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (S) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on September 30 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, informing the ROKG of Iran,s covert uranium enrichment facility in Qom and updating them on the October 7 meeting of Like-minded States on Iran to be held in W [...] | 2009-09-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR UNSC KN KS ETTC |
| 09SEOUL1572 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1582 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1586 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1591 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1592 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1598 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL160 | ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...] | 2009-02-03 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA |
| 09SEOUL1604 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO DPRK ON SUCCESSION, 150-DAY [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador Stephens, Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, Thomas Schaefer, asserted that military hardliners had seized the initiative while Kim Jong-il (KJI) was recovering from his stroke and are now ascendant in the DPRK government. According to Schaefer, con [...] | 2009-10-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM KN GM |
| 09SEOUL1610 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1612 | RURAL NORTH KOREANS THANKFUL FOR U.S. MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEO of an American NGO that provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea, Robert Springs, told the Ambassador on October 7 that medical equipment and generators provided to rural hospitals were being used as intended and appeared to be well maintained. Springs noted tha [...] | 2009-10-09 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1613 | ROK URGES FRENCH ENVOY TO GO SLOW ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: ROKG officials urged French Special Envoy for DPRK Issues Jack Lang to exercise caution in moving ahead with North Korea, according to our contacts involved in Lang's visit. MOFAT, French Embassy and EU Mission contacts all characterized the visit to South Korea as a mission foc [...] | 2009-10-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON KS KN FR |
| 09SEOUL1617 | RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...] | 2009-10-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1618 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL162 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009 [...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...] | 2009-02-03 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1620 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1628 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1631 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea for the 41st Security Consultative Meeting 21-22 October. Your visit comes at time when our bilateral relationship is the best it has been in a number of years, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely [...] | 2009-10-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KS |
| 09SEOUL1637 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1644 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1651 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1664 | ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...] | 2009-10-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR |
| 09SEOUL1667 | ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...] | 2009-10-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1668 | U.S. COAST GUARD DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH ASIAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard met with his counterparts from Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, and Russia at the annual North Pacific Coast Guard Forum. Through these mee [...] | 2009-10-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PHSA EWWT MCAP XB |
| 09SEOUL1670 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1672 | UK AMBASSADOR SAYS CHINESE AID KEEPING DPRK "ON [...] (C) During a 10/19 breakfast with Ambassador Stephens, UK Ambassador to Pyongyang Peter Hughes asserted that Chinese economic aid was keeping the DPRK economy from collapsing. He said most factories were not functioning and the regime's "150-Day Battle" campaign appeared to be more about keepi [...] | 2009-10-21 09:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN CH |
| 09SEOUL1676 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1680 | PROMINENT DPRK DEFECTOR ON REPORTED CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Prominent North Korean defector Kang Cheol-hwan asserted on 10/21 that the DPRK's latest labor mobilization campaign has damaged this year's food crop harvest. Mandatory ideological busywork has kept workers out of back alley black markets and forced farmers to neglect their pri [...] | 2009-10-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN |
| 09SEOUL1683 | PARTY LEADERSHIP HANGS IN BALANCE OF BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: October 28 by-elections to fill five National Assembly seats will be a referendum on the ruling right-of-center Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition left-of-center Democratic Party (DP),and are also likely to determine the fate of party leaders Chung Mong-joon (GNP [...] | 2009-10-23 02:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1687 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1696 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1697 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1698 | HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...] | 2009-10-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1699 | ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...] | 2009-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1705 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1707 | "DR. CORN" SAYS DPRK HARVEST COULD BE OFF 60 [...] (C) Biologist Kim Soon-kwon, an internationally-recognized corn expert, told us on October 23 that the DPRK corn and rice harvests could be a staggering 60 percent lower than last year, based on recent field observations near Kaesong and Pyongyang. Kim explained that this year's crops were s [...] | 2009-10-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR SOCI KN |
| 09SEOUL1711 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1723 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1726 | OPPOSITION WINS 3 OF 5 IN BY-ELECTION; BALANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party (DP) won three of five open National Assembly (NA) seats in an October 28 by-election, including the two swing seats in the Seoul capital region. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won two seats and was disappointed not to win one of the seats i [...] | 2009-10-30 05:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1727 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1731 | PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY UP; SEEDS OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's popularity has been on the rise, exceeding 40 percent for the first time since April 2008 -- primarily due to the improving economy, his focus on common people, and his success in raising Korea's status on the international stage. An emerging perception [...] | 2009-10-30 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KS |
| 09SEOUL1734 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK |
| 09SEOUL1739 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1740 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...] | 2009-11-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1744 | 2009-2010 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided in para 3 with the und [...] | 2009-11-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL175 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009 [...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...] | 2009-02-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1768 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1771 | SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...] | 2009-11-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1772 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA, [...] (SBU) Mr. President, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome your first official visit to Korea. The U.S.-ROK alliance is in arguably its best shape ever, and it is growing in scope. We have a historic opportunity to expand cooperation with an ally that sees its national interests as coinc [...] | 2009-11-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1775 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 04:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1784 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1785 | SENIOR UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DPRK FOOD [...] (C) One of the Ministry of Unification's top DPRK experts, Yang Cheong-seok, told us that North Korea's grain harvest was down about 10 percent from 2008, a shortfall that would be "manageable" for the regime. The DPRK's food shortages would worsen next spring and summer because the ROK had no [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL179 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO HANAWON AND HANGYERAE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's January 29 visit to Hanawon Resettlement Center and Hangyerae Middle and High School revealed clean and modern facilities that show effective ROKG support for North Korean defectors on arrival in the ROK. During 2008, Hanawon's main campus for female defectors [...] | 2009-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1794 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1795 | AMBASSADOR WI SUNG-LAC ON WEST SEA NAVAL INCIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korean issues, gave Ambassador Stephens a readout on the November 10 naval skirmish in the West Sea. Wi said there were no ROK casualties; he could not confirm reports that at least one North Korean was killed and several others wou [...] | 2009-11-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINR PGOV KN KS |
| 09SEOUL18 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009 [...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...] | 2009-01-05 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL1800 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1801 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1802 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1804 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TROIKA VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) During the EU Troika's October 26-30 visit to North Korea, interlocutors had consistently stressed that Pyongyang was ready to discuss "anything" with Washington, without preconditions, according to EU Commission DCM Uwe Wissenbach. The 2009 harvest appeared to have been only slightly wors [...] | 2009-11-13 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN |
| 09SEOUL1805 | PRIME MINISTER SEES GLOBAL ROLE FOR ROK, BUT [...] (C) In a very friendly 30-minute meeting, Prime Minister Chung Un-chan received Ambassador Stephens on November 12. The Ambassador congratulated the Prime Minister on his new position and expressed appreciation for his readiness to receive American officials, including Deputy Secretary Steinbe [...] | 2009-11-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
| 09SEOUL1806 | ROK WILL BACK BURMA AND DPRK RESOLUTIONS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 11/13 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, expressing the USG's gratitude for the ROK's principled opposition to non-action motions and support on the DPRK and Burma resolutions. PolOff also urged the ROKG to s [...] | 2009-11-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UN KS KN UNGA |
| 09SEOUL1807 | ROKG'S TOP PRIORITY FOR POTUS VISIT: HIGHLIGHTING [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korea issues, told Ambassador Stephens on 11/13 that the ROKG's top priority for the POTUS visit is to highlight the strength of the ROK-U.S. relationship. Wi asked that POTUS specifically praise the excellent coordination between W [...] | 2009-11-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC KN KS JA |
| 09SEOUL1811 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1832 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1835 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1836 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1839 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1846 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL185 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 5, 2009 [...] Obama Should Change His Dangerous View of Economy (JoongAang Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Department Stores to Sell U.S. Beef Next Month (Hankook Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 20) 3. Obama Administration's First Move on North Korea was to Impose Sanctions (Chosun Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL186 | HEATED DPRK RHETORIC GETS COOL ROK REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent DPRK statements "nullifying" past inter-Korean agreements appear aimed at ratcheting up tensions, but the ROKG is not tense, based on our soundings of Blue House, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Unification officials. Those officials, as well as several academics, regarded i [...] | 2009-02-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1862 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1863 | MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...] | 2009-11-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG |
| 09SEOUL1865 | "GLOBAL KOREA" TAKES OFF IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's vision of a "Global Korea" has been on prominent display in Southeast Asia during 2009. A key part of that vision is the New Asia Initiative, premised on the idea that Korea can play a "bridging role" between the developed and developing world. Central [...] | 2009-11-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECIN ASEAN KS VM CB TH XC |
| 09SEOUL1867 | TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES [...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...] | 2009-11-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP |
| 09SEOUL1869 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1875 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1879 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Cabinet Considers New Economic Campaign -- Economic "Informationalization" Declared Key to Success -- DPRK Modernizes Steel Complex -- English Classe [...] | 2009-12-01 04:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL1880 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1888 | MOFAT MIDDLE EAST DG ON IRAN, SYRIA AND NORTH [...] (C) MOFAT Middle East Bureau Director General Kim Jin-soo told the DCM that the ROK was deeply concerned about Iran's defiant reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governor's resolution. The DG, noting the ROK had voted with the U.S. on the resolution, emphasized that Seoul would follow W [...] | 2009-12-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI ECON ETRD KS IR SY |
| 09SEOUL1894 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1900 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1901 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1902 | PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT [...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...] | 2009-12-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1903 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY NSA KIM TAE-HYO [...] (C) During a December 2 meeting at the Blue House with EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan, ROK Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo characterized Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming trip as a "chance to check out the views" of the DPRK leadership. Kim warned that the North Koreans would attempt to provok [...] | 2009-12-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS AF IR |
| 09SEOUL1904 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH ROK DFM LEE YONG-JOON [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting with visiting EAP PDAS Joe Donovan, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon requested an appointment with SRAP Holbrooke in Washington later this month to discuss preparations for establishment of a ROK PRT in Parwan, Afghanistan and urged that the United States [...] | 2009-12-03 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ABLD MARR KS KN AF IR BM |
| 09SEOUL1905 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1906 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DPRK REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner on December 2, five prominent leaders from the North Korean refugee community told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan that ordinary people in the DPRK are listening to and reading "illegal" media from the South. Donovan's interlocutors cited a range of diffi [...] | 2009-12-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1907 | PDAS DONOVAN'S DECEMBER 2 MEETING WITH MOFAT DG [...] (C) MOFAT DG for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin on December 2 told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan the ROK was very pleased with the results of the recent POTUS visit. Chang noted the ROK had identified three potential windows for the agreed upon 2 2 ministerials to commemorate the 60th anniversary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KS |
| 09SEOUL1910 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1921 | DPRK CURRENCY FIASCO MAY SOON CAUSE MAJOR FOOD [...] (C) British diplomats in Pyongyang have reported that shops and markets remain closed in the wake of the sudden DPRK government decision to replace its currency. There are rumors that the revaluation of goods in state stores and unofficial markets would take at least another week, which would [...] | 2009-12-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON EFIN KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1925 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1928 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1929 | A VIEW FROM BUSAN HARBOR ON "UNOFFICIAL" [...] (C) A Busan-based freight company executive recently told us that the Dan Gyol Bong, a DPRK cargo ship, docks in Busan 2-4 times a month to offload seafood, agricultural products and clothing and take on fabrics, processed foods and used cars -- which usually get sold in China and Russia. Our [...] | 2009-12-08 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR KN KS |
| 09SEOUL1932 | CHINESE DCM ON BOSWORTH VISIT, DPRK CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming predicted on December 8 that Ambassador Bosworth would be successful in persuading the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT),though the North Koreans would likely demand at least one more bilateral meeting with the United States ahead of a possible pl [...] | 2009-12-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1933 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1935 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1942 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL1946 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 23:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1953 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1956 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH |
| 09SEOUL1964 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1971 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1980 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1987 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 05:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1994 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 04:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1999 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 02:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL200 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009 [...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...] | 2009-02-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL2007 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 05:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL2008 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...] | 2009-12-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL2010 | AMB VERVEER FINDS PARTNERS IN KOREA TO ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: During her December 8-9 visit to Seoul, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer met with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss Korea's progress on women's rights and plans for closing the gender equality gap. National Assembly Me [...] | 2009-12-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KWNM PREL KPAO PHUM KR KS KN KTIP |
| 09SEOUL2012 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL2018 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL2021 | ROK FOREIGN MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, FTA AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with the Ambassador December 30, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to establishing a PRT in Afghanistan, saying the Administration expects the National Assembly to pass the necessary legislation in February. Yu expressed con [...] | 2009-12-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR ECON YM PK AF CH |
| 09SEOUL2027 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL203 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 9, 2009 [...] Let's Not Let Assessments Hinder Denuclearization (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 9, 2009, Page 23) Features 2. U.S. Experts Recount Visit to Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 9, 2009, Page 6) 2 3. Washington's First Diplomatic Homework is Afghanistan... What Kind of Homework Will It Become f [...] | 2009-02-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL212 | ROK NPT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Lee Jangkeun, Director of Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). The Deputy Director in Lee,s office will arrive th [...] | 2009-02-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
| 09SEOUL213 | FORMER DPRK INTERNAL POLICE OFFICIAL ON KIM JONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former DPRK People's Safety Agency (PSA) official Kwak Myung-il described domestic surveillance activities in North Korea, security measures for Kim Jong Il train travel, and growing public discontent with the DPRK regime during a recent meeting with poloff. Kwak and his nephew h [...] | 2009-02-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
| 09SEOUL215 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 10, 2009 [...] Messages We Should Deliver to Secretary Clinton (Dong-a Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) 2. What Clinton Has Packed for a Visit to Seoul (Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, All TVs, All Intern [...] | 2009-02-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL216 | ROKG DEMARCHED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE LEAKS [...] (S/NF) On February 9, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, conveying strong USG concern about recent ROKG leaks of intelligence drawn from satellite imagery of the North Korean missile program, especially because this was not the first time the ROKG had [...] | 2009-02-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PREL KS KN JA |
| 09SEOUL222 | ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...] | 2009-02-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PREL KS KN JA |
| 09SEOUL225 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 12, 2009 [...] North Korea Has Nothing to Gain with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 39) 2. ROK's Preemptive Afghanistan Aid Diplomacy (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 3. Noticing the North (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 4. N. Korea Should Heed U.S. Warnings [...] | 2009-02-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL227 | ROKG PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF AID PROGRAM [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The ROKG announced in September 2008 an ambitious plan to more than double (as a percentage of GDP) its Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2012 and triple its ODA by 2015. Kore [...] | 2009-02-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KS |
| 09SEOUL232 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL235 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 13, 2009 [...] Lessons of 'Buy-American' Policy (Hankook Ilb, February 13, 2009, Page 39) 2. National Security Worries (JoongAng Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 26) 3. North Korea Should Not Miscalculate Things with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 39) Top Headlines Chosun Il [...] | 2009-02-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL240 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009 [...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...] | 2009-02-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL242 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL246 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL249 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 18, 2009 [...] Agenda for Clinton visit (JoongAng Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. "North Korea Is Operating a Plant to Enrich Uranium at Yongbyon" (Dong-a Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 6) 3. Campbell Will Be in Overall Charge of U.S. Negotiations with N. Korea (JoongAng Ilbo, Februa [...] | 2009-02-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL256 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL258 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009 [...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...] | 2009-02-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL26 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009 [...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...] | 2009-01-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL269 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009 [...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...] | 2009-02-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL270 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 09:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL276 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 24, 2009 [...] 'Hillary's Kiss' and the Korean Peninsula (Hankook Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 38) Features 2. NK Raised No. of Special Forces by 60,000: Report (Dong-a Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 6) 3. Money Is the Biggest Problem; WEST Participants Should Pay a Lump Sum of $8,500 (Dong-a Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL282 | HYUNDAI GROUP SUGGESTS PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun shared her views with the Ambassador on the current state of inter-Korean relations over lunch on February 13. Hyun said North Korea wanted to improve relations with South Korea, but the South's halting of fertilizer and rice deliveries whi [...] | 2009-02-26 01:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD MARR PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL283 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 25, 2009 [...] After All, the U.S. Is the Problem (JoongAng Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 26) 2. How Clinton Stole Korean Hearts (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 3. N. Korea Will Have to Pay for Missile Test (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 4. Breaking the Cycle of Brinkmanship (Hankyo [...] | 2009-02-26 02:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL284 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 02:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL289 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 26, 2009 [...] True Character of Clinton's Diplomacy (Segye Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 31) 2. Will 'Clinton Effect' Continue? (JoongAng Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress Enviable (Hankook Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 39) 4. Foreign Minis [...] | 2009-02-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL29 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 7, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Response in 2009 to North Korea's Nuclear Issue (Chosun Ilbo, January 7, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo 93 Public Welfare Bills, including Bills on Easing Criminal Penalties, are stalled by National Assembly standoff; (as a result) Low-Income People (who are unable to [...] | 2009-01-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL290 | SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SEOUL A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the Secretary's plane was preparing for departure from Seoul on February 20, Ambassador-designate Han Duck-soo, a man of great reserve, beamed and said "all anti-Americanism will be gone" after the Secretary's visit. The February 19-20 visit of Secretary Clinton made an enormo [...] | 2009-02-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KN KS |
| 09SEOUL295 | ROK DETAILED RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (U) Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 24 provided detailed responses to reftel A and an expansion of reftel B. Won Jong-mun, the ROKG point of contact on NPT issues, also attended the meeting. [...] | 2009-02-27 02:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
| 09SEOUL3 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-01 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL307 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009 [...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...] | 2009-02-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL309 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
| 09SEOUL311 | ROK EXPERTS SAY PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: South Korean experts on the DPRK agree that the North's recent escalation of tensions with the South marks a qualitative change in South-North relations and that President Lee Myung-bak's policy of "benign neglect" toward the North is largely responsible for the change. Kim Jong [...] | 2009-02-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
| 09SEOUL315 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...] | 2009-03-01 22:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
| 09SEOUL318 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - February 2009 [...] The ROKG has issued a public notice on the upcoming introduction of legislation of a "Basic Law on Low Carbon, Green Growth." The draft bill will be an amalgamation of three programs: A) The Basic Law on Climate Change: Draft legislation that had already been pending at the National Assemb [...] | 2009-03-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KHIV KS |
| 09SEOUL324 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] Regrets about Secretary Clinton's Visit to Seoul (Hankyoreh Shinmun, March 2, 2009, Page 26) 2. Critical Moment for the Six-Party Process (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 28, 2009, Page 23) Features 3. Does the U.S. Put More Emphasis on Direct Talks with N. Korea Than on the Six-Party Tal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL327 | POHANG AND POSCO ADJUSTING FOR THE FUTURE -- AMBASSADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Pohang, the home of Korea?s steel industry, the Ambassador learned that POSCO, the world?s fourth largest steel producer, is having to adjust to the global economic slowdown, cutting production for the first time in its four decades of existence. The company, ho [...] | 2009-03-03 01:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EMIN ELAB EINV PGOV PINR KS |
| 09SEOUL331 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] What Obama's Reforms Suggest to Us (Hankook Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 39) Features 2. N. Korea, UN Command Hold 1st Talks in 6 Years (Dong-a Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 6) 3. "The U.S.-North Korea Talks Can Be Viewed Positively If They Are Helpful To the Six-Party Talks" (Hankook Ilbo, [...] | 2009-03-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL332 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09SEOUL339 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 4, 2009 [...] The USTR, in a report delivered to Congress last week, said that the Bush Administration left a legacy of numerous pending free trade agreements and negotiations and that the Obama Administration will conduct extensive outreach and discourse with the public on whether these agreements appropria [...] | 2009-03-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL342 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NEEDS WORKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2008, when North Korea threatened to "restrict and cut off" South Koreans' border access, including to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) north of Seoul, it seemed that hostile inter-Korean politics might lead to the closure of what has been the centerpiece of econo [...] | 2009-03-05 00:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL35 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 8, 2009 [...] "Israel's Indiscriminate Massacre and Its American Accomplice" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. WEST Program Costs an Applicant 20 Million Won; Is It a "Measure for Youth Employment"? (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo [...] | 2009-01-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
| 09SEOUL350 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 5, 2009 [...] President Lee Myung-bak, in a March 4 interview with The Australian, an Australian newspaper, said that North Korea might enjoy short-term benefits from escalating tension by preparing for a suspected missile launch but that such a provocation would play against the North in the long run. Presi [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL353 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL354 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL357 | ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...] | 2009-03-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KS KN |
| 09SEOUL359 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL364 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
| 09SEOUL365 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel and cleared by Seoul's Core Emergency Action Committee: POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ I. Demonstrations A. (C) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in-country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstra [...] | 2009-03-11 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER KS |
| 09SEOUL371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL38 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROKG: PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 09SEOUL381 | DPRK'S NORTH-SOUTH MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CUTOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Pyongyang promptly restored the inter-Korean movement of goods and personnel in the two transportation corridors after closing them for 24 hours on March 9, ROK Government and private contacts see an unforced error on the part of DPRK authorities, who seem not to have realized [...] | 2009-03-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
| 09SEOUL386 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL393 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL395 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |